Hmmm... Give me some of your thoughts on Sonya Blade...
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My favorite characters on MK have always been Sub-Zero and Sonya Blade. I've seen a lot of threads that touch upon the possible future of Sub-Zero, as well as Boon hinting that he will survive and return in the future... but I still do not know the majority of players' opinion on the future of Sonya during AND after Armageddon.

So let me know your thoughts on her: do you think she will survive? Maybe return in the future?

As for me, I believe she will survive, but she's human, so unless a big twist happens on Armageddon, Sonya (unfortunately) isn't getting any younger. Therefore, she might not be coming back even though she survives ;-; !!!

PS.: Praying they re-do her look! Don't rlly like the MKDA hair -_-' ... Giving her back her MKSM look would be kick-ass!
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07/23/2006 05:06 AM (UTC)
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She may survive mainly because of the OIA.

I could be wrong though, would be nice if she stuck around a bit longer.
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07/23/2006 05:06 AM (UTC)
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I hope she dies. I'd rather have her die over any other character. Actually, I'd rather have Liu Kang die more. I don't care how she dies, as long as she does. She's the epitamy of lameness. Sorry if you like her, but she needs to die.
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07/23/2006 05:12 AM (UTC)
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Dies. No offense but she is lame and dull. See Kitana and Mileena are interesting where as Sonya (ill get told off for this lol) is a "space-filler", in my opinion.
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07/23/2006 05:20 AM (UTC)
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LeoBrZ81 Wrote:
My favorite characters on MK have always been Sub-Zero and Sonya Blade. I've seen a lot of threads that touch upon the possible future of Sub-Zero, as well as Boon hinting that he will survive and return in the future... but I still do not know the majority of players' opinion on the future of Sonya during AND after Armageddon.

So let me know your thoughts on her: do you think she will survive? Maybe return in the future?

As for me, I believe she will survive, but she's human, so unless a big twist happens on Armageddon, Sonya (unfortunately) isn't getting any younger. Therefore, she might not be coming back even though she survives ;-; !!!



PS.: Praying they re-do her look! Don't rlly like the MKDA hair -_-' ... Giving her back her MKSM look would be kick-ass!


I think Sonya is an ok character. I don't hate her, but I'm simply not fond of her story. I think she should survive but retire or something. Either way, I don't want to see her in the next-gen MK games.

Also, I don't think she should have her MKSM look as I felt she looked rather ugly in that game.
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07/23/2006 05:20 AM (UTC)
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lol, I'm not gonna tell ya off - I got a sense of humor.

But about her story: yes, I agree that the Black Dragon thing is dying out a bit, which is why I hope that in Armageddon her storyline will get some "lift" - maybe a bigger twist, or rivalry. or intention, even if only for that game. Still, I do think she is one of the more "vital" female characters, considering her constant appearence in games and her involvement with different characters throughout (first black dragon, then kenshi & cyrax, then frost, now possibly Red Dragon).
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07/23/2006 05:26 AM (UTC)
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I could do without Sonya. I don't hate Sonya but then again she's just getting so stale it's not even funny. If they keep her she needs some SERIOUS work to not only her looks but her storylines as well.
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07/23/2006 05:27 AM (UTC)
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I've always been indifferent towards Sonya. Never liked her...never hated her.

I think in Armageddon we'll see her mainly at the fore-front of the whole Black Dragon/Red Dragon/Special Forces/Tekunin war. I expect she'll settle her business with Kano. God knows that little rivalry is long overdue to end.
Maybe they'll explore something with Mavado because in MK:DA they said in Konquest that he would be a greater threat to her than Kano was. I always thought that possibility was more interesting, so maybe it'll come up.
I think the Tekunin will play a part in the big clan fight which will draw Sonya in. We might see an alliance between her and Sub-Zero against Sektor...assuming Sub-Zero is able to fit that plot in since he already has a lot going on with Noob Saibot and the Netherealm.
I'd like it her death and enslavement by Onaga has some sort of an effect on her. I'm not really sure what or how, but I'd like it if the ordeal screwed with her a bit.
There's Jax who might be corrupted by his enslavement and anger. If he turns to evil, it could lead to an interesting confrontation with Sonya since the one thing she fears most is loss. So if she was forced to fight her best friend...could be trouble.

