Noob-Zer013
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Shinnok or Quan Chi!
Roster Speculation
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Commander
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I don't know of many people that hated D'Vorah, Ferra/Torr, Kotal Kahn or Cassie Cage.
I wouldn't have an issue with 14 new, 8 from MK9 and 8 from post-MK3 (if the rumors are true).
I go my fan service MK1 thru UMK3 game with MK9, but I also want to see what characters NRS comes up with next.
Ricochetmatt
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Playing it "safe" is not safe at all. I mean, sure... you've got the purists backing you up, but everyone else is sitting around waiting for something new and interesting to happen. Your avatar is an example of the artist not playing it safe. That looks nothing like the Ermac we once knew. But people love it, do they not?
Playing it safe is for Nintendo.
Noob-Zer013
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Yes, please more new characters than returning.
Maybe they should reveal all the returning characters first to keep the purists content.
And maybe not reveal the rest of the newcomers at all.. well atleast until its leaked somehow.
Maybe they should reveal all the returning characters first to keep the purists content.
And maybe not reveal the rest of the newcomers at all.. well atleast until its leaked somehow.
True Believer
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It seems to me that there are quite a few of you that are literally s***ting your pants about the prospect of having a mostly new roster. And the number one excuse I keep hearing is SF3. That they believe a mostly new roster will be like SF3. Netherrealm studios has been one of the most successful studios when it comes to creating new characters. In all the MK games there are more loved or likable characters than there are hated one's. Think about it, how many characters, of all the MK characters do you truly hate? Very few. And most of you have a favorite character that WAS NOT ONE OF THE ORIGINAL MK characters (noob, ermac, etc.).. to trickle out new characters slowly they would have had to introduce a handful of characters every game. Seeing as they really haven't done that, its about time we get a bunch of new charcters. LET ME REMIND YOU:
Sub-Zero
Scorpion
Kano
Sonya
Raiden
Liu Kang
Johnny Cage
Goro
Shang Tsung
Reptile
THESE...are the original MK characters, of which the last three on the list were NOT PLAYABLE (two were bosses, one hidden). If you don't see your favorite character on that list or someone you love and want in this game, try and remember they were an entirely new character at one point. I feel like a lot of you guys (some more than others) are not really realizing that. I have faith in NR studios making some great characters and not turning into the dreaded SF3..lol. At most I want 7 to 8 returning characters. The rest I want new, like Cassie and Kotel and other characters that could be mix-ups of old characters. Its been much to long seeing the same faces in MK...risk is not always a bad thing, especially when this game takes place 25 years after the last one. Stop being a bunch of p***y's guys, remember the past, have a little faith...and if worst comes to worst..in the day and age of DLC, they can always give us back the old cast as some kinda retro bundle..
With that said, if you only take 7 or 8 returning characters into this one...who would they be???
Sub-Zero
Scorpion
Kano
Sonya
Raiden
Liu Kang
Johnny Cage
Goro
Shang Tsung
Reptile
THESE...are the original MK characters, of which the last three on the list were NOT PLAYABLE (two were bosses, one hidden). If you don't see your favorite character on that list or someone you love and want in this game, try and remember they were an entirely new character at one point. I feel like a lot of you guys (some more than others) are not really realizing that. I have faith in NR studios making some great characters and not turning into the dreaded SF3..lol. At most I want 7 to 8 returning characters. The rest I want new, like Cassie and Kotel and other characters that could be mix-ups of old characters. Its been much to long seeing the same faces in MK...risk is not always a bad thing, especially when this game takes place 25 years after the last one. Stop being a bunch of p***y's guys, remember the past, have a little faith...and if worst comes to worst..in the day and age of DLC, they can always give us back the old cast as some kinda retro bundle..
With that said, if you only take 7 or 8 returning characters into this one...who would they be???
Commander
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Not really.
Aside from 6 or 7 characters from the post-MK3 era, I disliked / hated 98% of the rest of the characters from the post-MK3 era.
That's more than 60% of the MK characters that were ever created, that I truly dislike / hate.
Katalina Caine
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I'm agreed with you and I was waiting for that since Boon stating that few characters would survive the armageddon (it was few months after the release of MKA, remember).
True Believer
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Post MK3??...You've misunderstood my post. ANYTHING after MK1 it's considered new. That definitely includes all characters in 2, 3 and every game afterwards. The ten characters I listed are the ONLY original characters, and only seven are playable. Your post is invalid. If you reevaluate all the characters you like after the original and very first game, your percentages would change drastically.
ujustgotcaged
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Everyone keeps saying that it takes place 25 years in the future...
Did you all forget that Boon said there will be multiple time jumps ?He said 5 years ,10 years then eventually 25 years..this was confirmed on one of the E3 interviews.That gives us an opportunity to play closer to where we left off.
That being said
The returning characters will be:
Liu Kang
Scorpion
Subzero
Raiden
Cyrax
Mileena
Secktor
Kung Lao
Did you all forget that Boon said there will be multiple time jumps ?He said 5 years ,10 years then eventually 25 years..this was confirmed on one of the E3 interviews.That gives us an opportunity to play closer to where we left off.
That being said
The returning characters will be:
Liu Kang
Scorpion
Subzero
Raiden
Cyrax
Mileena
Secktor
Kung Lao
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Commander
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Your post is invalid as I read you whole post, which also said this, which I was referring to:
ALL means every single game, which is why I only quoted that very section of your post in my previous post.
EDIT:
No, unfortunately people don't pay attention, and jump to conclusions.
It's clear as day that it spans 25 years from MK9, which Ed Boon has stated himself a few times, yet people are all "Herp, derp. That character can't be in because it's 25 years later." :banghead:
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True Believer
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Yes and you said after MK3, you hated most characters.. there were more New characters created in the first 2 mortal kombat games after the first than in all iterations after... your math is wrong.
ujustgotcaged
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I'm so glad you caught that,maybe now people will stop dismissing characters .
Commander
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NO.
My math is correct.
Within MKII and MK3 there were 16 new characters created (15 technically since Kitana was an MK1 concept character that didn't make the cut for MK1, called "Kitsune").
Post-MK3, the number of new characters (from UMK3 thru MK: A) is 34 new characters.
YOUR math is wrong.
Taj Gill
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And let's say we take UMK3 and MKT into consideration, there's still more new characters from the 3D era.
Immortal Reaver
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Kenshi started out as an Ermac clone, but he is pretty awesome now. I hope he's in MKX.
Webster
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I liked kenshi alot myself, I would like to see him return. he was in MK9 as DLC but it would make sense to see him in the actual mk10 story at some point. also this might be a pipe dream but dammit I want to see frost as a playable character again. I'm probably one of the few people who do but I cant help it. I have a soft spot for her.
Immortal Reaver
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What do you mean, a pipe dream? I think it's actually pretty likely that we will see her again. ;D