Board Thread:Mortal Kombat X/@comment-25163804-20140805072054

Today, a brand new Youtube Video was posted on Machinima featuring Ed Boon commenting on Raiden's Gameplay video. However, there are a few significant changes to it that I want to show. Quick note, I got these screenshots from the video itself, and you can feel free to watch the video yourself to verify their veracity.

First, we get a look at the new and where Raiden is placed within the MKX roster. The things I want to note here are relatively miniscule, but worth noting. One, his Traps variation is called the Master of Storms in the select menu, while it is called Storm Lord in all of the trailers. I believe there to be a mistake somewhere in this, likely in the 'Storm Lord' parts. But, we'll have to see. Secondarily, there are no silhouettes, meaning that perhaps the devs got tired of the speculation and simply drew them blank. Personally, I prefer this over putting silhouettes for this very reason.

The  is the big one and the one I feel needs a lot of looking into. The first reason why is that a stage has been shown that has not been seen before. As of this day, August 5th, 2014, this stage has no name, but I will refer to it as The Swamp. It's the one on the leftmost side next to the Snow Forest. Besides this image, there are no details about this stage. No name, no hazards, nothing. But, there is my speculation about its significance. I believe that this is supposed to be the home D'Vorah. After all, seems like the perfect place for the Swarm Queen to dwell. Again, time will tell how accurate this information is.

But what I know for certain, and is a second point to be made here, is that there is at least twelve stages in Mortal Kombat X, judging from the total amount of stage selects made visible in this image. That's about half of the stages in Mortal Kombat 9 (if you don't count the Chamber of the Flame). There are probably going to be more, but we know of twelve for sure.

What I do know of is that things are looking pretty interesting as we approach Gamescom, and we'll have to see what comes of it. This, however, should be a good discussion until the next character gets revealed. Don't Forget To Be Awesome! 