Asian Kitana

[RayoSombrio]

A big mistake man...I have a thing for asian ladies, but this character was always portrayed as latina. I feel like this game is wrong in many ways. They changed too many things.

[Tyrone Biggums]

she was always asian

[RayoSombrio]

Originally posted by Leonmitchelli:

she was always asian

Proof of that? Because the character was played by Talisa Soto and Becky Gable and they don't look asian to me.

[Tyrone Biggums]

everyone in the game is asian

[RayoSombrio]

Originally posted by Leonmitchelli:

everyone in the game is asian

Oh yeah, even Jax and Jacqui are asian

[Kuriishi]

Originally posted by Leonmitchelli:

she was always asian

Uh, okay?[oi53.tinypic.com] If you say so[insidemk.altervista.org]

[Tyrone Biggums]

Originally posted by RayoSombrio:

Originally posted by Leonmitchelli:

everyone in the game is asian

Oh yeah, even Jax and Jacqui are asian

black asian

[RayoSombrio]

Originally posted by Kurisu:

Originally posted by Leonmitchelli:

she was always asian

Uh, okay?[oi53.tinypic.com] If you say so[insidemk.altervista.org]

Totally asian man...

[RayoSombrio]

Originally posted by eternalblue10:

The best part of it is that Jade is also Edenian as Kitana, but she isn't asian at all in MK11. And of course Kitana wasn't in any of the past titles asian, this is the first time to force more diversity in this game, because you know... Liu Kang is asian so she needs to be also xD.

Man, that couple was perfect. The fact Kitana was not asian made their relationship more interesting. Now, this will make it just too simple. And also, this means they will also turn Mileena into an asian when she makes a comeback.

[ベルカイ]

Latina? You may say Middle East or Persian style for MKX but not Latina. I will copy-paste u/NoiseFetish post here from reddit. I hope these are enough..

Originally posted by u/NoiseFetish:

Reason 1: According to last Kombat Kast Steve's Lore Minute, Kitana was originally intended to be in MK1 and be Shang Tsung's daughter named either Kitsune or Katsune (I didn't hear it too clearly) so she was supposed to be an outworlder. Instead she got cut and moved to MK2.

Reason 2: In MK2 in her ending (which was retconned a bit over the years) it states that she finds out that her parents were the rulers of... outworld. So Kitana was intended an outworlder (guess there was no Edenia at this point yet) and outworlders have Asian appearance/culture.

Reason 3: The whole "Ninja" aspect. I'm aware that technically only Scorpion is a ninja as he's the only Japanese among them (I guess that makes Takeda a ninja too as he studied with Shirai-Ryu?) but we can use it as a shorthand for "japanese culture influenced assassins". That is further supported by the hairstyle worn by not only Kitana and Mileena but also Jade in MK3 (and also in the classic MK3 skin in MK9 for those characters). And you might object to "but they weren't played by Asians in those early games", well, neither was Scorpion or Sub Zero.

Reason 4: Weapons... and I'll cover here again both Mileena and Kitana. We all know Mileena's sais are a real traditional weapon... Well, so are Kitana's fans. Did some quick googling and I ran into this: Japanese War Fan, there's even a martial art based on fan use called Tessenjutsu.

Reason 5: Kitana's Jingu costume is most likely a reference to Empress Jingū who supposedly ruled around year 201 but not many solid dates or details are known about her rule.

+Her name is the key here.

Originally posted by https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kitana:

According to Tobias, her original name was rejected for being Japanese and thus not compatible with "Shang and Shao who were both Chinese in origin" (before the games "ultimately became a hodgepodge of nonsensical Asian mythological hooha anyway"), and the name Kitana was created as "a combo of Kitsune & Katana" that would sound "generically Asian enough."

[Kuriishi]

Originally posted by Apples:

Originally posted by Leonmitchelli:

she was always asian

This woman[en.wikipedia.org] lent her likeness to Kitana in Mortal Kombat II, her first appearance in Mortal Kombat. So no, she wasn't always Asian.

Oohh, that's where "latina" comes from then, I guess

[ベルカイ]

Even Tobias says she is asian. Can u pls stop this nonsense? Read my whole comment up there pls? I will quote again..

Originally posted by Roffron:

Latina? You may say Middle East or Persian style for MKX but not Latina. I will copy-paste u/NoiseFetish post here from reddit. I hope these are enough..

Originally posted by u/NoiseFetish:

Reason 1: According to last Kombat Kast Steve's Lore Minute, Kitana was originally intended to be in MK1 and be Shang Tsung's daughter named either Kitsune or Katsune (I didn't hear it too clearly) so she was supposed to be an outworlder. Instead she got cut and moved to MK2.

Reason 2: In MK2 in her ending (which was retconned a bit over the years) it states that she finds out that her parents were the rulers of... outworld. So Kitana was intended an outworlder (guess there was no Edenia at this point yet) and outworlders have Asian appearance/culture.

Reason 3: The whole "Ninja" aspect. I'm aware that technically only Scorpion is a ninja as he's the only Japanese among them (I guess that makes Takeda a ninja too as he studied with Shirai-Ryu?) but we can use it as a shorthand for "japanese culture influenced assassins". That is further supported by the hairstyle worn by not only Kitana and Mileena but also Jade in MK3 (and also in the classic MK3 skin in MK9 for those characters). And you might object to "but they weren't played by Asians in those early games", well, neither was Scorpion or Sub Zero.

Reason 4: Weapons... and I'll cover here again both Mileena and Kitana. We all know Mileena's sais are a real traditional weapon... Well, so are Kitana's fans. Did some quick googling and I ran into this: Japanese War Fan, there's even a martial art based on fan use called Tessenjutsu.

Reason 5: Kitana's Jingu costume is most likely a reference to Empress Jingū who supposedly ruled around year 201 but not many solid dates or details are known about her rule.

+Her name is the key here.

Originally posted by https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kitana:

According to Tobias, her original name was rejected for being Japanese and thus not compatible with "Shang and Shao who were both Chinese in origin" (before the games "ultimately became a hodgepodge of nonsensical Asian mythological hooha anyway"), and the name Kitana was created as "a combo of Kitsune & Katana" that would sound "generically Asian enough."

[Manta]

I'm not sure why people are bringing this up now, not sooner.

We could already tell by the screenshots that Kitana was going to appear asian even before the kombat kast and trailer.

But only after that it somehow suddenly seemed to be an issue for people.

Either way, I don't mind. I'm neutral about it, it doesn't matter to me.

[RayoSombrio]

Boon says now she is asian because WB told him to turn her into asian or what? I don't remember her being asian in MKX and that is something anyone can see clearly.

[RayoSombrio]

Originally posted by AutomaticRifleReborn:

Originally posted by Apples:

Those games are still canon. So if she's not Asian then she doesn't magically become Asian now, but then I suppose this is NeatherRealm Studios, they can't even keep konsistent in their new lore.

That's called a retcon and it's something that the MK universe has been doing forever.

A concept a select few here can't mentally comprehend..

They always keep changing the race of characters that were white...suspicious...

[Kuriishi]

Kitana in the last games tho; MK9[oi53.tinypic.com] MKX[insidemk.altervista.org]