Most people (who arent kitana fans) responded to XD's post by stating that the way Kitana turned out is the way she is supposed to be. Though frustating...I believe we should remember her character in the MK Komics - though they weren't exactly a part of the in-game (verbatim story) they were highly inspired by MK 1 & 2. Her character was always one who stood up to anyone..not backing down from any fight and pulling off some sweet moves while she did it. (Lets not forget) during this time she was a good guy putting together an alliance to defeat Kahn and his minnions. She even confronted Raiden insighting that she should lead a team against shang tsung . Man...she was awesome!!!...somehow instead of using this to inspire further updates of her in the game...they used MK annihilation as their work station for how she would be defined. She was a weak damsel and hid behind Lui Kang at times of Kombat (this angered me so much- because she was slighly more cold and mysterious in the first film and she even fought better- though still undeveloped). A kitana/mileena in annihilation fight would've been awesome but it also was impossible since the stunt double for (Talisa Soto) Kitana played the role of Mileena(Dana Hee). So they locked Kitana up for half the film (stupid!!!) - I liked her in Konquest as well (but it's not the game). Whoever wrote for Kitana's role in annihilation should ask for forgiveness because the team seemed to use this as the new drawing board for Kitana and sent her on a downward spiral ever since. I could say even as early as UMK3 since her story seemed to make her depenant on other characters(not to mention her gameplay had also taken a severe decline from her ultimate dominace in MK2) instead of the independence that made her so popular in mk2(where she defeated Kahn herself to re-take her parents kastle and begin real-restoration...now thats what I call a story .

In mk DA she was also known to defeat the DA (with the help of earths warriors) why not enaging in single kombat with Quan Chi and beating him...shame..she was taken out of MKD - Mileena was given her outfit...(the COOLEST outfit in mkfemale history to date) and she was swapped for Jade..I like Jade but it would have been cool to have them both...anyway..let's move to MK shaolin monks - which is supposed to refer to MK2 {where she was dominant}...SHE LOOKED PATHETIC and could barely hold her own(a far cry from her Komic character)...and whatever happened to her killing her clone (as was stated in UMK3, duhhh!!!) The MK team did an awesome job in portraying the fighting skills of Jade and Mileena (they both rocked - especially Mileena) but Kitana looked as if she still needed training on the battlefield (guess what - they even came to rescue her again.. she was even a damsel for 2 female assassins - pathetic!!!...She couldn't even beat Mileena..what's that about???...Don't know enough about her MKA appearance but her presense in the opening movie was breif but pretty cool..that was the first good thing the team did for her in a long time.

I haven't played this game but after looking at XD's post..what I believed would happen as soon as she was announced as an iconic character was confirmed. I would've been more suprised had they actually done right by her. I sure would love to see her with awesome moves - outfits similar to those of the Jax007 Koncept arts - and a story that shows she aint afraid of no one and will fight to the death anyone who gets in the way of her defending(KEY-WORD defending) her realm. It would be nice to also drop Lui Kang as a love interest and be more of a partner in the will of good.

I surely hope someone at Midway reads XD's letter and consider's the missery of Kitana fans and even some non Kitana fans. She's a warrior with skills spanning over centuries. It's high time that she start being portrayed for who she truly is instead of some off-shoot inspired by MK 4 end scenes and tthe Annihilation movie. I'm sure there are some who disagree but a whole lot of others who do agree.

Hey maybe during the creation of MK8 someone with some pull at midway will pick up a classic Komic and allow that to inspire they're update (not continual downgrade) of Kitana. I normally NEVER type a post which is this long but after playing MK since the early 90's and watching my favorite female character in MK franchise severly decline...I had to say(write) something.

Hope everyone has a happy thansgiving