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My boy Jarek deserves some respect, MK4- he has possibly the best projectile in the game,a ground pound that low profiles,above average damage, kills Sonya in his first arcade ending Armageddon- everything he had in MK4 and more: an unblockable spear that changes sides and his damage is possibly the highest in the game with 70% combos, I think the MK Kommunity hate him for the wrong reasons.
For me, I hated how they changed Reptile from a fairly sympathetic character in MK II to more of a villain. I know that he was serving Shang Tsung before, but, in my head canon, he had no choice but to do that to protect his people. I would have loved to see him developed more as a wild card character just focused on trying to find a homeland for his kind.
@@justxzee that might actually be why they changed reptile. the created baraka and noticed that their stories were so similiar. (although 90% of villains in mk are somewhat unwilling/scheming henchmen.)
This is big truth... Reptile was always my favorite character, and he's gotten progressively more insignificant in-story. Even that dated initial Movie, from the 90's showed more respect. I love the way they redeemed Baraka's character in mk11, all around the board, and I hope Reptile gets the same treatment, next time out.
@@FreddyJenkinsBecause of the stupid timeline bs when Kronika merged the timelines the Baraka from the past returns, so the reboot timeline Baraka is dead but the Baraka from the past is still alive and became a good guy
The worst thing about reptile is that if we're talking about gameplay wise, he'd be one of the strongest in the entire series, especially mk9 reptile and mkx nimble reptile
I love reptile but that’s not true in Mk9 and Mkx he was very unique and had high damaging combos with setups but he was never high tier,plenty of other characters on both games are better than him
Reptile was definitely respected during the Trilogy era. He was the protector he served in the movie as well against Liu. However after 4 he was downplayed and Ermac replaced him in 9
I was about to comment something about you, it seems you beat me lol, we stan Reptile and D'Vorah!... Ok i guess D'Vorah is just me, BUT STILL! Scaly=sexy
Reptile is literally the Paul Phoenix of MK, because he starts off strong as a boss character and rival of Shang Tsung, and the more appearances he made, the more he gets nerfed and turned into a jobber that has no true purpose but to be left behind or comic relief
@@TrueUnderDawgGaming Yeah Paul is insanely powerful in Tekken, and definitely Top 5 strongest. Trust me, just for fun, go through his entire history. At Tekken 5, you'll see how much of an idiot and comic relief he became. Same thing happened to Reptile. Sad to see
Reptile was my first favorite character in MK. I remember they talked about him as if he was some apocalyptic force of nature. So elusive and mysterious, that you wouldn’t want to run into and otherworldly ninja like reptile. Sad to see. Really sad to see. Only thing sadder than reptile’s downfall is Torr. Dying off in the first and only game you were in. Such a cool looking character laid to waste.
"You think in the next game he is the only one on whom you can train fatalities?" MK12 devs watching this: "You heard him. Start working on that immediately."
Mortal Kombat 11 was just one huge middle finger to Reptile as a whole. Not only was he cut but they added salt to injury by constantly mentioning that he's deconfirmed in several dialogues, his invisibility was given to Mileena, makes brief cameos in Rain's fatality & Shang Tsung's transformation, given as reskin for Scorpion & Sub-Zero (which is bullshit because D'vorah gets theme skins to other characters despite being in the game), and they didn't even consider using Khameleon as a temporary substitute for him in the game. 🦎💩
@@duckonquack6404 same here. But if I had to find away to be fine with his absence. It would be if Khameleon took his place, not some whiny teenager with an ice cream gun (Frost).
Reptile is definitely one of my favourites, especially growing up when any ‘monster’ character like him or Baraka were my faves. I used to have the MK Super Book which had move lists, an original comic, and character vs character tier lists etc., and I would read their description of Reptile often, and while they said he was arguably the weakest character in MKII, I still believed their affirmation that us Reptile fans ‘know better than anyone that it is possible to fight and win’ as him. He’s just so cool and I love his invisibility having two versions in MK9! And his fight in the MK movie was excellent.
I like how when he beat shao kahn in mk2, he was humble and just wanted to live peacefully with his people in peace, Persoanllay, I would think Raiden and Fujinn would not only admire mk2 reptile, but even respect and honor him.
We need this back for Reptile. He was a honourable warrior in the end, he deserves the respect. We need to tease Ed Boon with a #BringBackMK2Reptile xD
Reptile was never honorable, he’s gone on record to kill weak opponents and to disappear when his allies are overwhelmed. He changed sides so many times, and he always changes sides to the winning side rather than stay loyal. He always serves the newest bad guy in every game, the man was ALWAYS a servant of the main villain. Nothing less, nothing more. Honestly they just need to kill him off agains and do something else. If they bring Onaga back and repeat the same prophecy, reptile will not be coming back in the new game either.
(Syzoth reporting in) Some disrespect that didn't make your video: He spits acid into Takeda's eyes and it's later washed out with water without doing any damage. That same stuff that dissolves entire bodies? Does nothing to eye jelly. The developers said they couldn't give reptile a functioning tail, but then released alien with a better dash, better flip, better acid, and also a tail that Reptile was supposed to have. He's also one of if not the first kill in the new Mortal Kombat movie. Lastly, he's the only character from the first two Mortal Kombat games to not make the MK11 roster. They're doing us Reptile OGs dirty.
I dunno man, Kotal's tenure has been shorter but that dude caught almost nothing but Ls..even in his reveal trailer for 11. At least reptile become a viable threat when he was Onaga's vessel. Kotal seemed like threat and became a joke faster than a Usain bolt record sprint.
There's also the fact that Reptile will always be the original secret character in fighting games and the originator of MK's long history of hidden content. Reptile is one of the most legendary fighting game characters and no amount of jobbing can ever take that away from him. In fact maybe they turned him into a jobber to make Sub and Scorpion look better? Both are more important but Reptile was far more impressive in the early days owing to his secret status, first appearance as literally both other ninjas combined but twice as fast and role as Tsung's bodyguard. By comparison what does Kotal have going for him? A cool design maybe but Ogre pulled it off years earlier so Tekken deserves any credit there. KK and his wheelchair don't have shit on Reptile, the scaly boy actually had a reputation to be ruined, KK's reputation has been jobbing from the start. So Reptile has certainly been done dirtier than Kotal but Kotal was never anything but done dirty so I guess it's a matter of perspective who got disrespected worse during their career.
as a die hard reptile main/fan dating back since the midway message boards... you spit nothing but facts. I had to just sit and nod quietly through the whole video. such a sad fate for my boy but with the possible mk12 leak it seems he may be back.. great video man
Nothing but facts in this video. I hope Ed Boon sees this and gets the devs to stop disrespecting Reptile in future games. I grew up playing MK (literally one of the first games I ever played) and I can remember how badass Reptile was in the early games. Then like you said, he became a punching bag and even in the new movie, just gets thrown aside like nothing. Absolutely terrible.
the bushy brow ed boom idiot should also reboot injustice and bring back the real Nightwing Richard Grayson not crappy damien wayne. And not him some plot device to make batman more sad
I'd like to see reptile and ermac work together. Two of the most underutilized and simultaneously coolest characters in the franchise with tragic backstories reduced to henchmen. It's sad
"He's a Quaker once he's done." Great line, hahaha... I used to use Reptile to humiliate people in MK2 in the arcade because most people thought he was weak. Actually beat Noob Saibot with him, too, during a 56-fight win streak.
