Kombatant Age thread
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posted06/02/2010 03:26 AM (UTC)by
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ErmacMk5
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12/22/2003 05:23 PM (UTC)


How old do you think each Earthborn Kombatant is as of their first appearance?

We know:

Johnny Cage: 29
Kano: 35
Liu Kang: 24
Scorpion: 32 (at death two years before the first MK.)
Sub-Zero: 32 (at death in the first MK)
Sonya Blade: 26

So how old do you think the rest of the characters are? I know this is kind of a dead end thread, as it can't be proven either way, but I thought it'd be kind of fun to see what everyone thinks.

Kung Lao: early 20s (recent voice over credits for the as of yet untitled next MK game list him as a bit younger than Liu Kang.)
Jax: 32 (Early shots of MKSF showed a select screen with Jax and Sonya stats. It had Jax at 32 at the same time she is 27...I think that's likely.)
Sub-Zero: Late 20s (has to be younger than Noob, who was barely in his 30s when he was killed.)
Smoke: Late 20s (approximately the same age as Sub-Zero)
Cyrax: Late 20s (same as Smoke and S-Z)
Sektor: early 30s (I've for whatever reason always pictured him slightly older than the other Lin Kuei...about the same age as Sub-Zero.)
Nightwolf: Late-30s to early 40s (He comes across as a slightly older character than the other heroes, but still young enough to be a believable warrior; his status as village Shaman suggests some experience.)
Stryker: Early 30s (He doesn't come across as exceptionally young or old.)
Kabal: Mid-30s (probably about the same age as Kano)


Then I'd say a few years pass...maybe 5 between the first three MKs (which seem to take place one after another) and MK4....we'll go with 5.

Kai- early 20s (He is Liu Kang's student...I put Liu Kang at about 29 in MK4.)
Jarek- late 20s (MKSF implied he was the youngest of the black dragon at the time.)

Then 10 years after the original game we have these characters debut:

Kenshi- mid to late 30s (Kenshi was originally supposed to enter in the MK1 tournament according to MKD Konquest, which would make him about the same age as the original heroes.)
Frost- late teens, early 20s (Her youth is emphasized through out the game, and her dynamic with sub-zero who would be about 40 in this game is more father daughter than brother/sister. I'd say she's at oldest 22.)
Kobra- Early 20s (comes across as a slightly impetuous and hot headed warrior. I can't see him being older than his early 20s.)
Kira- Mid-20s (She comes across as a little bit older and more experienced than Kobra, but still young.)
Hsu Hao- 30s ( I honestly have no idea...he's hard to gauge, but I'd say no younger than 30/ no older than 40.)
Mavado- Late 30s (Mavado has to be a little experienced to be the leader of the Red Dragon clan, but I don't think he's broken the big 40 yet.)
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Icebaby
04/20/2010 02:17 AM (UTC)
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Surprised that you left out Kitana, as she's 10,000 years old, which means anyone from Edenia would be at least her age if not older than 10,000.

And I don't think the younger Sub-Zero is in his 20s anymore since Deadly Alliance, they made him look a lot older. I'm assuming late forties for him.
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ErmacMk5
04/20/2010 01:54 PM (UTC)
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If you read the thread I said it was "as of first appearance" and "Earth characters only" Outworlders/ Edenians etc are impossible to gauge.


As for Sub-Zero, he was younger than 32 in MK2, and MKDA was 10 years later, so the absolute oldest he could've been is 41. The amulet aged him. He wasn't actually older.
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Icebaby
04/20/2010 02:46 PM (UTC)
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ErmacMk5 Wrote:

If you read the thread I said it was "as of first appearance" and "Earth characters only" Outworlders/ Edenians etc are impossible to gauge..


Did not catch that part. Then ignore the Edenia characters I was mentioning.
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blissted78
04/26/2010 01:23 PM (UTC)
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I would guess that pretty much all of the original Kombatants (for the most part) would be in their early 40's by now...late 30's at the youngest...

Just taking a creative guess at this:
Liu Kang- 41
Kung Lao-39
Sonya- 36
Kano- 42
Sub-Zero-40
Scorpion-40
Jax-39
Johnny Cage-37

I mean if they all started out even in their early 20s in MK1 and 2, 18 years later (OUR TIME) would put them in their 30s and 40s...If its like 10 years (MK TIME), then obviously they'd be in their 30's...


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04/28/2010 05:36 AM (UTC)
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ErmacMk5 Wrote:
Sonya Blade: 26
Jax: 32 (Early shots of MKSF showed a select screen with Jax and Sonya stats. It had Jax at 32 at the same time she is 27...I think that's likely.)

Bolded parts made me laugh. That would've been funny to explain how Sonya got younger before entering the tournament.
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ErmacMk5
04/28/2010 09:50 PM (UTC)
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Oops meant 26...

Anyway I figure as of MKA:

Johnny Cage: 39
Kano: 45
Sonya Blade: 36
Kung Lao: 32
Jax: 42
Sub-Zero: 38
Stryker: 40
Kabal: 42
Nightwolf: 48
Jarek: 34
Frost: 21
Hsu Hao: 32
Mavado: 35
Kenshi: 38
Mokap: 40
Kira: 24
Kobra: 22

I didn't count undead and robots...since that's a gray area.
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Look, now Baraka has grown hair and beard! Shit, the time does fly...

05/30/2010 10:23 AM (UTC)
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When exactly was Liu Kang born? Somewhere between 1968-1970, right?
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ErmacMk5
06/02/2010 03:26 AM (UTC)
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1968...that said he died in 2002. I don't count being reanimated as a zombie as adding to your age.

approximate birth dates:

1957: Kano
1958: Scorpion (d. 1990)
1960: Noob Saibot (d. 1992), Jax
1963: Johnny Cage
1966: Sonya Blade
1968: Liu Kang

Shujinko (late 1930s-early 1940s)
Nightwolf: (mid to late 1950s)
Kabal (late 1950s)
Sektor (early 1960s)
Mavado (early to mid-1960s)
Sub-Zero, Cyrax, and Smoke (mid-1960s)
Jarek (mid to late 1960s)
Hsu Hao (sometime in the 1960s...hard to gauge)
Kung Lao (late 1960s/ early 1970s)
Kai (late 1970s)
Frost (early / mid 1980s)
Kira (early / mid 1980s)
Kobra (early/ mid 1980s)
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