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jpetrunak
03/02/2010 05:13 AM (UTC)
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I highly doubt a Christmas day release
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03/02/2010 05:25 AM (UTC)
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I highly doubt a Christmas day release

You underestimate Santa Claus.
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You-Know-Who
03/02/2010 05:37 AM (UTC)
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Perhaps they just meant as far as gameplay goes for Kitana? I don't remember much from MK vs. DC, but I do remember kicking a lot of ass with Kitana. Don't get me wrong, Xia, I am a huge fan of story, and desperately think it needs to be improved in regards to Kitana; but who knows what the comment "MK2 glory" meant?

I'm not sure I agree with removing Edenia. I wouldn't hate it, but I think it may be too much at once. Right now, Kitana is on a pretty logical and progressive path. In Deadly Alliance, she lost Liu Kang and Goro, and then got beaten by the Deadly Alliance. She was enslaved and went back to being a bad-ass who killed things in the name of a dark ruler (allegedly), only to need to be saved and snapped out of it. Oh, and it turns out her new bestie Goro is evil again. Then in Armageddon, this epic war is happening in her realm.

Granted, this could be the perfect time to wipe it all out, but does the MK Team really expect us to forget about her development and role as Princess of a realm just like that? I think having Sindel die and Jade at least missing are a great way to go. This promotes Kitana to Queen, which I maintain could be a hugely interesting plot for her. Even though she didn't appear much in the story, we can assume that Sindel has been around ruling Edenia while Kitana has been running around doing the work. Now Kitana has to actually lead her people, and spend all of her time on a throne, which is something that her warrior soul might not be happy about.

Having her become the Edenian Queen might be the perfect way to really explore just what makes Kitana tick, and it allows her to gain more stresses and experience more losses. Maybe they won't see her as vulnerable if she's no longer a "little princess" too?

I like the idea of Edenia needing to be rebuilt, and that stressing Kitana out a little too much. In the chaos of Armageddon, Jade has disappeared, as well as the traitor to her realm, Tanya. You could even have Sindel survive Armageddon (giving her character a good rub), only to be assassinated or something, which gives Kitana a bit of a paranoid feeling. If they bring back a major villain like Shang Tsung, Quan Chi or Shao Kahn (and I definitely feel that one of those characters will be back), she could actually take it upon herself to go hunting for them, without them striking the first blow, just to protect her realm.

Paint her in a more aggressive light, give her new attire (colour-coding in today's video game age is less important than it was when she made her debut -- the blue can go), and let her character reveal itself to be the only one she can depend upon. These things would make her interesting to me. You can always nuke Edenia later.
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03/02/2010 06:49 AM (UTC)
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I agree there's a progressive path to Kitana's story, but I'd much rather it follow the Empire Strikes Back path. Act one, a big triumph....her A New Hope. Now act two....everything goes wrong. Setting the stage for act three.

I think that's a more satisfactory progression than simply promoting her to Queen. Even if you disregard all the act one/act two stuff I just said....seems so obvious for "the next step" of Kitana's journey to be promoted from Princess to Queen.
I realize by asking the MK team to NOT go the obvious route, I'm already asking for too much....but it just seems too simplistic and dull. I seriously cannot imagine Kitana's duties as Queen being any more compelling than her duties as Princess.

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You-Know-Who Wrote:
If they bring back a major villain like Shang Tsung, Quan Chi or Shao Kahn (and I definitely feel that one of those characters will be back), she could actually take it upon herself to go hunting for them, without them striking the first blow, just to protect her realm.

That's what she was doing in Deadly Alliance. The war on Shao Kahn was a pre-emptive strike to wipe him out before he could ever pose a threat to Edenia again. We've seen Kitana aggressively defending her home and we've seen her getting stressed out about it.

And wouldn't you think, as Queen, the people of Edenia would prefer her NOT running around hunting down bad guys and instead leave that sort of thing to her warriors?

