I found this particular quote from EGM interesting:

"Certain characters are fast, others are power characters that don't rely on combos, others will be more throw oriented-we really wanted to make sure that each character felt unqiue."

That quote is from Lead Designer John Edwards and it appears on page page 37 in the right hand column next to Sub Zero.

Did I read that right?

This type of uniqueness of character has NEVER been a staple of MK. Even in 3D, where most fighting games typically have characters with unique moves and styles, MK never had any real differences in characters. Sure, Kano and Jax had about two more throws in MK:DA than anyone else, but this??

Characters that don't rely on combos? Throw oriented characters? I have to wonder what Edwards is talking about though, considering that everything we saw from E3 indicated that every character was fast and used combos.

What do you think? Do you see the next MK being like what John Edwards said? After all, we've seen a lot of unique animations for characters and Ed Boon has also said that making characters unique is a focus, but I never thought that it would be to the extent that Edwards speaks of. Or do you think that this is just mid-development hype that won't pan out in the final product?

Perhaps most importantly, do you WANT unique characters as Edwards describes them? Power characters, throw oriented characters, fast characters, characters that don't rely on combos etc?