Dominic Ciancolo är narrative director för Mortal Kombat 1, och han slår nu fatt att det kommande slagsmålspelets narrativ ska fungera som en "språngbräda" för framtida titlar. I ett samtal hos ComicBook.com sade Ciancolo
"I think there's an expectation that was established because of MK9. That was obviously a speed run through the first three games. So we saw characters fully develop to what people knew them to be over the course of that one game. Mortal Kombat 1 as a narrative is a springboard. It's the first step on this road. And so we're going to obviously see the characters develop, they're going to change, things are going to happen, but this is not the end. This is just the beginning. And so that's going to be something we hopefully will evolve as we go forward."
I Mortal Kombat 1 startas tidslinjen om, där Liu Kang skapat sin egen historia, men inte heller hans paradis är fritt från hot. Att döma utifrån Ciancolos uttalande verkar det alltså som att det här är den tidslinje som kommer gälla under lång tid framöver.
