Board Thread:Mortal Kombat (Alternate Timeline)/@comment-26339133-20150427183819/@comment-24938557-20150731214456

Ridley Prime wrote: Draft227 wrote: Also, I like the idea of a new villain (which could be Raiden) but it can't take too long to Onaga show up, otherwise Shujinko would be dead (he was in his 60s in Deception, so it means Shujinko is in his 90s now, MUCH MORE older), and I don't want this to happen, and without him, Onaga can't return, because both Shujinko and Reptile were tools in the PROPHECY that the Dragon King would return.

But I don't doubt NRS would kill Shujinko off and avert any possibility of the Dragon King/Armageddon storyline, since they dislike the 3D Era characters so much and prefer to invest in new, uninteresting characters (Kotal Kahn is, gladly, a exception). Onaga can always find some other naive sucker to manipulate even if Shujinko dies. Plus he wasn't really necessary for his resurrection, only for gathering the kamidogu so that he would have more power. And we don't really know the limits either of whom/what Onaga can use for host bodies; Reptile may not be the only possible vessel the dragon king could use to return.

Shinnok's a 3D era character (as are Quan Chi and some others) and they still made him the main villain of MKX... I think you're going a little far with the whole "they hate every 3D era character" mentality. Onaga isn't really hated anymore than Shinnok, to my knowledge. Shujinko's known to be pretty unpopular though, so I have little doubt they'd kill him, but it'd give the dragon king's return a fresh new backstory, in the grand scheme of things.

And lolno to Raiden becoming a new villain. Even as Dark Raiden, that would go against his character if it meant intentionally threatening Earthrealm. I think so, though I would like both characters (Onaga and Shujinko) to make a triumphant return. Yeah, this is not know as well, though I like to think (at least for now when we still don't know) that Reptile and Shujinko are (and always would be) the tools to the prophecy (such as a paradox). I heard that Reptile could bring Onaga back because of the Reptilian body (Dragons and Saurians are both reptilians).

I know, but they used him because they teased that in the end of MK9, and are following tradition. Shinnok (and Quan) were necessary because both were main big bads of the game. You can see that, aside from the two (and Tanya, because the Kombat Pack needs a female, and I approve inclusion of more female characters), none other character appeared, in the case of Reiko, Jarek and Kai, or, in the case of Fujin, appeared and was NPC.

Indeed, we don't hear nothing from Onaga, which is strange. I believe 100% he was more liked then Shinnok and Blaze, but Shao Kahn is still more liked them him. (And like you, I like Onaga very much).

I never said Raiden would treathen Earthrealm, while he is Dark, he treathens OTHER realms. I don't believe Fujin or company of Earthrealm would let he destroy other realms, and so would not Kotal Kahn (if the ending of the two turns out to be canon). Though, Dark Raiden kills everyone in Earthrealm to save Earthrealm if it's necessary.

I think that at least Hotaru would ally with Raiden, but taking out Seido, no one would approve him being the new Shao Kahn (as it was induced in the story mode's ending).