Reiko isn’t exactly interesting because of his moveset, but I would’ve preferred to see his story play out in the game’s superb story mode rather than the comic. I would’ve loved to see how the MK team would have adapted Havik’s moves in which he distorts his own body to the new generation of Mortal Kombat games. While the comics are not bad, they’re not the same as the game. In the Mortal Kombat X comics, both Reiko and Havik played big roles before being ultimately killed without making any appearance in the game at all. My wish wasn’t exactly granted, although those characters weren’t ignored. When Shao Khan died, Reiko immediately became the first name in my head to replace him given his previous backstory as a general who secretly wanted the throne for himself. While they didn’t make much of a splash in the original timeline (especially Reiko), they had a ton of potential considering where the plot was going in the current timeline. Some have made their comebacks, like Kenshi or even Bo’ Rai Cho (who is perhaps one of the worst characters in the series?), but as the release of MK11 draws closer I have to make peace with the fact that a few of my favorite characters will not show up in this conclusion of the storyline, even if they had the potential to add something interesting to it.įor example, Reiko, introduced in Mortal Kombat 4, and Havik, who debuted in Mortal Kombat: Deception, are two characters I’ve been excited to see in this new timeline since the end of MK9.
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Few of the characters introduced after Mortal Kombat 3 have gotten the attention that the veterans of the series did, especially the PlayStation 2 characters. In this new wave of Mortal Kombat games, many old characters have returned but mostly those from the 2D era. Still, I can’t help but feel a little nostalgic. Being presented as a game where “past meets present”, a lot of characters from the history of the series are making a return in order to deliver what seems to be a climax to the current arc. The upcoming Mortal Kombat 11 is poised to be a milestone entry in the franchise, especially in terms of story. After all, you don’t get to be around for 27 years without crafting memorable characters and storylines.īeginning with Mortal Kombat 9 in 2011, however, the story saw a reboot of sorts, in which thanks to some time travel magic a new timeline was created and most stories were reimagined. Sure, Mortal Kombat might be so well-known because of its fatalities and its commitment to being as ridiculously violent as technologically possible, but for some people, it is also the fighting game series with the most interesting and intricate lore.
Twenty-seven years is a long time, and with it comes an equally long history. Few game series have been going for as long and with the same success as Mortal Kombat, the legendary fighting game franchise that first saw the light of day in 1992.