Ahh we need more Media of Kitana soon!
Do you guys think she'll get a story vignette before the game's release?

I'm feeling a little doubtful. NRS kinda dropped her promotion shortly after her reveal. And she was pretty much getting killed during Mileena month, so I think Kitana fans might have to wait for the game's release for her vignette.

Couple new screen shots. Kitana just keeps looking better and better, with the exception of the huge hands and feet, all the females seem to share that trait and its bothering me more and more every time I see it.

I seriously think Kitana would have looked better like this.
Still similar to her now but with some changes.
I prefer the darker, deeper blue rather than the turquoise that she has.

That looks so much better than the Kitana we got. I wish she looked like that.

That is a pretty spectacular design. It'd be great to have Kitana and Mileena match a bit more since they're supposed to be "twins" and partners as assassins. I'm not saying identical like palette swaps, mind you. Just more common elements like the black and gold symbol knees. And I agree that Kitana looks better in darker shades of blue too. And the black...see, this is what's missing from the current design, her color scheme is wrong. Silver? Since when? Kitana's blue and black.

The one thing I'd suggest is maybe more laces criss-crossing, particularly over the exposed stomach. It just seems a little empty and boring like that and could use the extra element to spice it up.

As big as they are, they have nothing on the Street Fighter characters lol. Now those are some sasquatch body parts lol!

i dont like her two piece outfit. doesn't give the assasin vibe off. but hten again, when has kitana ever impressed?

I'm impressed. I really do like her new outfit, we really don't get to see too much of 'princess' Kitana, and this outfit is pretty much the first *kinda second if you count her DA purple costume* that shows it off. Though I am hoping her alt is completely ninja...

I am very impressed with Kitana's new look. It looks awesome. Does anyone know why her one costume was purple in MKDA? I hated that.

I don't know the official reason, but I think it is to give her a more regal look, purple being the colour that represents royalty. Also I think it's to represent Mileena who was not in MKDA, since they replaced Mileena with a new character instead which became Li Mei.

I don't know why some people get all worked up by the fact that Kitana wore purple in one costume. Scorpion went from yellow to gold and I have yet to see anyone complain about that. Perhaps Kitana fans are simply more picky than Scorpion fans, I don't know.

Can anyone tell me why?

I don't know, I never minded the color, it was the outfit I didn't like lol. Though it did look better in blue, I will admit.

And I think Li Mei replacing Mileena is the main reason why I never took to her. You can't replace Mileena! WTF?? lol

I think Li Mei became interesting in MKD. Didn't like her too much in MKDA. But much like Li Mei "replaced" Mileena (noticed how much their names are alike), so did Tanya "replace" Kitana in MK4. And before that, Cyrax "replaced" Scorpion in MK3. I think it's nice to introduce new characters to the series, but they have to be careful that the new characters don't look too much alike the original characters. MK has always struggled with that. Li Mei, for example, had sais, wore purple and had black hair like Mileena. Luckily, her special moves and fighting style weren't like Mileena's at all.

yeah, I was a little pissed off at Tanya at first too lol. But I did find Tanya to be interesting. She had that mystery about her that Kitana had in MK2, and I thought she was really pretty. She ended up being the exact opposite of Kitana, which made me like her even more.

I never really played Scorpion too much, but Cyrax was fun, I liked him.


Li Mei's costumes in MKD were awesome, she did become interesting as the story developed. But I wonder if MK9 prevents MKDA from happening, will Li Mei still be a kombatant?

Probably because yellow to gold isnt much of a color change. Blue to purple, kinda a drastic change. I do like Kitana's purple MKDA costume, I just dont like it in purple, It looks much better in blue, I would like to see her alternate in 2011 similar to her purple costume, blue though of course.

Also, did anyone notice when Mileena changed from purple to pink in MKD. Im glad they are going back to purple in 2011.

We have a Kitana thread, Jade thread, Tanya thread, can someone start a Sindel thread?

It's not that purple, really. It's more indigo, still a bluish shade.

The Kitana concept art on this page is beautiful.

I do like that look very much but seriously better than this ...

I remember this from the Midway Forums. A user made this, when we first saw Kitana in chains.

i do like the hair better on the other kitana render, it woildve been easier 2 design, i like the boots too & i agree her & mileena should share some elements from eachothers outfits, but wat can u do? *shrugs* i dont want 2 say they ruined kitana, they didnt, but they couldve done a little bit better

I think that fanart of Kitana is beautiful. Kudos to the artist; however, I have a split opinion. I don't think it is better than the official costume (I know many disagree), but I would prefer her with that deeper blue color like she was in MK2 and UMK3.

I hope Kitana's(or another Ninjette's) in game alternate is a leotard. They don't seem right without 'em.

I like the deep blue in the fanart, but comparing it to the render, I like the light blue NRS chosen. But like I said earlier, I hope they go more ninja with her alt and I hope it's a deeper blue too. Or maybe if you mirror match Kitana, player 2 will be a deep blue?

There are different kinds of assassins. Perhaps prior to magic kung-fu tournaments, her specialty was infiltration or seduction. Which would easily explain her belly dancer look.

Let's talk about Kitana's appearances for a minute.

MK2: Her Introduction
MK3: No Appearance (playable wise, but still mentioned in story)
UMK3: Back in the Game
MK4: No Appearance (playable wise, but still mentioned in story ... and don't come at me with that dumb PC hack crap).
- MKGold: Back in the Game
MKDA: Back in the Game
MKD: No Appearance (playable wise, but still mentioned in story)
- MK: Unchained: Back in the Game
MKA: Back in the Game
MKvsDC: Back in the Game
MK9: Back in the Game

So I understand now why Kitana made the cut based on the focus towards MK1 through MK3; however, when I first heard a new MK was in development, I wasn't sure Kitana would make it. Because she always seemed to be the expendable one in the past. Yet, they consistently released special single console editions and put her in it. Why do you think they cut her in the first place?? I just don't get it.