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03/04/2007 12:35 AM (UTC)
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03/11/2007 02:53 AM (UTC)
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03/11/2007 06:46 AM (UTC)
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I need only look at how long your segments about Kung Lao and Sareena are to see that they stand the best chance of emerging as the new protagonists.
I read the whole thing anyway. tongue

About Kung Lao: I wanted MKA to end on a shot of Kung Lao instructing a class of students at the Temple of Light. He would be up front with the (unseen) spirit of Liu Kang watching over them all. I felt that of all the characters in Mortal Kombat, if one of them were to be given the final moments of screen-time before this era faded to black for the last time, it should've been Kung Lao and Liu Kang.

Even without that scene to establish Kung Lao as the successor, I still think he would make for an excellent protagonist in MK8.

You and I are completely agreed on Sareena. Ever since Mythologies, she's been one of my favorites. Her MKA ending, while almost certainly not canon, does reveal that she would have (and most likely did) turn against Quan Chi again, returning to the Lin Kuei.
As for an antithesis in the form of Ashrah, I could see it going something like this: Ashrah wants to purify Sareena completely, but Sareena is skeptical. She's worried that who she is now will completely eradicated if she's purified. Ashrah, being rather single-minded in her quest (she did try to purify a reformed Ermac if I remember right), is bound and determined to purfiy Sareena no matter what. So you have Sareena trying to redeem herself the old fashioned, hard way and Ashrah who wants to wipe Sareena's slate clean all at once.

And on a side note; am I the only one that thinks the portrayal of the Netherealm is a bit typical and unimaginative? Fire and brimstone. Lakes of fire. All that jazz. Come on, guys! Something a little more original would be cool.
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03/12/2007 01:05 AM (UTC)
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03/12/2007 08:00 AM (UTC)
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The Shokan:

I'd pretty much expect Goro to be ousted somehow...I think it's been far too long that the other, Cooler Shokan Kintaro and Sheeva seemed in line behind him..

Especially after members of the MkTeam describe Kintaro as a bigger bad-er Goro... I also like the fact that the other twos' alignment never is really chalanged. they pretty much stay evil whil Goro was always like, "hm?". Y'know?

I would take either or both Kintaro or Sheeva next go round.

Nitara/Vampires

I'd like Mk to show us a traditional vampire actually. I like Nitara, but the wings and all that? Na.. Besides, the scary part of someone being a blood sucker...is the surprise...

Story-wise, I don't want to see this character as a complete protagonist. I would have her kill innocents....but like in an effort to find a cure for blood thirst for her race...

Also, after reading Raidens' bio, I think there's a hue of a chance she could be apart of that "long ago" battle he indured...That may be just wishfull thinking though..

Shujinko

I'd only add to his supporting cast Master Bo Rai Cho....and if he ever pops up in a game...Elder Kung Lao.

The other thing is about his story if Onaga becomes no more..
It's a true toss up, but seeing as how he's so new, I opt for the evil Jinko plot. It would only make sense for him to become a main antagonist to everybody, and possibly the Main bad guy in a future game becuase just about everybody...good or bad in alignment, has "shit" on the dude already. "Do unto others" lol

The thing is, his MkD ending was cannon.....and I'm pretty sure Raidens' was too. If you consider Shujinkos power potential, Shujinko came in contact with Raiden in a fight....A God.

Now lets' psyco anylize this thing for a quick second:

Shujinko absorbs the power of those whos' power he comes in contact with, he meets Raiden in a threat to his own life...a fight, but by that time had obsorbed an enormous amount of our warriors powers and killed Onaga.

Raiden+Quan Chi+Shang Tsung< Onaga........Shujinko > Onaga?

I'm just saying he's already that love to hate character and he's powerful enough to actually threaten everybody.

I'd actually love to see him in a future game....but intead of a niave youth-to-elder, an eternal pain in the ars..

