History WMG / MortalKombat

* One of the visions Raiden sends to his past self is that of Raiden's fight with Taven in Armageddon's Konquest Mode. It's also been confirmed by {{Word of God}} that Shao Kahn is the one who killed Blaze rather than Taven, who curiously isn't visible in MK9's intro cutscene. Going from all of that, when Raiden fought Taven, he did something to prevent Taven from reaching the pyramid and completing his quest, be it killing him or injuring him to the point that he retreated or was left lick his wounds. Whichever happened, Taven didn't get to the pyramid before Shao Kahn killed Blaze and gained his power, giving him enough to kill Raiden and conquer the realms...if Raiden didn't send his visions to his past self.

[[WMG: Frost will be a playable character in MK10...[[spoiler: as the new Sub-Zero]]]].

[[WMG: Raiden didn't really [[spoiler: avert Armageddon]]]].

* [[WMG: Raiden stopped Taven from reaching Blaze's Pyramid]].

* It was pointed by Sonya in Nightwolf's chapter in MK9's story mode that Raiden could have been seeing visions of possible futures rather than one single future. [[spoiler: Going from that, even if Shao Kahn is gone forever, he's not the only character who has both the power and personality to make a play for Blaze's power when the time comes. One example being Onaga, who was confirmed to both still exist and to have been the previous ruler of Outworld prior to Shao Kahn overthrowing him in the alternate timeline that most of MK9 occurs in. Another one is Daegon, who considering his ties to the Red Dragon as it's founder as well as how the plans of Argus and Delia have been around for centuries, shouldn't be written off. It will turn out that while Raiden's medallion was fixed, it was only showing visions from the future where Shao Kahn won Armaggeddon and with Shao Kahn's death, the medallion would have been fixed with it either not being capable of accounting for alternate futures or it has yet to be used to send a message from a future where Armageddon was triggered without Shao Kahn]].

[[WMG: Raiden didn't really [spoiler: avert Armageddon]]]].
* It was pointed by Sonya in Nightwolf's chapter in MK9's story mode that Raiden could have been seeing visions of possible futures rather than one single future. [[spoiler: Going from that, even if Shao Kahn is gone forever, he's not the only character who has both the power and personality to make a play for Blaze's power when the time comes. One example being Onaga, who was confirmed to both still exist and to have been the previous ruler of Outworld prior to Shao Kahn overthrowing him in the alternate timeline that most of MK9 occurs in. Another one is Daegon, who considering his ties to the Red Dragon as it's founder as well as how the plans of Argus and Delia have been around for centuries. It will turn out that while Raiden's medallion was fixed, it was only showing visions from the future where Shao Kahn won Armaggeddon and with Shao Kahn's death, the medallion would have been fixed with it either not being capable of accounting for alternate futures or it has yet to be used to send a message from a future where Armageddon was triggered without Shao Kahn]].

* [[spoiler: Both Bi-Han and Kuai-Liang are dead or otherwise not in a position to serve as Sub-Zero for the Lin-Kuei]]. It's doubtful that the Grandmaster [[spoiler: (who may very well be Sektor going by his ladder ending in MK9, and as such could be more receptive to Frost's personality than Kuai-Liang was in the original timeline) will sit on his laurels in the time period between MK9 and MK10 in light of such a loss of manpower rather than see it that the void left by the deaths of the last 2 Sub-Zeros is filled. Now, Frost is currently the only other individual that we know of who is both capable of performing the abilities that the rank of Sub-Zero is known for and is also alive within the time period of MK4 to Deadly Alliance. As such, it would not be surprising to see Frost in MK10 serving as the latest Sub-Zero.]]

* [[spoiler: Both Bi-Han and Kuai-Liang are dead or otherwise not in a position to serve as Sub-Zero for the Lin-Kuei]]. It's doubtful that the Grandmaster ([[spoiler: who may very well be Sektor going by his ladder ending in MK9, and as such could be more receptive to Frost's personality than Kuai-Liang was in the original timeline) will sit on his laurels in the time period between MK9 and MK10 in light of such a loss of manpower rather than see it that the void left by the deaths of the last 2 Sub-Zeros is filled. Now, Frost is currently the only other individual that we know of who is both capable of performing the abilities that the rank of Sub-Zero is known for and is also alive within the time period of MK4 to Deadly Alliance. As such, it would not be surprising to see Frost in MK10 serving as the latest Sub-Zero.]]

