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Noob Saibot is a
ninja of the shadows. He appeared in Mortal Kombat 2 as a hidden
character. Noob's special abilities in MK2 were simply
copied from Scorpion. To fight him, the player must win 50 rounds in a
row. The name Noob Saibot spelled backwards is "Tobias Boon" (the last
names of MK creators Ed Boon and John Tobias). Speculation arose that
after Tobias left Midway in 2000, the "Saibot" portion of the name had
to be removed for legal reasons, but this was untrue as Tobias did not own the
rights to the name. In MK: Deception's Konquest mode and in MK:
Armageddon, the name Noob-Smoke was split up,
with "Saibot" omitted for continuity purposes.
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Page Updated:
July 27th, 2024
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Noob Saibot got
his start as a pretty intriguing "mystery" character, and single-handedly
added some creditable hype to MK2. However, in the first few games he really was nothing more than a "shadow clone" of
Scorpion (among others)... even his official artworks were edits from Scorpion's up until
the 3D MK games. lol.
Years later, his "Noob-Smoke"
incarnation was kind of
cool in MK: Deception, but that's a separate design (with a separate
review). Finally, in 2011, the MK dev-team completely re-designed Noob Saibot in MK9, which is by
far his coolest and most fleshed out appearance ever. Not only does he have a cool new costume, but
his brand new moveset is simply badass. The Noob has certainly come a long way.
Just a reminder, his "fighting style / moveset" rating is an average.
I'd consider his MK9 moveset higher than a 3.5, but we have to consider all the
games he appeared in, also. ;)
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