Well for starters, I thought Kitana was pretty good in MK:DA. I'll admit, she could hav ebeen better; but I think she was underrated as a fighter.

I don't know what to say about her look, but I seriously doubt it's impossible to make her look good/better.

Storyline wise, I made some stuff involving Mileena, Tanya, and Shang Tsung in the Storyline Speculation thread.
The creators could maybe try to do something that deals with Kitana's quest/obsession to restore Edenia and redeem herself.
Honestly, I'm not sure what could be done without her character doing a complete 180.

On a personal note, I have no problem with Kitana not being in MK:D. I just don't think they should kill her off.

The man has a point.. I hope they dont put her in just because mileena and sindel are in the game.. if they are gonna ad her i hope they do because she has some purpose to fulfil.. also.. one of her largest ties to the game was Liu Kang.. now that he has gone the way of the DoDo Kitana has even less of a reason to be in the game.. Personally I think Jade should return instead of Kitana... BOO YA!

Well.. they said EVERY old move was gonna come back... so I hope that applies to kitana... so her muves suck less!!!
Also, in MKDA she had a storyline commpletly separated from her family.... so IO guess Kitana and Mileena grew tired of each other... and resumed their lives... now mileena has issues with baraka... and kitana is tring to save the world...

kamionero Wrote: Also, in MKDA she had a storyline commpletly separated from her family.... so IO guess Kitana and Mileena grew tired of each other... and resumed their lives... now mileena has issues with baraka... and kitana is tring to save the world...

About Kitana's storyline completely separated from her family...I think you could add to that by saying that Sindel did not agree with Kitana's decision to go to war with Shao Kahn's forces when Kahn was too weak to attack to begin with, especially when Kitana decided to lead a strike against Shao Kahn without Sindel's authorization. Kinda like the whole thing with President Bush falling out of favor with the UN over the war with Iraq.

It wouldn't exactly be Kitana and Sindel turning against each other, though, and I wouldn't call it a huge power struggle, either. Nothing more than a domestic dispute that almost every family has...at least it would start off that way. But I think some evil entity (perhaps the Dragon King, Quan Chi, or maybe even Mileena) is going to attempt to use that to either make Sindel evil again, cause Kitana to plan a coup d'etat against her mother to take the throne herself, or worse yet, use the dispute as bait to have them both assassinated and take the throne of Edenia for himself/herself.
As you can tell by some of my previous posts, I've got quite a few ideas for Sindel, Kitana, and maybe even Mileena's roles in MKD.

It would be awesome if Kitana tried to usurp power from Sindel. Id like to see how that would unfold. Perhaps the grief from the deaths of both Goro and Liu Kang were too much for her to take.......

Well first they need to do something about her look. A good thing about the next generation mortal kombat is multiple costumes. This way they can keep her classic look as an alternate and at the same time give her a complete new look. Something like they did with Mileena, i mean damn... they gave almost everybody a new look (Sub-Zero, Mileena, Ermac). Why not give her a new look.

Then there are her moves where in my opinion the most changes are needed. If she’s back she will have all her classic moves back... that’s a start. But if you look back what moves are that??

FAN THROW – She actually could throw her fans in MKDA already the only difference will be that she probable can throw them multiple times, witch is a good thing.

FAN LIFT – She could do the fan lift in MKDA so nothing new there.

FAN SWIPE – Well if you switch to her weapon stance you could do lots of fan swipes so I guess that move is out of the picture

So actually the SQUAR WAVE PUNCH is the only forgotten move she will get back (if it is even possible in 3D). So yes they have to give her some really good new moves too.

And finally about her story I don’t know. I don’t care that much if the stories are good or not in MK. But with Sindel and Mileena back I’m sure they could come up with something good. I’m beginning to see now what the point is you guys are talking about but I still want her back. But they better come up with some really good improvements.

Personally, to make Kitana fresh again I think she does need a new outfit, she has had the same one since she was reintroduced back in Ultimate Mortal Kombat 3 .. I love the long hair, keep it!!

Storywise I would want her connected to Mileena, I've always liked the chemistry in the story they share .. but I would like to new reasons, maybe something that happened way back that just surfaces now, that have them at each other's throats.

Move wise, I thought her fighting style rocked, I became quite good at combos actually. I really have no complaints about the moves she has .. but overall the amount she has lacks compared to most .. so adding 1 or 2 more would be a total plus.

Fatality!!! - NO MORE KISS OF DEATH OR DECAPITATION!!!!! .. I swear this is were I'm disappointed in the charactar again and again and again.

It's old, non-orginal, and boring! .. she has such a unique weapon and your telling me decapitation is all they can come up with? Gimmie a Break!

make her lighting fast, have old moves and new ones, and give her a story that is fresh... I am not sure what, though. It's hard to say without knowing the whole plot of the game.

Hmm, I always thought Kitana wasn't bad.

In MKG I liked her and in MKDA I thought she was Bad-ass.

But her storyline should be a multitude of things -

Something new
Part of her MKDA storyline
Turning on her mother Sindel
Rivalry between Mileena
Wants to restore edenia
Wants to redeem herself
Secret connection to the DK
Responsible for Liu Kang's death in a way.

This would really boost her character

Moves

- Pretty Kick (but more violent)
- Fan throw (uses them like a boomerang)
- Fan Lift ( make it look better - blow them away)
- Square Punch (but use her fans)
- Triple swipe

Fatalities

Someone said before that she should

Impale her opponents with her fans close.
The open them up inside her opponent - splitting them in two

(can be used as a fatality or her Hari Kari (do it to herself)

As for another - they should make it brutal and violent and bloody.

Kitana needs to upgade herself if she wants to reclaim her spot as a fan favorite!

Hmm, no one going to expand the topic on Kitana I take it then!

Hmm, no one going to expand the topic on Kitana I take it then!

born-again-vampire Wrote: make her lighting fast, have old moves and new ones, and give her a story that is fresh... I am not sure what, though. It's hard to say without knowing the whole plot of the game.

How bout this: You know how the theme of the next mk is all about deception right? Well wouldn't one of the biggest deceptions be if Kitana turned against earthrealm? Ok hear me out, what if losing both Lui and Goro makes Kitana start to think if doing the right and just thing only causes her pain and loss maybe she's fighting for the wrong side, maybe she should stop caring and see what the dark side has to offer? I think that this is just what her character needs. I fresh new point of view story line wise and also it ties into the whole deception thing perfectly. I think it would be worth it just to see her former team mates reaction to her betrayal. Remember the PSM article said the game deals with deception with more than a few characters. What do you think?