That tv interview wasn't real.
Personally, I think that the last character is Liu Kang.

Some people believe that Liu Kang has already appeared in the game thus far (in Chess Kombat during a trailer). They think it is his "zombie form". Whether or not that confirms him, I don't know.
Just a few questions. How do we know the transparent Kombatant is Smoke? I missed something here. I'm more inclined to say that it is a costume for Onaga/Havik (who I believe are different characters). Just to explain I think that Darrius is actually allied with Onagu and not Havik. I think Havik is Skab, and is probably connected to the Dragon King as an executioner. Onaga comes from Japanese roots like Hotaru, so it is likely that they are connected someway. Or it could be that Darrius and his rebels have sided with the Dragon King, thus making Havik his ally (who works for the Dragon King). Onagu could be more of a Hotaru type character (Dairou anyone?).
That brings me to my next question. How do we know that person fighting Sindel in one of the trailers is Dairou? Is it possible that it is Onaga/Havik (which ever one's which)? Is there any reason why people have jumped ahead and said it is a completely different character?
So basically, how do we know "Smoke" isn't an alternate for Noob Saibot/Havik/Onaga? And how do we know "Dairou" isn't an alternate for Havik/Onaga?
This could possibly leave for two open spaces in the bio department, so it could be possible for Liu Kang AND Sektor to be added as main role characters. Maybe we could also see Mavado, Kitana, etc. as more characters added, just not on the bio section.

1- Smoke is the "translucent" guy with mask fighting against Baraka. The Smoke's look agrees with the "extraofficialy" information of him.
2- Dairou is a ronin samurai with a score to settle, and Sindel fighting against a SAMURAI guy with resembles much the Dairou's sketches in MKDA. It's evident that this is Dairou.
3- Havik is the only ally of Darrius, and he isn't confirmed to be a playable character... and it's stupid to changed by Onaga, another fighter without any evidence of him in the game, except the original source code of the official web.
4- With Skab isn't any REAL evidence that his name changed.
5- More questions?

You-Know-Who Wrote: Some people believe that liu Kang has already appeared in the game thus far (in Chess Kombat during a trailer). They think it is his "zombie form". Whether or not that confirms him, I don't know. Just a few questions. How do we know the transparent Kombatant is Smoke? I missed something here. I'm more inclined to say that it is a costume for Onaga/Havik (who I believe are different characters). Just to explain I think that Darrius is actually allied with Onagu and not Havik. I think Havik is Skab, and is probably connected to the Dragon King as an executioner. Onaga comes from Japanese roots like Hotaru, so it is likely that they are connected someway. Or it could be that Darrius and his rebels have sided with the Dragon King, thus making Havik his ally (who works for the Dragon King). Onagu could be more of a Hotaru type character (Dairou anyone?). That brings me to my next question. How do we know that person fighting Sindel in one of the trailers is Dairou? Is it possible that it is Onaga/Havik (which ever one's which)? Is there any reason why people have jumped ahead and said it is a completely different character? So basically, how do we know "Smoke" isn't an alternate for Noob Saibot/Havik/Onaga? And how do we know "Dairou" isn't an alternate for Havik/Onaga? This could possibly leave for two open spaces in the bio department, so it could be possible for Liu Kang AND Sektor to be added as main role characters. Maybe we could also see Mavado, Kitana, etc. as more characters added, just not on the bio section.

Thanks for taking the time to answer me. I'll respond to your answers accordingly.
1- Smoke is the "translucent" guy with mask fighting against Baraka. The Smoke's look agrees with the "extraofficialy" information of him.
But is there nay evidence this is "Smoke"? Why can't it be Noob Saibot? Confirming Smoke on this when the only info we have is a black costume.
2- Dairou is a ronin samurai with a score to settle, and Sindel fighting against a SAMURAI guy with resembles much the Dairou's sketches in MKDA. It's evident that this is Dairou.
But this could be filled by Havik. People compared Hotaru to Dairou before he even showed up. Now that Darrius has Hotaru listed as an enemy, and Havik listed as an ally, it could be assumed Hotaru is also on Havik's hitlist. Which sort of draws a connection between Hotaru and Havik, just as people drew the lines that Dairou is connected to Hotaru.
3- Havik is the only ally of Darrius, and he isn't confirmed to be a playable character... and it's stupid to changed by Onaga, another fighter without any evidence of him in the game, except the original source code of the official web.
Sure there's no real evidence. Nor is there any of Dairou or Smoke. Sure they match what we thought of the characters originally, but name changes and storyline adaptions should be expected. Onagu and Havik are probably seperate, but don'tyou think it's a bit too early to seperate what could be one character into two just because ideas have sprouted. Everyone thought that Kitana was going to be in MK4, but at the last second she was swapped with Tanya. Maybe Dairou has been swapped with Havik? And Smoke with Saibot?
4- With Skab isn't any REAL evidence that his name changed.
None at all. No evidence that his name is Skab either. It's just expected that a character like him will be in the game. Right now we can't connect "Skab" with "Dairou", so really any of those seperate characters could be named with any of the "code". So what's to say we won't have "Dairou" called Havik, or "Skab" called "Onaga", etc.
5- More questions?
Will there be any full-frontal nudity (just kidding)?

