This is true, exactly why I think 3D era characters should get a second chance, even the shitty ones (imo)
I think any of the MK1 cast are interchangeable at this point, with the exception of the ninjas and Raiden. Johnny especially I think has rocketed in popularity within the last ten years.
No one likes him (well, apart from one person!), so it is no surprise. He was a bit of a reject like Jarek.
I'm that one person! lol idk if I'm being biased but I feel it's the perfect opportunity for him to return!
He was absent in the last live action film (I think he was on a poster at the end or something), and he was a commonly asked about character, including for the sequel. Cage and Sonya are popular.
Clearly you don't mean me
.In addition, she's also a good character.
Yes he has. There's a few characters who's popularity has grown through the modern trilogy, and the foremost that come to mind are Johnny and Mileena.
I agree. That said, it's not something that can't change. All you need to do is put a character front and center for the next two MK games' story modes, and he's an icon, unless the character is a MASSIVE misfire.
He was actually brought back in Mortal Kombat Trilogy, the final "version" of the game he was omitted from.
Takeda was a misfire.
MKX in general was a misfire, especially the kombat kids. It still baffles me to this day that they didn't have Frost as part of the special forces group. It makes perfect sense for the Lin-Kuei to have a rep there as a show of good faith working alongside a Shirai Ryu. We could have had a cool rivalry (or possible romance) between Frost and Takeda especially with Frost being so arrogant and hot-headed. Kung Jin was supposed to be the rogue, but Frost would have made for a perfect troublemaker character to add drama.
Lol at Kung Jin having charisma.
Really? I recall him being very well liked as a new character. He and Cassie. It was Jacquie and Kung Jin I recall being less well received.
I'm confident they were trying something new. Keep in mind, Mortal Kombat: Armageddon was meant to truly kill off most of the characters and the next game was going to feature a nearly all new roster. That obviously didn't happen, but seeing as how we still have many of the same key creatives as from the Midway days, I'm sure many of them are a little tired of rehashing the same characters over and over again.
This is a very interesting idea. For Frost though, I think NetherRealm had already decided to go the more traditional villain route with her. In the Mortal Kombat X comics, which were (are?) canon, she attempts to kill Cassie Cage. This is set roughly a few years before the game when the Kombat Kids were actually closer to being kids (as in the games they're actually young adults with years of real world experience. In the comics, they're younger and untried), and in-game, Frost tries to kill Hanzo quite quickly.
You're kidding, right?
really? I always thought him one of the strongest of the new blood from MKX. I was actually super surprised we got Jacqui coming back and not him in MK12.
Picking Jacqui over Takeda spoke volumes, along with putting her in Kotal Kahn's Reveal trailer and having her kill him in his own trailer.
While i mostly agree, let me say this.
I think it's more that it had to be done, as we discussed in another thread of how mk follows whatever is hot every period. Seems plausible to try next gen to some of the safest choices like the most "boring" humans.
Really? You rate someone with guns and punching over a dude with a lazer whip as adding something "new" and interesting in terms of gameplay to the franchise?
Haha kind of. Jackie is like this mma fighter, you could say this style was missing from Mk.
