Hope this becomes a regular series with other games included

“That’s just a pallet swap of reptile” “Yes, but he’s red” “Legendary”

I think the saddest part about Ermac's design is that if you watch the audience's reaction to Ermac at SDCC, you'll notice that barely anyone cheered for him because they could not recognize him at all. It's ironic that Ermac is more recognizable when his face is covered up rather than exposed, although I guess that can go for any of the ninja characters.

This is hilarious to me because I can't be the only one who went "Ermac is here? Where?" and then it took me a minute to guess that he was the only one with the green eyes.

NRS: shows part of Ermac's face Fanbase: we don't like it Also NRS: shows his entire face and even more of his skin

MK9’s second Ermac costume is perfect. His entrance in MK9’s story is amazing too.

Love the Deception Alt. He is going through his hero arc and becoming comfortable with himself as a freed soul and that skin shows that as he isn't wrapping himself up in shane. My favorite costume of all time.

I’d love to hear you do a visual history for Rain next! He has had appearances from MK3, to Armageddon, 9, X, 11, and now 1. All designs that Rain has had have been extremely different than both Reptile and Ermac.

Max, we're loving these visual history. We want to see more. Also from other fighting game series. Thanks.

Love Ermac's alternate costume in MK9. It's easily his best design. Some of his concept art in the MK9 book looks way better than his primary they went with. But to each their own.

Of all the OG ninja pallet swap colors, red was always the best looking, imo, and I love his backstory, especially when it was revealed the lead soul is Kitana’s father to explain why he turned good, and the fact that he has telekinesis. His MK 9 outfits, especially his alternate, are not only, EASILY, his two best outfits, but two of the best of any character in MK history.

A Visual History needs to become a regular show! These are great.

Ermac is a pretty much an April Fool's joke everyone took seriously

Keep this series up I love seeing all the changes

Ermac’s 3D era specifically deception and shaolin monks alongside his mk9 designs are the pinnacle of Ermac designs in my opinion, he has this vibe of a psychic desert sage, I always liked the idea he wore baggy clothing and covered his body in bandages because he’s got 1000’s of souls inside him that he needs to keep balanced and under control, and if any of them see a reflection of themselves in a body that isn’t their own well I think chaos erupts in Ermac it’s pure panic for them so it’s just easier to cover your body, I never liked the idea that he’s an undead mummified zombie, I prefer when he looked mixed race with darker skin in the early games, cus yeah if your bodies a construct made of 1000’s of souls especially those from edenia you’d be mixed race just a bunch of question marks tbh ??? I’d love if they threw in features from other outworld people, like mild tarkat fangs, or zateran scales at points on his body, maybe he gets phantom limb pains from the shokan or vampires within him from extra arms and wings he never grew, just this alchemical/ chimera/ homunculus combination of parts with boundless psychic energy, surviving as a desert sage in the wilds of outworld, he’s either a shao Kahn slave or in the og timeline when kenshi sets him free he’s a wandering sage and champion, he’s Ermac.

A visual history of Yoshimitsu would be dope Possibly the most visually interesting character in fighting games

They dropped the ball with him in 11. Possibly his sickest design!

Rain woud be very interesting for this (especially that he's now being made as a zoner and his gameplay has been largely ignored from trailers)

I feel like Ermac is gonna get a cool mask for his character in MK1. I think they are just doing what they did for Reptile. Just showing his face now but I think we will get a cool mask for him 🤞 I knew it! He looks pretty sick with his mask.

Cyrax/Sektor/Smoke would be interesting to see. especially smoke with being 3 different forms throughout the games

Okay, a Visual History of the MK characters, I dig this. Keep it up Max!

It is rumored that Raiden reset the timeline in MK9 not because of Onaga but because he saw that Ermac was being done dirty for decades

The thing I love about this series already is the honest opinions and really, to see how far we've came with video game graphics.

personally the mkx version was my favorite design. i love how they took his mk9 alt costume and really made it look like he was falling apart without shang tsung to maintain him

I wish Soulcalibur had a bigger traction and budget. That series also benefit from a Visual History for sure!

