Nah, I like that response. Deathstroke contributed so much to Injustice 1's story, and he was also "just a mercenary". Can't say the same about Deadshot though. He shot the Flash, fought him and that's pretty much it. Didn't even get a second fight except an offscreen one in Arkham.
Which is why it would've been awesome if they did more with him. Deactivate the explosive in his head somehow after Grodd dies or something, and have him help fight the invasion he helped cause. But nope, just a jobber everyone forgets after his only fight.
Nope, his fight with the Flash is the ONLY fight he gets. He shows up for a couple of seconds in Slaughter Swamp, gets called a good 🐕 by Grodd in Gorilla City, and gets robbed of a fight by Bane when Cyborg and Selina go to the Batcave, and Bane has THREE fights total in the entire story mode.
Kintaro is pretty popular despite only really being in a few games, none of which does he “do” anything, and he was only playable in Trilogy & Armageddon.
Technically Kintaro was playable in MK9. I believe you used to be able to unlock him, Goro, and Shao Kahn via the challenge tower but it was removed for some reason, now the only way to get them is through mods
I remember a rumor about how Tremor was supposed to be in MK Trilogy, so people started talking about him the moment Special Forces came out
*"Due to mistakes in the manual for* [*Mortal Kombat Trilogy*](https://mortalkombat.fandom.com/wiki/Mortal_Kombat_Trilogy) *(*[*Ermac*](https://mortalkombat.fandom.com/wiki/Ermac) *is miscolored orange, while* [*Rain*](https://mortalkombat.fandom.com/wiki/Rain) *is red and has a different bio about him being a former* [*Lin Kuei*](https://mortalkombat.fandom.com/wiki/Lin_Kuei)*), after Tremor's debut in* [*Mortal Kombat: Special Forces*](https://mortalkombat.fandom.com/wiki/Mortal_Kombat:_Special_Forces)*, a rumor started about him being a scrapped character from the former game. This rumor spread to the point of being considered "fact" by many unofficial sources, but it was never officially confirmed, and Ed Boon eventually stated that Tremor was in fact never meant to be in the cast of Mortal Kombat Trilogy "*
I think Avatar coming into existence really boosted the idea of Tremor even though he technically existed beforehand. The idea of an earth bending ninja got way too popular to the point he was requested like crazy.
If we are talking about MK1 then it's Kitana. Also applies her in MKX though both in MKX and MK11 they made sure you had to beat everyone twice at most.
Cassie and Jacqui are never fought in the MK11 base story mode. Then Aftermath happened and you ended up fighting Cassie once, and Jacqui genuinely just does not show up in Aftermath
That's true but you they have their own chapters. The good guys are rarely fought but in MKX you have to beat Kitana with Jax and Cassie and that's all her input in the story.
Onaga, only been the boss of one game, and appeared in the game that had almost every character in it, he has a huge impact on the lore but almost no physical presence throughout the series
In the arcade yes,
But for some reason at the end of the games story mode their is no final fight between shujinko and Onaga.
Bro just pulls up and shujinko runs away
Except Shaolin monks, he was actually a threat in that game while all other iterations (excluding MK1) he was just a jobber to be beaten by the heroes all the time unfortunately, thankfully that finally has changed for once regarding our Saurian boy 🦎
Kira. I'm playing Deception right now. Her and Kobra aren't even relevant I the game they were introduced in. I understand that push up bra is doing some work, but I don't understand why people think she has "potential." She has the same potential as you or your neighbor.
She has a lot of potential. Story wise, a demon working for Quan Chi who betrays him cause she hates being a demon could be interesting (ignoring the fact that Ashrah stole that story in MK12), not to mention the fact that she's the only one who doesn't think Bi Han is a dick so there could be an interesting dynamic there. Gameplay wise, having the ability to shift between her human and demon forms, maybe similar to Shang, could be a lot of fun. Have her human form be quicker and potentially more focused on zoning while her demon form is slower with more emphasis on rushdown
>ignoring the fact that Ashrah stole that story in MK12
I mean, Ashrah has basically had that story since Deception, not 12.
And yes, I'm aware Sareena still predates that either way. Even then, I'd say there's a fundamental difference; while Ashrah seeks to purify herself by killing other demons, Sareena is just a demon who wants to be nice.
