Spoilers Off for this game and every past game, including those from the original timeline and the MKX comics.
- Jossed. All characters from the past are taken from the MK2 portion of Mortal Kombat 9's story.
- MK Trilogy: Khameleon: the Nintendo Switch was announced to be one of the platforms MK11 will playable on, thus Khameleon (who has only been playable on Nintendo consoles so far in Trilogy and Armageddon) might get a chance to return.
- MK Mythologies:Sub-Zero: Fujin (Given that Raiden has become corrupted, he'd likely have to take his place as aiding the heroes) and maybe Sareena.
- MK4: Between Jarek Kai Reiko, admittedly low likelihood any of these characters return, though it should be noted that the last was considered for the roster of MKX thus might have a better chance than the other two. Depending on what impact the Black Dragon has on the plot, Jarek might have a chance (especially if they use aspects of his Armageddon revamp).
- MKDA: Blaze (if Raiden wants to prevent a repeat of the Battle of Armageddon, he'll likely try to subdue him). Frost, Li Mei and Nitara (they have somewhat respectable character fanbases and thus NetherRealm Studios will likely keep that in mind), Mavado (true, he died in the MKX comics, but NRS has been shown to take a Broad Strokes approach to the comics as shown with the Injustice series. So they might come up with some sort of retcon.)
- Frost is confirmed, as a story mode unlockable.
- Mortal Kombat: Deception: Havik (Again yes he died in the comics, but as someone who has as large a fan following as he has, NRS is going to come up with some way to have him in it either by way of someone messing with time or perhaps his disciple Skarlet could to it via Blood magic in some way. And if messing with the flow of time is a plot point, Havik would be the perfect candidate to do that).
- Mortal Kombat: Deception: Onaga. He hasn't been defeated in the new timeline so he could make his move.
Safe to assume no other Deception (and Armageddon) debuting characters will make it given that the few details so far have stated the roster will consist of a mix of "new and returning characters", of which the latter is likely to be primarily from 1-3 and some of the MKX newcomers.
- The Doom Slayer: Doom Slayer would be a natural fit for Mortal Kombat, especially considering the 2016 incarnation's increased focus on his agility and melee combat abilities and the fact that Glory Kills are basically the Doom version of Fatalities. Considering the runaway success of Doom 2016 and the opportunity for a crossover with Doom Eternal, this would seem to be a pretty obvious choice for a guest fighter. The only complication I can think of is that Doomguy is a Silent Protagonist, meaning I'm not sure what his pre-fight actions would be aside from maybe cracking his knuckles or something. It might also be difficult to integrate him with the game considering his fighting style is mainly based around guns, though I don't think that'd be too much of an issue considering characters like Jax and Erron Black already exist. Alternatively...
- B.J. Blascowicz: Specifically his incarnation in The New Order. Blascowicz would also work considering he's from an equally violent and gory series, and is fully voiced to boot, meaning pre-fight dialogue isn't an issue. His moveset could potentially incorporate the ax from The New Colossus and include some of the executions from that game as Fatalities. That said, considering MK doesn't, to my knowledge, contain any Nazis for him to brutalize, he might be a bit out of place.
- Quake Champions doesn't contain any Nazis either, yet still...
- Being a Silent Protagonist may actually increase the chances of Doom Slayer. The Guest Fighters in MK X all had in common that they couldn’t or wouldn’t talk. Even the Predator, whose species is able to understand and speak English, never talks during the intro.
- B.J. Blascowicz: Specifically his incarnation in The New Order. Blascowicz would also work considering he's from an equally violent and gory series, and is fully voiced to boot, meaning pre-fight dialogue isn't an issue. His moveset could potentially incorporate the ax from The New Colossus and include some of the executions from that game as Fatalities. That said, considering MK doesn't, to my knowledge, contain any Nazis for him to brutalize, he might be a bit out of place.
- Ash Williams: A character I'm surprised wasn't in one of these games already. Ash would fit the Mortal Kombat setting like a glove considering its similarities to The Evil Dead. His shotgun and chainsaw hand could be incorporated into his moveset in interesting ways, and his smarmy personality would lend itself well to amusing pre-fight interactions.
- About to be confirmed in the future, thanks to leaked intro dialogues.
- Ultimately Jossed, as the team has since ended DLC development with Ash not appearing after all.
- Pinhead: Considering that all the guest characters in MKX were iconic horror movie villains, Pinhead would be a natural choice for a guest fighter. His powers could make for an interesting moveset and offer a lot of room for creative Fatalities.
