Board Thread:Mortal Kombat (Alternate Timeline)/@comment-26339133-20150427183819/@comment-4565921-20150511014908

Dragonspyne wrote:

First, allow me to express that I really enjoyed all of these reads on this thread. I apologize that I’m entering this pretty late. But I guess it’s best to be late than never. Here we go…

 1. I’ve taken notice that there seems to be a continuation of the remaking/reimaging of the original timeline games. MK9 had MK1-3 and now MKX is basically a roundabout version of MK4. I believe that the next game will be a reimaging of Deadly Alliance or Deception or both. I’d prefer both being that both stories, in the original timeline games, were in the same week.

 2. I’m sure we’ll see a new Deadly Alliance. Who will it be is very hard to tell. Liu Kang and Kitana? Liu Kang and Kung Lao? Raiden and Shinnok? Raiden and Hotaru? Raiden and Onaga? Raiden and Havik? Havik and Reiko? Scorpion and Sub-Zero? So many options but I think it might be Scorpion and Sub-Zero making the Scorpion/Sub-Zero’s Deadly Alliance mostly-canonical.

 3. The return of Onaga seems very promising. With the return of Onaga, I’m sure we’ll see Shujinko. In this case, Shujinko probably had the Kamidogus stolen from him by Raiden because Raiden foresaw his dealings with the Kamidogu. There’s probably a side story that we didn’t see yet and that’s why we don’t have Onaga yet.

 4. Mentioning the alliance of Scorpion and Sub-Zero, I don’t think we’ll see a break in their new found peace, at least not in MK11. Those two have some so far to suddenly break their alliance now. I suppose that if Frost keeps screwing up then Scorpion could say something like “Hey man, you better get that bitch under control” which could hurt Sub-Zero’s ego as a mentor and they fight a bit. Honestly, we might even see a newly found merging of the two clans. Most likely not but stranger things have happened. I could see Shirai Ryu becoming Dark Raiden’s enforcers and the Lin Kuei becoming the opposite being that they want a more peaceful resolution to the Earthrealm endangered conflicts. Like Magneto and Professor X formed their own teams for the benefit of Mutantkind.

 5. <span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif; mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"">As far as the Konquest Mode goes, I would love to see one of those in this new 3D format. Hell, something that spans for centuries. I’d love to see the Mortal Kombat between Edenia vs. Outworld, Osh-Tekk vs. Outworld, Zaterra vs. Outworld, Vaeternus vs. Outworld, and so on. Of course, that might be a bit of a pipedream. But something that bridges a gap between plot devices.

<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto;margin-left:1.0in;mso-add-space:auto;text-indent:-.25in;line-height:normal; mso-list:l0 level2 lfo1"><span style="font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman""> 6. <span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif; mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"">I do see Shang Tsung coming back but better than before. A young version of him who doesn’t age rapidly but struggles to maintain his human facade going in and out of being him and his demon versions. In that case, if we see the demon version of Shang Tsung, I don’t see why Shang Tsung’s demon look couldn’t become the main antagonist. We could even see his MK9 ending becoming semi-canonical where he becomes the hero of the next game and his demon version is the main antagonist perhaps making Emperor Liu Kang, Empress Kitana, and Dark Raiden the sub-bosses. This would be a great allegory for Shang Tsung fighting against his demons.

<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto;margin-left:1.0in;mso-add-space:auto;text-indent:-.25in;line-height:normal; mso-list:l0 level2 lfo1"><span style="font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman""> 7. <span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif; mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"">I like the idea of Kano’s kid coming to the next game. I personally hope it’d be Jarek. It would be nice to see him again. Not a huge fan but I kind of liked him. Besides, it would give Jarek a huge excuse to be made better.

<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto;margin-left:1.0in;mso-add-space:auto;text-indent:-.25in;line-height:normal; mso-list:l0 level2 lfo1"><span style="font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman""> 8. <span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif; mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"">Something that was mentioned before was the idea of there being a “good” sorcerer/sorceress. That wouldn’t be a bad thing but the idea is that we have a bad guy that is so powerful that it would be near impossible to kill him/her. This is probably why there hasn’t been a good sorcerer. It’s almost like having Superman on your side. He’s nearly unstoppable and there shouldn’t be any excuse why the bad guys keep winning. I suppose the same could go the other way but the idea is that “Good will always triumph over evil”.

<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto;margin-left:1.0in;mso-add-space:auto;text-indent:-.25in;line-height:normal; mso-list:l0 level2 lfo1"><span style="font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman""> 9. <span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif; mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"">I have a feeling that we’ll see Sindel, Kung Lao, Kabal, Stryker, Smoke, and Nightwolf all come back in their pre-revenant forms in MK11. There’s got to be a story to that. Maybe a bargaining tool between Dark Raiden and Emperor Liu Kang in exchange for their alliance, their Deadly Alliance.

<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto;margin-left:1.0in;mso-add-space:auto;text-indent:-.25in;line-height:normal; mso-list:l0 level2 lfo1"><span style="font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman""> 10. <span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"">Not sure why Fujin wasn’t playable in this game, where he went after the Netherrealm War was won, and why he didn’t even bother to help out when Shinnok reddened the sky. I hope that we’ll see a pattern here soon. It seems weird that we see Fujin in a Mortal Kombat 9 ending, a cameo in MKX, and no gameplay. I suppose he could become a DLC for MKX but I hope for him to be a standard character for the next game.

<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto;margin-left:1.0in;mso-add-space:auto;text-indent:-.25in;line-height:normal; mso-list:l0 level2 lfo1"><span style="font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman""> 11. <span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"">I totally agree that we need a Kreate-A-Fighter mechanic in this next game because that was just a lot of fun to create your own character. This time with Shokans being four armed. Add that to the factions mode and I think you got something really cool.

