To me it feels like we're going back to the original plot of Mileena and Kitana, but i get the vibes that Mileena may perhaps be Kitanas bodyguard as well? From what we saw of Kitana she looks very elegant and well, royal, whereas Mileena looks a bit more rogueish. thats how shes become to look in the newer games im aware, but in the old timeline she still tried to look elegant and royal
Not necessasirily like both could be princess yet Kitana being seen as more empathetic & outgoing while mileena being reserved, trying to remain secretive.
@@dsbdsb6637 true. They could both be in Edenia even. There must be some kind of explanation about how certain people/events exist regardless of Liu Kang’s influence.
Is Kitana finally acknowledging Mileena as her sister? All I gonna say it's about time. Mileena just wanted some form of acceptance in her life that isn't someone from the Tarkatan race.
About time? You really should look into the original timeline. As TrueUnderdawg said in the video, they grew up together as sisters in the original timeline. So they had about 10 thousands years of it. The MK9-11 version of Kitana and Mileena are nothing compared to the original timeline.
Lui Kang's ending being canon also shows no matter what, the universe needs it's balance of dark(Shang Tsung) with light. Looks like the game's Story Mode will give you split choice like MK11 & everyone introduced in pairs suggests TagTeam.
UnderDawg says at the end of the video this game takes place at the 1st MK. Liu is redoing the timeline except this time he is the Earthrealm Guardian instead of Raiden.
Yup and him basically one shotting Shang Tsung shows how op Lui Kang is now & it also confirms that he’ll have a move set with both abilities of his and raidens for the base game 😊
Johnny cage is confirmed in the game. Later down in the website he is listed as a playable character along with his new unique skin of an actual martial art fighter.
"In my new era, the choice is yours..." This line really stood out to me in the trailer, and given what we know about the expansive story mode, the nods to Konquest mode from before and the new choose your fighter/ending system introduced in MK11... I wonder if MK1 will play out almost like a telltale game! A bit more free formed in a way you can choose multiple paths/endings thus giving the campaign a lot more replayability! A bit upset its only on next gen though. Means ill need to get that PS5 at some poiny now... Still hyped though!
@@lrdpxll8309 Exactly, and the view of Kitana looking at the portal (8:17), to me, it looks like an open world or free roam type of story. Glad I wasn't the only one who thought of this
Man my boy Liu Kang looking glorious in 1. So the era of the Great Kung Lao, Lin Kuei and Shirai Ryu presence, Kitana and Mileena? God damn this was beyond satisfying to watch. Can't wait to see what they do in this new playbox that is this era. Also can never get tired of watching Liu Kang decimate Shang Tsung in ultimate fashion. Really hope that fatality is gonna be in the game. I assumed that every death shown was merely exposition and not actual story events.
It seems like there will be no Shirai Ryu. Shirai Ryu was created because Lin Kuei are evil bastards, and The Great Takeda had to defect from Lin Kuei to protect his honor, ans in the way creating Shirai Ryu. In this new timeline it seems like that is not the case. Look Scorpion and Sub Zero have the exact same outfit showing there is no Shirai Ryu in this new timeline and both are Lin Kuei and Lin Kuei are finally not absolutely pieces of shit.
@@JasonArvizu it's true. Cinematics don't show trailers of the actual story. They just show trailers relating to the plot of the story and use the same graphics as the game and its original story mode
Seeing how Shang did his soul steal and the logo looking like a mix between the game and recent movies, I think there will be some connection between the two. Also, Jean Claude skin for Johnny Cage is beyond epic.
Looks great. I don’t believe that we can *really* consider any deaths in the trailer to be canonical so I’m curious to learn more. Johnny Cage is also confirmed on the FAQ of the website.
Well the only thing I would say to that is that Shang Tsung killed everyone until he was killed by our Fire God. That may mean something. Typically going off of memory kills were always random but this shows Tsung kicking ass until Liu Kang stomps him and could be a subtle hint as to what's to come. They're certainly not Canon kills in this fashion but could be signposting to what may come to be canon.
@@TemplarsCreed very true. It for sure establishes a canon setup. Although trailers for MK games pretty often allude to certain gameplay mechanics as much as story. I guess we’ll see.
@@TheAbominableDrFaustus yeah agreed. The fact that we discussing it shows how awesome it is 😊 I think this game is going to be epic and I hope we are both very happy with it 😊 Out of curiosity, any characters you are hoping for that haven't already been revealed?
@@nicklattimorecomedy5497 me too. I hope Ermac is in this and I know it's not a character but I'm hoping to see beautiful Edenia. Before merger I mean. That would be cool 😊
@@TemplarsCreed Ermac, Reptile, or Smoke would all major wins. Maybe a wild card like Havik or Nitara. Goro is most likely around but it would be cool if Kintaro were in it. Any big picks for you?
@@johncrear7972 I actually want Hsu Hao to either be in this game or the next one. Like give his character redemption kinda like Tremor in MKX and make people actually really like Hsu Hao.
My theory: The pattern continues with new characters. Shang Tsung is not the "wrench in the work" for Lui Kang, just like Raiden was for Kronika. The more things change, the more they stay the same. Liu Kang is now constantly rebooting the realms trying to come up with one that Shang Tsung doesn't muck up.
Well he might still be a protector for Earthrealm...he just isn't a Thunder God anymore though his electrical powers may still exist (after all Liu Kang was shooting flame dragons long before he acheived divinity)
Something I can appreciate about the reveal of MK1, is the fact that they gave you the release date for the game, AND when you can pre-order it. Can’t say the same for Tekken 8, feel like that game was announced waaaaay too early as we still haven’t gotten a release date for it.
