lol obviously

Yeah, if you haven't read the comic, you should do so. It's explained there. Don't want to spoil it for you.

I can't wait to play unmasked Sub Zero against unmasked Scorpion.

I don't want to step on anybody's shoes butttt... It's not explained anywhere.

From the start we see that he is human and the explanation is something along the lines of "We want it, don't ask"

So no it's never explained clearly.

Yes it is.

LOL, I'd love to hear it.

I read the comics and it's never explained.

It's explained why Scorpion is on the side of the Earthrealm warriors but it's never explained how he is human again.

I even remember a lot of people on the forum being confused and wondering how the hell did that happen.

So tell me which chapter explains how he has a normal human face?

Reread the first comic. It's almost one of the first things that are covered.

Chapter 1, issue 1 as Kenshi is tucking in Takeda.

If you need us to pinpoint it, page 19.

Or better yet,

Exactly, He says "Hanzo conquered Scorpion a long time ago" Or something along those lines.

But it's not explained How he did it or if it means that Scorpion's face turns into a skull when he is angry or not.

So like I said, It's not explained clearly.

They just gave us an explanation similar to the one with the dead characters coming back, which was something along the lines of "We are the writers and we want those characters back, that's why they are miraculously back."

I'm not saying they ignore the whole thing, but they don't explain it clearly.

What do you want? A thesis?

He still has his spectral powers, we've seen that. He's conquered the "Scorpion" side of himself, according to Kenshi, which means he's trying to revert back to his human form. If the dude had the ability to rip off his skin to reveal a skull and shoot flames out of his fookin' head, I'm sure he's capable of appearing human if he wants to.

All will be made clear in future issues of the comic and in the videogame.

You're not going to get a FULL explanation in the FIRST chapter of the FIRST issue. That's just bad storytelling.

I don't want a thesis, I want a logical explanation, and I understand that's a lot to ask from MK.

But does this mean that Scorpion is not an undead? If he can just be a human then what's the point of calling him a spectre?

I understand that Kenshi helped him and that he is trying to control and manage his powers but I still don't understand how this equals normal human face.

If I lose an arm and somebody helps me get through the pain can I just restore my arm whenever I want?

I almost feel like you're trolling, dude.

He was consumed by his thirst for vengeance. Hanzo got over that but he still has the powers of Scorpion. He still can remove his "face" and breathe fire etc etc. He is no different other then the fact he now is not just about getting revenge for what happenned to his family. Essentially you can say his personality changed and is more "human" and that is showed with his face and eyes.

Sounds, well, sound. Scorpion's face was always a mask, so there's no reason it actually had to look like a masked one in particular.

Personally, while the "unmasked" design looks fine, his face is a little too similar to Human Sektor's . Add Kabal prior to his disfigurement, and that's three traditionally masked characters (armored in Sektor's case) with long hair and/or beards. Plus Scorpion's outfit looks nearly identical to Human Cyrax's.

I do like that Scorpion's not actually fully brought back from the dead, and pretty much just had a change of clothes. It means that there are still consequences for him returning from the dead.

No its really not explained, it was said that Hanzo conquered Scorpion years ago, that's it. To me it seems like when he was reborn as Scorpion he was just vengeful and constantly blinded by rage, and with Kenshi's help he was able to calm himself, and move forward, regaining his humanity. So now it seems his base is regular human Hanzo, and he can tap into his spectre powers at will, and likely unintentionally if he is angered.

That's not fact though, it hasn't been really explained other than Kenshi saying we all have demons we must overcome, and Hanzo conquered Scorpion years ago. That's pretty much it.

Yeah, It seems like we have to fill the missing pieces ourselves and try to think of it in a way that makes sense.

The way you explained it seems reasonable but like you said, this is not fact because they still have not explained how he has a normal face exactly and how he has normal looking eyes while Subby still has white eyes.

And Subby ain't even angry lol.

Well we still don't know much of Sub-Zero's circunstances, other than how he got his scar. Madness could be running down his veins like it did Forest Fox. But I think there's enough backstory to explain why Hanzo looks human again.

And I sure hope he remains like this. Whatever happens with Takeda will probably affect how Scorpion turns out.

In story there is at least one cutscene with him being a normal human fighting Kung Jin.

So we know in the story he will be human at some point, but if you look at his gameplay he looks angry as fuck.

So I wonder if during those 25 years something happens to drive him even mad, he also has white eyes in his gameplay.

There is an incident in the comics that could influence it.

I know the Fox thingy.

But that story is before the game, I'm talking about the game he looks to be human in one cutscene so we know he stays human up until the game's story and then something in the story changes him and makes him more angry.

Or it could just be a costume for him and nothing happens to him in the story.

I do not really mind if Scorpion's face is similar to other character's as long as Scorpion's face is somewhat handsome, which it is, I am fine with it.

Scorpion's outfits have been mostly just different takes on his trademark yellow and black ninja garb so I expected that. If all else fails anyone can select a different costume since I am pretty sure Scopion will have plenty of costumes to choose from.

Yeah at this point I think its up for the reader to come up with their own explanation or interpretation of what was said.

We know Scorpion post-death has always had white eyes until Hanzo conquered Scorpion but Hanzo's eyes do still white out when he goes into Scorpion mode lol

As for Sub-Zero's eyes who knows, he never seemed very vengeful like Scorpion used to be so anger might have the same effect on him. He might be different due to different circumstances.


Maybe since SZ seems like he was brought back in his human form and not a wraith or spectre set on revenge he is cool headed, but retains the white eyes like Scorpion used to.

Lol idk im still thinking about it.