Characters and Cast
Some of the returning characters from the previous games in Mortal Kombat 3 were actually portrayed by new actors, since their original portrayers left Midway due to royalty disputes. Ho Sung Pak (Liu Kang in the first two games, as well as Shang Tsung in the first Mortal Kombat), Phillip Ahn (Shang Tsung in Mortal Kombat II), Elizabeth Malecki (Sonya Blade), and Katalin Zamiar (Kitana/Mileena/Jade) were not involved in the production of Mortal Kombat 3. Dan Pesina (Johnny Cage and Scorpion/Sub-Zero/Reptile/Smoke/Noob Saibot) was also not involved in the production of Mortal Kombat 3 as he had been fired after shooting an advertisement for BloodStorm (which was being advertised as a "Mortal Kombat killer") while wearing the Johnny Cage costume. This resulted in the use of new actors for Liu Kang (Eddie Wong), Sonya Blade (Kerri Hoskins), Shang Tsung and Sub-Zero (both played by John Turk) in Mortal Kombat 3. In Ultimate Mortal Kombat 3, all of the male ninjas would also be played by John Turk, while the female ninjas (Kitana, Mileena and Jade) were played by Becky Gable. Johnny Cage would be played by Chris Alexander in Mortal Kombat Trilogy.
Carlos Pesina, who played Raiden in the first two games, did not appear in Mortal Kombat 3 as a penalty for his involvement in the rival game Tattoo Assassins, but was still employed by Midway. His character returned in Mortal Kombat Trilogy, although through the use of recycled sprites from Mortal Kombat II.
- New characters
- Cyrax (Sal Divita) - Lin Kuei cyber assassin.
- Kabal (Richard Divizio) - Former Black Dragon warrior.
- Nightwolf (Sal Divita) - Native American shaman.
- Sektor (Sal Divita) - Lin Kuei cyber assassin.
- Sindel (Lia Montelongo) - Resurrected Queen of Edenia who is being controlled by Shao Kahn.
- Sheeva (Stop motion) - Female Shokan who serves Shao Kahn.
- Stryker (Michael O'Brien) - Riot control police officer.
- Returning characters
- Jax (John Parrish) - Special Forces major who joins Sonya in attempting to apprehend Kano.
- Kano (Richard Divizio) - Black Dragon thug who escaped arrest by Sonya and Jax.
- Kung Lao (Tony Marquez) - Shaolin monk who seeks to stop what Kahn is planning.
- Liu Kang (Eddie Wong) - Returning Mortal Kombat champion.
- Sonya Blade (Kerri Hoskins) - Special Forces lieutenant setting out again to capture Kano.
- Sub-Zero (John Turk) - Rogue Lin Kuei ninja who fled the clan after refusing to be converted to a cybernetic unit.
- Shang Tsung (John Turk) - Shao Kahn's devious sorcerer.
- Smoke (Sal Divita) - Cyber assassin from the Lin Kuei, who was once a close friend of Sub-Zero (unlocked by Ultimate Kombat Kode).
- Boss and sub-boss
- Motaro (stop-motion) - A four-legged Centaur.
- Shao Kahn (Brian Glynn, voiced by Steve Ritchie) - Emperor of Outworld.
Although the game's manual states both boss characters are unplayable, both Motaro and Shao Kahn can be enabled via secret cheat menus in both SNES and Sega versions of the game.
- Other characters
- Noob Saibot (Richard Divizio; unlockable as a non-player, Kano-resembling character through the Kombat Kodes) - The undead original Sub-Zero.
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