Board Thread:General MK Discussion/@comment-26454032-20150112045302/@comment-5746209-20150114170327

Wow, you correctly predicted Kitana would return; great job Gamer. Anyway, here is my personal thoughts on your character predictions:

First row: I mostly agree with all the characters you've listed except 3 characters: Liu Kang, Jax Briggs, and Johnny Cage.


 * 1) For Lui Kang, it's not only because he died, but because there's another character in MK4 who has a similar but unique moveset and his role is similar to Lui Kang's, which is Kai. With the Netherrealm War coming and Ed Boon stating most of the MK4 characters would return, I honestly believe Kai will return and serve as Raiden's new buddy, trying to help him overcome his guilt for all the Earthrealm Champions who died in the Battle of Earthrealm. Also, I see Lui Kang be more of a cameo in the next game, being a personal ghost formed by Raiden's thoughts. Though, I can see Lui Kang as a DLC in the future.
 * 2) Jax also died in the last game and we already got 2 to 3 returning characters back from the dead, so bringing anymore would be very questionable, if not controversial, when Ed Boon stated we would have roughly 10 to 12 new characters that would be focused on.
 * 3) While Johnny Cage didn't die in the last game, I see it more likely that Cassie Cage is to take his and Sonya place as both the badass military girl and star with a witty mouth. Along with this, Johnny would be in his mid 50's in MKX and it's less believable to see him fight than Kung Lao in my opinion. However, I think a new (female) kick boxing character would appear and kinda serve as a mixture of Cage and Jax.

Second row and DLC: Although you didn't list many known characters, I did agree with most of them, but I do have something to say.
 * 1) I honestly believe Reiko won't be DLC, but in fact a character already on the game due to this game covering the Netherrealm War which he was involved in and that Reiko will serve an important role as the other antagonist fight over Outworld. Besides that, Reiko is out right noticed and mentioned in MK 2011, so that has to mean something.
 * 2) Although we know that Forest Fox will serve an important and antagonistic role in the MKX comic book, it's highly debatable if he'll survive to be in the game. In chapter 2 of the comic, he killed most of the Shirai Ryu and plans to face against Scorpion, and the outcome is still unknown. I personally find it more likely that Takeda will be forced to kill his former friend to save Hanzo, and grieving over their kin, Hanzo (now back as Scorpion) and Takeda will pursue after Raiden, blaming him for all the death's in their clan as the Kamidogu dagger he entrusted them with possessed Fox. However, maybe Fox does survive or become a wraith like his sensai, leading him to join as a minion of Quan Chi's or Shinnok's.
 * 3) I find it likely either Tremor or Jarek will appear in MKX. Not only is it because of the Netherrealm War coming and Ed Boon stating most of MK4 characters would return, but also because the fact there is the Black Dragon in faction mode, implying Kano isn't the only member in the game. Since there would have to be roughly 4 for this to be true, that means it's more likely we'll see one of these two in it as well.

Besides that, I found your list of characters very understandable and great in how you listed it. I honestly hope you are correct about most of the characters that will appear in this game.