The official trailer for Mortal Kombat 1 has lastly dropped, Early Entry is right here, and for Customary Version house owners, the game that’s in our blood will soon be in your hands.
Whereas most gamers will understandably be most inquisitive about diving into the preventing of this preventing sport, I, as a Mortal Kombat lore nut, am notably within the new historical past of the Mortal Kombat universe in Liu Kang’s New Period.
From Baraka’s species shifting right into a illness just like feral ghouls from the Fallout universe to Kuai Liang taking Hanzo Hisashi’s place as Scorpion, rather a lot is totally different within the New Period. And naturally, with questions comes the will for solutions.
Listed here are 5 questions I want answered most in Mortal Kombat 1.
5. The place is Fujin?
Fujin has had a little bit of a tough time all through Mortal Kombat historical past. Launched in Mortal Kombat Mythologies: Sub-Zero, a sport many Mortal Kombat followers would like to overlook. He was formally launched in Mortal Kombat 4, one of many much less well-received mainline video games. Absent from Deception, thought of by many the best within the Mortal Kombat franchise.
However Fujin has had some shiny spots within the NRS period of Mortal Kombat. He is had some top-tier playing cards in MK Cellular and made a pleasant comeback in Mortal Kombat 11 (Notable Mortal Kombat YouTuber, The4thSnake, thinks Fujin had the best story chapter in MK history. He makes a powerful case for it).
My solely query is that this: The place is Fujin now? With Raiden rendered a mortal on the finish of Mortal Kombat 11 and Liu Kang restarting historical past, what occurred to Earthrealm’s Wind God? Does his wind nonetheless information us? Are he and Raiden nonetheless brothers? Is he nonetheless a demigod and not associated to Raiden?
Intros between Kung Lao and Liu Kang revealed that New Period Raiden has a sister. Is his sister a genderswapped Fujin? Is Fujin now Fujina?
It will be a disgrace for NRS to sideline Fujin proper as he was gaining momentum in recognition and relevance once more.
4. How will Tarkatans stick round long-term?
I positively want Liu Kang to elucidate why he hated Tarkatans a lot that he turned their race right into a illness. However greater than that, I want somebody to inform me the way it will even be doable for Tarkatans to stay round long-term.
Tarkat illness is despised and feared by Outworld’s residents. Presumably, the best-case state of affairs is somebody finds a everlasting treatment. That may imply no extra Tarkatans.; together with traditional characters like Baraka and Mileena.
The choice is that there isn’t any treatment, however Baraka, in his reveal trailer, said all these contaminated with Tarkat would ultimately fall into insanity and that solely demise can set them free. In different phrases, Tarkatans will eventually stop to exist.
The second different is that there is a treatment that halts the insanity a part of Tarkat illness however would not absolutely treatment these bothered. That may enable Tarkatans to stay round, however they’re few in quantity and presumably cannot reproduce. That places them in a everlasting state of near-extinction ought to anybody resolve Outworld is healthier off with out Tarkatans.
Irrespective of the way you take a look at it, it will likely be exhausting for Tarkatans to stay round within the New Period.
3. What occurred to Edenia?
When NRS revealed the primary few trailers of Mortal Kombat 1, I believed we had been Edenia. It turned out to be Outworld. It is positively not an Outworld we have grown accustomed to seeing. It is too colourful. It wants extra our bodies sticking on pikes.
All indicators level to Edenia not current, however characters in-game reference Edenia. So, what occurred to it? Shao is not Khan within the New Period, so who would have achieved one thing to Edenia? If Liu Kang crafted the New Period to be higher than the final, why does the realm of Edenia appear to not exist? What occurred to the Edenian gods, together with Argus? Is Rain nonetheless the son of Argus? What about Taven and Daegon?
It has been a number of a long time, and Edenia nonetheless cannot catch a break.
2. How is Shang Tsung nonetheless alive?
Bear in mind when Liu Kang mentioned this on the finish of Mortal Kombat 11 Aftermath?
I do not learn about the remainder of you, however I all the time took this as Liu Kang stating he plans to erase Shang Tsung from the timeline completely.
I suppose not, for the reason that first 17 minutes of Mortal Kombat 1’s story reveals Shang Tsung alive and properly (In addition to a snake-oil salesman, may be anyway).
The person is clearly far too harmful to be left alive, but right here he’s. Why? Shang Tsung is only a human. Why would it not be troublesome for Liu Kang to erase a human from the timeline? Kronika removed the Elder Gods.
On one hand, I perceive why Shang Tsung is right here. It is Mortal Kombat 1. How may you’ve gotten a Mortal Kombat 1 with out the primary huge dangerous of the collection? Nevertheless it nonetheless would not make a lot sense for him to be alive.
1. Who can truly pose a menace to Liu Kang?
Now we have witnessed Fireplace God Liu Kang effortlessly annihilate a military. We have seen him defeat Cetrion-infused, crown-wearing Kronika and Cetrion-infused, Kronika-absorbed, crown-wearing Shang Tsung. Who in all of the realms may critically give this man any problem at this level?
I do know folks have speculated that Onaga is the villain of Mortal Kombat 1, however even when he’s, the Dragon King is way decrease on the totem pole than Kronika, a being who stands above Elder Gods. He isn’t highly effective sufficient to be a menace to Liu Kang.
My solely guess is Liu Kang goes to stay to this principally hands-off strategy to managing the realms, which might enable for room for mortals to be the heroes as a substitute of him. In any other case, NRS has their work minimize out on introducing somebody who may truly pose a problem to suped-up Fireplace God Liu Kang.
