Talk:List of Mortal Kombat characters

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Famicom style controller This article is within the scope of WikiProject Video games. For more information, visit the project page, where you can join the project and/or contribute to the discussion.
Start This article has been rated as Start-Class on the assessment scale.
Low This article is on a subject of Low priority within gaming for inclusion in Wikipedia 1.0.
VG To-do:
The Mortal Kombat WikiProject logo This article, template, or image is part of WikiProject Mortal Kombat, an attempt to structure and organize all Mortal Kombat-related information on Wikipedia, placing emphasis on canonicity. If you wish to help, you can edit the article attached to this page, or visit the project page, where you can join the project and/or contribute to the discussion.
List This article has been rated as list-Class on its quality.


Film Portal
This article is within the scope of WikiProject Films. This project is a central gathering of editors working to build comprehensive and detailed articles for film topics on Wikipedia. If you would like to participate, you can edit the article attached to this page, or visit the project page, where you can join the project and/or contribute to the discussion.
List
This article has been rated as List-Class on the quality scale.
NA
This article has been rated as NA-importance on the priority scale.

Contents

[edit] Tabling

The page is, in its current form, almost unreadable beyond character names. I think perhaps it should be altered to a table form, since it'd be easier to cross-reference characters and games. See WP:TABLE. Comments before I get started? Virogtheconq 23:49, 24 March 2006 (UTC) Edit: Finished initial version. x means playable, h for hidden (unplayable), b for boss (unplayable), c for cameo (pretty much any NPC that appears in the background and/or only has speaking role): Virogtheconq 01:49, 28 March 2006 (UTC)
Edit2: Found a much more readable way to do this. Not much work to import previous table to this version, just a lot of deleting linefeeds and inserting extra pipes. Virogtheconq 06:26, 16 May 2006 (UTC) Edit3: Done. Going to leave here for a few days in the unlikely event of comments. Virogtheconq 03:11, 17 May 2006 (UTC)

Game/Character MK MKII MK3 UMK3 MKA MKT MK4 MKG MK:DA MK:TE MK:D MK:U MK:A MKM:SZ MK:SF MK:SM
Ashrah x x x
Baraka x x x x x x x
Blaze c c x x c x x c
Bo' Rai Cho x x x x x
Cyrax x x x x x x x x x x
Dairou x x x
Darrius x x x
Drahmin x x c c x
Ermac x x x x x x b
Frost x x c c x
Fujin x x c c x b
Goro b x x x x x x b
Havik x x x
Hotaru x x x
Hsu Hao x x x
Jade h x x x x x x b
Jarek x x c c x
Jax x x x x x x x x c c x x x c
Johnny Cage x x x x x x x c c x x
Kabal x x x x x x x c
Kai x x c c x
Kano x c x x x x x x c c x x b
Kenshi x x x x x
Kintaro b x c c x b
Kira x x x
Kitana x x x x x x x c c x x
Kobra x x x
Kung Lao x x x x x x x x x x x x
Li Mei x x x x x
Liu Kang x x x x x x x x c x x x x
Mavado x x x
Mileena x x x x x x x x b
Mokap x x c c x
Moloch x x c c x
Motaro b b b x c c x
Nightwolf x x x x x x x
Nitara x x c c x
Noob Saibot x* h h x x x x x x x x x x c
Onaga c c b b x
Quan Chi x x x x c c x b b
Raiden x x x x x x x x x x c c
Rain x x x c c x
Reiko x x c c x
Reptile h x x x x x x c c x x
Sareena x c c x b
Scorpion x x x x x x x x x x x x b x
Sektor x x x x x x c c x
Shang Tsung b x x x x x x x c c x b
Shao Kahn b b b b x c c x x x b
Sheeva x x x x c c x
Shinnok x x c c x b
Shujinko x x x
Sindel x x x x x x x
Smoke h x x x x x x x c
Sonya Blade x c x x x x x x x x c c x c
Kurtis Stryker x x x x c c x
Sub-Zero x x x x x x x x x x x x x
Tanya x x x x x
Taven x

*The original Mortal Kombat's Sub-Zero was killed and replaced by his younger older brother; the original became Noob Saibot.

[edit] Rumored Characters

I added a section for rumored characters. I am new to Wikipedia so am not able fix the links yet, please do so if you come across bad links. Also, I didn't add any information on the characters as I feel there people better suited to the task. Feel free to add information. There is a Belokk page started at List_of_Mortal_Kombat_Character/Belokk which is a link I don't know how to fix.

