Board Thread:Mortal Kombat X/@comment-4222221-20140620035906/@comment-422853-20141029193324

Macaulyn wrote: Dragonspyne wrote: Yeah, that seems excessive but I like that they're really trying to make this new to the newer generation. New generation, new characters. I remember hearing that it was going to be the most "new" characters in MK history.

MK1 - 10 original

MKII - 9 new

MK3 - 8 new

UMK3 - 2 new

MKT - 2 new

MK4 - 8 new

MK: DA - 11 new

MK: TE - 1 new

MK: D - 9 new

MK: A - 2 new

MK9 - 1, technically, 2 new

So really, it's just three more than Deadly Alliance. But think about it this way: who cared about most characters introduced after MK3? The only ones with enough importance were Quan Chi and Kenshi, who got to MK9. The other ones, famous, sure, but most of them were not really important (in fact, some of them were introduced just for the sake of replacing other characters and had little story content, just the moveset). Now, NRS is focusing a lot in Story Mode and explaining how things are happening, seeing how the Story improved from MK9 to Injustice (like, not having fights for no reason, like Cage VS Sonya and Jax VS Cage), I can expect that all the new characters will have much greater roles and be more than copies. Kenshi didn't have no real importance story-wise, like most of the others introduced around his debut. He only got in MK9 (and presumably MKX) because he's a fan favorite, not because he's essential to the plot like Quan Chi.