- Either Metal Sonic, Shadow, Fang the Sniper, Black Doom, Ixis Naugus or Mephiles: We know that Sonic the Hedgehog is a Family-friendly franchise and to a lesser extent, an Animal-based Universe. maybe an Anti-hero or a Villain or at least a Hero who is either Deeper, Down to Earth, Supernatural-based or Manly enough would appear. Also, if DC and Sonic can crossover in LEGO form, then why not? It would also be a nod to the fans of Sonic and Mortal Kombat are friendly to each other. Imagine Shadow performing a Fatality where he crashes the opponent, complete with his Bike. Ixis vs. Shang Tsung would also be a great match. Black Doom is the most intense villain of the games and is more likely to be a kombatant.
- Okay, okay, I’m going to go out on a limb here and say that this would never happen. Ever. The Sonic franchise may embrace its status as a meme at this point and doesn’t take itself too seriously, but I hardly think that Sega would be too pleased with imagery of their kid-friendly mascot characters being brutalised gorily. It doesn’t matter if some of them are “manly” or “anti-heroes”; showing up in a LEGO game is one thing, but MK is quite another.
- T-1000: T-1000 could make for an interesting character considering his ability to shape his body into any weapon, meaning he could have an interesting Confusion Fu fighting style similar to Azwel in Soul Calibur VI. He's also a fairly iconic villain, so brand recognition isn't an issue. However, his lack of blood or bodily organs might make it difficult to integrate him into Fatalities without Narm or Special Effects Failure, so there's that.
- Close. A Terminator does make it in, but it's a T-800, with the face of Arnold Schwarzenegger no less, even incorporating robotic organs.
- Red Miller: This one's admittedly really far fetched, considering that Mandy just came out and is hardly a blockbuster classic like Friday the 13th or Predator, but Red would fit really well into the Mortal Kombat setting considering that he's a Large Ham Blood-Splattered Warrior from an ultraviolent action movie. He could potentially use the Beast and the Reaper as weapons, and his Fatalities could be shout outs to the original film, such as shoving the Beast down his opponent's throat.
- A DC Comics Anti-hero or Villain: The Injustice games had Mortal Kombat guest characters. so why not flip things around? Granted, it would have to be either an Anti-hero or a Villain that would have no problems with gory finishers such as the Joker, Harley Quinn, Lobo, or Deathstroke, but considering this game will most definitely be M-rated, at least their Fatalities won't be neutered down like in the previous attempt to give DC Comics characters Fatalities.
- The Joker seems significantly more likely, given that his debut date (April 25th) is very close to the game's own release date (April 23rd).
- As of now, confirmed. Joker is part of the Kombat Pack.
- Spawn: He's a character that was previously teased to appear in both Mortal Kombat X and Injustice 2, but ended up appearing in neither. This time, we also have Word of Saint Paul from Todd McFarlane, making his inclusion more likely.
- It's now a Word of God, because Spawn is finally confirmed to be included in the first Kombat Pack.
- Michael Myers: Another iconic horror movie villain, and one who was considered for Mortal Kombat X until the upcoming movie at the time was cancelled. Now that a new movie has come out, that most likely won't be an issue.
- Jossed. Mortal Kombat 11 has stopped offering DLC altogether.
- Console-exclusive characters: They were planned for the previous game, and Mortal Kombat 9 had Kratos for the PS3 version (albeit with no counterpart for the Xbox version).
- PS4 guest: Jin Sakai, Needles Kane, the Hunter
- Xbox One guest: Riptor, Marcus Fenix, Thel "The Arbiter" 'Vadam or Conker
- Switch guest: Pious Augustus, Jack Cayman, Bayonetta
- Ridley would be an easy fit. For starts, Metroid is one of Nintendo's darker, if not one of the darkest franchises they have under their belt. In addition, Ridley's recent (and highly requested) inclusion in Super Smash Bros. Ultimate has him use a rather violent moveset, even with the Bloodless Carnage that Smash Bros. has. These factors, combined with the fact that Ridley is by far one of Nintendo's evilest villains by far, so much so that he has a moniker of "The Cunning God of Death", Ridley would be a perfect addition in the gruesome world of Mortal Kombat due to how utterly vicious he can be, and having a lot of smarts to back it up. Not to mention that he has cheated death so many times, so Ridley could even come back from a Fatality!
