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Dragonspyne wrote: 72.197.211.140 wrote: Dragonspyne wrote: That's pretty much what I'm saying. Although, you should be more worried about fan reactions rather than developers' preferences. Where would YOU want to see the MK series go next, Dragonspyne? Despite the changes to the timeline and everything, elements of the original timeline can still play out normally. With Shang Tsung and Quan Chi killed, it doesn't seem like Deadly Alliance will happen, but Onaga's return is still on the cards, since the last Dragon Egg still exists in Outworld. To answer your question: Here's my prediction of the next two games.

MK11: We'll see some really dark themes in this game but I also feel that this'll also be the game that redeems some characters. So the dark themes would be the Deadly Alliance, Deception, Dark Raiden, and former friends. I feel that there will be a new Deadly Alliance. This could even be something good or something really big. If it's kind of small, I can see the Deadly Alliance being Liu Kang and Kitana as they attack and attempt to take over Earthrealm and, when they are defeated by Dark Raiden, they will form another alliance with either Outworld or Earthrealm to defeat Dark Raiden. If it's Earthrealm then it'll be with the Special Forces who will be teaming up with Liu and Kitana. If it's Outworld then this'll truly be a dark game making Netherrealm and Outworld characters the heroes of the story. The Deception portion will be about Onaga. He's bound to come out sometime. I have a feeling that it might not be Reptile that becomes the host for Onaga though. Don't know who it would be but I feel that Reptile would be missed by fans if he was replaced by Onaga. Dark Raiden is one of those thoughts that brings on the question "How could this happen?" Raiden knew of his dark turning. He could snap out of it but I think it'll an inner demon struggle with him. Getting out of being Dark will need something extra and he'll most likely get out of it. I like the idea that someone came up with that Dark Raiden should fight against himself in a mental war at the end of a chapter. Former Friends will be all about the fights that will start because of the events of MKX. I can see Fujin fighting Raiden. Johnny Cage fighting Liu Kang. So on and so on. The redemption portion is all about characters that were killed off in either MKX or the comics. This will give the developers a chance to make their more hated characters better. They could do something like Bi-Han turning into Noob Saibot. So Hsu Hao turning into something way better.

This next game is a big chance for some of those endings in MKX to come true. Specifically, Kung Lao (becoming like Ashrah), Kitana (realizing that the way things are is not the way things should be), Taven (being uncovered), and Daegon (getting his up and comings).

MK12 (I like to call it Armageddon 2): We'll see a similar story to MK: Armageddon but with all the characters to date (even the ones the developers hate as well as any fighting character who hasn't been featured in a fighting game yet). This one, we'll see a resolution to the Armageddon crisis. About half of the characters will stay alive. Your thoughts on what could happen in the next few games sound so fucking awesome. Although, I honestly doubt that Hsu Hao will be brought back.