If you rewritten the story...

The only thing I would have changed in MK9 is that I would have given Raiden the testicular fortitude to say "Johnny Cage, Kung Lao, Liu Kang, Smoke. Get in there and help Sub-Zero out. This Shao Kahn motherf***er is going DOWN!!!!"
 
The only thing I would have changed in MK9 is that I would have given Raiden the testicular fortitude to say "Johnny Cage, Kung Lao, Liu Kang, Smoke. Get in there and help Sub-Zero out. This Shao Kahn motherf***er is going DOWN!!!!"

To add to that, I would of gave Raiden similar testicular fortitude to say "Hey Kung Lao look out behind you!" or "DUCK FOR FUX SAKE!" other than everyone just stand around and go oops I think he just snapped that dudes neck... oh well he is a dick to fight online so Funk him... and his hat.

My jack ass roommate at the time spoiled that part for me when he got to it in the story mode while I was trying to catch up on my playthrough and I just look over and see *snap WTF! he didn't even notice then asks me why he is playing as liu kang again... :soapbox:
 
To add to that, I would of gave Raiden similar testicular fortitude to say "Hey Kung Lao look out behind you!" or "DUCK FOR FUX SAKE!" other than everyone just stand around and go oops I think he just snapped that dudes neck... oh well he is a dick to fight online so Funk him... and his hat.

Agreed 100%.
Kung Lao died a very dumb death from showing off, and Raiden just stood around with his thumbs in his ass, like "Welp, we can't save him (Sub-Zero) and the tournament must go on."
F*** the tournament you jackass thunder god!!!
Your warriors are dropping like flies because Shao Kahn does illegal shit, bending the rules, and it never entered your mind to fight fire with fire and do the same?

Damn you, freakin' goody-two-shoes Raiden.

Chapter 12 thru 17 is where story mode went down-hill for me.
 
I was so pumped when I thought Kung Lao was gonna win the outworld tournament this time, but after they killed him and subs got taken, the story sucked even jax loosing his arms felt stupid after that point.
 
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even jax loosing his arms felt stupid after that point.

I expected Jax's bionic arms to be explained since he did have bionic arms in MK3, UMK3 and MK4.
I agree, though, the way that he lost them (Ermac blowing them up) was just dumb.
 
Well of course they would explain it but I'm just saying that the way things were adressed and set up in the story were terrible take the scene where kano is fiddling with kabal's mask and fixing it so he can breath WHO the fuk dressed him in all leather and put his hair in pig tails? Never mind the bit about he his actually doing some sort of surgery type stuff to get the mask on him to work or whatever.

Or any of the scenes in the mk3 section of the game really they all are poorly scripted and awkwardly set up.
 
I'd fix....

MK1 story:
- Johnny facing people that aren't from the game.
- Sonya facing Kano
- Raiden preventing Sub-Zero's death
- Scorpion forced to toast Sub-Zero by Quan Chi's mind control.
- Quan Chi is not in the tournament
- Ermac & Reptile spying on the fighters
- Sheeva isn't in it.

MK2:
- Smoke captured by the Lin Kuei
- Sub-Zero vs Scorpion fight. Sub-Zero demands Scorpion why he killed Bi-Han before killing him. After Scorpion tells Kuai Liang that his brother killed his family and clan. Sub-Zero realized this and told him that it isn't true. Both ninjas were confused.

MK3:
- Motaro didn't die, but knocked out.
- Motaro would be the one to kill the Earth warriors not Sindel. But Sindel takes down Kitana.
- Sub-Zero, Johnny & Sonya live.
 
I would have written it exactly in line with the way Tobias originally wrote it (for example, Sindel turns against Shao Kahn instead of killing all the heroes, Smoke becomes a robot instead of Sub-Zero, etc).
 
- Heroes: Raiden, Liu Kang, Sonya, Johnny Cage, Kung Lao, Jax, Kitana, Jade, Stryker, Kuai Liang, Smoke, Nightwolf, Kenshi, and Scorpion.

- Villains: Shao Kahn, Mileena, Quan Chi, Bi Han, Skarlet, Rain, Shang Tsung, Scorpion, Kintaro, Goro, Kano, Sheeva, Noob Saibot, Baraka, Sektor, Reptile, Kia, Jataaka, Sareena, Tanya, and Motaro.

- Evil to Good: Cyrax, Sindel, Kabal, and Ermac.

