18 playable characters in an adventure game might get kind of crazy, but I'd like the idea of a more comprehensive MK adventure.

Well, if MKSM is a success and all, they should definitely go for another game of this sort but have it in the MK3/UMK3/MKT timeline with Shao Kahn's invasion of Earthrealm.

I would like to see various playable characters. You could maybe start with 5 and have 5 unlockable ones. Each character you pick will have you play through part of the storyline and you'd fight certain characters using certain heroes.

If you use Liu Kang, the final boss you'll face will be Shao Kahn. If you use Sonya, the final boss will be Kano. If you pick Kitana, the final boss with be Sindel.

The 5 starting characters could be Liu Kang, Kung Lao, Sonya, Johnny Cage, and Jax. The 5 unlockable characters could be Sub-Zero, Kitana, Raiden, Nightwolf, and Stryker.

I'd basically like to see all of the MK3/UMK3/MKT levels and they should be huge, explorable and very interactive. I think some characters should have more levels than others due to story.

There should be a versus mode and ko-op mode as well as some koncept art and unlockables and all that good stuff.

For the versus mode, there should be the 5 starting characters, 10 unlockable characters, and 5 super unlockable characters.

5 of the unlockable characters should be the same ones from the story mode while the other 5 should be Scorpion, Mileena, Baraka, Jade, and Reptile. The 5 super unlockables could be Rain, Noob Saibot, Ermac, Smoke, and Sindel.

I know this sounds like it's asking for a bit much though with the next-gen consoles, it may be possible.

or maybe the five SU's be those from the MK Triology..like:

Shao Khan
Goro
Kintaro
Motaro
Chameleon.

SM 2 would be pretty cool since i doubt sektor, cyrax ,sheeva ,sindel , kabal
motaro, or khamelien are bosses in shaolin monks and i'd ike to see them come back. MK3 Rules!!!

yes maybe,but in 2008

I would love to see a game based on that most underrated part of the MK storyline; MK4.

Why?

Mainly, because MK4 dealt with big, BIG events, and there was no real way in the game itself to get a feeling of the scope of things properly. For example: MK and MKII, were tournaments. Fine, fits the fightig game format perfectly. But MK4?

It's a war, and not just *any* old war, but a war set in the heavens! It's apocalyptic! It's got the very GODS THEMSELVES going at it, and last time it happened Earth was plunged back into the Dark Ages, civilisations were obliterated!

But how does this big stuff come over to the small world of character bios?
"As one of the last surviving gods of Earth, Fujin..."
"Liu Kang assists his mentor, Raiden..."
etc, etc. It just doesn't do such huge concepts justice. And that's without mentioning that Shinnok was the worst boss of all the MK games; he was awful. But through implementation, not through concept.

OK, another problem is that after years of Shang Tsung and Shao Kahn, we were suddenly sprung with a big revelation that the new Satan is one of Raiden's lot and he's here NOW fighting the gods. It didn't really work, it felt contrived. But...with what MKSM appears to be doing for MK and its storyline, I feel that a game based on MK4 could really flesh out both the characters (maybe even Reiko ) and storyline.

What is there to include? Well, for starters:
-The beginning of the Scorpion/Quan Chi feud.
-The ending of the Sub-Zero and Scorpion hatred.
-More information on Shinnok.
-A wealth of character stuff on Noob Saibot; this is where he shows his true colours as Shinnok's servant.
-A beginning of the hinted-at Kang/Kitana love interest.
-Goro's return, and subsequent peace with Kitana and Kung Lao.

It *could* work. Anyone agree?

That would be pretty cool,but it shouldn't be MKSM 2.that sounds weird.maybe MKSM will lead into MKSM 2?if that happens then MKSM 2 will lead into MKSM 3.etc.go to mkd with liu trying to save the others(lao,kitana,j.c,sonya,jax).make it just like lius and ermacs mkd ending

Exactly what I was thinking, man. I figured since Shaolin Monks is gonna go deep into MK2, then they might as well go deep into the other games as well. Only, I wouldn't make it a Shaolin Monks. Rather, I'd say so much happens in MK3 out of all the games, that I think an RPG-based game would be better. Yeah, if they were to give a detailed look at MK3, it should be an RPG. As for MK4, I wouldn't know what to say to that. Maybe they should surprise us?

However, I would also like for some games to give background on the other characters, much like Mythologies did for the Sub-Zeros. And I'm still sad that Special Forces didn't live up to its full potential. They should give Sonya her own game to make up for that, a different plot from MKSF, though. And I am very intrigued at the idea of Scorpion's own game that got posted on here one time ( a news article). Wonder how that'll turn out. In any case, I feel that Shaolin Monks will bring a certain amount of depth to Liu Kang and Kung Lao, which we sorely need.

But, really, the game that tells the detailed story of MK3 should be an RPG, hands down. They want to expand MK to other territories, don't they?

That would be a great way to give Stryker and Nightwolf a decent place in the MK universe. Other than that I fully agree with your stuff