Board Thread:Mortal Kombat X/@comment-9760511-20150827054052/@comment-22410-20150923211133

If I had it my way, I'd probably not have any of the kiddies return. Cassie was alright, but the other three are bland and whiny and not very interesting. My first choices would be who I consider to be my "Core 13," as I seem them as the backbone of the entire series: Liu Kang,   Jax  , Johnny Cage   , Kano   , Kitana   , Kung Lao   , Mileena   , Quan Chi   , Reptile   , Scorpion   , Shang Tsung   , Sonya Blade   , Sub-Zero.

"What about Raiden?" Dark Raiden would be the unplayable final boss. I think they missed the boat with that one in Deception as he would have made a far more interesting boss than Onaga, and I honestly don't think Liu Kang and Kitana can carry the load as believable final antagonists. As for other returners, I'd throw in Reiko, Frost, Kenshi, Kotal Kahn, Eron Black and D'Vorah to give it a good post MK3 representation. So that brings us to 19 playable characters so far.

The rest of the playable slots I would fill with new characters. And no children of previous characters, I really don't care much for that. In fact, if all four of those guys got taken out in the opening animation or are captured by Liu Kang and Kitana to start a war with Earthrealm, I'd totally be down for that. I think for such a war, Earthrealm would have to ally itself with anybody it could. I think a mighty warrior of Seido (who ISN'T Hotaru) would be fun to have, could even be a girl, who knows? We could also further explore the regions of Outworld, as we learn more and more about it in every game. And there are even other realms to create and/or revisit, so there's lots of room to be creative.

As far as DLC and guest characters go... I've been digging the horror movies, but I also feel they could tap their DC Universe connections a bit more in MK11. Scorpion visited Injustice, so one of those guys could easily pop up in the next game.