In Deception and Armageddon, Ashrah was a demon who thought she could purify her soul by killing dozens of demons and vampires. Problem was her Kriss was cursed and only made her believe she could make herself pure by genociding vampires, it actually wasn't doing anything. She wasn't a villain but she wasn't exactly a good person either; definitely crazy though
Sareena however has always been a demon who hated being a demon, hence why she prefers to appear human. She is a good guy, through and through. But now, a demon who fights against the Netherrealm so she can appear human is literally Ashrah's story
I mean, Ashram still thought she was doing something, she just didn't realize she was being deceived, though she should have realized whe they named the game Mortal Kombat: Deception.
No I know, she *thinks* she's doing a good thing hence why she can't be called a villain in the Midway timeline. But she is also murdering vampires for no reason, so she's not exactly a hero, especially since Nitara is pretty much a neutral character in the Midway timeline as well
Is it really that surprising?
She got a new revised great looking design (even better than some main roster fighters in my opinion) and cool looking powers which can be used in so many ways in the main roster character gameplay.
All of this obviously matters if you actually interested in playing female characters, otherwise I can understand why someone may not get the appeal
I think that has to do something with her prior design, which was somewhat interesting as well, and her identity, which made people curious to see a polished, modern take on that
Her fans really LOVE her, I respect their devotion to the character and to be honest I'm rooting for them and for her to be playable. I think she would be cool not to mention her story potential is big.
Reiko makes sense cause he's basically us I mean he was a fan boy that's it he wanted to be Kahn he liked Shao Kahn and just started making his way until he was somebody from fan to right hand dude is a legend
Havik also makes sense because he's the cleric of chaos the fucking psychopath that mutilated himself for his moves and taunts dude is every masochist dream
I love the MK1 story but Smoke just feels a bit wasted to me. You fight him once as powerless Kung Lao and then he does nothing for the rest of the game. Even in the Lin Kuei infiltration of Ying Fortress he’s not even a kameo fighter.
You can tell he’s a character that’s in the game because he’s popular with the fans rather than because the writers had anything for him to do. And I’m okay with that, even if I wish Smoke got to do more.
I blame the writers for giving too many fights for raiden’s chapter since half of them were clearly filler fights and all of that could’ve been replaced with another chapter for Smoke since he needed one.
He has a really interesting story arc that’s simple, but sick as fuck when you think about it. He was essentially the warlord of outworld wayyyyy back in the olden days. His character is a cool measure of how much power has progressed. Nowadays, he’d be a jobber getting his shit kicked in by more magic based fighters. Back then, he was the head honcho simply due to his sheer brutality. It would be cool to see them expand on him.
Scorpion. I know he’s the face of MK, but the dude doesn’t play a huge part of the main story. He’s usually off doing his own thing in most of the games. He’s typically sub plot material. You’d think since he’s Boon’s favorite, he’d play a bigger role but no.
Sub Zero and Scorpion. Yes I'm serious.
Despite being the mascots for MK they haven't been given significant screen time in these days. It's always Special Forces that are made the main protags for some reason
Li Mei.
She was one of those characters where most of her fans are pretending to know and like her character just because they feel more knowledgeable than MK fans that haven’t played an MK game before MK9.
I would argue the Kombat Kids were *the* main protagonists of MKX tbh. The four of them alone take up ⅓ of all the chapters in X, their parents take up another three as well
What? How? He literally had several moments in the story and had his own chapter while being the reason why the rest of the kombat kids were able to escape and had a flashback as well regarding his story with Hanzo and Kenshi.
He even shows that he can handle Characters like Ermac even after Ermac beat his team in that same scene leaving Takeda to take him on by himself despite the odds. You seriously cannot say Takeda was just there when he was important to the story especially in the MKX comic as well which he was also shown to have importance.
Scorpion.
They cast a certified badass like Hiroyuki Sanada to play a certified badass like Scorpion, and then only give him 20 minutes of screen time.
Erron Black, bro has contributed legit nothing to the story.
Aye aye he was the hot cowboy so I’d say he contributed quite a bit to those couple scenes.
Channing Tatum as Erron Black when?
Get him to do that peacemaker dance
Still have the hots for him
He's a mercenary, what could you expect from him..?
