Zentile Wrote: ::[sarcasm] YES, why not make Liu Kang suck ass by reviving him over and over again, like they did with Johnny Cage? Oh yes, a brilliant idea indeed. [/sarcasm]::

Sarcasm noted, but they shouldn't have killed Liu in the first place. And if they do bring him back, I don't think they would repeat that process over and over. Johnny Cage only came back once. He only came back in Trilogy because the Outworld merger interfered with his soul traveling to a higher place, but that was just an excuse to have him in Trilogy. In MK4, he sought Raiden to restore his soul so he could join he fight against Shinnok. Alright, a regular Earth fighter gets to do this. Would it make any sense whatsoever that Earth's BEST and most important fighter is not able to do it too? Raiden probably can't restore souls after ridding himself the title of elder god, and earth's protector (if they carry his ending story over into MK6), but what about Fujin? When is he going to make his title carry some weight?

You know, another story element that puzzles me is that Sub-Zero had a sister, but they totally neglect that aspect, and throw in an unrelated female Sub-Zero in. I don't know, they may have thought a sister would be corny or something.

Rainwater...as much as you like Liu Kang...he was killed by Shang and Quan, whether it was unfair, or they "cheated" it doesn't really matter, since when does cheating matter? these aren't tournaments...these are just events and acts that take place AFTER the tournament...there are no rules....and if there were, they've obviously been broken since Earth is repeatedly the subject of a takeover from other worldly-beings like Kahn, Shang, and Quan Chi. So please, just throw the terms "cheating" or "unfair" out the window.

ShangTsungNiceGuy Wrote: Rainwater...as much as you like Liu Kang...he was killed by Shang and Quan, whether it was unfair, or they "cheated" it doesn't really matter, since when does cheating matter? these aren't tournaments...these are just events and acts that take place AFTER the tournament...there are no rules....and if there were, they've obviously been broken since Earth is repeatedly the subject of a takeover from other worldly-beings like Kahn, Shang, and Quan Chi. So please, just throw the terms "cheating" or "unfair" out the window.

As I said before, I was just venting. You are right, these are not tournaments. I already made that point in my first post. But yes, let's throw my personal opinions out the window. Shang Tsung and Quan Chi cheated, but that doesn't matter as you said. In my first post, I merely wanted to clear up some issues about Liu Kang's background that many people were confused about. I also took the opportunity to mix in my thoughts about it all. Thoughts that I could have left out, but figured as long as I made my point clear it didn't matter. Perhaps I should just stick with the facts next time, and leave my opinions out. However, I would love to see the amount of venting this board would have if a crowd favorate like Scorpion was destroyed for good.

As far as liking and hating characters, that's just for pure fun. I don't take that stuff seriously. MK is just a game, and if they kill my favorate character, fine. I'll live. I'm just having fun expressing my opinion on the whole matter. I think it's cool when a story can have characters you like and dislike. Helps you get in the story or a character. But it's all for fun. At the end of the day, it's just a game.

Take care guys.

Liu Kang has to come back, for the simple reason that he IS mortal kombat. Also I think I read somewhere that (I don't remember if it was Boon, as the creator, or Vogel, as the plot developer) said we haven't seen the last of Liu Kang.
Personally I'm not a huge fan of Kang like Rainwater is but it just isn't MK without him. His demise, however, IMO necessary to revitalize the story; while Liu Kang may have never won any "tournaments" besides MK1 he is, by default, the "hero" who is logically assumed as saving the world every time. The cycle had to be broken.
In MK6 I think Kang should return. Here's my idea: the Deadly Alliance has ended, because the Dragon King has awoken, and this nullifies the power of Quan Chi's amulet over the undefeatable army. Shang and Quan have no further use for each other, and part ways. Each villain, including the Dragon King, has his own plan for the domination of the realms, and begins to build his own army; and Shang resurrects Kang as his ultimate secret weapon. He reunites Kang's body and soul, but is unsuccessful in fully tainting Kang's soul with evil. Kang is not "evil," but is also not the hero he once was. While he is still the mightiest warrior alive, he has no memory of being the champion of Mortal Kombat and savior of Earthrealm. He now embarks on a mission to discover his past, and his place in life.

