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Mortal Kombat 1 Discussion Thread
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I also think the Hourglass allows one to manipulate fate, tho it heavily depends on one's proficiency with it and likely individual actions, since Kronika failed to achieve her perfect timeline uncountable times and other characters had to restart it over and over again in their endings.
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Yeah but I remember that being rejected for some reason. Also
comiccon2023.sched.com
MK1 news and new gameplay coming July 21, featuring a panel that has Boon, Dom, and three VAs for MK1 including Yuri Lowenthal (Smoke), Vincent Rodriguez III (Raiden) and Kelly Hu, whose role in MK1 is TBA but she's known for voicing D'Vorah in the last two MKs. Some surprise guest panelists are joining them too
Comic-Con 2023: Resetting Mortal Kombat: A New Beginning...
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comiccon2023.sched.com
MK1 news and new gameplay coming July 21, featuring a panel that has Boon, Dom, and three VAs for MK1 including Yuri Lowenthal (Smoke), Vincent Rodriguez III (Raiden) and Kelly Hu, whose role in MK1 is TBA but she's known for voicing D'Vorah in the last two MKs. Some surprise guest panelists are joining them too
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No, please no D'Vorah, I can't take any more of her shenanigansYeah but I remember that being rejected for some reason. Also
Comic-Con 2023: Resetting Mortal Kombat: A New Beginning...
View more about this event at Comic-Con 2023
MK1 news and new gameplay coming July 21, featuring a panel that has Boon, Dom, and three VAs for MK1 including Yuri Lowenthal (Smoke), Vincent Rodriguez III (Raiden) and Kelly Hu, whose role in MK1 is TBA but she's known for voicing D'Vorah in the last two MKs. Some surprise guest panelists are joining them too
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D'Vorah seems like a threat that Liu Kang would preemptively erase from his New Era. She's a snake with potential to be a danger to the peace he keeps. I imagine Kelly Hu will voice a new character (she's going to voice Ashrah in the latest MK animated movie)
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My guess is Ashrah since she’s also in the JK movie and she’s a wanted charzxter
also I found new Onslaught stuff
I’ll split this more professionally later but yeah it’s mostly recycled assets from MK11 (the Raiden animation is from an intro). What’s wild though is Full Power Shinnok can destroy Realms somehow (depending on how big those are in this continuity that could be wild).
less crazy is Shao is so feared by Outworld not even Goro is willing to fight him, with Kitana herself implying she’d need the Shokan for any challenge of Shao
also I found new Onslaught stuff
- Liu Kang can summon the MK dragon behind an opponent in gameplay (like his Blow in 11)
- Shao again taught Skarlet blood Magic (so he’d probably get all her stuff) (story mode)
- Kitana might get Weapon Control for calling her fans back to her (gameplay)
- Tanya is “quite skilled with the NerherRealm’s Magic” (story mode)
- seemingly Kung Lao can summon the Great Kung Lao in combat (gameplay)
- Raiden can summon his staff from lightning (gameplay)
- Quan Chi can conjure fiery portals (gameplay)
- Shang shoots fireballs (gameplay)
I’ll split this more professionally later but yeah it’s mostly recycled assets from MK11 (the Raiden animation is from an intro). What’s wild though is Full Power Shinnok can destroy Realms somehow (depending on how big those are in this continuity that could be wild).
less crazy is Shao is so feared by Outworld not even Goro is willing to fight him, with Kitana herself implying she’d need the Shokan for any challenge of Shao
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Shinnok also granted Tanya powers like
Tanya can also beat a fatigued Kitana in Kombat, worth noting she’s absolutely fatigued here though so it’s not a one to one (and she loses after lmao). Speaking of Kitana, she can use her weapons to fly much like in the main games, consistent with an attack of hers in the game.
Quan Chi is the main thing though, with prep he can cast a "spell of resurrection", allowing him to revive Sindel. Also worth noting the language seems to imply he's making her evil like in MK9 so, unless this is an MK11 situation, he'd get Mind Manipulation as well. Quan Chi also just summons Oni lmao, man is calling the jobbers.
