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** After Shao Khan snapped Kung Lao's neck, Raiden looked ready to take Khan on directly. As a god, he's normally prohibited from fighting unless challenged, so he must have known Lao's murder was a dire violation that freed him up to kill Shao Khan himself. It's only his uncertainty as to Lui Kang's role and acknowledgement he deserved to avenge Kung Lao that prevented him from annihilating Khan right there.
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*** For it to be a tournament, it need not be one side against the other. A tournament is inherently a competition of elimination: Competitors challenge each other till one has emerged above all the rest. All that needs to happen is that someone makes it to the top to face Goro. If you're that person and you just happen to be from Outworld, then congratulations, you don't need to get your head ripped off by Goro, and Outworld automatically wins. This is why Earthrealm's fighters have to keep going and can't just allow Outworlders to rip each other apart to clear the path to the top - if someone from Outworld makes it, it's over already. An Outworlder doing so also implies, of course, that all of Earthrealm's challengers have been defeated, leaving Earth defenseless as Outworld subsumes it... or at least retains the title for the next 50 or so years till the next Tournament.
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*** Shaolin Monks is non-canon, though.
*** According to who? Contradicting one or more games isn't enough to make Shaolin Monks not canon seeing how many times the games have contradicted themselves. MK9 itself contradicts past games in regards to backstories, what with how Mileena is now way younger than she was before the reboot and the Sub-Zeros were taken by a Lin Kuei member away from their parents in Asia with no sister in sight instead of the brothers being taken by their father from America to China away from their mother and sister.
*** Well, the game raises more questions than it answers, and doesn't quite track with the games in the original timeline. For instance, [[spoiler:Jade gets killed right around the time ''MKII'' would have begun]], but no game released prior to ''Shaolin Monks'' implied such a thing. Surely, if it had happened, we'd at ''least'' have gotten [[spoiler:some mention of her having been resurrected in time for ''[=UMK3=]'' or ''Deception'']], but ''Shaolin Monks'' is the ''only'' game that even mentions the possibility that [[spoiler:Jade was killed at that time]]. There was no attempt to retcon this game's events into the original timeline, and we can safely say there never will be as it's a moot point now that the series has been rebooted with the 2011 game, precluding any possibility that games like ''Shaolin Monks'' depict events that will be held canon in any game released from now on.
*** According to who? Contradicting one or more games isn't enough to make Shaolin Monks not canon seeing how many times the games have contradicted themselves. MK9 itself contradicts past games in regards to backstories, what with how Mileena is now way younger than she was before the reboot and the Sub-Zeros were taken by a Lin Kuei member away from their parents in Asia with no sister in sight instead of the brothers being taken by their father from America to China away from their mother and sister.
*** Well, the game raises more questions than it answers, and doesn't quite track with the games in the original timeline. For instance, [[spoiler:Jade gets killed right around the time ''MKII'' would have begun]], but no game released prior to ''Shaolin Monks'' implied such a thing. Surely, if it had happened, we'd at ''least'' have gotten [[spoiler:some mention of her having been resurrected in time for ''[=UMK3=]'' or ''Deception'']], but ''Shaolin Monks'' is the ''only'' game that even mentions the possibility that [[spoiler:Jade was killed at that time]]. There was no attempt to retcon this game's events into the original timeline, and we can safely say there never will be as it's a moot point now that the series has been rebooted with the 2011 game, precluding any possibility that games like ''Shaolin Monks'' depict events that will be held canon in any game released from now on.
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*** Shaolin Monks is non-canon, though.
*** According to who? Contradicting one or more games isn't enough to make Shaolin Monks not canon seeing how many times the games have contradicted themselves. MK9 itself contradicts past games in regards to backstories, what with how Mileena is now way younger than she was before the reboot and the Sub-Zeros were taken by a Lin Kuei member away from their parents in Asia with no sister in sight instead of the brothers being taken by their father from America to China away from their mother and sister.
