Reexamining the Leaked Character Select Screen and Speculating Secret Unlockable Characters

[Lun]

I can't handle these opinions right now. T7 crappy?

I need to take my leave.

Sorry, but I've played every Tekken game ever and, to me, Tekken 7 takes the cake as "the game which might as well have destroyed the series".

 

[Elias6999]

Tekken is more lighthearted than MK. Its a different type of fighting game/story. To esch his own.

 

[Cassie Cyrus]

Tekken doesn't even take itself seriously, end of story.

 

[Lun]

Tekken doesn't even take itself seriously, end of story.

Did you play Tekken 3 back in the day? It had some dark moments, like a grandpa killing his own grandson for example.

 

[ShepherdOfFire]

Good reason you are saying? Well, let's see at Jax. He is retired farmer, doesn't want to involve in the fight at all, was already dead and bought back, agreed for last mission in MKX, passed the torch to his daughter, was killed off in 3 (?) endings - even if non-canon, still could be a hint. And what we have now? Oh no, Jax is in again. If that are not good reasons to let fighter rest for ONE game, then what potentially could be?

Stop using the "he died in X tower endings" argument, it is non canon and we all know it.
People seem to forget that the stories are built around the roster, and not the other way around. Jax returns in MK11 because he has a huge fan base and he is an iconic MK fighter. The story will be based around timetravel and alternative timelines, so a younger Jax will take his place in the story.

 

[Cassie Cyrus]

You mean that younger Jax? That did absolutely nothing in MK9 during the story? He lost his arms, then returned with metal arms, only to die again by Sindel. What part of his history must we re-discover? HIm fighting Cage over nothing? Him rescuing sonya gain? Him being rescued by Sonya blade? Young Jax did nothing for the MK9 story, so he's back because he's popular, but so is MIleena, and where is she?

 

[Ptehu]

Stop using the "he died in X tower endings" argument, it is non canon and we all know it.
People seem to forget that the stories are built around the roster, and not the other way around. Jax returns in MK11 because he has a huge fan base and he is an iconic MK fighter. The story will be based around timetravel and alternative timelines, so a younger Jax will take his place in the story.

And it's fine, I don't want to elaborate more, cause you already know my opinion. He just asked for good reason to leave someone out, so I used the example of Jax to bring IMHO perfect reasons. Even though the endings are not canon at all and we all know about it, the narration guided all of us to the point that we all believed that now it's Jax's time to sit and even let his daughter shine. Then NRS came up with time-travel-mumbo-jumbo to have the reason to bring all the characters they want and that's it.

 

[EdenianWarrior]

Most of the footage we've seen in trailers are from the early part of the story mode, there's still plenty of time for people to be added/seen later on that we don't know about yet.

I fully agree with this especially with confirmation that the story mode will be a lot longer this time.

 

[STB Sgt Reed]

The best part of this post is you citing series staples and fan favorites: Raiden, Sub-Zero and Shang Tsung .

Lol I see what you did there Espio.

But I didn't mean I was going to call out obscure characters that had cool lore. It was just an example of why I think mk characters are far cooler than characters from franchises like SF.

Why play the game with random punching dude 2 and big muscly but also punching dude 1 when you can play the fighting game with sorcerors, gods, and magic users?

 

[Vslayer]

I do wonder if Tekken fans get as mad about Jin, Kazuya, Heihachi and other family members taking roster slots.

It's not like Cassie, Sonya and Cage aren't more popular than most of the characters people want over them. Even if Sonya's voice actor and play style isn't what I or many others are big on, she has decades of legacy and fan base appeal.


I just find it very hard to complain because I probably won't get Stryker or Sheeva, but I can step back and realize that NRS is giving us Mk1/MK2 roster, a large chunk of the UMK3/Trilogy roster faves with Noob, Kabal, Jade, some cool new characters, 3D era characters like Frost, MKX faves like Cassie, Kotal, D'vorah, Erron etc. They went out of their way to have a roster for a whole plethora of different tastes and this is without us knowing if Mileena, Rain etc are in as DLC or base or what the full roster for KP will be at the end. Shang Tsung being in is a huge victory.

I don't think it's fair analysis to say because one or two characters we like is out, the roster is trash or not good. I would be pretty disappointed if there was no Jade or Erron, but I wouldn't classify it as trash or weak.




Fails and bails*.

Good point, I never heard of people trashing the Kazama family for taking up roster slots. People are just extra salty that their faves are not in right now, and of course, it's the fault of every character they don't like that their main is not in there.

 

[Kiss the Missile]

It's different because Heihachi, Jin and Kazuya are the Scorpion, Sub-Zero and Raiden of Tekken.

 

[Circus]

I feel like in Mortal Kombat that the story dictates the roster way more than Tekken.

While MK does squeeze in some jobbers that could seemingly be any other jobber, MK is more willing to leave some characters out to further a storyline. Tekken has got to the point where there are about 15 staple characters that will be in every game though.

