Unless they make him free he probably won't be playable again till MK11.

Bugs the fuck outta me especially since Rain/Mileena/Tanya was a badass trio in story mode but only two are playable. lame.

Lol i honestly believe NRS hates Rain, they just dont like him. Hes just a punching bag throughout the story and Tanyas ending is just Rain dying.

Yes, no rain sadly. It's always sunny in Philadelphia.

They already said they wouldn't be charging for him as DLC twice, so unless they patch him in for free somewhere down the line he probably isn't going to be playable in MKX.

Because he's not a character in an upcoming Warner Brothers movie.

If they hated him that much they wouldn't have bothered to put him in the story mode in the first place. Besides, Mileena was treated like complete shit in story mode and yet she's a staple character.

I don't think NRS hates him- I just think they're indifferent to him.

Great character Story wise, but I didn't like his redesign in MK X.
He is not playable because he is not a top requested character and they obviously have big difficulties with the variations system for him.

NRS likes to treat its DLCs like 1 hit wonders.
Kenshi has so much fan demand from both the casual and the core audience that he was put in the main roster.

Skarlet reception wasn't half bad as other post-mk4 characters, but she wasn't playable in the game and her cameo cut from the Story Mode.
Rain was no different. Maybe they have planned to have him playable during early development of MK X, but he has just two powers : water and roundhouse kicks, too little, too few to grant him a playable spot.

Nah Fujin gets it the worst. He shows up for a few seconds and is never seen again. Rain gets more screen time than him plus he's a fightable NPC. Which is a lot more than Fujin got.

So give him more moves. Leatherface is in da fruggin game, not that I hate that, but if the excuse for NRS not to put a character in a game because of lack of variation ideas...then that's the the poor damndest excuse I've ever heard. Tanya got a spear thingy, other characters got ... other stuff.

"The Rain falls when it may"

Maybe in MAY...because right now there's just a big ol' drought.

Fujin's still alive and kicking in the current canon and We don't have an Alien popping out of his chest being given Wind powers.

So I disagree.

Well let's not forget Rain was also playable in MK9. Fujin will have to wait 4 more years at the earliest. Same for Baraka.

But we're all in the "NRS neglects or mistreats my character" club.

Yep.

Sindel too. Gave her fans false hope with a new costume and a few Invasion Boss appearances before "HAHA NOPE"

Sad thing is if you actually put Baraka, Sindel, Rain & Fujin as your final DLC "Story Pack" this game would end on a somewhat high note and everyone across the fanbase would be pretty happy with it, I think.

Casuals are satisfied
Diehard vocal fans are satisfied
Cyborg box is checked
You get Shinnok, Fujin, Quan-Chi, Kenshi, Tanya and Bo Rai'Cho as 3D returnees.

However that's a slim hope based on a interview with vague meaning. But as always I'd love to be proven wrong on that. Like I said before I want to give NRS my money but they're just not letting me.

You know what, as much as I wanted Noob Saibot or Human Smoke, I actually would not mind a "Story Pack" with Rain, Fujin, Baraka and Sindel. I just think they deserve to be in the game more than anyone else. Especially Fujin

Honestly, Rain, Fujin, and Baraka (and Tanya) should've been in the DEFAULT roster to begin with. Mileena actually had a nice band of close loyal allies in story mode- Tanya, Rain, Baraka- but none managed to make the playable default roster which I found completely odd.

Fujin had such a huge presence in the opening (and that voice actor was amazing) that I thought for sure he'd be secretly unlockable. But nope.

I'd be 99% more satisfied with this roster if Rain/Fujin/Baraka/Tanya were all included from day 1. Sindel could've then had the female spot in KP1 and now that we're getting Bo Rai Cho- the only significant story character missing would be Li Mei.

I think that was just a way to say "we're not gonna make Rain playable again, guys".

didnt rain have a weapon in a mk game like some daggers or something they can use that in mkx

I bet that Rains down in Africaaaaaa

In his Armageddon render he is shown with daggers but in the game he has the storm sword as a weapon. So i guess the daggers were cut unless he used them in special moves. I haven't played Armageddon in years so I may be mistaken.

I view this more as them building up hype for Rain to be a key player in the MKXI.

Yes, sorry..I am putting faith into an NRS story decision, but I see where they are going with him. Rain was a nobody in UMK3/MKT - he was an "edenian prince that pledged his loyalty to Kahn" and it wasn't until Armageddon's story mode that they actually took Rain and did somethign significant with him - he is the bastard son of Argus, thus making him a half-god and half-brother of Taven and Deagon.

In this timeline, he and Tanya are Edenian rebels fighting to free Edenia, and they pledged their loyalty to Mileena because she promised to free Edenia from Outworld once she wrests control of it back from Kotal Kahn...a promise I doubt she would have lived up to. Tanya and Rain both being rebel characters that are factoring into a minor part of the MKX story sets them up for a major part of the next game, which will probably revolve around a combination of Deadly Alliance, Deception and Armageddon. Considering the new route they took with Outworld, I imagine they will probably expand on the Edenia vs Outworld situation, especially since that was a major sub-plot of DA and Deception.

I'm just glad they actually stuck with the story about him being a son of Argus.

Doubtful. It's pretty clear NRS doesn't think ahead when it comes to dealing with the story.