- Ed Boon currently holds the Guiness World Record for longest running voice actor in video games, having been the voice of Scorpion since the series began in 1992.
- Boon has stated that he would like to see a Mortal Kombat vs. Street Fighter video game.
- Has stated in the past that his all-time favorite fighting game series is Tekken, and that he likes playing it in his spare time.
- He named the character Tanya after his own sister, Tania. As well as naming the character Sonya Blade after his other sister, Sonya.
- Boon is a longtime fan of singer/songwriter Prince; this has long been attributed to the selection of ninja Rain's purple palette swap since the character's debut appearance in Ultimate Mortal Kombat 3 (1995).
- Graduated from the University of Illinois-Urbana Champaign in 1986 with a degree in math/computer science
- He is the game designer and creator of the popular fighting video games of the Mortal Kombat franchise.
- Does the voice of Scorpion in the Mortal Kombat games.
- One of the characters in Boon's Mortal Kombat video games is named Noob Saibot (Boon and John Tobias' last names spelled backwards).
- According to an E3 All Access interview with Ed Boon, his favorite video game company and its consoles are Nintendo.
- His name is seen in the Subway stage of Mortal Kombat 3. Also, John Tobias's name is seen too.
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