[[WMG: Frost will be a playable character in MK10...[[spoiler: as the new Sub-Zero]]]]

[[WMG: Frost will be a playable character...[[spoiler: as the new Sub-Zero]]]]
* [[spoiler: Both Bi-Han and Kuai-Liang are dead or otherwise not in a position to serve as Sub-Zero for the Lin-Kuei]]. It's doubtful that the Grandmaster ([[spoiler: who may very well be Sektor going by his ladder ending in MK9, and as such could be more receptive to Frost's personality than Kuai-Liang was in the original timeline}}) will sit on his laurels in the time period between MK9 and MK10 in light of such a loss of manpower rather than see it that the void left by the deaths of the last 2 Sub-Zeros is filled. Now, Frost is currently the only other individual that we know of who is both capable of performing the abilities that the rank of Sub-Zero is known for and is also alive within the time period of MK4 to Deadly Alliance. As such, it would not be surprising to see Frost in MK10 serving as the latest Sub-Zero.]]

* [[spoiler: Both Bi-Han and Kuai-Lang are dead or otherwise not in a position to serve as Sub-Zero for the Lin-Kuei]]. It's doubtful that the Grandmaster ([[spoiler: who may very well be Sektor going by his ladder ending in MK9, who could be more receptive to Frost's personality than Kuai-Lang was in the original timeline}}) will sit on his laurels in the time period between MK9 and MK10 in light of such a loss of manpower rather than see it that the void left by the deaths of the last 2 Sub-Zeros is filled. Now, Frost is currently the only other individual that we know of who is both capable of performing the abilities that the rank of Sub-Zero is known for and is also alive within the time period of MK4 to Deadly Alliance. As such, it would not be surprising to see Frost in MK10 serving as the latest Sub-Zero.]]

[[WMG: Frost will be a playable character...as the new Sub-Zero]]
* [[spoiler: Both Bi Han and Kuai Lang are dead or otherwise not in a position to serve as Sub-Zero for the Lin-Kuei, who could be more receptive to Frost's personality than Kuai-Lang was in the original timeline]]. It's doubtful that the Grandmaster ([[spoiler: who may very well be Sektor going by his ladder ending in MK9}}) will sit on his laurels in the time period between MK9 and MK10 in light of such a loss of manpower rather than see it that the void left by the deaths of [[spoiler: the last 2 Sub-Zeros]] isn't filled. Now, Frost is currently the only other individual that we know of who is both capable of performing the abilities that the rank of Sub-Zero is known for and is also alive within the time period of MK4 to Deadly Alliance. As such, it would not be surprising to see Frost in MK10 serving as the latest Sub-Zero.

So ther you have it, my theory for Shao Kahn being a weakened One Being attempting to regain his powers.

2. Anytime a character swears, it will be [[ThisTropeIsBleep censored with a Toasty]], just to mock how tame the first one was

* Mileena is [[spoiler:in the running for the position of queen/empress of Shao Kahn's empire, seeing as how Shao Kahn, Shang Tsung, Kitana, Jerrod, and Sindel are all dead or otherwise not really in a position to claim the throne.]] Skarlet is a loyal henchwoman of Shao Kahn [[spoiler:who like Mileena was created in the Flesh Pits]]. With so much to go from, would it really be a stretch for Mileena and Skarlet to be allies, maybe even friends?

* Although Ed himself [[http://twitter.com/#!/noobde/status/71667954705641472 said]] in a twit that there were no plans for a PC version, he later said in [[http://twitter.com/#!/noobde/status/83981762597879808 another]] twit that a final decision wasn't made, which implies that in a future a PC port/version may happen. Additional rumours said that the game could be distributed via {{Steam}}, and, more importantly, that the PC version would obtain it's own exclusive character. In this remote case, who might be the exclusive character? VideoGame/DukeNukem? [[TombRaider Lara Croft]]? [[VideoGame/{{Starcraft}} Jim Raynor, Sarah Kerrigan]]? [[WarcraftIII Arthas]]?

Due to the fact that several characters [[spoiler: likely will not return in the sequel, except as Quan Chi's servants]], there will have to be several characters from the original timeline, as well as tiny number of completely new characters (e.g. Skarlet), who will have to take over their overall gameplay functions (e.g. FragileSpeedster, MightyGlacier, RyuandKen).