PART 1:

- It would still be about Raiden going back in the past, making this game a reboot.

- Shang Tsung and Quan Chi kill Scorpion's Clan. They were able to do it by having Shang Tsung morph into Bi Han, making Scorpion think that Bi Han was responsible for the deaths of his clan members.

- Kenshi gets blinded by Shang Tsung and is left to die. Luckily, Raiden finds him and heals him even though he remains blind.

- Stryker, Sonya, and Jax work together as law enforcement officers.

- Kabal is in the Black Dragon with Kano during the first tournament.

- Cyrax and Sektor fight each other as humans because Cyrax wants to quit the Lin Kuei. However, the Lim Kuei Cyborgs managed to ambush the two and turn them into cyborgs as well.

- Scorpion kills Bi Han.

- Liu Kang defeats Shang Tsung in the first tournament. Kahn turns the sorcerer young and gives him another chance.



PART 2:

- Kitana finds out that Mileena is in the Flesh Pit. The two fight but is stopped by Shang Tsung. Kitana gets pissed at the sorcerer for making a clone of her and finding out that the emperor knew all about this the whole time so she secretly betrays them by joining the heroes.

- Jade attempts to stop Kitana for her betrayal but found out that she can no longer be a slave, so she decided to join the princess.

- Tanya and Rain find out that Kitana and Jade betrayed them so they fight. Jade jams her pole onto Rain's groin while Kitana kicks Tanya hard at the nose. So Kitana and Jade emerge victorious.

- Jax and Johnny Cage fight over Sonya but she makes them stop.

- Ermac emerges and rips out Jax's arms with his telekenesis. Then, Ermac fights Sonya and Johnny Cage and still defeats the two with his powers. After that, Ermac is blown to the wall with an unknown force of energy. That energy is Kenshi's. He tells Sonya and Cage to help Jax while he fights off against Ermac. Kenshi emerges victorious but Ermac flees.

- Jax gets his new pair of arms.

- Kitana and Jade join the heroes.

- Kitana and Liu Kang fight Mileena and Baraka. Liu Kang kills Baraka with an uppercut decapitation while Mileena flees away before Kitana can finish her off.

- Raiden fights Sheeva and defeats her.

- Johnny fights Reptile and gets defeated.

- Smoke is turned into a cyborg by the Lin Kuei.

- Kabal betrays Kano and decides to join the forces of good. He also becomes Stryker's best friend.

- Kabal and Stryker fight Goro and Kintaro. During the fight, Kintaro attempts to blow flames at Stryker but Kabal took the burn for him. Then, Raiden and Nightwolf attack the two Shokans with lightning bolts, making the monsters flee the scene. Stryker desperately begs Raiden to keep Kabal alive. They were able to keep him alive but they couldn't heal his burnt skin. So he had to be on oxygen the whole time with a mask.

- Sonya fights Skarlet and kicks her into the Acid Pool.

- Kuai Liang fights Scorpion. Scorpion escapes afterwards.

- Kuai Liang is ambushed by Sektor, Cyrax, and Smoke with other cyborgs, trying to turn him into a cyborg as well but is rescued Nightwolf, Kenshi, and Raiden.

- Kung Lao and Liu Kang fight Quan Chi and Shang Tsung in the second tournament. Shaolin monks win and because Shang Tsung blew his second chance, Kahn kills the emperor but spares Quan Chi, who is severely beaten still.

- Kung Lao and Liu Kang fight Goro and Kintaro. Kung Lao splits Kintaro vertically in half with his hat while Liu Kang turns into a dragon and bites off Goro's upper torso.

- Kung Lao tries to fight Kahn but ends up cripples with Kahn's hammer smashing his leg. So Liu Kang fights the emperor and punches a hole through his chest.

- Liu Kang becomes the champion of the second tournament.

Part 3:

- Shao Kahn is recovered by Quan Chi.

- Quan Chi resurrects Bi Han (as Noob Saibot) and Sindel.

- Earthrealm gets taken over. Mileena, Quan Chi, Tanya, Sheeva, Kia, Jataaka, Sareena, Smoke, Sektor, and Rain, Cyrax are invading the streets. Quan Chi watches them fight.

- Jade vs Tanya. Tanya flees afterwards.

- Kitana vs Mileena. Mileena gets knocked out.

- Sonya vs Kano. Sonya manages to toss him down the subway tracks, making him get run over by a train.

