Board Thread:Mortal Kombat X/@comment-4222221-20140620035906/@comment-422853-20140918230621

Macaulyn wrote: Ridley Prime wrote: otherwise what was the point in teasing with Shinnok at the end of MK9? First, because they needed to have something to make the fans think "SEQUEL!!! SEQUEL!!!"

Second, the way the events of MK9 ended was very similar to MK3: the death of Shao Kahn, leaving the way open for Shinnok to make his move.

Third, despite the similarity, the differences between the timelines' events only increased, so its very likely some of the events of MK4 will appear, but far less from the next ones. Well yeah, I know that much. Kahn didn't "die" in MK3 though; he was just merely defeated/thwarted again, which he then used some artifact to create a clone of himself as cover while he retreated elsewhere for the time being, biding his time until prior to Armageddon. MK9 on the other hand actually destroyed him.

Even without taking what Boon said into account, not like I was expecting a Deadly Alliance or Armageddon 2.0 anyway. That much was obvious to not happen again, though Onaga remains a possibility, with or without the Kamidogu involved.