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Post by Beeth on Mar 10, 2006 15:53:08 GMT
If Chameleon and Khameleon get roles in the game, then it would be at 62. They should be there, but Midway seem to have erased them from their memories.
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Post by The Tikal who had no Toes on Mar 12, 2006 12:00:29 GMT
I think that render came out before Boon announced Motaro was going to be in the game. Either that, or he's too damned big to fit in the picture. Plus, there's a new character called Bob who looks a bit like Jarek, and has the Shujinko-type role in Konquest Mode. AFAIK he wasn't in the render either.
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Post by Devo DrakeFox on Mar 13, 2006 14:32:00 GMT
I think that render came out before Boon announced Motaro was going to be in the game. Either that, or he's too damned big to fit in the picture. Plus, there's a new character called Bob who looks a bit like Jarek, and has the Shujinko-type role in Konquest Mode. AFAIK he wasn't in the render either. Bob? That sounds so lame it has to be false. Boon would come up with a better name for a character than that. Although, come to think of it, I've seen the commercial for Armageddon and it showed some clips of this guy in some kind of black special ops outfit or something. He had golden brown hair and wore sunglasses. Is that a new character or Johnny Cage's alternate costume? He also had a sword...
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Post by The Tikal who had no Toes on Mar 13, 2006 23:33:22 GMT
It's probably a working title. I can't imagine Rayden going, "Meet my fighters: Liu Kang, Jonny Cage, the Princess Kitana, Queen Sindel of Edenia, Blind Kenshi, Master Bo Rai Cho, bla bla bla and BOB." Shinnok and the Deadly Alliance would wet themselves.
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Post by Beeth on Mar 14, 2006 9:09:16 GMT
It could have been worse, they could have named him Bobby. Now THAT would have been hilarious!
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Post by The Tikal who had no Toes on Mar 14, 2006 9:16:57 GMT
Which would mean that Shinnok, Onaga and the Deadly Alliance would be laughing so hard that they wouldn't notice Rayden and his minions sneeking up behind them, and they'd get SLAUGHTERED. I'm positive Bob or whatever his name is looks like Jarek...actually, the Jarek-a-like might have been the other guy, cos apparently there's TWO new characters. One is good, one is evil.
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Post by Devo DrakeFox on Mar 14, 2006 11:17:36 GMT
Which would mean that Shinnok, Onaga and the Deadly Alliance would be laughing so hard that they wouldn't notice Rayden and his minions sneeking up behind them, and they'd get SLAUGHTERED. I'm positive Bob or whatever his name is looks like Jarek...actually, the Jarek-a-like might have been the other guy, cos apparently there's TWO new characters. One is good, one is evil. And yet neither of them are in that promo image. As for the new looks of the old characters, I quite like Reiko's and Shinnok's new costumes. Jarek's looks ugly (what you CAN see of it). Also it would be nice if they all have alternate costumes. I'd like to see Shao Kahn with his helmet off.
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Post by The Tikal who had no Toes on Mar 14, 2006 11:35:02 GMT
Apparently, this is what old Shao looks like with his mask off.
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Post by Devo DrakeFox on Mar 14, 2006 22:23:42 GMT
Ah, I remember this image, but Shao has never actually had his mask off in the games, so is that really the face that Ed Boon gave him?
Come to think of it, Shao Kahn looks like a Tarkatan (Baraka's race), and they're the lowest scum in Outworld, which leads me to wonder: If Kahn is Tarkatan, how the hell did he manage to get anywhere near Outworld's throne?
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Post by Beeth on Mar 15, 2006 8:56:58 GMT
He is supposed to have overthrown Onaga the Dragon King, as it is told in MK: Deception, who was even bigger scum to begin with. It's understandable when you look at Outworld's track record.
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Post by The Tikal who had no Toes on Mar 15, 2006 9:15:17 GMT
Ah, I remember this image, but Shao has never actually had his mask off in the games, so is that really the face that Ed Boon gave him? Come to think of it, Shao Kahn looks like a Tarkatan (Baraka's race), and they're the lowest scum in Outworld, which leads me to wonder: If Kahn is Tarkatan, how the hell did he manage to get anywhere near Outworld's throne? That pic is from the MK2 comic drawn by John Tobias, so it could well be what Shao Kahn looks like. I'm pretty sure he ISN'T Tarkatan, if he was he'd have big nasty teeth like Mileena. Incidentally, I found this Mileena fan site with all these pics of her unmasked, and they're of her looking NORMAL. As opposed to having big nasty teeth. Dammit, I hate when people ruin characters like that.
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Post by Devo DrakeFox on Mar 15, 2006 10:08:59 GMT
Ah, I remember this image, but Shao has never actually had his mask off in the games, so is that really the face that Ed Boon gave him? Come to think of it, Shao Kahn looks like a Tarkatan (Baraka's race), and they're the lowest scum in Outworld, which leads me to wonder: If Kahn is Tarkatan, how the hell did he manage to get anywhere near Outworld's throne? That pic is from the MK2 comic drawn by John Tobias, so it could well be what Shao Kahn looks like. I'm pretty sure he ISN'T Tarkatan, if he was he'd have big nasty teeth like Mileena. Incidentally, I found this Mileena fan site with all these pics of her unmasked, and they're of her looking NORMAL. As opposed to having big nasty teeth. Dammit, I hate when people ruin characters like that. Well I suppose Kahn can't be Tarkatan, otherwise Onaga wouldn't have had him on as his advisor (I remember the full story now), Tarkatans are stupid and overly savage. I'm wondering just what Kahn's race is then? I think Boon should give the cast deeper backstories. And one more question: Whatever happened to John Tobias? He's the co-creator of MK but his name isn't in the credits for the last couple of games.
