SPOILER ALERT:Mortal Kombat X DIGITAL COMIC DISCUSSION

theincubuslord said:
Which is funny, because all Quan Chi did was basically snap his fingers and voila, human Subbie is back.
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Well it's a comic, you can't have 5 pages showing how he did it.

CSZ had his soul yet, which makes sense because he was the only cyborg with self control.

Quan Chi is a sorcerer, he removed all the hardware, kept the flesh and restored his body from these rests.

Everything makes sense IMO.
 
Cryo said:
Well it's a comic, you can't have 5 pages showing how he did it.

CSZ had his soul yet, which makes sense because he was the only cyborg with self control.

Quan Chi is a sorcerer, he removed all the hardware, kept the flesh and restored his body from these rests.

Everything makes sense IMO.
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My point is, people called it bad writing. It wasn't. It just wasn't explained in the game.
 
[MENTION=18507]Harpoon[/MENTION] do we have previews for the current chapter? I'm wondering how long the Shokan battle will last. Really hoping something as epic as this isn't over in 4 pages.
 
BBBLP said:
[MENTION=18507]Harpoon[/MENTION] do we have previews for the current chapter? I'm wondering how long the Shokan battle will last. Really hoping something as epic as this isn't over in 4 pages.
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Eh? Like the preview pages? I posted the ones for Chapter 16 a couple of pages back. Judging by descriptions for the next chapters, the Shokan war's going to last for a while.
 
p.W said:
"Haven't seen you in thirty years. I remember hearing that Kenshi whooped your ass. Sorry I wasn't there to see it."
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Yeah, the same guy who got his ass whooped by Hsu Hao defeated the guy who was a stronger fighter than Kotal Kahn for years under Shao Kahn's rule, and 15 years back, you know, because that makes sense...
 
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lordraptor said:
Yeah, the same guy who got his ass whooped by Hsu Hao defeated the guy who was a stronger fighter than Kotal Kahn for years under Shao Kahn's rule, and 15 years back, you know, because that makes sense...
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Pretty sure Kenshi'd have defeated Reiko to be able to live upto now. Don't see Reiko (under Kahn's rule) sparing him otherwise.

And the guy had been running all night to save Takeda - give him a break :/
 
en-lumine said:
Pretty sure Kenshi'd have defeated Reiko to be able to live upto now. Don't see Reiko (under Kahn's rule) sparing him otherwise.

And the guy had been running all night to save Takeda - give him a break :/
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Hey, don't get me wrong, i love me some Kenshi, but saying he defeated Reiko during mk2 makes no sense according to the canon information we have so far, just saying.
 
lordraptor said:
Hey, don't get me wrong, i love me some Kenshi, but saying he defeated Reiko during mk2 makes no sense according to the canon information we have so far, just saying.
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No worries, man ;)

But I still think otherwise. I think given the nature of hostilities in between Shao Kahn and Earthrealm, he'd have ordered the "finishing" of any Earthrealmer that happened to lose Mortal Kombat. If Kenshi and Reiko were in a match and had Kenshi lost, I don't see a reason why Reiko would spare his life. The only way to account for the present is to assume Kenshi won that fight. Nevertheless, it is a shady area.. Wonder what Kittelsen thinks of this :S
 
en-lumine said:
No worries, man ;)

But I still think otherwise. I think given the nature of hostilities in between Shao Kahn and Earthrealm, he'd have ordered the "finishing" of any Earthrealmer that happened to lose Mortal Kombat. If Kenshi and Reiko were in a match and had Kenshi lost, I don't see a reason why Reiko would spare his life. The only way to account for the present is to assume Kenshi won that fight. Nevertheless, it is a shady area.. Wonder what Kittelsen thinks of this :S
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I can easily see Kenshi being the pre-blind, pre-ancestor sword version back in those days since his game appearance is not necessarily canon to the game, maybe he was fighting for Shang Tsung, and Shang Tsung told Shao Kahn to spare him, and then told Kenshi would make him more powerful, just to trick him and almost kill him, leading him to become what he is today.
 
lordraptor said:
I can easily see Kenshi being the pre-blind, pre-ancestor sword version back in those days since his game appearance is not necessarily canon to the game, maybe he was fighting for Shang Tsung, and Shang Tsung told Shao Kahn to spare him, and then told Kenshi would make him more powerful, just to trick him and almost kill him, leading him to become what he is today.
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Why would Kenshi agree to that in the first place? We are aware he was blinded by Shang Tsung's treachery in a one-off incident which doesn't matter much to the proceedings of MK itself. I dont think Kenshi working as a mercenary/jobber for Tsung is canon..

More importantly, why would Tsung recuit a sassy swordsman, of all people, to further Outworld's agenda of overtaking Earthrealm? How would that benefit him, since he's pretty much revitalised in MK2?
 
lordraptor said:
I can easily see Kenshi being the pre-blind, pre-ancestor sword version back in those days since his game appearance is not necessarily canon to the game, maybe he was fighting for Shang Tsung, and Shang Tsung told Shao Kahn to spare him, and then told Kenshi would make him more powerful, just to trick him and almost kill him, leading him to become what he is today.
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But Kenshi fought Reiko. Why would Shao Kahn have Kenshi and Reiko fight if Reiko is loyal to Kahn and Kenshi is loyal to Shang Tsung (therefore also Kahn)?