Now you mentioned exploring who Kitana is and what makes her tick...that's another potential benefit of getting rid of Edenia; or at the very least, getting Kitana away from the realm. It makes it about HER again and not the realm. Kitana, as she is now, is drowning in a sea of redundant Edenians and bland Earth heroes. She should be on her own again, relying mainly on herself again...something she hasn't really had since MK4. In MK:DA she had her own personal army and since then, she's been associated primarily with the Earth zeroes.


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Granted, this could be the perfect time to wipe it all out, but does the MK Team really expect us to forget about her development and role as Princess of a realm just like that?

No, nor do I think they should. I always say, even though Kitana should return to her roots, that doesn't mean they should just pretend her time as Princess didn't happen. Use it to build off her new direction.

Kitana's time and development as Princess is essential because it would make the horror and heartbreack of watching Edenia fall resonate more. It would make whatever subsequent bitterness & anger she feels more real and her (hopeful) re-embracing of her old heartless & cold ways more logical & reasonable. After getting her hopes so high and actually allowing herself to believe things could work out....fucked.

Even if they're not considering the depth and thematics of this sort of thing....which I'm sure they're not....this can work even on a simplistic video game level:
Edenia almost restored = Kitana happy; Edenia go boom = Kitana angry.
Kitana as Queen = defending the realm from villain of the week;
Kitana renouncing her title = something new....saving the world optional
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03/02/2010 08:25 AM (UTC)
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I think we essentially want the same thing, just different variables to getting there. Kitana's people would obviously want her to stay at home and sit on the throne, but who says that is who Kitana is? Maybe she cannot obey the wishes of her people, and feels the need to kill something? Maybe as Queen she finds herself bored, but the only one fit for the job?

Granted, she has defended her realm in the past, but we haven't seen her really aggressively doing such. Deadly Alliance is probably the closest, and even then, Shao Kahn has a long history with her and instigated the war. Perhaps Kitana could have some sort of paranoid develop which makes her potentially even see Earthrealm as a threat to Edenia?

I'm not saying that her losing Edenia would be bad -- I really do like your suggestions. I just don't think all is lost if a hint of Kitana's bio comes out and it says she's the queen of her realm. It is one way of naturally progressing her story, and I don't think it's neccessarily a dead-end. Especially if we get what we both essentially want, and that's a more proactive, self-dependant and deadly Kitana. Edit: Going over this, I don't like half the ideas I have mentioned, but I'm mainly talking in hypotheticals. I think the problem is mainly with Kitana's personality, and not so much her position in the story.
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03/02/2010 03:12 PM (UTC)
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Hey, doesn't this mean that there's gonna be a story mode in the game?

I know that she didn't do the mocap for Wonder Woman in the fighting mode. That was obviously a male on account of her butchy stance and moves. Everyone knows that.

Anyway, on Kitana... Why her?

Everyone hated her in MKDC. Can't they just replace her with Mileena whom we all missed dearly in the past game?


Yeah, they had female mo-cap actresses for the female characters in story mode. Did you, by any chance, get the collectors edition? Because you can see all about the actors and voice actors and a lot of interesting cool bits of info and trivia in the Bonus Disc videos. They reveal a lot of things regarding their personal thoughts about the characters and stuff.

Also, you make some very interesting and valid points regarding the female combat poses in MKvsDC. You can tell it was a man mo-capturing the female characters. I wonder if it will change this time around, but, I doubt it.

Maybe they should get someone like the recent Lara Croft mo-cap woman who captures all of Lara's movements.

Anyway, I agree with everything you said.

Mileena was dearly missed and would make a better addition. Even Jade who's been under their shadow has shown a lot more personality and charisma. And lets not forget Tanya, who was (imo) brilliantly brought to life thanks to MKD.

Sindel has also been undervalued, BUT, she has the potential. Maybe they should just make Kitana Queen and let her play a role in the background, and have characters like Jade and Sindel playable and developed.

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As alot of you have said, as she kinda sucked in MK Vs DC I haven't got high hopes for Kitana in this. Cool that there is some news tho.

Sindel, Jade, Mileena and Tanya aswell would be a dream! grin


Tanya! I always think I'm the only one who likes her!


