Board Thread:Mortal Kombat X/@comment-4222221-20140620035906/@comment-5901324-20140728234137

They kept Blaze the same way they kept Ermac and now Skarlet, they didn't mean anything before, now they do. The only difference is that Blaze had to be forced into the story, since he wasn't a glitch. If Blaze had that much demand, he would have appeared earlier and you say that "Ed could have easily scrapped him"? He did scrap him, otherwise he would have appeared in MK3, he ended up being a character with weak story in MKDA, just for the purpose of being a secret character. Also, Armageddon was only prevented after MK3, so, since Blaze's cameo was in MK2, he was there even without purpose. Daegon was released much earlier than he should, and he remained hidden until he noticed Taven's presence, without revealing himself to former allies of his parents, like Raiden and Fujin, who would want to investigate, probably by orders of Shinnok, since they were allies.