Wrong, Kabal knew Kano and was part of the Black Dragon before joining the police. Kano even asks him to come back "The Black Dragon aint the same without you, mate"

skip to 1:20

Also it's irrelevant to my point, which is Kabal, if alive, wont have his mask and respiratory unit. (and i meant his black dragon look pre-police)

A thousand times this.

I love how we've been conditioned to accept less than full value for video games these days.

On topic, I would like to see Kabal make the cut for the on-disc roster, but if not, I don't think there's a lot that needs to be changed from the last game. Have one spec for his projectiles, another centered around his dash, and the third geared towards his trademark hookswords.

I wholeheartedly agree with your sentiment, but this sort of thing has been around forever. Yesterday's updated games and expansion packs are today's DLC.

Hate to be this guy but i am going to have to say no to kabal for this game. i like him and all but so far its turning into a bunch a returnees that clearly died in the last game. Know if he is going to be in the comic and explain his revival and has a role, im all for it, but as far a being playable whether it be an initial or dlc character, im sorry but No thank you.

Wind powers don't necessarily equate to Flash-like super speed, even though there's an element of "quickness" involved. Lightning is "quick" too, quicker even, but I wouldn't give Raiden super speed either.

Remember when Jarek took on Kano's signature powers, and Kira took on Kano's and Sonya's, and Shinnok took Shang Tsung's, and everyone thought that was completely, unequivocably, and irrevocably uncool? It's kinda like that. Speed is Kabal's thing.



Hawkgirl in Injustice pulls it off nicely, and Superman gives a convincing impression of flight as well. So far, all MK has is Sindel's hovering ability, which is less than useless in a fight. We have all these characters with a demonstrated ability to fly, but no one makes good use of it in-game, and I think Fujin has the perfect excuse.




Of course they shouldn't include too many. But they've made it clear that they are bringing back some of the characters, and so long as they are, they can do worse than Kabal. As I said, his variation possibilities are already built right in -- arguably more so than with Kitana. He's neither unpopular, irrelevant, boring, nor weak in terms of gameplay. If there is room for him in the roster, he's one of my top picks for "dead" characters to see back.