I think it’s interesting how there are some MK fans who think the series is over-populated by male ninjas, but IMO the bottom line is – ninjas are fuc|<ing BADASS! What other fighting game gives you a host of morally questionable masked mercenaries to fight it out with? DOA has 2 and they’re both good guys, Tekken has Yoshimitsu but he’s more of a samurai-like character and Raven is... um, never mind. ^_^
And as for peoples’ opinions that these characters are all just lazy clones. Well maybe they used to be in appearance, but those days are over, and now they’ve all got back-stories that differentiate them enough from each other IMO. I picked Noob Saibot because I love the idea that he has been corrupted by the darkness of the netherealm. Liked his moves in UMK3/Trilogy but his 3D incarnations have sucked ass. Really hoping NRS have adapted him well for the upcoming game and hopefully he’ll face off against Scorpion at some point. That’d make for an epic showdown.