My 5 BEST 3D Mortal Kombat Characters Of ALL TIME 

"Can you imagine Sareena in a modern game, with 2 different forms she can swap between?" Uh...yes, yes I can!

I'm so glad Drahmin was in here, he's usually either hated or ignored, but to see others like him is really nice, I hope he manages to become a playable character in the future

Is it weird that I really want a worst 3D characters video?

I sorta imagine Havik as a specialist character focused in out-of-the-box playstyle. A way like Yoshimitsu is played in Tekken.

I think Ashrah would fit in given her lore that's more intriguing than others. I do really enjoy Hotaru, Mavado, and Dairou. Honestly just some Red Dragon acknowledgement would be nice.

Was so happy to see Drahmin included, he always stood out to me as a cool design with a lot of potential. It's a shame Ed Boon supposedly hates him, which makes his inclusion in any future MK games unlikely. Fully agreed with this list overall. Of all the ones listed, I want to see Sareena and Havik again more than anybody else. Love those two.

if Onaga isn't in MK1 I will cry

So about Serena having a demon form in a modern MK game.....

It is so good to see Hotaru being recognized. I am hoping he will make it into MK1. Li Mei, Ashrah, and Shujinko would be great too

My favorite 3D era characters: 1) Nitara (cool vampire character) 2) Frost (cool evil female Sub-Zero) 3) Havik (cool design and lore, also we need a Chaosrealm rep again along with Orderrealm) 4) Onaga (interesting idea and concept and I want him back as a major villain) 5) Taven (very mixed on the guy but honestly, I was attached to him and his story and he had his moments even if he's one of the boring MCs in the franchise) Honorable mentions: Li Mei, Hotaru, Shujinko (and Mokap)

I have a lot of love for deception. And found it kind of disapointing that its characters never got the love that a lot of 4 and DA's characters got. Love to see shujinko, onaga, ashra, havik, and maybe round it out with Nitara from deadly alliance.

Havik is officially back and looks incredible.

I could see Sareena taking MK9 Skarlet's moveset in MK1 given her main use of knives and such. Maybe some Sonya in there with demon form being used like a military stance or other facet

Don’t get why so many characters get hate. What’s the difference between a monster character like drahmin and baraka? If they swapped eras I think people would hate baraka the exact same.

My faves are Kenshi, Ashrah, Sareena, Nitara and Havik. Honorable Mentions: Hotaru, Mavado, Taven. I usually count Reiko, Kai and Tanya as 3D era fighters too and I love them as well

My first exposure to mortal kombat was with mk deadly alliance when I was really young and idk why but I really loved movado, when I got older and knew about the story I started liking ashrah a lot and she’s still my favorite 3D era character

Frost, Taven, Bo Rai Cho, Kobra and Sareena are my 5 favorites

Drahmin and Havik for sure! But I'd also be really interested in how they could reinvent Onaga

Always have to go with my boy Kenshi, as well as Havik, Frost, Hotaru, and Ashrah. Honorable mentions go to Nitara and Taven.

Hotaru was the one character in deception i didnt unlock as a kid which is sad because i always thought he was so cool. I hope i get that chance to finally play as him soon

Hotaru could be great as a heavy bruiser who bullies you with strong attacks from outside your reach, a brutal sort of "melee keep-away" where his aim is to keep you at the tip of his naginata (Which could have a damage sweetspot, doing more damage if you hit with the blade compared to hitting with the shaft) and bully you with powerful attacks and pressure. Give him tools to counter projectile-spam so he can force you to fight at his range as well as an engineered weakness to very close range speedy hits (Only way to beat someone with a polearm is to get inside their range, which is quite hard IRL and should be in game as well). His gameplan should be to force you into his range where he can crush you with raw power.

I love Havik. Seeing him in Joker's MK11 ending was so cool

The 3D era was such a vibe Glad to see some hotaru love!

My favorite 3D era character is shujinko cause of his design and story really sticking with me as a kid, I would love his jack of all trades play style and old man look in a modern title

I've always wanted to see how Ashrah, Nitara, and Li Mei would perform outside the 3D era, but recently, I've taken a huge interest in Hotaru. Your points about his build and weapon choice are a big reason why, along with the potential of his interactions with Liu Kang in MK1 - I can see Hotaru working alongside or against him. It could go either way.

Always love to see love for [your #2 pick], and for Ashrah in the comments. Two of my three favourites of the DA/Dec/Arm era. The other is Li Mei - how cool a concept is an Outworld freedom fighter? Her existence adds so much texture to the setting and gives us a closer to the ground perspective than the nobles and generals we usually follow. I'd love to see a game where she leads a rebel army resisting Shao Kahn's rule, or serves as an advocate for the native Outworlders in Kitana or Kotal's court.

