Ever wonder why Midway excluded the very popular character of Johnny Cage from Mortal Kombat 3, the last game in the series to feature digitized graphics of real-life people? That’s because Daniel Pesina, the martial artist who portrayed Cage in the first two games, appeared in a magazine ad in 1994 for the incredibly crappy fighting game BloodStorm developed by Incredible Technologies. Not only that, but Daniel was wearing a costume very similar to Johhny Cage’s from MKII, with shades and everything. His employers at Midway were so pissed they fired him. That must have hurt worst than a split punch to the groin. BloodStorm was supposed to be a Mortal Kombat-killer, but it did so poorly it killed itself and made Incredible Technologies go out of business. Fatality! Since he was fired, Midway hired Chris Alexander to play Johnny Cage in Mortal Kombat Trilogy.
Daniel Pesina's brother, Carlos, played Raiden in MK and MKII. He remains working at Midway and has been involved in producing the most recent titles in the series for the PlayStation 2, Xbox and GameCube.
