Interesting question. Only if they animate her hair so it grows larger and fuller when the attack happens, which is what they did in MK3 anyway. So it's a very likely possibility, especially given how keen they are on the whole nostalgia thing when it comes to the specials (I.E.: Cyrax's net). I would personally love for them to bring the hair throw back, they would just have to make sure it doesn't look cartoony or comical. Its absence is one of the reasons I found her to be a lot less fun to play as in the 3D incarnations.

I fully agree, now that I have seen her hair i dont think they can get an attack like she had in the MK 2 movie but rather have it grow larger and grab the opponent like the old days. When they didnt have the hair throw in the 3d versions it did feel like a peice of her was missing so i hope it does come back along with some fresh new ideas.

Unfortunately i am afraid not...
the hair is not long, seems same length as kitana's. so it probably uses the same kind of animation. its not long enough to do the classic moves i think....
Plus I think her look is weird
cause there are 5 things that make Sindel who she is , and stand out in appearance.
The fluffy huge white hair
the white eyes
the extreme black makeup that goes backwards and up
the purple outfit
the black stripe in her hair

and unfortunately i dont see most of them here :(
for the time being, i cant see fluffy tall hair , or white eyes, or weird makeup, or any purple on hair...
the scans are not that good, so i guess we'll have to wait..
she is supposed to be a witch, a queen. Royalty. Ressurected.
i will be dissapointed if she turns out to be just another young slutty girl with a black outfit..
Lets wait :)

Excellent thread. You should rename your title to something more specific though, like, "Question about Sindel" or "Sindel's Hair Powers", etc.

Anyway, I'd definitely love to see Sindel using her hair as her primary weapon for kombat. But, I also expect new original moves featuring her scream and sound powers.

Yeah, Sindel only had 2 hair attacks in MK3, and yet, that's one of the main things that made her so freaking iconic and famous.

People can find excuses all they want about how "her hair is not a big deal since she only had 2 hair attacks", but, that's exactly what everyone talks about when discussing Sindel (even more than her scream/sound powers which I absolutely adore).

The fact that it was the most discussed subject about her during MKD and the biggest disappointment for most fans in that game (the non-inclusion of a hair attack/fatality, etc) pretty much proves that her hair attacks have been a signature of her just as much as the scream and the fly.

It is time that they do justice to Sindel. I loved her in MKD (one of my faves to play as), but, I cannot deny that I was seriously disappointed by the lack of creativity and originality in her special moves.

She felt incomplete and empty without "the hair power".

I hope they do her justice this time around. It's back to 2D...no more excuses. Her hair wasn't crazy long or even super animated back in the 2D games during her gameplay, so, I see no reason why they wouldn't be able to do it this time around.

At first I thought her hair looked unimpressive, BUT, someone updated an extra new scan of Sindel fighting Jax and not only can you see that her hair looks very cool, you can also see the purple in her design.

Fantastic.

oh that sounds great, is there anyway we can see that?
is it on any youtube videos that we';ll be able to search for?

First off, Welcome to MKO.

Second, successfully implementing Sindel's hair moves would surely boost the game's potential for success by a lot.

Hair construction as always been a difficult part of 3D animations, even for movies. If they manage to pull this off, it would be simply stunning to see.

I hope they do add in her hair moves, at least the throw.

yes but in Deception, she didnt have those hair moves! Thats what we are saying... In Mk3, her hair reached her ass!
and yes , i want her to fly too!
oh boy can you imagine the scream fatality in HD? :D

LOVE the new look.
It is what Sindel should've been since MK3.

My only complaint is the hair lenght. As I sais, switch Kitana and Sindel hair-do and I'll be happy.

perhaps her hair can grow and shrink as she needs it to (to attack)
because magic.

Absolutely.

We need to see some HAIR ACTION!!!!!

She definitely needs both her hair + levitate abilities. I'd say it's time she got a little more air attention this go-around, imagine if she could not only perform her icebreathballthingy in air, but also her scream in air would be kickass and open a great air juggle/combo and have it drag them diagonally up in the air similar to Kitana's but opposite from where they both are, also some punches/kicks/blocks/grabs/head stomp landing (kinda like SF's Chun Li's stomp) would be great. Also, she has some nice long nails to work with too. I just hope they stay away from her hair fatality in MK3 but make use of it somehow in a fatality, that spinning the bones out concept was horrible. I gotta admit at first in MKD I didn't think the weapon suited her but it grew on me to where it kinda did seem like something she would use, a whip would work great for her (but her hair can definitely take its place).

I'm dying to see her fatalities! Just hope her classic is her screaming one!!!

Anything is possible in video games.

Of course they can animate it. The question is... Will they?

I bet they will, simply because they're aiming at remaking the classics.

Plus you have to consider that we're back to 2D, which simplifies the gameplay and visuals greatly. It should be way easier to give her hair attacks this way.

I'm expecting at least one hair move, but who knows if we'll get any.

I hope much attention is paid to her hair, and for that matter, the hair of all characters.

A.) Deception butchered her character completely. Giving her two lame fatalities, yes her screaming fatality was horrible, she couldn't fly in game but she magically floated in her victory pose, and she just wasn't remotely good. So I'm not even taking Deception into consideration with her.

B.) Her hair length never changed. They just made it magically float, but there are pictures of her with her hair reaching her butt.

i dont think she will! :(

While I can agree that her Scream fatality was a disappointment, I though her weapon Fatality was pretty cool. Sure, she should had gotten something much MUCH better and original that fitted her supernatural aura and powers, but, it was good for what it was.

She was also beautiful designed in that game and a lot of fun to play as (even if not top tier).

But, yeah, I do hope this game does her justice. The kind of justice that was not fully delivered in MKD.

She needs some hair + fly + scream + sound action. She better be deadly.

I just felt that with that spear fatality they just got lazy and gave her something that was out of character. To me I felt that this wasn't Sindel I was playing, but more like some other queen-like character with some characteristics of Sindel... Despite it wasn't.

I agree that it wasn't the best Fatality choice for Sindel. I don't think it was out of character, but, I definitely agree that something else featuring her own powers would had suited her much much better.

This is how I see it.

Forward Throw:
She grabs the opponent with her hair and slams them in front of her.
Backward Throw:
Same, but slams them behind her.

Special Moves:

1. Scream
2. Fireball
3. Levitate - Air Fireball
- Air Hair Slam
4. Sliding foot grab
5. Hair Slap

Enhanced Special Moves:

1. Banshee Scream
2. Star Screamer
3. Levitate - Double Air Fireball
- Double Air Hair Slam
4. Sliding foot grab (2 hits)
5. Hair Slap (pop up)

Her hara-kiri was the worst.

Hara-kiris sucked in general. Not one was good, even for my favorite characters.

I always wanted to see hair moves come back for the Scream Queen. Even though she only had one fatality with it and one throw in UMK3, it still seemed to be a bit part of who she was. I seem to recall Boon or Tobias saying they wanted to put some focus on the hair itself and what it could do, but that was years ago and I could be foggy in my memory.
Some moves I would love to see:

Some sort of stabbing move with her hair, with her hair coming out from behind her forming multiple spikes and shooting outwards towards her enemy and retracting

Some kind of strangulation move that hangs the victim up for a bit

A tripping move with her hair

A throw that would grap the opponent by the leg and toss them over her head

With the hair being this short though, I really get the feeling they are not putting that kind of work into the hair.

This ^ a thousand times.

And here is a little something I did for Sindel years ago:

Queen of the Fucking Universe...any questions?