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03/13/2007 12:41 AM (UTC)
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I also agree about the Netherealm. In my fan fics and stories I made up, I always had it the Netherealm was unbearably cold and freezing. Fire and brimstone and all that really is cliche and I think horrible cold is a worse hell.


You were the one that wrote the fic about how Sareena and Reiko knew each other, right? How she was a kid thief and Reiko wound up looking after her and fled from Outworld into the Netherealm?
Crazy. I read that story months ago. Didn't realize you were the author. I must've been more focused on the plot points and glossed over the description of the Netherealm itself though.

Freezing cold Hell is ironic considering that she would eventually side with Sub-Zero. That would go a long way towards explaining why she can hang out in their permafrost temple and not be bothered by it.
Considering that in the games the Netherealm is portrayed as either an industrial nightmare (MK Mythologies) or the typical fire and brimstone (everything else) or just a mix of the two as MKM leaned towards, it does seem.... I don't know, out of place that Sareena, wearing her skimpy outfit, isn't bothered by the cold. Netherealm is hot! All the time! Blah!

Oh yeah, good story by the way.
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03/29/2007 08:08 PM (UTC)
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03/29/2007 11:27 PM (UTC)
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Sorry I haven't put as much into this thread as I would've liked. I was kinda brain fried, to be honest.

I'll cover two things for now: possible future protagonists and MK1 story summary

Kung Lao: Kung Lao could step up to become somewhat of the "next Liu Kang", or he could become more of a mentor-type character, like Bo' Rai Cho. If he were to return, I would rather go for the latter role as it'd be interesting to see how he does as a mentor.

Ermac: I easily see Ermac becoming some kind of big hero in Outworld, making up for the evil he did when under Shao Kahn's control. An idea had come to mind in which he would later on become the Protector God of Outworld. I mean, isn't it kind of strange how Raiden speaks of Outworld Gods in MK3's intro yet we haven't seen or heard of any of them later on in the story? I'd like an explanation on this.

Li Mei: Like Ermac, I easily see Li Mei becoming some kind of big hero in Outworld. I would like for the "evil taint" story element to still be in her overall plot. Now, she could become an antagonist instead of a protagonist, but for now, I lean more towards the idea of her becoming a protagonist. It's nice that we finally get some "good guys" from Outworld, something that hadn't been seen prior to MKDA.

Sareena: Sareena could easily become a main protagonist and one of the Netherrealm plot. Depending on who else returns and who she interacts with, there are various possibilities with her. I guess the way to go with Sareena is to have her go in a similar route that Ashrah did, namely purification through the Kriss. XiahouDun84, I loved what you did with Sareena in your stories, especially with having Drahmin as her antagonist. I'm not sure if I could really top that. What does puzzle me is if there are other routes her story can take. I certainly wouldn't want to go with her embracing her demonic side as that would be kind of boring and stupid.

Taven: We'll most likely see Taven in the next-gen MKs as Edenia's new Protector God, so that'll make him his own protagonist. I'd like to see Rain as his antagonist in the future and to have some dynamic explored between the two.

Jade/Sindel: It'd be a shame for these two to go during Armageddon, and I think both have the potential to develop and flesh out their characters. Sindel is the Queen of Edenia, yet she is overshadowed by her daughter, Kitana, which makes Sindel seem somewhat less or totally insignificant. For Jade, well, she's been a Wedge-type character as you mentioned, and I'd like to see her become her own hero. To me, both Sindel's and Jade's (ESPECIALLY Jade's) backstories to be fleshed out and explored a bit and that can have some relation to part of their next-gen stories. MAYBE exploring some dynamic between Jade and Tanya would boost up their stories, but I personally don't care for Tanya.

Fujin: Fujin could easily become his own protagonist, with him as the new Protector God of Earthrealm. I would really like to see how Fujin guides the heroes and how Fujin is similar and different to how Raiden was when he was Earthrealm's Protector God. There should be a dynamic between the two explored in the future, imo.

