Board Thread:Mortal Kombat X/@comment-1084762-20150120234121/@comment-21005855-20150125054438

Hooksword95 wrote: Im wondering who the supposed "surprise antagonist" is going to be.

Now a lot of people where thinking Liu Kang would turn out to be the surprise baddy but honestly it doesn't add up and doesn't make sense for Liu to go against his vows and become evil, only reasoning I could see is Raiden messing up but even then it isn't enough for him to go full on villain over it.

Shinnok could be another possibility but according to the storyline he had already attempted an invasion on earthrealm and failed I guess. So I think it is very doubtful he will be the main antagonist, but I do believe he will play a large role in the story as either a behind the scenes villain or as a full on ally to the main antagonist.

The one person I could see being the main antagonist would be Onaga as a sort of surprise return and of course being that he is clearly evil fits perfectly into the role. Even more so as evidenced in the comics the kamidogou seem to be making an appearance for the first time in the new timeline.

Anyway that is my thoughts on the matter, we will just have to wait and see what Boon has in store for us. Yeah, I think you're right about Liu Kang not being the big bad. I was the biggest supporter of that idea for quite sometime but now I'm thinking that it can't be. He would be considered way too much of a selfish prick for turning to the dark side just because he's mad at Raiden

I don't think it'll be Shinnok. But I do find the idea that he's the villain in the first part of the game only to regain power and get even stronger and return for the last part of the game.

I hope it won't be Onaga. I think there should be a snitbit about Onaga in MKX but then he should be denied. Raiden should stop Shujinko from collecting the Kamidogu and giving it to Onaga. That way we could possibly have Onaga as a main villain for the next game, MKXI. Plus, I don't think Onaga is much of a surprise. I originally thought of Onaga as being the main bad guy but then Boon said what he said about switching things up and having a surprise returning character be the big bad.

I'm really starting to think either Shao Kahn or Shang Tsung. Would anyone expect those two? Seriously, putting personal feelings and what happened to them both in MK9 aside, would anyone expect them?