Shoehorned teleports need to go.

[FOXSOLID]

There should always be a reason why a character would have the ability.

Scorpion...he's a ghost.

Raiden....he's a god.

Smoke....it's an elusive element.

Noob is about shadows and whatnot. Still works.


A clear cut example was Sub-Zero in MKDC...there was absolutely no reason for him to teleport. None. Same with Frost in Armageddon I believe.

I also never understood why Ermac and Rain could somehow teleport. It's so arbitrary and outside their arc of power.

Cyrax comes apart and rebuilds....it's functionally accurate I guess. Sektor....disappears in a bunch of matrix coding...how? Hooowwww?

If they for instance allowed D'vorah to teleport....it would just blow my mind from how nonsensical an ability it would be. I know they didn't....but they certainly would.

I'm missing a bunch of characters, but I feel like teleports are just always some filler move the developers toss in when they're at a loss. When in doubt...teleport. Its like their motto.

 

[Eldriken]

It's a damn game, who cares how it should be possible?

 

[BRUTALITY]

It's a damn game, who cares how it should be possible?

This is how i view the story and those interested in it.

 

[Spinky]

I agree, but honestly it doesn't really matter.

Regardless, most people are used to like half the MK cast having teleports now. It'd be weird if they didn't.

 

[xWildx]

But.... Ermac is literally made out of souls... why would he not be able to travel through teleportation?

 

[FOXSOLID]

It's a damn game, who cares how it should be possible?

I care. That I thought was clear.

It's lazy and over saturates the roster more than any other move.

 

[BlackViper415]

Even more nonsense. It's clearly Doomsday who needs it. It needs to be safe, armored and leave him at advantage.

He needs it.

They both need it. They could literally just transform into the concept of not giving a fuck and fly across the screen. It would fit in perfectly with the rest of their moveset.

 

[FOXSOLID]

But.... Ermac is literally made out of souls... why would he not be able to travel through teleportation?

Not sure how that applies. It's not as though he can tap into individual souls and use some ability they once had. His schtick is telekinesis.

 

[xWildx]

Not sure how that applies. It's not as though he can tap into individual souls and use some ability they once had. His schtick is telekinesis.

You said Scorpion's works because he's a ghost. Ermac is literally made out of ghosts, but his doesn't work? Ok.

 

[Eldriken]

Not sure how that applies. It's not as though he can tap into individual souls and use some ability they once had. His schtick is telekinesis.

It's. A. Game.

No logical explanation is needed.

 

[Killphil]

Not sure how that applies. It's not as though he can tap into individual souls and use some ability they once had. His schtick is telekinesis.

So he uses his telekinesis to move himself instead of someone else. Word.

 

[FOXSOLID]

Ehh, I never read Ermac's life status being *a ghost*, just that his body is made up of souls.

I didn't think that was the same thing.

Again, it's about over saturating the game with them.

 

[legion666]

Not sure how that applies. It's not as though he can tap into individual souls and use some ability they once had. His schtick is telekinesis.

Souls constitute his matter, He comes undone into soul energy and it comes together into solid matter in some other place, makes perfect sense to me)))hahaha!
Also By that logic Shang should be able to teleport so that he doesn't get stuck in the corner against scumbag characters who can abuse his poor wake ups again. Hell, he even does that between rounds to move away from the opponent or get up, it should work like Smoke away/towards)

 

[IceNinja]

If you really want to get down to it.... to be a Ninja you have to be able to do extreme things such as disappear(vanish) in to thin air and then reappear so.... technically all the ninjas should have a teleport.

 

[FOXSOLID]

I just want them to cut it down in MKX. Be a little more creative.

 

[FOXSOLID]

If you really want to get down to it.... to be a Ninja you have to be able to do extreme things such as disappear(vanish) in to thin air and then reappear so.... technically all the ninjas should have a teleport.

If you really REALLY wanna get down to it, by definition, the only ninja in Mortal Kombat is Scorpion.

 

[Yoaks]

 

[Fractured_Shadow]

It is not based upon a characters feasibility to teleport so much as it is their playstyle, movement speed, and given tools.

If we were going with "shoehorned" then Johnny Cage's entire character would not make any sense (A guy who punches dicks vs a spectre ninja from hell.... c'mon).

As a matter of fact half the moves granted to charaters would be considered "shoehorned"

 

[Eddy Wang]

I just want them to cut it down in MKX. Be a little more creative.

Really?

So everyone who gets frozen by Sub-Zero should get shattered right away, there is no logical explanation for them to stay alive, if we follow that logic.

Im really sorry to break it to you, but this thread sucks bro.

 

[TopTierHarley]

If you really REALLY wanna get down to it, by definition, the only ninja in Mortal Kombat is Scorpion.

Every member of the Lin Kuei is a ninja though......

 

[GeoffBedlam]

If you really REALLY wanna get down to it, by definition, the only ninja in Mortal Kombat is Scorpion.

^This. Sub-Zero is Lin Kuei. Scorpion is a Ninja

But seriously now, while I do agree that some characters don't really need a teleport because I doesn't make much sense, it doesn't really affect game-play negatively because they're all punishable (except for Cyblax's apparently).

 

[Pterodactyl]

I'd like to see Sub-zero's MK9 tag-out animation become a teleport.

It's so cool, striking a ninja pose, turning into snow, then dispersing away mysteriously.

I remember when I first saw it, it blew my mind despite being so subtle and smooth.

Man, Sub-zero is so much more badass than Scorpion...

 

[Eddy Wang]

Every member of the Lin Kuei is a ninja though......

Funny fact, even if the rest of the MK universe consider them ninjas, Sub-Zero told Quan Chi, they're not ninjas they're lin Kueis, Scorpion in the other hand is a ninja lol.

 

[Pterodactyl]

Every member of the Lin Kuei is a ninja though......

Actually no, they are a clan of Assassins.

Not to say that some of them aren't ninjas or ninja-like, just that it isn't their whole deal.

 

[Error]

You know whose having a teleport doesn't make sense?
FUKIN BATGRILL