The History Of Hydro - Mortal Kombats Lost And Forgotten Water Ninja!

[@DJDTHTRP]

I believe there is enough to legitimately make Hydro canon as an Earthrealm warrior that the Shirai Ryu can bring in for the New Era's MK II. I see a lot that can be done to differentiate him from Rain, and keep a distinguishing aspect or two that the water mage does not have.

[@mkwhite5054]

I’ve always liked the idea of making hydro another cyber ninja, similar to frost and reminiscent of cyber subzero. Plus with the powersuits, making Hydro and Frost true cybers (later to be joined or preceded by cyber male Sektor and Syrax) with maybe Oniro become the “black” triborg) could enhance the sci-fi aspects of the world.

[@funnygamer361]

Who knows, maybe they can reuse Rain's old playstyle for Hydro

[@DaMillerBoi]

​@@funnygamer361 Maybe that's probably why they changed rain alot ,they have plans for hydro 👀

[@DaMillerBoi]

​@@mkwhite5054I think he might be lin kuei because cyrax no longer a member and they need some replacements unless frost will replace cyrax,and maybe they they will have hydro too but some how he leaves the line kuei but still keep his cyber gadgets

[@shin-gokusatsu645]

@DJDTHTRP Shirai Ryu? 🤣😂 Nah M1K has to many good guys Hydro would be better off as Rain's unknown half brother who has joined Shao & Reiko's Rebellion to over throw Mileena off the throne. It'll make him more relevant & have a better role than to bend over for Scorpion. But then Ed Boon & Dominic prove they can't write MK since M1K story was a major flop since launch & went full on Marvel.

[@thebiggerfish8976]

Honestly I was thinking that with the overhaul Rain got from Ninja to Mage, Hydro could easily fill the slot of "Water Ninja" Rain used to have tbh. He even has electrical powers in some stories, too.

[@INTERLOKOMKP]

Hydro was introduced as cyborg for the first time in our M.U.G.E.N. game (Mortal Kombat Project). He was a secret character unlockable by an Ultimate Kombat Kode in MKP 4.0 and then part of the main roster (from start) later on in MKP 4.1 This was around mid 2000s

[@ookie218]

Classic

[@mknoobnotsaibot]

The comic and the mugen mk was my first intro to hydro :)

[@jeffdaigle5487]

I still have those comics. All in mint condition read only once. Only missing 2 out of the whole collection. Had to save up my allowance every month yo get the new issue. Great memories.

[@thunderbolte711]

I think Hydro could be a mix of Sub-Zero, Smoke, and Rain, being able to shift his body to different states of water. That being Solid(Ice), Liquid(Water), and Gas(Steam or Mist). While also being able to change the temperature between freezing cold and boiling hot, something no other mk character can do to my knowledge. So I think he is very unique and could make for a very great addition to MK. All he's missing is some good lore to entangle him into the story of MK.

[@solonsaturngaming3727]

So another words, another Chameleon Ninja

[@thunderbolte711]

@solonsaturngaming3727 Yes and no. No one in Mortal Kombat can do what Hydro can do, not even Rainin the past who was a literal demigod. Chameleon utilizes the abilities of all the ninjas, and the only characters like him are Shang Tsung, Khameleon, and Shujinko. If done right, Hydro would play differently from Sub-Zero, Smoke, and Rain. Nothing like MK has ever seen. But if Chameleon was done right though, I could see him being a future big bad with that much power.

[@Susuwwiwi3i3ii33ijj]

Good question.​@@thunderbolte711 Kenshi

[@roninempire217]

Exactly, people forget Rain is a hydromancer who commands water where to go Hydro takes things further by mixing Smoke and Sub-Zero abilities to his kit Rahhhhh peak lore

[@thunderbolte711]

@@roninempire217 See you get what I'm trying to say.

[@KuWota2k]

I think Hydro could be reintroduced in the New Era as the next Sub-Zero. Similar to how Kuai was Tundra before taking up the mantle in the classic stories, would make sense for someone else to take the role. I know I know "but he's a hydromancer". In reality, Hydro was displayed to have cryomancy powers too, despite the namesake. One could assume perhaps Kuai's powers used to be lesser before he became Tundra. Great video!