In general I’d argue he’s the most impressive character from a hax perspective, especially when gameplay buffs are considered. Shang Tsung can create Mileena as expected (seemingly by "merging essences") which isn’t crazy but nice to see he has it
- Oni Summoning
- Portal Creation/Dimensional Travel (even going so far as to alter the destination of other portals)
Tanya can also beat a fatigued Kitana in Kombat, worth noting she’s absolutely fatigued here though so it’s not a one to one (and she loses after lmao). Speaking of Kitana, she can use her weapons to fly much like in the main games, consistent with an attack of hers in the game.
Quan Chi is the main thing though, with prep he can cast a "spell of resurrection", allowing him to revive Sindel. Also worth noting the language seems to imply he's making her evil like in MK9 so, unless this is an MK11 situation, he'd get Mind Manipulation as well. Quan Chi also just summons Oni lmao, man is calling the jobbers.
In general I’d argue he’s the most impressive character from a hax perspective, especially when gameplay buffs are considered. Shang Tsung can create Mileena as expected (seemingly by "merging essences") which isn’t crazy but nice to see he has it
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Yooo
Gonna read all of these soon
Gonna read all of these soon
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Ok on Shinnok's bestowing such powers to Tanya
Seems like Quan Chi had to draw from Shinnok's power (which was sealed in the Crown of Jerrod) to resurrect her, perhaps why he needed it for the resurrection spell.
Also it looks like soul stones and their magic properties have returned from Deception (except they channel the Netherrealm's dark magic now, though it probably sounds like it still restores magic), probably implies that the Netherrealm might drain magic like in the Midway games and MKvsDC
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We’d also likely assume he could replicate them no? Especially since the Klarion already gives Summoning of Oni
Yep, it’s also possible there’s more specific magic connecting it to Kitana (since she mentions feeling something in its presence)
That I didn’t catch, would be interesting if that and Scorpion’s Empowerment Carries over
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Yeah the Klarion is one of the relics containing Shinnok's severed power so he scales to it
What is this specific magic connected to Kitana?
For that to happen NRS would have to reveal the Netherrealm's lower planes of existence, especially the fifth plane. Needs to be explicitly stated that they drain magic too
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MK1 is already an massive improvement from MK11, god the previous game is basically "no fun allowed" with all of that stupid mechanics
Tho the trash zoning syndrome are still going to be around likely so f*** me lel
Tho the trash zoning syndrome are still going to be around likely so f*** me lel
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Yeah it's already looking nuts, some characters look like they're still their good old selves with more options while some are transformed completely like puppet character Kenshi and pure rushdown Johnny Cage. Actual 30% - 50% combos with more meterless launchers and kameos instead of doing very specific conditoins is insane
Game does seem slow in terms of movement like the dashes, even moreso than MK11, but I think the krazy stuff that kameos give you fix that plus NRS seems to acknowledge the problem for now
Zoning is always going to be strong in NRS games, but at least for now it doesn't look like the Injustice games. At least MK1 Sub-Zero has two projectiles that destroy other projectiles like his enhanced ice ball and his ice klone charge with or without meter
Game does seem slow in terms of movement like the dashes, even moreso than MK11, but I think the krazy stuff that kameos give you fix that plus NRS seems to acknowledge the problem for now
Zoning is always going to be strong in NRS games, but at least for now it doesn't look like the Injustice games. At least MK1 Sub-Zero has two projectiles that destroy other projectiles like his enhanced ice ball and his ice klone charge with or without meter
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Kenshi just breath and then in the second you lost more than half of your health bar
The first Kombat Kast indicated that they have increased the speed iirc, Kano is faster now
Ehm....Cetrion, Robocop, Skarlet?
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What's insane is that his puppet ghost (or spirit ancestor as the game calls it) is that it can turn any string that doesn't launch into an actual launcher with what seems to be his overhead sword slice thing. Seems like he's going to be this game's Geras where he starts out super strong in the early stage but gets nerfed over time but still top tier. Kenshi always cooking throughout MK9 to MK1Kenshi just breath and then in the second you lost more than half of your health bar
The first Kombat Kast indicated that they have increased the speed iirc, Kano is faster now
Ehm....Cetrion, Robocop, Skarlet?