- Pennywise: First off, Warner Bros. owns the film rights, so it's easy to get. Secondly, he's another well-known horror character, with a movie that came out very recently with a sequel on the way. Thirdly, he is a shapeshifter, so he has the potential to be both unique and very scary. Finally, we never really had a Monster Clown in the franchise (aside from Joker, but he's not as brutal in his game, nor really as monstrous. The closest thing we had was Shang Tsung's second fatality in MK9), so this could really benefit the cast.
- Samurai Jack and Aku: Warner Bros. both owns the Show and Netherrealm Studios, so it would work well in Mortal Kombat 11 because you finally get to see Jack dice up enemies that aren't robots.
- Jossed. Mortal Kombat 11 has stopped offering DLC altogether as of Ultimate.
- Panty and Stocking: If Mortal Kombat is the king of violent video games, the fallen angels from the Gainax anime that is exploitation filled just like Mortal Kombat. Both angels can shoot at and cut up enemies in pieces. Panty's snarking and Stocking's dialogue would create some interesting quotes.
- I'm not completely sure how Netherrealm could properly adapt the appearance of Panty and Stocking in an MK game, but assuming they can this seems like a solid choice.
- Akira Fudo/Devilman: Like with above, and the fact that Devilman gained a resurgence thanks to the Netflix anime, it could be fitting for the Devilman himself to enter to something as gory and violent as his own world. With his jaw, claws and many other abilities, he could create some pretty interesting battles.
- A Primal Rage character: One of the more infamous and better known games from the 90's that tried to imitate Mortal Kombat's style of gory visuals and finishers. To the justify the character being scaled down to human size, they could go the Primal Rage II route and have a human avatar turning into their respective god.
- Venom: While Netherrealm is known for utilizing DC characters for MK vs DC and Injustice, it would be a neat turn of events to see a Marvel character turn up in Mortal Kombat; and Venom seems to fit well given that he is one of the darker characters of the Marvel universe. His brutality towards criminals is shown time and time again in comics; and given his threats to bite off heads, eat brains or other organs, or other such horrible deaths, even when the work he's in isn't rated for adults, Venom would be an easy fit as he can and would very easily make good on those threats. Even his symbiote has good potential to be scary, which can end up eating the opponent from the inside out or bonding with them, possessing them for a short period. Since Venom also has a variation of Spider-Man's powers, it would be interesting to see him use such abilities in much more violent ways, like shooting webs inside of his opponents, crushing and strangling organs within, or his own already deadlier version of Web Throw.
- Wolverine: Wolverine could be likely to be a guest fighter for a Mortal Kombat game because as shown in Logan, the character is brutal enough to be a perfect Guest Fighter.
- Deadpool: On a similar note to the Venom and Wolverine suggestions, the Deadpool franchise is more popular than ever given his 2016 film and its 2018 sequel, both relatively close enough to the release of MK11. And he will definitely be appearing in the Marvel Cinematic Universe in time. It's only natural this violent and hardcore Marvel character be a first pick should Netherrealm decide to include Marvel heroes and villains. Executive Meddling may make a similar decision to Kratos of the God of War series where Wade Wilson will either not panic or freak out as much during a fatality (Given his extreme Healing Factor), or overreact comicaly as a means of lampshading Mortal Kombat's tradition.
- Bill Cipher, since it would be an amazing treat for both Gravity Falls and Mortal Kombat fans for a fight between two of Disney and Warner Bros.' most awesomely gruesome, savage and bloodthirsty Villains to the extremely Gorn-filled Death. Plus, Bill himself is not only a very fitting Mortal Kombat Guest but also, would be the very first Disney Villain Guest Fighter in a Mortal Kombat game.
- Had the light novel/manga/anime released earlier and been more popular, Goblin Slayer would be a reasonable fit. The series is already gory, and as an isolated character he's pretty brutal. Unlikely, but fun to think about.
- The Undertaker: Yes, yes. I know the Undertaker is technically a real life person, but think about it. His gimmick is that of an undead force of darkness with a mysterious power and some supernatural elements to his character. Even though it may seem unlikely, his type of character would be a perfect fit for the MK universe.
- If Venom is beyond NetherRealm's reach then there is one other character that can easily take his place - Carnage. He is even much stronger and deadlier than Venom, and is also the perfect counter to the [["Insane Troll Logic Disney owns Marvel and must be kid-friendly"]] argument - Carnage not only darkens the setting he is in just by existing in it, but some of the works he appears in are adults-only (Carnage: Mind Bomb for instance). He would also likely be one of the only characters who would truly fit in MK, if not for his violent brutality (morphing his hands into weapons, making even deadlier use of Venom's abilities, etc.), but because he would simply fight and kill just for fun.