To be fair, they are also still revealing characters (Which has doubled as a good way of showing how differently the characters will play with the new Heat system). This, coupled with Harada's tweets, tells me that Tekken 8's character roster from Day 1 is going to be massive. Also, I don't necessarily see this as an issue. Street Fighter 6 also got revealed (Much earlier then Tekken 8) and was doing much the same, its release date is just closer.
I believe Tag Team are now confined into a specific duo but the move sets present much more synergies between two fighter rather than random shots from the passive fighters. Imagine the ability to utilize both fire and ice effectively in actual gameplay of Scorpion and Sub-Zero.
I bet that the "deaths" in the trailer are more or less just showing off the direction of the fatalities. Sort of like how MK11 Scorpion and Raiden don't really fight each other to the death in the story, but do show off the fatal blows almost exactly as they appear in the game.
It took me 10 times watching the trailer and then watching your reaction to the trailer to realize that Shang Tsung performs a fatality on all the other characters before Liu Kang kills him. This trailer almost feels like a prologue to the possible story in the game. I'm thinking that in this prologue, Liu Kang tries to create a peaceful new timeline, but Shang Tsung instantly messes it up, so I'm thinking the story will start with Liu Kang going back to the present right after this, getting together with all of his "old buddies" (e.g., Johnny Cage), and then going back in the past with everyone the next time to try and fix everything, with that second try being the story mode. I really like the premise of all of this, and it feels more and more like the MK Trinity leak from 1.5 years ago. If that's true, then that also means a 50-character starting roster and MKX mechanics, like the run button again. God! That would be perfect!
@@aerostrafe1075 It is rather silly, I agree. I feel like NRS is in this situation where they want to bring back all these characters from different times and they're trying to come up with a cohesive story where it makes sense to do so.
My theory is, that the story evolves depending on the player's choices, wether he chooses to go good or bad. Maybe Fire God Liu Kang as one of the final bosses? Can't wait to see how it goes...sorry for my English, not a native speaker here😅
I absolutely SUCK at fighting games. But the MK series is something I can't help myself from buying - even if the game just sits in my Steam library or game shelf. lol So excited to see Mileena and Kitana! Have a feeling we'll be seeing Jade at some point! And I hope they somehow fix that whole "Sindel was actually a bad guy the entire time!"...thing that they did.
Judging from what Shang Tsung is wearing, it looks very similar to his outfit in his ending. I’m speculating that Shang Tsung and Liu Kang endings are both canon and they clash
What if they make it like in mk11 where you can choose the character in the story mode to fight as; however, you can choose whether the good or bad guy wins. So there can be a good ending, bad ending, and maybe a nuetral ending depending on how many good or bad choices you make in the campaign.
I love how MK (Netherealm) is the only one that can make a full circle and start from scratch and make it look more epic! More bloodier and more brutalities!
You know I'm honestly really curious based off the sound bite whenever scorpion and Sub-Zero are meeting because the statement of being enemies or brothers. I know it sounds ridiculous because I mean these guys have been rivals and then they became friends whenever Kuai Liang took over the mantle of Sub-Zero. They became friends. It'd be kind of cool in this storyline if they're like relatives
Maybe even potentially being the original Sub-Zero Bi-Han seeing past the machinations of Quan-Chi to unite the Lin Kuei and Shirai Ryu as defenders of the realm willing to bloody their hands when the White Lotus can not intervene? It's just a thought since the look of this Sub-Zero lacks the scar that the second Sub-Zero Kuai Liang had in every MK game that has had him wielding the mantle of Sub-Zero.
I honestly don’t think it will be Hanzo, Bi-Han and Kuai Liang but rather their ancestors uniting the clans much earlier than Hanzo and Kuai Liang did all because of Shang Tsung being a threat to everyone once again.
The past three MK games have had cgi trailers that killed off characters, that doesn’t mean they actually die, also scorpion has a tattoo of a scorpion on his arm and Raiden has his amulet on his hip
Not really imo. Shujinko's whole thing was being the hero deceived by Onaga. Without it, he's just a copy cat. He doesn't have unique abilities or fighting styles, and he was so intently designed as a throwaway protagonist that his name, Shujinko, literally means 'Protagonist' and nothing else. I think it'd be cooler if they brought Cassie Cage back (okay hear me out) and had her as a rival to the 'next gen' Black Dragon members like Kobra from the old Mortal Kombats, just to make the Black Dragon fresh again.
after Rewatching, the Mortal Kombat, one trailer I had something occurred to me. What is the Shang Tsung we saw in the trailer is the Shang Tsung from the timeline, where he actually won in the fight against looking at the end of Mortal Kombat 11 aftermath, and he somehow found a way to travel between the two parallel universes
Similar thought, but he got bodied pretty easily. What if he sends like weaker versions of himself, to beef with liu's timeline, and the goal is a war between the two timelines
Luikang makes it a point in the trailer to talk about how if youre against peace then youre an enemy. The polar opposite is chaos. Im hoping this is hinting that Havok and the chaos realm will be a big part of the story as well.
Somebody said it was Shang Tsung killing them from different timelines, which kind of make sense a bit. I love the MK1 title. Definently a new start, clean slate for the franchise.
I wish it was a clean slate but it's clearly carrying over a lot from Aftermath already. I wish we could wiped MK11/Aftermath out as if it never happened (as far as MK story goes).
@@dami_mage And yet here we have Fire God Liu Kang, manipulator of time, and human Raiden. So the events of MK11 still happened to get to this point. Even if that timeline has been erased.
