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bill_MCDerMott
04/15/2019 05:11 PM (UTC)
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You can't satisfy everyone! But looks like most people are happy with Kitana. And there were some others who actually disliked her in MKX.

I liked everything about her aside from Mileena's super move/sais of course. Does NRS really think that if they leave out a certain character and give their special moves/weapon/abilities to another character, fans of those characters will be happy?

Talking about the voice, at first I was disappointed to find out Karen Strassman was no longer her voice actress but the new one is equally good. The new voice does suit Kitana.

I think this is the second replacement voice actress to portray her

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04/15/2019 09:32 PM (UTC)
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Is EVERY fucking topic on this site going to turn into some Goddamned political warfare? I just want to know, because I don't have time for this bullshit- You people are sitting here engaging in a ridiculous squabble over the fucking "true" race of some fictional video game character from some FICTIONAL video game land- all just to use this as an excuse to make a platform to spout your bullshit views on race, gender, and politics.

The ironic thing about it is, this could be a rather intelligent and interesting discussion IF certain people weren't simply using this as nothing but a way to "stick it to the man" . Character's faces, features, and skin tones CHANGE all the time in this franchise. Kitana is an Asian inspired character regardless of how her face looked in the past and they changed her to look more traditionally Asian, you want to know why that's ok? BECAUSE SHE'S NOT REAL- she's also not from EARTH- them changing her to fit the influences behind her character is fine.

Comparing this to them making Liu Kang "White" is idiotic- Liu Kang is from EARTH, his EARTH-BASED culture/race is sewn intrinsically into who he is as a character as well as his LORE. So no, they can't just make Liu a Blonde and blue eye'd twink for funsies. Not the same.

But we all know what this conversation is really about, it's about starting shit and turning this into another "DIZ IS Y LIBTARDS SUCK11111. WEZ TAKEN A STAND! HURR HURR" thread.

Jesus Christ, this makes me long for the days when the biggest things we had to worry about on this forum was fights between Ninja fans and non-Ninja fans.

Please save us from drama and just stay on arguments, if you have them.
Let's say that you are correct, that this has nothing to do with politics and that they changed Kitana's look into Asian simply because it better fits her name. Ok. Let's say this is the only reason.
Please explain to me then what was the reason to change Skarlet's look from white to middle-eastern with a keffiyeh kind of headdress? Skarlet is from the Outworld and there is nothing in her name nor in her story which would justify this change. Nothing except cultural marxism explains that...

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MerdynnBlade
04/15/2019 09:38 PM (UTC)
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Jesus christ you all do bitch about a lot of things here. Are ya’ll even buying the game ? If I would dislike so much I would not pay my 90 euro’s.

But on topic. Mk trilogy she has an asian vibe. But to get a better example. Go look her up in shoalin monks and in MkGold. She is clearly Asian. I love her look and her going back to her roots.

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Randwulf
04/15/2019 09:53 PM (UTC)Edited 04/15/2019 09:54 PM (UTC)
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Kitana has had a wide array of racial influences in her design. She had a Native American influence in her MK2 ending, a strong Talisa Soto vibe in MK Gold (Talisa is Puerto Rican), then more white Caucasian in MK9. Now, she is full south-east Asian in MK11. Why do they keep changing her racial influence? I dunno, but she looks superb and sexy in MK11, and that's all I care.

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04/15/2019 10:28 PM (UTC)
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I don't like her new look because it is so obviously forced on her in the name of cultural marxism. Through all these years Kitana never looked Chinese and it made no sense to make her one, or better say to "woke" her.

Anti-SJW frogboys like you are as annoying as SJW's. Her name is Kitana, a Japanese sword, and originally she was gonna be called Kitsune, and was going to be Shang Tsung's daughter. With her fan weapons and mouth mask she has always clearly had Asian motifs to her character.

aSiAn LaDy iS cULtuRaL mArXiSm

No. Asian lady is not a cultural marxism. Changing someone's original race because of politics is a cultural marxism.

Does this look Asian to you?

Of course not. And it doesn't matter at all what is the source of her name etc. This is how she looked originally and this is how she should stay. And Kitana is not the only character which's race was changed because of cultural marxism. They did the same with Sub-Zero, Skarlet and Jade.

