In the history of video games there have been many games of the Fighting genre which have had an importance within the evolution of them. Each of them hides hidden characters that have always surprised the players when they are discovered, this happened in the video game Mortal Kombat with a curious error called ERror MACro.
Apparently the creators of Mortal Kombat in their stage of tests liked to try different tonalities in the suit of Scorpion or Sub-Zero, this could be noticed since sometimes it appeared a mysterious character with the same suit but of green color, which later we would know it as Reptile.
That's why the theory is established that Error Macro is a test character used by its developers to test different aspects within the game, however, the source code was left inside the first Arcades of Mortal Kombat and as its name indicates this came out by mistake when choosing Scorpion, turning his yellow suit into a red tone.
As expected this became very popular news, many users of the acclaimed game were looking for a way to choose the mysterious red ninja. In spite of the fact that in the bar of life it said Error Macro it was given the name of ERMAC because when it won you could clearly hear "Ermac Wins".
When this news reached the ears of the developers indicated that this character was an error and was not official within the game (but did not deny its existence), this is how they made the decision to review the arcades of Mortal Kombat, removing the source code of the Macro Error leaving the possibility of choosing it completely discarded.
But this would not stop the madness of the followers of the saga, affirming that it was a real character and that sooner or later the developers would include it in a game, so much was the fame of Ermac that the developers included a message inside the sequel Mortal Kombat 2 that said "Ermac does not exist".
After the release of Mortal Kombat 3 Ermac would become an official character of the saga with a set of skills and unique combos, within its gameplay you can notice that it controls the telekinesis. From that moment on, he would become one of the most iconic characters in the saga.
Over time the appearance and history of Ermac changed, deepening its origins within the lore of Mortal Kombat, becoming a character of very powerful importance which has thousands of followers and fans around the world.
It is impressive how a simple error can generate many controversies within the world of video games, in this case happened with Mortal Kombat because thanks to it gave rise to a character that undoubtedly is one of the most chosen by his loyal followers.
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