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First Batch of DLC Characters Revealed for Mortal Kombat

Posted on Sunday, March 27 @ 10:49:35 Eastern by


Mortal Kombat's April 19th release date is just around the corner, yet the game's entire roster hasn't yet been announced (though it has been leaked). But before NetherRealm Studios can even make the initial roster official, the first batch of DLC characters has been revealed via the May 2011 issue of GamePro magazine.

The magazine reveals 3 DLC characters -- two of them are reasonably popular from earlier MK titles, while one character, which Ed Boon teased months ago on his Twitter account by showing a little leg:



The first character is the sub-boss from Mortal Kombat II, Kintaro. Like Goro, Kintaro is a 4-armed Shokan serving as one of Shao Kahn's elite.



Next is Kenshi, a great warrior swordsman who was tricked by Shang Tsung, leaving Kenshi without his sense of sight. Kenshi, while very popular among Mortal Kombat fans, didn't appear until Deadly Alliance.



Last up is the "Lady in Red", a female ninja donning a red outfit and a red ninja mask. Named Scarlet, she's a non-existent, rumored MK2 character that stemmed from when Mileena, Jade or Kitana's palette would glitch, turning their outfit red. Ed Boon teased the above image via his Twitter account back in September of last year, and that's the closest thing we have to official information thus far.

This is just the first batch of many DLC characters planned for Mortal Kombat. Which characters would you like to see return as DLC? Let us know in the comments below.

If you want to catch up on your MK folklore, don't miss our Top 10 Mortal Kombat Characters tribute. Up to speed? Then check out our in-depth Mortal Kombat preview.

[Source: GamePro Magazine, May 2011] [Via]
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  • Odbarc
    Odbarc
    Joined: Apr 2007
    Posted: Mar 27th, 2011 at 1:08 pm
    What's weird, I hate playing MK but I love watching videos and hearing about stuff about it.
    (I suck at MK. I'm a SF guy!)
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  • CitizenKane
    CitizenKane
    Joined: Feb 2009
    Posted: Mar 27th, 2011 at 3:16 pm
    DLC... hmph. Why not include these characters in the game?
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  • Ivory_Soul
    Ivory_Soul
    Joined: Nov 2005
    Posted: Mar 27th, 2011 at 6:39 pm
    @CitizenKane they aren't included because they didn't have enough time to get them in. Plus if you just put everything on the disc the game will get boring eventually, so having new characters to fight with down the road keeps the replay value up.
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  • WILLS_COOL_MODE
    WILLS_COOL_MODE
    Joined: Oct 2010
    Posted: Mar 27th, 2011 at 9:08 pm
    @Ivory_Soul
    You can choose to believe that if you want, but the bottom line is if the reason was they "didnt have enough time" then they could just as easily put them in an update with no loss of profit. And they aren't new characters if they exist the day the game comes out.
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  • shandog137
    shandog137
    Joined: Mar 2007
    Posted: Mar 28th, 2011 at 10:15 am
    Ding Ding Ding we've got a winner - Wills_cool_mode
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