I love Quan Chi's 'playing dirty' style of fighting. I was so fucking happy to see the teleport stomp super move back in MKA.

He gets a big thumbs up from me. I'd never let him go. <3

never cared much about Quan Chi...he's overexposed and he looks like he just come out of a Hellraiser movie. In MKDA, he also kinda reminds me of a white colored Darth Maul and the vampire dude Wesley Snipes battled at the ending of the second Blade movie. Shang played the evil sorcerer type better than Quan could but even Shang himself is overexposed and i'm sick of him myself already (the fact that they couldn't reproduce his old morphing powers over to 3d is just inexcusable, Shang Tsung without the morphing ability just isn't the same). Quan also shares some affinity with MK's crappy characters (Sindel, Sektor, Noob, Nitara, Sareena, Hotaru, too many to mention): either they're a part of some stupid group like the Black Dragon, Tekunin etc., or they come from fucking Edenia or Orderrealm or Take Out Realm or whatever.

LOL! I want to go to Take Out Realm!

There is no confirmation Quan Chi ever died during Deception.
If you pay close enough attention to the last few frames before Raiden's explosion, Quan Chi can be seen turning away and running.

We already know Quan Chi can teleport (MKM:SZ). Who's to say he didnt run into his own portal to escape Raidne's blast? Quan Chi already had idea of what madness Raiden was up to when he asks "WHAT ARE YOU DOING?!"

But like I said, no one confirmed his death or survival unless we go by Armageddon's garbage story. But even then, we never got MKA biographies.

I'm hoping MK9 ties up the loose ends of MKA, or just takes place after Deception and pretend MKA never happened.

I think Rain should stay within Mortal Kombat's back story. As far as his actual participation in MK9, he should stay out of it. Though it's hard to say because we don't even know MK9's scenario.

I just don't think there is enough about Rain to bring him into the fight anymore.

After playing through Armageddon, I always thought about this:
- Taven defeats Daegon and Blaze.
- Taven becomes a demigod
- Taven tries to overthrow Queen Sindel and rule Edenia.
- Taven kills Queen Sindel.
- Rain joins forces with Kitana and Jade to protect the throne.
- Rain, Kitana, and Jade kill Taven.
- Liu Kang not only turned down Kitana in his MK4 ending to rule at her side, but Liu Kang is dead.
- Rain becomes King (or Prince) and Kitana becomes the new Queen of Edenia.

So sure, Rain could stay alive, but his involvement should stay for storyline purposes only.

I always thought his Lightning move and Water-based moves were knock offs of Raiden and the Water God. I didn't like that at all. The only thing I liked about Rain in UMK3 was his super round house. That's about it. Ermac was (and still is) more of a character than Rain.

I always hated Rain up until MKA. However, I only liked him in MKA because of his new look, specials and the fact that he was very good to use in battle. Other than that, Rain is of little interest to me as a character. The new look and his MKA story were all to little too late, imo.
Don't get me wrong, the MKA story was interesting. Rain running around proclaiming himself a prince and then discovering he was Argus' third son was something decent for him. Unfortunately, from there it becomes another Edenian subplot that MK quite frankly doesn't need.
If Rain went on to do anything centering around Edenia and its throne, be it trying to overthrow Sindel and pissing off Kitana or fighting with Taven and Daegon about sibling issues and their parents, I'd just become extremely bored of him. The sad thing is, that seems to be all there is for him to do.
Rain should go. He's had his day. He's just not interesting or important enough to keep around.
I am EXTREMELY excited about the next character!

I agree with assasSINister for the most part. Perhaps he can stay in story but not playable. Maybe even be a secret character to fight against or something. I think Rain needs to be put on the back burner a bit but don't kill him because he does have some potential to be a cool character. So with that I say Gone...but not totally.

Rain always struck me as the one ninja too many. Scorpion, Sub-Zero, and Reptile are given. Smoke was expected. Noob Saibot and Ermac were odd additions, but I kind of understood. Then came Rain. Really stretching thin. The only thing that made me take any interest in him was his story tied to Kitana's...so I was only really interested in him via association.

While never a top priority, I always figured they could maybe make something out of him with a good revamp. And I think they did okay with him in Armageddon. I liked his new look and, even though it sucks they didn't explain what happened to him after MK3, revealing he was the third son of Argus was a nice twist. I also like that he's running around claiming he's a Prince of Edenia now. Being the son of a god don't make you royalty. Rain's a Prince only in his own head.

But I really don't see where he could go or what he could do in the future.
I've no interest in Taven or Daegon's future prospects...so developing a feud there mean nothing. Unless they have him be the obstacle to fuck with Mileena's plans...as opposed to Tanya....I really have no interest in seeing yet another would-be usurper to the Edenian throne. Edenia itself, as previously stated plenty of times, has become a fucking dead zone and they should just torch the place.

Honestly, the only thing I have any interest in regarding Rain is whatever ties he may have to Kitana. I've always been a fan of the idea that he has some sort of crush on her. Now he's running around claiming to be a Prince...could be fun if he tries to make some moves on her. Especially since it's pretty much confirmed he's evil. Could also be interesting if they play that into the idea that Kitana abandons Edenia. Maybe Rain could be the...or one of...the things that forces her out of exile? Not to save Edenia...God no. I don't know what he'd be up to.

But yeah, that's the only prospect for Rain I really have any interest in, and that isn't a strong enough reason to keep him around. Otherwise, they'd be better off clearing the excess baggage.

