Шао Кан
The character was added to "Mortal Kombat 4" to replace Noob Saibot after the developers found that the game had too many ninja characters. While his original ending simply depicted him walking through a portal, Reiko's FMV ending showed him wearing the helmet of Shao Kahn. This led to speculation that Reiko was Shao Kahn, which was dispelled when the Konquest mode of "" revealed that Reiko would sneak into Shao Kahn's throne room to wear his helmet. In an interview, John Tobias stated that Reiko was intended to be a reincarnation of Shao Kahn, but this story would be disregarded in later installments. Nevertheless, Reiko's appearance and special moves in "Armageddon" would be stylized after Shao Kahn.