@@EndoScorpion yeah, because now Fire God Liu Kang controls everything. The last scene in Aftermath shows Fire God Liu Kang speaking to the Great Kung Lao
I don't think that the killings we see in the trailer are canon killings from the story mode (or kombat mode or whatever will be). I think they are more some sort of demos for the new style of fatalities. Maybe Shang Tsung and Liu Kang are competing on who has to be the new "creator of the universe" and that is what will happen in his version? Also they talk a lot about choices so it is possible the player will have the chance to modify relationships between characters such as choosing if Scorpion and Sub-zero will be enemies or allies... Of course mine are personal speculations but generally speaking I loved the trailer and I'm SUPER exited about the game! :)
Ya know the more i watch this trailer the more I have a feeling Fire God Liu Kang is going to be the actual villain. He seems very ruthless and the ending is eerie asf the way his eyes glow and he seems to have taken delight to Shang disobeying him giving him reason to use his God power to torture him. Might be a hot take but I feel like EVERYONE will need to band together to fight him.
You think too much. This is just a reveal trailer. Is just Liu Kang being badass here, that all. They have done "evil" Liu Kang twice and it sucks because Midway and NRS don't know how to make good anti-hero story for Liu Kang. From what Ed Boon say during the stream, it so confirm that Liu Kang is a hero here, even he admit is time to put Liu Kang as the poster boy now due to being a brand new era of MK. Plus the guy who leak MK1 before has leak that Onaga will be in this game. I guess is time now for Liu Kang to finally meet Onaga, and possibly reveal their mysterious relationship since Cetrion state that Liu Kang's possessed Onaga's fire all this time
i think every character is possible to fight in this new era, lui kang could just put them in diffrent country's or so because he's not required to make anything the same as the now "two old timelines" (mk - mk armagedon and mk 9 - mk 11).
Gonna be honest. I hoped for Havik to be the new baddie (with his chaos realm stuff). But since this is some kind of reboot ..it does make sense to still have Shang Tsung around. (he is an OG character for the MK universe).
@@lemmingrad ok… but that’s not Mileena’s look. She should have a bob or a ponytail. And Kitana usually has her hair down or a braid, rarely a ponytail. Plus, Mileena wouldn’t even bring attention to herself with a shaved head if she’s pretends to be Kitana… maybe you should go reading into MK a little more before you just d!ck suck whatever it is NetherRealm throws at you.
@@kevinkhataba199 the trailer characters deaths might not have anything to do with the actual games deaths for whoever they choose, the last three cgi trailers killed off multiple characters and was really only a way to show off some glory and character moves and fatalities, I wouldn’t be worried about it
I can't wait and I'm totally stoked about it. They're upping the violence for sure. I mean it is MK...but man that Robocop brutality where he shoots each limb, that was gruesome and too real imo.
So I don’t think Shang Tsung is our main antagonist. Because he’s always been a pawn under a bigger threat. So I’m curious who the big bad is. I personally think it would be really cool if sense this is obviously a Shang Tsung from an alternate timeline. If that from his timeline Shujinko killed onaga and took the powers for himself and became the new big bad.
I’m glad I wasn’t the only one who thought they all looked fake😂😂😂, this doesn’t feel real, and the game coming out a day after my birthday doesn’t help at ALL😂😂
Since they droped this , I'm so hyped and freked out that I can't breath regularly - and I honestly have like 100000 of ideas about the story but yah I can not mention them so Imma be like "omg I have no idea how's that gonna be" cuz that's just better
Absolutely in love with Kitana's new design not big on Scorpion and Sub-Zero's I think it's the lack of hoods and those awful masks overall I love the aesthetic. Would've liked some gameplay though maybe at the PS Showcase next week 🤔
@@Ghost1gx so? Doesn’t mean we have to use it, alternate costumes for MK characters have been a thing since the 3D era and with customization like I said we can fix it ourselves and play with different designs that suite our tastes.
Imagine this final battle Fire god liu kang (Merged with mk9 raiden), New Great Kung Lao, and dark Raiden (mk11 version) vs Shang Tsung and any other villains he teams up with.
I’m excited to see how this turns out!! I’m hyped for September!! The designs and cinematography are amazing!!! What they do with this game is what I’m curious? The roster sounds promising, and how they do the story or conquest mode. I was watching Uncaged games video and saw that they kinda tease tag teams again which would be an amazing return and reference to mk9. Also I’m thinking that the sub zero could be Bi-Han if Noob Saibot isn’t on the roster?
@@lunathepsychic2006 Ah ok. I understand. Can I ask you for a favour? I have no right to ask this but if it's no inconvenience to you, if you do see the roster at any point could you reply to this message with the info or a link or something? I don't get much browsing time atm and I'm up to my eyeballs in work I'm surprised I've even seen this 2bh. If not no worries 👍
Based on the teaser trailer maybe Shang Tsung of multiple time lines are encroaching on others. Like maybe God Shang Tsung is trying to bring together the timelines in which he wins in and sending out versions of himself from these other timelines to collectively take over other timelines.
Waiting for more of the roster to be shown. Nothing here really surprises me and were expected to be here. Hoping to see an all new fighter in this one soon.
Is it me or does Scorpion and Sub Zero look extremely similar? Almost like they’re actually brothers in this rebooted timeline. I guess anything possible because Raiden looks very young and Kung Lao doesn't have his bladed hat, so it could be 'The Great Kung Lao' when he's young lol who knows. Phenomenal trailer though... might be NR best reveal trailer ever 😁 can't wait for more info!
