Back in 2019, Mortal Kombat co-creator Ed Boon revealed to fans in a Game Informer interview that he legitimately wanted to add yet another ninja character his franchise. Then in 2022, NetherRealm Studios’ head honcho brought this idea up yet again when he explicitly stated how he’d want a pink ninja in an X post.
While such a character has yet to make it onto a Mortal Kombat roster, there is a suspicious render of a pink character in the background files of Mortal Kombat 1. History Behind the Warrior has done a deeper dive on this mysterious pink potential fighter, and shares his findings in the video below.
“Yes. I honestly want to make a PINK ninja and name him FLOYD. No kidding,” said Boon in the aforementioned X post. Boon has been known to reference his favorite musical artists in his characters, as is the case of Rain, who was widely inspired by Prince.
This character was to wield chlorokinetic abilities which would allow him to manipulate plants, vegetation, and other forms of plant life through supernatural or psionic means.
As HBTW digs into the files data mined from Mortal Kombat 1, we learn that there were actually two different places a potential Floyd seemed to appear, one of which has unfortunately been removed since its initial discovery.
Putting some pieces together, it may have been the case that there were plans for Floyd’s fruition, but given the relatively fledgling state of Mortal Kombat 1 and the rumored cancellation of future plans due to poor sales numbers, we won’t be seeing him anytime soon.
Check out the full video from History Behind the Warrior below to hear all about the story of Floyd and how he still could become the first new Mortal Kombat male ninja since the MK3 days.