As for the MK1 storyline...

For a fighting game back in 1992, it did have a pretty solid and simple story. It was cool how they were inspired by movies, comics, and certain mythologies and mythological characters.

Liu Kang

I think one thing you don't mention about Liu Kang is the hardships he deals with throughout his story. After MK1, he dealt with the loss of his fellow Shaolin bretheren. In MK3, his world was in great danger as Shao Kahn took the souls of millions from Earthrealm and sent Extermination Squads to hunt down the Chosen Ones, especially Liu Kang. Liu Kang may have beaten Shao Kahn for a second time, but he lost his friend Kung Lao, who we of course learn later on actually disappeared to life a live of peace.

After Shinnok's defeat at the end of MK4, Liu Kang refuses Kitana's offer as he's bound by his duty to protect Earthrealm as Champion of Mortal Kombat. In MKDA's intro, Liu Kang is killed by his main rival, Shang Tsung, along with his soul being absorbed by the sorcerer. We learn much later on that Raiden, who Liu sees as the mentor figure in his life, desecrates his grave and uses his body as a weapon for killing innocent people. So overall, he gets screwed over time and time again despite his victories. I think the problem with Liu Kang is that they don't really do much delving into his feelings and personality, which I feel is the real hinderance.

Raiden

Raiden's original concept never really struck me as him being angry and tempermental as he is in MKD. It seems more like he was some proud, arrogant deity who wanted to prove his superiority over mortals. The boredom you mention is something that happens later on in the tournament thus him inviting the other gods to participate thus causing chaos and destruction.

I think his concept could potentially make for a future character, but that's in the maybe department.

The benevolent mentor role gives him more to do in the long run, and I think I may have overlooked certain story points such as the stuff he talks about in MK4's intro.

I too, think, that his presence in MK1 shouldn't be ignored. The way I see it, he probably did some fighting during the tournament but was really more concerned about finding potential Champions. I don't think he necessarily looked for anyone specific, though I think he may have looked into the souls of the different participants thus him eventually finding the worthy souls in Liu Kang, Johnny Cage, and Sonya Blade, more so Liu Kang of course.

Sonya/Special Forces

I agree with what you're saying here. I was never really interested much in the Sonya/Kano rivalry either. I really doubt Scorpion was the one to defeat her as it seemed to not have gone anywhere. If she fought Sub-Zero and lost, she would've likely been killed by him. If it was some random person, I'd find that kind of stupid. So yeah, I'd rather Kano be the one to defeat Sonya thus her victory against him in MK3 making things come full circle, in a way...

The Ending

I don't really have anything to say here.
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03/30/2007 05:04 AM (UTC)
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Yay! I was wondering when this thread would get updated. My favorite thread on the entire board. wink

Not much to say about Liu, Johnny, Raiden, or the rest. The story of MK1 is simplistic and you covered them well.
I do like your take on how the tournament is structured like a real tournament instead of the random battles that took place in the movie (much as I like the movie). I especially like your observations about the fate of Sonya's special forces unit. It finally adds some weight to the rivalry and hatred between Sonya and Kano. What's interesting to me, is that if Kano did beat her, he allowed her to live. The main reason I can think of for him doing this is so that she could watch as her team was executed. What better way to send her right off the deep end?
I can picture this and it brings Sonya's character out more. A lot more. I always thought she desperately needed some more development and this supplies that. Still amazes me that simple story details like this have never been ironed out by Midway. Oh well.

Reptile you say failed at protecting Shang Tsung. I don't buy into that. The tournament has structure and rules and I always thought that Liu Kang formally challenged Shang (or vice versa). By t he rules, Reptile would be prohibited from interfering in their fight.
Being a secret character, we naturally don't learn too much about him. However, seeing as how Sub-Zero was hired to assasinate Shang Tsung, I like to think he attempted to carry out his mission without fighting his way through the tournament. It is here that I would place Reptile, stopping Sub-Zero from killing his master.
It could go a couple of ways from there. Either Sub-Zero is captured and forced to fight in the tournament until coming up against Scorpion.
Or he gets away without his identity being discovered and continues to participate in the tournament so that he doesn't blow his cover, hoping to get another chance at assasination Shang.