To me, everyone looked so similiar to each other... Its like it wasnt mocaped, the faces almost look like those AI generated ones. Hopefully this is just the "cinematic look" not how the characters will look like in game
My theory (and wishful thinking, because I don't want them to ruin Scoprion and Bi Han); is that these two are an ancestor to the Sub-Zero's, and the original founder of the Shirai-Ryu (who was a Lin Kuei member, but defected, thus why the clans were such bitter rivals). Even if they aren't actual brothers, they could still be from the same clan, considering their outfits are almost identical. Not to mention the Lin Kuei are the rainbow clan, with members wearing all sorts of colours.
Thank God that Fire God Liu Kang's Aftermath ending is the canonical ending that NetherRealm has chosen to set up MK12's narrative & that the MK12 trailer establishes that Liu Kang remains the primary protagonist of MK just as he was restored as in MK11. Him easily taking out Shang Tsung was sweet. Hopefully the days of Liu Kang getting killed off & turned into undead are finally over. Hopefully also Liu Kang & Kitana's romance remains intact🤞🤞
Cameo fighters might = stand like system. Years ago, like 1997 when mk4 came out my friends and I at the arcade wondered what it might be like to have Liu Kang as a boss character. 25 years later we might finally get to see it. Awesome!
To be honest I don’t think Mileena will be a villain this time. Because I noticed in the trailer that Shang Tsung was the one that attacked Mileena not any the heroes.
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To me it feels like we're going back to the original plot of Mileena and Kitana, but i get the vibes that Mileena may perhaps be Kitanas bodyguard as well? From what we saw of Kitana she looks very elegant and well, royal, whereas Mileena looks a bit more rogueish. thats how shes become to look in the newer games im aware, but in the old timeline she still tried to look elegant and royal
Makes sense. Maybe Kitana is the long reigning Kahn of Outworld and therefore her relationship with Mileena has been less antagonistic?
Not necessasirily like both could be princess yet Kitana being seen as more empathetic & outgoing while mileena being reserved, trying to remain secretive.
@@dsbdsb6637 true. They could both be in Edenia even. There must be some kind of explanation about how certain people/events exist regardless of Liu Kang’s influence.
Even RUclips thinks so. Beacuse of the name it links to Mortal Kombat (1992)
Is Kitana finally acknowledging Mileena as her sister? All I gonna say it's about time. Mileena just wanted some form of acceptance in her life that isn't someone from the Tarkatan race.
About time? You really should look into the original timeline. As TrueUnderdawg said in the video, they grew up together as sisters in the original timeline. So they had about 10 thousands years of it. The MK9-11 version of Kitana and Mileena are nothing compared to the original timeline.
Depends on the incarnation of mileena.
Right, Mileena never asked to be made. And all she got was hate. Where’s the Mileena love fam
Mileena just wanted acceptance.
But if it's Lui Kang's new era... Why does Mileena still have that face?
Lui Kang's ending being canon also shows no matter what, the universe needs it's balance of dark(Shang Tsung) with light. Looks like the game's Story Mode will give you split choice like MK11 & everyone introduced in pairs suggests TagTeam.
It has kameo characters that act as assist
UnderDawg says at the end of the video this game takes place at the 1st MK. Liu is redoing the timeline except this time he is the Earthrealm Guardian instead of Raiden.
Yup and him basically one shotting Shang Tsung shows how op Lui Kang is now & it also confirms that he’ll have a move set with both abilities of his and raidens for the base game 😊
it could be shang coming from HIS ending to attack the alternate universe where he lost
@@medjaimcgraw5632 I think so too
Kitana looks so much better this time. I'm also happy to see they gave her long hair back!
Johnny cage is confirmed in the game. Later down in the website he is listed as a playable character along with his new unique skin of an actual martial art fighter.
Yea it felt like he just rushed it
Actual martial arts fighter Jean Claude van Damm, the guy the original mk was supposed to be about
I came here to say the same
Shang actually dosent kill Kung Lao in this trailer
@@SlipperNippers He does
"In my new era, the choice is yours..."
This line really stood out to me in the trailer, and given what we know about the expansive story mode, the nods to Konquest mode from before and the new choose your fighter/ending system introduced in MK11...
I wonder if MK1 will play out almost like a telltale game! A bit more free formed in a way you can choose multiple paths/endings thus giving the campaign a lot more replayability!
A bit upset its only on next gen though. Means ill need to get that PS5 at some poiny now...
Still hyped though!
This might have a Shaolin monks style campaign with the original kung Lao. Might have a ko-op mode. That opening looked open world.
@@lrdpxll8309 Exactly, and the view of Kitana looking at the portal (8:17), to me, it looks like an open world or free roam type of story. Glad I wasn't the only one who thought of this
Seeing Mileena in this trailer really put a smile in my face.
Yaaaasssssss😍
Gay
@@Motivatethemind5 ??
I’m just happy she’s confirmed so you freaks won’t spend the next 4 months crying like babies
Hopefully the toxic section of the fan base doesn't pull a repeat of *that* period but with a different character
Kitana looks amazing. Much better than in MK 11.
Man my boy Liu Kang looking glorious in 1. So the era of the Great Kung Lao, Lin Kuei and Shirai Ryu presence, Kitana and Mileena? God damn this was beyond satisfying to watch. Can't wait to see what they do in this new playbox that is this era. Also can never get tired of watching Liu Kang decimate Shang Tsung in ultimate fashion. Really hope that fatality is gonna be in the game. I assumed that every death shown was merely exposition and not actual story events.
yea same, the guy reacting thinks its the story but im pretty sure its just fatalities and in game deaths that arent part of the story
It seems like there will be no Shirai Ryu.
Shirai Ryu was created because Lin Kuei are evil bastards, and The Great Takeda had to defect from Lin Kuei to protect his honor, ans in the way creating Shirai Ryu.
