Also the figure next to Shinnok has his hands wrapped the same way Johnny did in MK9.

What's even the point of this argument though? Is the op trying to say they wont be in? I'm not advocating that i believe johnny, sonya, and shinnok will be in whether thats johnny and sonya or not.

That it's clearly a scene from the Netherrealm war, and not a scene/flashback from thousands of years ago when Shinnok was vanished to the Netherrealm?

I believe this is a flashback scene and has nothing to do with Cage. Thats all I am saying

Which means whatever they're wearing has nothing to do, and has no effect on what time the scene takes place on.

Nice. Thanx for the clarifying pic.

So much for that pale-faced court jester's plan for conquering earthrealm & outworld. That cliffhanger sucked dicks.

I'm definitely in the camp of that being the end of the Netherrealm war. In the last part of the most recent comic, Maybe Johnny and Sonya were Raiden's front line folks in taking down Shinnok, followed by he himself stepping in to finally seal Shinnok away in the amulet.

It actually does. For example raiden had on his dark costume. His costume was relevant because the scene was went back to and the costume showed the difference between the time of events. Like how the ending was the same thing as the armageddon scene. All those other characters costumes had no effect on the game what so ever because their costumes weren't their to correlate with the time of events as the scene was only their to show they were dead. Thats why raidens mk1 outfit is so important in this scene.

No it's not. Raiden's white/MK1 costume does not correlate to the events of that game (not to mention Shinnok was vanished to the Netherrealm several years before the MK1 tournament even took place). That's just an alt costume he'll have in the game.

Dark Raiden or Zombie Liu Kang are costumes that are important and correlate to certain eras/games, MK1 Raiden is not.

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Some shit happen in the present.
Sonya Blade and "that other guy" time travels and meet with oldschool Raiden.
The only logical explanation I can come up with.

So, its Sonya and Cage at the end of MK9 is what some people are saying? Then explain why Raiden is wearing his MK1 attire all of a sudden. Either way, it makes little sense. I still hope this is some sort of flashback and that Shinnok will return after this.

Lol so he went back to an old outfit for a new event after he had several updated looks. Lol you seriously believe that?

Exactly. It makes zero sense why raiden would all of sudden go back to his old costume from the first game.

This scene is MK4 era. Shinnok vs Raiden happened thousands of years ago, way before the beginning of MK9.

For all those who think Shinnok was trapped inside the amulet, I say no.
He is teleported back to the netherrealm BY the amulet.
And Mileena wants to get rid of Kotal by taking him to the netherrealm BY the amulet. This is what I think.

Because Sonya and Cage going back in time thousands of years before MK1 is much more logical right?

You know what else doesn't make sense? Why would Raiden be standing in a elder God arena with two random ass people dressed in military uniforms who are trying to beat Shinnok. Its Cage and Sonya. That costume Raiden's wearing is not his MK1 costume from the old timeline. That timeline doesn't exist anymore. This costume he's wearing is now is his official Neatherrealm War costume.

Y would SubZero go back to his mk3 uniform then?

Oh my god are you serious? Unless a costume is REALLY plot important, best to assume its not a significant part of the canon. Do you thin Raiden, god of thunder, actually even bothers to change clothes?

I keep forgetting its a BRAND NEW timeline. Probably is them so shinnok is once again banished then released again?

Johnny and Sonya are in the scene.

I don't think it is pre mk1.

Yeah I'd say Shinnok is released again.

No, he is banished to the Netherealm way before the game takes place, and then at the end of the Netherealm war he is defeated by Raiden, Cage, and Sonya and imprisoned in the Amulet, which Mileena gets her hands on. This isn't fucking hard. And yeah, he'll probably get released again, but we don't have any direct evidence of that yet.