[Joe Moore]

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Originally Posted by deecee4

Pretty sure Pitfighter and Narc,both games using digitized actors, predates MK.

Yes, but both had very limited things they were doing. Narc, you fight waves of the same exact characters and the main heroes were palette swaps. Pit fighter had a small roster of playable fighter as well, and the digitization process was less refined than MK, with far fewer animations per character.

The main point being made was that memory limitations at the time only allowed for so much to be done. So in MK1 and MK2, they palette swapped the ninjas to add extra characters. As those memory limitations became less of a problem, those color swaps were given more distinct designs, especially as the series moved to 3D.