Sheeva/Sindel voice actress apparently said she wasn't contacted by NRS.

All that could mean is that they've found new voice actresses/actors for those characters.

That's a shame. Shang was in desperate need of a voice change, but I liked Cyrax and Sektor's voices.

They need to hit up Christopher Sabat for some voice acting lol he is really good IMO

Honestly? I think Clancy Brown could pull off a decent Shao Kahn. Watched some Carnivale the other day and he had a few lines that made me go "hmmm". Plus he's already done Raiden and it wasn't half bad, lol.

One never gets enough of Vegeta's angry bleating when it's done in Sabat's voice :B https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ra4mM2GRYbo

Oh wow lol just looked him up and he is the voice of Mr.Krabs from SpongeBob lol that's awesome, yeah I think he could probably do it.

@krajax: True lol his Vegeta, Piccolo, and his work as Zoro from One Piece are all really good IMO

Tremor was deconfirmed in 2012 by Ed Boon. It's a long time ago I know.

Haha yeah he's really good. He's dabbled in a lot of different genres too. Has a deep, ominously brooding voice that could easily fit Shao Kahn.

To be honest I kind of knew Shang Tsung wasn't going to be in the game because of Quan Chi's powers being stronger and has Shang Tsungs mind control ability.

It could also be that they recorded their parts later...

Mileena/Kitana's voice actress first said she wasn't contracted to work on the game but a few months later she's been hinting at the contrary on her twitter...

We just gotta wait and see.

Yeah he would probably do really good, he definitely ahs the right voice for Kahn. it's a shame that Steve Ritchie can't do it anymore though, he killed it back in the day lol

Ahem Clancy Brown Raiden?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g-ZJxr-ZlDc
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z6Om6qgeur0

Shang Tsung's voice in MK9 was fucking terrible so no loss there

It's a shame, because Shang is a million times better than Quan Chi in terms of everything. I hate it how over the year this bald fuck has slowly been taking over the role of the conniving, manipulative villain which we hardcore MK fans have associated Shang Tsung with over the years. A real fucking shame that such an iconic and nostalgic character is slowly losing his appeal with the developers. Quan Chi is a parasite that needs to piss off for good.

Shang Tsung >>>>>>>>>>> Quan Chi

I hate Shang Tsung. Quan Chi is do much better.

Quan Chi is basically a german goth kids wet dream.

The character could have been so much better, but we got edgy stupid metalhead design. I still hate MK4 Quan Chi the most looks-wise.




As for Shang Tsung, well, he had a good run in the original timeline. He handled the stuff for Kahn throughout three games, killed Kahn and Kang, and went down fighting. Then managed to get to the top of the pyramid and killed Quan Chi. That is a good run.


If they retroactively reduced his role because Quan Chi and Shinnok knew about the time-travelling shenanigans, that's fine too. UI rather have him stay down. Or perhaps become an unwilling ally to the side of Earth a la his ending in arcade mode.


When did Shang ever have mind-control powers?

Well his fatality when he jumps into the opponent in MK9 gave me that idea but he really didn't have any moveset wise.

Better late than never.

He soared into his victim and plus it was a cheap fatality that was taken from Liu Kang in MKD. How pitiful is that? At least it is better than his ridiculous clown fatality.

Just because Quan Chi stepped up and pretty much took Shang's role, I wouldn't count Shang out just yet.

NRS has to redeem themselves from Shang's disastrous inclusion in MK9, if he is in MKX.

Where do you think Liu Kang learned that fatality, hmm? To my knowledge he was a prisoner inside Shang Tsung, so... retroactively it makes sense.

Also, it is only a variation of Shang's MK2 fatality, only he makes the entire body explode there.

Shang never absorbed Liu Kang's soul/spirit.

Shang's MK2 Burst is 10 times better than his MK9 one.

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I liked Shang. Icebaby's theory that he might be the main boss was pretty interesting. His fatalities were probably the worst in MK9 though, the clown was a total joke, while the second not terrible it wasn't really anything special. If I ever did do a fatality with him I would always go with the latter, though.

Quan Chi is interesting to me because he always seems one step further than the rest of the cast. He's definitely a good character imo in his own right.

On topic, I wouldn't count those characters out yet just because of voices. They could definitely still be in the game one way or another.