We’ve heard of the many realms within the MK universe. We have Earth realm, the Vampire realm, the Netherealm, Zattera, Outworld, Heaven and Hell. We’ve had stages at various locations within these realms, but isn’t it time we got to see these realms fully? Also, with new realms like Orderealm coming about, we should be able to learn about them too.

Over the course of the games, we’ve come to know of the Lin Kuei HQ, the Special Forces HQ, Kahns Palace and even some other locations. Some stages have been set within these places or nearby. How about looking around them?

The guide to the realms I propose would be like a huge map of the universe and we’d be able to see each realm, where it is in the MKverse and explore it. Some might even be in other galaxies. Heaven and hell would stretch above and below the map of the realms. Since Shujinko is in Konquest, you could use him as your tool to look around the realms. I know that on Konquest you’ll get to move around the realms, but it is unknown whether we’ll get a history lesson as we move around. Plus, I don’t believe all places will be accessible.

Think of the map as being like a 3d atlas of the universe. You select the realm you want to visit and then travel there via a portal – Stargate style. Or, if you don’t want to visit, you can zoom in on the realm (think of a zoomed in satellite image) and view the different places and landmarks of each realm. You’d be able to see where some characters live and some of the many stages from MK.

After selecting the world you want to go to you can walk around and meet some characters and learn about the history of the stages, landmarks and places. When you come to some stages, like the Pit, I think it’d be cool if you got to try out the Stage Fatality here and see them in 3d.

Netherealm:

Things to do:

Explore the realm.
Meet the Oni, Shinnok and other demon beings.
Witness the transformation of a mortal into an Oni. (Just like what happened to Drahmin)
Witness the energies of this realm warp, weaken or strengthen some beings.
Learn of how this realm came to exist and why people are sent here.

Edenia/Outworld:

Things to do:

These realms have so much history! After coming through the portal you are given the option of using a time warp. You can go back to the past to se Outworld as it was in the time of Sindel and Jerrod. A cut scene could show the happenings of Kahns takeover and Jerrod and Sindels death. Imaging playing as Kahn at this point and beating up Jerrod so you have interacted with this part of history.

Afterwards, we go to Outworld as it is now. You get to see the realm destroyed and then it’s eventual fusion with Outworld. Imagine seeing both those realms joining and seeing Edenia destroyed in seconds!

Also, you’d be able to visit stages like Kahns Arena and Shangs Palace and have a tour around them. You’d be able to look at objects and find out any information about them and those past areas themselves. You’d find out what MK game they were in, what they were used for and how they were built

Looking around Kahn’s palace you can visit his chambers and see the throne room and learn a bit more about the Deadly Alliances attack and learn more info about the palace itself.

Going to Shang’s palace you can check out the soulnado and see how it was made. And you can see the underground chamber where Moloch and Drahmin are kept. Although before you can do any of that, you’d have to beat Shang in a fight to make him show you around.

Or you could go to Quan Chi’s palace. Check out the Inner Sanctum and other stuff. Another idea would be having the owner of the place show you around. In this case, Quan Chi. He can inform you of how he had the place built and why he chose the design it has.

Also, you can visit the wastelands of Outworld and check out any other Outworld/Edenian stages.

Earth:

Things to do:

Explore Shang Tsung’s Island and play the role of Liu Kang in the final battle vs Shang Tsung. Also witness some of the other battles of that tournament.

We could go on a tour around the Lin Kuei, Red Dragon, Black Dragon and Special forces HQ’s. We could visit the Shaolin Temples and learn about the order a bit more. And also learn a bit more about Liu Kang and Kung Laos history.

The Lin Kuei HQ can be shown to us as it was before Sub-Zero became the Grandmaster. We can see how he transformed it once he got the Dragon Medallion. Also, we could watch the match between Sub-Zero and Sektor for the Dragon Medallion.

We could see how the Special Forces HQ looked before the portal device was destroyed in MKDA. And of course, we could learn about and see the portal device itself. And maybe a cut scene of how Hsu Hao went about his task.

There’d be a lot more to this mode than this. What do you all think?