Of course, that's just speculation, but I'm trying to make it work within the confines of the original story.

I also rationalize the 2nd fighter in an endurance match against Reptile as being a random fighter that had been knocked off the bridge above the Pit, who somehow missed the spikes, and took a bad landing.
Beaten and with broken bones, they're helpless as Reptile approaches and injects them with some kind of nuero-toxic venom. Their veins turn green and they continue to fight with broken bones, making their movements and stance bizarre looking.
For anyone that's actually had an endurance fight against Reptile in MK1, you know what I'm talking about.

So I can rationalize it and make it work, but I have no idea what the purpose of Reptile doing that would be. EDIT:
Meanwhile, Goro gets so distraught and humiliated over his defeat, he allows everyone to think he's dead and exiles himself.
I always wondered about this. In the MK2 intro we clearly see Shang and Goro standing before Shao Kahn. When exactly was Goro supposed to have gone into exile?
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03/30/2007 05:34 AM (UTC)
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OK, first of all, the MK1 comic is canon. Saves me a huge explanation.

In MK Konquest for Deception, Raiden tells Shujinko that he's going over there to "watch" Shang Tsung, so that was why he was there - to make sure he doesn't pull no crap. I like to believe that he and Tsung were playing a game of chess with eachother the whole time. But I also think Raiden took part - he was one of the last seven warriors that "survived the battles", remember?
And I don't like the idea of Raiden telling Liu Kang who to buddy up with. Things like that should be left to fate - Kang met Cage on the boat, and they met Sonya during the tournament - perhaps impressed with her skills and concerned with her plight (Tsung put her on blast in front of everyone in the comic).

Since seven warriors survived the battles, that means that no one of the characters in MK1 got defeated or disqualified in any way. They made it to the finals. Liu Kang got to face Goro because he EARNED the right - I think that means Shang Tsung just made them all have a melee right in his throne room and Kang came out on top.
Shoot, I like to believe Raiden actually challenged him himself to test him.
In the end of that fight, no one dies, everyone just ends up on the floor tired and unconscious. And they get up right when Goro loses, in which a brawl occurs all over the island.

Sonya/Kano
Grrrr......damn John Tobias for leaving Midway in the middle of what could've been a pivotal game.....well he mentions in an interview that Sonya is after Kano because he killed her entire team or something like that so I'll take that as canon.
But if they fought, it would've been during that brawl and either one of them could've won. That melee could've gone anyway.

Liu Kang
He didn't get to see the repercussions of his actions until future games. So he goes undeveloped for now.

Sub-Zero / Scorpion
Most popular story, obviously. They didn't fight during MK1, and in the melee it could've gone any which way. They fought at the end of the brawl - must've been quite the battle, as it would've been while the island was becoming unstable. Scorpion wins.

What I don't get is that Shang Tsung apparently "dies" at the end. Raiden says in the MK2 comic he got killed, and Kahn mentions to Tsung "your life no longer exists inthe Earthrealm, so I grant you a new form." So then how is it he walks Outworld with a physical form? WTF
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03/30/2007 05:21 PM (UTC)
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reppy: That wasn't Goro in that picture. Shao Kahn was pissed off at Shang Tsung for things like the apparent death of Goro.

