The Terminator? That's a really weird choice for a MK game. How are crushing blows supposed to work on that? How are fatalities?

His dialogues are gonna be fucking awesome. They better be at least. It's Ash. I have high expectations.

Hail to the King, baby!

This....Is my BOOMSTICK!!!

I think he fits better than many guest characters in previous games.

The same way it works with Frost. She is a cyborg (just watch the intro) but if you finish her with a fatality she has normal flesh, bones, intestines.... so... doesn't matter :D

Yes, but she doesn't have a nearly indestructible skeleton. She's got mechanical bits inside her but still has soft squishy parts along with normal bones. Terminators don't work like that. They're all machine under a thin veil of flesh. Punch one and you'll break your hand. It won't even flinch.

They probably tried for Pennywise but couldn't reach a deal. Same for Michael Myers. Either licensing costs or fatalities or how the character would be used.

Most likely the latter. Pennywise is owned by WB.

Speaking of Joker, I really, really, REALLY hope we get a more classic Joker. I hated his design in Injustice 2.

That said, given the expansive costumes & gear in MK11, we may very well get both those Jokers and then some.

Kollector has Mileena's brain as a weapon, Kitana has Mileena's sai and several of her iconic moves, and several characters mention Mileena's death numerous times in story mode and intros. I think it's safe to say she is sitting this one out. That said, I will be happy if NRS throws us a surprise curve ball, but I highly doubt it.

It's very obvious Skarlet is taking over Mileena's role in MK11 as the fully evil character that was created to serve Shao Kahn, and Kollector is taking over Reptile's role as the creature lackey.

Great points, Kollector and Skarlet definitely are filling Mileena and Reptile's roles. Johnny calling Skarlet a "man-eater" is totally something he'd say to Mileena if she was present.

I don't think Stephen King would say no to Penny in Mortal Kombat. Sai King would probably be honored.

But who knows. If anything though- I think it probably was a technical/time issue. Pennywise is such a complicated character with infinite possibilities that surpass the limits of a fighting game. NRS probably didn't know what angle to go with him and decided to go for what was easier- The Joker.

The Terminator will most assuredly be Arnold, several intro dialogues suggest as much (He's referred to by the model # of Arnold's Terminator, and they make several references to Arnold's movies)

That said, he bleeds. Terminators are living tissue grown on top of a mechanical skeleton. Anything that's superficial and or surface damage would still work, and he could still spurt blood, as zooming in and/or X-Raying on him would just show the mechanical skeleton instead of a real one (and I imagine that excites NRS, as the mechanical skeleton is iconic in and of itself.)

I doubt he'll have organs, they'll probably have to do some custom internals for him similar to Predator & Alien, but more mechanical. Ripping out CPU's and power cores and such.

As to the idea his skeleton should be indestructable.... ehhhhhhh debatable. Putting him in a trash compacter in the first movie seemed to work pretty well. Seemed pretty destructible after taking a beating in most of the movies actually. Think he lost a limb or two in some of those crappy sequels. If by Terminator lore it shouldn't be breakable, I believe we're filing this one under suspension of disbelief. The characters will most assuredly be able to cut through his body and sever his limbs. That's just a given. Most people aren't going to split hairs over what exact metal he's made of, just go with the idea he's metal, and metal is destructible in most people's eyes.

But for what it's worth, he does have an intro dialogue where he asks if Kabal's swords can cut through "whatever whatever Terminator alloy" and Kabal then verifies they can... so... by god if Kabal's swords can, I guess everyone else's weapons can.

As for movement, and not showing damage, while he's normally a fairly slow and lumbering tank, if they made Jason Voorhees work, I doubt he'll be a problem. Probably move & react largely similar.

SO ANYWAY... I think he'll work. He bleeds. He has a skeleton. People scoffed at the idea of Jason moving quickly or taking a beating and he worked. It's a game. It'll be fine.

The Terminator will most assuredly be Arnold, several intro dialogues suggest as much (He's referred to by the model # of Arnold's Terminator, and they make several references to Arnold's movies)

That said, he bleeds. Terminators are living tissue grown on top of a mechanical skeleton. Anything that's superficial and or surface damage would still work, and he could still spurt blood, as zooming in and/or X-Raying on him would just show the mechanical skeleton instead of a real one (and I imagine that excites NRS, as the mechanical skeleton is iconic in and of itself.)

I doubt he'll have organs, they'll probably have to do some custom internals for him similar to Predator & Alien, but more mechanical. Ripping out CPU's and power cores and such.

As to the idea his skeleton should be indestructable.... ehhhhhhh debatable. Putting him in a trash compacter in the first movie seemed to work pretty well. Seemed pretty destructible after taking a beating in most of the movies actually. Think he lost a limb or two in some of those crappy sequels. If by Terminator lore it shouldn't be breakable, I believe we're filing this one under suspension of disbelief. The characters will most assuredly be able to cut through his body and sever his limbs. That's just a given. Most people aren't going to split hairs over what exact metal he's made of, just go with the idea he's metal, and metal is destructible in most people's eyes.

But for what it's worth, he does have an intro dialogue where he asks if Kabal's swords can cut through "whatever whatever Terminator alloy" and Kabal then verifies they can... so... by god if Kabal's swords can, I guess everyone else's weapons can.

As for movement, and not showing damage, while he's normally a fairly slow and lumbering tank, if they made Jason Voorhees work, I doubt he'll be a problem. Probably move & react largely similar.

SO ANYWAY... I think he'll work. He bleeds. He has a skeleton. People scoffed at the idea of Jason moving quickly or taking a beating and he worked. It's a game. It'll be fine.