Regardless of how MK9 turns out I want at least one cyber ninja so I nominate Cyrax. Stay. (Note this is an edit, and after much consideration I have changed my mind.)

Eh, I don't get the whole "the cyberninjas don't fit in" crap. Sonya, Kano, and Jax have been rocking advanced technology since day one.

Mortal Kombat is based on superhero comics just as much as it's based on kung fu flicks and mythology. You gotta respect all parts of the puzzle equally for it to REALLY be MK.

in getting a small response from a few people i decided to keep posting...i will just try to ignore certain people from now on. anyways...

Chameleon was an obvious go just because Boon already made it said that he was not in.

Cyrax i am on the line with him story wise but in game i miss his classic net move like everyone else. i like Cyrax but maybe he should just play a role as an npc this go around. i want him to return but not right away. he needs more character development because to me it seems like other characters are just using him as a tool. much like Baraka i like him as a fighter but in story he needs a twist or something.

i actually like cyrax. but he needs a new design. they should make him looked similar to raiden from mgs4, since he is now human, but stil relies on technology to fight.

It's not that I don't like the tech aspect, I actually love it. However, the past MKs have been a blend of tech, kung fu, and fantasy, and I want this game to feel a lot more like the first two games before they start mixing genres again. I want to see this next game to be light on tech, and more about humans with powers, and of course ninjas.

Cyrax is my favourite of the cyber ninjas so I'd love him to be in future MKs.

I say STAY!

i'd like to see cyrax return he's one of my top ten favorite characters. his look could use an overhaul though. my idea for his look if he were to return would be half a robot mask, dreadlocks built into his head, no helmet, black pants, chestplate, and 1 shoulderplate that releases his special moves. also maybe have a few wires and lights exposed on his skin.

moves that should make a return are net, slice and dice, bombs, twisty kick and his teleport. new moves that he could have are oil deposit, claw slam, machine gun popout, and dreadlock whip.

fatalitys could be mini gun shootout - the mini gun pops out of cyraxs shoulder plate shooting over 1000 bullets at the opponnet. cyrax then walks over and does a cool victory pose. fatality.

fatality could be oil incineration - cyrax derposits oil or gasoline onto the opponnet then drops 2-5 bombs onto the gas or oil to ignite the opponnet. big explosion occurs. cool victory pose fatality.

For me, Cyrax got his second chance in MK:DA, and he failed. While he is a cool character, model wise and move wise, he has a very lackluster story. I think that he should go.

I actually liked Daegon. Wasn't anything special, but I liked him.
Having said that, I think he served his purpose in Armageddon and I've no real interest in his potential future.

Gone.

i know a lot of people did not like Taven or Daegon in all aspects but i kinda do. i would like to see what kind of sibling rivalry they could come up with next...i say stay.

Daegon...

I honestly didn't like this character AT ALL.

He has a horribly generic look, his moves are among the most generic in the history of MK (at least 3 of his 4 special moves look like they're recycled animations from other characters) and he's a part of the Armageddon storyline, which to me, should be over and done with when the next game comes out.

Sure, some characters should survive, but given that he and Taven were brought in specifically for Armageddon, I say that both, or at least one of them should die with Armageddon.

Since I want to see more of a "rebuilding the tournament after Armageddon" type of a story, then to me, the major threats have to be destroyed. Blaze, the Dragon King and Daegon all fall in to this category for me.

VERDICT: GONE. I'd honestly rather not see him again either.

How were Sonya and Jax "rocking advanced technology" since day one? Sonya had her rings projectile, but I don't remember anyone ever saying that her rings were the result of some high tech watchamacallit. Same goes for Jax in MK2. Yeah, he had the cybernetic arms in MK3, but that's when the cyberninjas debuted, before that he was just a normal guy.

And no, I don't have to respect all parts of the puzzle equally for it to REALLY be MK. I can like the mystical, kung fu, asian themed martial arts tournament of the first game and the dark, mysterious outworld of the second game without having to like the high tech, destroyed Earth garbage of the 3rd game.

I've said it before and I'll say it again, I thought the 3rd MK was by FAR the weakest in the series for a variety of reasons that I won't go in to here. But if we're talking about themes, I'd rather they go back to the tournament, asian theme with some darkness and mystery etc from the first two games, as opposed to what they did in the 3rd MK.

That's just my opinion though.

The Special Forces use laser rifles. It's in the official John Tobias comic. And some of the Malibu books had members of Sonya's team wearing cyborg limbs before Jax got them.

