Mortal Kombat 11 co-creator explains why it took so long for Mileena to join the roster

Fans of Mortal Kombat have been begging for Mileena to be a part of Mortal Kombat 11 even before the game released. Those fans have been growing in numbers and becoming louder as the months rolled on, and finally they have something to cheer. Mileena has been confirmed as a DLC character for the game, but now fans want to know why it took so long to bring her in. Mortal Kombat ko-kreator Ed Boon explained.

“You know, Mileena was one of the first characters from Mortal Kombat 1 and 2. There were Sub-Zero and Scorpion and on the other side was Katana and Mileena, and they were the kind of classic adversaries over the years of Mortal Kombat, and so we’ve represented, continued their story, and we hit pause on Mileena just to create an appreciation. But we had no idea it would be this intense. For years we were getting pounded – ‘I want to see Mileena again’. We just stretched that out as we knew she was on her way.

So I started teasing a little bit more. I wouldn’t be doing that if I knew that she was eventually going to show up, so it was just a big build-up. You know we played with it a little bit. Eventually, we knew that we were going to be releasing a video like we did and just let the floodgates lose and that’s what we witnessed – this pent-up anticipation for Mileena and all of a sudden online we saw the results of it.”