- DIO. He fits with all the time shenanigans going on, and is suitably dark for an MK game. Plus, JoJo's in general has influenced games for years. He's certainly got the personality to mesh with the MK cast.
- Max Rockatansky: Since Warner Brothers distributes the Mad Max movies, it's very possible. His Fatalities can include running his opponent over with the Interceptor, or Sadistic Choice he inflicted on Toecutter.
- RoboCop: The supernatural powers most of the Kombatants use can be a loophole to allow him to kill unarmed enemies.
- CONFIRMED!
- Eric Draven: Hell, he and Scorpion practically have the same backstory. He fits in so well, it hurts.
- Jack Burton from Big Trouble in Little China. Considering how much that movie influenced the first game, it only seems fair. And assuming Ash Williams is indeed one of the guests, wouldn't you really want to pit Kurt Russel against Bruce Campbell?
- The Mask. I figure they must have at least tried to fit this one into Injustice 2 when they were looking into the rights of non-DC comic properties.
- Candyman: He would fit right in with the other horror movie characters featured in the series and has got a new movie coming out.
- The Shredder. Since Netherrealm Studios got the eponymous Heroes in a Half-Shell themselves to participate in Injustice 2, there might be a very good chance for their arch-nemesis to join the Mortal Kombat roster. Shredhead would fit right in with his fierce fighting style and savage personality, as well with his different sets of armors from across the source franchise as gear options. And of course, it would be nice to see Super Shredder beating the shit out of Shao Kahn for once... or performing some kind of Fatality on other fighters.
- Thanos. Believe it or not, but the entirety of MK universe should definitely be fearful of someone who makes Shao Kahn and Shinnok look like cuddly teddy bears. The Mad Titan certainly would fit the bill for an unrivaled DLC comic-book character: Thanos is an Omnicidal Maniac who is far worse than the aforementioned baddies; he's extremely powerful to the point that he is a force of nature which eats Elder Gods for breakfast; and he's definitely got the savage personality to match. The total recipe is ideal for such a character to join the MK11 roster. Also, it would be great to have Josh Brolin reprising the role of Thanos through the fighting interactions.
- SCPs: It would make sense to include one of the famous Foundation anomalies, given that it is mostly a horror-based web collective that’s growing in popularity, especially as of 2020. Candidates are probably 049 (Plague Doctor) 106 (Old Man) or 682 (Invincible Reptile).
- Homelander or Billy Butcher. Imagine this interaction between Joker and Homelander.Joker: Another evil Superman?! BORING!Homelander: I'd choose my words wisely if I were you clown.Joker: Seriously, "boy scout gone psycho" is so overdone now.
- Homelander has actually been confirmed as part of the Kombat Pack 1 of the next game in the series, so, technically Jossed
- Jossed: It received a Mature rating, as usual.
- Seconding this with the additional explanation of this being the punishment Liu Kang and Kitana sentence him to for all eternity for his crimes. It would nice to have an Asshole Victim to do guilt free practice rather than doing Fatalities on sympathetic and/or charismatically cool characters.
- He will appear in the story mode solely to get killed again.
- Surprisingly enough, confirmed! He appears in the background of the Black Dragon Fight Klub stage, alongside Kano.
- Double confirmed: he's a decapitated head in a sack in one of Erron Black's intros.
- Scorpion (Confirmed)
- Sub-Zero (Confirmed)
- Raiden (Confirmed)
- Liu Kang (Confirmed)
- Kitana (Confirmed)
- Jade (Confirmed)
- Rain (Confirmed as DLC)
- Jax (Confirmed)
- Sonya Blade (Confirmed)
- Johnny Cage (Confirmed)
- Noob Saibot (Confirmed)
- Smoke
- Cyrax (Story mode only)
- Sektor (Story mode only)
- Reptile (Jossed by way of the Krypt, even though he's alive, sort of; future DLC?)