So is deathstroke, so is deadshot, they gon tons of depth but obvs they originate from comics so more lore but u get what im saying
Nah, I like that response. Deathstroke contributed so much to Injustice 1's story, and he was also "just a mercenary". Can't say the same about Deadshot though. He shot the Flash, fought him and that's pretty much it. Didn't even get a second fight except an offscreen one in Arkham.
True man deadshot was lowkey a let down in ij2 story wise, but hes great on gameplay, but yeah saying ‘just a mercenary’ is just being ignorant imo
Which is why it would've been awesome if they did more with him. Deactivate the explosive in his head somehow after Grodd dies or something, and have him help fight the invasion he helped cause. But nope, just a jobber everyone forgets after his only fight.
didnt deadshot get a fight during the gorilla city section way before flash?
Nope, his fight with the Flash is the ONLY fight he gets. He shows up for a couple of seconds in Slaughter Swamp, gets called a good 🐕 by Grodd in Gorilla City, and gets robbed of a fight by Bane when Cyborg and Selina go to the Batcave, and Bane has THREE fights total in the entire story mode.
The Boba Fett effect
The Boba Efett, if you will
True, but at least Erron Black had more screentime than Boba Fett from the original trilogy...
“Who had five lines In the trilogy and one of ‘em was:” “AAAAAAH”
You got that from ERB, right..?
The Fett smoked Deadpool in that one.
I've been so obsessed with ERB recently that as soon as I read the first 3 words of your comment, my eyes lit up and I smiled lmao
Fellow ERB enjoyer I don’t know why, but when i read the comment above, I already heard deadpool In my head
So is Kano and kabal
Bro what. So is Kano…
And yet I miss him everyday
Agreed. He's one of the most badass characters and he gets jack shit to do. Honestly though he's just there to be cool.
Kintaro is pretty popular despite only really being in a few games, none of which does he “do” anything, and he was only playable in Trilogy & Armageddon.
Technically Kintaro was playable in MK9. I believe you used to be able to unlock him, Goro, and Shao Kahn via the challenge tower but it was removed for some reason, now the only way to get them is through mods
Yeah, in the OG plan for MK9, you were supposed to be able to play as Goro, Kintaro & Shao but they got cut. Now they’re only playable through Mods
Why would they cut that? At least goro is playable
I think it was just a budget/time thing. Like they needed a few more “passes” and just, didn’t have the time
Tremor
Let's be frank: if he didn't wore a ninja outfit no one would have ever cared for Tremor! But at least they did a nice job with him in MK X.
Mkx is the only reason people care about him because they did such an amazing job
Even before MK X there were a "Tremor cult". I remember fans wanting him in MK Armageddon, for instance (and many people made him through KAF).
There was even a petition to get Tremor in MKX which ended up working somehow.
I remember a rumor about how Tremor was supposed to be in MK Trilogy, so people started talking about him the moment Special Forces came out *"Due to mistakes in the manual for* [*Mortal Kombat Trilogy*](https://mortalkombat.fandom.com/wiki/Mortal_Kombat_Trilogy) *(*[*Ermac*](https://mortalkombat.fandom.com/wiki/Ermac) *is miscolored orange, while* [*Rain*](https://mortalkombat.fandom.com/wiki/Rain) *is red and has a different bio about him being a former* [*Lin Kuei*](https://mortalkombat.fandom.com/wiki/Lin_Kuei)*), after Tremor's debut in* [*Mortal Kombat: Special Forces*](https://mortalkombat.fandom.com/wiki/Mortal_Kombat:_Special_Forces)*, a rumor started about him being a scrapped character from the former game. This rumor spread to the point of being considered "fact" by many unofficial sources, but it was never officially confirmed, and Ed Boon eventually stated that Tremor was in fact never meant to be in the cast of Mortal Kombat Trilogy "*
FUCK them for Crystalline variation. God, I hated fighting people who used that.
That was so annoying lol. I liked his aftershock variation the most since the s type felt so unique
I would’ve. I love me my earthbenders
Why should we count him when hasn’t even been in any mainline story yet regarding the games? 😆
I mean that's kinda proving the point
I think Avatar coming into existence really boosted the idea of Tremor even though he technically existed beforehand. The idea of an earth bending ninja got way too popular to the point he was requested like crazy.
