“I think it was really important that this movie in particular really delves into the relationship between Raiden and Liu Kang in a very intense way as father and son,” he said. The games haven’t looked into this aspect as heavily, leaving room for Adams to, like a bolt of lightning, strike forcefully.

It is, ostensibly, quite odd for a being to dedicate thousands of years of their life defending Earthrealm. While Liu Kang and Raiden’s bond is there in typical fashion in Scorpion’s Revenge, Adams wanted to stop and focus more on the God of Thunder. Jeremy Adams, the screenwriter for both animated movies, spoke about this when trying to delve deeper into Raiden. However, it’s impossible to look at Raiden and Liu Kang in this film without examining each of them individually. Mortal Kombat Legends: Battle of the Realms changes that dynamic a bit by removing the rivalry and focusing solely on the positive aspects of the father-son relationship that have been just under the franchise’s bruised and blood-drenched skin. Mortal Kombat 11 showed that off beautifully with its poignant timeline-spanning montage and subsequent fusion. Liu Kang and Raiden always had a special relationship that expressed itself in different ways.

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