--NovaStarr 23:50, 13 Nov 2004 (UTC)

If you have any rumored characters, just make sure to provide verifiable evidence, i.e., news articles or reports from Midway or something and not just fan speculation, or everything there could soon be deleted because it is crystal ball-type information. -- Ricky81682 (talk) 19:41, 17 June 2006 (UTC)

[edit] ARGH

This is a MESS. Not so much the structure, I think it's a good move to seperate "proper" characters from minor ones, rather the fact so many of those minor characters have articles that are only a sentence or two long. Rumours shouldn't get their own page. I have NEVER heard Ermac referred to as "Red Robin", so that's just one example of something that's evidently not worthy of encyclopedic coverage.

Now, for these rumoured characters, instead of giving them a page of their own, shouldn't they be put under a "rumours" heading in the article for their respective games? If there's proof that they were considered, or at least possible (Zebron and Belokk, for example), then, yes, they're worthy of a page. But if there's nothing we can give other than fan opinion and speculation, there is no need to give them more than a passing reference- IF THAT- on the page of their respective game.

I also noticed the other day that there were numerous articles that had been duplicated with just "(Mortal Kombat Character)" put on the end. If it didn't need a disambiguation page in the first place like characters such as Scorpion or Reptile logically WOULD, it DEFINITELY didn't need a duplicate article!

Oh, and Saurion isn't a character. It's a race. Khameleon and Reptile are part of it. Should we have a page for Mortal Kombat races? Personally, I'm all for it, but what does everyone else think?

I've been a tad shocked at the MK characters' articles in recent months. I'm going to give some of these articles a severe tidying (a lot of them are sloppy in the first place) and I very much encourage other people to join me. Come on, guys, let's do justice to these wonderful and imaginative characters. --L T Dangerous 20:59, 19 November 2005 (UTC)

[edit] EDIT HIM! *dramatic music*

OK, here's where I'm gonna log everything I do on this page as well as adding a few suggestions (I'll add dates and times to let you know when I added this). Please carry out anything I don't do. If you disagree with any of my contributions, please tell me on this page:

My contributions

  • Removed Reptile, Ermac and Rain from the "Rumour, Hidden and Cameo characters" section. All three are main characters and were already listed as such. There is no need to link to the same page twice --L T Dangerous 13:20, 23 November 2005 (UTC)
  • Deleted the link to "Teir" for two reasons. One: it's not a character in the first place. Two: it's SPELLED WRONG. Seems somebody was too keen to make their first Wiki that they decided to copy and rename an already existing page. --L T Dangerous 13:20, 23 November 2005 (UTC)

Things I suggest you all help me with

  • Let's get some of these "rumour" characters deleted, please. If there is no proof then it can be considered a hoax and, therefore, has no place here, thank you very much. And I dread to think how stupid you'd need to be to believe Ryu was in a Mortal Kombat game. --L T Dangerous 13:20, 23 November 2005 (UTC)
  • Can we work out who is and is not a "cameo" character? Chameleon is listed with the major characters in the "Mortal Kombat characters" template. While I'm not sure if I agree, that means he must be listed with the major characters on this page, yet he isn't. On the other hand, boss characters from Mortal Kombat: Mythologies are listed on this page with the major characters, despite having articles that are only a few paragraphs long. There's not enough information to make them main characters and, frankly, they're not main characters anyway. --L T Dangerous 13:20, 23 November 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Article needs some work

Port exclusive info needs its own symbol as well. For instance, Goro wasn't even in the arcade version of MK4 and Noob was a hidden unplayable opponent. And why is Meat labeled as a Hidden Unplayable Opponent in MK4? Where are you baffoons getting your information from? Buzda 06:44, 9 March 2007 (UTC)

Meat is labeled as a hidden unplayable character, not opponent. However, this is still a misnomer as Meat, although hidden, is indeed quite playable (And playing as Meat is the only way to even see him, actually). Although now that you mention it, I don't know if Meat appears in the arcade version of MK4 since I don't think group mode is in it. These little symbols definitely cannot compensate for all these weird exceptions, of which there are many (I'm not a particular fan of this whole table thing, by the way). MarphyBlack 12:33, 9 March 2007 (UTC)

He's in the arcade game. The arcade had Group Mode. Buzda 02:17, 13 March 2007 (UTC)

What about Khameleon? She's only in the Wii version of MK:Armageddon. -- VederJuda 14:40, 5 June 2007 (UTC)

Never mind, I didn't see the list at the bottom. -- VederJuda 14:41, 5 June 2007 (UTC)

Why is Mario and Sonic listed in the character list?? and checked for every game?????? -- Typhoon87 0:08, 26 January 2008 (EST)