I don't think Sonya will die, but I do think she's due to retire along with most of the other "classics." I think she'll survive the big clan war and retire from fighting. Probably marry Johnny Cage or something. Then they could have a daughter who'll join the Special Forces and be part of the next gen games.
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07/23/2006 05:30 AM (UTC)
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Sonya has been my favourite since day 1. Although I love Mileena a lot, I must say Deception was diffrent without Sonya imo, just because she's been in every game except MK 2 befor the release of deception.

I do hope some rivarly between Sonya and/or Mavado/Frost will deveolp. I know for a fact that Boon has stated Sonya is a favourite of his, but I think this might be her last game, and I think they will just retire her, but it would awesome if she came back in the next generation.
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07/23/2006 05:33 AM (UTC)
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Hey, never thought of that: a daughter. Has to have her genes, though... no Cage influence.

I rlly like the story theories you've got going on for her, including the alliance with Sub-Zero smile . Need to think about that Cage thing, though... and don't even wanna think of her and Jax having to fight each other -_-'

Man, I'm kinda being bombarded here... hope queve shows up soon to give me a hand! Lmfao!
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07/23/2006 05:35 AM (UTC)
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yeah queve would dominate in this thread... lol.
she needs a more..............revealing outfit. I mean I like her clothes now, but she's the original female. The one female to rule them all. The one from MK1. I've always liked her outfit, but it could be.......... better.
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07/23/2006 12:47 PM (UTC)
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Sonya has far too much to accomplish in Armageddon. And I don't want her bowing out until she has done the following:

Killed:

Jarek
Kano
Kabal
Kira
Kobra
Hsu Hao
Mavado

Armageddon should be where the old black dragon die out, meaning from Jarek to Kobra on my list. The Red Dragon should be the clan of the future. And Sonya and Cyrax should be there to take them out. Not to mention the Tekunin who are now raising their cyborg heads. Jax should die, hes done nothing in ten years. Sonya still has alot of fight in her.

If Jax where to die I would like it to trigger some sort of crazy streak in Sonya. Tired of watching all her friends die she simply shuts her remaining friends out and wages a solo vendetta against Outworld scum. Or something like that.

Whatever the case, Sonya > All. grin
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07/23/2006 01:03 PM (UTC)
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Well, the mavado rivalry thing is probably gonna be the end of her. Kano was always just some street punk with a bionic eye, so he shouldn't have been much of a challenge for her, but still kinda was. Mavado, on the other hand manipulated and destroyed the OIA just through planning, and beat both kabal and kenshi, and possibly kano if his ending was canon. he could take out sonya without even showing his face.
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07/23/2006 03:15 PM (UTC)
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Kano was not just some street punk. He was a expert fighter, killer, thief, wanted in over 30 countries and had a vast amount of knowledge on Earth's weapons. Not your average street punk.
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07/23/2006 03:23 PM (UTC)
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Now everyone don't even get me started here on Sonya killing out the Black Dragon. Kabal is my favorite and i want him to live on tongue.

Sonya is a cool character and she can kill off everyone BUT Kabal. I personally HATE the red dragon and the other members of Black Dragon but I don't want the stpid special forces taking over even though Kenshi and Cyrax are really cool too.

Well i think that Kabal and Sonya should have a good enough chance to survive but if Special Forces is gnna just completly take over Kabal will end up dying and if he dies i hope all members of Special forces die besides Kenshi and Cyrax grin.
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07/23/2006 03:40 PM (UTC)
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Keith Wrote:
Sonya has far too much to accomplish in Armageddon. And I don't want her bowing out until she has done the following:

Killed:

Jarek
Kano
Kabal
Kira
Kobra
Hsu Hao
Mavado

Armageddon should be where the old black dragon die out, meaning from Jarek to Kobra on my list. The Red Dragon should be the clan of the future. And Sonya and Cyrax should be there to take them out. Not to mention the Tekunin who are now raising their cyborg heads. Jax should die, hes done nothing in ten years. Sonya still has alot of fight in her.

If Jax where to die I would like it to trigger some sort of crazy streak in Sonya. Tired of watching all her friends die she simply shuts her remaining friends out and wages a solo vendetta against Outworld scum. Or something like that.

Whatever the case, Sonya > All. grin




Sonya is not going to Kill all the Black Dragon herself.She has enough to deal with the Tekunin [ which i think will play a major part in MKA story.What are they doing with a warship wink ] Plus the Black Dragon will always live on, If i'm not mistaken, The Black Dragon was started by a member of The Red Dragon who didn't like the rules or something like that. There will always be someone like that who doesnt live by the rules and that is the spirit of the Black Dragon and it shall never die!

