(Changed the title as there seems to be some misunderstanding about what this thread is about.)

FINALLY!!!

We finally got to see Jade in action, some very nice in-game footage of her tag-teaming with Kitana against Sindel and Mileena which you can see on Youtube HERE!

I've gone through the video again and again, taken a few screenshots and now I will go through Jade's gameplay and tell you a bit about it. I hope you will enjoy the reading and feel free to add to the discussion.

Sadly, we see no intro from Jade this time, as it is Kitana and Sindel who starts the battle, but Jade comes into the arena a few times and even finishes the video with her X-Ray move. So let's start out taking a look at the special moves we see from Jade.


Dodging Shadows



Jade's projectile invulnerability special move, the Dodging Shadows, is back and it is quite simple in it's execution. Jade simply starts to flash a green glow for a few moments which will make the projectile fly right through her without doing any damage, just like you can see in the screenshot above. She will be able to move about while the Dodging Shadows is in use, so do not be fooled with her blocking on the screenshot. Actually, I have no idea why Jade is blocking there since it is quite unnecessary... but anyways, moving on.


Blazing Nitro Kick



Jade's Blazing Nitro Kick is back again, where she spins around in a forward-dashing roundhouse kick, acting somewhat like Johnny Cage's Shadow Kick like always, but instead of completely copying the animation they've given Jade a unique animation to this move. It's fast and can be used in the mid of a combo which is shown the first time she uses it. She uses it again later on as a juggle move on Mileena.




Razor-Rang

Sadly we don't get to see Jade use her Razor-Rang as a stand alone special move, however, she does attempt to use it against Sindel, but is prevented with a projectile move hitting her. However, she uses it as a tag-attack where she enters the arena, hurls it at the opponent, and while running out of the arena again, the Razor-Rang returns to her which means it is able to hit the opponent twice! Look at the screenshots below.





If the Razor-Rang is able to return as a special move has yet to be seen.


Vanishing Winds

There are no signs on Jade having her teleportation move, the Vanishing Winds, however, I hope she does have it and that it can be utilized like Kitana used it in Mortal Kombat VS DC Universe where she was able to do an axe-kick when appearing behind the opponent. But as said, it is not shown in the video.


Those were the special moves Jade is shown using in the video, but there are still alot of good stuff to see there. She does a few combos, a quick one-two jab before using the Blazing Nitro Kick, a sweep kick and an uppercut, but nothing too exciting. However, there was one move that I particularly noticed.



I am not sure if this is a special move or if it is just a normal pop-up move, however, what Jade does is that she swings her staff vertically upwards in some sort of jumping uppercut, hitting the opponent airborne and it looks like it's also an excellent anti-air move. Very nice indeed.




Jade's throw is also seen in the video and what she does is that she extends her staff, hitting the opponent in the stomach and then hurls them over her head and to the ground on the other side. I am not entirely sure if this is a normal throw or some sort of special throw, because unlike other characters, we don't see her grab the opponent first and then throw the opponent. No, instead she extends her staff and when it hits THAT's when she throws the opponent. If it is indeed a special kind of throw, then we have yet to see her normal throws.




The video finishes with Jade doing her X-Ray move on Mileena, however, we don't get to see how it ends as the video fades out while it is performed. But anyways, the X-Ray move starts out with Jade moving forward, attempting to grab the opponent...



If it connects, she pushes the opponent behind her, extends her staff and smashes it up in between the opponent's legs and crushes the pelvis...



Afterwards, she pulls the staff back and then smashes the tip of it into the back of the opponent, crushing the opponent's spine.



And as said, what happens afterward is unknown as the video fades out during the last crushing blow.

One last thing I like to tell you is Jade tagging out. She seems to crouch to the side, extend her staff and jumps backwards, out of the screen.



Awesome...

As a final note I'd like to say... YAY!!!
Finally some nice Jade gameplay footage of Jade and I couldn't be happier with what I see. Kitana's hair is all over the place as usual, and though Jade's hair seems to fly around as well, it does look alot more natural than Kitana's. Sindel's hair doesn't even fly around as much as Kitana's, so at least NRS got control over that. Hopefully Kitana's hair won't be so light-weighted and anti-gravital when the game releases.

To those who haven't seen it yet, I will post Jade's bio and ending below, but in respect of those who dislike spoilers, I will put it in a spoiler tag.



See you online. ;)