I HATE LIU FUCKING KANG he is UGLY YELLOW chine who showl stay dead and i dont want him o appear never ever in MK6 or the future MK'S!! peace



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I agree that Liu Kang should come back for MK6 because he is one of the MK icons aside from Scorpion and Sub Zero. Plus he has been in every single MK game until MKDA. Scorpion was just in Ultimate Mortal Kombat 3 but not the original version of MK3 and there were 2 different Sub Zeros in the games, but Liu was in ALL. It just wouldn't be right if there were 2 MK games without Liu.

i dont know about you guys but i remember voting somewhere for some one to die. it was about 6 months ago and there was a list of all the characters and it said who needs to die in mk5 i am not afraid to say i voted for liu im sick of him im glad he is dead and if he came back that would just be weird seing is how shang tsung to his soul... but it is now in kanos body so that might make him come back.

sicomono Wrote: i dont know about you guys but i remember voting somewhere for some one to die. it was about 6 months ago and there was a list of all the characters and it said who needs to die in mk5 i am not afraid to say i voted for liu im sick of him im glad he is dead and if he came back that would just be weird seing is how shang tsung to his soul... but it is now in kanos body so that might make him come back.

Yes Sic...but that's only likely if Quan Chi won MKDA...which is PROBABLY not the way MKDA turned out...it will be interesting though, when MK 6 rolls around to find out who won in MKDA, and what the results were...of the events in MKDA.

I think the makers killed liu kang because they are planning something big for mk6. just think, will they actually kill liu kang out of nowhere. They could make up a new character with a different name and a masked face like a ninja or something, then when you beat the game with the character he unmasks himself and its liu kang and he was ressurected like scorpion.

The problem with Liu Kang was that the majority of MK fans never really got into him as for say Sub-Zero(by the way has the best developed story and character of any MK fighter) or Scorpion. If Liu had been presented as more of a badass fighter like again sub-zero and scorpion have then i think he would have gotten the props many of you believe he deserves. Me personally never liked the guy because ever since the first MK, Liu was in my point of view always the same, sure all the character were the same, but I felt as if Liu story never really developed beyond the fact that he was the MK champion and it was up to him to defend earth realm. Nothing new was ever added, he just became a doll person. The girl like screams he had during game play didn't really help him either . I think killing Liu in MKDA was a good move as far as the story is concerned, because I personally didn't want to see girly Liu running to save earth realm. That is all from me i know not all of you will agree with what I said but this is my opinion in a nut shell.

The way Liu Kang died wasn't dumb. They could've at least made Liu Kang and Shang Tsung's little fight into a big fight scene, before Quan Chi came in a ruined the moment.

Hehe..

But if it were to be a big fight scene, it wouldn't have been good, being that it happened in an FMV sequence telling the story of the game, it would've been too long for something that tells the story.. I guess.

doomsday7 Wrote: I think he should because what is a mortal kombat game without lui kang. i know some may differ but in my opinion the way he died in mk5, was sort of dumb, they makers could have at least put a little bit more thought in to his death tell me what u think........?

It cost them over 500 thousand dollars to make the FM intro to mk... I'm sure they would have liked to spend another 100 thousand just to make the fight longer.

Sub-Saibot Wrote: The way Liu Kang died wasn't dumb. They could've at least made Liu Kang and Shang Tsung's little fight into a big fight scene, before Quan Chi came in a ruined the moment. Hehe.. But if it were to be a big fight scene, it wouldn't have been good, being that it happened in an FMV sequence telling the story of the game, it would've been too long for something that tells the story.. I guess. doomsday7 Wrote: I think he should because what is a mortal kombat game without lui kang. i know some may differ but in my opinion the way he died in mk5, was sort of dumb, they makers could have at least put a little bit more thought in to his death tell me what u think........?

Nikodemus Wrote: It cost them over 500 thousand dollars to make the FM intro to mk... I'm sure they would have liked to spend another 100 thousand just to make the fight longer.

damn are you sure it costs that much to make a FM intro. I don't know but that sounds like BS. not to diss you or anything but maybe where ever you heard that from wasn't a reliable source.

I hope he comes back only to be killed again.

IM sure this has been brought up. But seriously I think the next mortal kombat (MK6), should just be another offical tournoment in the progression... I mean really think about it, there is no Surpreme Grand Champion of mortal kombat anymore, and in my oppion they have gone to the limit with making exsisting characters bosses, so they should just have another tournoment. I dunno, I just hope they get a fresh boss in, and no rehash characters. Shang and Quan weren't a bad idea but I don't wanna see shao kahn, shang tsung, quan chi, or shinnok as the main boss('s) again. Get something fresh.