Board Thread:Mortal Kombat X/@comment-98.243.117.15-20140715024939/@comment-1084762-20140716224947

JillKill87 wrote: Dirtbag Daryl wrote: also, there's only 17 characters that aren't dead/unlikely to return, 3 of which are DLC characters. that one dude said only 8 MK9 chars will be returning.

since it's looking likely that JC and Sonya won't return, and assuming Skarlet won't, that knocks it down to 14. characters like Sheeva and Kano who aren't extremely popular and aren't very likely to return, that knocks it down to 12.

assuming Kenshi, Rain and the cyborgs won't either, that knocks it down to 8.

those 8 would be: Reptile, Raiden, Scorpion, Sub-Zero (in general), Mileena, Baraka, Quan Chi, Ermac.

cut out either Baraka or Mileena and then you have Liu Kang, who was also rumored to be in. so we're back at 8. The Cyborgs are kinda popular Cyrax has been at least, wouldnt surprise me if they give sektor a larger role since hes the possible leader/heir to the Lin Kuei now in this timeline.

also Kano "not popular"? are you serious? hes been in almost all the MK games to date! i think hes a pretty popular character, more so then Ermac!

and with Liu he could not be part of the original 30 characters on the screen the guy supposedly saw (he said he only saw an image of him getting worked on), i imagine with how MK9 ended and everyone assuming hes dead by how he looked and wasnt moving that he would be an unlockable and not avalible from the get go, or else that would take away from the surprise (something the MK team likes)

lol @ implying I was saying Kano was unpopular in general.

don't get me wrong, he is fairly popular as a character who's been in a lot of games, but as popular as the ninjas have become? no.