I really like Tanya. You know, her was pretty well received in MKD. While her story wasn't stellar, she was definitely given some nice development and it was a nice start for a new adventure. Her design was brilliant and her story interesting, I say it would be nice to have her take a lead role among the Edenians again, like she did in MK4.

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I always assumed that they gave Kitana some of Mileena and Jade's moves for MK vs. DC as an homage to those characters as well. It is a bit messy to have all three girls running around in the game, so just lift some of their specials, and give it to the girl that they were cloned from, or are the best friend of. Kitana is the most prominent of the Edenian characters, make no mistake about it, but there were little nods in her to other characters. I don't see it as "stealing" rather than the MK Team trying to make you all happy.


I generally agree with all your views, but not with this one man.

That sounds more like an excuse. Giving characters "shared" or "recycled" moves has never been something that anyone has applauded in the past, I see no reason why they'd think fans would applaud this today. Most people have called this annoying, lazy, not original, lack of creativity, and lack of interest since the early days, so, why would they think any different now?

It never made anyone happy before (just look at the other ones who "share" moves), its even worse today. If anything, they should had used the time to improve the character and not just stuff her up with recycled material.

Despite general dislike of her character in MKSM, I actually think that was the most fun and creative Kitana gameplay wise. I loved her fan powers/attacks in that game.

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She better not take Mileena's place yet again!! They hyped Mileena up so much in the last few games, it would be stupid to sacrifice her again for Kitana's sake. And please, keep Mileena separated from Kitana in the next game. Keep her going as the unique female villain as opposed to the "evil twin".

And try not to get kidnapped again, sweetie-pie?


LOL, agreed! Nice to see you around Leo. smile

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What people need to come to grips with, I think, is that it is not Kitana taking Mileena's place, but Mileena taking Kitana's. Don't get me wrong, I love Mileena -- but Kitana is the star of the Edenia plotline; not Milly. Of all the other Edenian characters, I'd definitely put Mileena up there as my #2 most wanted return (just in front of Jade, who I believe can offer a fair bit to the series still), but just because she is a great character, is cool, all of that -- she's still a supporting player next to Kitana.

That's not to say that she can't get a "push" and be moved beyond that role; but I don't think that we are yet at the stage where people should be justifiably pissed off that Kitana is back when Mileena isn't. Well, duh. She's the bigger character.

Potential doesn't write paychecks. Mileena might have all the potential in the world, but right now, Kitana is a CEO in the story.


I would had agreed with this during MKGold I guess, but after MKD, not so much anymore. Kitana is still the main star of the Edenian plot line mainly because she is the heroine, but, Mileena is no longer just "the evil twin". Her role is deeper and she has grown. Her roles in MKD and MKA pretty much reveal how much of a star Mileena has been shaped up to become, even with the whole plot of posing as the princess. Shame on stupid Shao Kahn for taking over her title in MKA!

But yeah, it is true that Kitana is the center of the Edenian plot-line, but that's what makes Mileena different today, she is heavily involved with Edenia, but its not the only thing in her crazy world. Mileena was basically the supreme ruler of Outworld!!! She is no damsel in distress.

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If somehow Frost could make it into MK9, I would be the happiest MKfan ever. grin


You bet! grin

As for Frost, she is one of my favorites too! I really like her and I thought they did an amazing job with her in terms of story, personality and design. Too bad we didn't get the chance to see more of her development in MKA.

That really sucks considering how much thought she was given in MK:TE. She is not only a traitor but she is also suffering form dementia and mistaken anger, a lunatic! Hopefully she is still lurking around. I would had loved to see the Sonya VS Frost rivalry explored. Besides the bits of info in MKDA, we only got a nice little nod of it in the MKA intro. I always thought it was interesting how Sonya was the only one out of all the heroes to suspect Frost and dislike her. Even Raiden was fooled by the ice babe.

