Hi folks, I was reading a post on this website about a translation of an interview with Ed Boon in german about having Liu Kang, Johnny Cage, and Sonya return with different variations of them which shows them aging.

I have an issue with this because of the fact that Liu Kang is the Mortal Kombat champion. I was growing up on the belief that the reigning Mortal Kombat champion does not age until he is defeated in Mortal Kombat, this explains how the Great Kung Lao was still relatively young looking when he faced Goro 500 years before the Mortal Kombat tournament we played in during the first game.

Mortal Kombat is held every new generation, coincidentally a generation spans about 25 years which is about the same amount of time given to tell the story of MKX.

Although Liu Kang was severely burned and questionably perished from the injuries he suffered from Raiden, he is still the current reigning champion of Mortal Kombat and since this is a tournament that is held in honor of the Elder Gods, I believe they are going to intervene and preserve Liu Kang for the next tournament.

A lot of people are speculating that Liu Kang just may be the boss of this game, and I am in concurrence with that theory. This is the perfect opportunity to introduce the new generation when he have a group of young dogs take on the older dogs, and if this means we may no longer see some of our old favorites again, this game could be an opportunity to give those "Klassics" a proper farewell. One way of which is having a new warrior take the title away from Liu Kang.