Back before the most recent MK game, there wasn't a dedicated "story mode" where actual events played out during the experience. During these times, you had to use the story intro, character bios and arcade endings to glean just what was happening, what had happened and also what had NOT happened.

What's nice about a story mode as that it takes a lot of the guess work out of MK timeline. Instead of simply having Liu Kang winning two tournaments, Khan invading Earth, etc, you really got the sense that, through story mode, many of the characters took action, fought battles and had canon endings (for better or worse).

The problem I have with this though, is that while I LOVE the idea of a coherent story mode, the arcade endings in this same game have virtually nothing to do with it.

They're still the same "what if" endings for each character. Some of them even linked together, like how in Liu Kang and Shang Tsung's ending, both have Liu Kang becoming a god and unseating Raiden.

So my question to you is this: How would you fix arcade endings? Would yo make them canon, so the we get even more of a picture of what happens? Do you think it's possible since it's not like every character will ACTUALLY defeat the final boss?

Would you keep arcade endings separate then, as they always have been? Keep them "what if" or is there some way around the whole idea of beating the boss in arcade mode to see the ending? Would you want to explore that idea?

Let me know what you think!