liu kang role?

Let's be real here. It's true. NRS isn't exactly known for unexpected twists. People have constantly figured these hints and stuff out pretty early on. It could very well not be Liu Kang, but if not, it's certainly not ANY of the revealed characters so far. There's just nothing in that pic that suggests it at all. What we got to go on is the head band and the pose. The only two I could think of that would remotely pose like Liu Kang is Kung Lao and Kung Jin. Kung Jin's pose has been seen already, as well as Kung Lao's IIRC. So if it's not those two, then it's either Liu Kang or it's someone no one knows about.
 
Kitty_55 said:
At times I question how some people come up with these conclusions. I don't see at all how a bunch of returning characters being confirmed for X automatically announces another character to be in this game. I really don't see how that works. It's just like arguing on Testyourmight where people were saying that based on the outfits so-and-so is wearing, they're dead because it's not a "new" outfit.

We've seen this before with Deadly Alliance. We've had the original cast appear in that game, and Liu was killed off.

I don't see how people thinking that Liu's not returning despite we have a bunch of returning characters is being naive. If he's in, he's in, if not, oh well. But his appearance alone should not be determined by how many returning characters we have. It's based on how the story goes and if the writers feel it's necessary to put him in.
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You have here a pic where it's pretty damn obvious it's fricking Liu Kang. Even if I don't personally like Liu Kang that much, I would have to be pretty dumb not to see him there. This is not for you in particular. But we've seen pics of Jax and Sonya and people still insist they are not in the game when it's pretty much granted they are.

If Liu Kang is not in the game, I'd be completely fine with it, but the chances for him are pretty high.
 
https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=_89WTNCIrf8#t=350

Okay, seriously. The pic really suggests Liu Kang and then there's this bit of evidence as the voice actor of Liu Kang has simply stated that he might return to do voice work for the game and then other actors have been very up front about not being contacted for any work.

There's skepticism and then there's making damn good educated guesses. It looks pretty certain that Liu Kang is in the game.
 
Marcelino Rodrigues said:
You have here a pic where it's pretty damn obvious it's fricking Liu Kang. Even if I don't personally like Liu Kang that much, I would have to be pretty dumb not to see him there. This is not for you in particular. But we've seen pics of Jax and Sonya and people still insist they are not in the game when it's pretty much granted they are.

If Liu Kang is not in the game, I'd be completely fine with it, but the chances for him are pretty high.
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But how does a group of returning characters implies that Liu is in? As far as I'm concerned, he's dead and isn't being mentioned at all in the comics or was touched in the story trailer. Granted that there were other characters that were not mentioned at all in both... Still, Liu played a very important role in 2011, I think they would have done something about it already if he is to be back alive and such. I mean, why is Johnny now referred to as Raiden's champion. That tells me Raiden has moved on from Liu, whether if he's alive and went rogue from Raiden, or if Raiden never bothered to resurrect him/tried to and failed/other reasoning.

Just because this picture showcases a similarity with Liu Kang doesn't imply that it is indeed him. I hate when people immediately jump the gun with things that are found by those who scanned every second of a trailer to see if there's something that jumps out. This picture was found by someone who looked at these towers, paused the video, screen capped that section and enlarged it. To be honest, I didn't even see this during the trailer and sometimes I do pause these trailers at some points just to see something. I said that so I don't have someone saying, "everyone looks at these videos very closely."

And to be honest, I'm still not completely convince that this other statue pointed out before is Jax. Sonya and Cage are literally the only other characters I can see returning just because of the sake of 2011's ending. Other than that, and I've stated this numerous times, unless there is something that is concrete that states who these characters are, I will continue to fall under the impression that Liu Kang is not a returning character.

GloriousDK said:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=_89WTNCIrf8#t=350

Okay, seriously. The pic really suggests Liu Kang and then there's this bit of evidence as the voice actor of Liu Kang has simply stated that he might return to do voice work for the game and then other actors have been very up front about not being contacted for any work.

There's skepticism and then there's making damn good educated guesses. It looks pretty certain that Liu Kang is in the game.
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I don't take Twitter seriously. Never had, never will. All of those responses are nothing but "we'll see," "maybe" "dunno, gotta wait." While taking an "educated guess" his replies could mean anything.

But I do enjoy a good laugh seeing how those who are thinking/believing that Liu Kang is not in this game are just skeptical, those who are thinking/believing that he is in the game are making "damn good educated guesses." Do we really need to mock people for having different stances on things? Come on.
 
