Board Thread:Mortal Kombat X/@comment-26516813-20161112170142/@comment-21005855-20170105182945

I doubt they'll remove too many characters. Besides, they'll find ways to either rejuvinate the human characters or bring back the dead ones.

Examples: Johnny Cage died in the original timeline and was brought back by the Elder Gods twice. In the current timeline, at least in the arcade ending, it is hinted that Johnny Cage might find the secret to extending his life. I think NRS might be hinting something extraordinary.

Liu Kang, Kung Lao, Stryker, Kabal, and Smoke are all revenants in the Netherrealm. If they remain revenants or, at least, spectres with their own will power then they'll last forever. However, if you look at those people retrospectively, they're all still pretty youthful. Dead but youthful. If they were to be "revived" then they would just go back to their original age status.

This does bring up a thought though. Jax is greyed and both Scorpion and Sub-Zero have remained pretty youthful. Even in the original timeline, by Deadly Alliance, Sub-Zero was greyed. That was only a difference of 5 years after MK4. MKX is 25 years after the events of what should have been MK4 (basically, the beginning of MKX).