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It’s possible to use unplayable characters in Mortal Kombat X

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I hate all of you that are currently enjoying the latest Mortal Kombat. My fomo is so severe that I dug up my Vita copy of MK9 last night, climbed into bed, and simply cuddled with it. One thing I noticed as I wiped my tears away however, is that there are many, many characters that didn’t transition to MKX – at least not in a playable form. Characters like Baraka, Sindel, and Rain for example, make appearances in  story mode, but are completely unplayable… or are they? Is it possible to make use of these them?

It certainly is – if you have PC version of the game. A reddit user by the name of XVermillion did some tampering with the files and succeeded in getting Rain, Baraka, and Sindel as playable characters. Here’s Rain in action (via Kotaku):

There are other files you can change to get stuff like Rain’s name under the health Bar but the only files I modded are in the “Assets” folder I believe; there should be 2 associated with Rain (Rain_A.xxx and another one I can’t remember but you can just search the folder for Rain)

Anyway, I backed up the files for Shinnok (the character I’m replacing) and renamed Rain’s files to match those associated with Shinnok’s 1st costume slot (CHAR_Shinnok_A.xxx and one other, the one that matches Rain’s other one) and moved ’em to the folder and overwrote Shinnok’s old files with the newly renamed Rain files.

It’s possible to use the same method above for Sindel and Baraka. Here they are in action:

These characters exist in the game solely for story purposes. It does make me wonder if they’ll be “unlocked” as DLC at a later stage though. I really hope not; it wouldn’t be cool of NetherRealm to include characters and hide them behind paywalls. Then again, maybe that is not their intention at all – perhaps these characters are only there for the story, nothing more.

Still, I know I will miss some characters when I finally get my copy of the game. Dammit Ed Boon, WHERE IS MY JADE?

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Last Updated: April 17, 2015

35 Comments

  1. Hmm….Is this stealing?

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    • Gavin Mannion

      April 17, 2015 at 11:32

      Stealing ? It’s in the game already

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      • Umar

        April 17, 2015 at 11:33

        Yeah, but weren’t they meant to be sold at a later stage as DLC?

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        • hairyknees

          April 17, 2015 at 11:35

          I don’t know… none of these characters have been confirmed as DLC yet. A part of me thinks they won’t be – they are in the game already.

          If they are later sold as DLC, the community response would be very bad for Netherrealm O_o

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          • Umar

            April 17, 2015 at 11:37

            It would be quite the backlash. I wonder though, say they were behind a paywall, but people started “unlocking” them via file modification, would that be considered as stealing?

          • Gavin Mannion

            April 17, 2015 at 11:42

            Yeah I think it would be legally classified as stealing but holy hell would the community explode. Hopefully if that was their plan they will now change it and release them for free

          • Umar

            April 17, 2015 at 11:45

            Don’t think that would happen though. hope they handle it better than Capcom did though if it is future DLC characters.

          • Pariah

            April 17, 2015 at 11:46

            I think it’s simple. Make the paid-for ones have the usual 3 options, and make sure it’s more attractive to pay for the characters than to just dupe the files.

          • Umar

            April 17, 2015 at 11:48

            They can do that, but you know how internet folks blow up. “ON DISC DLC?! *begins to write death threat* “

          • Pariah

            April 17, 2015 at 11:49

            I think just finding out that these were intended to be DLC, even if they then make them free, will cause severe backlash. The internet truly is the biggest fighting game out there.

          • Umar

            April 17, 2015 at 11:53

            Lol I fully agree!

          • Hammersteyn

            April 17, 2015 at 11:46

            On disc DLC?

          • Umar

            April 17, 2015 at 11:47

            Yeah, Capcom fumbled over themselves trying to explain why they had on-disc DLC.

        • Blood Emperor Trevor

          April 17, 2015 at 11:55

          Then they shouldn’t have already included them in the game you bought. Wait, I know the answer… “We did it for you, so when we announced the DLC & you bought it you could start playing with those characters right away.”

          IF that’s what they did, and I doubt it anyway.

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          • Umar

            April 17, 2015 at 11:57

            That was Capcom’s EXACT excuse and no gave a F. They wanted blood lol

          • Blood Emperor Trevor

            April 17, 2015 at 11:57

            Wow, really? I thought I was being cynical.

          • Umar

            April 17, 2015 at 12:00

            Nope, they put the characters on the disc to make it easier for us to unlock once we buy them they said. Instant access! yay… 😐

        • RustedFaith

          April 17, 2015 at 16:04

          Nope you paid for the game and seeming the files are included in the game you already pay for you. Legally its not stealing no.

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  2. Hammersteyn

    April 17, 2015 at 11:35

    • hairyknees

      April 17, 2015 at 11:35

      Of course, Quan Chi can bring all of them back… WHY NOT JADE? MY GREEN LADY? :'(

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      • Blood Emperor Trevor

        April 17, 2015 at 11:38

        Funny how you like the green…

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        • Hammersteyn

          April 17, 2015 at 11:38

          Oh snap

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        • hairyknees

          April 17, 2015 at 11:38

          xD stfu!

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        • RinceThis

          April 17, 2015 at 11:58

          LOL

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      • Hammersteyn

        April 17, 2015 at 11:38

        Just teasing. Every one dies in MK but they come back every time. Should be called Immortal Kombat come to think of it…. I mean Liu Kang has died twice already….

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        • ReaperOfSquirrels

          April 17, 2015 at 11:40

          They must have found the dragon balls a few times then…

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          • Hammersteyn

            April 17, 2015 at 11:42

            The dragon balls can only resurrect people once I think. Maybe they found the dragons penis?

          • RinceThis

            April 17, 2015 at 11:59

            His dragon balls? 0_O

        • Sgt. M

          April 17, 2015 at 13:19

          Liu Kang the Krillen of MK

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          • Hammersteyn

            April 17, 2015 at 13:30

            haha

    • RinceThis

      April 17, 2015 at 12:00

      Tali!

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      • Hammersteyn

        April 17, 2015 at 12:02

        Darryn killed Tali so that he could get married.

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  3. Hammersteyn

    April 17, 2015 at 11:35

    Probably DLC….

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  4. Ryanza

    April 17, 2015 at 11:42

    When you have a fighting game like Mortal Kombat that has a long list of characters that has been developed over the years, they should include all the fucking characters in the game to create more value and then work on new characters that they can introduce with DLC.
    Mortal Kombat is not really a story game. I am pretty sure those “story characters” were going to be unlocked with DLC.

    anyway. Don’t Support DRM.

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  5. CypherGate

    April 17, 2015 at 16:36

    I dont get it…. they in the game for story purposes but they have full move sets and fighting mechanics etc etc for you to control. I think they going to be DLC characters.

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