Mortal Kombat 11: 9 Neglected Characters That Must Return

5. Sheeva

Mortal Kombat 11 Baraka
NetherRealm Studios

Kabal should count himself lucky: Sheeva wasn't fortunate enough to even get a look-in for Mortal Kombat X. The sole female (that we know of) Shokan's return was rejected in favour of bigging-up Goro's glorious comeback to playable status for the first time since 2006's Armageddon, leaving no room for his counterpart to appear.

NetherRealm, it would appear, seems reluctant to feature more than one of the four-armed combatants on the same roster in any given title due to their inarguably similar move sets, but differences do exist, and Mortal Kombat X's multiple choice style system proves NetherRealm has the chops to distinguish one superficially similar character from another.

But besides all of that, any Mortal Kombat title where Sheeva's skin-stripping Fatality is absent makes for a sad day for gore fans.

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