Oooh, I missed a whole conversation, didn't I?
Seems like the a lot of the roster has leaked from a reliable MK11/Aftermath leaker
https://www.reddit.com/r/Mortalkombatleaks/comments/13nhzsn/reliable_leaker_r00000r_confirms_caps_leaks_about/
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Liu Kang
Raiden
Johnny Cage
Reptile
Kano
Scorpion
Sub Zero
Sonya Blade
Kung Lao
Kitana
Mileena
Cyborg (unnamed which one)
Rain
Fujin
Reiko
Tanya
Nitara
Ashrah
Havik
Cassie Cage
Shang Tsung
Newcomer - Sorceress (Black voodoo lady?)
Newcomer - Pink LGBT Yass Queen Ninja (Floyd?
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Sounds like a very meh starting roster. Don't get me wrong, I love Rain and Nitara, but I hope thats not all. Also, Pink LGBT Ninja? Ha! If this wasn't from the guy who leaked Aftermath, I would pass this leak as a joke. Because as a gay man, I would absolutely LOVE an actual pink gay ninja and since this is close enough to be a stereotype (as in "pink = gay", just like "goth older woman = evil backstabbing cunt" and "least feminine woman in the roster = feminist stereotype"), I believe they would actually do something like that. But at the same time, I don't trust any big company to bring representation to their roster, so I honestly don't know what to think.
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damn, still no love for Shujinko...
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I mean, he has no moves of his own, what would he bring? They would end up having to remake the character, so they might as well just add someone else.
After John Tobias left the franchise, creativity for new MK games ended.
MK9 is a great game because it's MK, MK2, MK3 with story changes.
I'm pretty disappointed with this MK reboot 
I am not satisfied with what was shown either, but you can't be disappointed with something you know nothing about. Besides, it wasn't John Tobias leaving, it was simply WB, they're parasites, MK9 was the best overall game because it was a testing ground for the franchise, so that WB could claim they had it, then it went downhill with their stupid schemes.
Restart of restart is what then?
After the end of MK9, the story only got worse, and MKX is proof of that. MK11 tried to fix MKX's history by changing MK9's history (they were all dead in the end), and why do all that? To finally do another restart?
Just with everything that happened in the last few games is reason enough to doubt a good and creative story
And just remembering: I thought it was really cool that your avatar changes when you refresh the page 
MK11 tried to fix nothing. First off, MK9's story was already mediocre, it made many characters stupid and inferior to their original counterparts, notably Shao Kahn suddenly becoming a dumb gorilla instead of a smart strategic mind that had the muscles and magic to back it up. Hell, MK9 didn't even follow up MKA, it completely ignored Taven's existence and they had to pretend they had planned this as an alternate timeline when it clearly was a poorly written followup to Armageddon. MKX did indeed fail to follow the setups from MK9, but at the very least the new characters were an attempt at doing something completely new. And MK11 did absolutely fuck all to fix anything, Kronika was brought into existence out of nowhere and almost every character became inconsistent in multiple ways, hell, even Kronika didn't work with the rules set up in the story for her. It was a disaster from beginning to end.
My guess as to why MKX had a sudden change was that with MK9 being so successful, there is no reason to put any effort and respect into the story moving forward anymore. MK11 is a testament to that as it didn't matter what the outcome was, folks will still buy it in droves. Otherwise, we never would have gotten Sindel's plot twist. Ed Boon is just approving anything on the go lately.
It didn't help with MK11 following a formula for every encounter. Player 1 meets Enemy 1. Player 1 makes a quip reference something happening right now or in the past, be it either in the old or current timeline. Rinse repeat. MK9 felt like there were higher stakes and emotional sacrifices. MK11 showed it didn't mattered as the whole universe became a singularity once again as spoken right in the beginning.
MK1's story will be all right, just don't expect it to be the same quality as MK9 even with the reset timeline. We are still dealing with time-travel nonsense with Shang Tsung ffs
I don't expect it to even be alright to begin with. At least in MK11 it was obvious nobody cared about the story, when Sindel's lines were leaked, anyone with the slightest knowledge of her character expected her to still be brainwashed OR for the leaks to be fake, and she was only ONE example of characters being written like shit in this timeline. The PS2 era had flaws, but at least it tried to stay consistent with its plot, MK11 failed to be consistent with itself, let alone with the rest. It wouldn't surprise me in the slightest if the writers wanted to do something better, but were limited by higher ups in some capacity, Boon may be the project lead, but he is not the true boss, the WB higher ups are.
