As expected, Mortal Kombat 1 players have unearthed the secret Floyd fight mere hours after guest character Conan the Barbarian went live, but they’re still not sure exactly how to trigger a battle with the mysterious pink ninja.
Floyd is the name of a once rumored, now real pink ninja currently available to fight in Mortal Kombat 1. NetherRealm development chief Ed Boon had teased fans over the years by referencing a pink ninja called Floyd, and, back in 2023, Mortal Kombat dataminer TheThiny unearthed text in the Mortal Kombat 1 files that referenced a character of the same name. Only now though, years later, is Floyd actually in Mortal Kombat 1, although the specifics are hazy.
Warning! Spoilers for Mortal Kombat 1’s secret Floyd fight follow:
TheThiny has revealed the secret Floyd fight, which is preceded by a cool cutscene in which ninjas of various colors appear in beams of light before settling on our pink friend. You then get the unique “YOU FOUND FLOYD” text flash on-screen. The idea, it appears, is that Floyd is all Mortal Kombat’s ninjas in one, a bit like Chameleon from Ultimate Mortal Kombat 3.
But how do you actually trigger the fight? It’s unclear at the moment. TheThiny said the fight was discovered after a player completed “a bunch of Floyd challenges then he appears. This video was taken in the Towers.”
How many challenges must be completed? We’re not sure, but it’s a lot. Could it be that each challenge completion increases the chance Floyd will turn up? We’re not sure, but maybe?
Players are still working out Floyd’s moveset, which appears to combine attacks and abilities from various characters on the roster. Floyd isn’t officially playable, but that hasn’t stopped dataminers from getting hands-on with the character.
What’s super cool is that beating Floyd in this secret fight unlocks a brand new stage, the beautiful Field, which players have already noticed is from the Mortal Kombat 1 announcement trailer.
New Stage:
Field#MK1 #MortalKombat1 pic.twitter.com/ygkarWNRhU— thethiny 🐰🍉 (@thethiny) January 21, 2025
So, Floyd is in Mortal Kombat 1, which means Ed Boon has finally made good on his desire to add the character. Sticking with Boon, he’s teased a T-1000 Fatality, confirmed Mortal Kombat 1 has sold over five million copies, and maybe suggested more DLC characters are on the way.
Image credit: TheThiny.
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