Me too. Reptile has always been my main dude and not having him in the new game sucks balls. But yea my fave reptile skin is the original ninja. I don't mind him being scaled with the outfit. But like turning him into a pint sized Godzillagator in the new movie fucking pissed me off.
@@12978fghdiu23gewsduf I quite liked the reptile from the movie, thought i’m very partial to more monstrous characters in general. It would’ve been better if he could shape shift into a human form.
I know I'm super late for this but YES! Someone finally says what i have been saying for YEARS!! Reptile isn't some pathetic jobber for the other fighters to use as a green punching bag. He's a badass and highly skilled warrior and was one of the STRONGEST Kombatants in MK History, being Shang Tsung's personal protector and being able going toe-to-toe with with the chosen one himself, Liu Kang. And as a big reptile fan, it honestly breaks my heart seeing just how much humiliation Reptile had been dealt with throughout the many years and games after MK2, ESPECIALLY in Mortal Kombat 11 where he has no use but fucking CURRENCY. Not to mention in both the animated and live action movie where he is almost instantly killed off by the "heroes" of the story. Literally the only good thing to ever happen to him in the recent installments was in MKX where he was finally given a proper name after so many years. Reptile has so much potential as a character and i just hope with all of my heart that future or present MK writers we'll see that, removing this groveling, subordinate minion slave Reptile and bring back the honourable, iron-willed, proud, goated raptor warrior SYZOTH that we all know and love. REPTILE FANS UNITE 🐍🐍🐍
@@alexmatthewsiv4310 Yeah and he loses the title and surrenders it to Kitana after having to be rescued like princess peach and then shao kahn crippled him and then in aftermath he died and his own people turned his backs on him as his decapitated head was trampled on the ground. How much worse can you get?
Damn. I knew he got downgraded but i didn't even think about it like this. Poor Reptile. He had such a strong start, just to get treated like a jobber now.
@@bndblazrt so sad for you because i may be a corn but i have been living on the corn since i was born so stfu Its no my matter you don't get THIS love and attention
To be fair I see Reptile going on his knee as a more sign of respect and modesty. He choose a more peaceful approach to his request but it failed. Basically brought a suit and tie to his boss requesting a raise because he’s over achieved, just to be denied.
I was about to make an arguement about how jerik and Hsu hso were more humiliated but your argument at the beginning really made sense. Reptile was my boi. Then they massacred my boi.
Reptile really got the best redesign out of any character in mk1, he went from a jobber you beat down To get to the actual characters, to well, an ACTUAL character. He has a story, a good design, he’s fun to play And he’s respected. Hopefully we see characters like kollector get redesigns like this soon.
I always say this, after John Tobias left the team of developers, many elements of the story became very sloppy. He was the creative force behind the lore and the story of the characters. After he left the team of developers seem like they don’t really know what to do.
I'm a big Reptile fan and I was hyped for the new MK movie but imagine my disappointment when I saw him get destroyed by Kano. To add insult to injury, Kung Lao is my second favorite character and he died too smh
The way I look at Reptile in the 2021 movie is, at least my boy went down because he was outnumbered. I don't think he would lose any of those fights 1v1. ALSO, at least he didn't die to Cole Young ._.
I agree with Fatsu. REPTILE was badass and it took 3 people to take him out, and I kinda liked he's design. Shame he got so little screen time. Probably why Reptile in the OG movie is the best because he has a excellent fight with Lu Kang. Actually kicking his butt for a bit.
As a huge Reptile fan I wanna say you did this video the same way I would've, like the things you touched on I mean, absolutely perfect. I loved MK4 and was all aboard the hype train as a kid only to be like "look how they massacred muh boi 😭" when I beat it with Reptile 😂 I was afraid for Scorpion and Sub Zero 🤣
My hope is that one day we get to see Reptile & Khameleon meet up. Not only so Reptile isn't alone and the last of his race but because if I remember right the Saurian become more reptilian when they are away from their queen or something like that. So maybe Reptile and her could restart the Saurians & he could get his human form back.
i remember back in MK3 at the arcades, we used to choose scorpion or sub zero to play but bro whenever someone used reptile you knew shit was serious. for that i always thought reptile was so cool and badass, but see him like this is kind of funny i'm not gonna lie.
2:02 I'm going to have to disagree on this part. although it is a nice thought on the part of reptiles Strength, it is more related to reptile being able to protect Shang from threats he wouldn't see or have time to prepare for. It seems that power scales only work in 1v1 confrontations, so anyone can pretty much be assassinated as long as they arent aware of their assailant. This means Shang needs people watching his back to prevent this. it isn't because he needs them to handle threats he couldn't himself if he were to be ready for it. It can also be more like a Frieza role where he has lackeys do the grunt work but doesn't need personal guards as he is strong enough on his own.
It's really sad how in the MK movie he gets like a few seconds of screen time only to get killed. It's almost like midway and NRS just wanted to make him a joke.
Well for one its not midway its NetherRealm studios and franchise creators like Ed boon that put the jokes/Easter eggs in Mortal Kombat.. Noob Saibot was one of their jokes so was rain and ermac was a macro error then they made him a real character lol
I think the fact he was not in 11 was rather because Devs were really try harding to reduce the Ninjas in the game for whatever reason. Ermac also took L's in new timeline besides Jax's Arms and a cutscene victory and those soldiers deaths. And then almost killed in ending and died in a krypt cutscene. P.S I still think Krypt Guy should be Kung Jin xD
The krypt is non canon and despite him losing some fights he still has several victories in the new timeline as well. Beats Jax, Johnny Cage, helped beat Reiko in the comic, beat Mileena in a flashback, beat Cassie, Kung Jin and Jacqui (although lost in the rematch due to it being her chapter) while Reptile on the other hand has had ZERO victories which is a bad look for him.
When me and my friends were smol we always thought Reptile was the coolest in MK2 and watching the fall has been devastating 😔 Thanks for making this I thought I was going crazy thinking he used to be cool
Yeah I think that’s true. I mean if we look at Jade, Kitana & Shao Kahn, Kitana & Jade are bodyguards/personal Assassins for Shao Kahn, and He’s stronger than both of them. (Kitana beat Shao in mk11) but I think it should’ve been written a lot better and maybe, I think she could beat him if the plot was written better and Kitana got longer and more in depth development, then I think she could beat him. But Jade is also Kitana’s best friend/Body guard and Kitana has proved to be stronger than her.
