Roster Speculation

DLC has to have at least one female to balance things up. Which female, other Tanya, can be DLC at this point really?
- Jade is pretty much confirmed to absent in X (Kitana's variation);
- Sindel is extremely doubtful;
- Skarlet won't be repeated and she's pointless without Shao Kahn;
- Sheeva is no way coming back in X.

They have pretty much rulled out every MK9 female not in X initial roster for DLC. Tanya is the only one that makes sense at this point since she has been extremely requested. I would be very surprised if the created a new female character...
 
Marcelino Rodrigues said:
- Sindel is extremely doubtful;
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Given Shao Kahn hasn't been even referred to so far, you can take Sindel's omission to the bank. Unless BOTH come as DLC (yeah, right!), these much-loved characters will probably be snubbed for either rubbishy brand mascot cameos or popular nonentity characters.
 
basically 1 of 2 simple things is going to happen...

A; we know the entire roster now except for the ? square which is either liu kang or a 'random pick' box...

or the more likely,

B; like Ed said over 9000! times, this is not the final select screen, and for all we know they could have another 5 or 6 characters that fit into an entirely new select screen.
 
There's a stream tomorrow, so I guess we'll see the updated character select screen. We need room for Shinnok, Fujin and the end boss (who absolutely won't be Shinnok, given just how many references to him there have already been).
 
Does everybody agree with me that they should have either leave the ancestors out (Jax, JC, Sonya, Kenshi, Kung Lao), keep the number of slots (26) and add Reiko, Fujin, Havik, Baraka etc. OR keep them all ancestors in and raise the number of playable characters to ca. 40 like Tekken 5 or 6.

I kind of feel disappointed about similar characters being BOTH playable (e.g. Sonya&Cassie or Jax/Jacqui) whereas such characters like Fujin, Reiko, Havik, Tanya, Baraka, Cyrax etc. have to stay out, appear in comic or being DLC.
 
Aside from the family links, we have no idea whether Cassie/Sonya and Jacqui/Jax will play similarly. They share the same name, yes, but may well be very different characters.
 
Marcelino Rodrigues said:
DLC has to have at least one female to balance things up. Which female, other Tanya, can be DLC at this point really?
- Jade is pretty much confirmed to absent in X (Kitana's variation);
- Sindel is extremely doubtful;
- Skarlet won't be repeated and she's pointless without Shao Kahn;
- Sheeva is no way coming back in X.

They have pretty much rulled out every MK9 female not in X initial roster for DLC. Tanya is the only one that makes sense at this point since she has been extremely requested. I would be very surprised if the created a new female character...
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Frost has appeared in the comics. Last we saw her, she was being taken to Special Forces HQ for medical treatment.
 
p.W said:
Frost has appeared in the comics. Last we saw her, she was being taken to Special Forces HQ for medical treatment.
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Frost is second close to Tanya indeed. I simply cannot see which other female besides these two they can bring as DLC. I sincerely hope we get to see at least 4 MK characters for DLC (I couldn't care less for guests).
 
Skylot said:
like Ed said over 9000! times, this is not the final select screen, and for all we know they could have another 5 or 6 characters that fit into an entirely new select screen.
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Why would it need a new character select screen to accommodate more characters? Didn't you play MK9...?
 
mattcosner10 said:
No, not at all. Id love to see a few extra characters added, but no I absolutely do not think every single one of the ancestor characters should be taken out.
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I don't say every single one, just not all. I feel like there is less variety with no slots being left for Reiko, Fujin, Tanya or Havik.

As for DLC, I don't think that they will bring new or post MK3 characters. The best way to sell DLC are classic MK characters with less relevance to the story (Baraka, Sektor, Cyrax, Noob or Smoke).
 
For those who had doubts about Kenshi and Shinnok being playable:

The Kombat Pack for Mortal Kombat X includes Two Guest Characters, one being Jason Voorhees and Two Klassic Mortal Kombat characters as well as a Samurai Skin pack including Ronin Kenshi, Samurai Shinnok and Jingu Kitana skins. Full press release below:

"In celebration of Friday 13th, today, Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment confirmed details for the Mortal Kombat™ X Kombat Pack, the ultimate pass providing fans with Mortal Kombat™ X downloadable content (DLC), some of which will be available beginning at launch. The Kombat Pack will include access to four playable characters still in development, including horror icon from the Friday the 13th films, Jason Voorhees, as well as two Klassic Mortal Kombat Kombatants and another special guest character. In the UK the Kombat Pack is included in the Mortal Kombat™ X Premium Edition, and will be available for purchase separately for £24.99.

Starting 14th April, 2015, when Mortal Kombat™ X launches worldwide, fans who purchase the Kombat Pack will receive the Samurai Pack containing three new character skins: Ronin Kenshi, Samurai Shinnok and Jingu Kitana, as well as an accompanying skin pack with each playable character. Kombat Pack owners will gain early access to the following future DLC content before it is available for sale individually."
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hmmm. so they announced that the kombat pack will be available day one... i'm not a fan of day one DLC... BUT i guess that makes the roster at a minimum 30 for day one, and guarantees we get 3 more guys we don't know yet... plus there's the one remaining ? spot...which could be a random select, or an actual character.
 
Godamn it. Now I know kenshi's going to be playable. Netherealm pls. Just freaking show him already. Quit teasing us kenshi fans.

I really hope there are more roster slots. Even though I already have my main returning and I have side characters like kotal, mileena, and sub to play as well it's still fun to occasionally play a wide birth of characters. I'm happy if the final roster is whats been hinted at but I won't pretend like I wouldn't be fine with cyrax or sektor coming back and I certainly wouldn't be upset if this was the first mortal kombat game that wasn't armaggedon where rain was actually playable outright instead of purchaseable.
 
DeBane said:
Why would it need a new character select screen to accommodate more characters? Didn't you play MK9...?
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because, it would look terrible and sloppy to have a single box rotation like in mk9. for the DLC its fine, assuming we only get 4 dlc guys like last time, but ed said 'over 30'... with only 26 guys on this screen, and us expecting a minimum of 8 (4 on day one, and 4 more at least down the road), it would be really sloppy.
 
Skylot said:
hmmm. so they announced that the kombat pack will be available day one... i'm not a fan of day one DLC... BUT i guess that makes the roster at a minimum 30 for day one, and guarantees we get 3 more guys we don't know yet... plus there's the one remaining ? spot...which could be a random select, or an actual character.
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The kombat pack is essentially a season pass. So the characters will be released gradually over time and not on day one. Saying it'll be available is just them saying you can buy it like you can any other season pass
 
Skylot said:
hmmm. so they announced that the kombat pack will be available day one... i'm not a fan of day one DLC... BUT i guess that makes the roster at a minimum 30 for day one, and guarantees we get 3 more guys we don't know yet... plus there's the one remaining ? spot...which could be a random select, or an actual character.
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it the random stot
 
Kenshiboiz said:
The kombat pack is essentially a season pass. So the characters will be released gradually over time and not on day one. Saying it'll be available is just them saying you can buy it like you can any other season pass
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This. The Kombat pack itself is available day one. The content in it is not.
 
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