PsychoFight: I'm pretty sure Shao Kahn was speaking figuratively. I think Raiden thought that Shang Tsung was killed.
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03/30/2007 08:06 PM (UTC)
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Ah, you know what. This whole time I always thought that pic of Shang and Goro standing together was supposed to take place after MK1. I thought they both had to stand before Shao Kahn. Okay, nevermind.
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03/31/2007 03:17 AM (UTC)
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03/31/2007 03:46 AM (UTC)
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And besides, when you look at the personalities of the characters, who all is really willing at this point in time to kill a living person? To most of these guys this is just some martial arts tournament.

Liu Kang- a shaolin monk not prone to murder.
Johnny Cage- a movie star. I don't see him killing anyone.
Sonya- the only one I could see her killing is Kano.
Kano- Lets her live so that she can see her team executed.
Scorpion- Actually does kill Sub-Zero.
Sub-Zeo- he's an assassin, so yeah. But he obviously didn't get the chance to kill any of the main characters.
Reptile- stayed hidden most of the time. Almost certainly didn't compete in the tournament.
Raiden- I wouldn't put it past him, but I also think he wouldn't kill anyone at this point in time except Goro or Shang Tsung.
Goro- Sure. Except he gets his ass beat.
Shang Tsung- See above.
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04/05/2007 05:02 PM (UTC)
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XiahouDun84, as alway good stuff. I always enjoy reading your insiteful posts into the psyce of the MK characters.

I just wanted to add a thought that was not entertained at all, and I'm wondering if it was over looked completely. This maybe premature in the overall disscussion but I think it is worth mentioning now.

It was proclaimed by Quan Chi in MK4 that he is Scorpion's reason for being, and on the surface that is true as all the evidence points to him. Quan Chi was the one who hired both Scorpion and Sub-zero in Mythologies and he was the one who carried out the task of killing Scorpion's clan. But everything that Quan Chi does, he does for his master Shinnok to bring him closer to his acention into the realms. While Quan Chi's direct actions helped to bring about Scorpion's undead form, they were only a small part of a larger manipulation set in motion by Shinnok.

In the overall MK lore, it has been revealed that the Elder Gods employs a warrior, their champion, who enforces their will within the realms as they cannot interfere with the lives of mortals.

At some point, Shinnok's falls from the ranks of the Elders and is ultimately banished to the Netherealm.

Many years later, the Champion of the Elder Gods is defeated by Shujinko years before MK1, thus opening the position.

Soon after, Quan Chi is sent to Earthrealm to find Shinnok's amulet, but why now? could their be an ulterior motive? While Quan is in Earthrealm, Scorpion, the destined champion of the Gods, and subzero, a future player within Shinnok's ranks, are brought into the fold.

Tainted by Shinnok's influence, Scorpion's reason for being is now to exact revenge on his killer. He is released, "allowed" to leave, from the Netherealm to hunt down and destroy Subzero, the mortal warrior who poses the biggest threat to Shinnok's acention. Scorpion kills his nemesis.

When Sub resurfaces in Outworld, Scorpion's vengence is reawakened and he is again allowed to hunt the Lin Kuei warrior. Scorpion's mission is cut short however when the Earthrealm warriors learned that Kahn's tournament is a trap and they escape Outworld. Scorpion may, or may not, have learned of sub's true identity at this time, but none the less his mission is still the same but for now he returns to the Netherealm.

In MK3, again Scorpion is released from hell but this time by Shao kahn. He is quickly enlisted into Kahn forces to combat Raiden's forces but ultimately Kahn is defeated and Scorpion again returns to the Netherealm.

MK4 marked the last chapter of Scorpion's servitude to Shinnok and showed a seemingly desprate move by Quan Chi and his master to get him to serve. Quan bribed Scorpion in order to get him to join into the battle with the elder gods, offering him freedom from the netherealm. Scorp's MK4 bio also states that he had his own ulterior motives for agreeing to fight for Shinnok again and with the way thing currently are, Scorp wants to find Sub zero and finish their battle once and for all. Again, Scorpion's "taint" at the hands of Shinnok, his thirst for revenge, is being manipulated to get the Champion of the Gods to fight on the side of darkness.

