Even amount of both, or close to it.

Mostly returning...new characters are rarely any good; just look at mk4 and 5. do you want more kais and bo rai chos? but there should be some new ones, like a third of the characters maybe

I want there to be a big character selection with an equal amount of both, can you imagine Kabal in 3D?

i definitely want a lot of new characters. Frankly, im a bit tiring of the same old stuff over and over again. I think they should have sub, scorpion, sonya, jax, kano, shang and company have a nice retirement, just as they did with liu kang (i dont mean to kill them all...maybe jax...shang tsung once and for all). They can find good new ones for sure, they just have to take a peek at these forums, cos there are people with great ideas, maybe they could take some.

Returning.

Sonya, Cage, Kung, Kitana, Mileena, Nitara, Scorpion, Sub, Reptile, Tsung.

I think all the major players from MK:DA should return just because they are using the same engine and already have those players modeled. Leaving them out would be a disservice.

I like the new characters like Li Mei and Frost. And I still don't think Bo Rai Cho (sp?) was a bad character. And Mavodo looked great in his alternate costume. But Hsu Hao looked like a "Village People" reject.
So overall, I'm hoping they keep most of the characters from MK:DA and add at least 8 or 12 new characters.

I like most of the new characters, but I also like just about all of the old ones too. They should have twice the amount of characters, new and old. I really like Kabal and Baraka. But I hate Dramin and Tonya.

get rid of drahmin and hsu hao and put in kai and jarek

Bring back a few returning characters, don't include Drahmin because he sucked. But have the rest of them all new.

i think mk6 should have more returning characters with maybe one or two new ones

I am all for new characters,but in this case i don't think there should be any because there are so many old ones that have unfinished stories. I think there should be no new characters til MK7 if there is one.

I will bet money that Frost and Kenshi will be at least 2 of the new MKDA characters that we will see in MK6....that's my opinion anyway

i would like to see more new characters, but also i would nit like to see much old ones go..., maybye bring back some characters that werent in Mk:DA, like rain,smoke or baraka, baraka would be a killing machine!!!!

I would love to see a shedload of NEW Characters, and the only returnees being ones that were either only featured in one game (eg-Kabal, Sindel, Nightwolf, Stryker), or are tried and true favourites such as Scorp, Sub-zero, Raiden, Reptile, Kung Lao, and one of the Sorcerors.
They could always introduce a new Special froces agent, make a new sorcerer/sorceress. The potential is there, whether they take that into account or not is another thing entirely...

Id like it if there were new characters but not as many as new ones that would be polished up and put into 3d. It frustrates me when they have a character and give them a good storyline and they never get any closure on the story. Tanya for example, she had potetnial, but just cos she got stuck with a boomerang she has only been in one game. I personally think that Kabal and Baraka Lick it big time, I meanwho the hell turns his opponents head into a balloon?
i think that for every three returning character there should be one new one.
Thats just the way i see it
(ps Shinnok should have turned into some badass demon and be the last boss)

returning characters

Smoke,Sektor, Noob Saibot, Kabal r great.
They need to put most of the classics in.

I would really like to have mostly returning characters and very, very few new characters. Look at how many characters we already have, we don't need any more.

Plus, I really want to see some other older characters in 3D, such as the other male ninjas (Ermac specifically), Kabal, Kintaro, Motaro, and Shao Kahn (presuming he's not dead).

Like someone else said, there are too many unfinished stories to wrap up before you create new ones.

I would like to see new characters, but I really like to see returning characters because what other characters can you create??? Most of the good character ideas are either been done in this game or an other game so I cant really see what else you can do.

I would like to see about 14 or so returning characters and then maybe 6 new characters..and 2 bosses..Returning I would most like to see Scorpion,Sub-Zero,Reptile,Baraka,Shao Kahn,Shang Tsung,Sonya,Kitana,Jade,Kenshi,Frost,Raiden,Ermac and Smoke.