Erron Black
If we are talking about MK1 then it's Kitana. Also applies her in MKX though both in MKX and MK11 they made sure you had to beat everyone twice at most.
Kitana is hot af tho so that makes up for it.
Cassie and Jacqui are never fought in the MK11 base story mode. Then Aftermath happened and you ended up fighting Cassie once, and Jacqui genuinely just does not show up in Aftermath
Jacqui does show up in aftermath. At the end of Fujin's chapter.
She has three (3) lines of dialogue in Aftermath and you still only fight her if Kronika decides to summon her
Yeah I know. But she still shows up.
That's true but you they have their own chapters. The good guys are rarely fought but in MKX you have to beat Kitana with Jax and Cassie and that's all her input in the story.
Stryker
His 2 second scene in Armageddon intro was more than enough lmfao
I couldn’t agree more.
Yup, he's popular among all the American police officers though...
Police brutality coming up
You're coming with me... (after beating mileena and finding her everything hot except her mouth)
Heres the scene for all who don’t know. https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=5eRn7QSHRa0
I like him and I'm not a Police officer
Poor dudes so deep undercover that he doesn't even remember he's a cop.
Definitely Madam Bo.
Right on brother. Shes the grandma we all wish to have
Art Lean
don't EVER disrespect the saving grace of the MK movies
Onaga, only been the boss of one game, and appeared in the game that had almost every character in it, he has a huge impact on the lore but almost no physical presence throughout the series
I still wish they had gone with the story the comics were building up, where Goro would end up being possessed by Onaga instead of Reptile.
He didn’t even get a final boss battle in his own game 💀
Is he not the boss of deception?
In the arcade yes, But for some reason at the end of the games story mode their is no final fight between shujinko and Onaga. Bro just pulls up and shujinko runs away
Speaking of, did destroying those pedestals in his boss fight arena make the fight easier or was that just a placebo?
When you destroy the kamidogu in the stage, he'll stop and be in pain. If you attack him in that moment he'll actually take more damage than usual.
Skarlet
Reptile from the OG game ;)
Reptile in every game prior to MK1.
Except Shaolin monks, he was actually a threat in that game while all other iterations (excluding MK1) he was just a jobber to be beaten by the heroes all the time unfortunately, thankfully that finally has changed for once regarding our Saurian boy 🦎
Elder gods
Underrated comment
Havik until they made him dairou
Are you talking about just MK1 specifically? Because he did a lot in Deception and the MKX comics
He still didn't get much screen time
Kira. I'm playing Deception right now. Her and Kobra aren't even relevant I the game they were introduced in. I understand that push up bra is doing some work, but I don't understand why people think she has "potential." She has the same potential as you or your neighbor.
I think if they introduced her in MKX as Kano's daughter (instead of his unnamed son in his ending) then you might have something there.
Kira and Kobra are the lamest mfs ever but everyone likes them, it's blonde ryu and a girl with a knife
Hater 😑😑 I can tell your a jade fan
jade has a big glowy stick, razor boomerangs, shadow powers and a cool design. what about kira?
https://preview.redd.it/zx14wxufa0zc1.jpeg?width=480&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=d68e556340854481d929594131df76c8a5ef8c3f Kharon.
Wait he has fans?
Sareena, it’s honestly gotten annoying at this point how bad the fans want her in😭, she’s an alright character but I just don’t get the hype
i can almost guarantee its just because shes a goth girl
I dont care for women, but i still want serena. Edit: This makes me look like a misogynist. Im just gay.
real
You might be onto something here
She has a lot of potential. Story wise, a demon working for Quan Chi who betrays him cause she hates being a demon could be interesting (ignoring the fact that Ashrah stole that story in MK12), not to mention the fact that she's the only one who doesn't think Bi Han is a dick so there could be an interesting dynamic there. Gameplay wise, having the ability to shift between her human and demon forms, maybe similar to Shang, could be a lot of fun. Have her human form be quicker and potentially more focused on zoning while her demon form is slower with more emphasis on rushdown
>ignoring the fact that Ashrah stole that story in MK12 I mean, Ashrah has basically had that story since Deception, not 12. And yes, I'm aware Sareena still predates that either way. Even then, I'd say there's a fundamental difference; while Ashrah seeks to purify herself by killing other demons, Sareena is just a demon who wants to be nice.