*** Well, the game raises more questions than it answers, and doesn't quite track with the games in the original timeline. For instance, [[spoiler:Jade gets killed right around the time ''MKII'' would have begun]], but no game released prior to ''Shaolin Monks'' implied such a thing. Surely, if it had happened, we'd at ''least'' have gotten [[spoiler:some mention of her having been resurrected in time for ''[=UMK3=]'' or ''Deception'']], but ''Shaolin Monks'' is the ''only'' game that even mentions the possibility that [[spoiler:Jade was killed at that time]]. There was no attempt to retcon this game's events into the original timeline, and we can safely say there never will be as it's a moot point now that the series has been rebooted with the 2011 game, precluding any possibility that games like ''Shaolin Monks'' depict events that will be held canon in any game released from now on.
*** According to who? Contradicting one or more games isn't enough to make Shaolin Monks not canon seeing how many times the games have contradicted themselves. MK9 itself contradicts past games in regards to backstories, what with how Mileena is now way younger than she was before the reboot and the Sub-Zeros were taken by a Lin Kuei member away from their parents in Asia with no sister in sight instead of the brothers being taken by their father from America to China away from their mother and sister.
*** Well, the game raises more questions than it answers, and doesn't quite track with the games in the original timeline. For instance, [[spoiler:Jade gets killed right around the time ''MKII'' would have begun]], but no game released prior to ''Shaolin Monks'' implied such a thing. Surely, if it had happened, we'd at ''least'' have gotten [[spoiler:some mention of her having been resurrected in time for ''[=UMK3=]'' or ''Deception'']], but ''Shaolin Monks'' is the ''only'' game that even mentions the possibility that [[spoiler:Jade was killed at that time]]. There was no attempt to retcon this game's events into the original timeline, and we can safely say there never will be as it's a moot point now that the series has been rebooted with the 2011 game, precluding any possibility that games like ''Shaolin Monks'' depict events that will be held canon in any game released from now on.
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*** Well, the game raises more questions than it answers, and doesn't quite track with the games in the original timeline. For instance, [[spoiler:Jade gets killed right around the time ''MKII'' would have begun]], and this is never implied to have happened in any game before. Surely, if it had happened, we'd at ''least'' have gotten [[spoiler:some mention of her having been resurrected in time for ''[=UMK3=]'' or ''Deception'']]. But instead, the only game that ''ever'' says [[spoiler:that Jade ''could have'' gotten killed around that time]] was ''Shaolin Monks''. There was no attempt to retcon this game's events into the original timeline, and we can safely say there never will be as it's a moot point now that the series has been rebooted with the 2011 game, precluding any possibility that games like ''Shaolin Monks'' depict events that will be held canon in the new timeline.
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*** Well, the game raises more questions than it answers, and doesn't quite track with the games in the original timeline. For instance, [[spoiler:Jade gets killed right around the time ''MKII'' would have begun]], and this is never but no game released prior to ''Shaolin Monks'' implied to have happened in any game before. such a thing. Surely, if it had happened, we'd at ''least'' have gotten [[spoiler:some mention of her having been resurrected in time for ''[=UMK3=]'' or ''Deception'']]. But instead, the only game that ''ever'' says [[spoiler:that Jade ''could have'' gotten killed around that time]] was ''Deception'']], but ''Shaolin Monks''. Monks'' is the ''only'' game that even mentions the possibility that [[spoiler:Jade was killed at that time]]. There was no attempt to retcon this game's events into the original timeline, and we can safely say there never will be as it's a moot point now that the series has been rebooted with the 2011 game, precluding any possibility that games like ''Shaolin Monks'' depict events that will be held canon in the new timeline.any game released from now on.
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*** Shaolin Monks is non-canon, though.
*** According to who? Contradicting one or more games isn't enough to make Shaolin Monks not canon seeing how many times the games have contradicted themselves. MK9 itself contradicts past games in regards to backstories, what with how Mileena is now way younger than she was before the reboot and the Sub-Zeros were taken by a Lin Kuei member away from their parents in Asia with no sister in sight instead of the brothers being taken by their father from America to China away from their mother and sister.
