if you ask me T think this whole storyline Idea is complete bullshit

I've been wondering about a possibility of another character than Raiden sending a mental message back to he history too. It would mix things up a lot and it would be a nice plot twist. We didn't know Raiden was able to alter time; maybe someone else could do that too especially when there was Blaze around.

Raiden: I must fix the future!
Shao Kahn: Raiden! You think you're the only one with the time altering ability? Think again! I sent a message to myself hours in the past to show up where I knew you would say "I must fix the future!" just to piss you off!
Raiden: Why you son of a...

if somebody else does send messages back i have a feeling it will be quan chi. then he could be a devious sumbitch about it

I knew I wasn't the only one to call the younger brother of the original Subzero "Subzero 2". P.S. - This is why I made it my name. Subzero 2 = younger brother

I don't think I've seen this come up yet, but then again, there are SO many pages upon pages of speculations and discussions. Buuuuuut...

So the premise of MK 2011 is when MKA happens, Raiden sends himself a message to his past self... unless was more was given I didn't know about, or if this is also something yet to be explained: What DID happen at the end of MKA?

I know for Taven is says:

"Eventually, Taven defeats Daegon in battle and confronts Blaze. After defeating Blaze, Blaze's powers surged through Taven and he became a full god. In the end, however, because Blaze's design has been corrupted by Onaga's holy men, his victory over Blaze resulted in none of the fighters dying or losing their powers, but instead increasing the powers of the combatants, potentially "exacerbating" the onset of Armageddon. As a result, Taven will make it his duty as a new god to delay Armageddon until a solution could be found."

Maybe that did happen and part of him doing his "delaying until a solution can be found", is him making it possible for Raiden to send a message to himself in the past? Or at least helping in some way? It says all the kombatants ended up juiced up on greater power, maybe that is what gives Raiden the ability to send his past self this message of warning? Maybe he has a Godlike ability and talks some sense back into Raiden or can turn him back into his not red eyed self, thus also enabling Raiden to send himself that message into the past and it not be one tainted by Raiden's "I'm done f'n around" attitude?

I'd like to see how since this is a retracing and retelling, how all the stuff up until this happening, still relates to this new MK storyline.

Any thoughts on this?

Well Cyrax And Sektor are not hunting Sub Zero for failing to kill Shang Tsung but for leaving the clan due to the automation of the Clan.

Smoke as of Mk2 had no major story. So he can be written to having any storyline If Mk1 Sub Zero lived and failed to kill Shang Tsung. For example, Mk1 Sub Zero can suggest of using Smoke as an ally to kill Shang Tsung.


As for Noob Saibot, I do feel it is more of a code name than an actual name. Like Reptile and Sub-Zero, Noob Saibot can be used for any Brotherhood of the Shadow ninja.

That's a good theory.
It adds sense to why Raiden doesn't just "reset" when anything goes wrong.
It's more chance Raiden received this gift with Taven winning, if Armageddon ever goes down again, Raiden might not be so lucky which I think adds a needed consequence so it's not repeated over again into an even newer third timeline.

Yeah. At least someone commented on it, lol. I figured because my uername was a "noob", no one would bother you read my idea.

I just have troubles sleeping at night, so I research A LOT of stuff from science, to video games, ect. So, while I was reading back up on MK, I did notice some things and that to me really is the only thing that makes sense thus far, given the information we as fans have.

Even though I'm sure they thought of some better way to tell as to why Raiden sent himself a message. Back when people were speculating on Onaga before it was revealed, I noticed a plot line that I thought explained it and I ended up being right. Just no one paid attention, lol.

Sub-zero's vignette says he is the younger brother avenging his older brother. I don't have any doubt about older sub-zero having been killed by scorpion on this past, even because raiden would be trying to prevent armageddon, he wouldn't really care about preventting sub-zero's assasination, or even before that, future raiden probably wound't care about warning himself about sub-zero's assassination

I believe raiden had to do something really big and once-in-a-lifetime thing to send this message, because it would be really too easy to past raiden to do things with unlimited warnings, it would be more interesting if some informations were missing and past raiden got himself surprised with those obstacles.

