John Cena in MK instead of Mortal Kombat characters is exactly what's wrong with gaming today

[King Hadu]

We are all so excited for the guy who does fake moves in fake wrestling.

Who cares about Mortal Kombat characters like Stryker and Kabal and Robot Smoke and Noob Saibot or Jade etc etc

After all it's not like this game is called Mortal Kombat, better to sell useless movie advertisements and have MKX and MK 11 clogged with useless SPAM to advertise other games when you log in.

Why isn't the authorities in charge doing something about this crap?

[Larry]

You're a little late on this.

[Antasmunchie]

You've been posting only troll threads for a while now. Why did you just now decide to make a somewhat valid complaint that other people actually share? Bait thread ig

[Hype Seal]

I don't like guest characters in general in any video games. First happened so called "de-sexualization of woman" which means turns female into males and then... and then guest characters happened... I will give a funny example: If I would want to play as Leatherface, then I would play the game dedicated to Leatherface... Same with other actors/characters in videogames right now. SoulCalibur had the Witcher, really? Cyberpunk had... the guy that killed the Anderson in Matrix etc etc. I get it that its about to get the promotion and attention of the product but these characters usually simply doesn't belong to the franchise it's like in new Mortal Kombat Scorpion the iconic character o MK series would fight the Tinky Winky from teletubbies because he is so popular under "T" rated content and everything seems to be "T" rated now anyway. It... just... dont... fit...

And before you kill me with your stupid COUNTER ANSWERS or something just please remember I'm a human.. bean... like.. you...too..so please no hurt... just peace.. love... honor..and capriciossa pizza (no italian mafia, im polish)

But honestly jokes aside, I said the truth. Tinky Winky or any guest characters doesn't belong to MK, guest characters doesn't belong to video games. They are unwanted guests. They are just BLOCKING THE SLOT FOR THE GOOD OLD CHARACTERS SO RATHER THAN THEM THE GUEST CHARACTER IS ADDED! But money talks there, everybhody wants the gust charakter, okay dokay. Anyway maybe just bring back "M" aka MATURE to be a real MATURE content! Because generally now games and movies rated "M" are anything if just like the one "F" word goes around like 2 HOURS OF MOVIE or if does a character use it oh so called forbidden word and boom its actually a "M" rated game like wtf dude? Lets get back to the past, get back to the reality, rather than we got now, lets build sandcastles again.

[Hype Seal]

Originally posted by rk:

I stop reading at "Robot Smoke"

But you did read "Stryker". My boy!

[mylene.pc]

tbh I kinda agree even if I love guest in MK.
MKX/MK11 guest were famous killers such as Jason, Terminator and stuff, MK1 guest are some american superhero clowns lol. I would prefer to play as Kotal instead of
Peacemaker or Omniman that nobody knows outside usa lol (even homelander isnt that famous tho.)

big deception by the guest choice for this mortal kombat

[QUAKETALLICA]

Quit getting your panties in a bunch, OP.

If you've played the past several MK (and Injustice) games, you know there's a formula or a pattern to how they include characters on the roster. You can think of it like the songs played in a live venue by a band.

There's the A-Listers---Johnny, Rayden, Sonya, Scorpion, Sub-Zero, Liu Kang, Kung Lao, Kitana, Mileena, Jax (effectively the characters from the first two games) These guys are like the band's big hits. They're played at every show (appear in every new game.)

Then there's the B-Listers---these guys typically appear once or twice (often in DLC rather than base game) in a row, then they're cycled out to give room for a different character. These are ones like Cyrax & Sektor, Smoke & Noob, Jade, Kabal, Stryker, Sheeva, Kenshi, etc.

These are akin to the band's deeper cuts, less well known to a general crowd but perhaps a cult favorite of the more hardcore fans. They appear every now and again, and if they were there last time, then a different one will appear this time.

For e.g., Kotal Kahn and Erron Black appeared twice in MK 11 and X, so this time they're out. Previously, Ermac and Reptile were in MK 9 and MK X, so in MK 11 they were out, but now in MK 1 Reptile is back in again. Baraka and Rain were there in MK 9, out in X (except in campaign) then back in again for 11.

So it's just the way the dice fall. If they're not here this time, it's usually because they were just there in the last game, or last two. You can rest assured they will return in the following game.

It has really nothing to do with the special guest characters, which is a separate tradition they've been doing since Freddy Kreuger appearing in MK 9.

[peacesFGC twitch.tv]

real fighting games like sf dont have guests

[wpykdg]

Originally posted by peacesFGC twitch.tv:

real fighting games like sf dont have guests

Yet.

[King Hadu]

Originally posted by rk:

I stop reading at "Robot Smoke"

no the Robot Smoke part is to highlight that even that character is a superior fit for MK than John Cena.