*** According to who? Contradicting one or more games isn't enough to make Shaolin Monks not canon seeing how many times the games have contradicted themselves. MK9 itself contradicts past games in regards to backstories, what with how Mileena is now way younger than she was before the reboot and the Sub-Zeros were taken by a Lin Kuei member away from their parents in Asia with no sister in sight instead of the brothers being taken by their father from America to China away from their mother and sister.
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****** Well, the game raises more questions than it answers, and doesn't quite track with the games in the original timeline. For instance, [[spoiler:Jade gets killed right around the time ''MKII'' would have begun]], and this is never implied to have happened in any game before. Surely, if it had happened, we'd at ''least'' have gotten [[spoiler:some mention of her having been resurrected in time for ''[=UMK3=]'' or ''Deception'']]. But instead, the only game that ''ever'' says [[spoiler:that Jade ''could have'' gotten killed around that time]] was ''Shaolin Monks''. There was no attempt to retcon this game's events into the original timeline, and we can safely say there never will be as it's a moot point now that the series has been rebooted with the 2011 game, precluding any possibility that games like ''Shaolin Monks'' depict events that will be held canon in the new timeline.
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*** I feel the Fatalities have gotten somewhat worse over the years because of how overkill they are. At a certain point, the victim is already dead, yet there are Fatalities that, for instance, decapitate the victim and then destroy the disembodied head. Those ones are just stupid.
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*** Even if one has the Vita version, most people still like having the home console release of a fighting game for several reasons (arcade fight-stick support, better graphics, ability to play local multiplayer without both people needing the same system, etc.) And considering the fact that people in fighting game tournaments (which always use the home console version of a game) like having alternate skins and palettes to differentiate themselves from their opponents, it would make sense that they would like having more costume options.
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*** Even if one has the Vita version, most people still like having the home console release of a fighting game for several reasons (arcade fight-stick support, better graphics, ability to play local multiplayer without both people needing the same system, etc.) And considering the fact that people in fighting game tournaments (which always use the home console version of a game) like having alternate skins and palettes to differentiate themselves from their opponents, it would make sense that they would like having more costume options.options.
* Noob Saibot's X-ray move causes his opponent to vomit upon his leg when he delivers a side kick to their stomach. Aside from the possibility of the vomit entering his wounds from the battle, why would he try it on Reptile? The guy ''[[HollywoodAcid upchucks acid that melts people down to skeletons in seconds]]''.
** Even moreso with Skarlet's fatality, where she slits her opponent's throat and ''bathes in their blood''. Again, not recommended if Reptile's inwards are as bad as his bodily fluids.
** Perhaps Reptile's acid is spewed from a gland and is not actual stomach acid, which would make sense from a biologist's point of view. This also means that Reptile could effectively fight on a full stomach... Maybe [[MST3KMantra we're reading too much into this?]]
** Reptilian venom in the real world is ''saliva''. Not stomach acids.
** Two points: firstly, this is Mortal Kombat. "Real world" does not apply. Second, Reptile's clearly using an ACID of some sort. Saliva does not melt flesh.
*** Neither does acid. Acid ''dissolves'' things, just like saliva does. Saliva is the first part of the digestion process, and it may not break down matter as quickly as the dedicated acids in your stomache do, but it gets the job started. Think of the various poisons in nature that are described as pre-digesting the food from the inside out. Same thing.
*** Not to mention that it clearly sounds like he's spitting whenever he uses his Acid '''Spit''' special.
*** To the person who claimed that "Real world" things didn't apply to Reptile due to him being of a fictional fantasy race (Saurians), you're wrong in your thinking due to the fact that the Saurians are stated to have evolved from reptiles from Earthrealm [[note]]"The Saurians are reptilian humanoids who evolved from the dinosaurs." "The Saurians were originally native to Earthrealm where their civilization thrived countless years ago." Both of these quotes are from the Mortal Kombat Wikia on their Saurian article[[/note]], thus whatever applies to reptiles from the human world should also apply to the Saurians in theory.
* Raiden managed to heal Jax somehow with his electricity powers in the second chapter of the game, so why couldn't he [[spoiler:try it on Kitana before she died? Could've at least brought her back from the brink...]]