I'll say GO.

Agreed that Rain's always been that unnecessary extra ninja. I despised him utterly until MKA, which against all odds made him somewhat interesting, and one of the few people said abomination did right by. The problem is that Rain's tied to that bunch of uninteresting Edenian f-tards MKA introduced, and their collective lack of popularity isn't going to do him any favors.

The only way I want to see him back is if he kills Taven and progresses from there to his own ends - unfortunately, I can't think of a single thing he could really do now. He's wasted space, sadly. While a part of me wishes that his plotline would continue, that would likely mean bringing Taven back at least. If that's what's needed, then he should number amongst MKA's casualty list.

At any rate, at least he had his moment of legitimacy, and that was good enough for me. I'm going to say GONE. Further appearances would very probably lead to my hating him again.

Rain... The character that never should've existed lol. There are hidden characters that I've seen in MK's long and storied history where I've thought "oh man! I can't wait to learn more about them or use them in a match!"

For some reason, Rain was never on that list. I think that by that time, I was just saturated on the palette swap ninjas. His little Rain ball or whatever in Trilogy was silly looking (complete with silly sound effect) in terms of what it did and the lightning move was transferred to Nightwolf for Deception.

Regardless, I didn't like his look in Armageddon and the fact that he ties in to the Edenian storyline is strke 3 for me. Not much else to say, really. He was an unnecessary character, and while I appreciate the fan service from the MK team in their effort to include EVERYONE, he just never connected for me.


VERDICT: GONE

----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Gone: 30, saved: 15

Saved thus far: Baraka, Drahmin, Ermac, Fujin, Hotaru, Kabal, Kai, Kano, Kenshi, Kira, Kung Lao, Liu Kang, Nitara and Noob.




Reiko? Wait...oooooh that's right

Sorry to hear you were under the weather IceBaby, hope you're feeling somewhat better now.

As for Rain, when I played with him in Mortal Kombat: Armageddon, I really felt like I was playing as a royal character. I never got that feeling with Kitana or Sindel to be honest. And I like how they took it in that direction for him. But maybe it's not his time yet. I say sit out this next game for sure, but maybe not all together. I don't know, I'm torn. Hahaha! I say go.

A character thats been around and kinda an "extra" ninja until MKA. I feel he deserves at least one more game to evolve his story. itd be a waste if he just got left in the dust.

STAY

The only reason I say Rain should go, is because he may drag Taven and Daegon with him if he were to be in another Mortal Kombat.

I like Rain as a character, but if he brings Taven and/or Daegon with him, I'd rather see Rain delivering pizzas for the rest of my life.

Destroy it. Utterly obliterate it from existence.

Daegon is dead.
Since Ed Boon and the team know the fans hate Taven just as much, Taven either dies like I explained in my previous reply. They could give some other reason he dies or he becomes the new God of Edenia and stays in the backstory never to return again in the actual fighting part of the game.

So just because Rain makes a return, doesn't mean his sorry excuse for brothers have to also.

Just because Daegon "died" in Armageddon doesn't mean that ending is completely true. We're not sure if Taven is the main winner of Armageddon, all we know is that he was the main character due to Konquest, and who knows I could be wrong, or things could be slightly altered.

I could see your point if it was an ending to arcade mode... but usually Konquest "is what it is"
I think fan hatred will kill Deagon and Taven more so than MKA's own story.

I'm very hungry so I'm gonna be quick... Rain STAYS.

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My verdicts so far:

STAY: 24

GONE: 21

Rain: I can't say I really like his story. It's just too weird that he was a prince of Edenia and then he worked for Khan then he worked for Kitana. Isn't Kitana the princess of Edenia? And I thought only women lived there. Regardless I do like rains look in Umk3 even though it is a pallette swap. His move list is was pretty cool in umk3, and i'm trying to forgot about him in MKA. One thing that kind of makes me want he too stay is that it was cool that there was so many ninjas in UMK3. If you didn't like one ninja then you could pick another that fit your preference.

Verdict: I like Rain. I don't love him. I think he should be DLC or apart of Ultra MK9 Nitro. Have him included in a ninja pack with Smoke, Noob, Ermac. That way it will give the game some Umk3 nostalgia without taking away slots of other characters. Gone.

Pfft! It sure as hell isn't Reiko! I know you know who it is!

OK, now that I'm not hungry anymore I just want to say that I'd like Rain to replace Sindel at the throne of Edenia.

Basically, the people of Edenia would get sick of all the trouble they've been through with the current royal family on the throne and they would be easily manipulated to turn against them- that's for Rain to do.

Here's the catch, I'd actually like for Rain to be a great ruler of Edenia, one that the people of the realm would love and support, but I'd still like him to be an evil or evil-ish character. Maybe he could be loved by Edenians and hated by everyone else. I'd like that touch of complexity.

Anyway, I loved the redesign for Armageddon and hopefully if he returns he gets his roundhouse kick back, I thought that was his signature move.

Oh and, like Xia mentioned, I too would like there to be some sexual attraction between him and Kitana, a both sided sexual attraction though. And since Rain is "evil-ish" and Kitana a good character, that would bring even more complexity to the overall Rain story.

Rain was always an awesome character until they ruined him in MKA.
He needs to be redesigned. I think he could be really good again so I say STAY.

Raiden has to stay, he's a classic. I doubt they would ever get rid of him.
STAY.