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Part 3 of the Netherrealm DLC characters series, let's go.
For this, rather than a side campaign, I see a series of two fight chapters for the
DLC cast that run alongside or after the main story. Where possible, each fight will use a
different variation to give players a better taste of their new character. Seriously,
I don't think any of Netherrealm's games with any kind of customisability in the movesets have
ever done anything halfway decent with them in the story mode. If you're lucky,
you'll get a flashback in the chapter that uses a different variation, but that's it.
First, we have Tremor. This takes place after Sonya departs to help the kids against Shinnok,
so around the time Chapter 11 is wrapping up. Or, if Netherrealm were too lazy to to put in
a red sky variation of the stage being used, then after Chapter 12.
Both fights takes place at the Refugee Camp as Tremor arrives with a Black Dragon force
to free Kano from captivity. Kenshi is the first opponent, holding down the fort while
the others are away. As he goes down, Jax arrives with Sareena and some soldiers,
giving us an explanation for where the hell he was while Kenshi brought Quan Chi back to base.
Jax tells Sareena to help Kenshi while he deals with Tremor. Tremor calls back to MK Special
Forces where Jax beat him and almost killed him, forcing his powers to manifest in a more overt way
to save his life. He shows this off by fighting in Crystalline form. Tremor frees Kano from his cell,
but Jax, Kenshi and Sareena catch up. Tremor uses a portal stone to flee with Kano, but Jax manages
to get a shot off that makes Tremor drop the stone as he flees, giving the SF a minor victory.
Next, we have Tanya. Being a character who already appeared in the story, her chapter
simply continues from where her last scene left off. After her and Rain's defeat in Chapter 6,
the two were imprisoned by Kotal. Upon hearing of Mileena's execution,
the two decide it's best to escape and go into hiding until they can come up with a new plot to
kill Kotal. After escaping their cells, they're ambushed by Erron and Ferra/Torr. Tanya fights
Erron with Kobu Jutsu. Once the guards are beaten, the two Edenians flee into the jungle,
pursued by Kotal's other followers. While hiding, tensions rise between the two and a fight erupts,
with Tanya using some artefact she found to use her Pyromancer variation. Fire and water, you
see. This artefact could also explain the change in her eyes and possibly skin tone to justify
the change in design between story mode and DLC. With Rain beaten, Tanya flees. Rain is captured,
his fate unknown, while Tanya escapes to plot her revenge on Kotal. It's similar to her ending,
sure, but the ending could be rewritten as a sequel to this chapter, where she avenges
Mileena and frees Edenia from Outworld before setting her sights on a way to resurrect Mileena.
Third, Bo' Rai Cho. As with Tanya, we pick up from his last appearance; in this case,
Chapter 10. After being wrecked by Shinnok, Bo' is quickly forgotten about as Shinnok and his
revenants all focus their attention on Raiden. This allows Bo' to recover beneath their notice.
While recovering, he flashes back to shortly before the tournament. We see his relationship
with the two monks as he spars with Liu Kang in Bartitsu. After the match, he tells them
he's proud of them both, but Lao shows clear discontentment with not being able to compete.
Bo' assures him that his time will come. This can be seen as Bo' unwittingly fuelling Lao's ego,
eventually leading to his death. Back in the present, once he's healed by whatever's in his
flask, Bo' attempts to escape, but is found by the monks. After some antagonistic banter to contrast
with the mutual respect shown in the flashback, Bo' takes a swig from his flask and fights the
two with Drunken Fist. He's able to blind Kang with his booze and launch him through the hole
in the wall that Shinnok made with Bo's body but we never saw again. Then, Lao sardonically
asks if this is his moment to gain glory by killing the master even Liu Kang couldn't best.
Seeing how far gone the revenants are, Bo' reluctantly takes his Drunken Master stance.
Once Lao goes down, Kang returns with Stryker, Nightwolf and Kabal. He sends the trio after Bo',
who flees the temple with the three in hot pursuit, hoping to one day find a way to restore
his former pupils. This also explains those three revenants' absence during the climax.
Next, we have Triborg. Triborg is activated by Frost, who broke into the hidden vault of the now
destroyed cyber factory where he was stored. This location is represented by the SF training room.
After being brought up to speed on what Sub-Zero's done to the Lin Kuei, he requests a sparring match
with Frost to test his capabilities. She agrees, knowing he'll be able to kill Sub-Zero once he's
fully operational. This works to set up her interest in cybernetics for MK11. If the devs
would be willing to program a moveset for Frost, even if it's just Sub-Zero's or Sindel's with
Sub-Zero's specials, that's the first fight. If not, we have a flashback to his creation at the
hand of Sektor. Sektor spars with him to test his capabilities, but he proves incomplete.