I find all this pretty interesting as Shinnok's manipulations have been written into characters with ties to the Netherealm since UMK3, but Scorpion, one of its denizens since MK1, was over looked. It wasn't until MK4 that he had any written ties to Shinnok and even then he was still out for his own purposes. Yet he has to have been in some way manipulated since the beginning by Shinnok as Shinnok is the supreme power of the Netherealm.

The fact of the matter is, Scorpion has been a pawn of darkness against the light since his fall in MKMSZ. The question is did Shinnok know who Scorpion was destined to become. I find it to much of a coincidence, and much more interesting, that the Fallen Elder God knew who Scorpion was destined to become and chooses to exact his revenge by trying to use the Elder God's Champion against them but ultimately creating a being who he, nor the Elder Gods, can control.

In MKD, it is revealed that Scorpion achieves his destiny of becoming Champion of the Gods and his first task is to prevent the Dragon Kings plans of merging the realms. We learn however, that due to Shujinko's actions at the end of MKD, Scorpion was unable to carry out his mission. In MKA's conquest we learn that Scorpion was promised by the Elder Gods that his family and clan would be returned to life and that Scorpion was seemingly betrayed by the Elder Gods when his family and clan were resurected in his image. Because of this, Scorpion set out to defy the Elder Gods will and bring about Armageddon by killing taven.

Scorpion's fate in any situation can always be traced back to his inital fall to darkness. With his destiny tainted by Shinnok's influence, he has been the consistant wild card throughout the entire MK series. Once you think you've got him pegged, he changes direction and becomes a villian, hero, or nuetral character all over again.

Also, it was mentioned earlier that Quan Chi used Shinnok as a pawn to get what he desired, but really what Quan Chi did has been truely trumped up. Quan Chi achieved what Shang Tsung wished he could have, as he took advantage of a situation and made a move. Quan Chi is a fly under Shinnok's boot as this is reinforce throughout their relationship, Quan Chi is a gofer. When Quan saw his oportunity to seize his own power, he took it. He even surprised himself that his duplicate amulet was able to trick Raiden and Shinnok but he kept his secret hidden.

With his switch going unnoticed, the key to his acention was in front of him, he only needed to wait for the right time. He didn't manipulate Shinnok at all, as he had to continue to do Shinnok's will even after he got the amulet. As far as we know, the time Quan Chi was looking for never came while he was in direct servitude, the first time struck out on his own was in DA.
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04/05/2007 07:10 PM (UTC)
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In the MK3 story texts, it says that Liu Kang won the first tournament and "escaped from the Outworld." It gives no mention of Liu Kang

In Kahn's bio for UMK3 and MKT, it says "and since Shang Tsung failed to win the Earth through MK1 and 2." No mention of Kahn getting his ass handed to him in MK2 - just that Tsung failed.

Plus we know the MK tournament has this rule - only mortals can fight it. And this was BEFORE MK3 - in which from then on out all bets were off and there were no rules as to who can fight and who can't. Kahn doesn't qualify - he's an immortal. Since this is MK2, as twisted as it was, the rule still stands.

Yet Liu Kang still has 4 victory medals on his tomb, which symbolize his four victories in MK - including MK2.

Deducing from all that, I'm going to assume that Kahn DIDN'T fight in MK2. Shang Tsung and Kintaro DID, though. So Liu Kang fights them and pretty much wins, since it was Tsung who made the challenge in the first place and Kahn can't fight since the rules are still intact.

