Board Thread:General MK Discussion/@comment-1084762-20150116000618

As you all know, Shinnok and Quan Chi were pretty much perfectly set up to be the main villains because of MK9, so I'm sure a lot of people are expecting them to be main villains and such, but I'm not really seeing it.

With all this talk about this great "Netherrealm War" and 2 once-dead characters returning, it seems very plausible that Shinnok and Quan Chi's roles will be short-lived. Doesn't mean they won't be in much with the story being confirmed as jumping around in time constantly and what not, but still.

So, I was thinking that it's probable that we'll at least get a glimpse at the Netherrealm War (note: it was hinted the good guys won this one) and the event that leads to characters like Kitana, Jax and Kung Lao coming back. I don't necessarily think all of them will come back as playable chars (it's possible that some may even stay undead) but I think we'll at least see characters like Smoke and Kabal.

Anyways, all of that leaves a few questions. Who's the 'main' villain? Where do the new characters come into play? What about the other MK9 characters?

For the main villain, a lot of people are thinking Liu Kang because of Ed Boon saying the main baddie would be a surprise, but wouldn't that be too obvious? What motive would he even have other than hating Raiden? I doubt he'd side with anyone, and there really isn't that many to side with anyways. What about Onaga? The Kamidogu are returning as seen in the comic and they played a huge role in his resurrection. All the other complicated shit that had a role (like the dragon eggs) could easily be retconned. Same goes for his army. And he clearly exists in this timeline, or at least he did, so I'd say it's entirely possible. A new character being the new main villain wouldn't really make sense if you take what Ed Boon said into account, but I suppose it is possible.

I think the new characters' (mainly Kotal, Ferra/Torr and D'vorah) role will be short-lived. I think Kotal will be manipulated in some way and in some big twist the real villain comes out. Would make sense if it's Onaga since Kotal has the Kamidogu (at least in the comic, we don't know if he has it in the game yet but this is under the assumption that he does).

Other MK9 chars, idk. I really don't see Sheeva coming back, and I'm not entirely sure Baraka and Mileena have high chances of returning either. Reptile and Ermac are highly popular and could probably fit in the story, one of them at least I'm sure will be in. The cyborgs, idk. I could see Cyrax returning but not both.

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