Reptile doesn't need to be stronger than Shang Tsung to be his bodyguard. In many fantasy scenarios, the person with bodyguards is the "final boss" material. They just use bodyguards so they won't get their hands dirty. It also prevents the bodyguard from turning on the person and killing/betraying them for money, power or whatever they are popular for. Edit: Him beating Shang Tsung and Shao Kahn is basically Johnny beating Shinnok. It leads to a happy ending and everyone's beaten everyone at some point for the sake of story or hype. It's basically why Reptile has been treated poorly lately, because the hype was built around new characters for the last 10 years and when you have the main heroes and villains set, that leaves Reptile as a jobber.
Well, MK now has a rather impressive record of disrespecting their characters and not being able to know how to handle power in their own universe. As much as I love this franchise... There are a looooot of questionable decisions made.
Reptile has been my favorite character throughout mk9 up until now. I desperately hope that we get him in the next game seeing as its suppose to be a prequel.
"Is this going to be the only guy we can do fatality practice on?" Just wait til D'vorah isn't in the next game and Reptile is and you have to use him for all your videos because his blood is green or something.
You can have a body guard who isn’t as strong as you. But, you know, still gotta be competent and alert enough to handle or alert you to something that’s a threat to you. Say, someone with a 4/6 matchup spread against you. That’s a threat. Maybe reptile has a 5/5 spread or a 6/4 spread… doesn’t matter. If they fight him first they’re losing to you. Or several 3/7’s wander in and you can easily take any ONE of them. But if they catch you off guard you’re donezo. Good thing reptile is there to look around in case they try something and stronger enough to take them.
Yeah, Underdawg does hype Reptile up a bit too much, but keep in mind Shang Tsung's champion is Goro. Goro is extremely strong, and lives up to his title. I think Shang Tsung would want the best of warriors, so him picking Reptile just as a glorified alert doesn't make sense. Reptile is an actual ninja capable of invisibility, immense speed and strength. He can eliminate his foes quietly, or in an actual fight, utilize his acidic abilities to kill. I'm not saying Reptile is stronger than Shang Tsung, but being chosen as Shang Tsung's personal bodyguard has more to do with it than alerting Shang to threats. Shang would just send Reptile to eliminate them instead.
@@oss956 I’m saying that a body guard doesn’t actually have to be stronger than you to be effective. And because of the existence of ninja and stealth, a body body who will alert you to danger, then kick the dangers ass, or prevent them from coming near you to begin with is a thing that’s useful. Zeno in Dragon Ball Super has body guards. They more or less tell people to fuck off if those people are irritating Zeno.
@@fightingmedialounge519 They are, they handle threats and keep people away, since Zenoh can only be killed if hes ambushed. His point stands, some fighters have bodyguards in real life. A bodyguard, is there to find the dangers, and protect you from them, they dont have to be stronger than you, just being able to alert you and stop attacks etc. In MK it makes perfect sense to have reptile as bodyguard, he can stealth and hes fast. Let's just say he protects the strongest character in MK Shinok, oops i mean Cassie :^) her being caught 1v3 would suck ass, but having a guard or 2, makes it 3v3. No one is unbeatable.
@@Sembred again, that's a look out. A bodyguard is someone who's job entails protecting a person from threats they feel like they can't handle. Fighters have bodyguards, but said bodyguards are used for crowd control or meant to handle potentially armed assailants. In the case of reptile, he would be a henchmen if he was handling threats Shang tsung could deal with, but chooses not to. There's nothing wrong with that, and it doesn't make reptile weak. It just makes him less of abodyguard and more of a henchmen.
I think that if they don't make Reptile a fighter in the next game after 11, they should at least make him the main character of the Krypt or maybe even a secret boss in order to point back to who he once was. Hell, if they make him the Krypt protagonist, maybe you could be the one to kill the Krypt guy for a few koins as revenge.
As least they did something good with him in mk11. Erron has his acid in a jar for 2 specials and a Fatality, and Scorpion has a skin based on him. There was also his MKX ending.
He was definitely one of the more favorable boss fights in the first movie. Took liberties I'm sure, but when you see Reptile in full, it gave me shivers.
If we're talking about charcters with humiliating losses, then I would say erron black. If we're talking about charcters who have had the biggest downgrade in terms of where they started off, and were they ended up, I would say bi han.
Since he is a dinosaur I would like to see him in the next game with a velociraptor head a little smaller off course so it fits.Moreover I would want him to have a tail ,spikes covering the tail all over to the head.I would also like to see him with his race and not being a jobber.It would be fantastic if they made him so he enters the tournament by himself in order to save earthrealm.
I think that would be a good idea as a way to buff reptile again, the only thing I'd modify in that idea is that you only see that form when reptile is in a different combat state which adds or changes some of his moves, that state would be activated 3 ways either by simple button combination like a normal special move, change via combo or fatality. That would be epic I can see people pulling off crazy combos and juggles while changing forms back an forth or starting in 1 form just end the combo in the other 💯
what baffles me is not only do they keep dumping on this beloved and legendary character, but they've squandered every single potential to explore his race as well as dive deeper into the other characters of his race that have survived like Chameleon & Khameleon. which is strange since out of all the male ninjas, Chameleon is still the only one that remains mysterious and he's just as cool as Reptile in his own unique way. they could of even re-introduced Komodai into the series to further dive into the Zaterran race and I would of been fine with it. the Saurians never seem to get the respect they deserve and we never get to know more about them as a race & their realm aside from the same exact tiresome vague explanations.
I remember GamePro magazine listed him as bottom-tier when MK2 came out. His invisibility move was pretty useless: your opponent couldn't see him but neither could you, and the CPU cheated.
I'm feeling the love for Reptile in this video. I was thinking he was favorite cannon fodder (along with all the other no red blooded characters lol). I demand REDEMPTION for my top playable character. I want to see him eviscerate some people in his next reincarnation (at least some side characters). I do have to say if I remember right in X he did get a peaceful/happy ending... with earth realm's Saurians. Also even though it was a slap in the face over the Dragon King. I look at as him being the sudo boss character. (Not the Goro/Sheeva relationship with him that is eluded in 11.)
My favs are reiko and drahmin. First time having a character you like be a punching bag? Lol. Great video as always I'm so excited when I see that notification on my phone
Reptile has been my favorite of the ninjas since he first appeared, when mk1 came out it was the only game people played in the arcade and also the only thing people talked about in school and it was always about the blue and yellow ninjas, so when rumors got around about a hidden green ninja the hype was real, when someone finally encountered him everyone crowded around the cabinet hellbent on seeing if he was real, people would try over and over just for a chance at fighting him only to get bodied in seconds just to start all over again I think in total about 32 people from the whole school were actually able to beat him (me included) though that was probably more so due to not knowing how to get to him then anything else, but cut too mk2 and reptile was playable there was more hype then ever before practically everyone in my friend group played as him, he was just too cool and he's been my main since, seeing him go from a school playground legend to a complete jobber sucks but I'm just happy to play as him.
