Two topics to discuss while we wait: bosses and the will of the internet

Ricochetmatt said:
Why are you guys so fascinated with evil Liu Kang? I mean, yeah... It's a step up from the dull as f*** normal Liu Kang. But is that what we want? Really? A butt-hurt Liu Kang as the big bad?
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I certainly don't. Of all the experiments they've done with this character, killing him off, resurrecting him as a zombie, making him the not-so hero towards the end by killing him again... I don't want big evil Liu. I see no point in taking his ending from 2011 and actually doing something with it.

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Judging by the information we have, yeah, I don't think Liu Kang has enough to be the big bad of MKX.

But this is not a 2011 ending.

Liu Kang facing Raiden and becoming a god is his MK:A ending, they just renewed it on 2011 and that's why there is a chance that someday it will happen.
 
Badass Liu Kang vs Shang Tsung, Kung Lao, or Kitana would be cool. I also have this gut feeling that Onaga won't be back.
 
Tarkatan Trash said:
Liu Kang would come as no surprise for two reasons.

2) Many of us were speculating as such when Boon made the announcement (in which case, it's our own damn fault for ruining the "surprise").
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I remember Ed Boon said a similar thing with MK9 saying that someone would be turn into a Cyborg that has not been a cyborg before. Everyone thought "No way it would be Sub-Zero" and it end up being Sub-Zero.
 
Lord Greyjoy said:
2) Do you think the fan feedback is having an impact on NRS' information release schedule?

Boon's recent tweets got me thinking. Actually, the Kitana reveal made me raise an eyebrow, but now I feel more confident in thinking that NRS is revealing characters based on what people ask for. It's no secret that people all over the net were complaining about a lack of female characters revealed for MKX. Kitana is then promptly teased and revealed. I've also heard many fans complain about the fact that no new characters have been shown since E3 last year, especially in light of the Kung Lao and Kitana showcase. Suddenly Boon starts hinting at what appears to be a new character. The weirdest part happened today, when Boon announced we're getting not one, but TWO reveals next week, even though the livestream announcement only advertises one reveal. Smells an awful lot like a last-minute change. Like somebody on the team said, "gee, I see a lot of fans complaining about the lack of news these past few months, why not throw in something extra? We've got characters to spare and this overwhelming abundance of info should satisfy them for a while. Do it."

Do you think these three events are mere coincidences or is NRS adapting the marketing strategy based on what their customers want to see?
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I think it's a mere coincidence.
In fact, sadly I'm beginning to think that Ed Boon scrapped some of what would have been new characters, in favor of these old favorites.
Steve Beran said that in MK9 the characters that died helped clean the slate for MKX, and now some of them are back, so it seems like they changed their minds or decided not to add as many new characters in MKX, which would be truly upsetting if it's true.

As it is, even with people complaining about lack of new characters (myself included), Boon still threw a "moon" hint out which heavily hints at Reptile.
I'm not against him being in MKX, but damn man.
Where are all these NEW characters which are supposedly "more new characters than in any previous MK game," that Ed spoke of at E3????
So far there are 11 characters revealed (not including Goro), 7 of which are from MK9 (8 if Reptile is actually revealed tomorrow), and only 4 actually being new to MKX.
 
It could be the marketing team that does not want to show off new characters? Maybe they feel like older characters bring in more hype.
 
Commander said:
I think it's a mere coincidence.
In fact, sadly I'm beginning to think that Ed Boon scrapped some of what would have been new characters, in favor of these old favorites.
Steve Beran said that in MK9 the characters that died helped clean the slate for MKX, and now some of them are back, so it seems like they changed their minds or decided not to add as many new characters in MKX, which would be truly upsetting if it's true.

As it is, even with people complaining about lack of new characters (myself included), Boon still threw a "moon" hint out which heavily hints at Reptile.
I'm not against him being in MKX, but damn man.
Where are all these NEW characters which are supposedly "more new characters than in any previous MK game," that Ed spoke of at E3????
So far there are 11 characters revealed (not including Goro), 7 of which are from MK9 (8 if Reptile is actually revealed tomorrow), and only 4 actually being new to MKX.
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You have a point about them preferring to advertise the old characters, but I think that's just because the casual audience comes first when it comes to marketing the game, and said casual audience probably reacts more positively to familiar characters. They don't need to advertise the game to the huge fans as much, because they're already gonna buy the game and they're a smaller demographic anyway. It's probably going to be an uninteresting lead-up to the game release for people mostly wanting to see more of the new characters, but I'm sure they'll be in the final game. If they're not, you have plenty of reason to complain about false advertisement.
 