In this new timeline it seems like that is not the case. Look Scorpion and Sub Zero have the exact same outfit showing there is no Shirai Ryu in this new timeline and both are Lin Kuei and Lin Kuei are finally not absolutely pieces of shit.
@@JasonArvizu it's true. Cinematics don't show trailers of the actual story. They just show trailers relating to the plot of the story and use the same graphics as the game and its original story mode
Ohhhhhhh I hope Mileena and Kitana will finally act like sisters, that look likes it!
Seeing how Shang did his soul steal and the logo looking like a mix between the game and recent movies, I think there will be some connection between the two.
Also, Jean Claude skin for Johnny Cage is beyond epic.
Looks great. I don’t believe that we can *really* consider any deaths in the trailer to be canonical so I’m curious to learn more. Johnny Cage is also confirmed on the FAQ of the website.
Well the only thing I would say to that is that Shang Tsung killed everyone until he was killed by our Fire God. That may mean something. Typically going off of memory kills were always random but this shows Tsung kicking ass until Liu Kang stomps him and could be a subtle hint as to what's to come. They're certainly not Canon kills in this fashion but could be signposting to what may come to be canon.
@@TemplarsCreed very true. It for sure establishes a canon setup. Although trailers for MK games pretty often allude to certain gameplay mechanics as much as story. I guess we’ll see.
@@TheAbominableDrFaustus yeah agreed. The fact that we discussing it shows how awesome it is 😊 I think this game is going to be epic and I hope we are both very happy with it 😊 Out of curiosity, any characters you are hoping for that haven't already been revealed?
@@nicklattimorecomedy5497 me too. I hope Ermac is in this and I know it's not a character but I'm hoping to see beautiful Edenia. Before merger I mean. That would be cool 😊
@@TemplarsCreed Ermac, Reptile, or Smoke would all major wins. Maybe a wild card like Havik or Nitara. Goro is most likely around but it would be cool if Kintaro were in it. Any big picks for you?
It really shook me when I saw Mileena back at it and the Liu Kang fatality in the same 2 minutes.
Both were the highlights of the trailer and delivered big time
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Let alone seeing at least 7 characters compared to a usual fighting scene trailer- we getting FED
I’m Crying Blood for how Beautiful this Trailer is and how Detailed the 8 Characters They Look and this has the Best Liu Kang Fatality Hands Down.
It has begun.
It has gun
@@dljb7463 please no
Going back to the good old days the nostalgia hits like a train
The game looks absolutely phenomenal visually… I’m blown away. Mileena and Kitana look SO GOOD
I just want my girl Jade in the base roster and I'll be happy.
@@Pon-PonG9 with the whole Kameo system thing, she may be one of those. Still not sure on what that means
@@FrostReach66 I'd rather her be an actual character.
Because I think Kameo fighters would just be assist characters.
@@Pon-PonG9i need her to be in the main game. if she’s a kameo character she’s basically just there and not playable.
@@johncrear7972 I actually want Hsu Hao to either be in this game or the next one.
Like give his character redemption kinda like Tremor in MKX and make people actually really like Hsu Hao.
My theory: The pattern continues with new characters. Shang Tsung is not the "wrench in the work" for Lui Kang, just like Raiden was for Kronika. The more things change, the more they stay the same. Liu Kang is now constantly rebooting the realms trying to come up with one that Shang Tsung doesn't muck up.
I miss Raiden the Thunder God, Protector of Earthrealm!
Same. He's easily one of my top 3 MK characters.
Well he might still be a protector for Earthrealm...he just isn't a Thunder God anymore though his electrical powers may still exist (after all Liu Kang was shooting flame dragons long before he acheived divinity)
Wtf is that emoji 💀
Something I can appreciate about the reveal of MK1, is the fact that they gave you the release date for the game, AND when you can pre-order it.
Can’t say the same for Tekken 8, feel like that game was announced waaaaay too early as we still haven’t gotten a release date for it.
To be fair, they are also still revealing characters (Which has doubled as a good way of showing how differently the characters will play with the new Heat system). This, coupled with Harada's tweets, tells me that Tekken 8's character roster from Day 1 is going to be massive.
Also, I don't necessarily see this as an issue. Street Fighter 6 also got revealed (Much earlier then Tekken 8) and was doing much the same, its release date is just closer.
I believe Tag Team are now confined into a specific duo but the move sets present much more synergies between two fighter rather than random shots from the passive fighters. Imagine the ability to utilize both fire and ice effectively in actual gameplay of Scorpion and Sub-Zero.
I bet that the "deaths" in the trailer are more or less just showing off the direction of the fatalities. Sort of like how MK11 Scorpion and Raiden don't really fight each other to the death in the story, but do show off the fatal blows almost exactly as they appear in the game.
It took me 10 times watching the trailer and then watching your reaction to the trailer to realize that Shang Tsung performs a fatality on all the other characters before Liu Kang kills him. This trailer almost feels like a prologue to the possible story in the game.
I'm thinking that in this prologue, Liu Kang tries to create a peaceful new timeline, but Shang Tsung instantly messes it up, so I'm thinking the story will start with Liu Kang going back to the present right after this, getting together with all of his "old buddies" (e.g., Johnny Cage), and then going back in the past with everyone the next time to try and fix everything, with that second try being the story mode.
I really like the premise of all of this, and it feels more and more like the MK Trinity leak from 1.5 years ago. If that's true, then that also means a 50-character starting roster and MKX mechanics, like the run button again. God! That would be perfect!
That's such a good observation!! That's awesome.
I just wish we could stop all the time travel stuff. It is getting old in this franchise pretty fast.
