Kabal at 13 0.0
Kung Lao at 5 O.o
Cyrax at 15! How the fuck does this list work?

Those were the most used characters in MK9. Subby and Scorpion had little to no presence in tournaments.

Unless those statics are counting the Offline play which I'm not sure how they can do that.

Even on multiplayer I don't see Scorpion and Subby being played a lot.

I agree. Baraka being low-tier in my "why Reptile over Baraka?" thread was brought up, which is pointless seeing as Quan Chi and Kano also were.

While I'm sure they do look at popularity, it's definitely not the only deciding factor in choosing who makes the next game.

Also, those stats mean little since it's a third party site. NRS would have official stats, and I'm pretty sure more than 2,627 people on both Xbox and PS3 have played MK9.
See here: "Played percentage — The percentage of people who play this game on EventHubs. Only users who have profiles that are populated with games count towards this figure."

It has been brought up quite a few times in people saying NRS using popularity to choose who gets in or not. In a recent interview / stream, they actually said that every developer who's part of the team has their favourites and they try to put as many in as possible. It's more about who NRS likes as opposed to who the fans like. This is why there's still a lot possible with Rain, Baraka, maybe even Sektor / Cyrax to be in the main game.

They thought of the story first this time, and put in the characters that made the most sense with what they came up with. MK has always been leagues ahead of other fighting games in story, but when was the last time every character in the story had a solid purpose? To many people the story in MK9 was the best in any MK, however it was sloppy due to the pre-set roster. NRS can avoid that issue this time. That's why I believe MKX's roster was built around the narrative.

Exactly! MK9 story sucked, especially because they had the time to re-tell the trilogy era. The whole thing was one long freaking tournament, many characters did not even have a story. This time, characters actually have a better chance at a story since they can come up with whatever they want.

Okay I'll bite......so what's the point of this thread other than the usual bitching?

That Smoke should be the new face of MK? That Trilogy characters actually suck? That they should scrap Kano and Quan Chi because no one used them?

There's also a little matter of universal recognizability and story purposes, but I guess we should discount that.

LOL it's not about that at all, it's just to remind people that NRS does not make calls about MK9 returnees based on favourites by fans and how much they played them, nothing more.

That is not the official usage list.

This is the official list.

The most popular characters are generally in the MKX.

I was about to point out that OP's source didn't seem accurate.

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Am I blind? I can't see Rain on that list anywhere??

I think I'm more upset that Sheeva actually got played less than Freddy on 360

Glad you showed me the link, don't have to be a dick about it and my argument still holds firm. Plenty of characters in are at the bottom and some who will not make it in top 10. It's all about the story, not about fan favourites.

And what about this list;


http://www.dorkly.com/toplist/56586/the-greatest-mortal-kombat-character-of-all-time

I don't think NRS makes choices on popularity at all or story based because how can Noob a top 10 character on any list you look at and arguably the most famous netherrealm kombatants miss out on a game with a story based largely around the netherrealm invasion????

Maybe the soulnado will turn him into a special forces earth realm fighter and he will be in the next game

And what about this list;


http://www.dorkly.com/toplist/56586/the-greatest-mortal-kombat-character-of-all-time

I don't think NRS makes choices on popularity at all or story based because how can Noob a top 10 character on any list you look at and arguably the most famous netherrealm kombatants miss out on a game with a story based largely around the netherrealm invasion????

Maybe the soulnado will turn him into a special forces earth realm fighter and he will be in the next game

..............I don't think there was any need to double post the same message 8 hours later....

I feel like the topic of this thread would make a great twitter question for Ed Boon or other members at Netherealm studios.

Sorry mate didn't double post the message I am not that desperate for attention it must be a glitch with the site

I'm pretty sure that's not accurate, Rain isn't even on the list lol. I thought it stopped updating after like a year.

Even if that is the case, a year's worth of data should be sufficient, no?

Holy shit. FINALLY, someone that fucking gets it!

rain came earlier then Freddy.

main thing is that
its not only popularity
its based on Story theme & NRS team favorites (why goro in) & popularity & female male ratio

and thats why noob saibot would be dlc probably

I'm sure popularity and use will be a roster factor....

..for the DLC!! LOLOLfffqqwwthkhhhlphhhtbbb*raspberry noises*



No, but really, it probably will, actually.

Why would it not be accurate? It is not difficult for NRS or any company to find out user data on their game. All that happens is that it records the players PSN ID/GameTag, puts it in a spreadsheet, gets the usage numbers in the Krypt and then just totals it up. It is not hard.

Rain probably is not on there because his numbers are far below everyone elses and they did not update it with his usage showing.

No, it still updates now. The good thing about computers is they do not need breaks. Open the list and wait for an half an hour then F5 to refresh the page. The numbers would have changed.