Acid Variation in a whole.

Reptile (a long with the other returnees) will have their normal move-sets carried over which is obvious.

Who trully cares about story progression and character development?

I mean... can you imagine if Raiden and his buddies finally managed to save all the realms, for good?

The Mortal Kombat story and franchise would instantly kollapse.
There would be no game.
In order to have a story and game, to begin with.... you need problems + enemies. LOL
It's insane, but that's how it is.

So, if you like Reptile or any other kharakter and want them to remain playable... well, you better hope they have some kind of predicament and don't succeed.
And if they do succeed, you better make sure the success is temporary. lol

And this goes for any videogame franchise.
If you want a videogame, you need a big mess going on. LOL

I'm sorry.......what?

I think you're a little confused here. Story progression and proper character development is NOT the same thing as the main narrative's conclusion. Also, a ton of people here and in the fandom care about story progression and character development. It's the entire reason there was a movie, television show, web series, comic books....

I was just speaking for myself, then.

I just want my favorite kharakters to be playable, at the end of the day.
And I want them to look very badasss.
Kharakter development is the least of my concerns, personally.
*Maria_Linda shrugs*

Oh, and the MKX komic books are really cute and fun! Kool added bonus to the MK franchise!

Cyrax, lacking a leader to follow, wandered aimlessly in the desert until the Special Forces picked him up. Exact same thing with Reptile and Nitara. Over the span of four (original timeline) game appearances, the most progression Cyrax ever got was getting his free will back when he switched to the Special Forces, and the whole rest of the time he was a henchman for somebody (Lin Kuei, Nitara). I'm not sure I've ever heard anyone complain about his story, though.

While it's true that Onaga technically replaced Reptile's character in MKD, don't forget that Onaga could not fulfill that prophecy without Reptile. Reptile is one of the most important characters -- and is, indeed, the final boss -- of that game. And the developers said that they had been planning that move for some time with Reptile's "de-evolutions" since MK4. They weren't making this shit up on the fly. They had actual long-term plans for Reptile, which is something that can't really be said for sure about most of the cast.

And the things that happened to him in Armageddon were not hearsay. He was in the story mode. His blood helped create the Red Dragons that Taven fights. He even gets his own freaking arena for it!

The main point of my argument is that Reptile, for some reason, falls into a very small group of classic characters that a lot of people gripe about for having a weak story, when not nearly as many people gripe about other classic characters (Johnny Cage, Sonya, Jax, Jade, Kung Lao, Cyrax, maybe others) who have even weaker stories.

Starting to think Tanya won't make it now

Let's keep our fingers krossed for Tanya! Let's hope there's room for her in MKX!

I THINK the MK team MIGHT be saving the 3D-era kharakter reveals for later!!!

I wonder who Reptile will work for this time. Probably Kotal Kahn.

I was told that his skin color might be what changes throughout the variations.

That would be awesome!

Nice, a thread just for me.

Anyways, this is an excellent design for Reptile, probably my favorite. (BTW does anyone know where I can find a render of him?)

I am interested in seeing his different variations, it probably is the skin as you guys have mentioned, I don't see anything else to indicate it.

I just hope they don't kill him off or something in MKX. Long live Reptile!

I he has a (Evolved)spiked tail variation where he is evolved with a spiked roll and tail moves. He could fight like Riptor from Killer Instinct.

Let me start of by saying i'm beyond exstatic with Reptile's design and costume this time around


His look this time around is absolutely top notch, my only gripe as others have stated is how tall the back of his head is but this is a minor gripe.


His moveset...ohhhhh boy his moveset....THAT SHIT IS HYPE AS FUCK! Classic moves, Pop up kicks, elbow dashes, you name it's back or making a new appearance I have no complains what's so ever regarding his moves even his X-ray is different enough to me.


I'm glad he can finally speak as opposed to being a goon without a voicebox though he is probably still just a goon that doesn't bother me at all though he's the loveable lackey you know?


Dat Acid face-melting tech though, that was what impressed me the most out of the whole trailer i'm really looking forward to a complete Variation break down, and the full on Fatality.

Glad to see a good chunk of MKO agrees with these sentiments. See you all on PS4 :D

Reptile looking more badass then ever before!

I now have a quarrel with you!

Another thing I like is the bubbling of the opponents face after Reptile spits his acid in the fatality. That is something I wanted to see for a long time.

Has this been posted?

What's up with your profile picture bro...

I HAVE A QUARREL WITH YOU!

It's Larkin Love. She's a pornstar who specializes in some...bizarre....fetishes (and that's putting it politely)

Going to have to look her up then, don't I? >:D

He looks like a demonic parrot in that pic lol

Looks miles better than he did in MK9 thats for sure, especially in the skin/scales department.

Ed just tweeted:

"WTF? Looks like we need to change the name of one of Reptile's variations to "Trending". "




Looks like his skin type is indeed his variation. I'm thinking one of them might be HUMAN.

The tongue grab throw is when holding the away direction and grabbing.
The puke grab, MKX features (some?) characters now having air grabs during combos.