@@aerostrafe1075 It is rather silly, I agree. I feel like NRS is in this situation where they want to bring back all these characters from different times and they're trying to come up with a cohesive story where it makes sense to do so.
My theory is, that the story evolves depending on the player's choices, wether he chooses to go good or bad. Maybe Fire God Liu Kang as one of the final bosses? Can't wait to see how it goes...sorry for my English, not a native speaker here😅
I absolutely SUCK at fighting games. But the MK series is something I can't help myself from buying - even if the game just sits in my Steam library or game shelf. lol
So excited to see Mileena and Kitana! Have a feeling we'll be seeing Jade at some point!
And I hope they somehow fix that whole "Sindel was actually a bad guy the entire time!"...thing that they did.
Judging from what Shang Tsung is wearing, it looks very similar to his outfit in his ending. I’m speculating that Shang Tsung and Liu Kang endings are both canon and they clash
That would be cool!
he looks a lot like how he is in the 2021 Film
What if they make it like in mk11 where you can choose the character in the story mode to fight as; however, you can choose whether the good or bad guy wins. So there can be a good ending, bad ending, and maybe a nuetral ending depending on how many good or bad choices you make in the campaign.
This might have a Shaolin monks style campaign with the original kung Lao. Might have a ko-op mode. That opening looked open world.
I love how MK (Netherealm) is the only one that can make a full circle and start from scratch and make it look more epic! More bloodier and more brutalities!
I feel like Liu Kang's era and Shang Tsung's era are going to clash against each other in this MK1.
Shang Tsung feels what is called "Sindel moment"
You know I'm honestly really curious based off the sound bite whenever scorpion and Sub-Zero are meeting because the statement of being enemies or brothers. I know it sounds ridiculous because I mean these guys have been rivals and then they became friends whenever Kuai Liang took over the mantle of Sub-Zero. They became friends. It'd be kind of cool in this storyline if they're like relatives
Liu Kang might prevent Scorpion clan ceast to exist and since Hanzo and Kuai Liang get along, they might again united in bromance.
Maybe even potentially being the original Sub-Zero Bi-Han seeing past the machinations of Quan-Chi to unite the Lin Kuei and Shirai Ryu as defenders of the realm willing to bloody their hands when the White Lotus can not intervene? It's just a thought since the look of this Sub-Zero lacks the scar that the second Sub-Zero Kuai Liang had in every MK game that has had him wielding the mantle of Sub-Zero.
I honestly don’t think it will be Hanzo, Bi-Han and Kuai Liang but rather their ancestors uniting the clans much earlier than Hanzo and Kuai Liang did all because of Shang Tsung being a threat to everyone once again.
The past three MK games have had cgi trailers that killed off characters, that doesn’t mean they actually die, also scorpion has a tattoo of a scorpion on his arm and Raiden has his amulet on his hip
Also also, that The place looks like Edenia to me, look at the mountains and buildings and the water but also has hints of outworld here and there
Shang sung killing everyone could be a bad dream someone is having or an alternate ending that might happen if certain things happen
This is the happiest I’ve seen true underdawg gaming after years of waiting for a new game
If mileena and kitana are here shao khan should be in the game or mentioned
I was JUST refreshing your videos to see if you had already uploaded, i'm so glad !
I hope we get a young Shujinko. We never really saw him in the reboots and it would be nice to actually see him be a hero without Onaga's deception.
Not really imo. Shujinko's whole thing was being the hero deceived by Onaga. Without it, he's just a copy cat. He doesn't have unique abilities or fighting styles, and he was so intently designed as a throwaway protagonist that his name, Shujinko, literally means 'Protagonist' and nothing else. I think it'd be cooler if they brought Cassie Cage back (okay hear me out) and had her as a rival to the 'next gen' Black Dragon members like Kobra from the old Mortal Kombats, just to make the Black Dragon fresh again.
Both endings happened and the clock explosion merges and give us the biggest roster in Mk history
after Rewatching, the Mortal Kombat, one trailer I had something occurred to me. What is the Shang Tsung we saw in the trailer is the Shang Tsung from the timeline, where he actually won in the fight against looking at the end of Mortal Kombat 11 aftermath, and he somehow found a way to travel between the two parallel universes
Similar thought, but he got bodied pretty easily. What if he sends like weaker versions of himself, to beef with liu's timeline, and the goal is a war between the two timelines
Luikang makes it a point in the trailer to talk about how if youre against peace then youre an enemy. The polar opposite is chaos.
Im hoping this is hinting that Havok and the chaos realm will be a big part of the story as well.
I’m pretty sure the killing is just showing off a type of gore system, not actually killing them lol.
I’m happy Mileena got in so her Stans won’t harass Ed
Somebody said it was Shang Tsung killing them from different timelines, which kind of make sense a bit. I love the MK1 title. Definently a new start, clean slate for the franchise.
I wish it was a clean slate but it's clearly carrying over a lot from Aftermath already. I wish we could wiped MK11/Aftermath out as if it never happened (as far as MK story goes).
@@EndoScorpionI mean, Fire God Liu Kang has reset the timeline. So, technically, Aftermath never happened
@@dami_mage And yet here we have Fire God Liu Kang, manipulator of time, and human Raiden. So the events of MK11 still happened to get to this point. Even if that timeline has been erased.
@@EndoScorpion yeah, because now Fire God Liu Kang controls everything. The last scene in Aftermath shows Fire God Liu Kang speaking to the Great Kung Lao
The trailer is giving subtle Tag Team vibes 👀
I'm hoping we still have the customization and variations from Mk11, because that was such a good addition imo
this mean, Shao Khan somewhere out there sitting on his Throne, waiting for Shang Tsung to do his damn job, we know how that's gonna end up
Jean Claude Van Dam premium skin, I'm sold!
