Board Thread:Mortal Kombat X/@comment-70.169.224.88-20150427184942/@comment-72.197.200.7-20150512073755

Dragonspyne wrote: Absolutely. Jax is a great example of that. He had already retired when MKX came about. Yeah and they came up with a good reason for just that. See, if Jax was never turned into a revenant, he might not have retired. Story mode clearly showed he still had fight left in him.

The problem here is this can only apply to the Earthrealm characters. The people of Outworld and Edenia can live for many millennia without showing much signs of age. Remember Kitana and Jade are both around 10,000 years old by the time of MK1 and only look to be around 25. To see THEM age would require the MK timeline to move forward at least 1000 years into the future. The same would hold true for Mileena, Baraka, Tanya, Li Mei, and others (though Li Mei DID seem to look older in the MKX game compared to the original timeline).

For those who were turned into revenants, they wouldn't age either. Quan Chi would want them to remain youthful in order to be his strong servants. Liu Kang's case I think was different in the original timeline. As the MK champion, he's not supposed to age via the Elder Gods decree (though maybe that's just in the films and TV shows).

But to keep the original characters, you have to start being realistic. It doesn't matter how fit you are, eventually age catches up with you. Take Kano for instance. By MK9, he had to be in his late 20s at the VERY youngest, most likely in his 30s or even early 40s. That means by the time of MKX, Kano would have to be in his mid 50s to mid 60s. Now yes, there are still those who are in very fit shape at that age, but once you reach that age your body is no longer as effective in battle as it was when you were in your mid 20s, and yet Kano's body showed virtually no sign of fatigue. Now I'm sure the developers could use the excuse that he used Outworld resources to keep his body young in some way, but I'm sure you see what I'm getting at here.