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First Sonya, now Kitana... Now just confirm Johnny Cage during the first round or two of confirmations so I don't have to sweat it out like DA and I'm good. Love the two choices thus far.
Anywho, Sonya and Kitana (assuming the rumors are correct) isn't a bad start. Nice change from "we can only confirm that ice ninja and that spear ninja at this time." I'd like, just once, for the MK team to leave those two off the revealed roster until the game has either shipped or almost has. I think most of the posters he would have a heart attack.


I 100% agree with you (btw, so nice to see you are still around).

Thanks to his superb development in MKA, Johnny Cage has all the potential in the world to be developed into one of the biggest most unexpected surprises of MK. Hopefully he will make his well deserved comeback in MK9. After all, we can safely say he was already the biggest surprise in MKA. He was brilliant!

I still can't believe he and Mileena were left out of MKvsDC.

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About Kitana, though... when has she ever been in the first release of a game? MK2, MK:DA, and MKDC are it, excluding the catch-all MKA. I guess this means you can color me surprised, (as I was when she showed up in MKDC) if this turns out to be true. Remember, she was supposed to be in MK4, but was cut.

I agree with what Queve and Temp were thinking about her poor development, but the same can be said for almost every MK character. She needs direction, and a storymode would offer just that. I think she's one of those characters, like Johnny Cage and Kung Lao, that would greatly benefit in the format (Shaolin Monks made Lao much more interesting, IMO, and Cage generally stole the show anytime he was onscreen, just like the 1st movie). I think Kitana fits this mold because we tend to view her as nothing more than an Edian princess. Seeing her interact with other characters will help us accept her as more than that.


Even though you have a point, she is still one of the main classic characters. She was also ignored in MK3, cut out and replaced in MK4, and replaced in MKD. I guess it is a surprise she wasn't cut out in the last moment during MKvsDC, she didn't even get her own chapter anyways.

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I think we essentially want the same thing, just different variables to getting there. Kitana's people would obviously want her to stay at home and sit on the throne, but who says that is who Kitana is? Maybe she cannot obey the wishes of her people, and feels the need to kill something? Maybe as Queen she finds herself bored, but the only one fit for the job?

Granted, she has defended her realm in the past, but we haven't seen her really aggressively doing such. Deadly Alliance is probably the closest, and even then, Shao Kahn has a long history with her and instigated the war. Perhaps Kitana could have some sort of paranoid develop which makes her potentially even see Earthrealm as a threat to Edenia?

I'm not saying that her losing Edenia would be bad -- I really do like your suggestions. I just don't think all is lost if a hint of Kitana's bio comes out and it says she's the queen of her realm. It is one way of naturally progressing her story, and I don't think it's neccessarily a dead-end. Especially if we get what we both essentially want, and that's a more proactive, self-dependant and deadly Kitana.

Edit: Going over this, I don't like half the ideas I have mentioned, but I'm mainly talking in hypotheticals. I think the problem is mainly with Kitana's personality, and not so much her position in the story.


I guess I like the idea of Kitana becoming Queen because it gives characters like Sindel, Jade and maybe even Tanya the chance to assume more active predominant roles. Maybe Kitana should go through some major development in the background, as the new Queen of Edenia. She could hopefully be different than Sindel in the throne.

If not, nuking Edenia sounds like an interesting option but I agree its not necessarily the crucial one to boost the characters into new levels. I'm not sure Edenia has to be sacrificed for the sake of Kitana's development, when Kitana can be developed through other angles.
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03/02/2010 06:38 PM (UTC)
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Kitana is good news if they dress her more appropriately for the habits one would have given her experience, and pay almost obsessive attention to her story-to-character portrayal. Vogel has a good grasp on things from what I understand of his perception of her, but I think the end result is just consistently muttled for the sake of familiarity. It's not entirely, or exactly "his fault" is all I'm sayin'.

Now is as good a time as ever to make her tougher (still entirely feminine, but tougher). Make her keen on subtle things, use her intuition as a way to portray how she's been conditioned her awareness (practically detective-like). Then, make her alot sharper when it comes to executing (that's the appeal to her anyway, right?)...almost close -minded to an outside opinion about things because she's been everywhere, seen, and done just about everything before.

