Seems a little too Soul Calibur-y. I thought the taunts were fine the way they were.

Yeah, I'm more a fan of the subtle gesture.

Before the fight:
Rayden: Appears in a bolt of electricity.
Kano: Licks one of his knives and give a brief deep "heh heh heh" laugh.
Scorpion: The bottom half of his skull is visable as he puts the rest of his mask on.
Jax : Cracks his neck and pounds his fists together, making a metallic sound.
Sonya: Holds her dog tags and looks up at the sky for a moment.
Mavado: Holds his hand out, showing a Red Dragon logo on it before cutting his thumb across his throat.

You know, stuff like that. A few characters like Cage and Jax can get away with the jawing, but I've always thought that even in Soul Calibur (okay, ESPECIALLY in SC) it always sounded forced and kind of silly.

I could see a mid match type of taunt, but I'd want to be useful. Maybe sort of a pose/deflect move.

Scorpion bursts in to flames.
Kano does a brief trick with his knives.
Sonya lets out a pink pulse from her rings.

You get the idea. Maybe at this point, they could say something, but I'd say keep it simple like:

Sonya: Engaging Hostile
Mavado: C'mon on!
Jax: Gotcha!
Rayden: Gadavabuhza! Or whatever jibberish he says.
Liu Kang: Turkey noise.
Kano: Owlroyt thayne (you know, "alright then" only austrialian)

You get the idea.

I'd rather not see any big taunts where Kung Lao yells "I'll fight you to the death for my ancestors!" or Rayden says "By the Elder Gods above, I'll be victorious!" I dunno, stuff like that just sounds too cheesy and I don't think that any game pulls any of that stuff off well at all.

Yeah, I'm not a big fan of taunts. I liked it when Shao Kahn taunted you, but I feel that only a select few characters should taunt, and it could just be built automatically into the game.

Oh I have some taunt ideas.

Mileena- She growls at the opponent.

Kitana- She pulls out a fan and opens it up to show off to the enemy.

Kira- She does a knife trick.

Jade- She says, "You're pathetic".

Tanya- She says, "I'll rip you apart".

Nitara- She sniffs around and says, "I smell blood".

Johnny Cage- He pulls down his glasses while looking at his foe.

Sonya- She says, "C'mon".

That's all I have for now.

Not a fan of the taunt really. rather have the animated victory pose on the select screen when you choose your character....like the earlier games.

Oh that would be cool.

I like taunts it gives the character personality.

Better would be taunts you can actually use mid game to regain health that don't take so long to do they get you killed.