I think characters can be made “better” to a degree.
I want to start by stating that the OP post is a very good topic and valid question.
My hesitation is related to the characters identity.. in my mind, the characters identity is directly correlated to their move set. It isn’t until the character has been defined by their moves that we start looking at their “story” elements or “lore”.
So how would people change Jacqui for the better?? And how far do you take it to where the new Jacqui only shares her name with the old Jacqui?
Jacqui can only be a human that uses gadgets.. that is IT. If you want to change that then why not just make a new interesting character?
I think Jacqui suffers from the fact that she just has a boring move set. If you change that drastically (and I think you would have to do that to save Jacqui) then she is just a different character LOL.
when Bi Han became Noob he changed his move set drastically... and GUESS WHAT!? He became a NEW character!!!!!!
I can see where you're coming from, but it makes no sense to say that the forgotten 3D era characters deserve another chance to be made better/interesting over Jacqui. Why? All of them are lackluster characters. No matter who gets the chance first, we should be happy to see characters that weren't all that initially being brought back and be improved.
What I would like to see Jacqui get, is a new moveset based on Kickboxing. She's a kickboxing pro after all. Even giving her metal legs would be better than her being another Sonya. And no, it doesn't matter if that means that she'd be a completely different character, thus just creating a new one, because the 3D era characters are also in the same exact place.
I'm not coming for you by the way.
I think characters can be made “better” to a degree.
I want to start by stating that the OP post is a very good topic and valid question.
My hesitation is related to the characters identity.. in my mind, the characters identity is directly correlated to their move set. It isn’t until the character has been defined by their moves that we start looking at their “story” elements or “lore”.
So how would people change Jacqui for the better?? And how far do you take it to where the new Jacqui only shares her name with the old Jacqui?
Jacqui can only be a human that uses gadgets.. that is IT. If you want to change that then why not just make a new interesting character?
I think Jacqui suffers from the fact that she just has a boring move set. If you change that drastically (and I think you would have to do that to save Jacqui) then she is just a different character LOL.
when Bi Han became Noob he changed his move set drastically... and GUESS WHAT!? He became a NEW character!!!!!!
It's more like Noob already existed as a Scorpion clone, and was given both a unique move set and a story tie to Sub-Zero at the same time in UMK3.
Like I said at the top of this thread, I think Jacqui would have a pretty strong niche as a human with computer-age gadgets if Sonya weren't also treading in that territory. Give Jacqui the drones and trick grenades from Sonya's moveset, let her gauntlets be a Swiss Army knife of various functions, and now you've got a 21st century tech warrior who stands in contrast to Jax's big-guns, Sonya's "Black Widow" acrobatics, and so on.
Personally, I think it would be a good idea if they had Jacqui be an inventor. She could be an experimentalist who's always trying to come up with the next big gadget, and thus always has an array of new and bizarre weapons. This not only suits her personality, but it would give her an amazing moveset.
I think characters can be made “better” to a degree.
I want to start by stating that the OP post is a very good topic and valid question.
My hesitation is related to the characters identity.. in my mind, the characters identity is directly correlated to their move set. It isn’t until the character has been defined by their moves that we start looking at their “story” elements or “lore”.
So how would people change Jacqui for the better?? And how far do you take it to where the new Jacqui only shares her name with the old Jacqui?
Jacqui can only be a human that uses gadgets.. that is IT. If you want to change that then why not just make a new interesting character?
I think Jacqui suffers from the fact that she just has a boring move set. If you change that drastically (and I think you would have to do that to save Jacqui) then she is just a different character LOL.
when Bi Han became Noob he changed his move set drastically... and GUESS WHAT!? He became a NEW character!!!!!!
It's more like Noob already existed as a Scorpion clone, and was given both a unique move set and a story tie to Sub-Zero at the same time in UMK3.
Like I said at the top of this thread, I think Jacqui would have a pretty strong niche as a human with computer-age gadgets if Sonya weren't also treading in that territory. Give Jacqui the drones and trick grenades from Sonya's moveset, let her gauntlets be a Swiss Army knife of various functions, and now you've got a 21st century tech warrior who stands in contrast to Jax's big-guns, Sonya's "Black Widow" acrobatics, and so on.
Personally, I think it would be a good idea if they had Jacqui be an inventor. She could be an experimentalist who's always trying to come up with the next big gadget, and thus always has an array of new and bizarre weapons. This not only suits her personality, but it would give her an amazing moveset.
Best one I’ve heard yet actually.. I would be intrigued
I hate Jacqui with an unhealthy passion, but that alternative costume of her (with the Firefly goggles) is actually pretty nice, if she returns, I hope she wears something like that.
In my own Mortal Kombat story, Kano is actually the crazy inventor, so crazy he even replaces his own flesh with metal and machinery, and Cyrax is the good guy-inventor/smart guy for Special Forces. In my MK world Kano even helped Sektor with the robot parts and his army. I think that makes Kano much more important and cool than just a backstabbing criminal. But then again, Kano isn't the boss of the Black Dragon in my story (he is still a member), that is Mavado, as the Red Dragon isn't a thing.
