One of my greatest fears with the idea of a new generation of characters is the replacement of some of the old ones, that meaning not just taking an old character spot, but acquiring his gameplay and continuing their story, the way Soul Calibur did with some characters, most notably in its last edition. I've been thinking about it, and realized that the MK Team has done nothing to support that fear. I've said it before, Cassie might be there instead of Sonya, and you can see some of Sonya's "influence" in her, but they play differently, and share no moves at all. That is the same for all the new characters shown for MKX and is actually true for all new MK characters in any game besides one, Jarek (Kira is debatable), who did get his own move set and story (lame as it was) in MKA. Yes, we might get replacement characters like Kai was a replacement for Kung Lao in MK4, but besides both being Liu Kangs sidekick, they share no similarities at all, not in their aesthetic, gameplay, personality, story, or motivation. The same can be said for Tanya, who was conceived to replace Kitana as the developers thought they needed more new characters, so she took the roster spot, but those two could not be more further apart. This kind of approach allows us to get new characters that are actually new in all aspects, characters that are more true to themselves because they are not created to imitate someone else, they are just meant to replace them. It also allows us to have hope on seeing the old characters again in the future, maybe in the next game or even as DLC, because the new might take an old character spot, but they are not taking its role in the series, neither from a storyline nor gameplay perspective.
I have found that "realization" to be really comforting in regards to the worries I had for the MKX roster, and I hope it might help other people to feel the same way.
PD: I still dislike the bug lady, and I will never stop saying she looks like a Mass Effect character.
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