just because john tobias left doesn't mean that noob saibot has to leave to. He just inspired the character name as well has Ed boon.

exactly even though he is gone that doesnt mean a character has to go.....boon along with tobias came up with most of the characters we have...so by saying noob has to go your also saying other have to go too...just have faith....somethnig is still in there i feel it

IM A NEWBIE TO TOBIAS AND BOON AND ALL THEM.. WHO ARE THEY PLZ EXPLAIN GTG BYE!!!!!

Ed Boon and John Tobias created the original Mortal Kombat.

it's probablly safe to say that midway still owns the copyright for the name noob saibot.they can use it when they want and where they want.

Sekt0r Wrote: IM A NEWBIE TO TOBIAS AND BOON AND ALL THEM.. WHO ARE THEY PLZ EXPLAIN GTG BYE!!!!!

Ed Boon and John Tobias were the original creators of Mortal Kombat. Noob Saibot got his name from the backwards spelling of both of their names... Tobias Boon => Noob Saibot.

The two of them were THE masterminds behind the MK series. There were other "big names", like Dan Forden (their chief sound and music engineer), but Boon and Tobias were the heads. They had a falling out, however, and Tobias left the MK world and formed his own renegade video game company, which really hasn't done anything impressive (check out all the news on Tao Feng, that's Tobias' new game). So, now it's just Ed Boon. Hope that helps...

Since Noob Saibot was a creation of both Boon and Tobias, it might not have seemed appropriate to include him as a character in DA since the split of the 2 developers.

I should still think that Midway owned the rights to the character name, and so could use it if they wanted.. but to my way of thinking, it would be inappropriate to include him after the split.