I agree.......it prolongs the life of the game for the few that blast through everything in a couple of days....I wouldn't doubt it one bit, I think it's very probable actually.

I don't remember exactly, but I think they said way before MK: DA was even started that they disliked the idea of time locks. But who knows? They also said they'd never name an MK game, only keep the #. (5 & 6 instead of DA & D)

Well, seeing as I'm homeschooled I try to do a couple years a day. I'm on 56 now. LOL

i wonder if changing your consoles date would work? worth a shot.

Well..I guess it's Boon to blame for the number change in Mortal Kombat's title.
I mean..al this time..in the history of mortal kombat till after Mortal Kombat 4..after John Tobias left...Ed Boon took over..and i guess that is why you see a name change in the title..You know what..whatever goodness Boon has input in the mk franchise recently has been good..but could use help..so I still think that John Tobias should return for the 7th episode of MK. Wouldn't that be great..at least he'll get some help in those fatalities..i saw some of em..and man..they need to look more brutal..special effects,etc. Even my brother was disappointed..who doesn't play the game..but only to see the fatalities..I'm sure there'd be tons of secrets then...
As for time locks..well as you may say..like the name change..might have been forgotten about and ignored..and who knows might have actually gone with it.

I think it's pretty obvious there are secrets only unlockable through a timelock. Why else would you only be able to meditate for a week (so you couldnt meditate then go to sleep and wake up and have everything unlocked).

Thats a great theroy. I beat Konquest pretty early but i've still been playing it to unlock all the Characters and their Alts. also working on getting stages. I've been playing Konquest for a long time and now that i've unlocked almost all of then known unlockables i'm seeing people in places they weren't before with new missions. I remeber i had to fight Darrius and stop the rioting in order for Hotaru to train me, yesterday I found Havik in Orderrealm telling me to start more riots, i did it was just a a weak coin reward but I had never seen him in Orderrealm. Also another character that i had never seen in Orderrealm was Ermac, sneaking out of someones house ans just creeping around. I think you can fight him. Time locks are very possible its the best theroy i've heard about super unlockables yet...Bring Back Reptile...

Reptile,
Thanks man - cool name by the way. For all I know, there may be nothing else to unlock - but the concept of time locks certainly stands to reason after hearing about things changing in Konquest mode as time goes on. You gave a perfect example with Ermac. Perhaps Konquest exists outside a a standard timeline where you have for example 100 quests to finish, and that once you do there's nothing left. Perhaps, and this is the heart of the theory, perhaps the timeline evolves as more quests are accomplished and other quests or characters become available to the player.

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In fact Mortal Kombat Deadly Alliance does have the number 5 in roman numeral form on the cover box. It is a big "V" which also brings back the remence of the former title, MK Vengance before it was changed. But the front of the box says Mortal Kombat Deadly Alliance with a big V behind it meaning the number 5.

What does everyone else thnk of the concept of time locks and the timeline in conquest being evolutionary rather than finite?

I beat konquest and still have about 30 koffins to unlock still half of them keys. Now I have a few ideas maybe the krypt will fill in a little at a time as the time goes some one should let there game meditate over night. The next thing remembered how they said that by the time mk7 comes out not everything will be unlocked maybe there are timelocks but it takes until 04 or the millenium lol. I wish Midway would just confirm theres more characters arenas costumes hidden shit etc... I mean then we all could keep looking for a reason. I mean if they lied about this game having more secrets then any MK game ever Im gonna be pissed. Because they half assed the game and it should of came out later if they couldn;t finish wat they promised. But they should give us a reason to search and they should say how much is out there!!!

You ́re right! If we only could send mr. Boon a Message that he just should say something like : " yes u guys are on a good way" or " keep goin ́it is worth it, there is more unlockable like what was discovered yet". That would be so great! But i don ́t think that Ed is readin ́all Forums or that he would be so crazy to give someone a Email Addy after releasing that Game :P