DeBane
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He was snubbed last game and relegated to little more than a two-move spamming dumbot boss (...unless one took to modding the game; but even then he was effectively broken). In MKvDCU he was a hidden, half-baked character (no Fatality, IIRC). Now, in MKX, it seems the scantily clad, Outworld overlord is being shut in the closet... AGAIN.
The fact that Goro - Kahn's right hand/s man is indeed present (irrespective of any possible narrative inconsistencies), really drives home the message that Shao Kahn is THEE snubbed character (relative to stature and import in the mythology) of the Mortal Kombat franchise. The generic 'ninjas' receive guaranteed slots, game after game; but Kahn remains as elusive as an X-ray attack at Evo!
I understand that Kahn is a boss character and he has elicited some of 'less than amicable' emotions towards his oftentimes cheesy nature. But it is this very, smarmy, mocking nature that makes the character so endearing (for some). The sometimes adduced argument that he should remain a boss and therefore non playable and only included when the narrative permits... blah, blah, burp, fart... is a moot one given the likes of Goro's inclusion (as "DLC" no less) and the underlying fact that MK is a video game, not some historically factual account of events (derrr!).
So, who here wants a playable Kahn in MKX? Is there any chance of him making the cut... for once? Or will one of the most recognisable characters of the franchise and, indeed, video game bosses (of all time) remain MIA for the umpteenth time?
The fact that Goro - Kahn's right hand/s man is indeed present (irrespective of any possible narrative inconsistencies), really drives home the message that Shao Kahn is THEE snubbed character (relative to stature and import in the mythology) of the Mortal Kombat franchise. The generic 'ninjas' receive guaranteed slots, game after game; but Kahn remains as elusive as an X-ray attack at Evo!
I understand that Kahn is a boss character and he has elicited some of 'less than amicable' emotions towards his oftentimes cheesy nature. But it is this very, smarmy, mocking nature that makes the character so endearing (for some). The sometimes adduced argument that he should remain a boss and therefore non playable and only included when the narrative permits... blah, blah, burp, fart... is a moot one given the likes of Goro's inclusion (as "DLC" no less) and the underlying fact that MK is a video game, not some historically factual account of events (derrr!).
So, who here wants a playable Kahn in MKX? Is there any chance of him making the cut... for once? Or will one of the most recognisable characters of the franchise and, indeed, video game bosses (of all time) remain MIA for the umpteenth time?
