page_title: Mortal Kombat 3
section_title: Characters
hierarchical_section_title: Mortal Kombat 3 / Characters
caption_attribution_description: John Parrish speaking with attendees at the 2017 Game On Expo, for "Mortal Kombat 25th Anniversary Reunion", at the Phoenix Convention Center in Phoenix, Arizona. Please attribute to Gage Skidmore if used elsewhere.
context_page_description: Mortal Kombat 3 is a fighting video game developed by Midway Games and Atari Games and first released into arcades in 1995 as the third game in the Mortal Kombat series. As in the previous games, it has a cast of characters that players choose from and guide through a series of battles against other opponents. The game avoids the tournament storyline of its predecessors, as various warriors instead fight against the returning Shao Kahn, who has resurrected his bride Sindel and started an invasion of Earthrealm.
  The third installment of the Mortal Kombat series retains the notorious extreme depictions of violence that defined the series. It also introduces new types of the finishing moves, including Animalities. Other features new to the series were combos, predefined sequences used to perform a series of consecutive attacks. A "Run" button was also added, allowing players to briefly dash toward the opponent, as were "Kombat Kodes", an unlockable content system using various symbols that can be entered before two-player matches to achieve certain effects.
  Some characters from the previous games returned and new characters were introduced into the series.
context_section_description: The game includes 14 playable characters, with 1 additional secret character.
  New player characters:
  Cyrax (Sal Divita) - Yellow-colored Lin Kuei cyber assassin, and second of the three cyber assassins.
  Kabal (Richard Divizio) - Former Black Dragon warrior. Kabal was originally dubbed "Sandman" in early development.
  Nightwolf (Sal Divita) - Native American shaman.
  Sektor (Sal Divita) - Red-colored Lin Kuei cyber assassin and also the first of the three cyborgs.
  Sindel (Lia Montelongo) - Resurrected Queen of Edenia who is being controlled by Shao Kahn. Sindel was originally named Mushasha in the early versions of the game.
  Sheeva (stop motion) - Female Shokan whose loyalty lies in the hands of Shao Kahn, and is also the protector of Sindel.
  Stryker (Michael O'Brien) - Riot control officer.
  Returning player characters:
  Jax (John Parrish) - Special Forces major who works with Sonya 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) - Indigo-colored cyber assassin from the Lin Kuei and last of the three cyborgs, who was once a close friend of Sub-Zero (unlocked by the Ultimate Kombat Kode).
  Boss characters:
  Motaro (stop-motion) - A Centaur and the game's sub-boss.
  Shao Kahn (Brian Glynn, voiced by Steve Ritchie) - Emperor of Outworld and the game's final boss.
  Although the game's manual states both boss characters are unplayable, both Motaro and Shao Kahn can be enabled via secret cheat menus in the SNES and Genesis versions of the game. Noob Saibot (Richard Divizio) also returns as a hidden opponent. Due to absence of ninjas, Noob Saibot was created using the sprite of Kano painted in black.
caption: John Parrish (Jax) with Lia Montelongo (Sindel), Kerri Hoskins (Sonya Blade) and Phillip Ahn (Shang Tsung in MKII), reuniting in 2017
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