i dont mean to put down MKD or any of the other games, MKD is awsome and i love it like no other but i still have some worries and conserns over the game. Being a martial artist myself, and having some knoledge of the history of different martial arts i am quite confused over the styles they have picked for some charaters. I know MK is set in an alternitive universe (or at least i think it is) but still. the following are examples of my prosicution on the subject.
The character Dairou in a first apperence seems to look like a shoulin monk of china. With the hair and having his first style being wing chun. But then his second style being escrima just doesnt fit! Escrima is from the phillipeans, and is a total contrast to Wing Chun. I expected to see another anceint kung fu style. My next rant is not so forthcoming, the character Ermac has ok styles even if they dont fit his somewhat japenese ninja appereance. But his weopon is just a let down. An axe. Come on what kind of ninja carrys around an axe. they should have gave him something like kamas or a kosuri-gama (spelled wrong). Next is kenshi. I have alot to say about him. tai chi deffenetly fits his blindness and persona, but judo and a katana, those dont make sense. Judo is a martial art deriveng from sumo, but in this style or Kenshi which is called judo i find barley any throws or sweeps, and for his weopon they should have changed it to a Tai Chi sword, a much more gracefull sword play art which fits his style. Kenshi was the name of a great japanese swords man, and im pretty sure not many japanese practiced Tai chi and carreid a japanese sword. Kobra is a cool character, but i dont agree with his kickboxing style. What did they run out of time to think of another style, why didnt they put in Tae Kwon Do, then he would have one Japanese and one Korean style like Chuck Norris. Even if the stance for Tae Kwon do is done poorly. No one sits in a double knife hand stance in TKD. And putting TKD as a native americans style is just tottaly wrong. Night wolf has two foreing styles, there is such a thing as Native american martial arts.
And scorpian has no japanese styles besides his sword to fit his ninja background. how bout ninjitsu for him. But no, we have to show him doeing korean hapkido which has no throws or sweeps even if that is what the martial art focuses on. But the game is still asome even with these falts, dont get me wrong, i love MKD.