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Anyone else surprised at the lack of new character reveals?

So we got a new game trailer and there's these 4 new characters(who i personally think are quite well done) and then we get told that a majority, or at least half, of the cast is going to be all new people . WOW.

Then they proceed to announce nothing but returning roster members.

Now i know that new characters may take longer to develop depending on if they can transfer model data from MK9/whatever+creating new movesets, but am I the only one hoping the next reveal is someone we haven't seen before, and ideally not Kiu Lang, son of Liu Kang either?

When i heard the new roster included mostly new faces I was worried, but given the quality of what we've seen i'm excited to see what else they can come up with, and significantly less interested in watching to see if X or Y main/secondary makes the cut.
 

TopTierHarley

Kytinn King
They might be saving them for a grand reveal or leaving them up to us find out on release day. I too am waiting for new characters... I don't care about any of the returning cast.
 

RYX

BIG PUSHER
I just want to know how characters from the old lore will mesh in.

It'd be pretty easy to say a lot of them just don't need to show up.
 

Maasik

Noob
The game's still got quite a while until release. I'd prefer them take as long as they need, maybe even longer, to release characters. Wait until they're ready and look awesome, their animations look nice, and their specials work properly.. personally I wouldn't mind them revealing most of the rest until close to release day, and even if they left some characters as a surprise. I like having something to look forward to when I actually play the game, knowing every single thing about it before release is cool but then there's no wonderment factor when it does drop.
 

coolwhip

Noob
Not surprising. It makes far more sense to announce characters with more frequency closer into the game's release date, from a marketing standpoint. That's probably why they're taking their time now.
 

Demon_0

RIP Akira Toriyama
First off, I am very satisfied with the announced characters so far. The only one I am not particularly impressed with is Cassie. Still, the new characters show a lot of promise which is why I am very interested in seeing the rest of them so yeah, I am all in for a new character reveal. The only vet characters I would prefer to see prior to any new ones is either Shao Kahn (slim chance) or Shinnok.
 

The Highlander

There can be only one
I like that they're keeping things quiet. I want to open the game up and immediately go to character select and explore the characters myself. Games that are my all time favourites have been that way because I didn't know everything about them beforehand. Would the elder scrolls games be as good if they told you how to be an assassin and exactly what it would entail?
 

aldazo

Waiting for Havik
So we got a new game trailer and there's these 4 new characters(who i personally think are quite well done) and then we get told that a majority, or at least half, of the cast is going to be all new people . WOW.

Then they proceed to announce nothing but returning roster members.
I think Boon f*cked it up when announced that they will get rid of the classic chars to get the new chars in, so WB sent him a memo: "don't f*ck it", and Boon proceeded to reveal the classic chars :).
 

callMEcrazy

Alone is where to find me.
I don't mind that things are quiet now. In terms of marketing it makes sense. And we do have 10 characters already. I think they'll reveal another in the middle of November. I hope it's Shang Tsung.
 

PizzaMasta

Hellblazer
Things are going exactly as they should if we want a pretty hype wait to release after the holidays. As for what´s coming next this year, I'd suppose someone like Kenshi, we already got Raiden/Kano as classic MK1 reveals, and now we could get Quan Chi/Kenshi as MK4-MKD reveals, both with the good/evil duality. Then roll in the new characters.
 

xWildx

What a day. What a lovely day.
I'm going to play Devil's advocate here, and say I think that there's almost no hype behind MKX at the moment. We have a handful of characters, no new information since E3, and the majority of gameplay vids/gameplay information is coming from our community's own players who have spent time with the game, not from the developers themselves. Sure, they're hard at work completing the title, but this lack of solid info for MONTHS outside of a couple character reveals is yawn inducing. Just my two cents.
 

Killusion

Stream addict
Honestly, yes. They made a big deal about how many new characters this game is going to have, but the last 4 revealed characters have all been returning ones. Maybe they reveal a bunch of them in a same time like Capcom did with Marvel 3.
 

TotteryManx

cr. HP Master
Honestly, I don't want everything revealed before the game is released. We're sitting at just a little over 5 months until release. That's not too long. I will say they should give us some kind of news. We really haven't heard much about the game in awhile directly from NRS, outside of character reveals of course.
 

trufenix

bye felicia
Honestly, I don't want everything revealed before the game is released. We're sitting at just a little over 5 months until release. That's not too long. I will say they should give us some kind of news. We really haven't heard much about the game in awhile directly from NRS, outside of character reveals of course.
The real kick in the teeth is that this supposed super innovative new online system they advertised day one is still a complete mystery. That's actually a purchase deciding factor me. You can save the story trailers and character reveals until whenever, but at least tell me what kind of game I'm buying.
 

coolwhip

Noob
I think Boon f*cked it up when announced that they will get rid of the classic chars to get the new chars in, so WB sent him a memo: "don't f*ck it", and Boon proceeded to reveal the classic chars :).
Boon never made such an announcement.
 

kantboy-2

Ripper
What they actually should do is the "video variations" for the first 6 characters revealed.

I want to see D'Vorah, Cassie, Sub, Scorp, Ferra/Torr and, most important Kotal, showing their different styles; not just snippets.

They do that and a lot of fans will be appeased for a while for the lack of new reveals.
 

aldazo

Waiting for Havik
Boon never made such an announcement.
Well, he didn't say they will get rid of the classic chars, but saying there will be a lot of new chars (more than any previous mk) is kinda implying it; unless the roster expands to more than 40 chars, which tbh I really doubt.