** Perhaps the wounds were too severe; also, RuleOfDrama.
** [[spoiler: Sindel was halfway through stealing Kitana's soul before Nightwolf intervened. Presumably Raiden's healing powers only work on physical injuries.]]
** I got the impression Raiden was just cauterizing the wound.
*** Jax clearly had a lot of bruises in addition to any actual cuts and wounds he may have sustained. Raiden's powers seemed to heal those as well, and apparently gave him the strength to be able to walk around on his own again, so it's not ''just'' cauterization.
* While it's probably a writing oversight, when Nightwolf approaches Styker after his victory over Ermac, he says that Raiden is gathering Earth's defenders, to which Stryker replied "Well, Earthrealm defender is about 10 steps above my pay-grade!" How did Stryker know it was called Earth''realm'' when the very idea of other realms existing is something normal people like him wouldn't know about prior to Shao Kahn's invasion?
** Just because you stick realm at the end doesn't mean he couldn't recognize that he would be defending the planet. Plus, it would make sense to assume the monsters attacking are from another realm, so the context is fairly clear.
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* Noob Saibot's X-ray move causes his opponent to vomit upon his leg when he delivers a side kick to their stomach. Aside from the possibility of the vomit entering his wounds from the battle, why would he try it on Reptile? The guy ''[[HollywoodAcid upchucks acid that melts people down to skeletons in seconds]]''.
** Even moreso with Skarlet's fatality, where she slits her opponent's throat and ''bathes in their blood''. Again, not recommended if Reptile's inwards are as bad as his bodily fluids.
** Perhaps Reptile's acid is spewed from a gland and is not actual stomach acid, which would make sense from a biologist's point of view. This also means that Reptile could effectively fight on a full stomach... Maybe [[MST3KMantra we're reading too much into this?]]
** Reptilian venom in the real world is ''saliva''. Not stomach acids.
** Two points: firstly, this is Mortal Kombat. "Real world" does not apply. Second, Reptile's clearly using an ACID of some sort. Saliva does not melt flesh.
*** Neither does acid. Acid ''dissolves'' things, just like saliva does. Saliva is the first part of the digestion process, and it may not break down matter as quickly as the dedicated acids in your stomache do, but it gets the job started. Think of the various poisons in nature that are described as pre-digesting the food from the inside out. Same thing.
*** Not to mention that it clearly sounds like he's spitting whenever he uses his Acid '''Spit''' special.
*** To the person who claimed that "Real world" things didn't apply to Reptile due to him being of a fictional fantasy race (Saurians), you're wrong in your thinking due to the fact that the Saurians are stated to have evolved from reptiles from Earthrealm [[note]]"The Saurians are reptilian humanoids who evolved from the dinosaurs." "The Saurians were originally native to Earthrealm where their civilization thrived countless years ago." Both of these quotes are from the Mortal Kombat Wikia on their Saurian article[[/note]], thus whatever applies to reptiles from the human world should also apply to the Saurians in theory.
* Raiden managed to heal Jax somehow with his electricity powers in the second chapter of the game, so why couldn't he [[spoiler:try it on Kitana before she died? Could've at least brought her back from the brink...]]
** Perhaps the wounds were too severe; also, RuleOfDrama.
** [[spoiler: Sindel was halfway through stealing Kitana's soul before Nightwolf intervened. Presumably Raiden's healing powers only work on physical injuries.]]
** I got the impression Raiden was just cauterizing the wound.
*** Jax clearly had a lot of bruises in addition to any actual cuts and wounds he may have sustained. Raiden's powers seemed to heal those as well, and apparently gave him the strength to be able to walk around on his own again, so it's not ''just'' cauterization.
* While it's probably a writing oversight, when Nightwolf approaches Styker after his victory over Ermac, he says that Raiden is gathering Earth's defenders, to which Stryker replied "Well, Earthrealm defender is about 10 steps above my pay-grade!" How did Stryker know it was called Earth''realm'' when the very idea of other realms existing is something normal people like him wouldn't know about prior to Shao Kahn's invasion?