Plus i'm a strong beliver that Jax[good or Evil] will mop the floor with Hsu Hao and Kabal will finish Mavado off.
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07/23/2006 05:07 PM (UTC)
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Sonya Blade: TO LIVE

Mk is just not Mk without the original female of the game. Besides being involved in the series since day 1, she is Earths only chosen female protector till this day. She has a large involvement with many characters story-wise, and has been a loyal and crucial element for earths victory and protection since her arrival at Shang Tsungs island till the victory of the deadly alliance.

Sonya is one of those characters with huge potential that, sadly, has been limited and not developed to her full greatness. Ed Boon himself has stated that she is one of his and the teams favorite characters of the game, his personal fave in MK3 (read below for more info), but that (sadly again) doesn’t assure her return, because like you very wisely stated, she is human.

Unless they make up something for her and the original heroes to continue, I think she will retire. There still that bit of unexplored info given to us in Mk1, where the victor of the tournament would be granted “immortality” (never age) in order to compete in the next big tournament, and seeing as how neither Liu, Cage or Sonya have gotten any older/weaker, I assume it could be possible that the “big price” wasn’t ment only for one, the victor, but for the survivors who managed to defeat Shang Tsung and his minions. That would explain why they all look so young and remain as powerful as before. They are not aging, but they can still die.

MKA is such a big game I doubt they will actually manage to do justice to ALL the characters exploring every detail and possibility of their storyline, so my guess is that Sonya wont receive any new storyline or the twist she so rightfully disserves. She has to do an incredible amount of stuff in this game:

* Personal Enemies:

- Kano (its time to kill him...again and for ever. Classic rivalry.)
- Mavado (a bigger challenge as stated in MkDA)
- Jarek (he is back, she swore to get rid of them all)
- Onaga (he killed her and her best friends)
- Any new boss she has to take care of along side the other heroes.

* Other threats:

- Sektor/Tekunin (A hint was given in MKG about their rivalry, and it was given again in MKA, read this)

Important info on Sektor VS Sonya

- Kira (Enemies since who knows when, stated by Boon during MKD)
-Kabal (He has reformed what she swore to destroy, a big threat)
-Hso Hao (Jaxs personal enemy, but if she has a chance to finish him she will)

-Frost (She hated her and didn’t trust her since day one, and a hint was given in the MKA trailer, she is fighting Frost)

Important info on Frost VS Sonya

-Kobra (He is part of her list now, like it or not)
-Shao Kahn/Deadly Alliance (if they are huge boss threats again)

Besides all that she might still be fighting to rescue her friends from danger, I liked that bit of info in MKDA, it gave Sonya a very powerful light of humanity and loyalty. She really cares about her friends and allies, she fought to rescue Kenshi and Cyrax from doom, though she never found them in the end. I wonder if her quest will continue in MKA?

Whatever the case, she has earned her happy ending, if Sonya is NOT to return, then I say give her the heroic ending she disserves. Being earths most powerful female and battling forces of evil in all Mks isn’t an easy job, and after all that’s happened, she is one of those who disserves to sit back and relax: let Sonya MARRY Johnny Cage and retire!.

Is she in love with Johnny Cage? MARRY THEM!

Johnny Cage, her fellow Earthrealm warrior and friend, seems to view her as a romantic interest, and there have been indications of her having the same feelings toward him in all the published Mk comic books (official/cannon (Mk4) and unofficial, even before the movies), the movies and the game itself (view Johnny Cages ending).

I honestly hope to see them married in the end. It would be the perfect closure for both characters (besides completing their personal missions). They are a perfect couple, opposites and equals in different stuff, just what they need.

She is the tough chick of MK, no other like Sonya Blade.

Appearances:

Sonya has been involved in all Mk games one way or the other, and is currently the mk female who has appeared the most in all of them. A cool thing about her is that she always receives a new and different look, the creators are faithful in making Sonya dress sexy yet not half naked like the rest of the entire cast of females in Mk:

* Mk1- Green/Red outfit with white boots. Short hair and has earrings.

* Mk2- Green outfit with white boots. Short hair and has earrings.