I think the fact that she should remain as feminine as possible should mean that she entertains love interests from time to time. And that would be great for more history, or other stories we could find out from her (other experiences from her besides fighting and killing, but not saying she should be plagued with past love interests.) Why else be sexy, right?

Looking for something akin to an Angelina Jolie ("Tomb Raider"//"Wanted") slash, Lucy Liu ("Kill Bill"). The princess thing should be minimized visually and in her personality imo. I'd like it to seem more like a stress, or pressure that she's sort of honored to have, yet burdened with. She didn't really want to receive that honor, she was trained against the proper etiquette for that job, however, she accepts the responsibility. Is that right?

Idk about her design so much as to say I liked MkvsDC's design alot, but her portrayal in that game basically was appalling. She was like a stupid puppet or something. The voice actor was great, keep her; mo-cap was good, keep her too; gameplay was even pretty good, so keep alot of that too. Her story and character portrayal sucked tho...haha...

MKvsDc piqued my interest a bit more about Kitana because of her looks, and how she played. So, I want to see better from her story element, and character portrayal. Change her clothes (leotard//swimsuit thingy and boots//heels as costume 2), and maybe give her a couple more exciting moves even though MKvsDc was cool. But I'd have them NOT tinker too much with anything outside of her story and character portrayal. Geimme a rounder personality, maker her say more intelligent things, and behave accordingly....meh
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03/02/2010 09:45 PM (UTC)
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queve Wrote:
I generally agree with all your views, but not with this one man.

That sounds more like an excuse. Giving characters "shared" or "recycled" moves has never been something that anyone has applauded in the past, I see no reason why they'd think fans would applaud this today. Most people have called this annoying, lazy, not original, lack of creativity, and lack of interest since the early days, so, why would they think any different now?

It never made anyone happy before (just look at the other ones who "share" moves), its even worse today. If anything, they should had used the time to improve the character and not just stuff her up with recycled material.

Despite general dislike of her character in MKSM, I actually think that was the most fun and creative Kitana gameplay wise. I loved her fan powers/attacks in that game.


I don't really agree with the decision, per se, but I truthfully believe that is what the MK Team did. I mean, they've generally had some sort of disconnect to the fanbase with that sort of thing in the past. Take Kira, for example: She basically amalgamated the movesets of Kano and Sonya -- a concept I guess Boon and co. thought was "cool." I truthfully believe the Milly Role was their way of saying "We do have Mileena in mind even though she's not in the game."

I don't remember whether MK vs. DC had alt costumes or not, but if they had given Kitana a purple or green costume as a secondary, I think it would have been much the same thing. It wouldn't be "Kitana is stealing Mileena/Jade's look," but it'd be their way, welcomed or not, of acknowledging Kitana's "contemporaries." It's not something I would do if I was in charge, as I know it pisses people off; but it would not surprise me at all if that were the reason Kitana got the roll.

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Potential doesn't write paychecks. Mileena might have all the potential in the world, but right now, Kitana is a CEO in the story.


I would had agreed with this during MKGold I guess, but after MKD, not so much anymore. Kitana is still the main star of the Edenian plot line mainly because she is the heroine, but, Mileena is no longer just "the evil twin". Her role is deeper and she has grown. Her roles in MKD and MKA pretty much reveal how much of a star Mileena has been shaped up to become, even with the whole plot of posing as the princess. Shame on stupid Shao Kahn for taking over her title in MKA!

But yeah, it is true that Kitana is the center of the Edenian plot-line, but that's what makes Mileena different today, she is heavily involved with Edenia, but its not the only thing in her crazy world. Mileena was basically the supreme ruler of Outworld!!! She is no damsel in distress.


Granted, Mileena did more; but she still felt like good ol' Mileena to me -- lucking into situations with some scheming attached. And that's not a bad thing. I definitely do feel her character got more to do, don't get me wrong, but I wouldn't say that she completely made Kitana irrelevant or whatever.


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I guess I like the idea of Kitana becoming Queen because it gives characters like Sindel, Jade and maybe even Tanya the chance to assume more active predominant roles. Maybe Kitana should go through some major development in the background, as the new Queen of Edenia. She could hopefully be different than Sindel in the throne.

