I think that's a good Idea... but I think it would be better if the specific character is always before the Sub-boss so that way you can have like 3 bosses. Just my opinion though

I would much rather have that than another superfluous minigame.

Yeah I agree except I'd prefer to see this character specific sub-boss have say 3 possibilities.

For example you are using Raiden.

Along the way you kill Baraka. This triggers a fight against Mileena at the end. It also works in reverse and that's then 2 possibilities.

The 3rd is say Shang Tsung fights you because you Didn't kill either of them. A cut scene explains how he is pissed at you for foiling his plans to have them both eliminated as part of his own grandplan.

Anyway the possibilities are almost endless. It ties in with the threads about the unlockable extra story mode.

I think it would be cool if you fight the sub-boss first and then go against your rival in an epic battle. After you beat your rival a video shows up on what happened to that character you beat up and then you see the Dragon King appear. You then fight the Dragon King at the end of the game and when you beat him your ending video appears.

Rivals
Kitana and Mileena
Scorpion and Quan Chi
Sub-Zero and Sektor
Reptile and Nitara
Kung Lao and Evil Liu Kang
Raiden and Shang Tsung
Cyrax and Sektor
Jax and Mavado
Sonya and Kano
Johnny Cage and Ben

Its all great Ideas and thats how arcade should be you choose your destiny when u choose your character but I don;t think we'll see this in this game or the next. Maybe the next if were lucky or we should see it in MK8 I hope if there is one.

Um wuts SFA3

SFA3= Street Fighter Alpha 3.

They also did something like this in SC2, but it was pretty half-@$$ed. I think that would be an awesome idea. The cutscenes were kinda stupid and didn't explain anything, it was usually someone walking and someone appearing out of nowhere and attacking them. In MK it could go like this:

[Scorpian is in the Living Forest, searching for something}

Scorpian: WHERE ARE YOU!!!!???

Voice: Looking for me?

[Scorpian looks up, to see Quan Chi sitting on one of the branches, Quan Chi leaps down]

Quan Chi: It's time to end this once and for all.

Scorpian: My revenge is nigh.

And if you're playing as Scorpian and you win, it shows a cutscene afterwards:

[Quan Chi drops to his knees, covered in blood and bruises]

Quan Chi: [Gasping] Impossible....I can't....lose..[Coughs heavily several times]

Scorpian: Vengeance is mine.

[Scorpian winds up and chops Quan Chi's head off]

Soo, what ya think

I think it'd work. It'd certainly get the people jawing for more story in the gameplay excited. Personally I'd like to see mirror matches come back before the sub-boss, like MK1.

Well, I know that in Konquest mode..every single MK chracter will make an apperance...and the funny thing is, if you get to hack and slash anybody..lets say you kill sonya...the black dragon clan might offer you to join..and you then could choose to join or betray them and go with the red dragon..and so on...like a free-roaming rpg-konquest..like in Elder Scrolls 3 Morrowind.

Scorpianskullfatality Wrote: Well, I know that in Konquest mode..every single MK chracter will make an apperance...and the funny thing is, if you get to hack and slash anybody..lets say you kill sonya...the black dragon clan might offer you to join..and you then could choose to join or betray them and go with the red dragon..and so on...like a free-roaming rpg-konquest..like in Elder Scrolls 3 Morrowind.

that would be pretty sweet

The SC:2 ones sucked tho and made very little sense

If they did it right with character mids it would be good but they should acually think it out if they do it

Glad everyone likes the general idea of having rivals.

I liked the idea with Scoropion and Quan Chi. I think it's good to keep it short and to the point, but still give a good enough importance to the story.

Also I would like to see the mirror matches return with one improvement. Your mirror opponent should be more skillful then the other, since he is after all near the end of the game.

Keep the comments coming people.