- Goro (Jossed by way of the Krypt and the Goro's Lair Throne Room stage)
- Shang Tsung (Confirmed as DLC)
- Kung Lao (Confirmed)
- Bo' Rai Cho
- Frost (Confirmed, story mode unlockable)
- Kenshi (Jossed by way of the Krypt)
- Daegon
- Kotal Kahn (Confirmed)
- Erron Black (Confirmed)
- Cassie Cage (Confirmed)
- Jacqui Briggs (Confirmed)
- Takeda
- Kung Jin
- Diederik
- Reina
- Geras (Confirmed)
- Kronika (Confirmed)
- Cetrion (Confirmed)
- Kollector (Confirmed)
- Shao Kahn (Confirmed / Pre-Order Bonus)
- Ermac (Jossed by way of the Krypt)
- Li Mei
- Nightwolf (Confirmed as DLC)
- Nimbus
- Michael Myers
- Pennywise
- The Joker (Confirmed as DLC)
- Terminator (Confirmed as DLC)
- Sindel (Confirmed as DLC)
- Spawn (Confirmed as DLC)
- Ash (Hinted as DLC, although Bruce Campbell has stated that Ash will not be part of the DLC)
- Fujin (Confirmed as DLC)
- Sheeva (Confirmed as DLC)
- Building off of this guess, I theorize that if Kharon is made playable his moveset may involve sickles or laingscythes of some kind, a they are archtypical symbols of death associated with psychopomps such as Kharon' Greek namesake Charon.
- Reptile: Given that he got used as the host for Onaga in the old timeline, Raiden (who would likely still have some memories of his visions of the future) might decide to kill him in effort to avert Onaga's resurrection.
- Reptile is seen alive in the Krypt, but whether this is canon or not remains to be seem.
- Raiden: Either it be at the hands of another antagonist or perhaps in an effort at a Heroic Sacrifice.
- Current incarnation of Dark Raiden does die but his existence is overwritten by Classic Raiden as per the rules of the Sands of Time.
- Shang Tsung: While his survival in any form has still not been confirmed as of this writing, but if he is present, Raiden will likely seek to kill him to prevent him from forming a new Deadly Alliance and/or seeking to resurrect Onaga's army (which in turn could unwittingly lead to the Dragon King's own revival).
- Seems to be alive, sort of, he greets the Wanderer in the Krypt. No story mode involvement, though.
- Aftermath Edition update: He is confirmed to be around in this story DLC continuation... and also dies depending on how one chooses to plays for the Fire God Liu Kang vs Shang Tsung battle at the end.
- Jax: Given that two different Arcade endings in MKX involve Jax dying, this may happen (though not necessarily in the ways it is depicted).
- Both incarnations of Jax survive until Kronika rewinds time back to its origin. Jossed?
- Blaze: Granted Raiden may not be able to kill him, but he'd certainly seek to remove his presence in whatever way he can.
- Johnny Cage: Given that he (along with Cassie) can wield a god negating aura and that he would likely take issue with Raiden going down his dark path, Cage and Raiden might get into a violent altercation in which Raiden kills him for trying to prevent what he thinks is necessary for the common good.
- Also, considering that he will spend a considerable amount of time with his younger counterpart, he may kick the bucket to jumpstart the younger Cage's character development.
- Both incarnations of Johnny survive until Kronika rewinds time back to its origin. Jossed?
- Kotal Kahn: Given that Shao Kahn was a target of assassination in the old timeline, it is also possible that a new Deadly Alliance will seek to kill him. If Havik is present, simply promoting chaos is one thing he'd have for doing such a deed.
- Kotal survives until Kronika rewinds time back to its origin. Jossed?
- Aftermath Edition update: He does die in the Aftermath continuation by Shao Kahn. Whether it sticks will depend on players choosing to play as Liu Kang or Shang Tsung in the story's final battle.
- D'Vorah: Now that Baraka is back through yet to be explained means, and had his Badass Decay be undone, it is entirely possible that he will avenge his own death and personally end D'Vorah.
- D'Vorah survives until Kronika rewinds time back to its origin. Jossed?
- Sonya Blade: So far one pre-fight dialog between Cassie and Raiden has the former telling the latter "You're the reason I lost mom!" Whether this means that she gets killed or has some other unfortunate fate befall her is unknown as of this writing.
- Current!Sonya dies in the first chapter. Not so much for Past!Sonya, who survives until Kronika rewinds time back to its origin. Jossed?
- Technically, all of these characters on this list with the exception of Raiden die, as Kronika erased the timeline, erasing everyone except Liu Kang, Raiden, and Kronika, with Kitana being brought back afterwards.
- Aftermath Edition update: Interestingly this does end up happening, to some extent, and in a very surprising way: Shang Tsung and Fujin. [[Spoiler: Also like the alliance of the original timeline, Shang Tsung turns to betrayal.]]
- Scorpion: For an obvious reason.
- Confirmed. Chapter 10.
- Sub-Zero: Also as a well regarded fan favorite, no surprise he'll also likely get a chapter.
- Raiden: Perhaps even as two chapters (regular Raiden and Dark Raiden) akin to how Injustice: Gods Among Us had two chapters for Batman (the prime one and the Injustice-verse one).