[[WMG: Mileena and Skarlet will team up, serving as a foil to Kitana and Jade.]]]]
* Mileena is [[spoiler:in the running for ruler of Shao Kahn's empire, seeing as how Shao Kahn, Shang Tsung, Kitana, Jerrod, and Sindel are all dead or otherwise not really in a position to claim the throne. Skarlet is a loyal henchwoman of Shao Kahn [[spoiler:who like Mileena was created in the Flesh Pits]]. With so much to go from, would it really be a stretch for Mileena and Skarlet to be allies, maybe even friends?

* [[spoiler: Quan Chi's ending has Shinnok trying to get rid of Quan Chi after Shao Kahn is defeated. Shinnok finding out from his future self that Quan Chi double crossed him would account for this.]]

[[WMG: The Chaosrealm in [[MortalKombat9 MK 9]] Online is an impostor realm.]]

* This trap realm lures players in as evidenced by how often it has the highest population and is an evil plot concocted by the Unholy Alliance to ensnaring players in Mortal Kombat as part of a grand scheme to make [[MortalKombat9 MK9]] the most popular fighting game of the year.

** On top of that, he might be opposed by Shujinko (who hopefully will be [[RescuedFromtheScrappyHeap revamped a la Stryker]]) in MK 10 or the next one after that (which would be a heavily altered version of Deception, but only with the Red Dragon Clan [[EnemyMine assisting]] Shujinko hoping to bring about [[MortalKombat:Armageddon Armageddon]] so that Daegon could claim the birthright at the end of the Quest).

[[WMG: The true BigBad of MortalKombat is the Elder Gods.]]

* This has become even more of a possibility, considering that [[Franchise/ANightmareOnElmStreet Freddy]] [[OhCrap Krueger]] is to be the final DLC character for the [[MortalKombat MK9]] roster.

Due to Bi-Han [[spoiler:already being turned into Noob Saibot]] and Kuai Liang [[spoiler:being turned into Cyber Sub-Zero]], both former carriers of the Sub-Zero codename can't appear in their classic forms. Unless they want to drop entirely the Mortal Kombat series, [[VideoGame/MortalKombat3 Netherrealm Studios already got the memo about what happens when you take an Ensemble Darkhorse out of the cast]], and [[WordOfGod Boon]] said that [[SpotlightStealingSquad Mortal Kombat wouldn't be MortalKombat without Scorpion and Sub-Zero]]. The next game may also cover what happened to the 3D games since the TimeyWimeyBall, from 4 onwards. So, in order to get a new Sub-Zero for the next installment, they're going to possibly introduce a new member to the Lin Kuei. Who will he be? Could he be a ''she''?

[[WMG: ''MortalKombat'' takes place in the same universe as ''HappyTreeFriends''.]]

[[WMG: The {{cyborg}} frame used for Smoke in MortalKombat3 was actually intended for Sub-Zero.]]

** Very true. Since the Lin Kuei was planning on converting some of their clan into cyborgs, who's to say they didn't produce a set amount of frames and customize them according to the converted members' uniform colors? Taken even further than that, who's to say they didn't have onboard weaponry ready to load onto each frame to keep the members' abilites consistent with their pre-cybernetization [[PerfectlyCromulentWord (if that word really exists in any dictionary, lemme know)]]? [[MortalKombat9 MK9]] already showed pre-conversion Cyrax and Sektor using relatively mundane versions of the same weaponry they used post-conversion. [[https://twitter.com/K0MB4T/status/102426764302753792 John Vogel from the MK series' art team even hints at it when questioned about it on Twitter.]]

* Sub Boss: [[spoiler: [[BigBad Shinnok]] ]] will likely have his Demon/Beast transformation from [[VideoGame/MortalKombatMythologiesSubZero Mortal Kombat Mythologies: Sub-Zero]] which could be activated each time when his Super meter becomes full and will grant him benefits (e.g. longer reach, a nigh-invulnerable but temporary sheild, and other more powerful versions of his regular moves) until it runs out, but will likely be taken out of the picture halfway through story mode.

* [[WMG: Shinnok found out that Quan Chi gave him a copy of the amulet, or at least that Quan Chi double crossed him. [[spoiler: So he sent a message to his past self warning him about Quan Chi.]]]]