Mortal Kombat franchise co-creator John Tobias shared a bit of background on the video game’s iconic logo after recently uncovering an image of the first drawing of the game’s dragon icon.
While the entire history lesson is worth reading to better understand how it came to be, Tobias also notes that he almost got thrown out at one point because his sister thought he resembled a seahorse.
Although it seems unlikely, it was, he tells it in great detail in a tweet from his official account.
Tobias notes the following:
“I almost tossed the dragon icon sketch aside when I was at home working on it on my drawing board and my sister mistook the dragon for a seahorse”
It’s unclear how serious Tobias is about it, which almost leads him to dismiss the whole thing, but it seems to be a comment that has stuck with him over the years.
The meaning of the Mortal Kombat logo
According to Tobias, the dragon as the symbol of the Mortal Kombat tournament originally came from “Dragon Attack”, which at one point became the name of the game.
According to him, that working title came from Mortal Kombat co-creator Ed Boon’s love for Queen, as the band has a song by the same name.
The colors described in the song even appear in the game cabinet design for the video game.
The Mortal Kombat franchise continues to be extremely popular. A sequel to the recent reboot movie is in the works, and continues to see animated movies released.
The last Mortal Kombat game from developer NetherRealm Studios was Mortal Kombat 11, which is currently available for PlayStation 5, PlayStation 4, Xbox Series X, Xbox Series S, Xbox One, and PC.
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