If not, nuking Edenia sounds like an interesting option but I agree its not necessarily the crucial one to boost the characters into new levels. I'm not sure Edenia has to be sacrificed for the sake of Kitana's development, when Kitana can be developed through other angles.


I'd rather see most of the Edenian characters scrapped. Well, initially, anyway. Having too many of them gives us the exact same problem we had last saga. Plus, they have a bad habit of doing the exact same things as each other. Sindel was a cool character when she had a purpose, but I think her time in the story has expired. Let her die and be a stressor in Kitana's life. You don't have to kill off Jade and Tanya, but I would have them both missing for MK9. Tanya's whereabouts being unknown can make Kitana feel a little paranoid about the safety of her realm, and Jade being missing can make Kitana fear that she's dead.

Then, if the fan outcry is strong enough, one or both of them can return in a future game. I'd rather see Edenia get a new foil, so I'd be more inclined to bring Jade back, as I feel she can do more by herself. Especially if they remove her loyalties to Edenia -- which I feel anchor her as being redundant, yet at the same time really define who her character is. It'd basically turn the Jade character on her head, which I feel could do nothing but make her interesting.

One thing you said Predator really struck me: And that had to do with Kitana's love interests. To be honest, I am against Kitana having a "love interest," but it would only make sense in her duty as Queen of Edenia to do two things that may not sit right with Kitana:

1) Find a King for the realm -- a strong male presence to help lead them.

2) Conceive a child who can be heralded as the successor to the throne.

If Kitana dies after Sindel is gone; then that's it. Edenia's royal family are destroyed. This would be an extra pressure on Kitana's role as leader of her realm, if they take that step with her. Now, there are two ways of handling this: There is the stupid, cliched, romantic comedy way -- where Kitana is looking for the "perfect guy" (fucking gross and obscene in Mortal Kombat, if you ask me); or there is the way where she perhaps hates the idea as much as her fans do, but perhaps feels that it is her greater duty, and looks for the best suitable candidate.

I always sensed this about Liu Kang's MK3 ending, where Kitana offers him a spot as King of Edenia for helping free the realm. While it's never stated as such, and all other evidence suggests that Kitana and Kang had a "thing" (ugh), I always liked to think Kitana was just going through the motions to set-up her realm. Liu Kang had proven time and time again to be the "alpha male" of the MK series, and that would have made him a suitable mate for Kitana. I like to think (at this time), feelings had little to do with Kitana's decision, and she was motivated only by Edenia's safety.

This is a concept that some people might see as "slutty" or "sexist" as one of Kitana's goals is to "get hitched and have kids," but I think it would take a strong woman to go against her beliefs like that to be a strong leader. Hell, maybe she refuses to do it? Maybe that causes uprage in Edenia? Perhaps she decides to become the Mortal Kombat Champion so that she can have eternal life, and thus doesn't need to worry about relinquishing the throne just yet? You could turn her into a bit of an Elizabeth Bathory figure, haha.

Granted, these aren't the best ideas in the world for a main story for Kitana. There would have to be some sort of physical conflict in there for Kitana -- but if she became the Queen of Edenia, these are problems and decisions I could see her being faced with -- and they're not the sort of decisions that an assassin might like to make.
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03/02/2010 10:36 PM (UTC)
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Should I care?


I am more interested in how they make the game work, not with the actual roster...
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03/02/2010 10:58 PM (UTC)
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Chrome, do you care that mk9 is 2d?
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03/03/2010 12:14 AM (UTC)
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Chrome Wrote:
Should I care?


I am more interested in how they make the game work, not with the actual roster...



Yeah i agree, but fighters are big too because some play diff than others. im waiting to see what kind of fighting system they are going to use and if its 2.5d or 3d. i really think they are going to use mkvsdc system again though. just like with mkda-mka, all had very similar systems.

give me great gameplay,updated classic fighters and great graphics, with a solid story.
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03/03/2010 12:43 AM (UTC)
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Chrome Wrote:
Should I care?