[@edtenorio100]

That or be introduced as the first Lin Kuei successfully turned cyborg. Plenty of ideas to use the characters, so there's no reason why not given the story

[@PandaKnight-FightingDwagon]

I don't think Bi Han would allow another to take on the mantle of Sub-Zero while he still lives unfortunately

[@ВукШтрекер]

Here's how they should introduce Hydro if they decide to make him official character, first thing they need to do, is to give back Sub Zero his original light blue color that he had in klassic era because that shade of blue is way more cold and ice looking then his current one. And then give Sub Zero's current dark blue to Hydro because that blue looks more wet and cold water looking and it would match Hydro perfectly and would separate him from Sub Zero. He also needs to be different from Rain so his water powers should be like water bending from Avatar show, turning water into ice and reverse which means being able to freeze his opponents with ice cold water. Which is really unique and we only saw Cetrion doing it once, so having Hydro doing that all the time would be very nice. If you remember Rain's move from MK9 and MK11 he could splash his opponents with boiling hot water, so Rain being able to increase his water temerature and Hydro reducing his, is another good way to Seperate them. They should also give Hydro his two straight katanas that he had in comics and voila ! We have another palette swapped ninja !

[@MartinRoebuck925]

How about if Sub Zero should be Bi Han while Hydro should be Kuai Liang since Bi Han as Sub Zero was light blue and Kuai Liang as Sub Zero was dark blue since MK3?

[@hansgunsche3207]

New ninja characters would be a breath of fresh air for the series. Would love to see Floyd and Hydro make an appearance in the future.

[@ArtMaster09]

Same. Definitely need some new characters

[@ВукШтрекер]

Khrome as well

[@kaliefpurrier410]

Floyd is lame..Hydro and Chrome and Wu Lae

[@user-id6po7lw2o]

I had the idea of Hydro in the Mortal Kombat sequel, with him being the third brother, the middle child between Kuai Liang and Bi-Han. He'd be a decent fighter but nowhere even near his brother and the fact he couldn't use cryomancy made him a disappointment for his clan. His story would be he's escaping Netherrealm with his little brother because after the last movie Shao Khan would be furious and started allowing Shang Tsung to start experimenting on the Lin Kuei, leading to the creation of Noob Saibot. He'd join the heroes under the condition they protect his brother but would die near the end at the hands of Noob, with Cole promising to protect Kuai Liang which Hanzo would hate and disowning him.

[@reagenlionel]

Given rain is fundamentally different in this timeline. I can see Hydro existing and even becoming the new grandmaster. Probably becoming the new subzero later, with rivalry with frost for the spot, not nessecarily in the antogonistic sense like she was in other timelines but an entirely different relationship with hydro. Hydro could technically use cryomancy but not as good as subzero more affinity with hydromancy. Eventual teamup with frost that makes thier cryomancy greater than what bihan could ever do. Next game could have hydro trying to compete for that role while competing with frost. And becoming grandmaster in the end and gaining the title of subzero from bihan himself. This of course being a substory within the main plot.

[@iloveafterschool100]

Basically hydro is the cyber version of rain

[@D1smantle]

We are more likely to see Hydro than we are to see Hornebuckle. I mean, he went as far as appearing in a comic and getting acknowledged by the devs, while Honrebuckle is basically just a background character

[@shin-gokusatsu645]

They can introduce Hydro as Rain's unknown Half brother who unlike him he doesn't need magic to control Water. Since M1K is too vanilla having an unbalanced of villains. They can write Hydro joining Shao's Rebellion where he feels Outworld shouldn't bow down to EarthRealm & Liu Kang. Being a Powerful Watermancer he introduces himself to Rain & tells him instead of pleading for forgiveness to an unfit family of Royals he should strive for greatness instead of snarling at their feet where eventually he'll end up executed. Which will lead on to even Bi-Han & Kuai Liang working together & even settling their differences to fight side by side as brothers taking on threat to defend their Realm. It'll reintroduce Hydro in a new light where he has no origin in EarthRealm but in Outworld & where he's Rain's halfbrother & instead of being fodder he has a better role joining Shao's Rebellion for an Outworld that shouldn't be snarling at Liu Kang & EarthRealm's feet.

[@campbellroehrich7146]

If you are looking for more kharacters to do, "Aqua, Asgaarth, Baphomet, Belokk, Blanche, Grum, Hachiman, Hange, Hornbuckle, Kahil Grigesh, Monster, Nimbus Terrafaux, No-Face, Oniro, Ruby, Ruutuu, Tasia, Vorpax and Zebron“

[@wulaeofthetengu8336]

Don't forget Wu Lae, the canon orange ninja from Armageddon that's mainly been forgotten.

