Mine would be:
1: Scorpion
2: Sub-Zero
3: Raiden
4: Skarlet
5: Geras
6: Sonya Blade
7: Baraka (these characters got confirmed during Reveal Day)
8: Kabal (heavily teased during Reveal Day)
9: Liu Kang
10: Kitana (they are obviously coming back, both appear in the Game Play Reveal trailer as well)
11: Kung Lao (same as above)
12: Cassie Cage (appears briefly in the Behind-the-Scenes video)
13: Kronika (most likely final boss with a playable form, just like Shinnok had)
14: Johnny Cage (appears very briefly in the Behind-the-Scenes video doing a Fatality, in the background of the Special Force stage and with the other Cage/Blade characters already confirmed, that shouldn't be so surprising now.)
15: Rain (appears in-game in the Konquer mode background.)
16: Kano (appears in-game in the Local fights background.)
17 Kotal Kahn (might be important story-wise and popular enough to come back, also wouldn't mind having a talk with Shao Khan.)
18: Fujin (heavily requested character, might be important story-wise.)
19: Takeda
20: Jacqui
21: Kung Jin (Cassie can't be the only one returning, might (still) be important story-wise but their popularity varies.)
22: Kenshi (it's freaking Kenshi.)
23: Tanya (they tend to keep a DLC character from the previous MK game, usually from the 3D era.)
24: New Character: (perhaps Kano's son.)
25: Shao Kahn (just like Goro in MK X, he is part of the 25-slots roster, despite his pre-holder only condition.) (if not, could be a second new character.)
Some extra notes:
• There is 7 female characters, one more than what MKX had at launch.
• My roster has pretty safe choices overall, just like MKX had.
• Most characters were chosen because of their potential story relevance and/or popularity.
1: Scorpion
2: Sub-Zero
3: Raiden
4: Skarlet
5: Geras
6: Sonya Blade
7: Baraka (these characters got confirmed during Reveal Day)
8: Kabal (heavily teased during Reveal Day)
9: Liu Kang
10: Kitana (they are obviously coming back, both appear in the Game Play Reveal trailer as well)
11: Kung Lao (same as above)
12: Cassie Cage (appears briefly in the Behind-the-Scenes video)
13: Kronika (most likely final boss with a playable form, just like Shinnok had)
14: Johnny Cage (appears very briefly in the Behind-the-Scenes video doing a Fatality, in the background of the Special Force stage and with the other Cage/Blade characters already confirmed, that shouldn't be so surprising now.)
15: Rain (appears in-game in the Konquer mode background.)
16: Kano (appears in-game in the Local fights background.)
17 Kotal Kahn (might be important story-wise and popular enough to come back, also wouldn't mind having a talk with Shao Khan.)
18: Fujin (heavily requested character, might be important story-wise.)
19: Takeda
20: Jacqui
21: Kung Jin (Cassie can't be the only one returning, might (still) be important story-wise but their popularity varies.)
22: Kenshi (it's freaking Kenshi.)
23: Tanya (they tend to keep a DLC character from the previous MK game, usually from the 3D era.)
24: New Character: (perhaps Kano's son.)
25: Shao Kahn (just like Goro in MK X, he is part of the 25-slots roster, despite his pre-holder only condition.) (if not, could be a second new character.)
Some extra notes:
• There is 7 female characters, one more than what MKX had at launch.
• My roster has pretty safe choices overall, just like MKX had.
• Most characters were chosen because of their potential story relevance and/or popularity.
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