I didn't really read the whole topic, so i don't know if someone spoke about this, but I believe a very obvious thing rainden would do would be preventing Blaze from being captured by Onaga to take care of his dragon egg, or warning Shujinko about him not being the Elder Gods Champion. Still, none of these characthers were seen yet (except Daegon who is seen fighting on the background), so it would be right to say past raiden doesn't know about it, or someone else is taking care of stopping Daegon and awkaing Taven, right?

well, that's my opinion

Look at it this way, Raiden is probably confused as fuck, getting weird ass visions of the future he can't explain and he's trying his damndest to prevent Armageddon from happening. If it happened to any other character they'd try desperately and probably come off as incompetent as well.

As above posters have stated, maybe Raiden knows certain dangers are involved with this ability, which is why he refrained from using it until shit hit the fan.

Nah man, sometimes the new guys give fresh ideas. I forgot in my last post to put Shao Kahn eventually conquers the realms at the very end of Armageddon, but I like your guess on it being Taven beating Blaze that caused the overpowerment.
I was picturing Raiden gaining the time communicating ability by receiving heightened senses or something, as well as Shao Kahn gaining an ability of his own, enough to finish everyone off.
Like this idea, I really hope something is designed so Raiden doesn't just reset and start over whenever he wants.

I'm pretty sure that they said from the beginning Raiden is being defeated by Shao Kahn and so he sends a message back to himself. So my guess is that sending this message is going to take all his power and kill him. That's why it's a one time only thing. The Raiden that sends a message back will die in hopes that he can stop it from happening again.

what about this Kung Lao wins it and does it for his brothers at the wu shu temple killing goro and liu kang never participates because of raiden and makes him train more under Bo Ri Cho

What if reptile was turned into a cyborg c'mon think of it GREEN KILL"N MACHINE, REPANATOR, I'll be slimy thoughts????

Everything that should happen to prevent these games!

Mk1-3:Shao and Shang Dead(killed by Liu and Kung Lao Shujinko)
Mk4:Kill Shinnok and Quan Chi(killed Raiden and Fujin)
MkDa:The Deadly Alliance never happens
MkD:The dragon EGG will be destroyed!
MKA: Make sure Taven and Daegon never awaken and Blaze should be stopped around mk2!

But Maybe Quan Chi or Shinnok put a spell on Raiden which causes him to be Dark Raiden!(Sequel)

ed boon has hinted i think at liu kang not winning mortal kombat so we might have a new champion of MK. also i wonder if old man shang tsung will be in story mode or not.
it would be kool if you could unlock it as an alt for him :)

i agree

There should be romanticly akward scene between Smoke and Sub Zero, then an interactive sex scene, homage to god of war.

I think LADY IN RED's story should go something similar to the following:

"Living in poverty in the poorest area of Outworld, Little Red Riding Hoe was forced to earn koins in any way possible. For years, she sold herself on the corner, giving herself up to any Tarkatan, Shokan, random ninja, or Emperor that gave enough interest in her. But once she contracted her 6th STD, she decided she must make money in a different way- through Kombat. She now participates in the tournament for the very koins she needs to find the cures for her diseases- and to support her trashy family back at the Outworld Trailer Park."

Too bad the tournaments aren't for money though.

that'd be pretty cool.

My Prediction : what ever is going to happen, at the end of mk9 things will twist revealing that Raiden was acutually evil.

I enjoyed reading everything these five pages had in them, kudos to everyone who posted, this forum is amazing!

thanks so whats your theory?

Raiden most likely goes back, warning the other Raiden but by that time Smoke has already stolen everyones wallets so they team up and shit I dunno haha, I'll let you guys speculate and I will read lol.