[@campbellroehrich7146]

My apologies, definitely Wu Lae

[@couver73]

I know this might be wrong, but I've always believed that Hydro was in fact what inspired the creation of Rain in the first place. I mean, come on, a "ninja" that mostly has water based attacks with *some* control over storms? That feels pretty cut and dry to me. But I can see why people think Hydro should be their own unique character. But I kinda feel like that's gonna be impossible cause people will just assume he's a ripoff of Rain. That's probably the stigma that'll plague the fanbase for those who don't understand the bigger picture.

[@roninempire217]

Hydro has different water abilities than Rain. The cut and dry answer of being a hydromancer is sad considering he’s also a cryomancer

[@vontheunknown7982]

I do hope hydro ends up in mortal Kombat 2. Atleast having a small role, Onaga is most definitely going to be the villain in it.

[@VileSinner666]

Would've been nice if he was a Kameo in MK1.

[@tyx8898]

I kinda feel a different type of villain will be established. Onaga will be featured but he was more or less the creator of the realms. MK has jumped to a different timeline type of series, so I think we would need a new more dangerous Onaga level villain. Kronika maintained the timeline but what if she was protecting it from someone more dangerous?

[@BlazerK1914]

I would really like to see Hydro’s origin and how he gets his water power.

[@MartinRoebuck925]

Hydro should be Kuai Liang and Sub Zero should be Bi Han. Where there is water, there is ice and where there is ice, there is water.

[@javierfavela2255]

Hey HBTW, thanks for the "History of Hydro" video I enjoyed it! Can you PLZ do the "History of Monster" (The character who appeared in "MK Deception" as a small cameo and fought against Shujinko in the story mode!🙏

[@DaMillerBoi]

I also believe one of rain skin in mk11 is actually hydro inspired ,it didn't match his character , personality tbh it was definitely Japanese influence and the good actually matches hydro modifier look

[@fluentdebreseJg]

Next game should bring in all the ninjas and start from there in my opinion. Including Chrome and Floyd. I don't care too much for hydro but I wouldn't mind his inclusion if they can make him stand out from Rain.

[@thatonefool0215]

Honestly, I can see potential for Hydro as a Cyborg character. Have him keep his electricity from channeling it from his power core, but i think the main addition is him being able to siphon water vapor from the air around him so he can keep his hydromancy (or an approximation of it.) As for gameplay, I think his gimmick would be switching between stances. Water Stance would be where his projectiles come from along with a gap closer that can combo into stance change, and Volt Stance would be for more harder hitting close-range fighting, and a couple combo ending launches. Maybe as a bit of balancing have Volt Stance be something the player uses sparingly, be it through a cooldown or it damaging the player overtime with an overload. I'm sure there's flaws in my ideas and this could make Hydro a garbage tier character for all I know, but I feel like flipping between stances weaving projectiles and rushdown combos could be fun.

[@wulaeofthetengu8336]

No disrespect because I fw dude, but forget Hydro, we need the final two canon ninja brought into the new gen games before adding any of the non-canon ones like Hydro, Oniro, Komodai, and Khrome. Chameleon and Wu Lae haven't been seen since Armageddon, and Wu Lae had still only been an NPC sub-boss like Tremor started out as in MK: Special Forces. The rainbow and orange ninja deserve at least a cameo. Wu Lae had A LOT of potential combat and story wise as well.

[@Almighty_Jedi]

Characters like this, should have been used for kameos and story chapter fights/NPCs. Instead of main roster repeats.

[@ArtMaster09]

Agree to disagree

[@christianmanka3884]

I’d love a video focused solely on the character that only appeared in those comics. Hope Hydro gets to return someday.

[@machomusprime50]

At this point we have Rain. Would another water ninja be necessary?

