Conan The Barbarian joined the Mortal Kombat 1 roster earlier this week, however it appears he isn’t the one new fighter gamers ought to hold an eye fixed out for. NetherRealm Studios has snuck a secret struggle into the sport towards a pink ninja named Floyd–a direct reference to the enduring Nineteen Seventies rock band Pink Floyd.
Teases for the rose-tinted ruffian started to appear within the Residing Forest stage, with some gamers like YouTube creator Tremendous reporting seeing the name Floyd in pink font after successful a match there. With Conan now launched, gamers at the moment are encountering Floyd on a brand-new empty-field stage.
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One other YouTube creator named Dynasty has since released a video indicating that Floyd will randomly seem earlier than matches to provide a clue as to how you can set off his struggle, with 37 completely different clues attainable as discovered by dataminers highlighted within the video. Among the clues are as follows:
- “No Luna”
- “Hold Kalm & End”
- “Hat Trick”
- “Sans Jade”
- “This Is The place You Fall Down”
This isn’t the primary time the Mortal Kombat franchise featured hidden fights; the unique sport allowed gamers to come across the inexperienced ninja Reptile, whereas MKII additionally used a Residing Forest stage to tease its hidden characters. Floyd, in the meantime, is the second musically themed character to seem within the Mortal Kombat sequence, because the purple ninja named Rain–a reference to Prince’s well-known music Purple Rain–debuted in Final Mortal Kombat 3.
Mortal Kombat 1 is out there now on Xbox Sequence X|S, PlayStation 5, Nintendo Swap and PC. The Khaos Reigns expansion–which is required to entry Conan The Barbarian, Ghostface, and the remainder of Kombat Cross 2–is additionally accessible for every platform.