I actually like this Sareena concept the best and hope it gets use in the final game.

Good thread and somewhat similar to something I'm working on.

Anyway, Sareena is a great character. She has lot sof potential but they decided for whatever bizarre reason to go and screw her over and not use her ina mainstream game.

The concepts pics you show are great. I liked the Mythologies look alot and think that they should expand upon that one a little.

Her story is amazing and I really like it alot. She's gone the same route as Ashrah, but gone a different way about it. I hope her involvement with Quan Chi is not progressed as I think it best that Quan is best left for Scorpion to deal with alone.

I believe Sareena's role will play more around her unknown alignment. She could be of any of the 3 possible alignments and where whichever way they decide to take her, it'll influence a good number of things and outcomes in the end I believe.

Her relationship with Noob and Sub-Zero should definitely be explored more and if she and Ashrah do end up in confrontation, I'd like the little alliance you suggested to go ahead.

If there's a possible connetion between her and Reiko, I can't imagine what it would be given that he's Outworld based. She may have encountered him upon arriving there and he may have helped her somewhat and she may owe him her life perhaps.

I hope she's used well in MKA and whatever her future holds, I hope she has her chance to shine.

nicely put. now i kinda know who she is and her story and such.

her special moves can be a cross between ice and black magic.

did she know magic?

one move could be a black ice fireball. (over thinking it a little?)

i dont really know more about her to really give any more info :-\

but if 2 kitana fans can like her, imma give her a try in MKA



i have a feeling A shrah is not gonna really be involved w/ the quan chi story line as much, i have a feeling shes gonna kinda be w/ the edenians.
long lost 1/2 sister of kitana? who knows

Are we for getting that Reiko was a BotS too, or was his MK4 bio retconned?



Ka-Tra

Sareena has grown to be one of my favorite females in this game, which is odd since, technically, I've never played a game with her in it. But she has a very good storyline, and her own character is very vague and very gray. Is she good? Bad? Neutral? She could swing either way, it seems, and I think MK:A will make it clear where she'll fall.
She'll either betray Sub-Zero, follow her demonic nature, and join with Noob Saibot (her former "lover"), or she'll realize that Noob Saibot is no longer the man she knew and decide to fight against him.
It could go so many other ways, though. She, like Sub-Zero, has so many ties to so many people that the developers have tons of freedom to explore her character and her future.
On a side note, I always felt that by putting Sareena in the new Sub-Zero's path, they were creating a set-up of sorts for maybe another off-kilter romance... then again, that could just be the hopeless romantic in me talking again.
Anyway, cheers for Sareena! Kick ass, girl!

Sareena is in MK:Armageddon? OMG I so missed that........... NOT!

Yaya Sareena!!

Well i played as Sareena in Mortal Kombat Tournament Edition. She was good in that, but the game in general sucked.

I'm excited to see what they do with Sareena. personally I'd like to see her allign with the good guys. I mean, she spent how long trying to get out of the netherrealm? Years. I think if she was side with noob aibot or Quan Chi again, she would inevitabley end up back in the Netherrealm. Which I dont think she'd want. Even if they let her cross the realms while serving the baddies, there'd still be a possibility of her being stranded there.

Plus, I think it would be more interesting if she sided with the goodies, as then she is the one maintaining the mystery. Will she betray them? Wont she betray them? Does she have hidden agends?
I'd also like for her to become involved with Kitana, lol but I think thats a long shit. Only really want it becuase theyre both my faves. But I did come up with a story in my MK7 Fan Fiction in which they were connected.

Her connections with Reiko must be explored too.

For her look, I'd like to see her more like her MKM:SZ look, but with mroe colour. i also ahve a few fan submission which I did of Sareena too so you can check them out in the Fan Art are, plus I'll post a new one tomorrow.

This is a nice thread. I think her story should mainly tie into the whole Sub-Zero/Noob Saibot ordeal.

Look-wise, in the GI magazine, it looks like she's in her MKTE outfit yet face-wise and such, she looks rather different as in younger looking. I think that's interesting and I like that look because I felt her MKTE look made her look much older.

Style-wise, I'm not sure really. I'd have to get back on that later.

What were her special moves in MKTE?

Yes I noticed she looked younger too. Also they took away the bits of white/grey hair too.


-Her special moves in MK:TE were a fireball and Flip Kick.
-Her Fatality was that she beat them up a bit, does a backflip kick and they died. (All fatalities sucked).
-her fighting styles were Taw kwan Do, Yuang Yang and The Sai. but the Sai kinda worked like a cross between the sai and the Dagger.

I have ideas for her moves etc in the link below. I'll maybe repost my ideas here.

I wonder what her Fatalities are gonna be? Weapon, too. There is so much about this character we don't know about.

I have always agreed that Sareena has potential, she has a very interesting storyline that could lead to many twists with different characters.

I see her getting involved with more then just the ones mentioned above. Lets remember that the Red dragons are now personal enemies of the Lin Kuei, if Sareena is indeed planning to betray Sub-Zero, she could get involved with the Red dragons leaders and form some sort of complot.

Im personally interested to see her involvement with FROST and ASHRAH.

Could she be Ashrahs sister? That would be amazing. A great story/ending can develop from this angle.

And with Frost, will the 2 plan Sub-zeros downfall, and then betray each other for the power they are searching? Or will she stop Frost from hurting Sub-Zero because she might actually LOVE him?

I like Sareena, I hope she plays good in MKA and that she is original, not a lame rip-off.

As for her look, all those pics are great but I like the concept pic of MKM the best. She looks so girlish in MkA (MK:TE).