It angers me what they did to him at mortal kombat 4 and on. When they tried to further and further separate him from being a ninja and more and more of a reptile dude. MK3U/trilogy reptile was bad ass.
Reptile is one my favorite MK characters. He's actually the first character I beat MK 2 with when MK2 came to home systems in 1994 when I was 12. I'm with you on that TrueUnderDawg, few characters in Mortal Kombat have been relegated as bad as Reptile. I still have to say Hsu Hao would make that runner up list too. Look how Hsu Hao's death recycles. He gets killed by Jax in MK Deadly Alliance, he gets killed by Scorpion in the MKX comics, then in MK 11 he gets relegated to be in a cinema banter/dialogue prop only as a DECAPITATED head and his hat tumbling too from the bag Erron Black tosses out before the round starts. And Erron Black is a jobber always talking tough but always ends up getting his ass kicked.
Its because of how NRS structures their story, they do these chapters for each character where theyre basically unbeatable for the next 4 fights and then are forced to lose the next however many because its not their chapter anymore. So basically you only win fights if you have your own chapter, and Villains(especially henchmen level villains) never get their own chapters so theyre just cursed to lose for eternity Reptile isnt the only character that gets this treatment, but hes been in the most games and is the most popular of the bunch so its happens to him the most by default. I REALLY hate that they do this, it just seems like such an obstacle to work around story telling wise and it disrespect A TON of fan favorite characters like Ermac, Rain, Baraka, etc.
@@fightingmedialounge519 thats extremely rare and Jax losing to Ermac to get his Metal arms is apart of his origin story. Other then that its extremely rare
@@CaptainProx technically Jax didn't loose his arms in the old timeliness before he received his metal arm, so Ermac taking his arms was just a win given to him.
I preordered MK9 from Amazon back in the day just to have Reptiles human skin and original fatality from Day 1. Love the character, but yea, he needs a lot of love from NRS. Most of the enemies do.
I remember Reptile getting a cool ending in Mortal Kombat 9. I'm fine with him getting jobbed due to his brain relying more on urges than reason. He should still remain a threat though.
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Can we get an mk9 kitana video
My boy Jarek deserves some respect,
MK4- he has possibly the best projectile in the game,a ground pound that low profiles,above average damage, kills Sonya in his first arcade ending
Armageddon- everything he had in MK4 and more: an unblockable spear that changes sides and his damage is possibly the highest in the game with 70% combos, I think the MK Kommunity hate him for the wrong reasons.
well Elmer Fud also killed liu kang, shao kahn, and beat shang tsung and raiden in deception so whos Elmer Fud again?
I dare say Kung Lao has been disrespect ed more the guy went from liu kangs equal to final boss's punching bag
For me, I hated how they changed Reptile from a fairly sympathetic character in MK II to more of a villain. I know that he was serving Shang Tsung before, but, in my head canon, he had no choice but to do that to protect his people. I would have loved to see him developed more as a wild card character just focused on trying to find a homeland for his kind.
So….basically Baraka? Lol
@@justxzee that might actually be why they changed reptile. the created baraka and noticed that their stories were so similiar. (although 90% of villains in mk are somewhat unwilling/scheming henchmen.)
Well you’re in luck buddy cause that’s what you get an MK1. OK not exactly there are some differences.
You got ur wish in mk1 Brodie exactly what you said happened
The way you literally foresaw MK1
11:54 THE IRONY (everybody uses him for fatality practice because his blood is green and it’s safe for youtube )
He has saved his race more times than I've met my dad.
So once.
He never met his dad.
@@vugu Jesus christ ... take the time and read the comments properly cause they said "met MY dad"...
What’s a “dad”?
Milk
This is big truth...
Reptile was always my favorite character, and he's gotten progressively more insignificant in-story.
Even that dated initial Movie, from the 90's showed more respect.
I love the way they redeemed Baraka's character in mk11, all around the board, and I hope Reptile gets the same treatment, next time out.
The CGI in the first MK film was considered dated by the '90s. It looked like it was from the '80s.
I don`t understand why baraka came back he was killed by melina and even Melina died as well by Dvora
@@FreddyJenkinsBecause of the stupid timeline bs when Kronika merged the timelines the Baraka from the past returns, so the reboot timeline Baraka is dead but the Baraka from the past is still alive and became a good guy
@@josephstalin2606 oh I didn't know because I refused to play without Reptile
Lucky us, Reptile is gonna ne a badass in MK1
The worst thing about reptile is that if we're talking about gameplay wise, he'd be one of the strongest in the entire series, especially mk9 reptile and mkx nimble reptile
The worst or best??
And unique
I love reptile but that’s not true in Mk9 and Mkx he was very unique and had high damaging combos with setups but he was never high tier,plenty of other characters on both games are better than him
Naaaah MK2 and 3 Reptile was the best.
He wasn’t the best in 9. Sonya, cyrax, kabal were the top dogs. Reptile was B tier at best
Reptile was definitely respected during the Trilogy era. He was the protector he served in the movie as well against Liu. However after 4 he was downplayed and Ermac replaced him in 9
No matter how much they disrespect him. He'll always be a legend and a fan favorite amongst the community. REPTILE FANS UNITE XD
#ReptileGang
Reptiles my favorite I will unite
Hi sonic love ur vids :)
Lame
I was about to comment something about you, it seems you beat me lol, we stan Reptile and D'Vorah!... Ok i guess D'Vorah is just me, BUT STILL! Scaly=sexy
After the release of MK1, happy to see Reptile does justice, along with Baraka
Reptile is literally the Paul Phoenix of MK, because he starts off strong as a boss character and rival of Shang Tsung, and the more appearances he made, the more he gets nerfed and turned into a jobber that has no true purpose but to be left behind or comic relief
at least Paul has canon victories including the one aginst Ogre in T3 while Reptile does not
@@DevilRaptorBHe beat Ogre, but can't beat Kuma and Panda🙃😑
@@Matt_Underwood still better then so many characters including Alex
I got that reference. I had no clue Paul was that godlike until a friend told me
@@TrueUnderDawgGaming Yeah Paul is insanely powerful in Tekken, and definitely Top 5 strongest. Trust me, just for fun, go through his entire history. At Tekken 5, you'll see how much of an idiot and comic relief he became. Same thing happened to Reptile. Sad to see
Reptile was my first favorite character in MK. I remember they talked about him as if he was some apocalyptic force of nature. So elusive and mysterious, that you wouldn’t want to run into and otherworldly ninja like reptile.
