he seems more powerful than ever so there is a high possibility

Nope. They're talking about the story - the army of resurrected characters and Quan's alliance with Kano.

I am holding on to the slim hope because I really want Shinnok to be playable.
"Quan Chi is a master manipulator, and in MKX his schemes are fully realized. Using his necromancer powers, Quan Chi has built an army of revenants from the fallen Earthrealm warriors - twisting their minds to fight on his behalf!"
It still could be read as such because of the period breaking up the two thoughts. In MKX (gameplay-wise) Quan is fully realized with all of his powers. Powers that he uses to twist the minds of the fallen earthrealm warriors to fight on his behalf.

Here's a thought; Maybe we have several bosses?

The story mode in MK9 had you fighting against the likes of Shang, Goro, Kintaro and Kahn. With the giant gap in time represented in MKX, maybe the boss changes every time you play the arcade ladder between the different bosses you face over the course of MKX? Quan Chi, Kotal Kahn, Liu Kang perhaps? Just a thought...

Any who, as for Quan Chi as a "singular main boss," my guess would be no.

No. The last boss wouldn't be revealed this early on, with the bit of mystery they've tried to build around it. It'd be anticlimactic as all hell.

I doubt that Quan Chi will be the boss of the game, but perhaps one of the fallen heroes he has under his control could end up being the boss. Since he created Scorpion and Noob Saibot, he could transform the fallen heroes to give them new identities.

I think Kotal will be the first sort of boss for the story mode. Maybe the sub boss will change every arcade but idk if they would do that with the final fight unless its something like deadly alliance with quan and shang.

No

Yeah the intro definitely stands out and while I don't think he will end up being the final big bad, I could definitely imagine/picture it. Like that would not be such a crazy idea to me, especially if he has all of the fallen warriors from MK9 as his puppets.

It'd be odd for them to reveal the boss so early when they're so actively trying to keep so many other things secret. But he certainly looks like one.

It is very likely we will encounter QC pretty high up the ladder as a subboss of some sort, like Shang Tsung was in MK2. But I am fairly certain he is not the big bad.

I wonder if it's Motaro. Yea he died or so we thought in MK9 but... who knows.

I'd die of laughter at all the WTF? posts from MK fans across the net if that were true. You'd think they would have figured out a way to make Motaro workable now that everything is back to 2D.

yea the look, intro, and him fully realizing his scheme/having control of the dead from mk9. With how much power he seems to have in this i feel like hes gotta at least be a sub boss.

He actually was killed, and I don't see him returning anytime soon. What exactly would someone like him bring to the story as a boss?

See, and that last part about fallen Earthrealm warriors to fight on his behalf, it just makes me think even more that the Sub-Zero we are seeing is truly undead.

Whether it's Bi-Han ripped/cleansed of Noob, or Kuai Liang reverted from his Cyber form, though I'm leaning more towards Bi-Han, I think that might be what we will see.

Or I could be like completely fuckin' wrong but I mean, you never know.

What if the Boss or Bosses are Kitana and Jade controlled by Quan Chi

Its obviously gonna be Cassie Cage's evil twin brother

lol At these choices.
Shinnok>Quan Chi>Liu Kang>everyone else
(Regarding boss possibilities)

I say both Liu and Shinnok will be the bosses.

The only bosses I would take seriously (and which have a chance of kicking the butt of those sissy heroes) are the ones who possess god-like powers and brains:



1. Quan Chi- thousands of years or maybe even older sorcerer, most intelligent character

2. Shinnok- fallen elder god, master manipulator, virtually immortal

3. Ermac- fusion of thousands of Edenian souls, including their last king, all with thousands of years of knowledge and military training

4. Daegon- half-god son of Argus, leader of a secret society and cult that predates egyptians and babylonians on Earth

5. Noob-Havik alliance- Netherealm General and Chaos highest priest worshiping Kochal (=Shinnok??)

6. Reiko- badass Outworld general with a sense of honour and a Quan Chi rivalry thousands of years old


Rest are shit, punching bags

Oh wow. Reiko aint exactly boss material. And hes a bigger punching bag then most of the heroes.

I would like to think that Shinnok is the big bad, but I don't know really. Guess we'll have to wait and see.

I think Reiko has the necessary potential to be a boss. The only time we've seen him defeated was when he fought the half-god Taven, who (to be honest) kicked the butts of Sub-Zero, Noob Saibot, Kintaro, Goro, Scorpion and Raiden in a row even though he had just woken up and didn't have anything to eat . Sure, he SERVES Shao Kahn, meaning that he's not as strong, but my impression was that there was a sort-of mutual respect relationship between them, something none other enjoyed from the Emperor (at least MK Conquest portrayed it that way).

No way in hell.

Especially Jade, going from a lackey to a boss just like that. Can't see it happening.