- Confirmed that he has a chapter, but only one, as his good self (Chapter 11).
- Shang Tsung: As part of a Villain Episode akin to Scorpion and Cyrax in MK9 and D'vorah in MKX.
- Aftermath Edition update: Confirmed in that Shang gets a chapter (Chapter 17) as part of the Aftermath update.
- Kenshi Takahashi: Given the Red Dragon plot line mentioned in his and Takeda's MKX arcade endings (and along with the fact that it will likely cover certain parts of Deadly Alliance (where Kenshi was introduced) and Deception's plots), it is safe to assume that he will get to have some focus in the story.
- Takeda Takahashi: In the event that Kenshi doesn't get any chapters, it is likely that Takeda would have a chapter devoted to him at least.
- Jossed. Neither even appear outside of a few cameos in arcade endings for Takeda and a corpse in the Krypt for Kenshi.
- Cassie Cage: Whether she will keep her protagonist status in MK11 is unknown as of this writing, but regardless the fact that she was able to take down Shinnok will regardless bring her to the attention of others, especially the Red Dragon.
- Confirmed her own chapter. Chapter 1.
- Frost: Given her belligerent relationship with Cassie, she'll get a chapter involving some Teeth-Clenched Teamwork.
- Fujin: Given that Raiden has become corrupted into Dark Raiden, he may get to have a chapter in which he acts behind Raiden's back to curb some of his more questionable actions.
- Jossed. Intro dialogue between Raiden and Centrion imply she killed him.
- Aftermath Edition update: Funnily enough, confirmed in that he gets a chapter (Chapter 15).
- Mavado: As part of a Villain Episode like Shang Tsung's described above.
- Li Mei: Depending on the situation of Outworld, she may get some focus in which she fights to defend her village.
- Erron Black: Given that he has managed to become one of the most popular newcomers from MKX, he might get a chapter devoted to him, which might include a flashback to flesh out some of his past. His chapter would most likely take place if the situation for Outworld becomes dire.
- The Liu Kang and Kung Lao from another timeline: Granted. They're seen fighting against their revenant selves in a Mirror Match and Kronika's actions dragged them into the plot.
- Confirmed. Chapter 3. Also Liu Kang gets a chapter of his own at the very end of the game.
- If NRS continues the trend of adding stuff from the previous game into the new one, it's a safe bet that the branch system from Injustice 2 may be featured on this game's story mode. Some predictions:
- Cassie Cage and Jacqui Briggs.
- Scorpion and Sub-Zero. (Maybe called "Fire and Ice" after a cancelled sequel to Shaolin Monks)
- Confirmed. Chapter 4. It even has the name.
- Sonya and Jax/Johnny Cage. (and it's a safe bet the chapter would be called Special Forces)
- Jossed. Past!Jax gets a team-up chapter with Jacqui while Cassie, Past!Sonya and Present!Johnny all get individual chapters.
- Takeda and Kenshi.
- Sub-Zero and Frost.
- Scorpion and Kenshi/Takeda.
- Kung Lao and Liu Kang (and it's a safe bet the chapter would be called Shaolin Monks)
- Confirmed. Chapter 3. And it's even called "Shaolin Monks".
- Sub-Zero and Raiden/Fujin (and it's a safe bet the chapter would be called Mythologies)
- Or she is the One Being.
- The One Being is broken into the Realms so it can't appear as an actual character.
- It's gonna be a burnout Tarkatan with a really huge appetite but an all-encompassing fear of anything having to do with actually fighting.
- Half-confirmed and half-Jossed. Current Jade is still a Revenant under the command of Liu Kang and Kitana, but she does end up serving Kronika by proxy. Past Jade makes a return and is allied with Raiden.
- Confirmed, sort of. Skarlet is a servant to Shao Kahn, and he is actually working for Kronika.
- Alternately, while Kronika will still be the Final Boss for the game's arcade mode, she could end up becoming a Disc-One Final Boss halfway through the story, with Dark Raiden taking over as the true Big Bad for the adventure mode. If this occurs, everyone, including the revenants, their un-corrupted selves, etc. would have to do an uneasy Enemy Mine to stop the corrupted thunder god from jeopardizing everything.
- Jossed. Kronika's goal is to completely erase Raiden from history, across ALL timelines. Dark Raiden ends up getting erased, but as per the rules of the Sands of Time, his existence is simply overwriten by Past Raiden.
- Jossed. He's just a mere lackey of Kronika who gets killed in Chapter 7.