** Just because you stick realm at the end doesn't mean he couldn't recognize that he would be defending the planet. Plus, it would make sense to assume the monsters attacking are from another realm, so the context is fairly clear.
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-->''...his Shadow Priests, led by Shang Tsung, revive his former Queen Sindel, who unexpectedly died at a young age. However, she would not be revived in the Outworld, but in Earthrealm. This would allow Shao Kahn to cross the boundary lines and reclaim his queen''
-->''...his Shadow Priests, led by Shang Tsung, revive his former Queen Sindel, who unexpectedly died at a young age. However, she would not be revived in the Outworld, but in Earthrealm. This would allow Shao Kahn to cross the boundary lines and reclaim his queen''
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** Sonya likely backed out at Raiden's insistence on having Liu Kang win the Tournament, believing Liu Kang is "he [who] must win". Besides, she wasn't there to save the world, as much as she would have liked to... she was just there to kill Kano.
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** I imagine there's a lot of fighting with {{mooks}} or {{red shirt}}s that we don't get to see. Remember how in the 1995 movie they had Liu Kang and Sub-Zero battle generic opponents? Maybe there are a lot of those hanging around. This might be a competition to which only the best of the best are invited, but they can invite as many of the absolute best as they want, which means they can invite lots of guys who won't make it very far just to fulfill the "Tournament" idea. These extra dudes might be good or bad, but either way, they're as good as dead.
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** I imagine there's a lot of fighting with {{mooks}} or {{red shirt}}s that we don't get to see. Remember how in the 1995 movie they had Liu Kang and Sub-Zero battle generic opponents? Maybe there are a lot of those hanging around. This might be a competition to which only the best of the best are invited, but they can invite as many of the absolute best as they want, which means they can invite lots of guys who won't make it very far just to fulfill the "Tournament" idea. These extra dudes might be good or bad, but either way, they're as good as dead.
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** No, I'm afraid it's not. First, that's not how most people buy games. One in a million might, but most such people would be collectors anyway. Secondly, the point of all that extra content was to attract people who bought a Vita, regardless of how many people actually did (not a whole lot, for the record). Releasing those costumes to other versions devalues this one. It wasn't to get people to buy multiple versions of the same game. That's not how game industry employees think. Finally, most people just don't care enough about that sort of thing, regardless of whether they have the money to spring for it. The few who would don't collectively offer enough money to get the developer to do it.
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*** But would they want those costumes badly enough to spring for another version of the game, regardless of other costs? Further, if you have the Vita version, with all the extra stuff it has (including the costumes), why would you still have, let alone play, any other? I could understand wanting the costumes as DLC, but from the sound of it you're already making the case that they have nothing to lose in doing so ''because'' people would want to buy both versions since the Vita version came after and has a bunch of extra stuff to sweeten the deal even further. That makes no sense to me.
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*** But would they want those costumes badly enough to spring for another version of the game, regardless of other costs? Further, if you have the Vita version, with all the extra stuff it has (including the costumes), why would you still have, let alone play, any other? I could understand wanting the costumes as DLC, but from the sound of it you're already making the case that they have nothing to lose in doing so ''because'' people would want to buy both versions since the Vita version came after and has a bunch of extra stuff to sweeten the deal even further. That makes no sense to me.me.
*** Even if one has the Vita version, most people still like having the home console release of a fighting game for several reasons (arcade fight-stick support, better graphics, ability to play local multiplayer without both people needing the same system, etc.) And considering the fact that people in fighting game tournaments (which always use the home console version of a game) like having alternate skins and palettes to differentiate themselves from their opponents, it would make sense that they would like having more costume options.
*** Even if one has the Vita version, most people still like having the home console release of a fighting game for several reasons (arcade fight-stick support, better graphics, ability to play local multiplayer without both people needing the same system, etc.) And considering the fact that people in fighting game tournaments (which always use the home console version of a game) like having alternate skins and palettes to differentiate themselves from their opponents, it would make sense that they would like having more costume options.
