Confirmed! Mortal Kombat 1 Will Not Feature An Important Character From The Movie

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With the craze of waiting for information on the game itself gone, fans are now waiting for news on which characters will be a part of the roster for Mortal Kombat 1, the next game in the franchise, which is turning back the clock (literally, if you watch the announcement trailer), and giving NetherRealm a whole lot more room to play with. One thing we do know about the roster for the game is that Cole Young won’t be a part of it.

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While we are all waiting to find out which characters will be a part of the upcoming Mortal Kombat 1 game, Comicbook.com managed to wrangle an interview with NetherRealm’s Lead Systems Designer, Derek Kirtzic, while at Summer Game Fest.

While Derek Kirtzic wasn’t at liberty to share too much about the upcoming game, what he could share was regarding the protagonist of the 2021 Mortal Kombat game, Cole Young. Comicbook.com asked Kirtzic if Young would be featured in the game, and the designer basically said that the cinematic and game worlds wouldn’t be colliding any time soon.

Kirtzic responded, “We’re leaving that world to that world.” Hence, although the statement was short, it’s definitive that we won’t be seeing the young protagonist in the games anytime soon. That said, it won’t be the last time we see him.

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Cole Young was first introduced in the 2021 Mortal Kombat movie as the film’s central protagonist. It is relatively common for new characters to be introduced throughout the franchise’s running, as many have been over the years; however, Cole was never part of any of the games.

With Mortal Kombat 1 cleaning the slate for NetherRealm, many fans