<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto;margin-left:1.0in;mso-add-space:auto;text-indent:-.25in;line-height:normal; mso-list:l0 level2 lfo1"><span style="font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman""> 12. <span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"">I can see Dark Raiden joining forces with Hotaru to gain their forces to bring order to the realms so that Earthrealm remains safe.

<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto;margin-left:1.0in;mso-add-space:auto;text-indent:-.25in;line-height:normal; mso-list:l0 level2 lfo1"><span style="font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman""> 13. <span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"">I think that we’ve all come to the conclusion that the Mysterious Woman in Jade’s ending is somehow evil and Raiden would go up against her in a future game perhaps making the Mysterious Woman the first female big bad of the MK series.

<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto;margin-left:1.0in;mso-add-space:auto;text-indent:-.25in;line-height:normal; mso-list:l0 level2 lfo1"><span style="font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman""> 14. <span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"">I can see the first chapter of MK11 being Cassie vs. Shujinko but I would want it to be more like Raiden vs. Shujinko being that he did so in between MK: Deception and Armageddon. And yes, the death of Shujinko would mean that he would need someone else to take over for Shujinko to find the Kamidogu but I think it’ll be someone else anyway because technically speaking he should’ve found at least half of the Kamidogu before chapter 1 of MKX anyway.

<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto;margin-left:1.0in;mso-add-space:auto;text-indent:-.25in;line-height:normal; mso-list:l0 level2 lfo1"><span style="font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman""> 15. <span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"">I think that the next Armageddon game has yet to come. I guess it could be called Mortal Kombat: Armageddon 2 or Mortal Kombat: Apocalypse. I also believe that it won’t come until after MK11. I think we need to see a third game in the alternate timeline before Armageddon 2 because of the formula that happened during the original timeline. 1-3 happened then it was Trilogy. 4, Deadly Alliance, and Deception happened then Armageddon came. The next Armageddon game should feature all the characters from the games to date.

<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto;margin-left:1.0in;mso-add-space:auto;text-indent:-.25in;line-height:normal; mso-list:l0 level2 lfo1"><span style="font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman""> 16. <span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"">In the same idea of Armageddon 2, Taven and Daegon would be brought back to fight against Blaze. Is it going to happen that Taven wins and there’s no thought against it? It’s hard to tell. Although, I think we’ll see Daegon sooner than Taven. Perhaps MK11.

<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto;margin-left:1.0in;mso-add-space:auto;text-indent:-.25in;line-height:normal; mso-list:l0 level2 lfo1"><span style="font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman""> 17. <span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"">Personally, I want to see anyone who was cameos in story mode in MKX to be DLC for this game. Baraka, Nightwolf, Stryker, Kabal, Sindel, Smoke, Fujin, Sareena, Li Mei, and Frost would be those characters. I think those are the only ones. Ultimately, I think we’ll see them in MK11 as playable characters though, with the exception of Baraka unless he’ll be a revenant in MK11. In addition, I think we’ll see the rest of the post-MK3 characters in MK11 with the inclusion of some new characters and the living survivors of MKX.

<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto;margin-left:1.0in;mso-add-space:auto;text-indent:-.25in;line-height:normal; mso-list:l0 level2 lfo1"><span style="font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman""> 18. <span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"">I think the real threat in MK11 will be Onaga mixed with Raiden, Kitana, and Liu Kang. Shang Tsung, Quan Chi, and Shao Kahn could potentially come back but I doubt it. Shang Tsung has the most potential to come back but as maybe the hero or in an uneasy alliance with the hero of the story.

<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto;margin-left:1.0in;mso-add-space:auto;text-indent:-.25in;line-height:normal; mso-list:l0 level2 lfo1"><span style="font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman""> 19. <span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"">As far as a new champion goes, I can see either Kai, Shujinko, or Scorpion. All three have great potential. Kai is supposed to be a Shaolin Monk but with Liu Kang’s absence he never joined. Shujinko has been looking for the Kamidogu and he’s way old but he was supposed to be the first champion from MK1. And Scorpion was claimed to be the Elder God’s champion.

<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto;margin-left:1.0in;mso-add-space:auto;text-indent:-.25in;line-height:normal; mso-list:l0 level2 lfo1"><span style="font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman""> 20. <span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"">Ashrah was mentioned. I really want to know who Ashrah’s sister is. It was stated in her bio that Quan Chi sent her sister to attack her and kill her but we still don’t know who it was. I personally believe that it could be Sareena. That might explain why Ashrah escaped the Netherrealm because of Sareena’s change in attitude since MK Mythologies: Sub-Zero.

<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpLast" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto;margin-left:1.0in;mso-add-space:auto;text-indent:-.25in;line-height:normal; mso-list:l0 level2 lfo1"><span style="font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman""> 21. <span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"">While I think that a female centaurian would be cool, I think they should try to make Motaro fightable in MK11 rather than just scrapping him and going with someone else.

<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto; line-height:normal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif; mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"">Someone mentioned about the timeframe being 25+20 years being a total of 45 years between MK9 and MKX. That’s not right. The beginning of MKX was 2 years after MK9 and the end MKX was 25 years after that. Where does 45 come into play?

<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto; line-height:normal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif; mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"">Someone also mentioned a final battle in MK11 being a fight between Raiden and Dark Raiden in his mind. That’s awesome. I think that would go really well. And it would bring the mirror match to the Story Mode.

I totally agree with your ideas. They sound so awesome.