barakafan13 Wrote: pics,wishlists,what have you?As you can see I am a fan,any others can gather here.I think he is one of the undeveloped characters of all time

Well I'm a huge Baraka fan too! But for now I'll just post some kool info on the Nomad King.

BARAKA

Origin: Outworld
Species: Nomadic Mutant
Affiliation: Worked for Shao Kahn and Quan Chi. Leader of his race.

Mortal Kombat II: Baraka had just led the assault on to the Shaolin
Temples in retaliation for Liu Kang's MK1 victory. We do not know much
about his role in this tournament, but he did end up losing. During this
time, he and Mileena were having a secret romance.

Mortal Kombat Trilogy: Still on Shao Kahn's payroll, Baraka continued to
fight for evil. He grew fearful of Kahn's wrath when he failed to capture
several Earthrealm warriors. If Kahn were to defeat Raiden's forces,
Baraka planned to take advantage of the weakened emperor and kill him.
Because Shao Kahn did lose, Baraka's plans never came into fruition. He
left his people behind and refused to follow Kahn either out of fear or
because he just didn't know that he was still alive.

Mortal Kombat Gold: Baraka's nomadic excursions through various realms
led him to meet Quan Chi in Edenia. The two struck a deal where Baraka
would assassinate Shinnok, leaving them to rule the realm together.
Baraka agreed, partially because he loved to fight and found it as a good
excuse to crack some heads. It is unknown if he was able to kill Shinnok.
The Krypt in MK:DA contains the MK4/G ending movies for both Scorpion and
Baraka. With Scorpion's being canon, it raises debate as to why Baraka's
ending is shown as well. If he was the one who killed Shinnok, then he
was killed by Quan Chi shortly after when they had an argument over how
to rule Edenia. Of course, his ending can't be totally canon no matter
how you slice it considering Quan Chi had killed every being in that
world.

Where Is He Now: Possibly dead, but I would bet against it. Considering
he's pretty much the most popular character to not make it into MK:DA, I
don't think we've seen the end of this loveable Wolverine wannabe.

Baraka is a very unpredictable character, making him a liability to Shao
Kahn and Quan Chi. While he may seem calm and collected at one moment,
before you know it he's causing decapitations left and right.

There were two concept sketches released that depicted ideas for Baraka's
appearances before agreeing to his final look. One was exactly the same
as the final version, only with long, luxurious black hair. The other was
completely different, showing him as a masked ninja with swords, looking
nothing like the traditional MK ninjas.

Baraka had a short cameo in UMK3 in Mileena's ending. Remember, Shinnok
hadn't been written into the story yet so at the time her ending was
completely different. In it, she kidnapped Sindel and Kitana and used
them as hostages for Shao Kahn, forcing him to find a way to dupe
Earthrealm's heroes into entering a new tournament where they would face
Baraka. Baraka as the boss of MK4? He couldn't have been worse than
Shinnok.

The relationship between Shao Kahn and Baraka is strikingly similar to
the relationship between Skeletor and Beastman from Masters of the
Universe. The skull faced emperor who commands and regularly chastises a
freak who leads a legion of monsters and mutants.

As mentioned earlier, there is a MKG FAQ out there claiming Baraka's
intro states that Kung Lao sliced him in half during MKT and Shinnok
resurrected him. I honestly have no idea where this came from,
considering his intro text says nothing of the sort. It's probably just
somebody's idea to explain why Baraka looks the way he does in MKG...

Great job ChiefThunder, I agree with everything you wrote. I certainly hope Baraka does return he is one of my all time favorites along with Sub Zero and Reptile.

baraka will die

Baraka will kick your a$$

Nice profile of Baraka, you have there.

Ah Baraka, what a looney.

barakafan13 Wrote: I think he is one of the undeveloped characters of all time

Ha! You have go to be kidding me! Underdeveloped?! He made two count 'em TWO! MK appearences. That's more than I can say for half of the MK characters they made.

He had cool moves, and a awesome look. I think Baraka was more than 'underdeveloped'. They could have done more with him, sure, but you can't go off saying he was underdeveloped.

ummm chief thunder, i don't think baraka is the character most people miss in MKDA, i'd have to say it's ummmmmmmmm ohhhhhhhh lets seeeeee hmmmmmmmmm oh ya LIU KANG! Baraka should return to mk6, but for the most part couldn't they put everyone from every kombat on one game? One big ass game!? I don't even care if the gameplay is that "Revolutionary" as MKDA, i like the old school MK's, so if they went back to them, w/all people, that would flippin rock.

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