Reptile
has all of his classic moves back, but is also capable of controlling the speed of his force ball, including at times causing it to stop in mid-air. During the design process, they thought about giving him a tail, but that would have affected his gameplay too much and they decided against it. Because of how versatile he is with his many moves, his variations are very basic in design. With Deceptive, he can turn himself invisible, though I’m not all that sure how that gives the player the advantage when he can’t see the character either. Noxious causes Reptile to constantly secrete poisonous gas, which will slowly drain his opponent’s health bar if they’re standing too close. He can also make the cloud bigger. Finally, there’s Nimble, which gives him added agility and enhances his abilities to do combos.
Reptile’s alternate also added here
Kitana
also brings back her classic attacks, though her fan-lift is more tornado-like than a bunch of waves in the air. Her Royal Storm variation gives her a long-range fan-lift attack that works as a projectile, much like Storm’s tornado in the Marvel vs. Capcom games. She can also do a spinning projectile deflect and mid-air dashing. The Assassin variation – where she has a mask and black war paint – gives her parry moves and a dashing attack where she stabs the opponent in the face. Most important is the ability to sharpen her fans via taunt, which not only increases the damage of fan-based attacks, but lets her do an EX version of her face-stabbing dash without using meter. Lastly, and most interesting of all, is her final variation, Mournful. In the game, Jade is still dead and Kitana has taken to her style. Under Mournful, Kitana can use Jade’s trademark attacks, like her boomerang blade and staff throw.
Kitana Artwork here
A new level called the
Hellscape, which looks beautiful. Huge depth in the background and lots of bodies to use as weapons.
No new character reveals (just that Jade will NOT be in the game), but they did hint that the next Kombat Kast will show off the return of Brutalities.