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In lieu of all these MK9 character reveals I got to thinking about who else could make the cut. I wanted to approach it logically and dispel all this Khrome, Tremor bullshit and get to who might legitimately make the cut.
I feel like you have to consider the current, rebooted story line, and the more serious, less ridiculous direction NRS is likely to take. They seem intent on erasing most of the history after MK4 because lets be honest, it was terrible. This especially includes erasing the terrible characters that came after (e.g. Havik, stupid name, stupid character). So logically you have to pick characters that will pertain to the new direction, and characters that have already been hinted at.
MK9 characters that will possibly return:
Liu Kang (If you seriously think he'll have nothing to do with MKX you should stop reading now)
Johnny Cage (Possibly Playable)
Mileena (Comics have already stated she's important in this universe)
Nightwolf (The anti thesis to Quan Chi. Possible resurrector and holder of a bow in Boon's pic.)
Cyrax (Fan favorite and part of the Lin Kuei future. Good robot)
Noob (Ed's namesake, and Quan Chi butt buddy.)
Smoke ( Another Fan Fav and good guy. Died in MK9, a maybe in my book.)
Sektor ( anti thesis to Cyrax. Almost cant have one without the other. Ketchup would be pissed)
Sonya (Possibly Playable)
Jax (Possibly Playable)
Shang Tsung (This guy is always at the center of the good MK stories. Highly probable)
MK4:
Kai (Part of White Lotus, therefore possible to see because of ties to Raiden, Kung Lao and Liu Kang)
Jarek (Last of the Black Dragon. Kano is in, and it's the future. Definitely a possibility.)
Fujin (High probability. Already featured in comics. Strong ties to Raiden.)
Reiko (Shinnok's General. Depending on Shinnoks involvement in this game considering Shinnok was at the end of MK9. Low probability.)
Shinnok (Unless NRS is keen on just forgetting about the way MK9 ended, we WILL see this character)
MK-DA:
Bo Rai Cho (Seen in MK9. Could be a very interesting concept character to put in the game. Strong ties to Kung Lao and Liu Kang)
Let's be honest. The rest of the characters from MK-DA deal with the "future" of MK in that timeline and probably wont make the cut.
Kenshi and Frost are possibilities due to being in the comic, but I kind of doubt their inclusion. Kenshi was added to give us Takeda, and Frost is a Jobber for Cassie to kill in the comics. Still a maybe for those 2.
MK: Deception:
This game went full retard. I believe this is exactly what NRS is trying to forget. I find it highly unlikely that any new character added to this game will make it into MKX.
With this in mind I believe there will still be a couple of brand new kombatants. Erron Black might be proof of that as well as the fact that NRS probably wouldn't blow their whole load right away with new characters.
Using the same logic (and not your hearts), what do you guys think? If you feel I've missed something please share and explain why. Remember, this is just for fun. No one is right or wrong.
Edit: My personal thought on who the remaining 11 playable characters are.
Liu Kang
Mileena
Nightwolf
Shang Tsung
Fujin
Shinnok
Bo Rai Cho
Jacqui
Erron Black
Takeda
Another New character
In lieu of all these MK9 character reveals I got to thinking about who else could make the cut. I wanted to approach it logically and dispel all this Khrome, Tremor bullshit and get to who might legitimately make the cut.
I feel like you have to consider the current, rebooted story line, and the more serious, less ridiculous direction NRS is likely to take. They seem intent on erasing most of the history after MK4 because lets be honest, it was terrible. This especially includes erasing the terrible characters that came after (e.g. Havik, stupid name, stupid character). So logically you have to pick characters that will pertain to the new direction, and characters that have already been hinted at.
MK9 characters that will possibly return:
Liu Kang (If you seriously think he'll have nothing to do with MKX you should stop reading now)
Johnny Cage (Possibly Playable)
Mileena (Comics have already stated she's important in this universe)
Nightwolf (The anti thesis to Quan Chi. Possible resurrector and holder of a bow in Boon's pic.)
Cyrax (Fan favorite and part of the Lin Kuei future. Good robot)
Noob (Ed's namesake, and Quan Chi butt buddy.)
Smoke ( Another Fan Fav and good guy. Died in MK9, a maybe in my book.)
Sektor ( anti thesis to Cyrax. Almost cant have one without the other. Ketchup would be pissed)
Sonya (Possibly Playable)
Jax (Possibly Playable)
Shang Tsung (This guy is always at the center of the good MK stories. Highly probable)
MK4:
Kai (Part of White Lotus, therefore possible to see because of ties to Raiden, Kung Lao and Liu Kang)
Jarek (Last of the Black Dragon. Kano is in, and it's the future. Definitely a possibility.)
Fujin (High probability. Already featured in comics. Strong ties to Raiden.)
Reiko (Shinnok's General. Depending on Shinnoks involvement in this game considering Shinnok was at the end of MK9. Low probability.)
Shinnok (Unless NRS is keen on just forgetting about the way MK9 ended, we WILL see this character)
MK-DA:
Bo Rai Cho (Seen in MK9. Could be a very interesting concept character to put in the game. Strong ties to Kung Lao and Liu Kang)
Let's be honest. The rest of the characters from MK-DA deal with the "future" of MK in that timeline and probably wont make the cut.
Kenshi and Frost are possibilities due to being in the comic, but I kind of doubt their inclusion. Kenshi was added to give us Takeda, and Frost is a Jobber for Cassie to kill in the comics. Still a maybe for those 2.
MK: Deception:
This game went full retard. I believe this is exactly what NRS is trying to forget. I find it highly unlikely that any new character added to this game will make it into MKX.
With this in mind I believe there will still be a couple of brand new kombatants. Erron Black might be proof of that as well as the fact that NRS probably wouldn't blow their whole load right away with new characters.
Using the same logic (and not your hearts), what do you guys think? If you feel I've missed something please share and explain why. Remember, this is just for fun. No one is right or wrong.
Edit: My personal thought on who the remaining 11 playable characters are.
Liu Kang
Mileena
Nightwolf
Shang Tsung
Fujin
Shinnok
Bo Rai Cho
Jacqui
Erron Black
Takeda
Another New character
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