the lab sounds wicked!

Skin ripping has been haunting me since i've seen Martyrs, Sheeva's fatality is gonna be gruesome, I can't wait.

Head explode leads me to believe in execution via glock for Ol' Stryker there. I can see it now. He takes his stick, wacks them in the back of the thigh, they go to their knees and BLAAAM!

yeah im not reading that. WAY too many spoilers

no mention of Motaro :(

So is he saying there are two versions of shang tsung old and young. And that he is playable?

at the moment i feel that her x-ray sounds generic, it doesnt say how she breaks their arm or throw them, she could very well use her hair for either

Damn, lots of information dropped by this cat! For those who are reading into the Robo "smoke" reference...the guy was attempting to be funny...no confirmation.

yeah, thats me im an idiot...even after several explanations.

So can someone please clarify whether he confirmed young shang tsung?

Why so many characters? Nobody wants another half-assed armageddon

Example: why would they even have Kintaro if they have already Goro? Every time they've been in a game together they've played the same, just with different special attacks. Boring. One or the other, not both

I guess the alternate confirms that there is one Shang Tsung. Guess the people who believed the leaked casting sheet (2 versions of Shang) celebrated a little too soon, as I expected.

You do know Goro is not going to be playable, right?

Welcome to MKO, but this game will have nowhere near the number of fighters MKA had, also no one even knows hows kintaros gonna play.

The reason there's so many chaarcters is because they were present during this era. Kintaro is here because of storyline purposes, he's a classic character and for some reason is somewhat popular. Even though he's the most boring Shokan. Mainly because he's a classic.

I'm down with the fatality (Sindel), I'm confident that they won't make it look too awkward. All the fatalities look cool so far. Plus I'm not even a fatality junkie anyway.




Well, she'll use her leg for the crotch kick obviously, I don't see how they can use special attacks for the arm break, but now that you mention it, the throw could very well include her hair. Hopefully they make it really epic like including the flight and some sick body-twisting hair-throws.

It was pretty obvious that it was a joke in reference to the trick to play Smoke in MK2 [hold down and press start on the Portal stage when Dan Forden appears and shouts "Toasty"] except that would be useless now since this going to be on a console and pressing start will only pause the game.

Dear God I hope we don't get Robo-Smoke. Screwing him up was once was bad enough. Screwing him up a second time should be criminal.

I know, that means two sub-bosses who fight almost exactly the same. Boring.



No but it's still a lot. More than Netherrealm Studios / MK team can handle given their track record for creating unique fighters in a game. If they can make Kintaro really feel like a different fighter to fight against then they succeeded, but i doubt they will.



That's not a good reason. In fact, that's downright stupid. If they want to include everyone from that era, put them in the story mode. Don't make a giant roster of rushed characters just because they're "classic" (ie: so the fans won't throw a hissy fit when their special little character doesn't make the cut).

Don't you dare turn this into another one of these stupid arguments. BOTH versions of Smoke have fans, BOTH versions should be in the god damned game. That's what's FAIR. If one of them is in at start and the other is DLC, that's fine, but saying one should be left out altogether is just being selfish.

I'll take any fatality over Sindel's stupid weapon fatalities.

I wonder if the lab will have a stage fatality where you turn your opponent into a cyborg haha.

came in late, but, WTF. I don't want spoliers, but dam, robo smoke. Hope its true.

Wow, we haven't even seen ANY gameplay of Goro (besides the X-ray) and people are already saying Kintaro will play too similarly... I get how you're feeling, but let's have a little faith in the team. Also, nothing about this game should be considered "rushed"...it's been in development for over 2 years.

This. CyberSmoke is nostalgic for me because he's one of the first MK chars I saw and played when I was younger than I am now. Even though I am only 14, but still. Not having at all is stupid.

OT: I wonder if he knows other arenas.

I would hate if we have 1 character, which is the same story wise, have 2 spots... If anything have a stupid human alternate with the same moves.

But giving us 2 Smoke's with a different slot and moves is stupid... Next the OSZ fanboys would come and say give OSZ his own spot and own outfit and not just Noob

What could it possibly hurt? We got Sheeva, and Rain is going to be DLC. With two separate versions of Smoke, everyone wins.