Maybe you're right, Xiaohu. And I like that idea better too. Although I'm willing to bet that Kahn just sent all his armies after them once Liu Kang won (Jax's MK2 ending mentions "during the chaos that follows [Kahn's defeat]" and Liu Kang "escaping from Outworld" hints at some kind of urgent situation following victory. Feels rehashed on Tsung sending his armies after them at the end of MK1, but oh well.
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04/05/2007 09:21 PM (UTC)
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SubMan799 Wrote:
Decided to do the story line of the first three games. So the whole Shao Kahn arc is right here:

Mortal Kombat Mythologies:

Sub-Zero is told by the Lin Keui to capture an amulet in the Himalayas (or somewhere around there. I don’t know, I never played the game.) After fighting his way through a bunch of stuff, he fights Scorpion. Again. After that he meets Sareena, and fights her. Eventually Quan Chi comes, and attacks Sub-Zero. Sub-Zero wins. Shinnok comes, Sareena dies, and is sent to the Netherrealms, Raiden stops Shinnok for a while, and yeah, end of this chapter.

Mortal Kombat 1:

1,000 years ago, Kung Lao is defeated by Goro, and Outworld wins the MK tournament. In the tenth MK tournament since then, Shang Tsung, and Goro try again to take the MK Championship, and open the portals to allow access to Earthrealm from Outworld. Raiden gets Liu Kang to help stop Shang Tsung.

Sub-Zero is told by the Lin Keui that he needs to assassinate Shang Tsung. This, however, was just a clever plan that Shang Tsung came up with to get Sub-Zero into the MK Tournament so that Scorpion would join too.

Sonya comes across Shang Tsung’s island chasing Kano. Her men are captured, and Shang Tsung gives Sonya a proposition. She fights in the MK Tournament, and wins, and her men will be freed, but if she loses, they die. Sonya enters.

Johnny Cage, and Kano enter the tournament too. It wasn’t fully explained why, but we can always speculate (like many of the other holes in the MK story) what happened. Cage enters to get stardom, and idea for movie films, or he was told by Raiden to come, and Kano probably is forced by Shang Tsung to enter the tournament for trespassing on the island. If it is explained why they join, I missed it.

Many others join the tournament but only the above survive. Kano, Cage, and Sonya are fighting at the Pit while Liu Kang is battling Goro. Liu Kang defeats Goro, and proceeds on to fight Shang Tsung. Goro is told to fight Cage, Sonya, and Kano. Scorpion, and Sub-Zero are battling now too. Scorpion manages to kill Sub-Zero. Sub-Zero falls into the Netherrealm, and is transformed into Noob Saibot by Quan Chi, and Shinnok.

The Pit Bridge starts to break, and the four fall. Raiden manages to save Johnny, but the others fall, and are presumed to be dead. None of them are dead in reality. Liu Kang defeats Shang Tsung, but the sorceror decides to destroy the island. Raiden, Liu Kang, and Cage escape in time.

Mortal Kombat 2:

Shang Tsung begs Shao Kahn for forgiveness for his failure. Shao Kahn decides to give him another chance, and he restores his youth. Shang Tsung begins to create a false Shaolin Tournament to lure Earthrealm Fighters into the trap.

Liu Kang arrives to a destroyed Shaolin Temple. Kung Lao tells him that they were attacked by Tarkatans. Along with Kung Lao, he ventures into Outworld. Cage apparently enters the same portal, and also arrives in Outworld.

Raiden watches the events unfold from above, and warns Earth Warriors. He goes into Outworld alone to stop the menace.

Sonya gives Jax a message saying that she is held captive in Outworld along with Shao Kahn. Jax goes into Outworld looking for her.

Kitana, and Mileena serve Shao Kahn as loyal assassins. Shao Kahn suspects Kitana, and Mileena is ordered to keep a watchful eye on her.

Sub-Zero was sent to fulfill the Original Sub-Zero’s mission of killing Shang Tsung. Sub-Zero is the younger brother of the O. Sub-Zero, and tries to live up to the ancient Sub-Zero legacy. Scorpion returns, thinking that Sub-Zero is still alive.

Sub-Zero fights a warrior (unknown, but I speculate that it‘s Reptile), and spares his life. Scorpion sees this, and decides that this is a different man. He returns to the Netherrealm.

