This is a playthrough of single-player mode using Human Smoke in the Genesis version of Ultimate Mortal Kombat 3. Read on below for more information...
"Human" Smoke is a hidden character in the game, and he is a hidden playable character.
NOTE: Lifebar cheats are used to save time and keep video sizes to a minimum due to the later CPU opponents being ridiculously difficult and unfair.
===== HOW TO SELECT HUMAN SMOKE =====
1) Select regular cyborg Smoke.
2) Before it goes into the gameplay/fight screen, hold the following:
[HP] + [HK] + [BLOCK] + [RUN]
When it goes in the gameplay screen, cyborg Smoke will turn into Human Smoke before the fight starts. If you're playing through single-player mode, he will remain as Human Smoke until you lose a match or Player 2 joins in.
===== STORY =====
From the Arcade version's in-game bio:
"In his human form, Smoke was a lethal assassin working for the Lin Kuei. But when they decided to automate their ninjas, Smoke is caught in the middle. He became a cyborg assassin, whose human form would exist as a memory forever more."
===== GAMEPLAY & INFORMATION =====
---- Despite some thinking that he is just a clone of Scorpion with a different colour, he actually isn't. There are significant differences, such as his close-up combos, different 1st Fatality, and the lack of a complete finishing move set.
---- His close-up combos which involve the HP as a starter, he uses Scorpion's axe. Perhaps it would have been a better idea to use one of the other male ninja's close-up combos for Human Smoke.
---- As he is Smoke, he emits smoke in gameplay.
---- In gameplay, for some reason the colour of the smoke he emits is brown.
---- Due to the nature of the command input to select Human Smoke, you won't normally see him on the character select and VS screens. I have made him appear on these screens - you can see this starting around 13:51.
---- On the fight path screen, he uses an [?] icon image.
---- He loses the super speed walking he had in MK2.
---- He loses the special move he had in MK2 where he rushes forward REALLY fast and throws the opponent.
---- In MK2, he had Reptile's neutral stance. Perhaps he should have used Reptile's neutral stance in UMK3 too for consistency.
---- UMK3 marks the first time that Human Smoke officially becomes a playable character. He was unplayable in MK2.
---- When you complete the game with him, he has his own ending.
===== ABOUT GENESIS UMK3 =====
The game is developed by Avalanche Software. As this uses the same code from Sculptured Software's previous port (MK3) on the same size cartridge size (32Mbit), it meant that many cuts had to be made, some of which as follows:
---- The character Sheeva is removed.
---- The announcer voices for the character's names are removed.
---- The Animalities are removed. However the Mercy feature is still intact.
However, there were some extras/improvements over the original Arcade UMK3:
---- Rain and Noob Saibot are added to the playable roster.
---- Mileena, Ermac and Classic Sub-Zero are available from the start and are regular characters.
----- Brutalities (from Mortal Kombat Trilogy) were added to the game.
