I'm with Ion on this one.

As of right now, Jacqui brings nothing to the table. She's just a Kickboxer that happens to be Jax's daughter. That's it. And I hate the idea of giving her any sort of robot limbs, that's what made Jax special.

I'd rather have Jax, who fought with Muay Thai and Wrestling. At least he has the potential to utilize the Muay Thai Clinch and have Command Grabs.

If she doesn't make the cut then Jax will and vice versa.

At least...I hope.

She betta have metal legs

What?

Hydro was nothing more than a cypher with zero character development whose sole purpose was to be bumped off by Scorpion after a whopping four issues. And when that happened, Sub-Zero didn't seem to give two shits about it.

And he shot...water. Big wow. Rain is far more intimidating in that department.

She'll be playable, Ed Boon has been saying for months how the relative thing is one of the game's selling points, so far we only have Cassie but they said there would be multiple. Not to mention she IS a fighter, a kickboxing champion so that pretty much says they planned her to be in the game and playable all along.

To people who say Jacqui doesn't bring anything to the table, tell me: what does Cassie really bring us, exactly?

Don't get me wrong, I like her, but her intrigue as a character largely comes from her being the daughter of two classic characters. She doesn't play much like a combination of the two, as she lacks most of her parents' major moves except for the low blow and a fiery version of Sonya's blowkiss, but her gameplay still isn't all that unique. The one thing that I feel truly is hers is her fondness for bubblegum.

Compare that to Jacqui, who from what we know so far is a black female kickboxer with no magical abilities (OOPS, did I bring up her race? My bad, heh). That would be fresh, and I feel her appeal as a character could be less dependent on her being Jax's daughter. Hell, I think her connection to him hinders her, and that she should just be a next-generation fighter with no connection to any veteran characters.

The only thing I don't like about Jacqui is that she has to be related to a past character (Jax).

Oh well, guess it's easier to have a new character coattail an existing one rather than NRS having to whip up a whole new backstory from scratch.

please just kill her in the comic. i don't want to see her boring character in mkx

If you take away Cassie's guns or connection to the Special Forces, she still has Shadow moves. And she uses them her own way. Now we look at Jacqui, all she has is Kickboxing. That's essentially Kobra isn't it? Except he just liked fighting to kill people.

Now that's not to see Jacqui won't ever get something to set herself apart. But from what we have seen, she's too generic right now.

Shawn Himmerick said there will be one more son/daughter.
Can be Jacqui, can be Takeda.

Well, Kobra sucks, so anything of worth that he has, like the machete and the kickboxing, should go to more interesting characters like, of course, Jacqui. Plus, I feel that fighting style would be much more entertaining under MKX's gameplay, especially if it was made a crucial part of a character's gameplay, rather than a fighting style randomly given to anyone.

Secondly, what unique Shadow moves does Cassie have that are significantly different from her old man's? As for what you said about the guns making her distinctive, they're taken right from Stryker, and that overhead missile attack is so Sektor's thing. Hell, she's even got Baraka's double kick. Cassie's fun, but let's not pretend her gameplay's that unique.

Sure Kickboxing could be cool with MKX, but I can say that for any fighting style. There's nothing really unique with Kickboxing that Jax couldn't do with Muay Thai.

Cassie uses her Shadow moves quite differently than Johnny. She uses an Up Kick, which goes straight up and a shadow Backspring which launches the opponent. Cassie has elements from other characters, yes. But she has potential with Shadow moves, that's what sets her apart.

Jacqui literally has nothing. Sure, you could give her moves but like I said, she can't do anything that Jax couldn't do.

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I'm sure that whatever Cassie can do with her Shadow abilities, Johnny could do, as well.

And like Kobra, Jax sucks anyway, so if Jacqui makes the cut and has superhuman strenght, she can just get a Jax variant. His moves and/or fatalities (his qualities, in short) should go to someone more interesting.

Maybe, but that is something that makes her different than a generic soldier.

I don't think taking stuff from Jax and giving it to Jacqui helps make her unique. It's just copy/pasting. Jacqui needs something to distance herself from her father not make them the same.

Hence why I suggested Jax's moveset for one of Jacqui's variants (but again, only if she's got superhuman strenght). Her other two variants should be unique.

It's about time for a African American woman. Jade and Tanya are cool but they are from Edenia. People can make fun of me for being "pc" but MK has always relied on archetypes. It's about time for a black American woman in the series. jax haters can kick rocks

This could be premature but it's my impression so far...
What is it with NRS and dark-skinned women just being the white girl's best friend? Hopefully if they add Jacqui she doesn't become Jade 2.0.

I have a strong feeling Jacqui is in the game. I know they will make her cool.

Been watching various Marvel movies on TV during the past week and after re-watching Cap 2 I thought it might be cool if they took a Winter Soldier approach to Jacqui's character.

Basically, she seemingly dies during a battle, perhaps sacrificing herself for Cassie. Either way, her body is never recovered.

Of course, somehow Kano and his Black Dragons recover her broken body and save her from dying. This would include cybernetic implants of some sort to repair her damaged limbs.

The years pass by and finally Jacqui reappears. Once thought dead, she is now a brainwashed half-cyborg supersoldier in the employ of the Black Dragon. She shows no emotion, but perhaps somewhere deep inside the real Jacqui is in there and only Cassie can bring her back.

Yes, this is basically a straight rip off of Cap/Winter Soldier, lol. But hey, I think it could be pretty cool.

For her moves, I am thinking something along the lines of RAX from Eternal Champions. Basically take the following two ideas, cybernetics and kickboxing, and combine the two to create some crazy ass moves.

So yeah, that is just one direction they could take with Jacqui to maker her more interesting. Just an idea.

I must say no to this idea. I don't Jacqui to be yet another evil black woman (unintentionally or not), nor do I want her to have any cybernetic limbs, nor does she need to be a female Deathlok or what Smoke used to be, the automated sidekick in distress who was turned against their best friend by a villain, and more importantly, fuck the Black Dragon! I hope neither Cassie or Jacqui's stories (if she makes the cut) have much if anything to do with the Black Dragon.

Just because Jacqui's Cassie's friend doesn't mean she can't be more independent as a character. Why do people seem determined to treat Cassie as the more important of the two, anyway?

If they give Jacqui metal legs, I'm going to facepalm so hard I'll need a metal forehead.

I'd love that.

LOL. Hell, why not go further with the metallic body parts, and give Jacqui a metal ass, metal boobs and a metal pussy. She's a black gal, she doesn't need her lady parts (sarcasm).

(OOPS, did I once again bring up her race? Sorry)

Eat your heart out, Metal Mario! Metal Jacqui is coming to lay the smackdown!

Agreed, If they give her metal anything it would just be stupid. I don't mind her playing the typical friend role, stories need those, just as long as she gets more development later on.
From a gameplay standpoint I hope she is a badass Kickboxing Muay Thai master with variations similar to Sagat, Adon and Bruce.

Right, like that's going to happen anyway.