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[Popular opinion] Smoke / Noob Saibot / Rain all sell far more copies of the games than Cassie Cage.

Baconlord

Proud follower of the church of Cetrion
Correction: In my opinion, casual = people who ask for Scorpion when they show a Jade Trailer, and people who ask for Batman, Blade fill in any guest character on youtube, twitter and facebook.

People that don't even know who Fujin or Rain is.

I think you have casuals -> Normal Fans like me, who know all the characters, lore and play the game with all characters and -> Addicted tournament players, who play their entire life to git gud.
If your game doesn't sell well with casual players then it's not gonna sell millions of units and have a ton of sequels. I promise you mk hasn't gotten to their 11th game because of the people that know who fujin is
 

Cassie Cyrus

Have you ever seen the Rain?
ILLEGAL! 18 years and older only please.

If not, some American mom may get 1.000.000 dollars because she needs to scream like she did when she saw Janet Jacksons nipple released into the wild.

This game is 18+ for a reason. Kids shouldn't be champions, they should become mobile zombies like all good kids these days.
 

Cassie Cyrus

Have you ever seen the Rain?
If your game doesn't sell well with casual players then it's not gonna sell millions of units and have a ton of sequels. I promise you mk hasn't gotten to their 11th game because of the people that know who fujin is

You didn't get my point.

I said f.casuals, we complain for other reasons, not because we think NRS actually gonna change stuff, complaining just feels really good, just as good as chocolate.

Of course I know disrupted-cells like Cassie Cage are here to stay, but it is still very much fun to complain about them.
 

Professor Oak

Are you a boy or girl?
It's the characters most casuals do get attached to. They're the ones that makes them keep coming back.
Fair point, but I think the casual market is attached to characters via storytelling and a lot of “most requested characters” have shallow stories. Sure, that gives them potential, but it makes them harder to work into the ongoing story. So DLC makes most sense. Except for characters like Smoke, who is a revenant, and Nightwolf, who is a revenant and Sindel, also a revenant. To me, these characters belong in, Rain and Fujin have a smaller case to be made, but basically, casuals have every character the story tells them to care about. Cage, Sonya, Liu, Kitana, Raiden, Kotal, Sub and Scorp.
 

Zev

Cages_Shades from MKO
I was 6 when I first played Mortal Kombat. And I've played every game since.
Same, lol i was 4. I remember not even thinking it was a violent or gory game or anything. No different than mario jumping on things heads, or using swords to slash people in RPGs. Though I also couldnt ever do a fatality, i just spammed special moves and do uppercuts . . . .though I still do that now LOL
 

Syd Barrett Lives

Italian Psychopath
Most "casuals" that I know don't care that much about the roster, they just follow MK as a brand.
They care that the game is fun and that the fatalities are cool and violent, not who's in it except maybe the usual Scorpion and Sub-Zero. Most people don't even know the roster before buying, they just see MK written on the cover and go with it.

And, more importantly, saying that Noob or Rain sell more copies than Cassie is pretty stupid considering MKX is the best selling game in the franchise.
 

Cassie Cyrus

Have you ever seen the Rain?
Can you people even compare the gore and graphics of Mortal Kombat 1,2 and most of all 3 with the likes of Mk9, X and 11?

That is a very different thing there. For a start, there aren't 100 rib cages flying around anymore, people take out the intestines through the mouth, not really good for 8 year olds, MK 1 and 2 can't compare with that gruesome shit.
 

Lord Snotty

Lord of the Bletherrealm.
Which begs the question: Why does a ResidentSleeper character like Cassie Cage get a spot over fan favorites?
Is Rain actually a fan favourite outside those YouTube videos and Twitter accounts that usually have anime pictures in place of actual profile shots? I'm not convinced he would bring a substantial boost in sales.

Cassie is relevant to the MKX audience. MKX sold in record amounts. Why drop Cassie for old-fashioned characters? Noob Saibot is in the game, but again...he was out of MKX, the bestseller. His lack of presence didn't harm MKX, clearly. Smoke got his time in thr last game, I suppose.

I'm sure they'll be back at some point though.
 
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Spinky

Neutral Skipper
MKX has sold almost 11 million copies. That is absurd numbers for a fighting game. And Cassie has plenty of fans with general audiences/players partly because of that.

I guarantee you a bunch of those same people have no idea who the fuck Fujin is, or barely know Rain. The demand for the former especially is low outside of the dedicated MK fanbase.
 

Krankk

Smoke & Noob & Rain
Cassie is relevant to the MKX audience. MKX sold in record amounts. Why drop Cassie for old-fashioned characters? Noob Saibot is in the game, but again...he was out of MKX, the bestseller. His lack of presence didn't harm MKX, clearly. Smoke got his time in thr last game, I suppose.
HEEEYYY!!! SwiftRage DON'T YOU DARE TALK MAD SHIT ABOUT MAH BOI NOOB SAIBOT! SwiftRage

Cassie Reveal Trailer from one month ago: ~307.000 views and ~9.000 likes...

Noob Saibot Reveal Trailer from 2 weeks ago: ~665.000 views and ~26.000 likes!!!

My main man Smoke would also take a massive views and likes dump on Cassie Cage and the rest of her family.
 

Lord Snotty

Lord of the Bletherrealm.
HEEEYYY!!! SwiftRage DON'T YOU DARE TALK MAD SHIT ABOUT MAH BOI NOOB SAIBOT! SwiftRage

Cassie Reveal Trailer from one month ago: ~307.000 views and ~9.000 likes...

Noob Saibot Reveal Trailer from 2 weeks ago: ~665.000 views and ~26.000 likes!!!

My main man Smoke would also take a massive views and likes dump on Cassie Cage and the rest of her family.
How many views does the Rain reveal trailer have?

Oh wait. Ha ha. HA HA.
 

Cassie Cyrus

Have you ever seen the Rain?
How many views does the Rain reveal trailer have?

Oh wait. Ha ha. HA HA.
Probably still much more than Cassie's shitty trailer. But how can Rain have a chance at all while he's never in the main game. Rather unfair to judge a characters popularity as he doesn't have a chance at all.