Board Thread:Mortal Kombat X/@comment-1084762-20150120234121/@comment-5561191-20150331142816

The classics never go out of style. When Cassie was announced, I thought Johnny and Sonya would be out for sure. What would we need them for if we already had someone who could do almost everything they do (Nut Punch, Shadow Kick, Gun Shot etc)? Cassie would certainly replace them. But it turned out that they were in as well, because they're fan favorites after all.

I always thought Liu Kang would be back, either as a normal character or a DLC, but I began to forget him and focus on the other characters because NRS wouldn't say a word about him. I was surprised with his announce - not because NRS confirmed he was back, but because it took them so long to do so.

NRS or any other game developer would have to be very stupid to leave fan favorites out. Unless there's some technical difficulty that won't allow these favorites to be brought back, such as Motaro's body shape, Baraka's lack of abilities other than his blades (this makes it hard to invent three variations for him), the fact Kitana's got Jade's weapons this time.

MKX's got a lot of new characters, but it's not like they're going to replace the top ones.