Kintaro/Original Timeline

"I will eat your heart!"

- Kintaro to Kung Lao in Mortal Kombat (2011)

Kintaro's fate after MKII
There has been much debate over what happened to Kintaro after the events of Mortal Kombat II. It was mentioned in The Ultimate Guide to Mortal Kombat CD-ROM that Kintaro was vaporized to dust by Raiden, but that was never confirmed to be canon. In Mortal Kombat: Deception's Konquest mode, Kintaro is mentioned to still be alive and leading Shao Kahn's armies in an assault on Edenia (and can be found in Earthrealm in a grove of trees, though his reasons for being there are unclear, and it is likely just a cameo ), while in Mortal Kombat: Shaolin Monks, Kung Lao and Liu Kang rip Kintaro to pieces after defeating him, though this may indicate that either Liu Kang or Kung Lao defeated him in one on one combat. In Mortal Kombat: Armageddon it is later revealed that he and the other characters that the player fights in Shinnok's mind, they were merely phantasms created by the fallen God to test the player of the mode's protagonist, Taven, thus further confusing fans as to what Kintaro's true fate is.

Comic books
Kintaro is portrayed as a minor character in the Malibu Comics Battlewave series. Unlike the games, in which he attempted to avenge Goro's death, the comics shows he's bitter towards the Prince of Pain (Goro's nickname in the comics) since he's always at his shadow, and longs for a confrontation with him. His only noteworthy participation in the comics is when he kidnaps Sonya Blade while she leads an investigation team into Shang Tsung's crumpled island. In the comics, Kintaro refers to himself as the Scourge of Outworld.

Due to the anticipation for both he and Goro to face one on one (since both are impressive and legendary sub-bosses), Malibu Comics wrote as a response a special When Titans Klash mini-story at the end of issue four of the Battlewave series, in which Kintaro has his dream match against Goro. The short struggle (about two to three pages) ended with Goro victorious, and served to reconcile both Shokans in the comics' continuity.

Trivia
Mortal Kombat: Shaolin Monks Mortal Kombat Trilogy: Mortal Kombat Deception: Mortal Kombat Armageddon: Mortal Kombat (2011):
 * Kintaro has been absent from MK3 to MK Deception, giving him the longest absent streak throughout the series of Mortal Kombat games.
 * Unlike most characters who have appeared in the first three Mortal Kombat games, Kintaro has barely made appearances in other media. He is portrayed as a minor character in the short-lived Malibu Comics "Battlewave" series. Due to that being his only appearance outside of the game series, he is the only character from the first three MK games to not appear in any movie or television adaptations of the series.
 * He is one of the few characters in Deception's Konquest mode who does not interact with Shujinko at all.
 * In Mortal Kombat: Shaolin Monks Kintaro's head can be used as a tossing weapon against Shao Kahn.
 * His character space is different from MKII.
 * He is one of the characters seen trapped in a cage in the Dark Prison stage.
 * He can be found once in Earthrealm in a small forest looking around, and you cannot speak to him because he disappears.
 * He appears slightly smaller in this game than he was in previous games and has a build more similar to Goro's.
 * He is the first main character seen in the opening cut scene, at the head of the Forces of Darkness.
 * His first fatalities premiere in this game.
 * He is one of the four characters who have an X-Ray move that hits the opponent three times, the others being Kano, Stryker, and Reptile.