[@Thelastairbendy]

he could be a combination of both rain and ice. a cryomancer reject with unstable ice abilities

[@machomusprime50]

@Thelastairbendy hmmm.... Not that's interesting. 🤔

[@mustafashelby5683]

That's exactly why Hydro has never appeared. In the early story drafts, Rain was also going to be an assassin from Lin Kuei. It's as if Hydro's idea completely became Rain

[@Thelastairbendy]

@@mustafashelby5683 rain was given tremors backstory in umk3 which also looks like it could be hydro. hydro was a original character for the Malibu comics at the end of the day

[@mustafashelby5683]

@@Thelastairbendy Nope. That was just a rumor caused by manual errors. It was even debunked later on. Not only Tremor's bio wasn't given to Rain, but Tremor was never even considered for Mk Trilogy

[@JohnDoe0801]

Mom can we have rain Mom: we have rain at home. Rain at home : hydro

[@VRHyoumaru]

Wasn't the very first iteration of Rain also a Lin Kuei Assassin before the whole Edenian Prince thing happened? Feels like the most sensible thing to do would be to merge Rain and Hydro into a single character, or at least a legacy.

[@mkwhite5054]

I feel like we should keep them separate mainly because having a smaller cast means there are a lot of jobbers as well as a specific lack of characters dying. That was my big problem with MK1, basically everyone is heroic in the new era (even Noob kinda) so we’re missing a lot of baddies and the timeline nonsense is getting annoying. I hope whatever they do next involves them making definitive versions of everyone and going from there. Not all the characters who show up need to be playable but they definitely need to buff up both sides and the various factions to enhance the story.

[@VRHyoumaru]

@@mkwhite5054 For every one Kenshi we get at least five Mavados

[@mkwhite5054]

@@VRHyoumaru that’s a writing problem though not a roster problem. More than that, a lot of one-off and/or 3D era characters have the capability to be a lot better and more interesting than they previously were, Li Mei is *actually* a person now. All it requires for characters to be more Kenshi then Mavado is for NRS to actually try.

[@XZAVIER-DAA-GOD]

Huh a character killed by both scorpion and Sub-Zero & Sektor & Cyrax

[@caidenhanson4440]

You know I wouldn’t mind if hydro became a cyber ninja, mostly because we lack a good amount of them, only having 4

[@Harperlarp]

‘Mortal Kombat 1, blood and funder’.

[@TheSilverUmbraX10]

I miss him so much

[@solonsaturngaming3727]

Can I ask a genuine question to why? As I genuinely want to know why? As he was a spin-off character series that ig was told by the comic studio that they couldn’t have any of the main cast to be killed off, so they made Hydro to do so and since then till the live action legacy series stayed that way for spinoffs than an actual main game series.

[@TheSilverUmbraX10]

@solonsaturngaming3727 i just enjoy him and all the others that didn't make it or are spin offs and I like to think about ehat could have been or just like thinking about the old times that's all it is for me

[@solonsaturngaming3727]

@@TheSilverUmbraX10 np thanks, 😊 as I wanted to know is all and glad the obscure characters from the classic era is trying to get them in the games in some form

[@whatisthesandp500]

"Big fan of Mortal Kombat here! I think it would have been amazing if NetherRealm explored the Shirai Ryu ninjas a bit more. We’ve seen such a rich roster of Lin Kuei ninjas like Smoke, Sektor, Cyrax, and Frost, but the Shirai Ryu has so much untapped potential. Imagine discovering new ninjas with unique abilities who survived the massacre and came to Scorpion’s aid-maybe even avenging his death. With all the timeline and universe shifts they’re experimenting with, this could open up a whole world of storytelling. What do you all think?" 👍👎?

[@JeneeCapRed167Collet]

Ngl secret/unconfirmed mk ninjas are my roman empire

[@wulaeofthetengu8336]

The canon ninja are Scorpion, Sub-Zero, Noob Saibot, Smoke, Reptile, Ermac, Rain, Tremor, Chameleon, and Wu Lae as well as technically Takeda Takahashi, Forrest Fox, the Grandmaster, human Cyrax, human Sektor, and MK4 Reiko. The non-canon ones Hydro, Oniro, Komodai, Khrome, Phlox, etc.

[@andyq524]

I first learned of Hydro in this video. 😅 Also, human over cyborg for literally all the cyborg characters.

[@errorvibe8896]

Let's hope that he would be the new sub zero in the new mortal kombat era

[@vev4104]

Thanks for the contexts.

[@fraoct1065]

Can you do history behind the warrior for more obscure characters like Jataaka, Kia, etc?

[@sunriseinterlude9684]

I rather Hydro be a cyber ninja but either way I want him in the game.

[@mr.checkyourself4672]

We have Rain we don't much need another water based character.