Sad to see. Really sad to see. Only thing sadder than reptile’s downfall is Torr. Dying off in the first and only game you were in. Such a cool looking character laid to waste.
Thank you TrueUnderDawg, as a massive Reptile fan i constantly get annoyed how he is treated in Mk games.
"You think in the next game he is the only one on whom you can train fatalities?"
MK12 devs watching this: "You heard him. Start working on that immediately."
NRS: WRITE THAT DOWN! WRITE THAT DOWN!
Your wish has been granted!
Mortal Kombat 11 was just one huge middle finger to Reptile as a whole. Not only was he cut but they added salt to injury by constantly mentioning that he's deconfirmed in several dialogues, his invisibility was given to Mileena, makes brief cameos in Rain's fatality & Shang Tsung's transformation, given as reskin for Scorpion & Sub-Zero (which is bullshit because D'vorah gets theme skins to other characters despite being in the game), and they didn't even consider using Khameleon as a temporary substitute for him in the game. 🦎💩
Chameleon with a C. K is for female version.
@@noblenaveragemanointernet2582 I was referring to the chick.
He didn't even get a redesign in mk11 but ermac did. Sadly, ermac too wasn't even playable despite being redesigned.
Such wasted potential...
Hey I'd be fine if Chameleon took Reptile's place, they're my favorite characters by design. I still really like Reptile though.
@@duckonquack6404 same here. But if I had to find away to be fine with his absence. It would be if Khameleon took his place, not some whiny teenager with an ice cream gun (Frost).
I’ve never seen a character devolve so much over the course of a series more than Reptile.
Idk why Ed Boon hates him so much.
Edit: NOT ANYMORE BABYYYYYY. Hahaha
He explained Reptile’s hype in MK1 and 2 perfectly
Reptile is definitely one of my favourites, especially growing up when any ‘monster’ character like him or Baraka were my faves. I used to have the MK Super Book which had move lists, an original comic, and character vs character tier lists etc., and I would read their description of Reptile often, and while they said he was arguably the weakest character in MKII, I still believed their affirmation that us Reptile fans ‘know better than anyone that it is possible to fight and win’ as him. He’s just so cool and I love his invisibility having two versions in MK9! And his fight in the MK movie was excellent.
I like how when he beat shao kahn in mk2, he was humble and just wanted to live peacefully with his people in peace, Persoanllay, I would think Raiden and Fujinn would not only admire mk2 reptile, but even respect and honor him.
We need this back for Reptile. He was a honourable warrior in the end, he deserves the respect. We need to tease Ed Boon with a #BringBackMK2Reptile xD
Reptile was never honorable, he’s gone on record to kill weak opponents and to disappear when his allies are overwhelmed. He changed sides so many times, and he always changes sides to the winning side rather than stay loyal. He always serves the newest bad guy in every game, the man was ALWAYS a servant of the main villain. Nothing less, nothing more. Honestly they just need to kill him off agains and do something else. If they bring Onaga back and repeat the same prophecy, reptile will not be coming back in the new game either.
@@Unchainedful we’re talking mostly about reptile’s story in MK2. Which is only a fraction of his story.
@@Unchainedful what a troll. He's an OG ninja. Ridiculous.
(Syzoth reporting in) Some disrespect that didn't make your video: He spits acid into Takeda's eyes and it's later washed out with water without doing any damage. That same stuff that dissolves entire bodies? Does nothing to eye jelly.
The developers said they couldn't give reptile a functioning tail, but then released alien with a better dash, better flip, better acid, and also a tail that Reptile was supposed to have.
He's also one of if not the first kill in the new Mortal Kombat movie.
Lastly, he's the only character from the first two Mortal Kombat games to not make the MK11 roster.
They're doing us Reptile OGs dirty.
I dunno man, Kotal's tenure has been shorter but that dude caught almost nothing but Ls..even in his reveal trailer for 11. At least reptile become a viable threat when he was Onaga's vessel. Kotal seemed like threat and became a joke faster than a Usain bolt record sprint.
There's also the fact that Reptile will always be the original secret character in fighting games and the originator of MK's long history of hidden content. Reptile is one of the most legendary fighting game characters and no amount of jobbing can ever take that away from him.
In fact maybe they turned him into a jobber to make Sub and Scorpion look better? Both are more important but Reptile was far more impressive in the early days owing to his secret status, first appearance as literally both other ninjas combined but twice as fast and role as Tsung's bodyguard.
By comparison what does Kotal have going for him? A cool design maybe but Ogre pulled it off years earlier so Tekken deserves any credit there. KK and his wheelchair don't have shit on Reptile, the scaly boy actually had a reputation to be ruined, KK's reputation has been jobbing from the start.
So Reptile has certainly been done dirtier than Kotal but Kotal was never anything but done dirty so I guess it's a matter of perspective who got disrespected worse during their career.
He’s at least the Kahn which I guess makes it worse given how he’s meant to he Kahn and treated like shit but technically he’s better than Reptile
They do my boy Kotal dirty
At least Kotal looks cool. Mk butchered reptile design
*I don’t know* learn how to spell first my dude
as a die hard reptile main/fan dating back since the midway message boards... you spit nothing but facts. I had to just sit and nod quietly through the whole video. such a sad fate for my boy but with the possible mk12 leak it seems he may be back.. great video man
And here I thought Baraka was the most disrespected character lol
nah, baraka in MK11 is really cool and powerful. and has much more personality
lets talk about erron black
@@zimine9890 Erron Black barely counts, both Reptile and Baraka were there since the very beginning 30 years ago.
Thought it was Kano!
Baraka is the Worf of MK. He just exists to get jobbed. Which sucks cus he's one of my fav Karacters
Nothing but facts in this video. I hope Ed Boon sees this and gets the devs to stop disrespecting Reptile in future games. I grew up playing MK (literally one of the first games I ever played) and I can remember how badass Reptile was in the early games. Then like you said, he became a punching bag and even in the new movie, just gets thrown aside like nothing. Absolutely terrible.
Well he saw it. He gave a plug to this video as well. Nice
the bushy brow ed boom idiot should also reboot injustice and bring back the real Nightwing Richard Grayson not crappy damien wayne. And not him some plot device to make batman more sad
I literally laughed out loud when you called Reptile a boomer for wishing to go back in time
I'd like to see reptile and ermac work together. Two of the most underutilized and simultaneously coolest characters in the franchise with tragic backstories reduced to henchmen. It's sad
Up next: the most specialized character: Cheetah… claws or nothing
I'm on board with this idea. The goddess should be pleased when Underdawg makes a video on Cheetah
"He's a Quaker once he's done." Great line, hahaha...
I used to use Reptile to humiliate people in MK2 in the arcade because most people thought he was weak. Actually beat Noob Saibot with him, too, during a 56-fight win streak.
