Mortal Kombat X sees the return of the iconic sorcerer Quan Chi.
Here’s a look back at the history of the character!
Part of the reason is becauseMortal Kombatis famously bad when it comes to characters created post-Mortal Kombat Trilogy.
In fact, Quan Chi was the only playable character to come out a winner.
Everyone else either lost a war, suffered lost allies, or is flat-out dead.
Not Quan Chi, though.
Hes the one who gets to stand tall.
Quan Chis first appearance, strangely enough, wasnt in a video game at all.
Quan Chi first showed up inMortal Kombat: Defenders of the Realm.
He appeared halfway into the series in late 1996, a full year before his first game appearance.
Mortal Kombat Mythologies: Sub-Zerohit the scene in late 1997.
A mediocre side-scroller, it acts as a prequel, telling the story of the older Sub-Zero brother.
The same Sub-Zero who killed Scorpion, only to be murdered by a resurrected Scorpion in the firstMortal Kombatgame.
This is where that initial killing comes into play.
He also murders Scorpions family and pastes the blame for both killing sprees on Sub-Zero.
Naturally, Scorpion isnt going to hear out the man who killed him.
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The best thing about the game was the unlockable blooper reel.
God, the live-action cutscenes were cheesy.
Shinnok was a knockoff of Shang Tsung.
Jarek was a knockoff of Kano.
Tanya was a recolored Kitana after they decided to remove her for the sake of more new characters.
Reiko was…there.
Kai was…also there.
Hed tear his opponents leg off and beat them to death with it.
Even typing out that sentence put a huge smile on my face.
This proves to be his undoing when he tries to banish Scorpion back to the Netherrrealm.
Fading away, Scorpion dashes forward and grabs Quan Chi, dragging him down to the depths with him.
So anyway,Deadly Alliance.
Not Scorpion, though.
The Deadly Alliance killed everyone, culminating in their joint takedown of Raiden.
Then, because theyre evil jerks, the two turn on each other for power play reasons.
Raiden, Shang Tsung, and Quan Chi momentarily team up, but its not enough.
Raiden blows himself up to stop Onaga which fails and Quan Chi teleports away at the last second.
Quan Chi isnt even inDeception, by the way.
You dont play as him and you dont fight him.
Thats kind of odd.
Quan Chi would come back inMortal Kombat: Armageddon, but then again, so would everyone.
Quan Chi forges a new alliance with Shang Tsung, Shao Kahn, and Onaga.
Like everyone who isnt eventual winner Shao Kahn, Quan Chi dies a horrific death in the battle.
Then came 2011sMortal Kombatreboot, otherwise known asMortal Kombat 9for simplicity reasons.
Being a retelling of the first three games, Quan Chi is suddenly thrust into the backstory.
In other words, Quan Chi is retconned into being a bigger deal than he already was.
Oh, and in Quan Chis arcade mode ending, he clowns Shinnok yet again.
Once more, Quan Chi has all the cards, as he did in the original timeline.
Now well see what kind of tricks he can pull on a new generation of kombatants.
Shang Tsung is still way cooler.
Yeah, I said it.
What do you think about that, magic mime?
