Exactly.

I wholeheartedly agree. Except that Smoke's alternate robo is a pallette swap of Cyrax.



But, besides that, I think you are right about each robot being their own entity. Now we see that these robots are more than automated cyborgs sent to assasainate Sub-Zero, now we see they one of them is human, and works for the military, one is dominant, and plans to rule a very large empire with his own, and the other is a trapped soul serving Noob Saibot.

I fear though that Smoke won't be in the MK7 Lineup, you know how Boon and crew are with their cyborg rule. Maybe i'm just over exaggeratting.

Thanks for the 2 1/2 cents, Now I can buy myself vodka.

I think a three-way Cyborg showdown would be an awesome way to go, personally. It would serve multiple functions. First, it would give the MK team a good way to tone down the number of Cyborgs by killing one of them in the battle. Any one dying could lead to great future story options. If smoke dies, he's finally released from his slavery to noob, and, as may return as a spectre to slay Noob for the wrongs he perpetrated against Smoke. This would deepen the fued between Sub-Zero and Sektor, since Sektor killed his old friend.
If Cyrax died, first off, he would be out of MK, good riddance, etc. Second, it wuold draw the Special Forces' attention to the Tekunin, which would make them an ideal 'main enemy,' in a later game.
If Sektor died, It would open up opportunities for *new* cyborgs to go out to avenge him. Of the three, this is the least useful, so I would go more for one of the others.

Anyway, basically, I think one Cyborg should go, for now. Either Cyrax should just die, or Smoke should be destroyed and return as a more finite spectre than Scorpion; only surviving until he kills Noob Saibot.

I forgot about that palette swap, I never use it. I know that they're cyborgs, and making them human would contradict that, but maybe for a bit of nostalgia, if they could just throw in human Smoke.....you KNOW you'd like that shit, as would most of us.

If they're gonna bring back Cyrax, he doesn't need that subservient manner he's had since UMK3. He's a cyborg, damn it, he can't be owned like that. Throw in a bit of creativity with him, and things'll get off on the right foot. For example, he could be trying to overthrow Jax and take over the command of the Special Forces for himself. Or maybe he teams with Sektor, etc.

Take off the whip and leash from Smoke, he's nobody's bitch. Maybe they could use a bit of Ashrah's ending and Noob-Smoke's to justify him becoming his own warrior...Noob and Ashrah are fighting, and Smoke can't adjust to that realm, because the good in him is becoming dominant once more. Noob kills Ashrah (she was a filler, a rather nice way for her to go) and then they face off against Sub-Zero. However, when Saibot tells Smoke to restrain him, Smoke becomes defiant and him and Sub-Zero team up. Saibot runs away into the shadows, plotting and scheming once again, and Sub-Zero has regained one of his allies, as well as one of his longtime friends.

As for Sektor...........after Smoke leaves, Saibot looks for another ally, and finds one in Sektor hiding out in Japan. Noob's been trying to create a mass army of cyborgs anyway, and Sektor has already gotten a headstart. He asks Sektor to be one of his generals in his growing army, but Sektor says that Saibot has to become a general in HIS army, but they eventually come to terms and become partners themselves, seeking revenge against Smoke and Sub-Zero, as well as the entire Lin Kuei. But anyway, it's just an idea, and I'm trying to throw a bit of continuity with it.

Whoa, what was that about my 2 1/2 cents? (checks pocket) Hey, that was a silver dollar, you bastard!