Poor guy's loyal to a fault. Reptile is the bro we all need.
"Reptile is not a Lizard, he's a Dinosaur"
THANK YOU!! THIS IS WHAT I BEEN SAYING!!
I hope they redesign reptile for the next game. I remember seeing him in the original and loving the ninja style character.
Me too. Reptile has always been my main dude and not having him in the new game sucks balls. But yea my fave reptile skin is the original ninja. I don't mind him being scaled with the outfit. But like turning him into a pint sized Godzillagator in the new movie fucking pissed me off.
I loved his human ninja counterpart, the deception behind his character was great.
@@12978fghdiu23gewsduf I quite liked the reptile from the movie, thought i’m very partial to more monstrous characters in general. It would’ve been better if he could shape shift into a human form.
Wow. I can't believe that Reptile was disrespected like that. I feel bad for him. He's one of my favorite characters in MK.
Only reason Reptile wasn't in MK11 was so Kotal Kahn could take all the L's for him.
I know I'm super late for this but YES! Someone finally says what i have been saying for YEARS!! Reptile isn't some pathetic jobber for the other fighters to use as a green punching bag. He's a badass and highly skilled warrior and was one of the STRONGEST Kombatants in MK History, being Shang Tsung's personal protector and being able going toe-to-toe with with the chosen one himself, Liu Kang. And as a big reptile fan, it honestly breaks my heart seeing just how much humiliation Reptile had been dealt with throughout the many years and games after MK2, ESPECIALLY in Mortal Kombat 11 where he has no use but fucking CURRENCY. Not to mention in both the animated and live action movie where he is almost instantly killed off by the "heroes" of the story. Literally the only good thing to ever happen to him in the recent installments was in MKX where he was finally given a proper name after so many years. Reptile has so much potential as a character and i just hope with all of my heart that future or present MK writers we'll see that, removing this groveling, subordinate minion slave Reptile and bring back the honourable, iron-willed, proud, goated raptor warrior SYZOTH that we all know and love.
REPTILE FANS UNITE 🐍🐍🐍
To be fair he was a very good character move-set wise in most of his games
Wow the fact that you predicted reptile being the fatality dummy for yt is crazy
I think the most humiliated character is Kotal Kahn (KK). Got defeated by almost everyone and the only people KK beats are just jobbers
But he becomes Kahn in the latest games so it ended good for him 🤷🏽♂️
@@alexmatthewsiv4310 Yeah and he loses the title and surrenders it to Kitana after having to be rescued like princess peach and then shao kahn crippled him and then in aftermath he died and his own people turned his backs on him as his decapitated head was trampled on the ground. How much worse can you get?
KK in a wheel chair
@@alexmatthewsiv4310 u late he been Kahn since mk x
He bodies not only Goro but also Goros father.
Body guards aren't always stronger than the protected person, they're just more willing to do/get harmed because they have less to loss
Bullet catchers.
Damn. I knew he got downgraded but i didn't even think about it like this. Poor Reptile. He had such a strong start, just to get treated like a jobber now.
And now in the new MK1 he's a badass
And also boyfriend material like what?
@@jadebayoba7073 FR FR
@@jadebayoba7073ion ever wanna see this corny shi again
@@bndblazrt so sad for you because i may be a corn but i have been living on the corn since i was born so stfu
Its no my matter you don't get THIS love and attention
Finally some respect to one of the coolest ninja in game
To be fair I see Reptile going on his knee as a more sign of respect and modesty. He choose a more peaceful approach to his request but it failed.
Basically brought a suit and tie to his boss requesting a raise because he’s over achieved, just to be denied.
I was about to make an arguement about how jerik and Hsu hso were more humiliated but your argument at the beginning really made sense.
Reptile was my boi.
Then they massacred my boi.
Reptile really got the best redesign out of any character in mk1, he went from a jobber you beat down
To get to the actual characters, to well, an ACTUAL character. He has a story, a good design, he’s fun to play
And he’s respected. Hopefully we see characters like kollector get redesigns like this soon.
He’s my personal favorite color swap ninja, I hate how they do him so dirty
I always say this, after John Tobias left the team of developers, many elements of the story became very sloppy.
He was the creative force behind the lore and the story of the characters. After he left the team of developers seem like they don’t really know what to do.
Definitely
Ed can’t write
@@andrewquick4176True
I'm a big Reptile fan and I was hyped for the new MK movie but imagine my disappointment when I saw him get destroyed by Kano. To add insult to injury, Kung Lao is my second favorite character and he died too smh
The way I look at Reptile in the 2021 movie is, at least my boy went down because he was outnumbered. I don't think he would lose any of those fights 1v1. ALSO, at least he didn't die to Cole Young ._.
I agree with Fatsu. REPTILE was badass and it took 3 people to take him out, and I kinda liked he's design. Shame he got so little screen time. Probably why Reptile in the OG movie is the best because he has a excellent fight with Lu Kang. Actually kicking his butt for a bit.
Movie was trash
As a huge Reptile fan I wanna say you did this video the same way I would've, like the things you touched on I mean, absolutely perfect. I loved MK4 and was all aboard the hype train as a kid only to be like "look how they massacred muh boi 😭" when I beat it with Reptile 😂
I was afraid for Scorpion and Sub Zero 🤣
My hope is that one day we get to see Reptile & Khameleon meet up. Not only so Reptile isn't alone and the last of his race but because if I remember right the Saurian become more reptilian when they are away from their queen or something like that. So maybe Reptile and her could restart the Saurians & he could get his human form back.
So you essentially want Reptile to get some?
@@arrownoir He deserves a bit of tail, both figuratively and literally, after all he's been though.
@@arrownoir bitches
@@arrownoir eeeeeh, Honestly it would be really cheesy to try and birth a whole ass species from just two zaterans, so I’d hope not.
Oh wow... the statement of Reptile being the only one that is able to be fatality'd [at least on yt] aged like milk...
The curse of having different colored blood in a MK game
I absolutely love reptile. He’s probably my favourite MK character, so seeing the disrespect NRS are giving him annoys me
i remember back in MK3 at the arcades, we used to choose scorpion or sub zero to play but bro whenever someone used reptile you knew shit was serious.
for that i always thought reptile was so cool and badass, but see him like this is kind of funny i'm not gonna lie.
story of reptile:from riches to rags
Thank you for this video. This is exactly what I been trying to tell everyone about Reptile. Great video! Cheers!
Reptile is my favorite MK character
Yeah,he has such a cool design,abilities,story and yet nrs always shits on him...
For me he’s not
Oh nice
Mines Kabal
2:02 I'm going to have to disagree on this part. although it is a nice thought on the part of reptiles Strength, it is more related to reptile being able to protect Shang from threats he wouldn't see or have time to prepare for. It seems that power scales only work in 1v1 confrontations, so anyone can pretty much be assassinated as long as they arent aware of their assailant. This means Shang needs people watching his back to prevent this. it isn't because he needs them to handle threats he couldn't himself if he were to be ready for it. It can also be more like a Frieza role where he has lackeys do the grunt work but doesn't need personal guards as he is strong enough on his own.
