MK1 Sindel's face looks bad

[Kurskaya Narodaya Respublika]

It looks too generic. Like Li Mei copy/paste. A great downgrade from mk11 model😭.

[Leon]

I dont see Michelle Yeoh in Sindel
I think Li Mei has much more of Yeoh in her.
Tho Kelly Hu seems to be LM's face model, it seems to me that everything about her was inspired by Yeoh's Crouching Tiger character

https://www.reddit.com/r/MortalKombat/comments/15823vz/im_pretty_sure_its_not_just_me_when_i_say_li_mei/

[OyajiBR☕]

Moving hair IS ASIAN FOLKLORE, Japanese female ghosts or demons did that. Sindel was based on them. She reminds me of one of the villains of the classic Kamen Rider Black, which I watched in the 90s.

[OyajiBR☕]

Originally posted by Leon:

I dont see Michelle Yeoh in Sindel
I think Li Mei has much more of Yeoh in her.
Tho Kelly Hu seems to be LM's face model, it seems to me that everything about her was inspired by Yeoh's Crouching Tiger character

https://www.reddit.com/r/MortalKombat/comments/15823vz/im_pretty_sure_its_not_just_me_when_i_say_li_mei/

Yes, Li Mei's new look, moves and character as a master have a lot of similarities with Michelle Yeoh in Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon.

[lux2k]

Funny how they pander to Asia and MK is a non entity in Japan

[Rubercaine]

Originally posted by OyajiBR☕:

Moving hair IS ASIAN FOLKLORE, Japanese female ghosts or demons did that. Sindel was based on them. She reminds me of one of the villains of the classic Kamen Rider Black, which I watched in the 90s.

"Sindel was one of several MK3 characters who were not officially named until the game neared completion. During production, she was nicknamed "Muchacha" and "The Bride" by the programmers.
The "The Bride" reference is actually rather telling of kung fu cinema's impact on the Mortal Kombat franchise as a whole; one of the inspirations for Sindel's character is derived from Bride with White Hair, a 1993 film from Hong Kong. The title character, Lian Nichang, is shown towards the later portion of the movie as transforming from black haired bride-to-be into a vicious witch with white hair." ©

[OyajiBR☕]

Originally posted by lux2k:

Funny how they pander to Asia and MK is a non entity in Japan

Funny how Japan makes so many games with North American protagonists.

[lux2k]

Originally posted by OyajiBR☕:

Originally posted by lux2k:

Funny how they pander to Asia and MK is a non entity in Japan

Funny how Japan makes so many games with North American protagonists.

And they SELL in America. lol

[OyajiBR☕]

Originally posted by Rubercaine:

Originally posted by OyajiBR☕:

Moving hair IS ASIAN FOLKLORE, Japanese female ghosts or demons did that. Sindel was based on them. She reminds me of one of the villains of the classic Kamen Rider Black, which I watched in the 90s.

"Sindel was one of several MK3 characters who were not officially named until the game neared completion. During production, she was nicknamed "Muchacha" and "The Bride" by the programmers.
The "The Bride" reference is actually rather telling of kung fu cinema's impact on the Mortal Kombat franchise as a whole; one of the inspirations for Sindel's character is derived from Bride with White Hair, a 1993 film from Hong Kong. The title character, Lian Nichang, is shown towards the later portion of the movie as transforming from black haired bride-to-be into a vicious witch with white hair." ©

See? She's based on Asian culture. Most MK characters are.

[Rubercaine]

Originally posted by OyajiBR☕:

See? She's based on Asian culture. Most MK characters are.

Not really folklore, though.

[OyajiBR☕]

Originally posted by lux2k:

Originally posted by OyajiBR☕:

Funny how Japan makes so many games with North American protagonists.

And they SELL in America. lol

And MK developers like Asian culture, the coolest martial arts come from there. But your pride is hurt, I understand.

[Castyles]

Originally posted by 🍃🍸Sylvia🧋🍵:

Sindel looks fine.

[Rubercaine]

Originally posted by OyajiBR☕:

But your pride is hurt

Lol, what pride? He says that it looks like NRS is trying to cater to Asian countries, where MK is "not really popular".

[lux2k]

Originally posted by OyajiBR☕:

Originally posted by lux2k:

And they SELL in America. lol

And MK developers like Asian culture, the coolest martial arts come from there. But your pride is hurt, I understand.

I'm not American nor Asian. lmao. No horse in this race.

[lux2k]

Originally posted by Rubercaine:

Originally posted by OyajiBR☕:

But your pride is hurt

Lol, what pride? He says that it looks like NRS is trying to cater to Asian countries, where MK is "not really popular".

exactly

[OyajiBR☕]

Originally posted by Rubercaine:

Originally posted by OyajiBR☕:

But your pride is hurt

Lol, what pride? He says that it looks like NRS is trying to cater to Asian countries, where MK is "not really popular".

Seems like yours is, then.

Originally posted by lux2k:

Originally posted by OyajiBR☕:

And MK developers like Asian culture, the coolest martial arts come from there. But your pride is hurt, I understand.

I'm not American nor Asian. lmao. No horse in this race.

North American or not you seem to feel insulted that the characters now look more Asian. I'm white yet it doesn't bother me.