SPOILER ALERT:Mortal Kombat X DIGITAL COMIC DISCUSSION

Commander said:
He could stop or bypass Goro and still kill Mileena as vengeance for his father's death.
Thereby, maning him the next ruler of Outworld.
I'm just saying that his "rise to power" isn't completely written out of the comics, just yet.
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But he's already the next ruler of Outworld. Mileena's pretty much gone underground. His taking the throne has already happened, even if he's still fighting Mileena and other forces. We still haven't seen the very beginning of his rise to power, which is kind of necessary for a "rise and fall" arc. It's going to happen in the game, not the comics.

And there is absolutely no way Mileena is going to be killed off in the comic. She's assuredly playable at this point.
 
p.W said:
Goro can take an order, you just have to make sure to give him orders that he likes. Kotal asked him to spend weeks or months tracking Mileena in the desert. He treated Goro like Reptile or Kotal K'Etz. Big mistake.
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Kotal may have said: "PRINCE GORO, I assemble you to the task of finding the two most dangerous foes of Outworld: Reiko and Mileena. Do not bring them alive. They are YOURS!"

To not hurt Goro's feeling (the guy who spent 500 years into a rat hole), Kotal should have said: "OH, MAGNANIMOUS PRINCE GORO, KING OF THE FOUR ARMS, TYRANT OF THE LAIR, ETERNAL AND TRUE CHAMPION OF MORTAL KOMBAT, STAR OF THE FIRST MOVIE, I assemble your royalty to accompany me to slaughter Mileena and Reiko, but we will take the route of that poor civilization ahead, so we can make a good genocide, and then go to our enemies. After that, I will put my apron, before you slap me, serve you a long table of food, for we shall prepare ourselves to merge another realm, not that you really care, but so we can just kill some innocents. ALL HAIL PRINCE GORO!!!!! Now eveybody hail me."
 
Yellow Ledbetter said:
Kotal may have said: "PRINCE GORO, I assemble you to the task of finding the two most dangerous foes of Outworld: Reiko and Mileena. Do not bring them alive. They are YOURS!"

To not hurt Goro's feeling (the guy who spent 500 years into a rat hole), Kotal should have said: "OH, MAGNANIMOUS PRINCE GORO, KING OF THE FOUR ARMS, TYRANT OF THE LAIR, ETERNAL AND TRUE CHAMPION OF MORTAL KOMBAT, STAR OF THE FIRST MOVIE, I assemble your royalty to accompany me to slaughter Mileena and Reiko, but we will take the route of that poor civilization ahead, so we can make a good genocide, and then go to our enemies. After that, I will put my apron, before you slap me, serve you a long table of food, for we shall prepare ourselves to merge another realm, not that you really care, but so we can just kill some innocents. ALL HAIL PRINCE GORO!!!!! Now eveybody hail me."
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Hahaha, yup. Goro does seem to be a bit of a drama queen.
 
p.W said:
His rise to power is written out of the comics, because he's already in power by the time we see him. He has control of the entire capital, and Mileena and Reiko are reduced to hiding like rats to stay alive. Kotal's in power.
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They're doing more than just hiding like rats; they're instigating an insurgency. And it's all Mileena's fault for being a dumbass during the Netherrealm War.

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Him being dead is the only way that "Goro Lives" makes sense, imo.

Like, sure he dies, but you can play as him if you pre-order!
 
Tarkatan Trash said:
They're doing more than just hiding like rats; they're instigating an insurgency. And it's all Mileena's fault for being a dumbass during the Netherrealm War.

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It sounds like the steps Kotal took to protect Outworld might have involved collaborating with Raiden. Even if Mileena wasn't a straight-up dumbass (which I don't put past her one bit), I don't see her ever being able to take that step. She's too much of her daddy's girl for that.

And yes, there is an insurgency, but the key thing is that it's Mileena's insurgency now, not Kotal's insurgency. That makes him big cheese.
 
Is it only me, or is the new MK story already better than everything that came after MK4? They took the right direction with the wars.

I hope the comics won't tell too much. Things already had happened in comics that would have been cool in story mode.

I hope Goro won't die in his fight against Kotal Kahn. I believe that Kotal could kill Goro's father (vendetta style).
 
p.W said:
Hahaha, yup. Goro does seem to be a bit of a drama queen.
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Only in the official business, otherwise he's very down to earth, everyone likes him at the office party where he socializes a lot:

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I'm just saying because of the fact that the comic, much like the game, jumps around in time.
They could still do a "rise to power comic."
That's what I'm really trying to get at.
 