It's really sad how in the MK movie he gets like a few seconds of screen time only to get killed.
It's almost like midway and NRS just wanted to make him a joke.
Well for one its not midway its NetherRealm studios and franchise creators like Ed boon that put the jokes/Easter eggs in Mortal Kombat.. Noob Saibot was one of their jokes so was rain and ermac was a macro error then they made him a real character lol
I agree since one is certain Reptile is one of my favorite MK Characters and I’m so disappointed by how he was handled
I think the fact he was not in 11 was rather because Devs were really try harding to reduce the Ninjas in the game for whatever reason. Ermac also took L's in new timeline besides Jax's Arms and a cutscene victory and those soldiers deaths. And then almost killed in ending and died in a krypt cutscene.
P.S I still think Krypt Guy should be Kung Jin xD
Krypt guy dies in shaolin temple :/
Reptile was changed so much over the years he doesn't even resemble a ninja
@@INameIsGood same with ermac who looks like a mummy sorcerer
@@wankawanka3053 that was only in MKX, in MK11 they gave him a proper design this time but left him unplayable which was a dumb decision.
The krypt is non canon and despite him losing some fights he still has several victories in the new timeline as well.
Beats Jax, Johnny Cage, helped beat Reiko in the comic, beat Mileena in a flashback, beat Cassie, Kung Jin and Jacqui (although lost in the rematch due to it being her chapter) while Reptile on the other hand has had ZERO victories which is a bad look for him.
When me and my friends were smol we always thought Reptile was the coolest in MK2 and watching the fall has been devastating 😔 Thanks for making this I thought I was going crazy thinking he used to be cool
I mean In comics body guards are not stronger than their bosses they are just stronger than the henchmen
Yeah I think that’s true. I mean if we look at Jade, Kitana & Shao Kahn, Kitana & Jade are bodyguards/personal Assassins for Shao Kahn, and He’s stronger than both of them. (Kitana beat Shao in mk11) but I think it should’ve been written a lot better and maybe, I think she could beat him if the plot was written better and Kitana got longer and more in depth development, then I think she could beat him. But Jade is also Kitana’s best friend/Body guard and Kitana has proved to be stronger than her.
6:41 Yeah, this was my first Mortal Kombat game and I was confused with the ending. I was like, "So he lost?" 😂
Reptile doesn't need to be stronger than Shang Tsung to be his bodyguard. In many fantasy scenarios, the person with bodyguards is the "final boss" material. They just use bodyguards so they won't get their hands dirty. It also prevents the bodyguard from turning on the person and killing/betraying them for money, power or whatever they are popular for.
Edit: Him beating Shang Tsung and Shao Kahn is basically Johnny beating Shinnok. It leads to a happy ending and everyone's beaten everyone at some point for the sake of story or hype. It's basically why Reptile has been treated poorly lately, because the hype was built around new characters for the last 10 years and when you have the main heroes and villains set, that leaves Reptile as a jobber.
What you're describing falls under the category of enforcers.
“Do you think in the next game he’s gonna be the only character you can do fatality practice on or something” lol
Well, MK now has a rather impressive record of disrespecting their characters and not being able to know how to handle power in their own universe. As much as I love this franchise... There are a looooot of questionable decisions made.
Reptile has been my favorite character throughout mk9 up until now. I desperately hope that we get him in the next game seeing as its suppose to be a prequel.
"Is this going to be the only guy we can do fatality practice on?"
Just wait til D'vorah isn't in the next game and Reptile is and you have to use him for all your videos because his blood is green or something.
The worst part about that mk4 cutscenes is that reptile is killed in his own lair...
You can have a body guard who isn’t as strong as you. But, you know, still gotta be competent and alert enough to handle or alert you to something that’s a threat to you.
Say, someone with a 4/6 matchup spread against you. That’s a threat. Maybe reptile has a 5/5 spread or a 6/4 spread… doesn’t matter. If they fight him first they’re losing to you.
Or several 3/7’s wander in and you can easily take any ONE of them. But if they catch you off guard you’re donezo. Good thing reptile is there to look around in case they try something and stronger enough to take them.
Yeah, Underdawg does hype Reptile up a bit too much, but keep in mind Shang Tsung's champion is Goro. Goro is extremely strong, and lives up to his title. I think Shang Tsung would want the best of warriors, so him picking Reptile just as a glorified alert doesn't make sense. Reptile is an actual ninja capable of invisibility, immense speed and strength. He can eliminate his foes quietly, or in an actual fight, utilize his acidic abilities to kill. I'm not saying Reptile is stronger than Shang Tsung, but being chosen as Shang Tsung's personal bodyguard has more to do with it than alerting Shang to threats. Shang would just send Reptile to eliminate them instead.
@@oss956 I’m saying that a body guard doesn’t actually have to be stronger than you to be effective.
And because of the existence of ninja and stealth, a body body who will alert you to danger, then kick the dangers ass, or prevent them from coming near you to begin with is a thing that’s useful.
Zeno in Dragon Ball Super has body guards. They more or less tell people to fuck off if those people are irritating Zeno.
That wouldn't be a bodyguard nick. What you're describing is a general servant or lookout.
@@fightingmedialounge519 They are, they handle threats and keep people away, since Zenoh can only be killed if hes ambushed.
His point stands, some fighters have bodyguards in real life.
A bodyguard, is there to find the dangers, and protect you from them, they dont have to be stronger than you, just being able to alert you and stop attacks etc.
In MK it makes perfect sense to have reptile as bodyguard, he can stealth and hes fast. Let's just say he protects the strongest character in MK Shinok, oops i mean Cassie :^) her being caught 1v3 would suck ass, but having a guard or 2, makes it 3v3. No one is unbeatable.
@@Sembred again, that's a look out. A bodyguard is someone who's job entails protecting a person from threats they feel like they can't handle. Fighters have bodyguards, but said bodyguards are used for crowd control or meant to handle potentially armed assailants. In the case of reptile, he would be a henchmen if he was handling threats Shang tsung could deal with, but chooses not to. There's nothing wrong with that, and it doesn't make reptile weak. It just makes him less of abodyguard and more of a henchmen.
11:54 bro predicted it lmao
Honestly, with disappointing mk11 was, I'm glad reptile wasnt disgraced by really being in it
I think that if they don't make Reptile a fighter in the next game after 11, they should at least make him the main character of the Krypt or maybe even a secret boss in order to point back to who he once was. Hell, if they make him the Krypt protagonist, maybe you could be the one to kill the Krypt guy for a few koins as revenge.
