Li Mei, Tanya And Baraka Confirmed For Mortal Kombat 1

thegamer.com:

Three more fighters have joined the base roster for Mortal Kombat 1, and it's good news for Outworld fans. Li Mei, Tanya and longtime Kombatant Baraka will be in the game from launch, fully playable.

Baraka has appeared in many Mortal Kombat games, most recently Mortal Kombat 11. Tanya was last playable in Mortal Kombat 10, making a brief cameo in Mileena's MK11 ending instead. Li Mei, however, has been largely absent from the series since Mortal Kombat: Armageddon in 2006. Her last sighting was as a non-playable character in MK10, so this will be the first time she's been part of the fight since 2006.

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All three fighters will be on the main roster, rather than see themselves downgraded to Kameo spots. The trailer also gave us a look at each of them in action, and it's looking just as brutal as ever.

Perhaps most interestingly, however, we finally have more of an idea of what the hell is going on in this new timeline. Once again, it's reiterated that both Mileena and Kitana are part of the Edenian royal family. They are protected by the all-female Umgadi, fighters who train from birth. Li Mei seems to have been banished after she failed to protect the Mileena and Kitana's father - presumably King Jerrod, who of course is dead again.

Tanya appears to be the head of the Umgadi now, working closely alongside Mileena. Quick aside, I'm fully convinced Mileena and Tanya are going to be a thing in this game too. I mean, c'mon, NetherRealm's been teasing us for two games now. Let the girlies get together, please. Anyway, we then get a better look at Mileena's infection of the all-new Tarakan disease - the name that previously belonged to Baraka's