They didn't change it because of politics. They just decided to change it because the character has always been based around Asian cultural motifs so it makes sense. This franchise has always changed up the basic physical features of characters from installment to installment. Just look at Jade or Tanya.

You are injecting your fascist conspiracy theory into it. And yes, I'm going there. "Cultural marxism" is literally a Nazi originated conspiracy theory that came out of the same sort of Nazi propaganda as the idea of "Judeo-Bolshevism"- meaning communism being a Jewish conspiracy to destroy Western civilization. "Cultural Marxism" is leveled at any kind of racial diversity, respect for homosexuals...basically anything giving recognition and basic respect to anything/anyone non-white, non-Western, or non-straight. Take your "Cultural Marxism" BS and go somewhere else with it. Go watch your Jordan Peterson videos and shut up, moron.

And here we go. So anyone with a conservative mindset who doesn't agree with neoliberal-worldview is a racist/fascist/nazi/homophobe/anti-semite? This is why liberals are failing these days, because anyone who disagrees with them is automatically labelled/stigmatized as some of the names above...

I'm not a liberal you complete fucking idiot.

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ckl3456789
04/15/2019 10:33 PM (UTC)
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Can we please not turn this into a political debate like the other thread!?

anyway, after the leaks, I have to say Kitana’s relevant look is my favorite of hers in this game, the one with the orange spikey things is her best costume in this game, the spikey things don’t need to be orange though. Her human costumes are pretty boring, still not as good as her MKX costumes.

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FistfulOfDatas
04/15/2019 10:36 PM (UTC)
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Can we please not turn this into a political debate like the other thread!?

Well this idiot came in here ranting about "cultural Marxism". It shouldn't be political but extreme anti-SJW type's like him get triggered over things like this and rant about it being a "cultural Marxist" plot when a character that has literally always been based around Asian cultural motifs has Asian features for the first time.

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04/15/2019 11:50 PM (UTC)
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ProfesserAhnka

Is EVERY fucking topic on this site going to turn into some Goddamned political warfare? I just want to know, because I don't have time for this bullshit- You people are sitting here engaging in a ridiculous squabble over the fucking "true" race of some fictional video game character from some FICTIONAL video game land- all just to use this as an excuse to make a platform to spout your bullshit views on race, gender, and politics.

The ironic thing about it is, this could be a rather intelligent and interesting discussion IF certain people weren't simply using this as nothing but a way to "stick it to the man" . Character's faces, features, and skin tones CHANGE all the time in this franchise. Kitana is an Asian inspired character regardless of how her face looked in the past and they changed her to look more traditionally Asian, you want to know why that's ok? BECAUSE SHE'S NOT REAL- she's also not from EARTH- them changing her to fit the influences behind her character is fine.

Comparing this to them making Liu Kang "White" is idiotic- Liu Kang is from EARTH, his EARTH-BASED culture/race is sewn intrinsically into who he is as a character as well as his LORE. So no, they can't just make Liu a Blonde and blue eye'd twink for funsies. Not the same.

But we all know what this conversation is really about, it's about starting shit and turning this into another "DIZ IS Y LIBTARDS SUCK11111. WEZ TAKEN A STAND! HURR HURR" thread.

Jesus Christ, this makes me long for the days when the biggest things we had to worry about on this forum was fights between Ninja fans and non-Ninja fans.

Please explain to me then what was the reason to change Skarlet's look from white to middle-eastern

1)Skarlet's face was obscured by her mask in MK9- All that we could tell from the rest of her body was that she was fair-skinned.

2) Regardless, Skarlet is not White or Middle Eastern because she's NOT from Earth- she's from outworld- She's a fucking Alien, just like Kitana.

Regardless of why they changed their appearances- they can do that because both Skarlet and Kitana have no limitations to their appearance- they're not from EARTH.

Even if they did change it because they wanted to be PC, so? That's the choice they made- if they want to be politically correct or politically incorrect- that's their option. You throwing a tantrum over it is the same exact SJW/Liberal "MY WAY OR THE HIGH WAY" tactics you act as if you detest.

I'm personally done with you. You're here to do nothing but argue and fight. I will cease all communication with you.

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FistfulOfDatas
04/16/2019 12:15 AM (UTC)
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Has this person never actually been around many middle easterners? We have a fair sized Arab community in my town, and they vary widely in appearance. I've met Arab guys who are white skinned with light brown hair and green eyes. Middle easterners vary from white to dark brown and even black sometimes.

