User blog comment:Kaihedgie/Why is Tremor so popular?/@comment-422853-20110926234925/@comment-422853-20110927011709

It's not like they're gonna make every random/minor ninja from the Shirai Ryu (when they were still alive) or Lin Kuei to be playable characters, and Tremor's just one guy. I see where you're coming from though, but disagree on the Quan Chi example, since he's been fleshed out enough now, especially for someone who first appeared in MK4 (or Subzero Mythologies if you wanna be more exact). Sareena's more of an example of a potential candidate to be re-used next, I think. On that note, Armageddon did her character no favors.

And in regards to one of your replies to someone else's comment, how do you see potential for like the Fire God? He's just a fire-covered Raiden, and we already have enough characters with fire powers as it is (Blaze, Liu Kang, Shang Tsung, etc). As for the Water God, we already have Rain who has water-based moves, but I can see him working if they can make him different enough from Rain, like how they showed enough distinction between Kenshi's and Ermac's telekinesis in the latest game. Still, a fleshed out Tremor would likely be more original than re-using any of the elemental gods, as far as moves/abilities are concerned (the Earth God is pretty much a non-factor aside from perhaps being a boss again because of how huge he is).