- Nightwolf vs Sheeva. Nightwolf stabs his knives on Sheeva's shoulders and does the Ascention fatality on her.

- Kuai Liang vs Smoke. Kuai Liang defeats him and makes him regain his memories again. Then Smoke joins the heroes.

- Kabal vs Jataaka. Kabal decapitates her with his hooksword.

- Stryker vs Kia. Stryker shoots her at the head.

- Kenshi vs Sareena. Sareena flees afterwards.

- Kung Lao vs Rain. Rain gets knocked out.

- Liu Kang vs Motaro. Liu Kang has difficulty facing off against the centaur.

- Raiden vs Cyrax. Raiden slowly convinces Cyrax to join the heroes, which was successful.

- Raiden helps Liu Kang defeat Motaro but don't know he is still alive.

- Many innocents have been captured by Quan Chi, Shao Kahn and their minions to take their souls. The heroes will attempt to rescue them.

- Kitana and Jade find Sindel and Ermac try to convince her to turn good again.

- Kitana and Jade vs Sindel and Ermac. Jade and Kitana have difficulty convincing the queen to regain her true identity as a loving mother so she beats up the two. With Kitana moaning in pain, Ermac resists to attack. A Jerrod's soul takes over Ermac's body. Then he uses his powers to stop Sindel. He talks to her and begs her to remember all the good times as the queen of Edenia and as a mother of Kitana. Sindel begins to see Jerrod and tears drop down her face and hugs him. The family that was once lost, has been restored again.

- Unfortunately, the family reunion was short lived when sais strike at the queen's chest and a lightning bolt strikes Ermac (Jerrod).

- Mileena and Rain interrupt the family bonding and attack.

- Mileena vs Kitana. Kitana decapitates her with anger.

- Jade vs Rain. Jade vertically impales him with her pole weapon and makes the weapon retract into a small stick again, keeping it for herself.

- Sindel says goodbye to Kitana, Jade, and Jerrod (who all cry)

- Tanya sneaks behind Jerrod and impales him at the back with her Kobu Jutsi blades.

- Kitana and Jade vs Tanya. Unfortunately, Tanya still manages to flee.

- Jade and Kitana say there goodbyes to Jerrod too and rescue the group of ppl that are there with them.

- In place, Kuai Liang, Smoke, and Cyrax find Sektor and the Lin Kuei with innocent ppl held captive.

- Kuai Liang, Smoke, and Cyrax vs Sektor and Lin Kuei Cyborgs. Cyrax decapitates Sektor with his buzzsaw.

- Kuai Liang, Smoke, and Cyrax rescue the innocent.

- Not far away, Noob Saibot and Quan Chi have innocents held captive. Kuai Liang leaves Cyrax and Smoke so he can rescue the other batch of innocents. Unfortunately, Quan Chi has already killed the ppl with his sorcery, forming a soulnado.

- Kuai Liang vs Noob Saibot and Quan Chi. Kuai Liang has difficulty fighting the two. But then NIGHTWOLF joins him. Kuai Liang is able to deep freeze Noob and shatter him but Quan Chi escapes.

- The heroes group up, preparing for a final battle. But then, they are ambushed by Motaro (who is weilding a lance) and 50 Tarkatans.

- Raiden, Jax, Liu Kang, Sonya, Johnny Cage, Kitana, Jade, Kabal, Stryker, Cyrax, Smoke, Kung Lao, and Kuai Liang vs Motaro and 50 Tarkatans. The Tarkatans were beaten but Motaro kills Smoke, Cyrax, Stryker, Kabal, Jax, and Sonya while badly injuring the rest. After finding out that Sonya died, Johnny has tears running down his face. He begins to lose control of his powers so he kills Motaro. Then he falls exhausted.

- Kahn appears while Raiden gets up.

- Raiden vs Kahn. Kahn defeats Raiden.

- Liu Kang, Kung Lao, Kitana, and Jade vs Shao Kahn. After a long battle, the four defeat the emperor with Liu Kang doing the finishing move.

ENDING:

- The remaining heroes plan to restore Earthrealm.

- Quan Chi, Tanya, and Sareena have a conference with Shinnok plotting their next move to take over all realms.
 