Like [MENTION=19624]en-lumine[/MENTION] said, Kenshi had been on the move, protecting his son, for god knows how long when he fought Hsu Hao. He was probably hungry, sleep-deprived, fatigued, and having already fought a bunch of Red Dragon mooks to the death in the past couple of days. That wasn't anything remotely resembling his real skill level.
 
I believe it's some kind of easter egg or whatever you call it, 'cause apart from this line (who said it? Shang Tsung? Shao Kahn?) it isn't mentioned anywhere. Especially that they aren't the part of canon roster od MK2011.
 
Bart said:
I believe it's some kind of easter egg or whatever you call it, 'cause apart from this line (who said it? Shang Tsung? Shao Kahn?) it isn't mentioned anywhere. Especially that they aren't the part of canon roster od MK2011.
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It is an Easter egg, but it's also canon until proven otherwise. This wasn't Onaga vs Mokap or some other such nonsense, it was an entirely legitimate match between Shao Kahn's right hand man, who absolutely would have been at the MK2 tournament, and a professional wandering swordsman, who could have wandered his way into the tournament even if Raiden didn't ask him to come.
 
p.W said:
It is an Easter egg, but it's also canon until proven otherwise. This wasn't Onaga vs Mokap or some other such nonsense, it was an entirely legitimate match between Shao Kahn's right hand man, who absolutely would have been at the MK2 tournament, and a professional wandering swordsman, who could have wandered his way into the tournament even if Raiden didn't ask him to come.
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It may be that way, but I THINK (of course may be wrong) it is not canon (even though mentioned in Story Mode) 'cause there's no other sign of this fight. I know that we're in the new timeline, but I believe Kenshi's MK:DA bio says something like he needed time to master Sento and get used to being blind and he wasn't able to fight before making the Deadly Alliance. Maybe this time he managed to do that faster.

Actually not maybe, but for sure since he's already present during Shinnok's invasion and he wasn't in the old timeline. (I'm taking away the arguments about the character not being created earlier, this is obvious, I only mean storywise)
 
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Bart said:
It may be that way, but I THINK it is not canon (even though mentioned in Story Mode) 'cause there's no other sign of this fight. I know that we're in the new timeline, but I believe Kenshi's MK:DA bio says something like he needed time to master Sento and get used to being blind and he wasn't able to fight before making the Deadly Alliance. Maybe this time he managed to do that faster.

Actually not maybe, but for sure since he's already present during Shinnok's invasion and he wasn't in the old timeline. (I'm taking away the arguments about the character not being created earlier, this is obvious, I only mean storywise)
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Arguably, Kenshi was supposed to be in his mid-30s in the old timeline at the start of Deadly Alliance, I believe (some old fan-sites still use that age).

I think it's fairly canon in the alternative timeline. According to MKX's bio, Kenshi was supposed to be a wandering swordsman till his 'early adulthood' (18-19, I presume) before he was blinded. Assuming it took him 10 years to relearn how to live and fight without his eyes, that would put him at 28-29 when he fought Reiko in MK9. And the events that transpired later, seem all in line - when Cage took on Shinnok, he'd have been in his early 30s. Some time later, he discovers Takeda and brings him to Hanzo's care. Etcetera.
 
en-lumine said:
Arguably, Kenshi was supposed to be in his mid-30s in the old timeline at the start of Deadly Alliance, I believe (some old fan-sites still use that age).

I think it's fairly canon in the alternative timeline. According to MKX's bio, Kenshi was supposed to be a wandering swordsman till his 'early adulthood' (18-19, I presume) before he was blinded. Assuming it took him 10 years to relearn how to live and fight without his eyes, that would put him at 28-29 when he fought Reiko in MK9. And the events that transpired later, seem all in line - when Cage took on Shinnok, he'd have been in his early 30s. Some time later, he discovers Takeda and brings him to Hanzo's care. Etcetera.
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Yeah, everything seems fine, but this supposed Kenshi vs Reiko fight still remains a mystery (though it's not contradicting the events) and I got the feeling that we won't learn anything more about it, thus making it irrelevant and not important at all, even non-existent.
 
Bart said:
Yeah, everything seems fine, but this supposed Kenshi vs Reiko fight still remains a mystery (though it's not contradicting the events) and I got the feeling that we won't learn anything more about it, thus making it irrelevant and not important at all, even non-existent.
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Unfortunately, that seems to be the case. And it's sad really - since there's a higher possibility that Kenshi probably beat Reiko (IMO) which would be great if it's addressed. Hate seeing my favourite char being beaten up/blasted away in every freaking timeline.

If someone could tweet to Kittelsen to confirm this, that would be awesome tho :/
 
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