Despite that I know many aren't too excited to see many of the 2011's roster come back, I kinda am. Hear me out now, and this might be long, so I'll have a "tl:dr" part at the end if you're that lazy not to read the entire thread.

Okay, this is how I see why there might be a good chance a good chunk of that roster is coming back, and I'm fairly certain I may not be the only person here who thinks this way.

Do you think that the reason they're bringing these characters back is that this might be their very last game for a while? I mean Boon did mention in an interview that they would definitely like to continue with the new generation (despite that they're kind of like, in a funk as to how to take it). These characters might be having their last appearance for a good duration.

I'm not saying that this will be their last appearance ever, I'm fairly certain they might make an appearance every now and then just to please the fans, most likely as DLC.

We're having characters that aged in this game, they're going to be old, I doubt they will continue making more appearances after this game after going into this direction. Do I expect some of these characters getting killed? Absolutely. Do I know who I want to be killed yet? Not really. I'm not putting in my two cents on who I want to see get killed yet until more characters get confirmed. However, I do expect to see some get killed.

Another reason is, why have characters who are still alive in the previous game just not make an appearance in this game? I really don't want to see some of them be non-playable because many have an issue with recurring characters coming around. However, I'd like to personally play their story til' we meet their end. It just wouldn't be satisfying enough to see some character's story be playable in one game, and then not finish their adventure in the next despite they have an appearance in that game. It just kinda doesn't seem really fair for us to play through Johnny and Sonya's story and then not finish it in this game. (Of course, I am not looking for another fucking debate about them, so please don't start) There are some characters who's story should end in this game and we should be the ones playing it rather than just seeing it.

Does at least anyone kinda understand where I'm going with this part?

Of course, there's those characters who died in the previous game and their fates have ended right there. Would I like to see them come back, such as Sindel? Not really, no. There are some characters I would most definitely appreciate staying out of this game as a playable character, even if they are a favorite of mine. Do I want to still see them in this game? As a non-playable character, yes, so that they at least have some purpose left seeing how we saw majority of the cast undead. I know that this game has it where death has no meaning, can we kinda start here? Kitana, Jade, Sindel, Nightwolf, etc. can they stay dead? Sure, they can be undead in the army, but that's all I can see happening. I don't see them getting resurrected so that we have another war raging on with them.

Of course, your opinions matter on this part as well, so I'd definitely appreciate hearing you out.

What about the characters who's fates are left unknown? You know, I really don't know what I want with those characters. Reptile, Mileena, Baraka, Sheeva to name a few. (Of course, many would definitely appreciate not seeing Sheeva again, so I say curse you. ) There are some of those characters who I'd like to see again, but storywise, what would they do? Reptile could be by himself for once, trying to restore his race, or they could once again make him become a little lap dog for the main villain and have him become an absolute waste. Mileena, well, with Kotal being emperor, did she die trying to obtain the throne or is she still alive but missing? Do they have more of a chance to continue being around for the series? Absolutely.

Where do you think most of these characters are at?

So really, I do feel that this makes a lot of sense as to why we're seeing these guys again. Many of you might not like it, but I do, and it's only to finally see their end of the road with them in the series for a while. I'm not expecting to never see them, as stated before, I'm sure we'll see them again in the future as maybe a DLC character or whatever. But I do feel that this game will end majority of these characters and make way for these new characters. I do feel it's time to somewhat retire the twenty year old characters to make way for the newer characters, and I do believe that those from the Mortal Kombat 4-Armageddon should also be given another chance, so I do expect to see some of them any time soon. I just truly feel that we're going to be saying good-bye to our favorites, even if we don't like it.













Tl:dr - This might be the very last game for the recurring characters for a very long time.