Commander said:
I'm just saying because of the fact that the comic, much like the game, jumps around in time.
They could still do a "rise to power comic."
That's what I'm really trying to get at.
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But it's not jumping around in time. Not like the game. It's staying at the 15 year period, with some flashbacks. And they're definitely not going to cover stuff that's already going to be in the game, like the exact story of how Kotal took the throne.
 
asears08 said:
No. I dont. At all.
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Then why are you seemingly okay with new characters copying older ones and serving as their replacements? Because that's exactly what Jarek, Kira, etc., were. If these new characters aren't to become Jarek and Kira 2.0, then they need to have their own unique moveset. Putting them alongside their parents/relatives forces NRS' hand to do just that, because they can't have two characters play identically in one game. With a unique identity established, they can move on forward without their parents/relatives.

Commander said:
Huh?
Wasn't comic #6 and #7 all about Kotal's origins and how he started becoming Emperor of Outworld, and got to the position that he was at???
Mileena is the other rogue "leader" of Outworld, and people seem to be split between 2 factions in the comics: Kotal's group and Mileena's group.
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That's not what I meant/I believe is meant for his "rise". I think that means when he overthrows Mileena, which we never saw.
 
Harpoon said:
But it's not jumping around in time. Not like the game. It's staying at the 15 year period, with some flashbacks.
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Thus far, but the first 2 comics with Takeda started about 5 years after MK9, after the NetherRealm war, so it HAS jumped in time.


Harpoon said:
And they're definitely not going to cover stuff that's already going to be in the game, like the exact story of how Kotal took the throne.
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You can't say that for sure.
When I said that I felt that I need to read the MKX comic because I felt like I would be lost in the MKX game Story Mode, otherwise, weren't there a bunch of people arguing to the contrary that the Injustice story mode also went over some of the same stuff from the comics, as well?
 
Lord Greyjoy said:
Then why are you seemingly okay with new characters copying older ones and serving as their replacements? Because that's exactly what Jarek, Kira, etc., were. If these new characters aren't to become Jarek and Kira 2.0, then they need to have their own unique moveset. Putting them alongside their parents/relatives forces NRS' hand to do just that, because they can't have two characters play identically in one game. With a unique identity established, they can move on forward without their parents/relatives.
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You are quite adept at putting words in other peoples mouths.
 
Commander said:
Thus far, but the first 2 comics with Takeda started about 5 years after MK9, after the NetherRealm war, so it HAS jumped in time.
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Right, and Kittelsen has said that's the last jump ahead it'll do. 15 years is staying as the present era.

You can't say that for sure.
When I said that I felt that I need to read the MKX comic because I felt like I would be lost in the MKX game Story Mode, otherwise, weren't there a bunch of people arguing to the contrary that the Injustice story mode also went over some of the same stuff from the comics, as well?
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I don't think the Injustice comic had any of the same scenes from the game, except maybe/kinda/sorta in its expansion on Superman's regime's origins. The comic's not going to want to do the exact same scenes as the game, especially when it's trying not to give away everything.
 
Harpoon said:
Right, and Kittelsen has said that's the last jump ahead it'll do. 15 years is staying as the present era.



I don't think the Injustice comic had any of the same scenes from the game, except maybe/kinda/sorta in its expansion on Superman's regime's origins. The comic's not going to want to do the exact same scenes as the game, especially when it's trying not to give away everything.
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When did Kittlesen say that?
I remeber him saying that most of it takes place in the 15-year part, but I don't remember him saying that they won't ever go back and forth again.
Link please?

The game also had a brief explanation on Joker killing Lois and their unborn child, which went more in depth in the comic, but it was also still in the game.
 
A part of me wonders if the reason they were reluctant to show off Goro gameplay, is because one of his variations uses the Wrath Hammer.
 
Borshay said:
A part of me wonders if the reason they were reluctant to show off Goro gameplay, is because one of his variations uses the Wrath Hammer.
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I don't think that could be it. We only found out where the Wrath Hammer is in this issue, so at most it would have spoiled a single issue of the comic... and the upcoming issues' descriptions have already done that anyway by saying Kotal will suffer a huge loss. His father's death came as zero surprise to most readers, I imagine.
 
Commander said:
When did Kittlesen say that?
I remeber him saying that most of it takes place in the 15-year part, but I don't remember him saying that they won't ever go back and forth again.
Link please?

The game also had a brief explanation on Joker killing Lois and their unborn child, which went more in depth in the comic, but it was also still in the game.
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http://www.mksecrets.net/index.php?...al-Kombat-X-Comic-Book-Writer-Shawn-Kittelsen

Relative to the game, there are 25 years between MK9 and MKX, and most of our comics take place several years in, with some flashbacks here and there.
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They're doing flashbacks, but they're not going to jump all over the timeline like the game will be. 15 years is where most of the comic will take place, Kittelsen's talked about "planting a flag" there. Kittelsen also said this in another interview:

https://www.facebook.com/TheKombatTether/posts/756558744442300

Shawn: With several years until MKX, it’ll be a while before any actual scenes overlap.
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It really, really doesn't sound like we're going to be seeing any exact scenes from the game in the comic. The rise and fall of Kotal Kahn is one of the plots of the game; the comic will be doing stuff in the middle of that, but it's not going to be the thing that shows it in its entirety.
 
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