Originally posted by BloodRawEngine
I still hold that power scaling isn't a very big priority in the series amongst the characters that aren't clearly in leagues of their own, and that's usually just based on plot devices. The fact that both beat eachother at certain points in the series shoulld say well enough that neither is more glaringly powerful unless otherwise noted. In other words, I'd think Armageddon was by and large fair game all-around.Except for that whole Sindel stuff in story mode. That was just pure bullshit excuse of plot device and a total cop-out imo. I understand it might be in an attempt to open way for some newcomers in the next potential game, but the last major newcomer I could think of was Shujinko, who was just a poor-man's marty-stu geezer Liu Kang replacement.
Completely agree on the power scaling thing and whatnot.
I see where you're coming from too about the Sindel thing, and normally I'd think something like that to be a copout as well, but I thought that kind of plot device was a rare case of being kinda well executed in MK9. People may say they hate Sindel because she killed their favorite characters and blah blah blah, but if Scorpion or someone that's more of a fan favorite had single-handedly taken out a majority of the MK cast like she did, you know they would've just further praised them instead of hated. 313
The last newcomer was mainly Taven from Armageddon, but as for Shujinko, I disagree. To me, his personality is exactly what a protagonist of Mortal Kombat should be. Kind, loyal, pure hearted, and all that. The only real downside to his character was his naivety, but after learning that Onaga had used him, he was no longer naive.
The only complaint about him I found really legit was him having too many moves borrowed from other characters (but at least he had other qualities that other move stealers like Chameleon lacked), which they could easily fix in a new game IMO by either making his specials less of a carbon copy of the others characters' versions, or just giving him new specials altogether, which shouldn't be hard to think up of for someone of Shujinko's stature. Just because he's not Liu Kang, people tend to be a lot more mean-spirited towards him than they should, it seems.