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In all honesty, as much as I was disappointed with the MK9 story as a whole, there isn't much I would change at all, actually, besides maybe Kung Lao's portrayal because I wasn't a fan of it, and make Smoke seem less dumb. I'm really liking how the conflict could possibly build up and develop from the end of MK9 onwards, I feel like the risks taken in this story, the good and the more questionable, could help result in an even greater story in future MK games; the potential for this new altered timeline is massive. So all I would do is clean it up some (meaning less plotholes/disrepancies/anything of that sort; all the heroes that died would be killed off in a less sloppy manner, not just the ones that died in MK3 but Kung Lao too), but I would honestly keep the majority of the story intact

Agreed 100%.
Kung Lao died a very dumb death from showing off, and Raiden just stood around with his thumbs in his ass, like "Welp, we can't save him (Sub-Zero) and the tournament must go on."
F*** the tournament you jackass thunder god!!!
Your warriors are dropping like flies because Shao Kahn does illegal shit, bending the rules, and it never entered your mind to fight fire with fire and do the same?

Damn you, freakin' goody-two-shoes Raiden.

Chapter 12 thru 17 is where story mode went down-hill for me.
No one bothered to save or warn or Kung Lao, they all just stood there, so I'd point the finger at poor writing instead of the thunder god

How would you rewrite it so that it'd connect with the old games
Well, MK9's story already connects with those. The older arcade games' stories weren't exactly perfect themselves, anyway
 
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Motaro would have had a proper fight. The four leg excuse is just laziness. You could have disabled xrays/throws/certain specials against him, just as fatalities are disabled against Goro/Kintaro.

Kintaro fights would have been in the arena.

Had always thought of Jax's arms as covers and not whole arm replacements.

Would have made Raiden a darker character. He's never had any appeal to me except when bordering the line of good/evil.

Baraka wouldn't be mindless.
 
- Quan Chi is not in the tournament

As much as mainly wanted an UMK3 rsoter, with no post-MK3 characters, Quan Chi is pretty vital to explaining the feud between Scorpion and Sub-Zero, considering that he masterminded their fued to begin with.

No one bothered to save or warn or Kung Lao, they all just stood there, so I'd point the finger at poor writing instead of the thunder god

Agreed 100%.
No one could have shouted "Kung Lao, watch out" from the EarthRealm warriors?
Neither Cage, Smoke, Liu Kang or Raiden did a damn thing.

Motaro would have had a proper fight. The four leg excuse is just laziness. You could have disabled xrays/throws/certain specials against him, just as fatalities are disabled against Goro/Kintaro.

Again, I 100% agree with this statement.
He dies in the most moronic way, with Raiden smashing him through the floor in the city.

Also, considering that certain abilities (as you mentioned) against Goro, Kintaro and Shao Kahn are disabled, the same couldn't have been done for Kintaro?
I find it hard to believe that 4-legged characters can't be done with today's technology especially with Kintaro, Goro and Sheeva being in, and they have 6 limbs too.
 
Probably brought Sagat into it and have him take over Outworld. From there he would do a Tiger Shot into a Soulnado ending the entire universe, leaving it open for another reboot with better balance and netplay.
 
They should've done the heroes side of the story & the villain's side of the story.

Heroes:
- Chapter 1: Johnny Cage
- Chapter 2: Sonya
- Chapter 3: Cyrax
- Chapter 4: Liu Kang
- Chapter 5: Jax Briggs
- Chapter 6: Smoke
- Chapter 7: Sub-Zero
- Chapter 8: Kitana
- Chapter 9: Jade
- Chapter 10: Kung Lao
- Chapter 11: Stryker
- Chapter 12: Kabal
- Chapter 13: Cyber Sub-Zero
- Chapter 14: Nightwolf
- Chapter 15: Raiden

Villains:
- Chapter 1: Scorpion
- Chapter 2: Kano
- Chapter 3: Reptile
- Chapter 4: Baraka
- Chapter 5: Mileena
- Chapter 6: Noob Saibot
- Chapter 7: Ermac
- Chapter 8: Sheeva
- Chapter 9: Sindel
- Chapter 10: Shang Tsung

As for Sub-Zero, he should've woke up along with Sonya & Johnny. Sub-Zero is key vital to the franchise.

And what if Skarlet, Kenshi & Rain had their own "secret chapters" in the game to be unlocked?
 
No Cyber Sub-Zero
No time travel and story-altering
Motaro
One maskless Sub-Zero costume, complete with scar
Human reptile
Khameleon and Chameleon
Reiko


Pretty much, I would have stuck with the story, as originally told in the original Trilogy. It really didn't need to be screwed with; just re-told with the high budget and graphical value.
 
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