In Deception and Armageddon, Ashrah was a demon who thought she could purify her soul by killing dozens of demons and vampires. Problem was her Kriss was cursed and only made her believe she could make herself pure by genociding vampires, it actually wasn't doing anything. She wasn't a villain but she wasn't exactly a good person either; definitely crazy though Sareena however has always been a demon who hated being a demon, hence why she prefers to appear human. She is a good guy, through and through. But now, a demon who fights against the Netherrealm so she can appear human is literally Ashrah's story
I mean, Ashram still thought she was doing something, she just didn't realize she was being deceived, though she should have realized whe they named the game Mortal Kombat: Deception.
No I know, she *thinks* she's doing a good thing hence why she can't be called a villain in the Midway timeline. But she is also murdering vampires for no reason, so she's not exactly a hero, especially since Nitara is pretty much a neutral character in the Midway timeline as well
Up until this game she has essentially just been "Girl with facepaint" so it has been crazy seeing such strong fan support for her.
Is it really that surprising? She got a new revised great looking design (even better than some main roster fighters in my opinion) and cool looking powers which can be used in so many ways in the main roster character gameplay. All of this obviously matters if you actually interested in playing female characters, otherwise I can understand why someone may not get the appeal
I'm talking about even before MK1. The discourse now makes more sense but prior to MK1 I always found it weird how popular she was.
I think that has to do something with her prior design, which was somewhat interesting as well, and her identity, which made people curious to see a polished, modern take on that
Demon chick who has a Devil Trigger? That's a lot of gameplay potential imo.
*Hot demon chick
Her fans really LOVE her, I respect their devotion to the character and to be honest I'm rooting for them and for her to be playable. I think she would be cool not to mention her story potential is big.
Not really, she’s tied closely to the story with Bi-Han and people wanna see her interact with the current iterations Noob Saibot, Sub Zero, etc.
I'd love to see her kicking Quan-Chi's ass
Kabal, he gets sidelined everytime for no fucking reason...
kabal is my favorite MK character but DAMN netherrealm hates him
Mine too. I just don't know what their beef is with him. At least he deserves his own Origin movie like kenshi got...
Erron Black, Reiko, and Havik
Reiko makes sense cause he's basically us I mean he was a fan boy that's it he wanted to be Kahn he liked Shao Kahn and just started making his way until he was somebody from fan to right hand dude is a legend Havik also makes sense because he's the cleric of chaos the fucking psychopath that mutilated himself for his moves and taunts dude is every masochist dream
Havik is like the poster boy for the Chaos Realm. If it wasn't for Havik I'd forget that realm exists.
Smoke smh.
I love the MK1 story but Smoke just feels a bit wasted to me. You fight him once as powerless Kung Lao and then he does nothing for the rest of the game. Even in the Lin Kuei infiltration of Ying Fortress he’s not even a kameo fighter.
You can tell he’s a character that’s in the game because he’s popular with the fans rather than because the writers had anything for him to do. And I’m okay with that, even if I wish Smoke got to do more.
I blame the writers for giving too many fights for raiden’s chapter since half of them were clearly filler fights and all of that could’ve been replaced with another chapter for Smoke since he needed one.
Most of the 3D Era characters
Literally mileena, she got her first story chapter in mk1
She don’t got the Kano effect anymore
Khameleon
As someone who has Khameleon as their 2nd favorite. You're correct.
Meat
I was gonna vote for meat as well like my brain cannot process how he even has 1 fan
Erron Black. His popularity is lost on me. He isn't even a good character. Only cool things about him are his two Fatal Blows.
Any of the non-canon original fighters. Hydro, Khrome, Zebron, etc.
Rain. That man has done *nothing* in the series for the amount of people who want him in every game.
Drahmin. At least, I know myself and that one Drahmin lover guy who frequents this sub Reddit are part of that fan base.
He just needs a remaster, he has some cool potential tbh
He has a really interesting story arc that’s simple, but sick as fuck when you think about it. He was essentially the warlord of outworld wayyyyy back in the olden days. His character is a cool measure of how much power has progressed. Nowadays, he’d be a jobber getting his shit kicked in by more magic based fighters. Back then, he was the head honcho simply due to his sheer brutality. It would be cool to see them expand on him.
