Board Thread:Mortal Kombat X/@comment-21005855-20140627001148/@comment-1844049-20140630221202

Dragonspyne wrote: Jayspyder wrote: Yeah, Raiden's a god so of course he has to speak in riddles, lol. I mean really, would it have been harder to simply say, "Let Kahn invade!" before he got his skull crushed like watermelon? "He must win," is so damn vague, its like he wanted to send his younger self on a wild goose chase on purpose.

Deadly Alliance takes place around ten years after MK4. This is confirmed by Kung Lao's bio. But I remember learning this from the Konquest mode of MK: DA. There's actually a lot of information there regarding the story and what happens, as well as character histories (for example, that Muso Gonnosuke was Bo Rai Cho's pupil, and had his soul eaten by Shang Tsung). Before anything, I think the guys at Netherrealm need to release an HD Kollection of all the last-gen games (Deadly Alliance, Shaolin Monks, Deception, Armageddon). That would be golden. LOL. Raiden during Armageddon is an asshole to Raiden during MK1. Well, his essense was corrupt due to the attack on Onaga so maybe no one, not even his past self, is safe of the asshole treatment. But if you think about it, if he says "Let Kahn invade" he (MK1 Raiden) might've let the Outworld warriors win the tournament, or have Kahn win the second tournament. Eitherway, it would've been legal according to the rules of Mortal Kombat so Earthrealm would've been consumed by Outworld. Being vague would be the best thing for NetherRealm Studios so that they can retell the story from the beginning. So even just telling MK3 Raiden to let Kahn Invade would deem retelling the story from the very beginning very pointless. But in essense, the first two stories of MK2011 is pretty pointless due to everything turning out almost the same.

Okay, so we might see a total lapse of MK: D and MK: A. If things go well during the storyline of MK: DA and Raiden does everything just right then the storylines of Deception and Armageddon will totally be erased. Interesting. Then we might be trying to prevent Armageddon 25 years later rather than 10 years later.

I agree with you about the HD Kollection of the last-gen games but if you're going to include Shaolin Monks then you must include MK Mythologies: Sub-Zero and MK: Special Forces. Arguably, they weren't very good games but they are pretty significant in the storyline. But also, Shaolin Monks is non-canonical so may not be as significant. Good point about Raiden misinterpreting his future self's message. That's my issue with MK 2011; I don't know why they thought it was a good idea to rush through all first three games. Its not outright bad, but it does feel rushed at times. I'll always prefer the original timeline to the new one, honestly...even though it sort of ends in Armageddon...and my favorite character got crapped on (killed and turned into a zombie).

Well, Shaolin Monks was produced right after Deception, that's why I added it. And yes, the story of that game is an atrocious mess. I still don't really get what they were trying to do, by retconning the period of MK1-MK2. But its still an awesome game.