Fighting game content creators gunna have a good Christmas this year
I don't think that the killings we see in the trailer are canon killings from the story mode (or kombat mode or whatever will be). I think they are more some sort of demos for the new style of fatalities. Maybe Shang Tsung and Liu Kang are competing on who has to be the new "creator of the universe" and that is what will happen in his version? Also they talk a lot about choices so it is possible the player will have the chance to modify relationships between characters such as choosing if Scorpion and Sub-zero will be enemies or allies... Of course mine are personal speculations but generally speaking I loved the trailer and I'm SUPER exited about the game! :)
I hope Shang Tsung can do every player's fatality because that's what he could originally do in the old games.
Ya know the more i watch this trailer the more I have a feeling Fire God Liu Kang is going to be the actual villain. He seems very ruthless and the ending is eerie asf the way his eyes glow and he seems to have taken delight to Shang disobeying him giving him reason to use his God power to torture him. Might be a hot take but I feel like EVERYONE will need to band together to fight him.
You think too much. This is just a reveal trailer. Is just Liu Kang being badass here, that all. They have done "evil" Liu Kang twice and it sucks because Midway and NRS don't know how to make good anti-hero story for Liu Kang. From what Ed Boon say during the stream, it so confirm that Liu Kang is a hero here, even he admit is time to put Liu Kang as the poster boy now due to being a brand new era of MK. Plus the guy who leak MK1 before has leak that Onaga will be in this game. I guess is time now for Liu Kang to finally meet Onaga, and possibly reveal their mysterious relationship since Cetrion state that Liu Kang's possessed Onaga's fire all this time
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I am very happy that the legendary John Tobias is back to create this new mortal kombat
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Its my birthday today.... I have been a fan since I was 6 or 7 years old.. Now I 30.... What a wonderful gift
i think every character is possible to fight in this new era, lui kang could just put them in diffrent country's or so because he's not required to make anything the same as the now "two old timelines" (mk - mk armagedon and mk 9 - mk 11).
I called it!!!! This might have a Shaolin monks style campaign with the original kung Lao. Might have a ko-op mode. That opening looked open world.
Gonna be honest. I hoped for Havik to be the new baddie (with his chaos realm stuff).
But since this is some kind of reboot ..it does make sense to still have Shang Tsung around. (he is an OG character for the MK universe).
He still can they stated don't rely on what you know of each characters story as they been changed.
mileena and kitana are giving me gamora and nebula vibes, which is awesomee
Mileena! I also love that Mileena and Kitana are together. (Although I hate the shaved head on Mileena lol, cannot wait for other Mileena skins)
Idk why they think shaving her head looks good …
@@iwantslimjims I like it too, the shaved head gives me she’s Kitana’s tough enforcer or bodyguard, in contrast to Kitana being regal.
@@lemmingrad ok… but that’s not Mileena’s look. She should have a bob or a ponytail. And Kitana usually has her hair down or a braid, rarely a ponytail. Plus, Mileena wouldn’t even bring attention to herself with a shaved head if she’s pretends to be Kitana… maybe you should go reading into MK a little more before you just d!ck suck whatever it is NetherRealm throws at you.
SIMPLE AND CLEAN IS THE WAY THAT YOURE MAKING ME FEEL TONIGHT
Fun fact: This is the first MK trailer in which Scorpion *doesn't* kill anyone
3:46 Who is This guy
@@aytmatmthat’s Scorpion dying, he didn’t kill anyone in this trailer
Yeah but it looks like they both get killed & considering how much merch they sell i wonder if it will be permanent.
@@kevinkhataba199 the trailer characters deaths might not have anything to do with the actual games deaths for whoever they choose, the last three cgi trailers killed off multiple characters and was really only a way to show off some glory and character moves and fatalities, I wouldn’t be worried about it
I can't wait and I'm totally stoked about it. They're upping the violence for sure. I mean it is MK...but man that Robocop brutality where he shoots each limb, that was gruesome and too real imo.
So I don’t think Shang Tsung is our main antagonist. Because he’s always been a pawn under a bigger threat. So I’m curious who the big bad is. I personally think it would be really cool if sense this is obviously a Shang Tsung from an alternate timeline. If that from his timeline Shujinko killed onaga and took the powers for himself and became the new big bad.
Ninja Killa has already mastered Liu Kang.
I’m glad I wasn’t the only one who thought they all looked fake😂😂😂, this doesn’t feel real, and the game coming out a day after my birthday doesn’t help at ALL😂😂
it comes out a day before mine
two days after mine lol, had to do a double take
Always enjoy your input and can't wait for Sept.
Mileena Kitana and hopefully jade makes the line up😭
Should have been Jade instead of Mileena
Hope Jades In it
Since they droped this , I'm so hyped and freked out that I can't breath regularly - and I honestly have like 100000 of ideas about the story but yah I can not mention them so Imma be like "omg I have no idea how's that gonna be" cuz that's just better
Absolutely in love with Kitana's new design not big on Scorpion and Sub-Zero's I think it's the lack of hoods and those awful masks overall I love the aesthetic. Would've liked some gameplay though maybe at the PS Showcase next week 🤔
That's too bad I think Scorpion and subzero looks the best they ever did especially subzero doesn't have that stupid robin hood hat
Relax dude, customization will fix that.
Yeah they can change them up more so the masks.
@@RazuX5 nah he means the main outfit that will be used in all promotional material. Like mk11 scorpion.
