I want her to be in. But if were being realistic then no she wont be.

Having Jade and Kitana return while Mileena is absent for some weird reason, goes totally against MK9's storyline. Bringing back 2 characters that just died, while having one that survived sit this one out makes no sense whatsoever. They could do it of course because that's MK we are talking about, but it's a bit of a strech I think. Personally I'd love all 3 of them to return. I just don't see it happening though and at the moment the one that will most likely come back, is Mileena.
The fact that she got a star treatment in MKD and MK9 is irrelevant imo, since Sub and Scorp have been getting the same treatment since MK1. It's who the crowd wants, it's who the masses recognize the most and I would be really taken aback if she were to sit this one out.

I agree, I said earlier in this thread or another that I think Mileena is the most likely to return as playable.

I doubt it as she was one of the least used characters in MK9; given she wasn't used very much because her and Sheeva were easily the worst characters in the game. It's a shame, because despite the terrible female body proporitions I thought she was a pretty interesting character design in terms of gameplay.
I would've liked to seen what NetherRealm did with her minus the ridiculous fan service from the last game. Maybe there is still a shot, but I suspect Jade players (the few of you loyalists out there) are going to have to get real familiar with Tanya. lol

I wouldn't mind if Jade returned. Honestly though, I think story-wise Mileena has the best chance and Kitana should be a higher priority than Jade. And part of me wouldn't mind her sitting it out to cut down on ninja characters. Just keep Sub-Zero/Scorpion and Kitana/Mileena and have the rest be different unique characters.

This is me being nitpicky but if she did return I wish her staff wasn't like MK9. I hated that when not in active use it turned into this ugly little stick thing... I'd prefer to see her wielding a full-length staff instead. More like how Kitana/Mileena don't have abbreviated versions of their weapons when not in active use.

In terms of gameplay I think Jade could be really interesting. Here are my thoughts for variations.
1 - Staff Variation: Lots of strong mid-range staff attacks. Keeping her overhead smash and whatnot to give her this strong high/low game at a distance just outside where many characters can reach with their normal attacks.
2 - Razor-rang Variation: Zoning stance. Long distance projectile hell for your opponent.
3 - Melee Variation: Rushdown stance with specials like shadow kick. Aggressive and close range. Faster than staff variation to make up for lesser range.

What would you want to see for gameplay?

If Jade didn't make the cut I would be disappointed.
She was my third fav char in MK9. And I also love the color by the name of green.

I really hated to face off against her in UMK because of all her projectilepass move, run into long combo :) but in MK9 she really did shine. She was the best looking lady in the game and fighting with her staff(pole?) really felt good, especially because of her long range and sound when she hit with her staff.


I want all the ninjaladies to return. Kitana, Mileena(she needs longer combos and faster hitting attacks with her sai though) Jade and also Skarlet. She was a supreme addition to the MK universe.

About her variations, I think she could feature the staff and a couple of its moves in all styles. Then in one style she has the razorang, in another one she has the "jade aura" moves like the antiprojectile stance and her charging kick, and then a style where the staff emits its MK9 glow (other stances have normal looking staff) and adds some reach to its moves plus some new ones.

Sounds fair. I just put her staff all in one variation based on the precedent of Scorpion and Sub-Zero having a weapon-specific variation.