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The Portal of Time
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posted07/13/2004 04:26 AM (UTC)by
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Just an off-beat idea of mine. In a future MK game, imagine :-

Finding a secret Portal in Konquest, one that allows time travel.

You are presented with a number of choices.

Firstly, travel to PAST or FUTURE.

Secondly, the PAST of (insert character)
OR, the future based on (select winner of current tournament).

What happens then is you win a "what if" FMV based on your selections. Some of these "What if" scenarios could also lead into hidden arenas and fights.

Examples :

(I know some people hate this one but it's a favourite of mine). You go into the past to find the origins of Shang Tsung and Shao Kahn. You emerge from the portal and find yourself in a vast arena with sandy floor, soaked in blood, corpses laying around, one impaled on a spike in the wall. The arena is packed and there is a large crowd all chanting, "Kill, Kill". You realise you are in the Roman Colliseum and see a large Gladiator with his back turned, facing the emporer with sword in hand and beaten foe lying on the ground. This Gladiator is waiting for the Emporer to signal death or life. You get a closeup of the emporer and immediately recognise Shang Tsung who has the crowd under his spell. He signals death and you hear the Gladiator say in latin, "You weak, pathetic fool". To your horror you realise it's Shao Kahn! Kahn then severs the head of the gladiator on the ground and turns to face you. You then fight him! The story then shows how Tsung travelled the past to find the greatest warriors to fight on the side of evil and how Kahn actually eventually got the better of Tsung and ascended to the throne of outworld.

Anyway there could be numerous possibilities for all the characters in the past. Situations where the character was originally neutral and Rayden tried to persuade them to act in the interests of good, all kinds of things. The outcome then shown, what made that character who they are today.

The future could show various "what if" endings, based on the character you selected to win the current tournament. These endings all affect the future of Earthrealm. Obviously good characters winning see Earth prosper whilst bad have terrible consequences for the Earth.

Anyway don't be put off by the example I gave. The possibilities are endless. There are all kinds of cool scenarios that could be in there, both in the past and future, relating to every character. Some of these could unlock secret arenas and characters as well! Story-telling is the main idea though.
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 •07/11/2004 11:23 PM (UTC) •
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So for example you could go back in time to the old ways of the Lin Kuei when the Sub-Zero brothers and Smoke were just learning their abilities and see what Cyrax and Sektor actually looked like before automation according to the game?
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 •07/11/2004 11:31 PM (UTC) •
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FLSTYLE Wrote:
So for example you could go back in time to the old ways of the Lin Kuei when the Sub-Zero brothers and Smoke were just learning their abilities and see what Cyrax and Sektor actually looked like before automation according to the game?


Yes mate, that's exacly the kind of thing I mean.

Another example could be going back to Kabal and he tells you he is about to take part in a ritual initiation to join a gang led by some Kano guy. You warn him of the consequences and he ignores you. You are then shown the story and how he ends up needing the breathing apparatus.
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 •07/11/2004 11:34 PM (UTC) •
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sumixam Wrote:

FLSTYLE Wrote:
So for example you could go back in time to the old ways of the Lin Kuei when the Sub-Zero brothers and Smoke were just learning their abilities and see what Cyrax and Sektor actually looked like before automation according to the game?

Yes mate, that's exacly the kind of thing I mean.

Another example could be going back to Kabal and he tells you he is about to take part in a ritual initiation to join a gang led by some Kano guy. You warn him of the consequences and he ignores you. You are then shown the story and how he ends up needing the breathing apparatus.


That would be one gruesome sight of Kabal getting almost killed by Shao Kahns elimination squad.

Great idea man.
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 •07/11/2004 11:42 PM (UTC) •
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Thanx mate. I am not big on the stories so to me it could be a good way to show events from the past of selected characters. The future is of course, "what if" (select character) wins the current tournament and the consequences of that fighter winning.

Another example while I am giving them out is you go to Liu Kang's past and warn him about Shang Tsung and Quan Chis plot to kill him. As a result he actually lives. The cool thing about this one is that you have now unlocked Liu Kangs 3rd alternate outfit.

That is human Liu Kang!
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 •07/12/2004 07:04 AM (UTC) •
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good concept, but the story with Shao Kahn and Shang Tsung is just... wrong...
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 •07/12/2004 09:24 AM (UTC) •
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Ah it's just my sneaky way of trying to get the Roman Colliseum into the game.

Hell I don't mind if we just get a new Gladiator character, abducted by Shang Tsung from the Past!

It's better than a damn Viking IMO.

Anyway like I said it was just an example. There's about a zillion possible scenarios that could go into something like this.
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 •07/12/2004 07:18 PM (UTC) •
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I like the overall idea. However, I'm not big on the Gladiator idea. Yes, it would be better than a viking, but I don't think that either of them would fir that well into MK.
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 •07/12/2004 10:43 PM (UTC) •
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Shao Kahn only needs slight tweaking to be made to look like an authentic Roman Gladiator IMO. Hell, he's just about close enough already.

Anyway I'll drop that (for now).

It was only a "what if" example, pure and simple.

More indepth histories on Nightwolf, Hotaru and Ashrah, but to name a few, could be made to be very, very interesting and a great unlockable.



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 •07/13/2004 04:15 AM (UTC) •
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I think u'r on to something with the whole portal of time idea!!!
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 •07/13/2004 04:19 AM (UTC) •
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I would like to see Quan Chi's origins and the war that Raiden fought against Shinnok 10,000 years before Mortal Kombat 4.

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 •07/13/2004 04:26 AM (UTC) •
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So would I!

Imagine how deep it COULD go?

I mean, for example, Sheeva is dead, right?

Well not so, if you go into the past and face her in battle once more. Kind of a special secret reward!
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