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I'm hiding this one for the time being as it's totally confusing. It does not square with what I remember from the game at all - in the game, Bi-Han killed Hanzo Hasashi, who returned as Scorpion to kill Bi-Han after dragging him off to the Netherealm for their match. At no point did an undead Bi-Han challenge Scorpion, which appears to be what this one is implying. I apologize if I do not have the authority to do this, but I at least want to draw attention to this confusing example. It can at least be restored if/when fixed.
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* Why couldn't the original Sub-Zero beat Scorpion during Shang Tsung's tournament? He had already beaten him in the Netherrealm while he was a spectre/revenant, so even with the power-up of being undead he was still no match for him. What, did Scorpion just get a few lucky rolls on his critical hits?
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*** This troper is mostly speaking in terms of those who already had a Vita plus another system to begin with. Those who want these extra costumes but can't afford / don't want a Vita would want them as DLC for the PC / console versions even more.
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*** This troper is mostly speaking in terms of those who already had a Vita plus another system to begin with. Those who want these extra costumes but can't afford / don't want a Vita would want them as DLC for the PC / console versions even more.more.
****But would they want those costumes badly enough to spring for another version of the game, regardless of other costs? Further, if you have the Vita version, with all the extra stuff it has (including the costumes), why would you still have, let alone play, any other? I could understand wanting the costumes as DLC, but from the sound of it you're already making the case that they have nothing to lose in doing so ''because'' people would want to buy both versions since the Vita version came after and has a bunch of extra stuff to sweeten the deal even further. That makes no sense to me.
****But would they want those costumes badly enough to spring for another version of the game, regardless of other costs? Further, if you have the Vita version, with all the extra stuff it has (including the costumes), why would you still have, let alone play, any other? I could understand wanting the costumes as DLC, but from the sound of it you're already making the case that they have nothing to lose in doing so ''because'' people would want to buy both versions since the Vita version came after and has a bunch of extra stuff to sweeten the deal even further. That makes no sense to me.
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** That depends on you having a deep enough pocketbook to spring for not just another game but another console altogether. Not only that, but speaking as an Xbox gamer, the Vita version is totally useless to people like me because to unlock this stuff in the Vita version you have to do everything all over again. Why would we buy multiple versions of the same game if there's no way to share progress between them? Of all the possible added perks, that one is a must.
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** That depends on you having a deep enough pocketbook to spring for not just another game but another console altogether. Not only that, but speaking as an Xbox gamer, the Vita version is totally useless to people like me because to unlock this stuff in the Vita version you have to do everything all over again. Why would we buy multiple versions of the same game if there's no way to share progress between them? Of all the possible added perks, that one is a must.must.
*** This troper is mostly speaking in terms of those who already had a Vita plus another system to begin with. Those who want these extra costumes but can't afford / don't want a Vita would want them as DLC for the PC / console versions even more.
*** This troper is mostly speaking in terms of those who already had a Vita plus another system to begin with. Those who want these extra costumes but can't afford / don't want a Vita would want them as DLC for the PC / console versions even more.
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** By the sound of it, that's not Shinnok's doing at all. That's just Quan Chi laying claim to the departing souls via sorcery. He also corrupts them mentally, emphasizing their negativity and hatred. Also, Kahn doesn't have to own something to try to use it - he's just that kind of guy: He'll take it regardless of who really owns it or what's expected of him in return. The quintesssential megalomaniac.
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*** I'm not sure it's been ''averted'' per se. It could still happen, it's still in prophecy. What Raiden was specifically fighting to change was Shao Kahn being the victor of that entanglement, which he did - Kahn won't even be a contender in it anymore. I think Armageddon not happening hinges on [[spoiler:Edenia still being merged with Outworld; in the original timeline it was unmerged after Liu Kang won in the third game, but that was more or less because Kitana and Sindel were not only alive but made forces of good, which is not the case here at all]]. After all, something that seems very much overlooked is a detail only revealed in [[spoiler:Shinnok's ''Armageddon'' ending: Shinnok didn't actually participate in Armageddon, sending a copy of himself to eliminate the other bad guys from the series]]. After all, as is pointed out in the next game, [[spoiler:Shinnok can't actually die]], so while Kahn can be sent away permanently, [[spoiler:there is still a possibility that not only can Armageddon still happen, but Shinnok could win instead]]. I say all this because [[spoiler:by the time Armageddon would have happened in the original timeline, it clearly doesn't in this one, and as a matter of fact Edenia's freedom from Outworld is a point of contention around that time in the next game]]. This all applies regardless of [[spoiler:how Shinnok could have manipulated any of the events of this game into happening]].