- Nope, this Skarlet is from the past so those events never happened to her.
- Jossed. As the story progresses it becomes clear that Kronika is a Mad God, and fully a villain, while Dark Raiden ends up an Advertised Extra who gets replaced early on by the still benevolent past Raiden.
- Confirmed - but not in the relation to the aforementioned point. The ending depends on how much rounds were lost in the fight against Kronika. Two rounds ensure bad ending, one leads to the normal ending, and winning the fight without losing provides the best ending.
- Partially Jossed. Revenant!Scorpion and Grandmaster Hasashi did clash in a part of the story over Scorpion wanting to restore his family through Kronika's promises and Hasashi wanting to move forward with the renewed version of his clan rather than dangerously cling to the past. However, this clash would not be the all-encompassing lead of the plot that the other characters galvanized around, as that was left up to Kronika's own war with Liu Kang and Raiden.
- There's already an expy of Sonic in the Mortal Kombat universe: Kabal. He's fast, cocky, and has swords instead of spikes.
- Confirmed. Current Sonya dies at the end of the first chapter.
- Thankfully confirmed! Said longcoat is featured as one of his alternate costumes.
- Reiko will be a premier skin for Shao Khan.
- Sub Zero (Bi-Han) will be the premier skin for either Noob Sabiot or Sub Zero (Kuai Liang).
- A Christopher Lambert skin for Raiden, to go along with Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa coming back as Shang Tsung.
- Jarek skin for Kano
- Mavado skin for Kabal
- Khameleon skin for Kitana, Mileena(?), or Jade (If Khameleon isn't a playable character herself)
- Chameleon skin for one of the male Ninjas (Scorpion, Sub-Zero, etc.)
- Kai skin for Liu Kang
- Li Mei skin for Mileena (Unless Li Mei makes it onto the roster as unlockable or DLC)
- Havik skin for Shang Tsung (Unless Havik makes it onto the roster as unlockable or DLC)
- Tanya skin for Jade.
- Quan Chi skin for Shang Tsung.
- Sindel skin for Kitana.
- Jossed. Sindel herself is confirmed as DLC.
- A Sareena skin for Skarlet.
- Classic Sindel. More specifically, her personality is intact from the older with the classic skin on.
- Black Canary for Sindel: Dying Sindel's hair blonde and having a black costume with gear featuring a Domino Mask, black boots with stockings, and a bo staff.
- Cyborg for Jax: Jax's entire body goes enhance with gear featuring advance tech arms, Cyborg's symbol or S.T.A.R. Labs symbol on the buckle, and high tech shotgun.
Some possible premier skins for guest characters (Do note that as of this writing, these characters are unconfirmed and thus purely speculative) in order please those fans who dislike Guest Fighters taking slots for MK characters:
- Havik for Joker: Given that the Joker is all about stirring up chaos and bloodshed for his twisted amusement, Havik would fit.
- Blaze for Spawn: Admittedly a bit of a stretch, but given that Spawn has supernaturally derived powers and Blaze is himself a supernatural being, some of spawns powers will be fire based and in turn the Blaze skin will have some chains incorporated into his design in order to match Spawn's abilities.
- Cyrax and Sektor for Terminator: Unlikely given that the T-800 (which is the most likely one that will be used here) does not have the same agility as those two cyber Lin Kuei warriors and definitely has never used weapons like the ones they have, but it might be done for the sake of justifying Ed Boons pledge not to have unplayable NPC opponents again.
- Cyrax for Ash Williams: In the event that Terminator gets only Sektor as a skin, the Cyrax (who happens to have buzzsaws equipped as weapons) skin could be given to Ash Williams (who is presumably referenced as "Ash" in the leaked DLC list) with some of Ash's chainsaw attacks changed to match with the movements of the Cyrax skin.
- Likely Jossed. Although God Liu Kang can now direct time however he pleases, his God status all but guarantees that he can't participate in history the same way he originally did.
- Kai. A disgraced bum robbed of his destiny as Liu Kang's successor due to Raiden's time meddling, he becomes a servant of Kronika to help fix the timeline.
- Human Cyrax. Time travel makes it possible and his human design was pretty cool.
- Shinnok. Because you can't introduce his polar opposite sibling and then not provide us some means to make them fight each other.
- Havik, and perhaps someone from Orderrealm. If I count correctly, the new timeline has just about caught up to where the original one was with Deception or Armageddon.Hotaru: We must restore the stability of the Realms!Raiden: What is stability without justice?Hotaru: Your priorities are misordered.