Showing older characters is the marketing team's strategy for roping in people whom recognize the old characters. People will be more like, "Shiz, man! That's Raiden and Scorpion!" Which is no excuse to completely change gears after promising us a slew of new stuff...

Also, this bothers me a lot for some reason. Its probably just me, but I twitch when people call MK9 MK 2011. I mean, I don't know why. I guess I was just so used to calling it MK9, lol.
 
Bruzzrad said:
Showing older characters is the marketing team's strategy for roping in people whom recognize the old characters. People will be more like, "Shiz, man! That's Raiden and Scorpion!" Which is no excuse to completely change gears after promising us a slew of new stuff...

Also, this bothers me a lot for some reason. Its probably just me, but I twitch when people call MK9 MK 2011. I mean, I don't know why. I guess I was just so used to calling it MK9, lol.
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Technically, that game should really be MK8, because for some reason, that crossover game ended up being MK8...and crossovers don't count.

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Dangit, I was trying to push that game out of my head. I completely forgot about its existence. I guess NRS dun care since they stuck with MKX...
 
Lord Greyjoy said:
It's probably going to be an uninteresting lead-up to the game release for people mostly wanting to see more of the new characters, but I'm sure they'll be in the final game. If they're not, you have plenty of reason to complain about false advertisement.
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Which sucks, because it's killed most of my hype for it.
I'm not so hopeful that many new characters will be in the final game.
The way that these reveals are going, I see Takeda, Jacqui and maybe 2 more new characters and 1 more post-MK3, with the rest of it being an MK9 love-fest.
 
Commander said:
Which sucks, because it's killed most of my hype for it.
I'm not so hopeful that many new characters will be in the final game.
The way that these reveals are going, I see Takeda, Jacqui and maybe 2 more new characters and 1 more post-MK3, with the rest of it being an MK9 love-fest.
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That's pretty much what I'm expecting. Only 8-10 new guys and 1 or 2 post-MK3 (ignoring Quan Chi). Hopefully, they add more post-MK3 with DLC, but I wouldn't be surprised if they used DLC to mostly bring back the missing trilogy favorites.

What do you think about question #1 in this thread?
 
I don't why, but I feel like that it may be some sort of new character that might be the "Big Bad Boss" because I have a feeling that Ed Boon is going to add more new characters in the game, one of them being the final boss, which I feel like could be a possibility, since we still don't know a lot of things about the game.
 
Lord Greyjoy said:
That's pretty much what I'm expecting. Only 8-10 new guys and 1 or 2 post-MK3 (ignoring Quan Chi). Hopefully, they add more post-MK3 with DLC, but I wouldn't be surprised if they used DLC to mostly bring back the missing trilogy favorites.

What do you think about question #1 in this thread?
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That would suck, as I don't want MKX to just essentially be MK9.5.

As for question 1, I think the story boss and final boss will be the same person.
I just don't think it will be Liu Kang.
I think Liu Kang could come back evil or against Raiden, but I don't see him being the final boss, like everyone else does.
 
Commander said:
That would suck, as I don't want MKX to just essentially be MK9.5.

As for question 1, I think the story boss and final boss will be the same person.
I just don't think it will be Liu Kang.
I think Liu Kang could come back evil or against Raiden, but I don't see him being the final boss, like everyone else does.
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Liu is the new Noob. Except with a fire clone. And you throw him out and watch him bicycle kick from a distance. I'm calling it now. It would be hilarious.
 
I agree with what most of ya'll are saying. I think we may have most mk9 characters confirmed plus maybe 2 or 3 more like mileena, reptile, ermac. (I'm just throwing characters names out here who seem likely it could be) Then MK4, DA, and Deception may throw in Fujin and Shinnok if he is not a boss. I see 5 or 6 later game characters. Then the rest are new characters some revealed, others that appear first in comics. Now for bosses we will have someone new, maybe with a sub-boss that's a old one tweaked into a whole new character in itself.
 
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