Like seriously... I rest my case.

If this was in Mortal Kombat, I would burn all my old MK games and never looked back at another mortal kombat AGAIN.

I have to agree that I wish Tekken aesthetically wouldn't be as weeb lollipop at times, but that's to be expected with Japanese games. I think the game would be way more popular than it already is in the states and EU if it played the same way and just had a more westernized theme to it all.

The gameplay is what matters to me and it is why it'll always be my second favorite fighting franchise. The fighting system is just so incredible that I need to play it and there are some characters that are cool enough that it makes up for Lucky Chloe lol.

 

[John Grizzly]

But, you also have to think why would they have her as DLC when she was in the last game? Why wouldn't they give that spot to someone who hasn't had a chance yet? (It's the same reason I don't see Ermac or Reptile being DLC)

I have a feeling I want her in more than the majority of people on here. But, I want her on base. I feel like there are a ton of female characters more deserving of a DLC spot and a second chance.

This entire DLC for MK11 is going to be packed with characters who were in the last game, make no mistake about it. Ermac and Reptile will not be left out. Mileena is going to be an unlockable alongside Rain, calling it now.

 

[Ptehu]

I really want that to be true! Ermac, Reptile, Smoke and Rain! Plus include Sektor, Nightwolf, Sindel, Havik, Fujin and even Sheeva somewhere. Damn, if not the shitty guest characters, there would be still enough room for almost all fan-favourites! I'd love that roster a lot, a shame it won't happen...

 

[Circus]

The more I think about it, the more I think the exclusion of Rain, Ermac, and Reptile might mean that we actually will get Chameleon as DLC.

It'd be following the theme of the multiple-characters-in-one DLC that we've had for MK11 and Injustice2.

 

[Afumba]

I really hope that the two unselectable slots are hidden characters and not just for unplayable story mode characters (Kronika and Shinnok)
I know it says roster and not galerie... but its still a possibility. :-/

Really need the hidden character thing to be true though... having none of my favorites in the game would suck.

 

[Afumba]

The more I think about it, the more I think the exclusion of Rain, Ermac, and Reptile might mean that we actually will get Chameleon as DLC.

It'd be following the theme of the multiple-characters-in-one DLC that we've had for MK11 and Injustice2.

Please no... NRS... no. Nothing against Chameleon but dont butcher Ermac and Reptile for some goofy crap like this.

 

[aj1701]

She's either base game or not. I can't see her being DLC when we got characters like Sindel and Sareena that people have been begging for.

I think more people would pay for Mileena than Sindel or Sareena. Probably just don't hear people asking for her because they're assuming she'll be in the game. I know she's been out before, but I think they realize fans want her more than most of the 3D era characters.

 

[tim amesquita]

IF there are in fact unlockable characters within the 25 base roster. My guess is that they are Empress Kitana and Emperor Liu Kang. The other choices seem just random.

i dont think those two would be unloable if we play there human forms in the story

 

[trufenix]

Good point, I never heard of people trashing the Kazama family for taking up roster slots. People are just extra salty that their faves are not in right now, and of course, it's the fault of every character they don't like that their main is not in there.

Tekken's fanbase is infamously ornery and that's a series that brings back like 80% of the characters from the previous game every single time. People bitch about guests and character redesigns like its nobody's business too, its literally no different.

 

[JINNOCIDE]

Can we add the possibility that they just didn't code the page right when it comes to the locks that don't pop up? Even though I really think it hints at secret characters, the page is quite messy.

I'm from Brazil, and even on the brazilian page I get Spanish text. I checked the Mexico and Spain pages and the title is in German...

 

[Zev]

The more I think about it, the more I think the exclusion of Rain, Ermac, and Reptile might mean that we actually will get Chameleon as DLC.

It'd be following the theme of the multiple-characters-in-one DLC that we've had for MK11 and Injustice2.

The Traveler could also fill that role if he ends up being Chameleon. (I don't think he will be) We already know he's able to spear people like scorpion in there. (from steam achievements) So it would be a way for you to do all different cool stuff within the krypt, using moves from other ninjas while giving Chameleon a real backstory.

It would also fill the role of NRS's trend of bringing back older lore characters and giving them a real story, like Skarlet in mk9 and Tremor in MKX. Though I have a feeling that'll still be Hydro n mk11

Can we add the possibility that they just didn't code the page right when it comes to the locks that don't pop up?

 

[SaSSolino]

So with Jax we only have 1 slot left?

 

[Zev]

So with Jax we only have 1 slot left?

No, there's still 3 slots unaccounted for. Jax is already included in the list of known slots.

 

[SaSSolino]

No, there's still 3 slots unaccounted for. Jax is already included in the list of known slots.

Wait, really? That's great! I thought both Jax and Cetroin were missing, but now that I think about it Jax was in the leak so it makes sense, do you have a link to it?