i thought it would be really great in story mode if you could customize your fighter, like in the beginning of your game you get one fighting style and some of your special moves, and as you continue fighting you build up his/her level and get to purchase moves for your character. also you could unlock other special moves that are really powerful, you could also unlock new weapons for your player to fight with along with new costumes. and there would be movies to unlock too for your character. like in the beginning you see your intro, after you beat the sub-boss you get another movie, and after you beat the game you get your last movie.
also, this would not work in arcade mode. in arcade mode you would have plenty of moves for your character that you don't have to unlock, in general arcade mode is the classic mk style.