I would take out Dramhim for Ashrah. I really like the idea of demon from the netherrealm redeeming herself and trying to help others do the same

I agree with the list so much, but for a number 6, I want Darrius. I want the return of his fatality where he rearranges your body parts

Nitara is so cool idk why she hasn’t returned after Armageddon. Havik too

Felt the same way about Drahmin at first. But his gameplay was so much fun that it made me like the character

Good list. Surprised to see Sareena on there but she's in my top 5 too. Also the Nitara love :)

I did love to see what they did with Havik in the mkx comics

Always a good day when K&M upload

I cracked a smile when Sareena came up. She’s another one of my favorite characters.

I really love these videos about MK 3D era, I would love to see more

Since you bent the rule for Sareena, I'm gonna take that safe pick and substitute it for your true pick, who is also 3d era, imo which is Reiko. So you choose Drahmin, Nitara, Reiko, Hotaru and Havik. Gotcha 😉.

And Havik is back! You must have been so happy to see him back when he has been announced! And he is just awesome!

I've been wanting Havik back since MK9

The 3D Era Characters has Tons of Potential that I don’t see them as Terrible Additions just in a Bad Rush Production,as an Artist Myself I learn that you can’t Ignore Your Old Creations and replace them with New Ones,they aren’t Unfixable,if Characters like Kenshi,Quan Chi,Shinnok,Tanya,Frost,Bo’Rai Cho,and Fujin can be Great and Build a Fanbase,why Not these Underrated and Unappreciated Characters from the 3D Era?

I always had a soft spot for Ashrah and her quest for ascension... It would be interesting to see her in MK1 before she discovered the Kriss and was in the same guild of demon assassins as Sareena...

8:14 look how spot on you were

The fact that half this list , made it into mk1 is amazing

Shujinko and Taven are my favorites. They deserve a comeback!!

sareena appeared on Mortal Kombat tournament edition for the gba as a playable character

8:22 After the Banished trailer, where Sareena shows her demon form as a Kameo is kinda poetic! Unfortunately she isn't playable in both forms (for now), but like Reptile in MK 1 she might have the same gameplay mechanics if she's ever to become playable in the New Era games. 7:40 it's kinda fun to see Sareena fight Havik.

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seeing Drahmin on this list is so heartwarming. love that dude, and it’s always good to see him getting some recognition

Johnny Cage has that star meter that let's him do poses and recover faster in MK1. I could see Havik having a similar mechanic like him cracking his limbs to buff his attacks or something.

I think hotaru and havok could play like there lore so hotaru moves get to the point and maybe control in a simple to learn way and then havok can play more crazy and strange so it harder to learn him

I saw this crazy concept art of drahmin, depicting what they would want him to look like in a new game, and they made look sorta pyramid head like, but instead of it being a pyramid it was like this really wacky looking thing idk was sick would love to see something like that

Someone must've read my mind lmao These 5 characters are really diverse in varied aspects, even Sareena's gameplay despite how broken she is in MKA

My #1 most wanted 3D character to be explored in modern games is Ashrah. A demon gaining purity through a holy relic weapon, slaying her own kind has soooo much potential. She can even form a bond with Sareena and we can see a team-up between 2 Demonic ladies aiming to better their own existence. Especially in a setting like MK1 where teamwork is already a great influence on gameplay, and likely in story. If I can have Ashrah playable and Sareena kameo, I'll have my mains all set. Your list is fantastic. I like all 5 of them, especially Nitara, Drahmin, and Havik. My list would look like yours, but I'd probably swap Hotaru for Sareena personally. For the story and greater public though, having Hotaru and Havik as opposing forces just makes too much sense to not include.

The human demon switch thing aged really well

While her gameplay was just clone based, I think Kira deserves more love in terms of lore from the 3D era. An anarchist, mercenary and disguise artist who gives Kabal's new Black Dragon an actual goal and philosophy to strive for, something that could tie in to Havik's goals pretty well.

I kinda feel confident our boy Havik will return. I mean come on, Ed Boon said in an interview that M1K will get a lot of ‘3D Era Representation’ so why won’t they include the guy everyone talks about when discussing the 3D Era?

Hotoru is my #1 3D Era character I want back. So cool - such an underrated character

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Really nice video Ketchup. There is not a poor character on this list and I would be delighted for any or even all of them to be a part of Mortal kombat 1.

I was so convinced that Kenshi was gonna take the second place, so happy to see appreciation for my boy Hotaru! DYING to see him return in some official capacity lol

Thumbnail of Havik front and center?! You know this is gonna be good!

I feel for story purposes Sareena is probably the best fit with the new game. It would be fun to see her take a genuine evil route and take on the revenant Liu/Kitana roles from the mkx/mk11 alongside Sub.

I was expecting to see those 5, since those + Kenshi are the characters that almost everyone talks fondly about when it comes to the 3D era. Personally, I’m hoping Kobra and Mavado could be given the “Stryker” treatment. I do feel they have potential to be cool and fun to play if they are redesigned/rewritten well.

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I really want Shujinko to return as a playable character. you can have so much potential especially if they do variants design wise of young, middle age, and old man Shujinko based on how much he grows

Drahmin's design was so cool! My fave out of all the 3D characters. Plus, his alternate skin looked amazing as well. I think it would be really interesting to see him perform in modern MK games

I screamed when I saw the boy drahmin ! But nice list! I agree except for nitara. I want my girl Ashrah back !