You-Know-Who Wrote: Thanks for taking the time to answer me. I'll respond to your answers accordingly. 1- We can see the 2 costumes of Noob Saibot, and Noob Saibot appears in the left of Ermac and Smoke in the right of Kenshi. And I remember to have read that in his boots, appears the symbol of the smoke in Japanese. 2- I don't know if Dairou is related to Hotaru or Darrius, but in his sketch bios, Dairou was an evil samurai who works of bodyguard of Shang Tsung. 3- Dairou and Smoke are both confirmed by the MKTeam. But it's true, perhaps changed Dairou's name by other, but for now, no any real evidence of Dairou or Skab changing his name. 4- Any evidence that his names can or can't be changed, only speculations... I hope that the future bios clarify this a little more

I hope so, too. Yeah, earlier sketches showed Dairou, but his role may have been replaced by Hotaru's, or even his role is invalid since no Shang Tsung?

so it looks like its between sektor and lui kang

HoodedGansta Wrote: so it looks like its between sektor and lui kang

Well you're the one who has "sources", and since we know Liu Kang is in the game, and your "sources" say Sektor is in the game, how can it be between them if they are both already in the game?

Check and mate.

This isn't really a confirmed character list, but this is the list I can really sort of see developing. It's probably way off, though:
Playable from Start
1. Ashrah
2. Sindel
3. Nightwolf
4. Ermac
5. Kenshi
6. Scorpion
7. Sub-Zero
8. Bo' Rai Cho
9. Li Mei
10. Jade
11. Mileena
12. Kabal
13. Baraka
14. Raiden
Unlockable from Krypt/Konquest/Kompletetion
1. Liu Kang
2. Mavado
3. Sektor
4. Cyrax
5. Shang Tsung
6. Kira
7. Onaga/Skab
8. Quan Chi
9. Ben Kobra
10. Shujinko
12. Havik
13. Jax
14. Noob Saibot
15. Darrius
Characters Unlocked from Dark Prison Stage
1. Hsu Hao
2. Stryker
3. Jarek
4. Fujin
5. Drahmin
6. Reiko
7. Tanya (I can see her and Jade swapping places in the prison)

no i ment on the select screen. whos gona be the hidden character sektor or lui.

Just another quick quekky. Is it possible for the new "Dairou" character to be the human form of Drahmin?

You-Know-Who Wrote: Just another quick quekky. Is it possible for the new "Dairou" character to be the human form of Drahmin?

Dairou is a ronin samurai with a score to settle.
Drahmin appears in Dark Prision.

True, but we've seen an updated Jade who appears to be doing double duty, why not an updated Drahmin? Plus we haven't exactly seen a health bar with "Dairou" written on it.

I think all the characters from the prison stage-
Reiko
Kitana
Jade
Hsu Hao
Jarek
Drahmin
Stryker
Fujin
Sounds like secret characters...I hope they did somthing better to Hsu Hao he was the 1st character i won the game with.

HSU HAO is the worst MK character ever he's stiff and his moves are rubbish

Hsu Hao's Sun-Moon style was bad to the bone. Sure it was exactly the same as Kano's Butterfly style, but they were both great weaponstyles. Plus the Sun-Moon looked cooler.

Alot of people in that prison stage make no sense at all.
Fujin and Drahmin???
It should be something like-
Kano
Mavado
Jarek
Hsu Hao
and perhaps the other black dragon members from special forces.
And if the insist on using past MK characters people like Reiko, Stryker, and Kai make since...but thats about it.

You-Know-Who Wrote: True, but we've seen an updated Jade who appears to be doing double duty, why not an updated Drahmin? Plus we haven't exactly seen a health bar with "Dairou" written on it.

But Drahmin was a warlord (not a samurai) and it wasn't looked like Dairou....

ErmacMK5, I think that if they r going 2 put Smoke they should have 2 outfits for him:
Ninja & cyborg. Each one should have different special moves.

Shinomune Wrote: But Drahmin was a warlord (not a samurai) and it wasn't looked like Dairou....

Originally Baraka was supposed to be a ninja. Concepts change. Maybe Dairou was originally supposed to be a samurai, then they changed him into a warlord (maybe in the Orderrealm), but then they decided he would be an Oni first, and would then regain his warlord appearance. Then they took the samurai concept and made Hotaru.

http://www.angelfire.com/ex/outerworld/characters/drahmin.html
Drahmin, in his human form, in the left of the image.

Is that actually cannon? And if it is, he could still be "Dairou".