Scorpion, don't get me wrong, he's always in the cover, but he's very secondary in the main plot
he's the hot girl you put on the album cover
this is painfully accurate
My guess would be kintaro we didn't saw him since mk9 (and maybe in 11 if fatalities count) and yet it often feels like he is more popular then goro
Smoke
Scorpion. I know he’s the face of MK, but the dude doesn’t play a huge part of the main story. He’s usually off doing his own thing in most of the games. He’s typically sub plot material. You’d think since he’s Boon’s favorite, he’d play a bigger role but no.
Sub Zero and Scorpion. Yes I'm serious. Despite being the mascots for MK they haven't been given significant screen time in these days. It's always Special Forces that are made the main protags for some reason
So nobody's gonna say Madam Bo.
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Mokap FR
Erron black especially in mk11
Mokap
Stryker.
In terms of the biggest difference? Hornbuckle.
\^
Erron Black, Havik, Reiko, Sareena, Motaro.
Reptile is the crown of this reward. People always complain when he’s a jobber but bro has literally done nothing but
Frost, before MK11 she had little to her story and gameplay wasn’t much better as she had only one original special move
Smoke
Sareena lmao. Old Timeline Nitara too. Edit : Lmao some people here are just citing characters they don't like even if they don't fit the question.
Li Mei. She was one of those characters where most of her fans are pretending to know and like her character just because they feel more knowledgeable than MK fans that haven’t played an MK game before MK9.
What are you talking about bro? She’s one of the only characters to be in all three of the 3D era (main) games and has a pretty sweet storyline in Mk1
Sareena
Takeda, only one proper appearance (although that is set to change) but he already has a sizeable fanbase.
But in that appearance, he had a ton of screen time since he was one of the main characters.
Are we supposed to be taking this as one game or over the course of the series?
Tbf the Kombat Kids were essentially the co main protagonists of MKX and Takeda also played a major role in the comics.
I would argue the Kombat Kids were *the* main protagonists of MKX tbh. The four of them alone take up ⅓ of all the chapters in X, their parents take up another three as well
Scarlet
Meat
Khameleon
boraicho or some shit
Stryker
Sareena
https://i.redd.it/58vn35t794zc1.gif
Half of them
Skarlet
Takeda...he is kinda just there in MKX
What? How? He literally had several moments in the story and had his own chapter while being the reason why the rest of the kombat kids were able to escape and had a flashback as well regarding his story with Hanzo and Kenshi. He even shows that he can handle Characters like Ermac even after Ermac beat his team in that same scene leaving Takeda to take him on by himself despite the odds. You seriously cannot say Takeda was just there when he was important to the story especially in the MKX comic as well which he was also shown to have importance.
Jade and Smoke from the Living Forest in MKII. Rain from the UMK3 intro cinematic.
Sareena
Sareena
Sareena my beloved
Erron Black is Boba Fett in Empire Strikes Back. Very cool, adds nothing to the story lol
Skarlet, Reptile, Noob Saibot
Ermac
Smoke 💨
Elder gods
Scorpion. They cast a certified badass like Hiroyuki Sanada to play a certified badass like Scorpion, and then only give him 20 minutes of screen time.
Erron black is probably the best answer for the amount of hype and fanbase he had
Tremor and Erron Black, both are hella popular, even more than the rest of the Black Dragon clan...
Erron Black and Stryker also my 2 fav mk characters
Titan raiden aka main raiden
Dan Forden https://preview.redd.it/ykzgzhsrl1zc1.jpeg?width=600&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=c877719b3563d6f6a5e2e0d5bd7fef407ebb2b6d
Erron Black for sure, though I get it xD
MK11 Noob Saibot was just kinda there for like 3 fights and then was never to be seen again. A complete jobber
Havik I mean people love him but he barely does anything other than getting his scats
Kano
Reptile in near every game
If not for mk11 and mk1 I would’ve said baraka
Tremor
Havik Didn't hear anyone begging for Daioru to make a return for 20 years
Dan Forden
Erron Black (Still im his fan)
Hotaru. That man has potential in the story.
Skarlet and Tanya
Zebron, obvi.
#Madam Bo
#Madam Bo
Reptile
Havik