As least they did something good with him in mk11. Erron has his acid in a jar for 2 specials and a Fatality, and Scorpion has a skin based on him. There was also his MKX ending.
He was definitely one of the more favorable boss fights in the first movie. Took liberties I'm sure, but when you see Reptile in full, it gave me shivers.
If we're talking about charcters with humiliating losses, then I would say erron black. If we're talking about charcters who have had the biggest downgrade in terms of where they started off, and were they ended up, I would say bi han.
You did an awesome job with this video! Thanks
Since he is a dinosaur I would like to see him in the next game with a velociraptor head a little smaller off course so it fits.Moreover I would want him to have a tail ,spikes covering the tail all over to the head.I would also like to see him with his race and not being a jobber.It would be fantastic if they made him so he enters the tournament by himself in order to save earthrealm.
I think that would be a good idea as a way to buff reptile again, the only thing I'd modify in that idea is that you only see that form when reptile is in a different combat state which adds or changes some of his moves, that state would be activated 3 ways either by simple button combination like a normal special move, change via combo or fatality.
That would be epic I can see people pulling off crazy combos and juggles while changing forms back an forth or starting in 1 form just end the combo in the other 💯
What do u mean when u call reptile a jobber?
what baffles me is not only do they keep dumping on this beloved and legendary character, but they've squandered every single potential to explore his race as well as dive deeper into the other characters of his race that have survived like Chameleon & Khameleon. which is strange since out of all the male ninjas, Chameleon is still the only one that remains mysterious and he's just as cool as Reptile in his own unique way. they could of even re-introduced Komodai into the series to further dive into the Zaterran race and I would of been fine with it. the Saurians never seem to get the respect they deserve and we never get to know more about them as a race & their realm aside from the same exact tiresome vague explanations.
I remember GamePro magazine listed him as bottom-tier when MK2 came out. His invisibility move was pretty useless: your opponent couldn't see him but neither could you, and the CPU cheated.
Piccolo from DBZ also has a similar downfall. Went from being one of the strongest and popular, to a green punching bag... Smh
Vegeta is also has the same downfall
@@markmagician2471 Vegeta is arguably stronger than Goku right now cause he can use SSGB2 and Goku can't always trigger UI
He'll get his redemption
Hope the upcoming movie can be his redemption.
@@markmagician2471 except he really doesnt he got more ws in dragon ball super than goku in the u6 v u7 tournament he beat 3 people
I'm feeling the love for Reptile in this video. I was thinking he was favorite cannon fodder (along with all the other no red blooded characters lol). I demand REDEMPTION for my top playable character. I want to see him eviscerate some people in his next reincarnation (at least some side characters). I do have to say if I remember right in X he did get a peaceful/happy ending... with earth realm's Saurians. Also even though it was a slap in the face over the Dragon King. I look at as him being the sudo boss character. (Not the Goro/Sheeva relationship with him that is eluded in 11.)
My favs are reiko and drahmin. First time having a character you like be a punching bag? Lol. Great video as always I'm so excited when I see that notification on my phone
Reptile has been my favorite of the ninjas since he first appeared, when mk1 came out it was the only game people played in the arcade and also the only thing people talked about in school and it was always about the blue and yellow ninjas, so when rumors got around about a hidden green ninja the hype was real, when someone finally encountered him everyone crowded around the cabinet hellbent on seeing if he was real, people would try over and over just for a chance at fighting him only to get bodied in seconds just to start all over again I think in total about 32 people from the whole school were actually able to beat him (me included) though that was probably more so due to not knowing how to get to him then anything else, but cut too mk2 and reptile was playable there was more hype then ever before practically everyone in my friend group played as him, he was just too cool and he's been my main since, seeing him go from a school playground legend to a complete jobber sucks but I'm just happy to play as him.
Reptile actually killed some "good guys" characters in Mortal Kombat Conquest TV series
That’s why we reptile mains go twice as hard online
It angers me what they did to him at mortal kombat 4 and on. When they tried to further and further separate him from being a ninja and more and more of a reptile dude. MK3U/trilogy reptile was bad ass.
Reptile is one my favorite MK characters. He's actually the first character I beat MK 2 with when MK2 came to home systems in 1994 when I was 12. I'm with you on that TrueUnderDawg, few characters in Mortal Kombat have been relegated as bad as Reptile. I still have to say Hsu Hao would make that runner up list too. Look how Hsu Hao's death recycles. He gets killed by Jax in MK Deadly Alliance, he gets killed by Scorpion in the MKX comics, then in MK 11 he gets relegated to be in a cinema banter/dialogue prop only as a DECAPITATED head and his hat tumbling too from the bag Erron Black tosses out before the round starts. And Erron Black is a jobber always talking tough but always ends up getting his ass kicked.
Can we talk about how nitara was replaced by Skarlett too? Miss playing her and a wasted character
Reptiles always been one of my favorite characters respect appreciate you covering him like this
Its because of how NRS structures their story, they do these chapters for each character where theyre basically unbeatable for the next 4 fights and then are forced to lose the next however many because its not their chapter anymore.
So basically you only win fights if you have your own chapter, and Villains(especially henchmen level villains) never get their own chapters so theyre just cursed to lose for eternity
Reptile isnt the only character that gets this treatment, but hes been in the most games and is the most popular of the bunch so its happens to him the most by default.
I REALLY hate that they do this, it just seems like such an obstacle to work around story telling wise and it disrespect A TON of fan favorite characters like Ermac, Rain, Baraka, etc.
Some of the villains are allowed to win outside of their chapter; like ermac beating Johnny and jax.
@@fightingmedialounge519 thats extremely rare and Jax losing to Ermac to get his Metal arms is apart of his origin story. Other then that its extremely rare
@@CaptainProx technically Jax didn't loose his arms in the old timeliness before he received his metal arm, so Ermac taking his arms was just a win given to him.
@Conquest yes! I absolutely loved Aftermath and it was so refreshing to see a villain actually win for once. I love Shang Tsung as well
Dude, you’re a comedian! This was so hilarious!
I preordered MK9 from Amazon back in the day just to have Reptiles human skin and original fatality from Day 1. Love the character, but yea, he needs a lot of love from NRS. Most of the enemies do.
Reptile is one of my favorites, great content
He hasn't been MORE humiliated than Reptile, but Kung Lao has definitely been hoed, like, a lot.
Chameleon, Khameleon and Reptile all deserve respect.
I’ll never forget the “Pop” of the audience back in 95’ when the announcer said “Reptile” in the movie!
I feel the same way about Baraka
Mk 1 Banished Trailer: not anymore 😎 🦎 🔥
I remember Reptile getting a cool ending in Mortal Kombat 9.
I'm fine with him getting jobbed due to his brain relying more on urges than reason. He should still remain a threat though.
At least he got maaaaaddd respect in MK1
Mortal Kombat 1 did wonders for Reptile and Baraka