* Mk3- Improved green/blue outfit with black and white (aerobics style) and a gypsy belt. Long pony tail and has earrings

* Mk4- New green/red/purple with black outfit that no doubt resembles Bridgette Wilson from the first movie. She wears her trademark cap from the first film and has a long pony tail. She also has some strange weapon/bullet things around one of her legs. Im hoping we get this look as an alternate for her, it would rock! I love this look, its one of her best, second best imo.

* MkDA- She was finally given a military outfit that perfectly fits her tough personality, a completely new and improved look when compared to her other appearances. She wears a jacket, a tight torn shirt, tight pants, black boots and a sexy thong. This look is clearly a tribute for Sandra Hess, who plays Sonya in the second film. Best look ever.

Her alt costume makes her look elegant and important. She wears big boots with high heels, and with a military hat. She looks superb and ready to intimidate.

* MkSM: Again, she received a new look that was mainly inspired with her Mkda outfit. Her jacket is more simple and brown, but her tight black shirt and military-like pants are completely new. She was given the thong again and in addition, a COOL sexy piercing that made her look classy.

Her white-blond hair was tied in a short pony tail. The bad thing was that they screwed her face, the body was simply perfect, but her face looked **UGLY** in that render (but so did most of the faces of the human renders of that game), I have to add though, that she looked beautiful in the render where she is fighting/kicking Kitana with no mask and in the game itself.

Top Tier Character:

Sonya has been a top tier character in all her game appearances:

Mk1 (where she is the #1, best fighter thanks to her leg grab, speed and sweep)
Mk3 (she is positioned in #7-8, she is the second most powerful female next to Sindel, great speed and combos)
Mk4 (among the top characters, best combos and speed again)
Mk5 (no doubt one of the best top 5, she had some of the most powerful styles)

Most Special Moves:

I would also like to note that Sonya Blade is one of the few characters in Mk to have a huge amount of Special moves in a game and in total:

* Leg Grab: One of MKs most infamous and memorable special moves. Sonya would do a handstand and grab her opponent with her feet and slam them on the ground. In both movies, she twists her opponent's neck, breaking it and killing her opponent. One of her trademark classic attacks. I hope to GOD THEY BRING IT BACK OR I WILL SCREAM!!!! SHE NEEDS IT!!!!!!

* Energy Sonic Rings: Conjuring her own mystical energy, Sonya would clang her wrists together and send out rings like whirlwind fireballs that would hit the opponent exploding and leaving rain-like drops of magical energy in the ground that would dissolve.

* Square Wave Flight: She would take off into the air and fly across the screen with a punch to anyone who was in the air. In Mk4 she would leave a trace of mystic energy behind. (MK, MK3,

* Vertical Bicycle Kick: She performs a great counter-air attack and rises into the air with a series of vertical kicks.

* Air Leg Throw: Using her legs she would once again challenge all rules of gravity, she performs a fancy acrobatic attack in the air by graving the opponent with her legs and tossing him/her/it to the ground.

* Cartwheel Kick: Sonya would perform a fast and elegant cartwheel at her opponent kicking them on impact.

* Fire Ball: Sonya does the same movements she did when performing her energy rings special move, but this time she would throw a purple fire ball that would hit the opponent, exploding with a whirlwind kind of effect.

* Flying Kick: Taking a page out of Liu Kang's book, Sonya would fly across the screen with a fast kick to the opponent's torso.

* Kiss Of Death: Sonya would blow a poisonous mystical kiss that would stun the opponent. Amazing special move that didn’t suit Kira at all, she needs it back, Kirashould get new moves.

Fatalities:

* Fire Kiss of Death: This sarcastic fatality appeared in the series along side Sonya and has been her trademark fatality ever since MK1. She would blow a kiss (in which was a ball of fire) and the fireball would find its way to the opponent, burning him/her alive.

* Crushing Kiss Of Death: Another variation of this fatality was found in Mortal Kombat 3 in which she would once again blow a kiss and an amazing glowing orb would be hurled towards an opponent, crushing the opponent and leaving behind a pile of blood and bones.

* Slicing Kiss of Death: The kiss returns with a different style. She conjures an energy ball that destroys the opponents upper torso once it makes contact.

* Leg Grab Death Splits: Sonya performs her leg grab trademark move and grabs her opponent with her legs, she holds them high for a couple of seconds before ripping his/her body apart by splitting her legs apart.

