 Hey, I'm Steve and I do QA for Netherrealm Studios. I've been doing that for a couple years now, started with Injustice, and I'm also a pro tournament player. I started with Mortal Kombat 9 and then moved into Injustice, and Katana is my favorite character. When MK2 first came out, the first day I was there, I saw Katana, and immediately she became my favorite character. She was blue, she was a ninja, but she was a warrior princess, which I've always thought powerful female characters are cool. She looks like a model, but she'll cut your head off if you mess with her. I've always liked the range of her attacks, the fans are such a cool, unique weapon, and she totally suits my play style. I like to play far away, defensively, run away, and that's what she's always been really good at. I'm really big on character loyalty. To me, not only am I competing, it's also about the love of the game, and I think if I'm not having the most fun possible, I don't want to compete. But to me, Katana's the most fun to play, and I really enjoy associating my fighting in career with her, and kind of developing my game based on how she plays in any game. In MKX, she has three different variations, and that means three different ways to play. The Royal Storm variation is going to be more of a zoning, a keep away, a defensive variation. She can do her square boost in the air to escape the corner, and her fan lift travels much farther, so she can use it in projectile battles. The Assassin variation is going to be more of a rush down, offensive variation. Her assassin dash will allow her to get in easily, and she can sharpen her fans to increase damage. And then there's the mournful variation, which is based on her friend Jade. She'll use Jade's staff and boomerang, and that's going to give her all kinds of mixups that she doesn't have in the other variations. I totally embrace being a Katana nerd. My license plates are literally just Katana. I have a Katana statues and figures on my desk at home. I have a Katana figure on my desk here at work. Pretty much any Katana memorabilia you can buy, the comic books. I got it all. I'll always support Katana. She's my girl. No matter where she goes, I'll go. If she decides to turn on the Earthrealm, I will abandon my human heritage and join her in the Tarkhaten Horde if I need to. Katana wins.