I agree with you for the most part and it's honestly a shame most of these characters will likely never get another chance.

If the newer characters aren't as well received for MKX, expect them to disappear as fast as ever as well. If there's one downside to the team and how they treat their characters, it's that. They're dropped too easily instead of being improved upon.

Ashrah>Kira
Tremor>Kira
Skarlet>Kira

In my opinion we should forget about Kira.

Pretty much agree with the OP.

Great job on Reiko, right down to his Shriukens.

The only thing that I don't agree with is the Tremor/Jax line. Jax has nothing in accordance with earth bending powers. The only move that comes close is the ground pound. So, there is nothing that could stop Tremor from becoming a fleshed out character with his own moves, variations, etc.

He could also be needed for the Black Dragon Faction.

Don't count him out just yet!

I'm really not feeling you, for the most part.

What I see here is that you're trying to sell Kira based only on a blurb that could fit in its entirety on an MK:D bio card. Sure, maybe it's factually unique, but it's not exactly the most compelling thing in the universe. I mean, aside from one anecdote, she's just Criminal Henchwoman #3...

I definitely agree with you that it's totally unfair to compare Li Mei to Mileena, just because she wears purple and used sais that one time. She still reads a little...generic, though.

Yeah, that's also true of...well, pretty much every character with an evil alignment, no?
Sorry, when people start telling me "but they could do so much better with Character X this time!" and then I think about all the things they'd need to change about them, I'd really just feel better if they ditched the character and made someone new.

hotaru was a great character imo only new character in mkx better than him is kotal and Cassie.

Sorry to say, but anyone is better than Cassie, even Mokap

Why are you sorry for your opinion as if it's an end all to everything? Cassie is meh but Id take her in a heartbeat over slot of characters. I never really cared for the chicks so her inclusion is kinda irrelevant to me.

The only problem I've got with Cassie is that she's unfinished.
Reiko, Sareena, Hotaru, and Havik are the only overlooked characters for me.

Just the way I wrote it.

I'm not one of the people asking for Tremor, but there is a ton you can do with Earth/ground based powers.

I agree with you for the most part. Some people that don't want Bo in the game just because he's a "Fat fuck" are pretty sad honestly. He would be a great character this time around, I doubt we'll see him other than a cameo though, I hope i'm wrong.

I believe Kobra can make a huge comeback as a character. I'm probably the only MK fan who believes this.

I agree with you on most everything, especially Kira and Li Mei. Kira would be great if they gave her her own moveset. But some people say, oh we dont need her anymore because we have another red head named Skarlet. Well, why can there be two? How many girls have dark hair? Sonya and Cassie are both blonde also. I thought Kira and Cassie being rivals would have been cool. I also would love for Li Mei to appear since the story takes place in Outworld and plus she is one of my favorites. I dont agree with you about Hotaru. I think he would be awesome. Like they could make him a dictator and really harsh. I also think his Naginata is really cool. It sucks how the developers treat some of their characters. We will keep getting Scorpion, Sub-Zero, Raiden, Kung Lao, Sonya, Johnny, Liu Kang, Jax, and Shang Tsung over and over again and no other characters will get a chance.

I'd love to see Kobra get another chance. His axe kicks were wicked and you could tell the guy just loved hurting people. I don't think he'll ever shake the "Ken rip-off" label, though.

The ascending demon Ashra has way more potential than most of the characters you mentioned. Li Mei's choice once again baffles me, If we're going to have a new protagonist, I would hope for a completely new character.

They were aware of him being a rip-off though. If you watch the video for Kobra's bio/kombat card Boon says " We kind of wanted him to be kind of Mortal Kombat Deception's version of...the simple character that everybody Ken...can pick up and play"

Maybe I just looked to deep into it or something but it sure seemed like he said "can" twice as a way of sneaking "Ken" in there, and he looked like he was smirking a little bit when he said it lol

Several people have made this comparison, but forget just how different Ermac and Kenshi really are. Kenshi's power is primarily psychic projection (and a kickass sword), while Ermac's power is less like telekinesis per se and more like straight-up soul-powered magic. The powers look nothing alike, and have entirely different functions.

And let's not forget, we really don't have any idea what Takeda would do. Maybe he could telekinetically manipulate weapons, something like Ares in Injustice? Who knows. In any case, it's a safe bet that he'd be different from Kenshi, because "mind powers" is really a broad category.

Now with Frost, sure, you can make her play differently from Sub-Zero, although I'm not completely sold on most of the ideas people have put forth in the Frost thread. Mostly because, with the exception of "using snow to slow the opponent down," the majority of those ideas boil down to "things Sub-Zero does, but you know, different." Instead of throwing a freeze ball, throw a snowball that sort of stuns them. Instead of throwing an ice clone, throw a glacier. Instead of ice weapons, use icicle daggers. Or forsake all pretense and just give her the ground freeze Sub-Zero doesn't seem to be using anymore.

Ice is ice is ice. Sub-Zero and Frost are still thematically the same -- Ermac and Kenshi are not. It's not a fair comparison.

I agree about Kira, though. She's one of the best new character concepts to come out of that era, with a tragically poor execution. She sold weapons to terrorists -- make her like Black Widow but with military-grade hardware, and she could potentially wipe her ass with Sonya's perforated corpse if it came right down to it.

Reiko, too, could have a lot of influence being the only warrior in all of MK who is actually a war strategist. A mind like that could be powerful, especially if in comes with an air of (warranted) arrogance.

Li Mei needs a little something more for me to really get behind her. Maybe if she really made contortionist tricks a focal point of her style. Otherwise she seems a tad unstriking to me.

What's wrong with Nitara and Ashrah? They can do without their stories being so directly intertwined, but Ashrah in any case has a fairly compelling story on her own, and a character who wields "holy light" powers with a side of voodoo would fill in a pretty unique niche. Nitara has as much right to be here as D'vorah, and those wings could be useful.

Mavado looks better than Kabal? Unless you're just referring to his face (which would be equal parts redundant and insensitive, you big meanie) I'm not sure how you're figuring that. To each their own, I suppose.

Kira imo was just as much as a useless character as Kobra. It would take a hell of a lot to reinvent Kira and by the time you were able to you might as well have focused on a much better character to work on or even made a new character altogether. I'm part of the 'Bring Back Tremor' movement only because I feel like NRS can truly make him a unique character. Being such a hardly used character, Tremor has a much better of chance of becoming unique than Kira ever will.


Also, Hotaru is a great character and I'd love for him to be in MKX.

Like I stated in another thread, the way the MK team view (most) 3D characters is a clear indication that they are not well liked and have little-to-no chance of ever coming back, and hardcore fans of these characters have to be realistic.

However, that's not to say I myself dislike some of them. I dearly would love to see Bo' Rai Cho again.

>Some of the best characters are completely overlooked

Yes.

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