And in the MK2 comic, the Lin Kuei traveled around in a high tech jet, used satellite surveillance to track their targets, and Subbie gives a speech about how his brother never liked technology but the clan is advancing, all intended to telegraph the coming of the Cyberninjas in the next game.

So comic book-style advanced tech has indeed always been part of the series. I'm not saying it needs to be a MAJOR part, I hated MK3's cityscapes and dance club music too. But you can keep the Asian feel of the series by having pagodas in the stages and gongs in the music, and STILL have Sektor and Cyrax in the cast, they're not going to throw anything off.

Anyway...Daegon.

I like him and Taven. I'd like to see him return a few games down the road. Not right away, though. Have Argus toss him in Netherealm prison for a while for all the evil he did or something like that.

Meant to reply to this yesterday, but got distracted by all the chaos.

I mostly agree. A real reunion between Subzero and Smoke is long overdue. It should have happened in deception, and I guess the only reason it didn't was because of the Noob/Smoke storyline, but that's a lame excuse since the only reason they turned Smoke into Noob's boy bitch was because they didn't know what to do with the his character... which is also stupid because Smoke had a sound story containing ties with Subzero, Cyrax, Sektor.

But I guess that's neither here nor there. Daegon, eh? That's easy. Gone.

I don't want Daegon going anywhere. He's my favorite character who's not a ninja. It's got nothing to do with his story or motivations, or even how he handles in-game. I love this cat for his terrible voice acting and cheesey lines. "I see you have your armor. I wear mine always." Awesome.

I like how he was put in the Red Dragon, and had that story element to him. Other than that, I just didn't really like him. I think maybe he should go. If they keep the Red Dragon story going, though, I don't really see him disappearing.

OH God No! I don't want a single trace of MKA's lame ass characters tainting MK9. Please for the love of God get rid of Daegon.

uuuuuummmmmmmmmmm........NO!

Damn, you could have suggested a more interesting character.

I really hate deagon.He's only part of MKA storyline. Otherwise, his look sucks, he looks like a cross between Shao Kahn, Taven and Kano.His moves are too basic. This game needs place for more interesting characters.

i thought daegon was ok but i'd rather not see him return. same thing with taven. both had there glory. new mk characters please.

I loved Daegon's duel swords on MKA and enjoyed playing as him but as a character in the MK world he is pretty bland.

GONE!

Um, not sure if you caught on yet, but I've been doing this alphabetically. And I'm including every single playable character, including those we all love and hate.

I'll post up the next character tomorrow. I'm not really at my own computer at the moment.

Wow I haven't been on in a while

Ok let me start with Cyrax
Awesome character with a kick-ass design his story hasen't been going anywhere since mkda what i think they should do is first is to FINALLY give Sektor a story thats ties in with Sonya and Jax somehow and let him come in or i don't know hell the guy needs a new bang! The roboticness is rather appealing I suggests he keeps it even if he got his soul back Icebaby. Who wants a human Cyrax? Thats the most of the reason he's known he and Sektor were the first ninja robots. Thats basically saying to take the ice out of Sub-Zero.

VERDICT: STAY

Now to the attrocious Daegon
He is an unoriginal piece if shit.I mean look at him does he look mk to you? He looks something from a knights movie.

VERDICT: GONE

Now lets move on

Razor, I can absolutely see why you consider the John Tobias official comic to be part of the MK mythology/history. But me? And this is just my opinion, but I don't. To me, the games tell the story, not a comic, not a TV show, not the movies or anything else that's not the games.

To me, MK is a video game series first and foremost. But I know, that doesn't negate your opinion and probably that of many other MK fans, it's just my own personal preference. Yes, the Halo series of games has books written about it, but to me, I'd never consider those part of the Halo mythos because I wasn't playing it. Again, that's just me.

So I accept the fact that your argument is just as valid, if not more valid than my own. However, I still reserve the right to like and dislike any aspects about the games past, while respecting their right to exist, but not wanting them in future games.

Even if MK has had laser rifles, cyber-tech etc since the time of the first few games (even though none of that was actually IN the first two games, which was my original assertion), that doesn't mean I have to like it or feel that it meshes well at all with the asian theme/kung fu tournament part of MK's overall vibe.

To me, I think that they're in direct opposition of one another and considering that I really enjoyed MK1 and 2 for the former and dislike many aspects of MK3 for the latter, I'm going to stick with my original belief that I can be an MK fan while still hating some of their ideas for MK.

Just my 2 cents. Not trying to start anything, really.