what you like in your mk characters

Dorn

Dorn

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Ok this type of thread has probably been done to death but seeing as the forum is so dead nowadays and with a relatively new game on the shelves (mka) I was wondering if people's attitudes had changed when approaching their favorite characters.

So basically list your 7 favorite INTRODUCED characters per game in the from mk1/2/3/u3 -t/4/da/d and an eighth character from mkm/sf/sm or mka then do a list of secondary favorites using the same formula. You can give your reasons if you wish.

MK1 = Raiden (hell I just like playing as this guy)
MK2 = Kung Lao (maybe I'm wrong here but I always saw this guy as the less americanised more traditional version of Liu Kang and though I like Liu Kang as a character I always preffered the more traditionaly focused Kung Lao)
Mk3 = Kabal (I've always liked this character but his cameo is SM put him over the line)
MkT = Rain (this guy has always had a great internal struggle to contend with and that always leads to great characterization)
MK4 = Shinnok (I always thought this boss had a lot of potential, in armageddon Konquest he finally fulfilled it)
MKDA = Bo'Rai Cho (one of the few fully dynamic characters in the mk franchise a character who enjoys life to its fullest but at the same time knows he is past his prime, he has had his world fall apart around him quite literally and was unable to stop it and now trains others in the hope that it never happen again. Only to see his students, Shujinko and Li' Mei, who he seems to have developed a deep bond with, being used through nefarious means to undermine his cause)
MKD = Ashrah (a seemingly neutral character with a fantastic backstory and a possible vendetta against Quan Chi if developed fully)
Other = Taven (what shujinko should have been, infinetely playable and In parts an ultimate badass)

secondary

Mk1 = Shang Tsung
Mk2 = Mileena (A tragic and somewhat cursed character when she first appeared being from two different races (through Shang Tsung's sorcery) and not really fitting into either)
Mk3 = Sektor (error error)
MKT = Ermac (I like the idea of khan creating a perfect warrior with the combined souls of the slain and like all the ninja types he's moved on from palette swap and kept his ninjaosity in tact)
Mk4 = Rieko (I never really liked this character but showing he had a mind of his own in armageddon with his hatred of Quan Chi and at the same time showing blind loyalty to Shao Khan was ultimately very very creepy)
MkDA = Li' Mei (a crazy and somewhat tragic storyline involving and lending weight to three of my favorite characters Bo' Rai Cho, Shinnok and Onaga)
MkD = Onaga (although I loved the noob-smoke combo it don't count, deception was bad for new characters IMO)
Other = Caro and Orin really set the pace of konquest in mka and brought back a little of the fantasy element, I mean they're freakin dragons!!!
 
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MK: Sub-Zero (He's ****ing Sub-Zero)
MK2: Sub-Zero (Sub-Zero 2.0)
MK3: Cyrax (He's so fun to play, and his fatality is uberez)
MKT: Classic Sub-Zero (He's ****ing Sub-Zero)
MK4: Tanya (She's hawt. And I can't remember any others)
MKDA: Kenshi (Another cool psychic character, and since there was a lack of Ermac, he filled the void nicely)
MKD: Dairou (He was a neat concept, another not particularly set character, but his back story was sexy, and I wouldn't mind seeing more of him. His fighting kinda reminds me of how I'd fight if I was insanely strong or in a computer game.)
 
MK1=Scrpion(cause if you think about it, he is kinda a good guy, he only wants revenge for what Sub-Zero did to him and his family.)
MK2=Jax(Not really sure why)
MK3=Stryker(Cause he normal, and still is able to kick ass, I hate how they gave up on him until MKA)
UMK3=Ermac(Cause I love his levitate fatality)
MKT=Noob Sibot(Just cause he's a badass)
MK4=Never played it(dont know why)
MKDA=Shang Tsung(He looks cool now)
MKD= Noob-Smoke(2 cool fighters at once)
MKA=Taven(I loved Konquest in MKA)
 
Mortal Kombat: Subzero (Head pull was the first part of the game I saw)
Mortal Kombat 2: Baraka (Brutal freak, Love the design)
Mortal Kombat 3: Sektor (Teleport uppercut and Crusher machine, two of my favourite things about the game)
UMK3: Kitana (Bunny animality, it was her right? Plus she's hot.)
MKT: Noob (Cheap, but fun)
Mortal Kombat 4: Quan Chi (Good design, story, fatal 1, special move that I finished the entire tower without losing a round and using no other moves {teleport stomp}
MKDA: Kenshi (he's cool)
MKD: Havik (see Baraka, good story too)
MKA: Taven (good new hero, maybe a bit bland on the design side of things, but I liked him)
 
hey mads, i see you said Kitana for UMK3, but she was actually introduced in MK2. Sorry, just picked up on a bit of a mistake. Mine are:

MK1: Scorpion. to this day he's still the most awesome character
MK2: Baraka. Original and truly scary, even when stood next to a four-armed killing machine.
MK3/UMK3/MKT: Ermac. He just looked so cool.
MK4/MKG: Reiko. Still think he's awesome in MKA
MKDA: Nitara. I love Vampires
MKD/MKU: Havik, He's just awesome. love the way he just causes chaos wherever he goes.
MKA: Taven I guess, who else was there? Apart from Daegon of course, but he sucked.
Other: I'd love to see an Orochi Hellbeast in a future MK. I shat myself the first time I saw it.
 