Kitana finally realizes that Mileena is not Kitana’s sister, but a clone made by Tsung. Also, Shao Kahn has killed her parents, and taken Edenia. Kitana is furious, and enters the false tournament. She manages to kill Mileena before being caught by Outworld authorities.

Shao Kahn’s plans are foiled by the heroes of Earthrealm. Raiden kills Kintaro, and the Shaoilin Warriors defeat Kahn. Jax manages to free Sonya, and Kano escapes capture. For some unknown reason, Kahn did not die this day.


I'll finish the MK3 Storyline later.


Why didn't you mention anything about Smoke, Jade and Noob Saibot?

I'll do it for u:

Like the younger Sub-Zero, Smoke also had been sent the Lin Kuei in an attempt to kill the Sorcerer Shang Tsung. They were partners In the end, they returned to the Lin Kuei without reaching their goal and they discovered the Lin Kuei began to automate his ninjas. Only Sub-Zero managed to escape capture and Smoke was changed into a robot. Unlike Sektor and Cyrax, Smoke will still have some humanity into him.

Noob Saibot:
After becoming the dark ninja we know as Noob Saibot, his mission was spying the events that took place and report it to his bosses.

Jade:
Like Kitana and Mileena, she worked as assassin for Shao Kahn.
I exactly don't know what happened to her during MK2, but after Shao Kahn's defeat, she returned at Shao Kahn's side only to betray him later in UMK3 to join her best friend Kitana.

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SubMan799
04/05/2007 11:36 PM (UTC)
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XiahouDun84 Wrote:
Don't.
We're not discussing MK3 or the later games yet.

Also, if you want to discuss the storyline, actually discuss it. This thread isn't about merely summarizing the storyline.


Also, a few things:
- Goro defeated the Great Kung Lao 500 years ago. Not 1,000.
- They did explain why Johnny Cage and Kano entered the tournament.
- Kitana already knew the truth about her past by MKII.
- They never confirmed Kintaro was killed.


Oh, my mistake. And, just curious, why did Kano, and Cage enter the tournament?
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legend_armlet
04/06/2007 10:05 AM (UTC)
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Just a simple, question but when will u discuss about the ressurected characters, XiahouDun84?

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XiahouDun84
04/06/2007 04:30 PM (UTC)
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gone
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Oni Lord Asmodeus
04/07/2007 10:23 PM (UTC)
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X, as MK ledgend calls you, I realize my theory is dependent on whether or not Shinnok's MKA bio backs it up at all. I've been entertaining the thought of Shinnok orchestrating Scorpion's death and using him against the god's ever since it was revealed that Scorpion was the Elder Gods Champion. I thought about it being Quan Chi who orchestrated it but I just couldn't explain how he could have fooled two gods, one of which is an Elder God. But after rereading all the Offical Quan Chi info there is I think, or hope, that this new thought is more acurate.

You said in your analysis of Quan Chi that in MKM they introduced Quan Chi as the "root of all evil." When I read that line before it really didn't mean anything to me, but after reading it again and listening to Quan Chi's ending in MKA, it has a more meaningful impact.

In Quan's MKA ending, it is revealed that the propohecy of Amageddon was an elaborate trap to pin point the "true source of disruption in the realms," and that Quan Chi was in fact that source. If this is true then it sounds to me like Quan Chi's power, or the power within Quan Chi, may have influenced Shinnok and caused his fall from grace.

WOW!!

Quan Chi may litereally be the root of all evil in the realms and now I really can't wait for his MKA bio along with Scorpion's.
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Sub-Zero_7th
04/08/2007 02:14 AM (UTC)
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Actually, the source of disruption in the realms is the Amulet he wields, namely Shinnok's, which strangely, they imply as being a Kamidogu...

In Quan Chi's MKD trading card bio, John Vogel says that we don't know how old Quan Chi is and that he may even be as old as the Netherrealm itself.
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