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So how do you explain the Italian voice actor Maurizio Merluzzo going on record and responding to an Italian fan that he's the Italian voice of Liu Kang? Sure, he could just flat out lie his ass off, but that doesn't seem very professional and not something a professional actor would do. I'm not mocking you. I find it a little strange that one would dismiss the evidence brought forth. But I'll be the first to say that skepticism is admirable. There's actually nothing wrong at all with being skeptical, but there's too much compelling evidence to suggest that that picture is most likely Liu Kang. It's far too likely that he's going to be in. There's a lot of evidence that suggests it. Weather he's playable or not is certainly tenable one way or the other. From voice actors suggesting it or not outright denying it, to ACTUALLY SAYING that's who they're going to act as, to the picture matching dangerously close to Liu Kang's fire god silhouette. Yeah... it's a damn good educated guess.

This is getting to that point when the Brazilian voice actor for Cassie included Jax in her lines and people denied up and down that Jax might be in the game despite those lines AND seeing his image in the living tower. I mean come on.
 
That Twitter stuff you showed doesn't confirm anything otherwise we'd be seeing Liu already. I mean, Kano got leaked and he was revealed immediately afterwards. Why would they hold off on revealing Kang if his voice actor said "Yes I'm retuning as him."
 
Because clearly Kang is quite possibly (even though it's kinda dumb) a boss or at the very least, he's super important to the story and revealing him now could spoil A LOT of things about the story. Think about it. What could we guess is the case with the story if we could prove conclusively that that pic is indeed fire god Liu Kang? Perhaps that tower pic really IS Fire God Liu and showing him off now would basically tell us exactly what the story is going to be about. They're not showing Liu. But they'll show Shinnock and Goro. But they want the big bad to be a surprise and we've got SOME evidence of Liu Kang but not a proper confirmation and a whole lot of professionals dodging the question. They had no problem confirming that Jade wasn't in the game. I mean, my god. Why not ask the same questions about Sonya, Jax, and Cage? 1 second of video footage is enough, but an actor saying outright that they're playing Liu is not trust worthy? What? Yeah, people lie on Twitter, but people ALSO do not lie on twitter.
 
GloriousDK said:
he's super important to the story
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How is he important to the story? Nothing in the MKX storyline has anything to do with him so far. He was important in the Trilogy storyline, but that was it. Johnny took care of things with Shinnok and became the new Champion of Earthrealm, so no, Liu Kang is no longer needed.
 
If he was super important to the story, they would have shown him in the trailer. Or even show hints in the comic. Nothing hinted at all a presence of a "fire God" anywhere. All that's been shown is who is the goddamn emperor of Outworld and Cassie's posse.

His actor didn't confirmed squat otherwise it would be plastered on these forums. But he didn't. Saying "Maybe" and joking about a demo showing doesn't imply that it's an automatic yes.

Everything is still pure speculation until there is a legit confirmation. There hasnt been one yet.
 
MK-TREMOR said:
The only way I'm ok with Liu Kang being in this game is if he becomes a pissed off Anti-God of fire! Him being a sub boss or a final boss would work for me. Meaning he doesn't take up a character slot but is still in the game.
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That's the opposite of what Liu Kang deserves, lol. He's an OG. Besides, Mortal Kombat isn't about you so if you're okay with it or not, I don't think they care, lol.
 
Aldo Moreno said:
That's the opposite of what Liu Kang deserves, lol. He's an OG. Besides, Mortal Kombat isn't about you so if you're okay with it or not, I don't think they care, lol.
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I feel like the salt is gonna be real when they reveal liu as part of the storyline and completely playable
 
BAdass Liu Kang said:
I feel like the salt is gonna be real when they reveal liu as part of the storyline and completely playable
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Well, not from me. Though I'd rather be without him, I wouldn't be surprised if he showed his ugly mug in the game. There are other characters already confirmed to be in the game that I happily look forward to, so Liu Kang being in the game doesn't interest me.
 
The voice actor for Italy's version of the game FOR LIU KANG.... said they were voice acting Liu Kang. F*** me, the Brazilian actress dropping Jax's name in her lines wasn't even brought up UNTIL I BROUGHT IT UP HERE. Which kinda indicates that contrary to what everyone here might think, TRMK isn't the center of the Mortal Kombat universe, so there's a lot of details this site can miss. It took me finding information from the Italian voice actor of Liu Kang to bring forth that evidence. Respectfully, I admit that I don't expect anyone here to go seeking for information outside of very familiar sources so maybe what the Italian voice actors are saying would fly under your perspective MKX radars.