* Poisonous Kiss of Death: Sonya conjures and blows a mystical poisonous mist, this is released from her mouth and makes its way to her opponent. Her opponent begins to choke and vomit out organs, food and blood before Sonya jumps in the air and crushes her opponent's head. (MKDA)

***TRIVIA TRIVIA TRIVIA***: Some cool info you might not know about Sonya:

COOL MK3 TRIVIA FOR YOU with PICS!

*Sonya Blade (along side Scorpion) was revealed to be one of Ed Boons most favorite characters during an interview around the time of Mortal Kombat 3 (published in Mk3 Official Kollectors book, by EGM Masters series in 1995); Ed Boon stated that she was not only one of the strongest, but also one of the most popular fan favorites of the game.

* This are some small extracts of the Mk3 Official Kollectors book by EGM Masters (EB: Ed Boon, JT: John Tobias):

- EB: She is perceived as one of the strongest characters. Everybody loves her bicycle kicks move and the leg grab. She has improved big time.

- EB: I think a lot of people will agree she is one of the strongest characters later on...I dont know if its because shes female.

- JT: It was like that with Mileena. At the end everybody picked her. The plan is to make the characters equal. They are all created equal.

- JT: When we decided to put Sonya in the first game, we would always use Chun-Lee as an example. If you make them cool, people are going to play them. Guys aren?t so macho that they are ashamed to pick Sonya, because they can stay in the game with her and cant with somebody else.

- JT: As far as her look, we wanted the costume to have sort of a new and improved look. Introducing the black and white and making it look a little more stylized, it looks a bit more modern. If you see old Sonya and the new one, the old one looks a bit plain.

- Sonyas inner strength allows her to focus her bodys energies into rings of force. (This also clears the doubt of weather she had any Special Forces weapon in her wrist to do the rings)

- With mind control (just like Liu Kang) she defies gravity flying up from the ground in a stunning bicycle kicks.

- Sonya and Kano were the first Mk3 characters to be confirmed.

- She was partially inspired by the karate champion and movie actress.

* Sonya Blade was going to fight Jade (a green female warrior) during the first film in a secret arena, but the scene was never done.

* According to the comics, Sonyas was kidnapped to marry Shao Kahn in unholy matrimony, reason why she is absent from Mk2 and is seen chained in the background. Their marriage would had opened the barriers of the two worlds (Outworld and Earth) and Kahn would had been able to take earth as his own. The wedding was stopped during an epic battle between all the mk1 and mk2 characters.

* Ed Boon confirms in a video Interview that can be seen in the special edition of MK Deception game, that she is definitely going to return for a new Mk game.

* She was named after one of Ed Boons sisters (obviously her name is Sonya), he confirms this in a video Interview that can be seen in the special edition of MK Deception game.

Conclusions:

Sonya is a great character with potential, but putting aside all her positive points, the thing that has had the most negative impact on her character is the never ending/ never evolving storyline.

While it shows how important and crucial she is for the forces of light, it gets too dull and repetitive after having the same missions/objectives in most games.

Get OVER that CRAP already! It was great back then but we need to see more of her now, new stuff!

Hopefully she gets a new twist and a new mission in a future Mk game if she is to return.

I want Sonya to live and return, but seeing how things are being done for MKA, I say she disserves her happy ending, so yeah, let her retire, marry Johnny Cage and it would be nice to see her have a daughter, trained to battle for future games.

She disserves her happy ending.
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07/23/2006 05:08 PM (UTC)
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LeoBrZ81 Wrote:


Man, I'm kinda being bombarded here... hope queve shows up soon to give me a hand! Lmfao!


Im here and ready. wink

BTW, you should think about the Cage-Sonya relation, if you read my entire post above, or just the bit of Sonya-cage love, you will see its pretty cool. Its interesting how these 2 characters, so alike and so “unlike” at the same time, make a lovely couple. Would be great!

As for the Sub-Zero alliance, check out my links to those threads where I talk about the Tekunin and Frost, there is even more that can be done, including the Brotherhood of the Shadow, etc. Sonya has potential.

boys_for_pele Wrote:
yeah queve would dominate in this thread... lol.


Awww, now that was cute. I will allow Sonya to give you a sweet kiss just for that...just ONE though. grin

LeoBrZ81 Wrote:
My favorite characters on MK have always been Sub-Zero and Sonya Blade. I've seen a lot of threads that touch upon the possible future of Sub-Zero, as well as Boon hinting that he will survive and return in the future... but I still do not know the majority of players' opinion on the future of Sonya during AND after Armageddon.