[@alfredcowans880]

Wait...Hoooold up...Water Ninja!?!!??!???..We Already Got "Rain" Tho That Don't Make Sense 🤨🤷🏾‍♂️😂 Well Him And Rain Is Definitely Gotta Be Nemesis💪🏾😎😁

[@neosonic199]

I thought the same thing too, but then again, we do have two live-theme characters (Sub-Zero and Frost).

[@reagenlionel]

Rain is less a ninja now and more a water sorcerer. So theres room.

[@alfredcowans880]

​@@reagenlionelOooh Shit😲

[@alfredcowans880]

​​@@neosonic199Right? But Rain Has Been Around For A Min Tho..We First Saw Him In Mortal Kombat Ultimate🤷🏾‍♂️?

[@JohnDoe0801]

​@@reagenlionelhes a water wizzard with a dog crap costume lol

[@brandonleemoss]

Floyd Khome Hydro The 3 lost ninjas ✨

[@Mortal-Knite]

I can see Hydro being a Rain's student. Yet, after his betrayal, hydro could take on new teachings from Scorpion/Kuai Liang. Learning how to fight with his hydromancy and unlocking electricity and temperature changing overtime.

[@roninempire217]

People forget Rain is a Hydromancer who commands where water goes only Hydro is also a hydromancer but he also specifically has the power to change the temperature of water in different states. He can increase its temperature to boil or steam. Or he can create ice like Sub-Zero. Hydro is a mix of Sub-Zero, Rain, and Smoke He commands water to be either Solid, Liquid, or Gas

[@ScorchingProductions1]

History Of Aqua next please.

[@bazc1378]

Hydro4Life!

[@lukeneilson1079]

Do Janet Cage

[@micshork]

Would you consider doing a history on Wu Lae the Orange Ninja from MK Armageddon?

[@shannonfrederick4503]

Thank you for making this video. Me and my friend arguing about this character 4 yrs. He swears I must be lying or making it about that ninja lol

[@itssdonnie8280]

I was waiting on this video I can enjoy this with taco bell I'm one of yo.days ones so this is good

[@bon7029]

Hydro is like Sub Zero, but not as cool.

[@KingZeke91]

Can we plz just get hydro and Floyd. I want floyd to be similar to black bolt. Using sound waves would be nice and has to use (sign language) otherwise his power might kill someone.

[@craigmcvay1]

My first encounter with Hydro was in 1992's Sub-Zeros mirror matches, the same with Scorpion his mirror match is flame, as for Rain againsame difference his is floyd, I SAW ALL THESE decades before everyone elce.

[@cecilyhughlett7474]

I want Hydro to ACTUALLY become a playable character in the Mortal Kombat franchise FOR REAL AND FOR GOOD ONE DAY!

[@lucaiacob6206]

Hydro aka Rain but worse 🤣

[@ryleykearney1966]

Been so long

[@Susuwwiwi3i3ii33ijj]

😅KABAL bring back in mk11

[@solonsaturngaming3727]

Ngl Khrome and Floyd just sounds imo lame as they just a product of the times, but Hydro could come back but then we have Rain. I just don’t know who knows he could come into a mainstream game, as atm the story is getting a bit stale, nothing really new minus what Tremor in MKX or 11 I forgot as I stopped playing MK games after the 2011 reboot and played at least 4 hours of MKXL on my friends console but stopped after that.

[@vivekharuncyd4807]

Is there kp3 or is it confirmed canceled

[@Vex_365]

Pls do chrome

[@bobsmith8405]

That was his last video before this one

[@Vex_365]

@ damn you’re right. F it, DO IT AGAIN.

[@rayhayes7701]

I think he should have a chance

[@kylewhite8434]

Rain is a water ninja though....

[@kunioriki9304]

Wasn't Hydro the water boss in mortal Kombat mythologys ?

[@ProfessionalLoiter]

We need a Karen character and a nagging Nancy

[@PallideMeam]

Hydro-🩵🥷🏻 Phonic-🩷🥷🏻....NO NOT PINK FLOYD 🥴 Khrome-🩶🥷🏻

[@d0e-z2t]

Rain or hydro

[@castorjones2455]

Hydro was not forgotten nor where some of the bad ass Malibu comic characters. Netherrealms studios would rather pander to guest characters rather than put their own in their games.

[@FresnoBoy6star]

Hydro is a corny name