HERE ARE MY IDEAS FOR HER MOVES WISE:


Fighting styles:
Fighting Style 1: Hsing-Yi Chuan.
Mind-body boxing. This style encompasses self defence, self healing and mind-body co-ordination.

Fighting Style 2: Bak Fu Pai.
White Tiger Kung Fu. This style is similar to Fu Jow Pai. It incorporates, kicks punches and combo attacks.

Weapon style: Razor Rings.
(I came up with an idea as part of a story I made for Sareena that she used a certain weapon key to her stoory. The essence of Kia is contained within one, and Jataaka the other. Razor rings allow for close kombat, as well as mid range kombat. But this doesnt need to happen it was jsut an idea I had. i wont post the story etc).

Special Moves:
1. Double EnergyBall: Two fireballs, browny/yellow colour- releases one from each hand that hit at same time

2. Back Flip Kick: Does back flip, kicks with both feet as she is going back

3. Spinning fist: She does a turn on the spot to gather power and backslaps her for in the face

4. Aura steal: A bit like Shang's move in MKDA...steals a bit of aura and rejuvenates

5. Lunging Kick: Sareena jumps toward her foe, as her leading leg lands she kicks powerfully with her trailing leg.

6. Razor Ring Toss: Sareena throws her razor ring at the enemy

FATALITIES:

Fatality 1: Aural Distortion. Sareena stands midscreen and chants an incantation. A browny/yellow aura appears around the enemy. Using her powers, Sareena distorts the aura and therefore the foe, breaking there arms and legs. She then does a backflip kick and breaks her foes neck.

Fatality 2: Backbreaker. Sareena approaches her opponent and does a spinning punch to the face. She then kicks her opponent?s abdomen, making them fall onto their knees. She then walks behind them, puts one foot on their back, pulls their arms backward, and pushes on their back with one foot, snapping their spine. Sareena?s foe screams in agony until the back breaks. ,br/>
Weapon Fatality. Sareena throws one of her razor rings and slashes her opponent?s stomach, as the fall onto their knees; she launches the other, decapitating them.
Hara-Kiri: Aura Release. Sareena jumps away from her foe, raises her hands into the air while she chants a spell. In an instant, Sareena?s human form becomes a blob leaving a brown/yellow cloud, which vanished in a flash of light. The remains of her human form are left at the battle scene.

Tgrant:
And as Tetra_Vega pointed out, Reiko was originally introduced as a Demon from the Netherealm. He wore the Brotherhood of the Shadow symbol on his back and he shared similar Demonic traits that Sareena, Kia, and Jataaka had such as black/white hair and black tattoos on their face.
However, after the Shao Kahn nonsense started all that was pretty much forgotten....which is why I'm not really expecting them to address that.


I agree with those who are saying her story in Armageddon will focus mainly on which side she ends up on in the Noob Saibot/Sub-Zero thing.
I also agree with MKKitana, I hope she leans more towards the good side. I think that'd be more interesting.

She had very generic special moves in MK:TE. Like a fire ball and some sort of fancy kick. Nothing really special.
In Mythologies I remember she had a spinning tornado move and a Kama throw and I think something else.

For her weapon, in Mythologies she used two Kamas. However, they might not give her those again since they gave them to Nitara. In MK:TE...her weapons were labeled "Sai," but looked like Daggers and if I remember, they had Kali Stick moves. Go figure.

I also noticed Sareena looked a bit younger in the GI photo, but I figured that was just due to a better rendering job. I hope they don't take away the white streak. I like that.

Razor rings?
Like Shaulkrums(sp?)?



Ka-Tra

Haha

Interesting ideas MK_Kitana. Style-wise, I take it you want her to play more on the offensive side?

Are there any particular attributes when it comes to her projectile? It sounds like it's just a basic projectile like Kira's Nightshade.

Does her flipkick resemble the one that JC, Darrius, and Kobra use or is it more like Orchid's from the KI games? Does it just push the opponent away or does it knock the opponent away and to the ground? Perhaps maybe it can push the opponent away on normal hit and knock him/her to the ground on counter hit.

Does the Spinning Fist cause a stun or maybe the opponent dizzy or does it knock the opponent on the ground?

The perfect stzle for Sareena would be Tie Gou Chuan, or a more munda-ne general term, Dog style. it was created especially for and by women, it incorporates ground-close combat, misleading, and laying low in the stance, often almost sitting.

Or maybe Sheeva could have it as Sheeva seems like she could be more of a ground person.

As for Sareena, I don't know. Just because a style is made for and by women doesn't necessarily make it fitting for her.

Thanks for the heads up. I forgot about that.

I don't know what weapon she should use, but the Kama should stay with Nitara.

Yeah, those are good ideas.

I think the flip kick will be similar to Sonya's Front Flip Kick, being as this one is the Back Flip Kick. The Front Flip Kick was an instant knockdown if I remember rightly. This one of Sareena's could be a juggler.

Instant knockdown huh? Are you saying that Sareena's Flip kick should plant the opponent on the ground or just knock him/her down? Sonya's Front Flip Kick in MK4 seemed kind of like a Cartwheel Kick to me. I don't know why. *shrugs*

No, I said it should be a juggle move. Lol! Read my post.

My bad! UHHH AHHH!!!!!!!!! Wish i had the sound wav of that blooper where Quan Chi goes Uhhh Ahhh!!!!

Uhuh, it doesnt really focus on takedowns and grappling. Its not a wrest-ling stye of combat at all. If it would be Sheevas that would be unfitting.