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Post by Beeth on Mar 15, 2006 10:13:24 GMT
John Tobias left after MK4, to my knowledge, though I might be wrong. I've no idea why he left though. I remember seeing him on a behind the scenes program for MK3, but that's about it.
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Post by The Tikal who had no Toes on May 10, 2006 19:40:53 GMT
Oh, more news: the new Shujinko-esque character is called Taven.
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Post by Beeth on May 17, 2006 14:45:14 GMT
What confuses me now is that they've listed Scorpion as evil when he's meant to be neutral. He's fighting alongside Shang Tsung and Quan Chi, both of whom are sworn enemies of his, and despite no longer being enemies with Sub-Zero, he still continues to fight him. They've messed up his continuity completely.
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Post by The Tikal who had no Toes on May 20, 2006 15:18:07 GMT
Where did you get that bit from? I was always under the impression that Scorpion was neutral. And he IS the Elder Gods' champion and stuff.
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Post by Beeth on May 22, 2006 7:41:00 GMT
I read it on Wikipedia. Now I'm not really sure whether that's a reliable source or not.
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Post by The Tikal who had no Toes on May 30, 2006 16:46:28 GMT
I wouldn't trust Wikipedia, the Mortal Kombat articles on there are always being edited. I saw a sneek preview of MKA on YouTube - it was Rain fighting Kintaro and lobbing him into a huge fan on the ceiling, followed by a fight with Shinnok in the tube station from MK3. The stage fatality is a tad more graphic, ie you see an oncoming train smacking into Shinnok as he picks himself up off the tracks, although he seems to be in pretty good shape afterwards considering he's just been run over by a huge speeding vehicle. </pedantry> Btw, all the MKD fatalities and Hara Kiris are on there too - just type 'Mortal Kombat Deception' in the key words bit. Nice to see that Liu Kang is as irritating in death as he is in life. And Bo Rai Cho is generally just WRONG. Back onto MKA - on Mortal Kombat Warehouse, some of the moves for MKA are up (Scorpion, Rain, Jarek, Sub-Zero, Kintaro, Reiko, Fujin, Shao Kahn, Sheeva, Shinnok, Stryker, Kai, Goro, Sektor, Sareena and Taven).
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Post by The Tikal who had no Toes on Jul 26, 2006 14:15:48 GMT
Yes, I know, major major bump, but didn't someone say Meat was in the game? Looks like you're right. See the bottom row? That's him, next to Shao Kahn and under Sheeva.
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Post by Sin on Jul 26, 2006 22:57:30 GMT
Its good to see Shao Kahn again. As soon as I unlock him I am playing through as him and impaling Onaga, grinding Shang Tsung, incinerating Quan Chi and hurling Raiden off his lightning temple. Then I'll sit Shao back on his thrown and he will rule outworld LIKE GOD INTENDED.
The camera will then pan over to Baraka who will do some kind of song and dance routing with the rest of the Tarkatan. Perhaps Goro can also come in, I could picture him with a top hat and cane.
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Post by The Tikal who had no Toes on Jul 27, 2006 9:04:54 GMT
Perhaps Goro can also come in, I could picture him with a top hat and cane. Oh, yes. And Kintaro and Sheeva as well, while you're at it. And then Mileena will come riding in on Motaro's back and have rampant sex with Baraka, while Kano gets his hand bitten by Reptile after attempting to pet him for the cameras. Meanwhile, Rayden will console himself by electrocuting Shang Tsung's testicles, and Stryker, Kai, Nightwolf and Reiko will get drunk together and whinge about how no-one likes them.
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Post by Devo DrakeFox on Jul 28, 2006 9:15:42 GMT
Who's that guy between Jax and Kenshi?
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Post by Sin on Jul 28, 2006 10:29:32 GMT
That's Kai. He's a Shaolin monk who was in MK4, but other then that he doesn't have much plot to him. Although in MK4 Raiden gave Kai his lightning staff which was pretty cool.
Is that select screen been proven to be real? The artwork used and a number of photoshop effects has persuaded me that it might just be a hoax. Although, 99% of the characters on it have been confirmed to be in the game so it isn't 100% misleading.
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Post by The Tikal who had no Toes on Jul 28, 2006 11:13:35 GMT
Possibly. I do have my doubts, cos some of the images in there - eg the picture of Kitana - are the spit of images from Deadly Alliance / Deception, and from what I recall of past MK games, the characters' pictures (and sometimes their outfits) change each time. I know at one point it was a rotating screen as they couldn't fit all the characters on. We'll see when it comes out, anyway. The ones of Jarek, Sektor, Sheeva and a couple of others definitely do seem genuine. Btw I'm sure you've probably guessed this, but the two guys with the beards, on the row with Kung Lao, Shang Tsung et al, are Taven and Daegon. Daegon is the more evil-looking one.
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Post by Beeth on Aug 1, 2006 10:27:46 GMT
Khameleon is still missing from that picture. I like some of the new character images up here, especially Stryker's substantially different design as I hated his original "street" look. He now looks more like a Finnish snowboarder, if you ask me.
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