I don't know how important Liu Kang is to the story. I have no idea. But guess what? The big bad hasn't been officially revealed. We saw one big red cloud coming out of some temple and Shinnock getting thoroughly handled by Raiden and you all want to argue tooth and nail that there's nothing showing any indication of Liu coming back (except for dodgey english speaking actors neither confirming or denying it, but have no problem denying outright falsehoods, italian actors outright confirming it, and a very compelling silhouette of what looks like Liu Kang) and yet a lot of people on here are thinking the big bad is going to be Onaga. Yet there's not even a SHRED of an ant fart of a whisper of Onaga and people are more willing to believe that than the handful of very reasonable evidence of Liu Kang being part of the story. Spoiler alert: The whole cast hasn't been revealed yet and maybe the reason why Liu hasn't been revealed yet is either because he really isn't in the game at all, or is very very important to the story that his revelation right now would not be a good thing.

But sure. Liu Kang's silluhuet on the living tower is just Takada posing like Liu Kang from any other Mortal Kombat title. By all means, name one other character that's had that iconic prayer winning stance other than Liu Kang. To the best of my memory, there isn't one.
 
theincubuslord said:
Well, not from me. Though I'd rather be without him, I wouldn't be surprised if he showed his ugly mug in the game. There are other characters already confirmed to be in the game that I happily look forward to, so Liu Kang being in the game doesn't interest me.
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Well i wasnt refering to anyone in particular but if the shoe fits....
 
GloriousDK said:
The voice actor for Italy's version of the game FOR LIU KANG.... said they were voice acting Liu Kang. F*** me, the Brazilian actress dropping Jax's name in her lines wasn't even brought up UNTIL I BROUGHT IT UP HERE. Which kinda indicates that contrary to what everyone here might think, TRMK isn't the center of the Mortal Kombat universe, so there's a lot of details this site can miss. It took me finding information from the Italian voice actor of Liu Kang to bring forth that evidence. Respectfully, I admit that I don't expect anyone here to go seeking for information outside of very familiar sources so maybe what the Italian voice actors are saying would fly under your perspective MKX radars.

I don't know how important Liu Kang is to the story. I have no idea. But guess what? The big bad hasn't been officially revealed. We saw one big red cloud coming out of some temple and Shinnock getting thoroughly handled by Raiden and you all want to argue tooth and nail that there's nothing showing any indication of Liu coming back (except for dodgey english speaking actors neither confirming or denying it, but have no problem denying outright falsehoods, italian actors outright confirming it, and a very compelling silhouette of what looks like Liu Kang) and yet a lot of people on here are thinking the big bad is going to be Onaga. Yet there's not even a SHRED of an ant fart of a whisper of Onaga and people are more willing to believe that than the handful of very reasonable evidence of Liu Kang being part of the story. Spoiler alert: The whole cast hasn't been revealed yet and maybe the reason why Liu hasn't been revealed yet is either because he really isn't in the game at all, or is very very important to the story that his revelation right now would not be a good thing.

But sure. Liu Kang's silluhuet on the living tower is just Takada posing like Liu Kang from any other Mortal Kombat title. By all means, name one other character that's had that iconic prayer winning stance other than Liu Kang. To the best of my memory, there isn't one.
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Dude youve fought valiantly. You are the supreme champion of defending the supreme champion of mortal kombat. But seriously he doesnt see it or choose to acknowledge the point yoh5make as somewhat valid. So just chill when liu kang is alive and kicking in mkx youll be vindicated
 
I figured as much. I'm just saying that I can pull up several sources of the Italian voice actor for Liu Kang going on record and saying that he's in the game in some form... if anything, as a voice. Jesus... I don't even like Liu Kang. But the burden of proof was on me to help prove the claim t hat he's in in some capacity and no matter what evidence I bring forth, they're just outright denying it up and down which is REALLY unfair.
 
GloriousDK said:
I figured as much. I'm just saying that I can pull up several sources of the Italian voice actor for Liu Kang going on record and saying that he's in the game in some form... if anything, as a voice. Jesus... I don't even like Liu Kang. But the burden of proof was on me to help prove the claim t hat he's in in some capacity and no matter what evidence I bring forth, they're just outright denying it up and down which is REALLY unfair.
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I mean its not theyre favorite character so of course theyre gonna do that.
 
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