@@Ghost1gx so? Doesn’t mean we have to use it, alternate costumes for MK characters have been a thing since the 3D era and with customization like I said we can fix it ourselves and play with different designs that suite our tastes.
“And here comes the Jerk!!” That line did it for me LMAO
I really want to see skarlet😭
This makes my horrible morning at work so much better
I think Mileena will be a good guy
No way she’s gonna be good lol
Imagine this final battle
Fire god liu kang (Merged with mk9 raiden), New Great Kung Lao, and dark Raiden (mk11 version) vs Shang Tsung and any other villains he teams up with.
I’m excited to see how this turns out!! I’m hyped for September!! The designs and cinematography are amazing!!! What they do with this game is what I’m curious? The roster sounds promising, and how they do the story or conquest mode. I was watching Uncaged games video and saw that they kinda tease tag teams again which would be an amazing return and reference to mk9. Also I’m thinking that the sub zero could be Bi-Han if Noob Saibot isn’t on the roster?
Roster? Where's the roster I've missed that?
@@TemplarsCreed I meant to say so far when I was typing that out. So it’s supposed to say “The roster sounds promising so far”
@@lunathepsychic2006 Ah ok. I understand. Can I ask you for a favour? I have no right to ask this but if it's no inconvenience to you, if you do see the roster at any point could you reply to this message with the info or a link or something? I don't get much browsing time atm and I'm up to my eyeballs in work I'm surprised I've even seen this 2bh. If not no worries 👍
@@TemplarsCreed the most I could do is link character reveals and gameplay footage as the come out
@@lunathepsychic2006 that would be awesome. Thanks much appreciated 👍
Shang Tsung: Exists
Everyone: How many times do we have to teach you a lesson old- I mean, young man?
The graphics look so realistic
Based on the teaser trailer maybe Shang Tsung of multiple time lines are encroaching on others. Like maybe God Shang Tsung is trying to bring together the timelines in which he wins in and sending out versions of himself from these other timelines to collectively take over other timelines.
But will we get a Sindel reversion?
Yes
The most analytical reaction for sure💯
Mk 2021 movie Shang?
The dragon logo is an ouroboros now, and look at that Liu Kang Jesus-like pose with even the legs crossed 3:22
Quan Chi, Ermac, Smoke, Reptile, Tanya and Tremor HAVE TO COME BACK!!!!!
Tanya can sit out but we definitely need those other ones
Quan chi and tanya for sure❤
Quan Chi,Ermac & Reptile
Waiting for more of the roster to be shown. Nothing here really surprises me and were expected to be here. Hoping to see an all new fighter in this one soon.
RAIN needs to finally be main roster
*Prince Rain* 👑💜
No n to the o
I think the clips of Shang Tsung killing everyone is either part of his bonus content showing how he gets there or something that happens in his story
Is it me or does Scorpion and Sub Zero look extremely similar? Almost like they’re actually brothers in this rebooted timeline. I guess anything possible because Raiden looks very young and Kung Lao doesn't have his bladed hat, so it could be 'The Great Kung Lao' when he's young lol who knows. Phenomenal trailer though... might be NR best reveal trailer ever 😁 can't wait for more info!
Mileena😍
To me, everyone looked so similiar to each other... Its like it wasnt mocaped, the faces almost look like those AI generated ones. Hopefully this is just the "cinematic look" not how the characters will look like in game
My theory (and wishful thinking, because I don't want them to ruin Scoprion and Bi Han); is that these two are an ancestor to the Sub-Zero's, and the original founder of the Shirai-Ryu (who was a Lin Kuei member, but defected, thus why the clans were such bitter rivals). Even if they aren't actual brothers, they could still be from the same clan, considering their outfits are almost identical. Not to mention the Lin Kuei are the rainbow clan, with members wearing all sorts of colours.
They are brothers in this timeline I think.
BRO AS SOON AS I SAW THE TRAILER I CAME TO YOUR CHANNEL LETS GOOOO
Where's my boy Reptile?!?!
He should have been in there instead of bumass Mileena
Camouflaged as usual.
@@aaronjaggan Probably 🤣 I'm not pre ordering this one unless he is confirmed playable.
I haven’t played mk for a min since mk11 got stale a long time ago hype to be a regular viewer for you again
I'm so glad I watched this on Twitter and I didn't spoiled myself anything 🙏
I just watched the trailer before this went up. It was sooo good.
Can't wait to see some gameplay footage
Are you really gonna kill the preorder bonus?! LUL TOO GOOD!
Thank God that Fire God Liu Kang's Aftermath ending is the canonical ending that NetherRealm has chosen to set up MK12's narrative & that the MK12 trailer establishes that Liu Kang remains the primary protagonist of MK just as he was restored as in MK11. Him easily taking out Shang Tsung was sweet. Hopefully the days of Liu Kang getting killed off & turned into undead are finally over. Hopefully also Liu Kang & Kitana's romance remains intact🤞🤞
Just hope my boi Kano gets some justice and respect put on his name.
the way Mileena puts her mask on and looks at Kitana like “are you looking at me?” Is so cute lmao
Cameo fighters might = stand like system.
Years ago, like 1997 when mk4 came out my friends and I at the arcade wondered what it might be like to have Liu Kang as a boss character. 25 years later we might finally get to see it. Awesome!
To be honest I don’t think Mileena will be a villain this time. Because I noticed in the trailer that Shang Tsung was the one that attacked Mileena not any the heroes.
Is no one gonna mention that Hanzo is wearing a Lin Keui emblem on his tunic? 😳
My thoughts exactly, also look at his arm too, he’s got some ink, it looks like a scorpion to me but it’s a little hard to see