Timeline Speculation

[Flying Jinko]

If Cyrax's ending is canon, then he isn't with the Special Forces. He's hanging out at the Wu-Shi academy. Which means he was never sent on a mission to Outworld. Which means Reptile never attacked him, Nitara never offered to help him, Cyrax never got Nitara her orb from the Lava Shrine and Reptile didn't follow them and end up getting possessed by the egg.

Of course they could change some of these details. Maybe make it so that Reptile had a completely different reason for going into the Shrine. But honestly, I don't see Onaga coming back. Boon said the big bad was going to be a surprise returning character. So I'm guessing God Liu Kang.

Yea, that is a good possibility, going storywise though, I doubt Onaga would have sent Shujinko on his quest if he himself didn't have surety of his return. Perhaps he may not even need reptile to return. I too don't think he would be the big bad, but NRS should atleast reference his story arc as it has already begun and if they are planning to thus erase it from this timeline, they should give reasonable enough explanations.

 

[Time_Bubbles]

Reptile surviving MK9 and him vanishing means that Onaga's story can still easily happen after all. Boon and co. could have had Reptile killed off but they didn't, seems like that Onaga is something they could have happen in this new Timeline anyway. After all, Raiden failed to stop many of his visions. Why not Onaga as well?

 

[Cyrax1986]

I see a lot of people stating how "X will be too old in 25 years to be a character."

First, let's think about how we are playing a video game.

Okay now that we have that out of the way, let's think about how the "humans" in the game like Cage, Blade, Kang, and even Sub-Zero aren't exactly "human" as we know humans.

For instance, how many humans do you know that can throw a green energy ball at you by conjuring it out or their fist? I can only think of one or two off the top of my head to be honest.

My point is just that this is a land of fantasy and imagination. That these characters are not held to the same rules of life as we are.

My other point about this timeline is that I see WAY TOO MANY PEOPLE saying that "its 25 years in the future".

No.

It's starting right at the end if MK9 and will go as far as 25 years in to the timeline.

Cassie cage being playable does make it seem we are in a time jump though.

It is possible the story mode shows events prior to that but at this point the arcade ladder with the final boss can only be assumed to be 25 years after MK2011...

 

[Galden]

Reptile surviving MK9 and him vanishing means that Onaga's story can still easily happen after all. Boon and co. could have had Reptile killed off but they didn't, seems like that Onaga is something they could have happen in this new Timeline anyway. After all, Raiden failed to stop many of his visions. Why not Onaga as well?

Or, you know, Onaga could get a body that isn't from Reptile.

 

[Katalina Caine]

Or regain his body like he did in MKA. But I honestly think we'll never saw him again.

 

[BBBLP]

I highly doubt any Arcade Ending is canon so they shouldn't be used as a base for trying to figure out what may and may not be possible for MKX.

Sektor's ending is definitely canon. Since it's exactly the same as his original timeline story.
And Cyrax's ending references Sektor's ending, so it's probable that his is canon as well.
Sonya and Johnny's are also likely canon.

 

[Cyrax1986]

Regarding canon arcade endings, Jade's would be the most interesting if it was referred to in MKX, in my opinion.

 

[TheDeaconBosco]

I think we can forgot all the major storylines of MKDA-MKD-MKA because the butterfly effect (you call that like that ?).

Not really, when you think about it all that Raiden accomplished in MK9 was to stop Shao Kahn from defeating Blaze and bringing about Armaggedon to the Realms, it didn't negate Armaggedon in the least, but gave the forces of light an advantage in the coming battle, that's all.

Shinnok is still scheming, the Dragon King is probably still leading Shujinko on his quest, and the number of superpowered warriors didn't actually decrease (nobody really dies in MK) so even Armageddon is still in the cards, the only exception being the formation of the Deadly Alliance (and it's direct consequences) with Shang Tsung being dead.

Maybe they'll divert from this set path even more in MKX, but until we know in which direction the plot is headed we can't really count them out just yet.

 

[Katalina Caine]

With pure logic, you are right.
What I mean is that I think NRS will erase completely these events without an explanation.

 

[Ricochetmatt]

Not really, when you think about it all that Raiden accomplished in MK9 was to stop Shao Kahn from defeating Blaze and bringing about Armaggedon to the Realms, it didn't negate Armaggedon in the least, but gave the forces of light an advantage in the coming battle, that's all.

Shinnok is still scheming, the Dragon King is probably still leading Shujinko on his quest, and the number of superpowered warriors didn't actually decrease (nobody really dies in MK) so even Armageddon is still in the cards, the only exception being the formation of the Deadly Alliance (and it's direct consequences) with Shang Tsung being dead.

Maybe they'll divert from this set path even more in MKX, but until we know in which direction the plot is headed we can't really count them out just yet.

No, he prevented Armageddon in general. That was the whole point. Raiden's amulet would not "fix" itself until the event was prevented. It just so happened that Shao Kahn was a crucial part in making that happen. With him dead, for whatever reason, Armageddon will not happen. Armageddon may show up some other way in the future, but not in the sense of MK:Armageddon.

 

[Time_Bubbles]

I see Armageddon happening again but far differently and with different conditions and casts.

Daegon and Taven are most assuredly going to return when that does occur, I believe.

Or, you know, Onaga could get a body that isn't from Reptile.