- Art. Time to finally see what this guy's all about.
- Takeda and Kung Jin, of course. Just because there wasn't room in the story for them doesn't mean we can forget about them.
- Goro. It just doesn't seem complete without him, does it?
- SIRO: THE MOST IMPORTANT MORTAL KOMBAT CHARACTER!!
- PHELOUS I SWEAR TO GOD!
The biggest piece of evidence is Scorpion's Ladder ending: He uses the power of the hourglass to prevent the murders of his clan and family, but he fails every. Single. TIME. This leads him to realizing there are other Titans besides Kronika and promptly kills one, starting with possibly the one to benefit from the Shirai Ryu being massacred.
In one timeline, Kotal and Jade did find love in each other, and during that time, they had a child. With both of his parent's upbringing, the boy would grow into a powerful and skilled warrior. Kronika saw this potential, and took the child for herself. She used her power to make the boy into a fixed point in time, even giving him a new name: Geras.
But in order for her powerful enforcer to continue his existence, their parents need to have met and fall in love, regardless of whatever point in their lives they are. When they met during the time distortions, they remembered their past in the previous timeline, although it never happened in this one. This meeting continued Geras' existence and Kronika's plans continue.
If someone were to break this connection, remind Jade or Kotal who it is they really love, the manufactured love would vanish and Geras would die for good.
That's because the truth Sindel believes is also a lie. Shang Tsung managed to defeat her and bring her to his palace. Rather than brainwashing her again or possessing her with a banshee (which he considered), he opted for a more permanent way to keep her on Shao Kahn's side. Using his magic, he peered into her memories, and rewrote them.
The end result was more than even Tsung could imagine. Gone was the benevolent queen and loving mother. In her place was a evil tyrant and manipulative seductress, ever loyal to her lover, Shao Kahn. No longer needing to be controlled, Sindel now serves Kahn loyally. At least, that's what she wants them to think. Tsung's manipulations also gave her a sense of ambition. She patiently waits for the chance to overthrow Shao Kahn and take the throne of Outworld for herself.
Can Kitana's love for her mother snapped her out of this trance? Or is her mother dead for good?
- Also, other characters with significant differences between timelines were also subject to the same.
I was watching a video on YouTube where the person was saying it made no sense that she brought both villains AND heroes from the past to the present. So while he was talking I came up with a theory on the spot: either she didn't, or barring that, didn't mean to. Think about it, if she wanted to conquer all the realms, why would she bring forth the ONLY people who can stop her? Yeah she can just say "Fuck you" and reset the timeline, but that still begs the question, why would she? I think someone is actively trying to work against her and the other titans. Though who that is I have no idea.
- Problem is that is does make sense to bring forward heroes as well as villains. Each of the past heroes, aside from Kitana, ends up facing their future selves and most of them try to convince their past selves to turn against Raiden and join Kronika to ensure they avoid their future fates. Every success would strengthen her side and weaken Raiden's.
Bonus points if said Brutality is called "Your Move, Creep."
- Zig-zagged: While RoboCop does have a Brutality that involves shooting the opponent in the groin, the Brutality is named "That One Time", and the groin portion is exclusive only to male kombatants.
- Jossed, his ending has his limiters removed informing him of the sheer extent of OCP's corruption. He proceeds to enlist the Earthrealm's special forces to help take it down.
- Less likely, because according to Yakuza creator, Kiryu is less likely to guest-star in a fighting game because it will require him to fight women, and that would break his personal code of 'not beating up women' that he'd apply many times, let alone 'brutally kill' a woman per MK rule if he's pitted against one. Not even a 'Heroic Brutality', even to the biggest bitches in the game (D'Vorah, Reboot!Sindel). But Majima, on the other hand...
- Introduction of a never seen or heard of before that point villain that has apparently been orchestrating events from behind the scenes all along. (Though to be fair the same could be said of Onaga in the Original Timeline as well).
- Final battle involving two massive armies, including several heroes/villains.
- The final battle ends with all but 3 or 4 characters dead, though we don't find that part out Armaggedon until 9.
- General air of finality for the game.
Now of course Netherrealm wouldn't give up on one of their biggest series, especially with how well this one was received. So if they do make another game, it'll probably be another reboot.
OCP + Magic? = Uh-oh.
The cities in the T2 Alternate ending, and the glimpse of the future the Terminator made, have very similar appearances. Therefore, it's possible that, in the reality where John Conner became a senator, and Sarah became a grandmother, that same future was possible BECAUSE man and machine cooperated rather than fought.