{"id":128315,"date":"2022-09-23T12:45:00","date_gmt":"2022-09-23T12:45:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/#article-138184"},"modified":"2022-09-23T12:45:00","modified_gmt":"2022-09-23T12:45:00","slug":"random-mortal-kombat-logo-was-nearly-scrapped-after-being-mistaken-for-a-seahorse","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/2022\/09\/23\/random-mortal-kombat-logo-was-nearly-scrapped-after-being-mistaken-for-a-seahorse\/","title":{"rendered":"Random: Mortal Kombat Logo Was Nearly Scrapped After Being Mistaken For A Seahorse"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"media_block\"><a href=\"https:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/0259d02c97c19\/large.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/0259d02c97c19\/small.jpg\" class=\"media_thumbnail\"><\/a><\/div>\n<figure class=\"picture\"><a class=\"scanlines\" title=\"Mortal Kombat Logo - Under da Sea\" href=\"https:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/0259d02c97c19\/mortal-kombat-logo-under-da-sea.large.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"lazy\" src=\"image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciIHZpZXdCb3g9IjAgMCA5MDAgNTExIj48L3N2Zz4=\" width=\"900\" height=\"511\" data-original=\"https:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/0259d02c97c19\/mortal-kombat-logo-under-da-sea.900x.jpg\" alt=\"Mortal Kombat Logo - Under da Sea\"><\/a><figcaption class=\"caption\"><em class=\"credit\">Image: Nintendo Life<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The <strong>Mortal Kombat<\/strong> logo is arguably one of the most recognisable in all of gaming: the silouetted dragon swooping around to resemble the Yin and Yang symbol is stunning in its sheer simplicity.<\/p>\n<p>It almost wasn&#8217;t to be, however, if co-creator John Tobias had listened to a comment from his sister, who mistakenly thought that the original sketch of the dragon was actually a seahorse (thanks, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ign.com\/articles\/mortal-kombat-iconic-logo-dragon-seahorse\">IGN<\/a>).<\/p>\n<aside class=\"object object-tweet\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\"><p><span lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Side Note: I almost tossed the dragon icon sketch aside when I was at home working on it at my drafting table and my sister mistook the dragon for a seahorse \u00af\\_(\u30c4)_\/\u00af <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/d1omW1as1A\">pic.twitter.com\/d1omW1as1A<\/a><\/span>\u2014 John Tobias (@therealsaibot) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/therealsaibot\/status\/1572971426092810242?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">September 22, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/aside>\n<p>The amusing bombshell comes as part of <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/therealsaibot\/status\/1572971307985412097\">a thread recently posted by Tobias<\/a> as he dives into the creation of the now-iconic Mortal Kombat logo. In it, he remarks on how the logo is representative of both the game itself and the in-game tournament, explaining that the use of the dragon was inspired by the title &#8216;Dragon Attack&#8217;, which was in contention to become the game&#8217;s official title before Tobias and Ed Boon settled on &#8216;Mortal Kombat&#8217;.<\/p>\n<aside class=\"object object-tweet\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\"><p><span lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">The inspiration to use a dragon as the fictional tournament\u2019s symbol came from \u201cDragon Attack,\u201d which was in contention as our game\u2019s title before <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/noobde?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@noobde<\/a> and I changed it to \u201cMortal Kombat.\u201d Here\u2019s my rough marker sketch of the marquee logo\u2026 (3\/9) <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/g3UY2X2boX\">pic.twitter.com\/g3UY2X2boX<\/a><\/span>\u2014 John Tobias (@therealsaibot) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/therealsaibot\/status\/1572971335969832960?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">September 22, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/aside>\n<p>As for the design of the dragon itself, Tobias recounts a brief story of when Mortal Kombat developer John Vogel noticed a statue of a dragon on the desk of Midway&#8217;s general manager, Ken Fedesna. Vogel borrowed the statue for use in the game&#8217;s backgrounds, but Tobias also used the dragon as inspiration for the in-game tournament, sketching out cabinet designs before ultimately implementing these into the logo itself.<\/p>\n<aside class=\"object object-tweet\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\"><p><span lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">I had been thinking of creating an icon to represent the fictional tournament, but also to brand the game with a symbol\u2026 like Superman\u2019s \u201cS\u201d or Batman\u2019s bat symbol. I used the dragon from my cabinet side panel sketch to inform the look of the dragon icon as our symbol\u2026 (7\/9) <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/EV2NNQaXDg\">pic.twitter.com\/EV2NNQaXDg<\/a><\/span>\u2014 John Tobias (@therealsaibot) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/therealsaibot\/status\/1572971401275133952?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">September 22, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/aside>\n<p>It&#8217;s a fascinating look into the creation of such an incredible logo and how quickly it was almost derailed by one comment! As for the franchise itself, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/news\/2022\/08\/ed-boon-shuts-down-mortal-kombat-12-evo-2022-announcement-speculation\">fans are currently speculating on the eventual reveal of<\/a> <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/news\/2022\/08\/ed-boon-shuts-down-mortal-kombat-12-evo-2022-announcement-speculation\">Mortal Kombat 12<\/a><\/strong> following the remarkable success of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/games\/nintendo-switch\/mortal_kombat_11\">Mortal Kombat 11<\/a>, which launched on Nintendo Switch back in 2019.<\/p>\n<p><em>What do you make of John Tobias&#8217;s story around the Mortal Kombat logo&#8217;s creation? Are you looking forward to a new entry in the franchise? Let us know in the comments below!<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Image: Nintendo Life The Mortal Kombat logo is arguably one of the most recognisable in all of gaming: the silouetted dragon swooping around to resemble the Yin and Yang symbol is stunning in its sheer simplicity. It almost wasn&#8217;t to be, however, if co-creator John Tobias had listened to a comment from his sister, who [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[27],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-128315","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-nintendo-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/128315","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=128315"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/128315\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=128315"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=128315"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=128315"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}