Yo Goraka, no mistakey did I makey friend. I choose Kitana as I didn't particurly like the new people introduced in standard MK3 and didn't really play it (UMK3) enough to like Ermac. You'll also note that Methados choose Shangy for MKDA. I could easily have said Jade, but she wasn't very exciting to play as, still looked hotter though somehow.
Completly agree the Orochi Hell Beast(s?) should make a return. (Was he one or two charecters, they referred to it as one, but you fight him twice?).
 
MK1=Rayden (becouse of his fatality
MK2=Liu kang (better game play and cool moves
MK3=Kabal (best character in game play )
MK4=scorpion fast character in mk4
MKDA=Drahmin (no reason)
MKD= Noob-Smoke(2 cool fighters at once)
MKA=daegon (I love his moves)
 
Mortal Kombat: Sub-Zero (As my friend Kosta said, he's f***ing Sub-Zero)
Mortal Kombat II: Sub-Zero (Still a badass)
Ultimate Mortal Kombat III: Noob Saibot (because he was a badass)
Mortal Kombat 4: Scorpion (TOASTY 3-D)
Mortal Kombat Deadly Alliance: Kung Lao (He has always been one of my favorite characters, and in this game he looked a lot cooler now that he wasn't played by that skinny-ass dude.)
Mortal Kombat Deception: No new characters that I liked, really, but I really dig Liu Kang, he was badass.

I have yet to play Armageddon, but since there's only two new characters in it anyways, I guess I don't have much to choose from.
 
Mortal Kombat:

My Favorite Was Sub-zero, he was one smooth Ninja *thats not a ninja but a Warrior*

Mortal Kombat 2:

My favorite new comer is Kung Lao, a very cool and mysterious character.

Mortal Kombat 3:

Hmm id Have to say Sheeva. She's hott and she'd stamp you.

Ultimate Mortal Kombat:

Ermac. because he was the only new character if you think about it.

Mortal Kombat Trilogy

Rain, because he is the only new character so he wins by default, though I'm not really fund of Rain

Mortal Kombat 4

hmm I going to have to go with Quan Chi on this, he's so good at being soo bad.

Mortal Kombat Deadly Alliance

Frost, Shallow reason really, I just really dig her outfit.

Mortal Kombat Deception

Ashrah, I really like her backstory.

Mortal Kombat Armaggedon

Deagon, because it either him, Taven or Meat, though I must admit Meat gives Deagon a run for his money.
 
hmmm maybe i messed up with the umk3/t option there and should have left the two games in the other selection or made a second other selection. The main reason I asked this question was that in "most favorite character" threads people tend to go with the mk/mk2/mk3 characters so I thought maybe diversify that a bit and get people thinking about the good points of characters from later games. or simply envision what could be done with them as I seem to have done... This is also why I put an option to list your secondaries there to promote some further thought and discussion on the subject cause I found it very difficult to list a mkd secondary character that I felt was original and had a degree of potential in the franchise. So feel free to post your secondary characters, also feel free to use the "other" option which is available.
 
the reason I lumped mk3, umk3 and mkt into one is that canonically, they are all updates instead of new games. each one advances the same storyline a little further, writing more characters into the story. Same with MK4 and MK Gold, and MKDA and MKTE, and MKA with the Wii version.
 
Goraka said:
the reason I lumped mk3, umk3 and mkt into one is that canonically, they are all updates instead of new games. each one advances the same storyline a little further, writing more characters into the story. Same with MK4 and MK Gold, and MKDA and MKTE, and MKA with the Wii version.
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I put it there as an optional reply more than anything else as I felt that if I lumped it in the "other" category then the bonus characters from those 2 games would get all the attention. It's also the same reason that I didn't put them with the mk3 option as I wanted people to base it off the original cast. I know there were only few characters introduced in the updated versions rain/ermac/chameleon/khameleon but I thought they might dominate the selection. Also mkg didn't really introduce any new characters as memory serves.

Another thing is this is about characters over time (how they are now)so you can base your choices on how the characters have advanced since their original introduction but you will still need to put it next to the introduction game not when you started liking the character.
 
MK 1
Johnny Cage

Mostly cause He's the First ever MK Character I ever saw and his easy Fatality


MK 2
Scorpion

One word....TOASTY!


MK 3, UMK3, MKT
Sub-Zero

Easy Moves and Cool Fatality


MK 4
Liu Kang

One of his fatalities = EXTREME CLOSE UP!

MK:DA
Kenshi


Awesome Fatality


MK:D
Liu Kang


Braaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiinnnnnnnnnnnnns......................


MK:A
Taven

Cause of His Ring of Hatred move
 
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