You hit the nail on the head [MENTION=12191]kadell[/MENTION], especially with section 2 and the part in section 3 about Jax, which IMO, could have also just been a cameo for Jacqui.
With them explaining how Raiden and Sonya saved him, that was enough (IMO) for NRS to say
"He needs to be alive because dead people don't procreate."
It's the 1 rule of real life that NRS has actually stuck with for the past 26 years.
And yes, I was 1 of the ones who's really wanted characters like Fujin, Havik, Hotaru, Sareena and Reiko (before that Twitter douche) to get their chance to shine.
EDIT:
I’m not one to boycott the game if certain characters are dropped. I’m not a fan of the 3-d era games. I’d prefer they left the stories and characters from those games in the past.
And I'd prefer if they left the stories of the Trilogy characters in the past, as well.
Time to move on.
Kotal Kahn's Outworld story was pretty cool, but no, NRS had to revert back to Shinnok.
I expect some of the Trilogy characters in the game, but their story doesn't have to be in the spotlight all of the time.
Sub-Zero and Scorpion settled their feud?
Great.
Now let's move onto other characters who also could have some compelling stories / background info to tell.
There's no reason why new characters like Ferra / Torr and Erron Black (2 very well done characters, aesthetically and gameplay-wise) should still feel like they need further explanation to them after MKX is finished.
Why didn't those characters get better story development to them?
Again, in my example I'm not saying that Sub-Zero and Scorpion shouldn't be playable, but they should take a back-seat when it comes to story, so that we learn more about these newcomers.