BRING BACK HUMAN ERMAC!!! Im really curious why they are so hell bent on turning him into a mummy.

I honestly did not think I needed a series like this but it’s pretty fun and interesting

Giving Deception Ermac a 6 & 9 a 7 is criminal

“What are we doing with Ermac in this one?” “Throw him off a cliff.” “You… sure?” “OH ACTUALLY! Give him the greatest glow up imaginable, then throw him off a cliff.”

This is such a great series already. Others have said it, but I really hope we get a ton of more of these, not just from MK but other fighting games too, breaking down visual and even gameplay changes from game to game.

Oh dear god. I didnt realize that was Ermac in the MK1 DLC announcement trailer. I just wrote him off as a weird take on Martian Manhunter and didnt think anything else of it

You should make a regular series out of this Max and do other gaming franchise characters too.

If you continue this series, it would be cool to see a visual history of Rain. Would be interesting since he's also been shifting towards sorcerer/spellcaster in MK1. Thanks for the video.

I have always thought of Ermac as a perfect fusion of a ninja AND a sorcerer. It’s why my favorite looks of his are the ones where he has robes like a sorcerer but they are form fitting and with a badass hood and mask.

Love this new visual series!! Hope we get more!!

Ermac has been my absolute favorite MK character since i was a kid. Why Ed... why'd you go and do him dirty like this...

i want more Visual History episodes. please keep on going and not only for MK. i want to see EVERYTHING

Ermac's history I remember fondly from the days of EGM. He is from the original Mortal Kombat. A photo was published of someone taking the "Ermac Wins" screencap in the magazine. It is the oldest history I can think of for Ermac. Back then, there were guesses on what Ermac actually meant, whether it was "Error Macro" or "Error Machine". Macro makes more sense. There was no info on Ermac other than that one published pic. He will always be one of the original 4, at least to me.

Really loving the visual history series Max, nice to learn all about these designs!

That thumbnail lmao

I wanna see one for Yoshimitsu. That mf has such a drastic change in every game he’s in… and every game includes at least 2 each

If Ermac doesn’t have a mask the next time we see him in MK1 I’ll be pretty surprised.

This is a great series Max, please do these for other characters and games, it's a lot of fun

It baffles me that the same team that made modern Reptile ALSO made Ermac into a floating mummy condom

History of Yoshimitsu would be wild

Ermac's evolution. Goes from Ninja to Mummy to Voldemort

considering his origins, im surprised they never made him into a cyber ninja.

Fans: MK 9 Ermac is awesome. NetherRealm Studios: Hey let’s just turn Ermac into Voldemort!

I love Ermac too. I really hope his MK11 outfit will be his alternate outfit in MK1 so that we can make up for what we saw in the Kombat Pack trailer or give him what he wore on MK9 with the hood

Reporting back months later to thank the Elder Gods that yes, we got the mask.

Love this as a new series, need a "visual history of Akuma" when he comes to sf6

Voldemort’s really come a long way since fighting the boy who lived

Please do a full series doing each characters visual history!! super relaxing to watch and chill.

"space Ninja wizard lizard" I'm taking that one max.

I loved his MKX look was insane like a Sith his MK11 look was dope too shame we never saw it in game hope there’s a skin for it in MK1 also MK9 Alternate was sick

Mk9 ermac alt is his best costume hands down. I use to play with it all the time back in the day

Max: “He looks like ET and a California raisin f’ed.” I almost spit out my water when he said that, lol 😂

Rare video where I agree literally with 10000% of Max's points. Me being an Ermac and Kenchi main, please do my guys justice.

Ermac's base MK9 design is my favorite and I think it's the best he's ever looked. His alternate is pretty good but something about his first design I just like a lot more

I actually don't mind the new ermac 😂😅 just need to see how he looks in game

I still love his Mk9 intro. "WE ARE MANY, YOU ARE BUT ONE!"

Visual history of Scorpion would be dope

Will say the Trilogy costumes for all the ninjas are my favorites love em

That thumbnail has me thinking “lord volde-Mac!” I can’t I unsee it and stop laughing and I’m okay with that 😂🤣💀.