Yeah that was one of the first things I noticed. I get that Kano wants to disrespect his opponent but there's a fight going on mate
Not sure what you're trying to say with these three, I get that they're super annoying zoners but that's it. We don't even how zoning is going to be in this game apart from a glimpse of Rain's gameplay, plus there's less maximum space between fighters than previous games.
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New voice actors for Mortal Kombat 1 revealed so far
- Kaiji Von Tang (English dub for Jujutsu Kaisen, Guilty Gear, Ghost of Tsushima, the Fate stay/night movies) as Bi-Han
- Alan Lee (Engilsh dub for Genshin Impact, One Punch Man) as Shang Tsung
- Yuri Lowenthal (do I even need to say anything about this legend) as Smoke
- Vincent Rodriguez III (first video game VA role, but has roles in The Ghost and Molly McGee and Crazy Ex-Girlfriend) as Raiden
- Daisuke Tsuji (Ghost of Tsushima) as Scorpion
- Noshir Dalal (Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice, No More Heroes 3) as Rain
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Kinda of bummer that Hiroyuki Togawa didn't reprise his role as Shang Tsung in this installment lel
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Tagawa was great in MK11 and Aftermath, but it seems like Shang Tsung is going to be younger in this game, so they probably chose not to use old Shang who was wiped out from the timeline. There were leaks saying that this young Shang is going to be manipulated by Damashi, the deceptive astral puppet of the long gone MK antagonist Onaga.
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I'm more buying on the theory that this Shang Tsung is the MK11 Shang Tsung from Aftermath Bad Ending that invaded Liu Kang New World but the one you said here could be true
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A bit of a shame Steve Blum isn't reprising his role as Sub-Zero, but the new VA sounds good
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Gonna be honest, MK 9 Shao felt the most menacing considering he ALWAYS CURBED STOMPED ME IN THE STORY MODE
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It can't be Shang from the bad ending because both FG Liu and Keeper of Time Shang come from the same timeline/universe where they fought for the Hourglass. Since he was erased canonically, this Shang can't come back unless there was another timeline where FG Liu and KoT Shang fought each other to claim the Hourglass.
His role in MKX was the best imo, especially with how his mask in that game gave him a cool voice filter
Would appreciate a link to that
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That's basically what i wanted to say lel
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Hm interesting, looks like Frost and Kotal are coming up and Jade seems to be the next hero of the chapter
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So from what I'm seeing, Kitana is a high tier now and looks like Frost has already left the Lin Kuei to serve Outworld. Apparently she broke Kotal and put him in a wheelchair she did it through unknown means. I somehow thought that she has become a cyborg now.
Fighting game scaling amirite
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Yeah Frost left back in Scorpion's chapter lmao, I guess she immediately got a job with the Outworld bois (really think this fits someone like Kollector more). I could defo see this being how the Cyber LK and her MK11 upgrades become a thing though (since Sektor and CYrax are coming eventually)
Honestly I'm beginning to wonder if there even is tiering in Onslaught, Fujin is controlled by Skarlet and loses to Johnny Cage for instance, the only real consensus seems to be that Shinnok is the GOAT
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Why peoples are so salty over tier 7 removal and universal stuff downgrade? Like labelled MK as a doomed verse because of that
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Where?
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WinkWinkThatMKRevisionPart2threadWinkWink
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Eh frankly it's not that bad, it's just a disagreement and nothing more
MK1 is around the corner and a new trailer is coming up so let's look forward to that, maybe things can change
MK1 is around the corner and a new trailer is coming up so let's look forward to that, maybe things can change
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I know but the aggresiveness over it aren't healthy at all and made it looks worse
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Well if it's any comfort, you can't say MK is a doomed verse because there's literally a huge game coming up. A future with lots of things to get busy with if not a doomed future. Better to have something to get busy with than leaving MK in the dust. There's big potential for upgrades and how we tier MK as a whole in this site (Scorpion explicitly melting metal and Bi-Han seemingly dispersing a snowstorm is huge) and even potentially uniting the timelines after the NRS era changed so much with the constant retcons
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Exactly, so all of that was an overexaggeration
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Don't forget
Geras is leaked so we already have possible scaling if not outright upscaling from the previous Era's top tiers like Shao
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