Riyakou Wrote:KungLaodoesntsuck Wrote:
How are the fights rigged? The only thing stopping the newer fighters from making it to round 2 is the voting. People vote for who they like. It's That simple.
Saying "It's rigged" would imply that the voting is influenced, it's not. I have voted for less popular characters like Meat and Mokap. This is a fair contest.
Many of the "less popular" characters have strong fanbases, but were matched against characters they obviously couldn't win against in a vote.
It's like matching Usher, a successful and very popular artist, against Michael Jackson, a music icon with success and popularity lasting beyond his death. It's unfair; the icon would obviously win.
These one-sided matches also manifest a long lasting flaw in the MK series; with in each game, too many characters are created, with only a few receiving initial recognition. Other characters are either dragged along, eventually gaining some kind of credibility, or are cast out completely. Deception and Armageddon are to perfect examples. Many of the characters reintroduced in those games were not seen in almost ten years.
Also, take a look at these stats:
Of the 30 characters currently in the series prior to 1997, only eight appeared in MK4 as principle characters. None of those characters were originally introduced in MK3 or its updates.
Of the seven principle characters originally introduced in MK4, only one appeared in Deadly Alliance.
Of the eight prinicple characters originally introduced in Deadly Alliance, only three appeared in Deception.
As you can see, many characters are made, but very few are catered to, thus leaving very little for the gamers to go with. This is why we have so many "less popular" characters.
You explained it better than I did. ^^
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Nightwolf has always been boring to me, both in looks, storyline and gameplay... until the new MK. The way he was represented in this game was absolutely amazing and they really upped his gameplay. I still think he looks absolutely boring, but he at least got an interesting alternate outfit. His last scene with Sindel was one of the best scenes in the game and he's totally won my respect.
However I have always had a soft spot for Kenshi. His story at first seemed a bit plain though, another vengeance story, but I love the twist of his character being blind and using telekinesis and that it is being different than Ermac's other than one move which was taught to him by Ermac himself. In the new MK, the distinction between them became greater and Kenshi got an alot more unique moveset including his blade with his telekinetic abilities which is just awesome.
Oh, and DAT ASS!
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