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Got THE ANSWER to the mistery : Reiko is not Shao Kahn
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Nicolay
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Got THE ANSWER to the mistery : Reiko is not Shao Kahn
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Reiko is NOT Shao Kahn!
It's al Teory (my ideea) but it's good!
In MKD Shao Kahn is playable and the Dark Prison is present(notice in the dark prison are old characters like Striker and ...Reiko).
So in teory no more than two players can play in a match(mirror match).
If we play a mirror match on the Dark Prison with Shao Kahn(actualy two of them)we would not se Reiko(becouse he would be Shao Kahn).
That is My teory
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Nicolay
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Sorry!
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Sorry for my poor spelling!
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wtf make sense, from the first time i saw reiko I know he's another person. who said he's shao kahn?
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RE: Got THE ANSWER to the mistery : Reiko is not Shao Kahn
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For reference (in MK Gold) Reiko's ending depicts him going through a portal, sitting down on a throne, and putting on Kahn's helmet.
When you mean him in Konquest mode, it explains the Reiko mystery. Apparently, in Shao Kahn's absence, Reiko likes to wear Kahn's armor and pretend he's Kahn.
I'd like to see Reiko back someday.
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There was a big stink about this for a long time, because in the gameboy ending the developers made it sound like he was Kahn because they assumed it was true from his MK: Gold ending.
Even though the actual MK development team has said on more than one occasion that Reiko is not Kahn, people refused to believe it because of the MK4 Gameboy ending. That's why they cleared it up in konquest mode of MK: Deception.
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Veljo
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Reiko is a servant of Shao Kahn, NOT Shao Kahn himself.
This from Wikipedia:
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The Reiko/Kahn controversy
For the most part, Reiko began as a simple new character added to put new faces in Mortal Kombat 4. However, as the game arrived on PlayStation and Game Boy, some alarming and heavily-debated developments took place. In the early releases of Mortal Kombat 4, Reiko's ending showed him stepping through a portal and nothing more. However, as the game made its way into home systems, this scene was further elaborated on. On the other side of the portal, Reiko arrived in the throne room of Shao Kahn, the emperor's skull mask lowering onto his face. This quickly led to a division among fans. Some believed that this was a sign that Reiko was actually Shao Kahn, while others rejected the idea entirely.
In opposition of Reiko's being Kahn, it was put forth that the character's ending is not necessarily fact, as many previous win scenes have been neglected in developing the story. Another argument was the profound difference in heights of the characters, Shao Kahn being much taller than Reiko. Also given is an episode of Mortal Kombat: Conquest in which Reiko and Shao Kahn are seen together. On top of that, used as evidence is Ed Boon's confirmation that the two are not the same.
Those supporting that Kahn and Reiko are the same have found counters for each argument, however. They generally accept Reiko's (and many other) ending as canon until they are contradicted in future games. As for the profound differences in stature of the characters, they point out that Mortal Kombat hosts many super natural abilities, such as body-hopping and shapeshifting. They also remind us that the TV shows and movies are not considered part of the canon of the games, and thus can be disregarded as any kind of evidence. Another point against Boon's statement is his lack of involvement in the story line, a position originally held by John Tobias and later John Vogel.
Another convincing piece of evidence is Reiko's ending from the Game Boy version of Mortal Kombat 4, which states that he returns to ruling the realm that he commanded before Shinnok's return and continued his plans for the conquest of Earthrealm. While not specifically stating that Reiko is Shao Kahn, the text is oddly specific and is quickly accepted as proof by the believers in the conspiracy.
In truth, little thought was put in either version of Reiko's ending. His orignal ending, in which he simply walks into a portal and disappears was created as a joke, nothing more. As the home versions were released, it was decided Reiko's joke ending was not funny and the extra scene in which Reiko dons Shao Kahn's mask was added to "add intrigue to his character." Whether or not the maker of Reiko's extended ending actually meant for him to be Shao Kahn is unknown.
Due to the fact that the Game Boy lacked FMV endings, the developers of the home versions of Mortal Kombat 4 were forced to elaborate on Reiko's ending and its meaning on their own. Therefore, they followed on Reiko's extended ending mentioning his quest to conquer Earth. But due to the fact that not even the makers of Reiko's extended ending were sure if he would indeed be Shao Kahn, the Game Boy ending was kept vague and non-specific.
Mortal Kombat: Deception used its Konquest Mode to debunk the myth that Reiko is Shao Kahn. There is a mission in which Shao Kahn sends Shujinko leads him to Reiko, who tells him that he likes to wear Shao Kahn's helmet. Moreover, Reiko claims he is a commander in Shao Kahn's army. Although much of Deception's Konquest mode is considered non-canon, this seems to be Midways's way of proving that the two characters are indeed different entities. The anticlimactic nature of this explanation is probably the result of Midway poking fun at the situation.
John Vogel, who is currently in charge of Mortal Kombat's storyline, has confirmed that Reiko and Shao Kahn are not the same person, although Vogel revealed that Reiko was once a minion of Kahn. Vogel then went on to state his dislike for Reiko and claimed he has no intention of bringing him back, so it can be assumed that the explanation given in Mortal Kombat: Deception's Konquest is in fact the official one.
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Nicolay
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8/24/05 11:45am
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He Was (kind of) brought back in the dark prison(behind Bars)
I Whould like a Photo to see him Better(got a video and a LoRES Image)
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8/24/05 12:53pm
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That was because they didn't remove him from the cell. They probably forgot. Well, Reiko is Shao Kahn. In MK4, his ending is where he goes through a portal and it finishes. Learn from this story.
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