It's so secret that Tekken and Mortal Kombat have the habit of mixing ideas from other games. They both have had good entries, bad entries, some notorious broken AI during the earlier days, and some similar characters. Both series have a wasted plotential (which is a term I borrowed from 4th Snake) or wasted plot potential from these two characters.
Kunimitsu appeared in the first two Tekken games. Tekken was where she was Yoshimitsu's sub-boss but she never got an ending until the second game. The aim of Kunimitsu is to take over the Manji Clan. However, she was never mentioned again. Instead, Yoshimitsu gained a new and more dangerous rival in Bryan Fury. Kunimitsu's only later appearances were in the Tekken Tag Tournament games which are NOT canon.
Mortal Kombat Deadly Alliance wanted to be a competitor to Tekken. However, I'd say boo hoo to it and it's good that the arcade machine that's used to kill someone in Mortal Kombat 11 is the MKDA arcade machine (which is non-existent). Frost was introduced as a character who betrays Sub-Zero. She's not seen again until Mortal Kombat Unchained and in the mess that's Mortal Kombat Armageddon. I even felt not including her in Mortal Kombat X was a terrible mistake. She was put into Mortal Kombat 11 but her plot is still THAT limited.
For me, it's a waste of plot for BOTH characters. Both of them could've had more plot. MKX could've given more layers to Frost as a treacherous character. Maybe, have Frost serve Shinnok's cause in the Story Mode. Also, Kunimitsu could later appear as an elderly woman still seeking to overthrow Yoshimitsu. The other alternative is to cryo-freeze Kunimitsu so she won't grow old while seeking the right time to overthrow her former master.
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