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****[[spoiler:The revenants can look like anything Quan Chi damn well wants them to look like. That's not a mystery. Also, just because Shao Kahn made that exact same deal does not mean he actually has any authority to do so. Remember that he stepped into Earthrealm with the intent to invade it and the Elder Gods punished him for doing so - just because he does it does not mean he is legally allowed. No one ever said he actually ''had'' the privilege of using souls that aren't his as a bargaining chip. All that really matters is that Quan Chi called Raiden's bluff and knew how desperate things really were, on top of being evil through & through so he was going to go against Raiden's wishes no matter what.]]
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** Johnny may abide by the rule that he only believes in powers he personally witnesses, which is a fair position to take. He is a witness to his own power, therefore he believes in his own power, but not only had he never previously noticed Raiden or anyone like him, the whole thing was getting too weird for him too soon to take it seriously right away - he was falling headlong down the rabbit hole, and there was simply too much to take in all at once. I think he'd prefer to assume he is the only one with supernatural abilities for the sake of his own sanity until he conclusively proves otherwise, which of course he does in short order.
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*** There's nothing in any of the games whatsoever about Sindel being abducted by anyone.
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Why did I write about Armageddon right there? I honestly have no idea - it made sense at the time...
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*** [[spoiler:Armageddon depends on Edenia being freed, I think. With Edenia still part of Outworld, it's been put on hold indefinitely. Perhaps it'll become a future plot point if the developers decide to write of Edenia being freed...]]To quote John Vogel once again: [[spoiler:"Nobody ever really dies in Mortal Kombat."]]
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*** That is dubious at best. Shinnok screwing around as Raiden did shouldn't have ''that'' far-reaching of consequences. It's implied in the original games that [[the sisters are at least ten thousand years old apiece]], and Shinnok would probably not have cared to go ''that'' far back. For one thing, [[spoiler:Mileena isn't really vital to his plan]], and for another, if he ''could'' go that far back, why not even further? Why not continue to rewind the timeline until he gets what he wants? It's never explicitly implied [[spoiler:in either Story Mode]] that he used similar powers. Instead, we're down to theorizing that he makes petty changes like [[spoiler:changing Mileena's date of birth by about ten millenia]].
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*** That is dubious at best. Shinnok screwing around as Raiden did shouldn't have ''that'' far-reaching of consequences. It's implied in the original games that [[the [[spoiler:the sisters are at least ten thousand years old apiece]], and Shinnok would probably not have cared to go ''that'' far back. For one thing, [[spoiler:Mileena isn't really vital to his plan]], and for another, if he ''could'' go that far back, why not even further? Why not continue to rewind the timeline until he gets what he wants? It's never explicitly implied [[spoiler:in either Story Mode]] that he used similar powers. Instead, we're down to theorizing that he makes petty changes like [[spoiler:changing Mileena's date of birth by about ten millenia]].
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*** That is dubious at best. Shinnok screwing around as Raiden did shouldn't have ''that'' far-reaching of consequences. It's implied in the original games that [[the sisters are at least ten thousand years old apiece]], and Shinnok would probably not have cared to go ''that'' far back. For one thing, [[spoiler:Mileena isn't really vital to his plan]], and for another, if he ''could'' go that far back, why not even further? Why not continue to rewind the timeline until he gets what he wants? It's never explicitly implied [[spoiler:in either Story Mode]] that he used similar powers. Instead, we're down to theorizing that he makes petty changes like [[spoiler:changing Mileena's date of birth by about ten millenia]].