So let me know your thoughts on her: do you think she will survive? Maybe return in the future?

As for me, I believe she will survive, but she's human, so unless a big twist happens on Armageddon, Sonya (unfortunately) isn't getting any younger. Therefore, she might not be coming back even though she survives ;-; !!!


PS.: Praying they re-do her look! Don't rlly like the MKDA hair -_-' ... Giving her back her MKSM look would be kick-ass!


Sonya is a fan fave among fans, I love her MKDA look the best, the bad thing about her MKSM look is that they screwed her face in the main render, God she looked ugly (though the body was perfect), but you can see in the other render, she vs kitana, she looks beautiful.

As for Sub-Zero, he has evolved for the best, and being one of Boon/everyones faves, his return is almost assured, though I honestly think he disserves to sit back and rest for a few games. If he and Scorpion will always be back, why not let other mk characters shine? Motor Kombat is a good example, their places should had been filled by those who might not return in a very long time, its kind of annoying to see them take the spot always when they will always be present: Sheeva, Sonya, Sindel, Kenshi should had been there, not the 2 ninjas.

LeoBrZ81 Wrote:
Still, I do think she is one of the more "vital" female characters, considering her constant appearence in games and her involvement with different characters throughout (first black dragon, then kenshi & cyrax, then frost, now possibly Red Dragon).


You are quite correct, she is vital, by far, the only female to have appeared the most in the games and storywise.

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I could do without Sonya. I don't hate Sonya but then again she's just getting so stale it's not even funny. If they keep her she needs some SERIOUS work to not only her looks but her storylines as well.


I agree! Its time to end her never ending feud with the dragons and all that. I say she needs to get the twist she disserves, so much can be done with Sonya, starting with her capture in Mk2 by Shao Kahn, the possibilities are not limited, too bad they don’t seem to explore deeper into the classics.

On a side note, I have to add, not only she needs a twist, others like Scorpion himself need more serious work. I always thought of it as ironic when fans complained about the stale storylines of the classics like Rayden, Sonya, Kitana, Kano, Kahn, etc, but always tended to ignore the fact that Scorpion had the most stale story of all, never doing anything really but getting his butt kicked and sent back to hell, over and over again.

XiahouDun84 Wrote:
There's Jax who might be corrupted by his enslavement and anger. If he turns to evil, it could lead to an interesting confrontation with Sonya since the one thing she fears most is loss. So if she was forced to fight her best friend...could be trouble.

I don't think Sonya will die, but I do think she's due to retire along with most of the other "classics." I think she'll survive the big clan war and retire from fighting. Probably marry Johnny Cage or something. Then they could have a daughter who'll join the Special Forces and be part of the next gen games.


The Jax bit is VERY interesting, as I have written here:

Jax might be EVIL

It could lead to some very great twists that would help her story and the rest. And yes, please let her marry Cage. Would be a great ending.

boys_for_pele Wrote:
Sonya has been my favourite since day 1. Although I love Mileena a lot, I must say Deception was diffrent without Sonya imo, just because she's been in every game except MK 2 befor the release of deception.

I do hope some rivarly between Sonya and/or Mavado/Frost will deveolp. I know for a fact that Boon has stated Sonya is a favourite of his, but I think this might be her last game, and I think they will just retire her, but it would awesome if she came back in the next generation.


I agree 100%. smile

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she needs a more..............revealing outfit. I mean I like her clothes now, but she's the original female. The one female to rule them all. The one from MK1. I've always liked her outfit, but it could be.......... better.


YES and NO!!!!! lol.

I agree with everything you said expect the bit about the “more revaling outfits”.

Sonya is by far the only female who dresses sexy yet DECENT in all the games, unlike the many others who parade around half naked when it doesn’t really make sense/fit the character. Sonya can wear a thong and show her waist and still keep her pants and top on. She looks tough and sexy without a silly swimsuit (and I hope that’s the way it will always be with her).

I actually don’t truly care how they dress because they all look awesome, but some really need to get new outfits, mainly Kitana and Sindel.

