Liu Kang's Death.

UncleRuckus

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When considering what the new plot changes in the new Mk might be; I thought about what memory would single handedly be the most important to Raiden. And I would say it has to be Liu Kang's death. His death is what really triggered a major change in the MK universe as we know it. Kang was always single handedly the most important character to Raiden because he was the chosen warrior. So I have a plot idea that could very well be a possiblitly.
Changes:
First Tournament: Foreseeing that Kang will be killed; Raiden decides to make him train much harder(his ace in the hole) and pushes Kung Lao to be the earthrealm warrior in MK1 hoping that he can win. Kung Lao ultimately looses the first tournament to Goro. So Goro and Shang would be the Bosses of MK1.

Second Tournament: Shang would be restored to his youth by Kahn for his victory in the first MK tournament and Goro would still be the sub boss. Liu Kang would be brought into the new tournament to have a rematch in Outworld due to Kung's loss(Kang being earths last hope). Since Goro didn't loose last time he and Young Shang would be the bosses of MK2. Liu Kang will defeat them this time.

Third Tournament: After Liu Kang's victory in the last tournament Kahn is forced to get involved personally and he would be the boss. His sub boss would now be Kintaro. Another possibility would be Noob(ultimately a Shinnok minion); he will be the precursor to Shinnoks rise in MK10.
What do you think about this?
 
Interesting idea, but I don't see how any of this would keep Liu Kang from being blindsided by Quan Chi so that Shang could snap his neck. Liu Kang would still be seen as a tremendous obstacle and Raiden would most likely have to stop the Deadly Alliance from forming to keep his death from occurring.

If Liu Kang didn't win any of the tournaments, though, Shang and Quan Chi would really have no reason to want to kill him.
 
The second tournament was a trick, wasn't it? It wasn't official, meaning there wasn't really supposed to be a second one =/ Despite that, your idea is interesting... but personally, what turned me off about Liu Kang was his, IMO, undeserving superiority over all other characters. He overcame all the major threats continuously without going through any sort of breakthrough or struggle. It's like he was born that good... and that's not good storytelling. Anyway, I don't mind him being the "chosen one" type of character, so long as he goes through some sort of story arc in order to fulfill that title, and more importantly, so long as other characters and their own struggles get their share of the spotlight. For example, Liu could win MK1, another character could win MK2, and MK3 could be a joint effort to finally overcome Khan (if the writers so wish him to be overcome).
 
I don't think Raiden will receive specific visions such as Liu Kang's death. He will only see Shao Kahn killing everyone and himself in Armageddon and Raiden will probably assume that's what will happen if Outworld takes over Earth Realm.

I have a feeling NRS will distort history to make it seem like it would have been impossible for these visions to not have been part of the story to begin with, such as with Quan Chi's Armageddon ending. In other words, I don't think much will change as dramatically as this.
 
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DeathcoreRyknow said:
Interesting idea, but I don't see how any of this would keep Liu Kang from being blindsided by Quan Chi so that Shang could snap his neck. Liu Kang would still be seen as a tremendous obstacle and Raiden would most likely have to stop the Deadly Alliance from forming to keep his death from occurring.

If Liu Kang didn't win any of the tournaments, though, Shang and Quan Chi would really have no reason to want to kill him.
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Well thats what I am getting at, the fact that Liu Kang was blindsided. Raiden would just remember that at some point Liu Kang was blind sided by Shang and Quan; not knowing exactly when it happens he would make Kang Train much longer in order to keep him from being decieved/surpised so easily. Obviously Raiden would feel the need to make Liu Kang much stronger.

@MortalKombat it has been officialy confirmed in Game Informer by Ed Boon that Raiden will have" a memory" of the future. From how Ed describes it, it is a specific memory. And what one memory is more important to Raiden besides Liu Kangs death?

@Leo No the second Tournament was a legit rematch. Liu Kang won the first time so Kahn was able to demand a rematch due to the Rules, though he still planned to cheat if he lost again. And I made a mistake, the second tournament was in outworld so the new rematch demanded by Raiden, would probably be in Earth realm. And I agree with you about Liu Kangs story not being all that good the first time around. Thats why I am saying if he either looses himself or Kung Lao looses the first time, it would make Kang feel that pressure as if he really has a lot to loose, and Kung could maybe come to redeem himself later and be side by side with Liu Kang the third time aroud after Liu wins the second time and Kahn directly intervenes.
 
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His own death? :/

It was said he will receive visions of Armageddon. I would say Shao Kahn winning would be the most important.
 
@MortalKombat -From the Game Informer Ed says, "As Raiden is about to be murdered by Shao Kahn, he sends a mental message back to an earlier version of himself." Now that mental message could be many things. But it is a message not a vision. So my question to you is: What other information would Raiden send himself? It is clear its not a vision but a message, meaning he mentally tells himself something. I can see Raiden saying Lui Kang is blindsided by Quan and Shang, meeting his demise. Think about how Liu Kang still being alive would be tremendously important to Raiden in the future.
 
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It was confirmed to be visions or a vision and mental message. It's all over the place. But what I think makes the most sense is that he will receive visions of Shao Kahn winning Armageddon and killing off Raiden. It was said that Raiden will not understand these visions at all. He will only be able to surmise that something bad will happen and Shao Kahn should be stopped at all costs. I am paraphrasing what Boon and Sanchez have said.

Regardless, it was stated that he will receive these "warnings" during the time of MK1 and they will, in fact, be of Armageddon and Shao Kahn's victory.

I must add, which I know I'll probably pay for: what is with this notion of Liu Kang being some pre-ordained warrior? I do not think this was the intention nor was ever implied, at least, originally. According to MK1, he was "technically" chosen to represent the Society of Light? He was "chosen" in MK3 to be protected from Shao Kahn's soul snatching.
 
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I could care less if Kang wins this time around or not, but I'm hoping he lives...just not as a damn zombie.

I'm sure we can just agree that a character of some importance in the previous timeline will die this time around. It may not be Liu Kang, but the impact may be just as great.
 
if they keep Liu Kang he needs Revamped !.

resurrected by shao kahn and he fight for Kahn instead !
kung lao be the chosen one and has to fight Liu Kang

something like that. right now Liu Kang is Pathetic
 
now I'm getting reputation in my Messages.

Quoted that I'm pathetic and an earlier one telling me to shut up.

now, stop your Crap. before you cause trouble
 
Jawn said:
now I'm getting reputation in my Messages.

Quoted that I'm pathetic and an earlier one telling me to shut up.

now, stop your Crap. before you cause trouble
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LOL, oh man, that was hilarious. Thanks, I had the laugh of the day...
 
I'm not a big fan of Liu Kang, but don't kill him off man. I agree that Kung Lao should have a bigger role, but not at the expense of Liu Kang.

Unfortunately I have a feeling that they will change the storyline so that Liu Kang will die at some point since this is a reboot. Hopefully (at least to me) I'm wrong though.

I'll say this much though: No zombie Liu Kang. Ever.
 
I would rather keep him in the game but have someone else win.


Jawn said:
now I'm getting reputation in my Messages.

Quoted that I'm pathetic and an earlier one telling me to shut up.

now, stop your Crap. before you cause trouble
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I took a hit telling someone that its Killer Instinct not Kill Instinct and that KI and MVC3 are in a diffrent genre then AC: Brotherhood. Take it with a grain of salt and dont worry about it to much.
 
so let me get this straight..... others call me names, tell me i'm Pathetic diss me ect.. ect..

and they can get away with it ?

so then i could do the same....
 
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