Board Thread:Mortal Kombat (Alternate Timeline)/@comment-5503721-20190518202650/@comment-422853-20190524062019

Zalbaag wrote: I don’t think a woman main antagonist was an issue that needed to be addressed. That could’ve happened any time and I think people would’ve embraced it just the same.

It was the poor execution of the female antagonist and the story that came with her that was the issue, and would have still been an issue as a male.

I don’t think that can be stressed enough. Mortal Kombat may have sexualized the women a lot over the course of the series, but they never ceased to show me woman can take men on just as well. The only female character I saw as a pure sex symbol was Li Mei. And that’s even when some of these female character’s outfits were taken straight from an 80s strip club. Yeah, Kronika's reception would've been the same regardless of gender.

Never got that impression with Li Mei though, compared to the rest of the cast at least. Sure she kinda stood out, but Mileena and the like were sexualized as much if not more until the last couple games. Besides, she'd be more covered up now if she ever made a full return, which I wouldn't be against (though not one of my top picks either). Would've taken Li Mei over Frost anyway. I'll never agree with that cardboard box being on the roster.