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Rumor/Possible Spoilers: Mortal Kombat X Speculation General Discussion

Leak might be real?

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Youphemism

Youphemism

Gunslinger since pre patch (sh/out to The Farmer)
Rice said:
Jesus...
There is also not real evidence that Ed Boons are eyebrows are real:DOGE
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I get you're being sarcastic but that's not even a good comparison...

Let me make it simple, I'm not saying that the picture isn't legit, I'm not saying Jax, Sonya and Johnny won't be in the game, I'm just saying that I'm skeptical because there's no proof yet.
 
Hehateme

Hehateme

Apprentice
I love how Boon said months ago how just because some characters are in doesn't some are out. He even said how just because Cassie is in doesn't mean we'll get Sonya as a skin for Cassie. He even said you can perform fatalities on relatives. How can some of you drop the ball so much with roster speculation?
 
TopTierHarley

TopTierHarley

Kytinn King
Rude said:
All right, so let's think about this for a second...

You have Cassie Cage, Takashi Takeda, Jacqueline Briggs, Jax Briggs, Johnny Cage, and Sonya as special forces, right? All right.

Now we also have Kung Jin and Kung Lao. While Kung Jin is with the special forces group, he may very well be White Lotus society. Either way, we're assuming that they are Earthrealm warriors. Okay. Heck, let's throw in Raiden and Kitana for good measure.

So that's....10 Earthrrealm Warriors, yeah? Okay.

MK9 had Liu Kang, Kung Lao, Johnny Cage, Sonya, Jax, Stryker, Kabal, Cyber Sub-Zero, Raiden, Kitana, Kenshi(Arcade mode story end, still counts), Nightwolf, and Jade if we're counting Kitana since both defected to Earthrealm. So that's....13 Earthrealm warriors in MK9.

If you want to remove Kitana, Kenshi, and Jade from that list...you still have 10 Earthrealm Warrors, most of which are just humans with some magic powers, or special forces.

So what's the difference, exactly? Because in MKX, a couple of characters share the same last name? Really?

Did Stryker play like Jax? No.
Did Jax and Sonya play alike at all or have a similar personality? No. They were both military/special forces types.
What about Kung Lao and Liu Kang? Both Shaolin Monks. Both members of the White Lotus Society. Both trained together. And yet, their personalities/playstyles were completely different.

Now you could argue that characters like Kabal and Cyber Sub subverted the trope by being high-concept characters. I would counter-argue by suggesting that we have not really seen much of what Takeda can do. His moveset may be as bizarre and diverse as Kabal. Same for Kung Jin, who is the ONLY archer I can think of in the MK Franchise. (Although, I'm willing to hold that if someone finds another.)

So what's the problem? Why are you people so butt-hurt? You essentially have the same amount of Earthrealm warriors as MK9 had.

And what would people have in favor of these characters? Noob Saibot, a magic ninja when we already have 4 magic ninjas in the game?

Reiko? A re-design of Noob Saibot in MK 4, with borrowed moves from several characters. A character who only very recently started developing his own identity after being roped into "OMG, he's Shao Kahn" tropes. The Crude Hammer. Really?

Let's look at some of Reiko's finer moments, shall we?


In MK Armageddon, his default costume was a re-working of Shao Kahn's garb, and his alt was the ninja costume he wore in MK4:


Even his ending is almost intrinsically linked to Shao Kahn:


So what people are clamouring for is to get rid of "copy" characters of Takeda and Jacqui and the likes, in favor for characters that ARE copies of other characters, such as Reiko and Noob, who started out life as a UMK3 palette swap with no special moves. He didn't really approach much of an identity until Trilogy, and then later with the 3D MK games where the devs realized that he was so uninteresting, they needed to connect him with Smoke so people would give a shit.

If my info about Noob is slightly off, I'll hold that.

I mean...can we PLEASE get some perspective here, people?

Tsk, tsk, tsk.
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Always the voice of reason.
 
Atriox

Atriox

Here... I am a god!
Well I dunno about the rest but I simply hate Sonya, that's the only reason I don't want her in. :|

Having characters like Johnny who don't have that much to offer, variation wise, is even cooler for me because now I can't wait to see what NRS does with him. And Jax, even though I kinda didn't want him either because I think he's boring, has a sick design. His cybernetics look dope! So far, NRS made every single character cool, so I don't even really care who's in at this point.
 
Shania Twain

Shania Twain

That Don't Impress Me Much
Rice said:
Honestly cant wait for Johnny,Sonya and Jax gameplay so all the "they cant be in, they play exactly like Cassie and Jacqui" people can finally shut up.

This argument for them not being playable is by far the dumbest i read every day.
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If Netherrealm were smart they would just not worry about promoting them since they are obviously in the game somehow and just show us Rain, Sindel, Tanya, and Reiko combo variation videos first since people seem convinced they are not present. I'd rather them do it and mind blow us than us find it out in another leak. Better to do a pre-imptive strike.
 
TotteryManx

TotteryManx

cr. HP Master
crimson-neoviper said:
If Netherrealm were smart they would just not worry about promoting them since they are obviously in the game somehow and just show us Rain, Sindel, Tanya, and Reiko combo variation videos first since people seem convinced they are not present. I'd rather them do it and mind blow us than us find it out in another leak. Better to do a pre-imptive strike.
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I would absolutely love for Sindel to be in, but she wont be imo. Reiko I can actually see.
 
Alright RyRy

Alright RyRy

Florida Kombat
The Original 7 is going to be in the game. That is just the way it has to be.

If you are too young for the MK1 Roster here it is below


In-case you people have forgotten about this interview.

This face says it all, this is when Johnny was confirmed. people have just forgotten. Thank to @Mikemetroid for the picture.
 
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