KungLaodoesntsuck Wrote:DG1OA Wrote:
One thing they could try, would be to leave Scorpion and Sub-Zero out of the next game. If the public's reaction turns out to be as explosive as some, including (and especially) NRS, would expect, then they could bring them back as DLC.
Another thing I wonder, is if the general public even cares if these two are involved in the story or not. I know I brought that up a while back, but dead characters like Sub-Zero could remain so in the story, and still be playable a la Human Smoke and Classic Sub-Zero. It would truly shake things up, to go through a story mode that doesn't at all feature Sub-Zero, or any of the other popular and deceased characters, but him, especially.
Though it wouldn't be the same as completely excluding them, one or both mascots being absent storywise, but playable gameplay-wise, would come close. In my case I don't mind them playable, but I want the story to progress, and keeping a major character like Sub-Zero dead would contribute greatly to it. Like Dexter, when it killed off major characters.
I think the public's reaction would actually be worse if you took out Scorp and Subby then put them in as DLC. They are 2 characters who should be in no matter what happens in the story. People would feel completely ripped off by that.
The general public doesn't give a fuck about the story. They just like the fatalities and the fighting itself. You could still have Scorpion and Sub-Zero in the game as playable characters just not be part of the story. For example, In Tekken 5 Heihachi was a playable character. But it was revealed in Tekken 6 that he was never actually at the Tekken 5 tournament. So if Scorpion and Sub-Zero were permanently killed in the story, they could still be playable fighters. Just not part of the canon.
What you said in your second paragraph, if true, means that NRS doesn't have to make popular but deceased characters canonically part of the story. So it's a shame they never seem to take this opportunity to progress the storyline while simultaneously pleasing fans of the popular characters by keeping them around for gameplay purposes.
Both Sub-Zeroes remaining dead, in the story. Liu Kang's death couldn't have a similarly powerful impact, not even if he did stay dead before the last game.