Could you do tier list videos for each mortal kombat game? Not the meta but the tierlist and matchups specifically

Love Quake's II soundtrack. Good choice.

The Shujinko blaspheme must end! We finally have a chance for our favorite gold hearted idiot to be rewritten!!

Hotaru was one I never liked but I think it’s because there were three playable characters from Seido. He’d be really interesting if you gave him more agency and maybe played up his rivalry with Havik.

It will be interesting to see if NRS ever gets back to expanding the MK cosmology again. Ideas like the D&D alignment realms, the vampire realm, etc. were at least new to the series and not just another reboot or reimagining of the 2-D peak monetizatlble nostalgia era.

The hate Drahmin gets baffles me. His freakish, sinister design and lore just *screams* MORTAL KOMBAT.

Anyone else miss these games like I do? Hotaru, Sareena, Havik, Nitara all so godly. Special Shoutout to Shujinko and Fujin too (Shujinko was no doubt my main in these games lol) I also liked Li Mei alot as a character but she didnt stand out much.

This video aged very well

With Darius getting a kameo appearance, we’re going to see representation of Orderrelm and chaos realm stuff, specifically because the kind of deep red/maroon cloth the bad guy henchmen seem to be wearing could be wearing Havok’s colours.

Havik would look awesome in the new mk.... I agree with drahmin, I liked him.... With a modern upgrade could be really kool....

There are tons of underrated 3D characters

Finally my girl Nitara getting the recognition she deserves. She's SUCH a cool character, I loved her the moment I first saw her.

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My List of Favorite 3D Characters: 1. Sareena. (she is just so fcking cool and imagining her in a new modern take with a human AND demon version, just sign me up already) 2. Li Mei. 3. Ashrah 4. Nitara 5. Taven.

The list of characters in this video is perfect ! I wish we see most of them in MK1 ( but definitely Havik and Sareena should be fully playable characters ! )

Drahmin and Meat need to show up again simply because all the stuff you can do with them in the current engine. All gross-out details you can have on these guys. And I will always say Dairou needs to come back because of his look. He's just staight up out of some wuxia movie. He looks more Shaolin monk than Liu Kang ever did. His backstory did not fit him at all, but the look was great.

hotaru should really be a T-1000 like guy who follows the law like robocop and judge dredd

My list of Favourite 3D era characters: 1) Taven 2) Onaga 3) Shujinko 4) Blaze 5) Frost

Im here to confirm Ashrah, Li mei, Tanya and Havik and possibly Onaga are in mk1

I want Meat, Mokap, and Havik to come back the most.

I really wanna see them do another 3d MK now that they have the technology to make it something more amazing and graphics... like I can just imagine how it'd look and play and I want it!

I’d really like Hotaru and Havik be rewrote as the Gods of Order and Chaos. As a juxtaposition to Shinnock and Ceterion being Decay/death and Prosperity/Life. Additionally; Sereena and the other 2 Netherrealm assassins. You could have one mostly demonic, one mostly human, and the third be more like Summoner Quan Chi. Calling in other demons to aid her. A personal favourite of mine is Mavado. Keep the overcoat, redesign the very have trousers. The idea of a modern take on him, really lean in to his grapple hooks as a tool for mobility (to close distance, to space back out to stay safe… et al) is fun

All of these are great

For mw, it goes: 1. Hotaru 2. Kenshi 3. Bo' Rai Cho 4. Fujin (If you count MK4) or Havik (if Fujin does not count) 5. Ashrah

Crazy how mk1 has more then half of your requests

Thats a great list. I'm loving these 3D era vids. Honestly I'm fond of all the 3D characters, and believe most of them just need slight tweaks to return to modern mk. My top 5 would be : Daegon (Edenian Demi-god turned Red Dragon leader.) Onaga (The Dragon King 🐲👑) Frost (Sub-Zero's apprentice. And I just love apprentice characters.) Kenshi (the coolest Blind Swordsman.) Nitara (the cool female vampire who's lore is tied to another realm, making MK more vast.) Honorable mentions; Havik, Dairou, Shujinko, Mavado, Ashrah and Moloch

Terminator does that in mk 11, fight his human form then if he has meter, his skin comes off and turns into his machine form (this is a info when you were talking about Sareena)

Talk about a lucky coincidence - Ketchup makes two videos about the 3D era back to back and only a few days later NRS reveals Li Mei and Darrius for MK1

Looks good

During Hotaru's part... Is that BGM Descent into Cerberon from the Quake II OST? That's... unexpected. EDIT: Didn't notice that the other entries had Quad Machine too!

01:20 Odd how the first 3D Mortal Kombat is not being considered a part of the 3D era of Mortal Kombat games. Ah… I donno. Great video as always though!

Sareena seems more likely a cameo character, I love her and she was in mkx campaign

I like the outro music

Shoutout to the Quake 2 OST in the outro 🤘