Reptile is a dying race that's pretty much extinct. Where else will he get a body that would suit the Dragon theme?

Sektor's ending is definitely canon. Since it's exactly the same as his original timeline story.
And Cyrax's ending references Sektor's ending, so it's probable that his is canon as well.
Sonya and Johnny's are also likely canon.

Until we get MKX all MK9 Arcade ending should be considered non-canon, unless proven otherwise via MKX or beyond, and shouldn't be assumed as canon. We simply don't have enough information to nitpick which ending is canon or not as well.

 

[BBBLP]

Until we get MKX all MK9 Arcade ending should be considered non-canon, unless proven otherwise via MKX or beyond, and shouldn't be assumed as canon. We simply don't have enough information to nitpick which ending is canon or not as well.

But we already know that it's canon from the past. He has the exact same storyline he did before. And nothing has changed it.
Another good clue is the fact that Sektor's ending mentions nothing of Shao Kahn. When you have an ending like Shang Tsung's, that directly conflicts with the main story by saying Tsung is the one that killed Kahn, you can write that off as non canon.

 

[Tarkatan Trash]

But we already know that it's canon from the past. He has the exact same storyline he did before. And nothing has changed it.
Another good clue is the fact that Sektor's ending mentions nothing of Shao Kahn. When you have an ending like Shang Tsung's, that directly conflicts with the main story by saying Tsung is the one that killed Kahn, you can write that off as non canon.

All but 4 (Shang Tsung, Quan Chi, Kano, and Kenshi) endings in MKDA were believed to be canon. Only a handful of those endings managed to stick in Deception. And the canon ending to DA was NOT any of the characters' endings. Just goes to show you that anything can happen in a sequel, including a curveball.

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[Katalina Caine]

All but 4 (Shang Tsung, Quan Chi, Kano, and Kenshi) endings in MKDA were believed to be canon. Only a handful of those endings managed to stick in Deception. And the canon ending to DA was NOT any of the characters' endings. Just goes to show you that anything can happen in a sequel, including a curveball.

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Yes... Even the story mode can finally consider non canon. Remember the conquest mode of Armageddon... Taven defeat Blaze but we learned that it was Shao Kahn in MK9.

 

[Sn202]

Yes... Even the story mode can finally consider non canon. Remember the conquest mode of Armageddon... Taven defeat Blaze but we learned that it was Shao Kahn in MK9.

To be fair, Konquest mode wasnt as big a focus as MK9's story mode was.

 

[Time_Bubbles]

That's Original Timeline, this is Altered Timeline. Furthermore the last time we saw Cyrax was fighting the Heroes and than Sektor and him being MIA by the time Raiden and Liu Kang showed up.

Yes... Even the story mode can finally consider non canon. Remember the conquest mode of Armageddon... Taven defeat Blaze but we learned that it was Shao Kahn in MK9.

For all we know Taven defeated Blaze. After all, in his ending, in Konquest and Arcade, it didn't change anything but making the fighters stronger and they proceed to fight it out with Shao Khan pulling a win thus Armageddon still occurred regardless on who defeated Blaze. This scenario makes the most sense, and fits Konquest, as Shao Khan is never shown defeating or even fighting Blaze.

The basic theory is that after Blaze's defeat he empowered the warriors and when a warrior died their power split into the rest until there was only one left - Shao Khan.

All but 4 (Shang Tsung, Quan Chi, Kano, and Kenshi) endings in MKDA were believed to be canon. Only a handful of those endings managed to stick in Deception. And the canon ending to DA was NOT any of the characters' endings. Just goes to show you that anything can happen in a sequel, including a curveball.

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Yeah, the only DA Endings that were directly referenced in Deception/Unchained and Armageddon were...

Blaze, Cyrax, Frost, Li Mei, Nitara, Reptile, and Scorpion.

 

[Commander]

Another good clue is the fact that Sektor's ending mentions nothing of Shao Kahn. When you have an ending like Shang Tsung's, that directly conflicts with the main story by saying Tsung is the one that killed Kahn, you can write that off as non canon.

I see your point.
That being said though, Sub-Zero and Scorpion's MK9 endings BOTH involve them having victory over Kahn and I could totally see similar events happening (a merging of the 2 MK9 endings) in MK X, where Sub-Zero teams up with Scorpion and both of them kill Quan Chi.

Yes... Even the story mode can finally consider non canon. Remember the conquest mode of Armageddon... Taven defeat Blaze but we learned that it was Shao Kahn in MK9.

The only reason that MK9 retconned the Armageddon conquest mode was because Midway thought that Armageddon would be their last MK game, at the time.
Little did they know that they had cornered themselves into a box, and they needed a way to explain an MK reboot game, once WB had bought them out of bankruptcy.

 

[Galden]

It has been confirmed that Shao Kahn killed Blaze.

Armageddon's Konquest Mode happened up until Taven fought Raiden, going from Raiden's visions.

 

[Ricochetmatt]

I feel that speculating what may or may not come to be based on personal endings for each character is kinda silly. That's kind of why Story Mode exists. Just my opinion, though.

 

[ujustgotcaged]

Kano is going to die...it's been said that the other characters will have different variations with age while Kano's variations are all in the same time period.Kano will die and probably will die early.And I'm sure we aren't going to see all of the character's variations in story mode.