I hope everyone gets at least one new outfit......

Did Blaze had that "hole" in his chest in MKDA? =S

can't wait. this game is going to rock my world!!!

Zod I'm over 10 years older than you. That makes me feel old. I was 12 when the original MK hit the arcades. Anyway...

Meat wasn't really a character, per se. He was a hidden skin for all of the characters in Mortal Kombat 4. If you input a certain code before you selected your character, then your character would take the form of Meat when the game started. Same moves, same fatalities etc as normal, they just had no skin or muscle and were just a red skeleton. They were Meat :)

Meat also has a cameo in the Konquest mode in MK: Deception. It's quite amusing too :)

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Not that I know of.

cool...

Meat most likely is NEVER going to make it, as he is, as was said, only a joke skin for all players.

For anyone who doesn't know the full cast pictured, I hope this helps....

First Row: (Left To Right)

Shang Tsung
Scorpion
Sub-Zero
Shinnok

Second Row: (Left To Right)

Shujinko
Kai
Kung Lao
Quan Chi
Reiko

Third Row: (Left To Right)

Kabal
Kano
Cyrax
Sonya
Jarek
Stryker
Rain

Fourth Row: (Left To Right)

Ashrah
Sindel
Kitana
Johnny Cage
Liu Kang
Reptile
Baraka
Raiden

Fifth Row: (Left To Right)

Kenshi
Li Mei
Darrou
Sareena
Tanya
Darius
Noob Saibot
Smoke

Sixth Row: (Left To Right)

Nightwolf
Ermac
Mavado
Kobra
Kira
Fujin
Frost
Havik
Jax

Seventh Row: (Left To Right)

Bo Rai Cho
Hotaru
Drahmin
Mokap
Mileena
Jade
Sektor
Hsu Ho
Nitara

Eighth Row: (Left To Right)

Onaga
Kintaro
Shao Kahn
Goro
Sheeva
Moloch

Ninth Row: (Left To Right)

Blaze

Missing Characters:

Motaro
Khameleon
Chameleon
Meat

thanks for the background

reeks of awesomeness

People, the renders from the magazine is not what the characters will look like in the end. They just took renders from the recent games that the people were in, except the few people who didn't make it into 3D until now, and posted it all in one picture. I'm sure everyone will have brand new outfits.

That's cute, you don't think Midway is lazy.

these are all the mk charechters in the armegedon render, remember they said 60+ charechters we dont know how many extra there will be but boon said EVERY ONE that EVER threw a punch in MK will be in it that means Both K/Chamelions, motaro later on will be added hes the teams final prioraty(i got my sources), and due to boon turning meat (who is in the back ground behinde sereena as an easter egg "did u notice me type of thing") into a Kharechter of his own in MKD's konquest mode so ya they will be in there, & dont worry there are going to be manny new charechters to go around, (u dont have 2 belive me but thats what my inside source says) and he hasent faild me yet!!!

Kombatents:
Shang Tsung
Scorpion
Sub-Zero
Shinnok
Shujinko
Kai
Kung Lao
Quan Chi
Reiko
Kabal
Kano
Cyrax
Sonya
Jarek
Stryker
Rain
Ashrah
Sindel
Kitana
Johnny Cage
Liu Kang
Reptile
Baraka
Raiden
Kenshi
Li Mei
Darrou
Sareena
Tanya
Darius
Noob Saibot
Smoke
Nightwolf
Ermac
Mavado
Kobra
Kira
Fujin
Frost
Havik
Jax
Bo Rai Cho
Hotaru
Drahmin
Mokap
Mileena
Jade
Sektor
Hsu Ho
Nitara
Onaga
Kintaro
Shao Kahn
Goro
Sheeva
Moloch
Blaze

hidden/coming soonCharacters:

Motaro
Meat
Khameleon
Chameleon

Oh and P.S. these are not there final kostumes

Don't be ignorant. It won't be their final outfits.

It's experience, not ignorance. Midway is lazy, look at the re-used fighting styles of MKD, just shifted to different characters. Or the fact that damn near every character is the same in MK4, projectiles being the biggest difference, and sometimes not even that. Or better yet, MK Trilogy, which MKA is following up on. How many returning fighters got new looks in Trilogy? None. Hell, let's go back to MK1. Remember why Subby and Scorpion look so similar? It was easier for the team.


So don't call me ignorant when you're the one who believes the MK team is going to put forth extra effort for you when 14 years experience says otherwise.

Yeah, one of the most profound examples of their laziness so far; Rain.

He's basically Mavado meets Kung Lao. That's laziness (or a way to save time!). We may be entering a new age here, not one of palette swaps, but of model swaps.
Rain is a thin attempt to disguise a character as new.


Rain sucks to the max!

Hwad wise. Amen.

"New age" and "new age"... you didn't notice all barechested guys sharing the same torso in MKDA?

The costume wouldn't be so bad, if the elements of the hair and veil (among others) were pre-made, but Rain has had a pretty naff storyline anyway, IMO.

Whether his storyline is salvaged, remains to be seen, but I think Rain's in-game model is going to look the same on the date of release as it does now... And for now it looks poop!

If they sorted out the hair and veil, touched up a few other details too, I would forgive him a little. Just a little.

EDIT:

JIGSAW:

No, I didn't. I dare say that costume details are more obviously swapped, though I know you're right about the torso swapping. I hadn't noticed it, but looking back, I can see it.

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I have to conquer on Midway's laziness. I agree, They are lazy. But remeber that the time saved on the characters is more time improving gameplay, graphics ect. So mabye, I don't know, it's not cutting corners, its just improvment in most areas at the expense of one area.

MK Trilogy has nothing to do with MK:A... Trilogy was a "best of" so to speak game so it just used the same sprites and storylines as the previous games - it's a compilation of the previous MK games, not a game with its own story like MK:A is, even though there are some that have failed to realise this yet.

MKA may have it's own story, but in spirit it's still Trilogy part 2.

All the bitching aside, I'm psyched for this game.

I'm expecting Midway to be lazy to the point where there's the usual glitches in the game (since no matter how much time they have, they still rush to market with crappy games), but I also think it's important to thank Midway for giving the series a last hurrah.

I've been playing since MKII (when I was in my early 20s) and I'm as excited as a kid at Christmas over this title.

I'm also hoping for more than two costumes (like Dead Or Alive does), but I'm keeping my expectations low.

I'm looking forward to playing characters like Stryker (loved his grenade-gat combo), Sareena (since I never played her), Sektor (loved his heat-seeking missile, direct-fire missile combo...MISSILES EVERYWHERE!), but I'm also interested to see the fighting styles they give to characters like Stryker, et. al., who weren't in MK:DA or MK: Deception.

Anyone care to speculate what Stryker's fighting styles will be or what any of the other character's fighting styles will be?

Monster just has all Scorpions moves. What fun would that be? He was referred to as 'Monster' in the first place because he was a monster, not because it's his name. If he was important enough to be in this, he'd have a name. It's like calling Shujinko 'Man'. Then he wouldn't be important enough to be in it.

Daaaaaaaaaaaaaaaamn...I hope Scorpion gets a "Toasty" Fatality in this game. Ripping limbs and such is nice and all, but the Flaming Skull bit is Scorpion's trademark.

Damn! You beat me to it, jerk.... lol
I noticed it too