Board Thread:Mortal Kombat X/@comment-26516813-20171026231015/@comment-30711175-20171112013027

@Ridley Prime -- Shinnok was indirectly mentioned in Noob Saibot's UMK3/Trilogy bio, but introduced in Mortal Kombat Mythologies: Sub-Zero (a 2D adventure game) and returned as the final boss of Mortal Kombat 4, which can be hardly considered a 3D fighting game. Apart from the limited side-stepping and 3D-rendered characters and environments, combat was limited to a 2D plane. Mortal Kombat 4 was at best a transitional phase in the Mortal Kombat franchise.

And the 3D era of Mortal Kombat came with the release of Deadly Alliance in 2002 and culminated with Armageddon in 2006, although MK vs. DC Universe was technically the last game to feature full 3D gameplay until Mortal Kombat was rebooted in 2011 and returned to the 2D combat formula.

I just don't want to see any bootleg characters like Hsu Hao, Kobra, or Dairou who play no important role in Mortal Kombat but to stink up the character roster. But if Onaga does return I agree that it should be under a different set of circumstances.