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I would say MK can do risky storytelling because they've always done it. Even back in the 90s they were killing off and replacing major characters left and right. Every major MK character (especially those from MK1) has been killed off at least once. By this point MK fans are use to the storytelling nonsense. It doesn't matter because it's probably getting retconned in the next game,anyway. All the shenanigans they bring in are just an excuse to use those characters again.

I like the idea of Bison being Rose's master. It ties up nicely with her Alpha's World story that introduced her years ago. I hope they explain why neither of them seem to remember their time together. Like maybe that is an after-effect of Bison expelling the good out of his soul to better control Psycho Power. I don't mind it. It makes Bison seem like some kind of chess-master. Like he has contingencies for every possible situation.

Has anyone seen the Official PlayStation blog story about Rose? Mostly it talks about her moves and confirms some of the deep cut references they used, but there's one interesting tidbit when they get to discussing her costumes. “We had a concept of an adventurer or a person in training for this costume. Maybe it’s an outfit from a time when she was younger.” The quotes in the article are from SFV Director Takayuki Nakayama himself. This does beg the question: Does Rose's purple hair color come from Soul Power mastery? The whole blog post is pretty interesting