User blog comment:NaveNinja/My Official Mortal Kombat X Roster/@comment-4007985-20110919231813/@comment-2195697-20110920201421

Jade, Stryker and Kung Lao died and their presence was not deemed needed to advance the story. Skarlet's ending has her wait in the shadows after the death of Shao Kahn, and thus she is not going to play a relevant part of the story. Sheeva and Kintaro were deemed not needed for the story. Kano was killed by Sonya (or so she thought) after the events of MK3. Jarek and Hotaru deserve a chance to be reimagined as much as any other character. And clearly, the number of next-gen characters you like outnumbers the ones you don't.

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