Chameleon is a hidden character (or quasi-character) in Mortal Kombat Trilogy. He appears only on the Playstation, and Sega Saturn versions. On the Nintendo 64 version, he is replaced by Khameleon, a female version. Mortal Kombat Trilogy is an anthology in the Mortal Kombat video game series. ... The PlayStation (Japanese: プレイステーション) is a video game console of the 32-bit era, first produced by Sony Computer Entertainment in the 1990s. ... The Sega Saturn (Japanese: セガサターン, Sega Saturn), a video game console of the 32-bit era, was released on November 22, 1994, in Japan and May 1995 in the United States; 170,000 machines were sold the first day of the Japanese launch. ... The Nintendo 64, commonly called the N64, is Nintendos third home video game console. ... Khameleon is a secret character in the video game series of Mortal Kombat. ...
There is little information about Chameleon. He has the appearance of a male ninja, but absolutely no backstory or ending in the game. He is playable, but only by selecting one of the other seven male palette-swapped ninjas and holding a certain combination of buttons. The character then becomes Chameleon, and switches between the seven ninjas randomly. While this can be confusing, Chameleon can be powerful when a skilled player uses him, as most of the palette-swappers are quite strong. The palette swap is a practice often used in video and computer games, whereby a graphic that is already used for one element is given a different palette so that it can be reused for other elements. ...
Chameleon is similar to Reptile's Mortal Kombat1 form, in that he has no moves of his own, but rather has the moves of the ninja he's emulating. Where Reptile was named for being green, Chameleon is named for his color changing, and camoflaging. In all essences, he is an updated MK1 Reptile. Orders Crocodylia - Crocodilians Rhynchocephalia - Tuataras Squamata Suborder Sauria - Lizards Suborder Serpentes - Snakes Testudines - Turtles Superorder Dinosauria Saurischia Ornithischia The reptiles are a group of vertebrate animals. ... Mortal Kombat is a 1992 fighting game by Midway. ... Orders Crocodylia - Crocodilians Rhynchocephalia - Tuataras Squamata Suborder Sauria - Lizards Suborder Serpentes - Snakes Testudines - Turtles Superorder Dinosauria Saurischia Ornithischia The reptiles are a group of vertebrate animals. ...
The seven ninjas among whom Chameleon rotates are:
For example, in the first Super Mario Bros., Luigi (the second player character) was a palette swap of Mario (the first player character); Koopa Troopa enemies were palette swaps of each other; the underground levels contained palette swaps of all enemies, power ups, coins, and bricks.
Sometimes palette swaps are used to signify a character's status.
Characters such as Ryu, Ken, Akuma, and Dan all have similar or identical styles, and their sprites typically differ only in the color of their gi and small differences such as their heads, hands, or sleeves.
Since, as a hidden character, she has no actual back story screen, the first of her two ending screens doubles as a backstory.
Amongst the lesser known MK characters, there is a considerable fan demand for her return (recent footage of the game in production shows a fan-created female character bearing reptilian characteristics, for example).
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