At this point in time, I prefer a new character over an existing character.
If I had to choose a new character vs a post-UMK3 character, I'll still go for new.



Then you're going to love this...

*ahem*

"It's over Jarek!"

Easy there, pilgrim...

Goro = Kintaro :).

Mavado rest in piss.

Why Takeda could have been mavado??

For the whips?? the hooks??

Saying that Takeda could have been Mavado for the whips is like saying that Mavado could have been Kabal for the HookSwords.

I think we sould watch the characters more deeply, not only because somebody share some similarities that mean he could have replaced that characters.

The characters used in the roster must have a purpose, and Mavado ́s role was covered in the comics. He could have been a part in the story, but for so many reasons like time for the game development Mavado ́s role is not so important compared to the roles of the characters that already are in the roster, specially in a game focused in a new genration of fighters. Mavado just didn ́t have enought legacy or back history like to make it to the roster.

Yet again, look the characters more deedply. A dual swords dont make anybody the new scorpion, Guns dont mean that Erron Black and Cassie could have been Stryker and for shure, Whips dont mean Takeda could have been Mavado.

Just try to tell the story swithcing those two characters and you will realize that they are completely diferent.

Most MK fans are robotized sheep who take Boon's every word as gospel.

After I first saw gameplay of HH just last year (VERY late bloomer, I know), I was like: what the hell's the fuss all about? Sure, his design is the very definition of lazy, but other than that, I don't get the insane amount of vitriol directed at him.

Like it or not, there are fans out there of the series characters whom the general fanbase has been taught to hate. People can't deal with that, that's their problem.

That's because the story was tailored around the new characters, if Mavado, for whatever reason, was playable, he would have had an active role in the game's storymode. And please, let's be honest here, not legacy nor backstory were the reasons why most of the classics are back, it was popularity, that's it.