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John Tobias: 'If I could go back and redo Kabal and Stryker I would, I don't know if I'd design them differently or just come up with new characters'

Posted by SFilp
November 7, 2012 at 2:58 p.m. PST
On a recent episode of The On Blast Show, John Tobias one of the co-creators of the original Mortal Kombat joined JamesMK and DarkNaTaS to discuss his history with the Mortal Kombat series.

He is asked many different questions including the origins of Mortal Kombat and Reiko, which characters he wasn't happy with their design, his favorites, concept of the block button and much more. The interview starts at 11 minutes 45 seconds. Hit the jump to see the rest of the show.

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zUkUu said on November 7, 2012 at 3 p.m.

I like both of them actually. Stryker was my main back in the days. He's a bit generic, but I think having a "normal security / police" guy as a character is somewhat special in the world of mortal kombat. having him rely on non-super powers is appealing as a contrast to the rest of the cast IMO.

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BUYACUSHUN said on November 7, 2012 at 3:12 p.m.

i was maining him when i played MK9. him and cyrax, then i started to move on to noob and smoke. All those characters i like and especially styker for those same reasons zUkUu. It's offically canon that he took on kitara(the tiger goro) and i think goro in that story mode.

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Him said on November 7, 2012 at 3:33 p.m.

Leave. Kabal. ALOOOONE! O__O

Anyways, He was my main ever since MK3. If they think about changing him in a MK sequel, just leave those swords alone.

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badjab326 said on November 7, 2012 at 3:35 p.m.

I agree zUkUu. The fact that he was so different than the usual cast made him so much more appealing imo.

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DevilMaySpy said on November 7, 2012 at 5:16 p.m.

It's about time OBS got some mainstream attention. James puts in too much work every week for 40-100 viewers.

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BoscaBat said on November 7, 2012 at 5:25 p.m.

Kinda shocked Kabal is mentioned, he's one of their better and original designs.

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AugustAPC said on November 7, 2012 at 7:59 p.m.

Stryker has probably received the most badass upgrade in fighting character history from MK3 to MK9. Guy is just awesome as hell in the new game.

Kabal is ballin' too. No pun intended.

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zhanba17 said on November 7, 2012 at 8:55 p.m.

(This user was banned.)

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Deyrax said on November 7, 2012 at 9:02 p.m.

Stryker's best design was his alternative in MKA.

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AugustAPC said on November 7, 2012 at 9:58 p.m.

Just finished watching. Tobias is a really cool dude, he makes games and doesn't afraid for anything.

For real though, he's extremely patient and polite.

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Hypermarth said on November 7, 2012 at 10:45 p.m.

Stop putting the general tag on MK9 stuff X_X

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CheribamJ said on November 8, 2012 at 5:41 a.m.

Don't touch Stryker. He's P-E-R-F-E-C-T.

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shiningnegro said on November 8, 2012 at 1:03 p.m.

@12 come on this is MK we talking about

He's F-L-A-W-L-E-S-S

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CheribamJ said on November 10, 2012 at 9:27 a.m.

@13 Haha, my bad.

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