Princess and Queen of their realm walking around like...well, lets just say strippers doesn’t really make sense. It fitted Sindel in MK3 because of the whole evil-resurrection story, but in MKD she should had gotten some sort of cool dress. Others like Ashah shouldn’t be showing her legs or part of their bust, since she looks sort of royal and mysterious, her alt just didn’t make any sense...at all. Though I must say I loved Kitanas MkDA primary outfit, so classic and the long ponytail made her perfect, the problem is it doesn’t suit her, looks pretty, but that was for the Mk2 days, she needs to look more royal and less kinky.

Jade can get away with it, same with Tanya (who looked amazing with that strange dress in MKD) and Nitara (vampires are always associated with sexiness and sex, but I guess it would be awesome to see a sort of elegant Nitara with a dress, her outfits were amazing in MKDA, but it wouldn’t hurt to see a change) .

Mileena (specially in MKD, she looked brilliant!!! Best ninja/slutty costume ever!) and Sheeva (trying to look sexy while being grotesque at the same time is just perfect) are the 2 only “slutty females” from the “stripper clan” I consider to be perfect with their outfits. It fits their personality and their overall aspect. They are perfect the way they are.

Kira also looks good in her revealing outfits, they are design in cool fashion and fits her character anyways, though I would had loved to see her in that male costume she used to disguise with.

Another female that looks as ridiculous as Kitana and Sindel is Li Mei. She looks weird half naked, it just doesn’t suit her at all! She looks PERFECT in MKDA (primary) but just silly with her alt, and in MKD she looked AMAZING with her alt. Li Mei showing so much skin just seems odd since she has this young noble warrior spirit (picture her when fighting Kano for her people), so being half naked makes her look a bit silly, though the costumes are cool.

Frost looks cool with her primary, suits her better then the alt. And finally, Sareena is someone I cant say much about yet but even though she looks like a stripper I guess it suits her well.

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Sonya has far too much to accomplish in Armageddon. And I don't want her bowing out until she has done the following:

Killed:

Jarek
Kano
Kabal
Kira
Kobra
Hsu Hao
Mavado

Armageddon should be where the old black dragon die out, meaning from Jarek to Kobra on my list. The Red Dragon should be the clan of the future. And Sonya and Cyrax should be there to take them out. Not to mention the Tekunin who are now raising their cyborg heads. Jax should die, hes done nothing in ten years. Sonya still has alot of fight in her.

If Jax where to die I would like it to trigger some sort of crazy streak in Sonya. Tired of watching all her friends die she simply shuts her remaining friends out and wages a solo vendetta against Outworld scum. Or something like that.

Whatever the case, Sonya > All. grin


Well said Keith!

E_D_D_01 Wrote:
Well, the mavado rivalry thing is probably gonna be the end of her. Kano was always just some street punk with a bionic eye, so he shouldn't have been much of a challenge for her, but still kinda was. Mavado, on the other hand manipulated and destroyed the OIA just through planning, and beat both kabal and kenshi, and possibly kano if his ending was canon. he could take out sonya without even showing his face.


I doubt it, and Keith explained well how Kano, (not even for a second), qualifies as a simple “punk”. Being one of the most wanted criminals in the world should settle that.

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Now everyone don't even get me started here on Sonya killing out the Black Dragon. Kabal is my favorite and i want him to live on tongue.

Sonya is a cool character and she can kill off everyone BUT Kabal. I personally HATE the red dragon and the other members of Black Dragon but I don't want the stpid special forces taking over even though Kenshi and Cyrax are really cool too.

Well i think that Kabal and Sonya should have a good enough chance to survive but if Special Forces is gnna just completly take over Kabal will end up dying and if he dies i hope all members of Special forces die besides Kenshi and Cyrax grin.


I actually hope Kabal gets back to his senses and becomes good again. He is one of my top fave characters, but I was gravely disappointed when I read his MKD bios....that was one of the most silliest and, well, bad developed reasons to become evil and join the black dragon again. It was just not necessary and felt “empty”. Made no sense to make him change his views and goals in one simple day.

Barakaz_cuz Wrote:


Sonya is not going to Kill all the Black Dragon herself.She has enough to deal with the Tekunin [ which i think will play a major part in MKA story.What are they doing with a warship wink ] Plus the Black Dragon will always live on, If i'm not mistaken, The Black Dragon was started by a member of The Red Dragon who didn't like the rules or something like that. There will always be someone like that who doesnt live by the rules and that is the spirit of the Black Dragon and it shall never die!