I am more interested in how they make the game work, not with the actual roster...

If the gameplay is a copy/paste of MKDC, I'll be pissed.
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03/03/2010 12:43 AM (UTC)
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How bout some decent NEW characters...
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03/03/2010 03:33 AM (UTC)
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Liu Kang confirmed?
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03/03/2010 02:11 PM (UTC)
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Is he? Would not surprise me. There has only been one game where Liu Kang is absent, and believe it or not, while MANY would disagree with me, I think there is something reliable about ol' turkey boy (probably because he never changed enough to be unreliable) that would allow us to enter the series knowing exactly where we are standing.
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03/03/2010 04:09 PM (UTC)
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We are standing in a swamp of shit, it's pretty clear now.
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03/03/2010 06:32 PM (UTC)
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Thank God, I mean Kitana is barely in any Mortal Kombat game.
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03/03/2010 07:47 PM (UTC)
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queve Wrote:
Yeah, they had female mo-cap actresses for the female characters in story mode. Did you, by any chance, get the collectors edition? Because you can see all about the actors and voice actors and a lot of interesting cool bits of info and trivia in the Bonus Disc videos. They reveal a lot of things regarding their personal thoughts about the characters and stuff.

No, I didn't. I probably would have if the game had more characters I liked.

Anyway, if they used female mocaps only for the story mode, and we're getting female mocaps again, then this DOES mean we're getting a story mode again... Yay!!

The question is... What kind? I hope it's not garbage like the last 2.

Lord knows a good story mode is what can make a game last for months (MKD) instead of days (MKDC).
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03/03/2010 08:17 PM (UTC)
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Warlady Wrote:
We are standing in a swamp of shit, it's pretty clear now.


How are we standing in a swamp of shit?



Though, if it's a reboot, no duh I could see this coming, but if it's not, why are people getting angry that Kitana, or Katana as how her name is spelled, is a possible character in the game? I don't get it, she has a pretty huge fan base, I don't see why people are making such a big deal that two of the most popular female characters are making a return in the next game.

I don't see how Kitana being added into the game makes it already stupid or "OMG I FUCKING HATE MK NOW!!!!"
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03/03/2010 08:40 PM (UTC)
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cool ^^

i hope Jade and Mileena as also in i love the female characters ^^
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03/04/2010 05:49 AM (UTC)
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Icebaby Wrote:
Warlady Wrote:
We are standing in a swamp of shit, it's pretty clear now.


How are we standing in a swamp of shit?



Though, if it's a reboot, no duh I could see this coming, but if it's not, why are people getting angry that Kitana, or Katana as how her name is spelled, is a possible character in the game? I don't get it, she has a pretty huge fan base, I don't see why people are making such a big deal that two of the most popular female characters are making a return in the next game.

I don't see how Kitana being added into the game makes it already stupid or "OMG I FUCKING HATE MK NOW!!!!"


I completely agree with this. Don't understand how the logical returns of Kitana and even Sonya are offending people so much. What did you really expect? The first female character to be confirmed to be Kira? Then people would all bitch about where the fuck the established ladies were.
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03/04/2010 11:03 AM (UTC)
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I was expecting to see what happened after Armageddon, I was a fan of the post apocalypse idea, now it's clear it's the same old shit as usual. They just have to confirm Liu Kang, who has been DEAD for years now, but who cares. Sonya sucks, always has always will, I don't dislike Kitana, but I strongly suspect this is going to suck.
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03/04/2010 03:53 PM (UTC)
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If you take out the characters in Mortal Kombat who have died and been resurrected, or died only for it to be retconned, you'd be left with very little.
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03/04/2010 04:48 PM (UTC)
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I want the story to progress. Liu Kang is just an example: he is dead and his zombie body can't last much longer. They have to let him go. I'm not bitching about resurrections or retcons, but the show must go on. Move forward, damn it!
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03/06/2010 08:12 AM (UTC)
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Nostalgia does not equal quality.

Please no 2D fighting, no high amounts of returning "iconic" characters, no linear dial-a-combo system....
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