Sub-Zero, Mr. Freeze? No thanks.

oh come on, that was just an example. You get my point, no?

I see what your saying and agree SLIGHTLY.

I however, still love the realms, still love the ninjas and would be satisfied with just a new story.

Sub and scorp maybe being different ninjas from the same respective clans though would be cool

I think they need to keep their universe in tact for the most part, new characters, new realms ect. inject newness into universe, but don't completely scrap it,. Fans love this franchise for its lore, not its game-play and Ed and Co know that. If they completely scrapped the universe the game wouldn't Mortal Kombat anymore.

Personally I too am sick of the majority of characters and such just because they've been played out. I want it to go back to that original MK1 feel. Deadly Alliance actually came pretty close. If they can replicate that old feeling with a majority of brand new and original characters and concepts that'd be a good thing.

The only thing I would beg the MK Team to do is to think about the FUTURES of the new characters you bring into the fold. Don't bother making copy-cats or disposable characters because they're a waste of everyone's time. Make a character that has a purpose and a direction, in other words allow them space to evolve.

Hmmm. . .Interesting, but slightly erroneous on the TM reference.

Though there are new drivers for the classic TM vehicles, there is always a (few) Cash cow character(s) that always stay. For example, Axel is always the same person for the most part. Sweet Tooth has had the same driver the whole time. In this respect, this is why some people always stay.

Sweet Tooth=Scorpion & Sub-Zero

Stars always return. Simple as that.

AMEN!!

I see what you're saying, but costume reinventions, a thorough revamp of the story, and a complete overall in the way environments look would accomplish the same effect.

You see, a benefit to not having done a very thorough job in the first place, is that there is still a tremendous amount of potential to create, or even reinvent from what's there.

I want All New Stuff too, but not in the way of throwing "Absolutely Everything" away. More in the way of innovation. Like New art direction, New story and psychological patterns for characters. Applying alot of those previous "impossible ideas" to the latest technology, and see how they work out since alot more of it is possible now. Much like what they did with MkDa.

Some short examples for you here:

1. Realms//Arenas:: If we consider landmarks, we've only seen a couple places in each existing realm. Explore more.... Everywhere on Earth, literally does not look the same. Now take that idea, and consider "when" in time it is on Earth, Edenia, OutWorld, NetherRealm, OrderRealm, and Chaos Realm.

There could be a utopia on NetherRealm that we don't know anything about for instance...."Heaven". Far fetched I know, but think of the irony in that..
There are cities and towns on Earth that characters like Kano, Sonya, Cage, and Stryker are from..We haven't seen Mortal Kombats interpretations of those.

Worlds are not only different from each other, landscapes//terrains within those worlds can be totally polar too. America vs Egypt vs China.

2. Characters Psyche::: All the one dimensional shit has to go. A character like Scorpion(the face of Mortal Kombat) should be deeper than to only be " hell-bent on revenge".
In my opinion, Scorpion should look alot like Kratos, from God of War.

Now, he should seek vengeance against someone(maybe even be upset with himself for any variation of reasons), AND he should probably have a delayed remorse for those who get in the way that he has to kill. BUT he should be compassionate, and sensitive to the issue of say women and children. Not to the point where he's incapacitated when it comes to any woman or child, but he could just be the symbol of "protection" for the ones that resemble his own widowed wife and child that he might run in-to....even if he never actually interacts with them. (they could be poor because they lost the man of the house to war some time ago...or something.)

Anyway, as someone who has spent time in hell, emotion should be considerably detached from character like Scorpion (of course), but nonetheless, we should see that in his personality. We should be able to sense this in his attitude even though we know he'l kill you in the slit of a second. It should be all over his story.....and it's not.

Instead, when I think of Scorpion, I think "yo-yo fucked".....which is ironic considering his spear move. lol

How complex a personality like that could get for a character, should span across the entire roster. Anyone self aware should have more layers of psycology to unsheathe. Well, unless they have that "dumb blonde" comlplex. lol

There's more.... but I got tired of typing.