I like the idea of 10-15 coming back in some form or another so....
1. Raiden - Comes back prohibited somehow.
a.) I personally peddle the idea of him coming back as a "Human". Whether he's able to finish the mission he's on right now or not, I think punishment from the Elders for crimes committed against some kind of Deity law, creed, or code of ethics // responsibility would be suitable. Being ruthless has a price, and I think he should pay it.
b.) I think -Brad- mentioned Raiden coming back, but being jailed in another thread. That sort of thing could work too.
2. Kung Lao - Replace Bo Rai Cho with Kung Lao as the Master on MKs scene. He'd make a perfect sensei so long as they age him, and omit Liu Kang completely. He'd be more mature and alot more wise, and all of these things would make him thee most fierce, most feared, and most respected Master MK needs to see by now.
Rename him like, "Shaolin Master Lao" or something, age him bout...eehh 20 or so yrs, change his look about as much as they did in MKDA, and we're good to go.
3. Kitana - I'd either like to see more of the "assassin" from her history shine through, or I'd like to see her in a position of power. "Queen Kitana". Or both, what the hell, eh? She can be presented far more feirce a fighter than she has been in the past without jeopardizing her integrity.
4. Kai - Give him like, a Kung Lao loner complex, soul searching and all that, but at the same time, a Liu Kang "with great power comes great responsibility" complex as well. I think he should kind of equate to an equal mix between Liu Kang and Kung Lao since he's been being trained by them, and guided by Raiden and Fujin all this time. He should be like a disconnected hero, or a sleeper cell only on the side of "The Greater Good".
I like the Oracle, or Prophet possibility for Kai. Makes him humble, and really dangerous at the same time. Dreams and Visions on should motivate him alot. Not like a "Jesus" character, but more like a "follower of a righteous path, with an ultimate decision to make, and damning consequences for those choices he must make". These things should plague him. He wouldn't have followers or anything silly like that. Instead, he'd probably isolate himself from groups alot out of precautionary issues.
Also, I wouldn't go telepathy with Kai even though I like the whole oracle, and visions thing for him. So as far as his "powers" I'd run with the element "Earth" for Kai. He looks like it anyway, and I think it'd fit perfectly if they did it right.
5. Sub-Zero - A new one maybe? If this current, "younger brother" Sub-Zero is used, I'd show how powerful a GrandMaster of Cryomancy really is. In his story and all that, we should see his underlings to some effect. Kinda like we got to, in MKA.
Overall though, I think I like Sub-Zero more when he's on his own missions, for his own purposes that we have to investigate a bit in order to really figure out what's going on. I think as a homage to the previous Sub-Zero(now Noob Saibot), I would appreciate seeing him go on a mission that makes him look like he's got "ninja assassin" intentions, like his older brother actually did.
It'd probably tarnish his "good guy" persona at first, but who knows? We could see him tracking down and finally killing someone like Shang Tsung, who could have morphed, and be disguised as some typically "good" character like Johnny Cage, Sonya, Nightwolf, or Jax.
Anyway, something that mixes things up for Sub-Zero please. He's getting boring.
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6. Sareena - I just like her. She's like a good mix between Sindel and Sonya, but has her own thing going on. She needs more time with us players, and definitely more time on the development table .
7. Nitara - Ditto Sareena basically. Except she's more like a balance between Mileena and Jade.
8. Ermac - What's he doing now that he's free? Expand on his telepathy, and or usefulness of the many souls within him.
9. Fujin - Beef up his importance. He pretty much needs to overshadow Raiden for a couple games here. Show alot more of his personality, influence on other characters, and the Mortal Kombat contest since he's supposed to be the main protector god now. Show the power of a god of wind on a more grand scale. Yea, "make him feel more important".
10. Scorpion - Completely new objectives after killing Quan Chi. Make him the unwanted guardian of something or someone...Or maybe even like an angel of death or purgatory or something. It's about what he represents anyway. Scorpion desperately needs more purpose than just the flagship character now. Right now.
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11. Sektor - "Braniac" to a lessor degree. Go with a war between his nanobot forces, and the USSpecial Forces. What might be interesting is if they get ahold of Kano and finish more of the job that has been done to his face already. Fits the bill, but they'd have to catch him first.
12. Shang Tsung - If he comes back, I want something dramatic from him.
a.) I want his ass kicked thoroughly. I'm talkin', really drag this character through the mud. Really let us see him suffer on the lowest of levels with the rats. Shang Tsung already needs to fight for his life, so I feel like he should be alot like Lestat in "Interview with a Vampire". The way he struggles for every once of life he gets. Burned, killed over and over, starved, beaten on, stabbed, really gruesome stuff.
b.) OR, they could have him effected in the opposite way that Raiden was when their souls intertwined in the EtherRealm. We'd probably see him be rejected from the greater "bad guy" groups, and maybe even attempt some sort of redemption with the known "good guy" characters.
I figure either way he'd suffer the way I'm talking about because every group would reject him. Aheh, and if Scorpion is made into some sort of "angel of purgatory", Shang Tsung would be fresh meat for Scorpion.
13. Shinnok - Reinvent him as the Elder God tier Evil. He's the god of Despair for crying out loud. As it stands he's just despicable.
The way I'd take Shinnok, is to make him unbearably strict to a self enforced law. The evil that supersedes Shao Khan's, is that of an over abundance of a mix between Shang Tsung (snake), Quan Chi (spider), and Shao Kahn (gorilla).
He should be calm most of the times, but terrifying at all times. In his story, his "power" wouldn't be mystical orbs of energy or anything like that. He'd be "Suggestion and Influence". What that means for any one who opposed him, is things like:
Hallucinations: false boils of flesh eating bug mounds about the skin, false disembodiment, false plague in general, false "you're on fire", or your limbs are that of some grotesque creature. Think of what a newly realized Freddie Krueger would be like and you'd be on the right track.
Mind or Body Control: kinda like Star Wars' "Force". Also, massive depression spells. "Blank mind" spells. Um....Hexes and Curses that actually effect a persons good or bad fortune anytime after they are bestowed upon you. Could work immediately, or like time bombs. Body snatching and soul stealing if he felt like it.
and THEN, in game he'd take some of these powers with him, and also incorporate a much more potent example of Necromancy than Shao Kahn, Quan Chi and Shang Tsung are capable of. Corpses of any kind, skeletons of any kind, spirit commands, and any magic or elemental deflection and or redirection.
Point is, Shinnok should be terrifying. He should be greater than, or equal to someone like Darkseid or even Paralax from DC. OR Galactus, or Thanos from Marvel.
14. Havik - Waaay more "crazy as hell" than they think they should make Havik, they should make him that crazy.
15. Drahmin - Give it another shot and expose more of his past. Also, if he's a tormentor now, I'd expect him to be much more visceral, brutal, and "primal savagery" than we have seen him before.
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5 to 10 new characters-
a.) Retire Jax and Sonya, or just make them a part of a command center. Recruit someone new. That's how it works anyway. Just make sure they're really cool in design and in special moves, and provide a good story for them.
b.) Make up a different intelligent monster, or monster group.
c.) Other elemental characters. Stay away from fire characters...seen it too much lately.
d.) Other specialists.
e.) Different types of characters from other realms
f.) Humans with different backgrounds and motives to be in Mortal Kombat.
g.) up to four more Completely new to Mortal Kombat characters....
Secret Characters -
Pick yur three:
1. Noob Saibot
2. Dairou
3. Nightwolf or one of his relative tribesmen
4. Hotaru or one of his guardsmen
5. Baraka or one of his Takatan successors
Sub-Boss
Shang Tsung and a new monster character.
Boss
Shinnok