Sektor is forced to put him back into storage as Sub-Zero attacks the factory. In the present,
Triborg is ready, so he and Frost ambush Sub-Zero as he returns from the fight with Kotal's forces.
Thanks to his weakened state, Sub-Zero loses, but Hanzo arrives, intending to discuss the
two's alliance. Triborg is badly damaged by the duo and is forced to flee with Frost.
Hanzo promises to help Sub-Zero track them down and end the old Lin Kuei's machinations for good.
This could then alter MK11 so that Cyrax is not brought back just to die again; Triborg replaces
both him and Sektor, perhaps even being fought twice in that chapter with different abilities.
Now, we come to the four guests. As with Freddy last time, these characters play out
sequels and reboots featuring Johnny, or Cassie during her brief acting career in her teens.
If the stories release together, these are part of a larger segment:
Movie Night at the Cage House. Johnny and Cassie are watching some movies,
possibly featuring a younger Cassie and advancing through time with each film as she goes from
child who really shouldn't be allowed to watch this, to disinterested teen, to young adult
who just loves spending time with her dad. That last one can be set prior to Chapter 2,
or after the story mode while Johnny's recovering from his torture. Or both if we have four films.
For this presentation, we'll have two films. Let's start with Alien vs Predator. Since Netherrealm
still insists on not giving its guest their own stages, we'll use existing stages as stand-ins.
The plot sees Johnny Cage star as himself, pursuing an alien craft detected over Shang
Tsung's island. A group of predators land on the island and are ambushed by a new breed
of xenomorph at The Pit. Our lead yautja, the Hish-Qu-Ten, kills an acidic xeno. They venture
deeper into the island to Shang Tsung's lab, where they're ambushed again. This time, the maskless
Warrior is killed by the Konjurer praetorian and its facehuggers. This is where Johnny and
his squad enter and a three-way fight breaks out. A Tarkatan xeno attacks Johnny's squad,
killing a generic SF guy with Jax's moves. The Hunter predator is also killed by the xenos,
leaving only Johnny and the lead predator to team up to survive. Johnny takes down the Tarkatan
variant and the Predator kills the Konjurer. The two then blow the lab and hive, and Johnny is
given a weapon by the surviving predator: the brass knuckles from his Fisticuffs variation.
And I'm not really sure where or how, but it would be really cool if we could
get Carl Weathers as part of the story. Y'know, using the Carl Weathers Jax skin
to be Carl Weathers reprising the role of Dillon from the first Predator movie,
since in this setting, resurrection is a thing, so it's not out of the question for a Predator sequel
to claim that Dillon got brought back from the dead. And then he and Johnny do their "You son
of a bitch" part because constant references are expected with Netherrealm guests. Right?
Terminator: "Wrong."
Next, we have Jason vs Leatherface. We open with Leatherface killing some taskforce members in
the woods near his home. Their commander uses a generic SF model and Sonya's moveset against
Leatherface's Butcher variation. Meanwhile, at Camp Crystal Lake, Jason kills a teenager
who uses Cassie's moveset against his Slasher variation. Eventually, the two killers meet,
Leatherface in his Pretty Lady variation and Jason in Relentless. Leatherface kills Jason,
but the latter rises again and beats Leatherface in Unstoppable. Then, Cassie enters as the
daughter of the murdered commander, whose face is now worn as a mask by Leatherface.
She has to deal with Jason, allowing Leatherface to escape while Jason is knocked into the lake.
Cassie's character is determined to finally end her mother's killer in the sequel that we then
learn never happened as Cassie had left acting by the time the sequel's script was finally finished.
Cassie wonders if she made the right choice, leaving the safe and fun world of acting for
the military life, and worries that she might have disappointed Johnny by following in her mother's
footsteps instead of his. Johnny tells her he's proud of her for her for making that decision
herself and for being so brave, and assures her that Sonya is just as proud, even if she doesn't
show it. That, or Sonya herself tells her that if she's also there after the events of Chapter 12.
And there we have it. We fill in some holes in the narrative, get some continuations for
character who were already in the story, some setup for directions some of these characters
could go in MK11, and some nice character moments for the Cages. The next of these is Injustice 2,
and that's gonna be a toughie, I think. We'll see how it goes. The MK11 episode will have to
be after all the DLC is done for the game. So, don't bother asking about it. Bitch.
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