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04/16/2019 12:31 AM (UTC)
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FistfulOfDatas

Has this person never actually been around many middle easterners? We have a fair sized Arab community in my town, and they vary widely in appearance. I've met Arab guys who are white skinned with light brown hair and green eyes. Middle easterners vary from white to dark brown and even black sometimes.

This person probably haven't even been out of their cell at the sanitarium.

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thisiscourage
04/16/2019 01:03 AM (UTC)
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I’m glad that MK is changing up some of the characters race. White sub zero in the middle of China, sipping tea, looked stupid AF.

Kitana is from an alien realm so I don’t care what they make her look like... Japanese makes sense given her name and she looks great so I’m on board.

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thisiscourage
04/16/2019 01:05 AM (UTC)
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FistfulOfDatas

Has this person never actually been around many middle easterners? We have a fair sized Arab community in my town, and they vary widely in appearance. I've met Arab guys who are white skinned with light brown hair and green eyes. Middle easterners vary from white to dark brown and even black sometimes.

Skarlet is obviously Eastern European in this game....

maybe he slipped his easterns?? Idk but she ain’t middle eastern that’s for sure.

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04/16/2019 06:17 AM (UTC)
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FistfulOfDatas

I'm not a liberal you complete fucking idiot.

ProfesserAhnka

This person probably haven't even been out of their cell at the sanitarium.

It's funny how the leftists in the lack of arguments are going into full Ad-Hominem mode. So typical...

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ckl3456789
04/16/2019 08:57 AM (UTC)
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Hey, this is my thread, I said please don’t turn this into a stupid political debate. If people must bicker about politics, DM each other and do it there.

Thank you.

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ckl3456789
04/18/2019 09:53 AM (UTC)
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Yeah I really don’t like Kitana’s human costume. I don’t like her face either. Third game where they didn’t get Kitana’s face right.

Her revenant costumes are good, I like those.

They could have done something more interesting with her hair also.

After MKX, they could have had a stronger follow up to Kitana’s appearance than this.

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lastfighter89
04/18/2019 10:08 AM (UTC)
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Mortal kombat x had the best character design for all characters, excluding Cassie, who looks better in 11.

Heck, I preferred X's Jacqui rather than 11.

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ckl3456789
04/24/2019 08:07 PM (UTC)Edited 04/24/2019 09:30 PM (UTC)
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Kitana’s human form costumes are really bad. Very disappointing follow up to her awesome MKX costumes.

Her revenant costumes are awesome though. I will only be using those.

Also, this is the third game in a row where they didn’t get her face right. All the other female’s faces in this game look great. Kitana’s face in MK11 does not look good.

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04/24/2019 08:40 PM (UTC)
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As a Kitana fan, I really dig her MK11 look much more than her MKX design. I even like her revenant form, and I generally hate revenant versions of a character.

And there’s absolutely nothing wrong with her face this time around. She looks like your typical, generic Asian woman.

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ckl3456789
04/24/2019 09:34 PM (UTC)
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As a Kitana fan, I really dig her MK11 look much more than her MKX design. I even like her revenant form, and I generally hate revenant versions of a character.

And there’s absolutely nothing wrong with her face this time around. She looks like your typical, generic Asian woman.

I think Kitana looked much better in MKX. Her MK11 revenant costumes are good though. I like them better than her dark empress costume from MKX, which kinda looked like Catwoman.

Her face in MK11 does not look right to me. Kitana is not supposed to look like a typical generic Asian woman. She is supposed to be a beautiful Edenian woman.

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Heinrich_Faust
04/25/2019 06:45 AM (UTC)
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She looks like your typical, generic Asian woman.

This. Exactly this. Generic. That's why I (and some other players) hate her MK11 design.

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August
04/25/2019 07:55 AM (UTC)
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I don't know why it's always Kitana that people love to complain about. Her costumes, her face... it's always the same story. I remember people complaining during 3D era, MKDC, MK9 so I'm not surprised this happens again. Some of you guys even still complain about her MKX costumes and looks. You can't please everyone but she's beautiful nonetheless. In MK11 she looks better than a "generic Asian woman" for sure.

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