User blog comment:TheDarkPrinceReturns!/Worst MK games/@comment-1694362-20110714130243/@comment-422853-20110723214659

If Liu had been the one who defeated Onaga, who was a greater threat than any of the guys he beat before, then I'd probably agree that he's more or less the meaning of MK, but that wasn't the case. And Shang Tsung had been an MK champion himself for awhile at one point (before he even met Goro), so your point about Liu winning 3 tournaments is moot.

Me and most I know find Liu's in-game screams/yells to get annoying after awhile. I know he's a Bruce Lee based character and all, but still. As for the makers of MK not wanting the series to stick to one character, that's good. Much less chance of me and others losing interest in the franchise that way. MK has plenty characters with as much backstory as Liu Kang and/or more, and for him to always make everyone else look insignificant/useless would get pretty boring after awhile. I appreciated Deadly Alliance in the fact that it broke that mold. Proves the MK team isn't afraid to think outside the old box, and I knew Liu would eventually come back anyway, though not necessarily as a zombie.