Max, Deadly Alliance is MK5 and Deception is MK6! Nice video.

Ermac:We are Many! NRS: We are Mummy! Ermac is an awesome ninja imo the coolest, he's my favorite ninja. I look forward to his gameplay and alternate costumes.

You're probably thinking of Ermac being in MK4 because of Scorpion's Alternate color which is close to the same Orange/Red colors he has in UMK3.

As a Ermac main & him being my favorite ninja. I truly appreciate this upload homie, you taught me some stuff I didn’t even know. you got yourself a subscriber🫡🤘

Honestly Ermac in the 3D era is a solid 9/10 for me cuz and so is his MK9/MK2011 design too. I liked the headwraps to differentiate him alongside his weird amulet thing.

Mk1(2023) Ermac looks like a sith that doesn’t use a lightsaber, I like it

They literally had the best ermac has ever looked in mk11 but decided to throw it in the toilet smh NRS will hold that L forever, BTW do Rain next

I’m loving this series

😂😂😂bro you had me rolling with the last picture when you said he looks like a California raisin 😂😂😂😂😂🙌this is gold!!!love watching your videos!!😆😁👏💯

This has been a really fun series! I’d love to see more videos like this for characters like Mileena or Shao Kahn.

My guess is they probably weren't done designing him like how they introduced Joker early on Kombat Pack 1 trailer. At launch hopefully Ermac will look a lot better.

You know what I realized? Ermac has the same color palette as Spawn; black and red with green energy. Probably another contributing factor to why Max loves him so much.

Ermac looks like “We have Martian Manhunter at home.”

I’m always a defender of MK9/X Ermac and Reptile. I think they’re fun ways to differentiate them from the other humanoid ninjas, whilst still keeping the Ninja aesthetics.

Can we do all the ninjas? Has he mentioned wanted to cover them all?

Believe it was 1 where Error Macro originally became a thing. A player sent in a report of fighting a red Scorpion in the Warrior shrine stage called Ermac. But then it was in 2 where they started screwing with people about it cause Ed Boon is Ed Boon. Then finally UMK3 and he's finally here. The original story of Ermac appearing in the Warrior shrine is referenced in Shaolin Monks as that is where his optional boss fight takes place.

It both amuses me and infuriates me how this guy has just convinced himself that deception comes before deadly alliance

Would love a something like this for other games like Nightmare in Soul Cal or Kaz in Tekken ect

I’m hoping that he just isn’t wearing a mask for the reveal. In the trailer with Reptile he spends quite a bit of time without the mask, but in gameplay he wears it often. Hoping Ermac is similar.

Great channel! These visual history videos are so fun, would love to see more!

Thumbnail is hilarious 😭

Love the visual history series! Would love to see with other fighting game characters as well, not just MK

How TF did everybody pile in here so FAST? Also Ermac about to be GAWD tier in MK1!!

Please do more of these. You could apply this to many fighting games and there's infinite amounts of characters you could examine and re-examine as the years go on. You seem to enjoy doing it too and I can absolutely get behind this if you want to continue!

Given how NRS is hopefully still listening to us, they'll most likely redesign him a bit before release. They fixed The Joker's face back in his MK11 reveal, so they could easily do the same here for Mr. Ermac.

Ermac history from casual ninja to sorcerer is something very cool

I was really hoping this would be a new series on the channel

MK11 Ermac might be one of the biggest robberies in gaming. I remember going to get his amulet and just staring at how fucking awesome he looked.

If MKX Ermac had his face fully wrapped, it would be his best design. At least to me.

10:59 Big "You know I had to do it to them" energy from that photo.

The mummy fetishists at NRS need to calm down lol. Also would love to see this with Yoshimitsu

WE NEED HUMAN FORM ERMAC SMH

We are many, you are one.

Commenting this before watching the video… MKX was peak Ermac.

Give me a Mileena Visual History. Mileena's Deception outfit is hands down a Top 5 design in MK History.

I'm still in denial. I'm still claiming that's NOT Ermac. It's a different character we don't know yet. 🥺 My Favorite characters are Rain, Ermac and Frost, they all need this series!