*** [[spoiler:Armageddon depends on Edenia being freed, I think. With Edenia still part of Outworld, it's been put on hold indefinitely. Perhaps it'll become a future plot point if the developers decide to write of Edenia being freed...]]
** I imagine the time travel thing was more of a last resort than anything else, something Raiden put off so much he nearly forgot about it till it was too late. It's something none of the gods in the series have used, at least as far as we're aware, because it can do more harm than good. For example, [[spoiler:Sindel killing off half the cast plus herself]] might be bad, but what if Raiden saw that and tried to wind the clock back ''again'' to avoid it? Just ask [[Film/BackToTheFuture Marty McFly]] how time travel can go wrong.
** I imagine the time travel thing was more of a last resort than anything else, something Raiden put off so much he nearly forgot about it till it was too late. It's something none of the gods in the series have used, at least as far as we're aware, because it can do more harm than good. For example, [[spoiler:Sindel killing off half the cast plus herself]] might be bad, but what if Raiden saw that and tried to wind the clock back ''again'' to avoid it? Just ask [[Film/BackToTheFuture Marty McFly]] how time travel can go wrong.
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* The PS Vita version of the game has a whopping '''fifteen''' costumes added to it compared to the other versions of the game! Why couldn't they have added those to the PC and console versions via DLC after the Vita version was released? Isn't the fact that the Vita version is portable and has extra Challenge levels incentive enough to get more than one copy of the game?
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* The PS Vita version of the game has a whopping '''fifteen''' costumes added to it compared to the other versions of the game! Why couldn't they have added those to the PC and console versions via DLC after the Vita version was released? Isn't the fact that the Vita version is portable and has extra Challenge levels incentive enough to get more than one copy of the game?game?
** That depends on you having a deep enough pocketbook to spring for not just another game but another console altogether. Not only that, but speaking as an Xbox gamer, the Vita version is totally useless to people like me because to unlock this stuff in the Vita version you have to do everything all over again. Why would we buy multiple versions of the same game if there's no way to share progress between them? Of all the possible added perks, that one is a must.
** That depends on you having a deep enough pocketbook to spring for not just another game but another console altogether. Not only that, but speaking as an Xbox gamer, the Vita version is totally useless to people like me because to unlock this stuff in the Vita version you have to do everything all over again. Why would we buy multiple versions of the same game if there's no way to share progress between them? Of all the possible added perks, that one is a must.
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** And probably because [[TheScrappy/MortalKombat nobody really liked him anyway]]. I mean, did [=ANYone=] become a fan of him because way back in the third game he was [[SNKBoss nearly impossible to kill]], not merely immune to but also ''reflecting'' projectiles back at you on top of having a super-powerful one of his own he could use repeatedly without limit? ''I'' sure didn't miss him this time around.
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** Perhaps the only answer this question needs is to quote John Vogel: [[spoiler:"Nobody ever really dies in Mortal Kombat."]]
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**** To begin with, not all of the tattoos are the same. Most obviously, the ones on his head are different. Perhaps he just has a thing for tattoos? As a sorcerer, he can change them at will - he's his own tattoo artist, after all. Secondly, how exactly Shinnok and Quan Chi manipulated events in this game is never explained, [[spoiler:not even in the Story Mode of the sequel]]. It's possible Shinnok has the same temporal vision-sending powers as Raiden does, [[spoiler:but this is never implied as far as I'm aware in either game]]. The most I can say is that both were aware of what Kahn directly invading Earthrealm would do to him and so manipulated him into doing so, purely to remove him as a threat - something that, for all we know, they tried to do in the ''first'' timeline as well (remember, Scorpion is now asserted to have always been Quan Chi's puppet, even going all the way back to the first game - a {{Retcon}} that is clearly intended to have always been the case, not something that changed because of anything Raiden did or didn't do this time around; Quan Chi has clearly always been there). Perhaps the X comic books have a thing or two to say on this, but I haven't been able to read them, so I can only go based on the games themselves, which I imagine would have mentioned this in greater detail were it true. It sounds rather vital to the plot.