Plus i'm a strong beliver that Jax[good or Evil] will mop the floor with Hsu Hao and Kabal will finish Mavado off.


Good points. And very true, Sonya alone cant defeat and wont defeat them all, but she will be involved one way or the other. She is the main leader and head of all this OIA/CLANS rivalries stuff. I too hope Jax finishes Hsu Hao and Kabal and Mavado face each other in the end.
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6volt
07/23/2006 05:23 PM (UTC)
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I want her to live!!

Only so Queve won't kick my ass.

I'm only kidding..she should live till MK8,the classics should always stay
no matter what.
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Leo
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07/23/2006 05:53 PM (UTC)
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It definately would be great if, like queve said, there was a secret truth to the whole "champions-don't-age" we didn't know about. That way, all survivors of Armageddon would have a much greater chance of returning for future MKs, especially humans.

And yes, the selection of characters for Motor Kombat were not really thought out. Hopefully they add/change some of those characters.
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Keith
07/23/2006 05:58 PM (UTC)
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Queve. I fucking love you. grin
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Disturbed86
07/23/2006 06:08 PM (UTC)
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So yeah.....Sonya sucks.
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Sub-Zero_7th
07/23/2006 06:42 PM (UTC)
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Cool post queve. I think she has some significance to the story, but I'd sort of like to see a bit of character development as well, namely due to her enslavement by Onaga. Like I said, I don't want her to die, but I do'nt want her to be in the next-gen MK games. She could've done a lot if they hadn't planned on wrapping up the story with this game. She should at least deal with the Black Dragon and Red Dragon.

I think we'll probably see not only a Black Dragon/Red Dragon conflict but also a conflict between Kano and Kabal for control over the Black Dragon. They'll probably have Jarek side with Kano while Kabal has Kira and Kobra on his side. I'm sure they'll have a final battle between her and Kano with Sonya hopefully being the winner. Btw, you made a little error about Onaga. He didn't kill her and her friends. He brought them back to life and enslaved them.

It's kind of hard for her to get involved with characters like Sektor and Frost with so much going on thus going back to my complaint about them wrapping the story up with this game.

As for her and Johnny Cage getting married, well, that's only if they really do something with Johnny Cage. His story is undoubtedly piss poor and has gotten no real development at all. For the MK team to just pair the two up when a romance between the two has never really been established in the games would feel kind of awkward and forced, imo.

Johnny Cage's MKDA ending shows a Sonya look-alike on the poster which implies that he's attracted to her at least. However, I think you're mistaken about Sonya having the same feelings for him. If anything, it's the opposite that's true when taking the MK4 comic into account.

I don't think Sonya got the whole "not aging" thing. It seems to me that her and Cage aged some while Liu Kang stayed rather young.

For the apperances, well, I don't like her MK1 and MK3 costumes, but Kerri Hoskins is hot. I really liked Sonya's MK4 and MKDA looks better as it had the Special Forces feel to it.

Her MKSM look wasn't good, imo, and neither was her voice.

Gameplay-wise, you're forgetting about UMK3 and MKT, in which she was mid-tier, not top-tier. I'm not sure about her being top-tier in MK3, but it's possible. For MKG, I don't know.

Sonya has definitely gotten a lot of special moves throughout her apperances, but I think it's best that each character in MKA has a maximum of 5 special moves. I think her 5 specials should be her Energy Rings, Leg Grab, Square Wave Punch, Diagonal Bicycle Kick and Kiss of Death.

About the whole marrying Shao Kahn thing in the comics, that's only in the Malibu MK comics, so that whole thing is non-canon.

That's all I have to say here. Once again, good post, bro.

Disturbed86 Wrote:
So yeah.....Sonya sucks.


I know it's your opinion and all, but at least post constructively by at least explaining what you don't like about her.
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07/23/2006 07:20 PM (UTC)
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Since we're kinda touching up on the Onaga enslavement deal, I think it's worthy to mention a theory that has been very popular lately: the one that says all the fighters who were enslaved by Onaga on Deception might return in MKA with a sort of "tainted" personality, and being slightly inclined to a more corrupt/evil side.

Now that would be welcome, IMO. It would be a very interesting change that has the potential to cause a lot of conflict in the overall storyline, particularly giving Sonya something unique and different from her previous storylines. And by what we have seen with Jax in MKU, this looks probable... *Dun Dun Dun*

..Sorry....
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