If this is the new expansion, it seems kinda...underwhelming, that is, until we find out more about it, like who the big baddy is. I mean, the other expansions were like this:
Burning Crusade - Burning Legion
Wrath of the Lich King - The Lich King
Cataclysm - Deathwing
Mists of Pandaria - ...Pandas???
Who remembers this?
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Kil'jaeden most likely or the sunwell. (Yes I mashed em together)
Gems of PandariaEdit
Pandaria is apparently known for its gems (which are apparently magical). The red dragons believed that three crushed gems from Pandaria are one of the components needed to rejuvenate the Sunwell.[7]
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The Sunwell has already been rejuvinated. Anveena sacrificed herself at the end of TBC along with the essence of M'uru, fulfilling the purpose of her creation, and reignited the Sunwell. It is now extremely heavily guarded by both Blood Elf and Draenei paladins.
Or something like that.
At any rate, the Sunwell is already restored.
As some people have mentioned, it might just be a mini-game for smart phones or such. I doubt Blizzard would name an expansion "Mists of Pandaria" as it just doesn't fit the general expansion name theme they've got going.
"The Burning Crusade" - Indicates that the main enemy is the Burning Legion and that they're pissed off and on a "crusade". Intimidating title that makes it sound like epic battles will be fought to stop them.
"Wrath of the Lich King" - Indicates that the main enemy is the Lich King. Again, intimidating and makes the enemy sound like a badass.
"Cataclysm" - Indicates that the world is blowing up! Can't get more epic than that.
"Mists of Pandaria" - Seriously? I like Pandaren, but the title sounds like a fairy tale, not an expansion to a game where you slay dragons the size of cities and fight Old Gods that have been imprisoned beneath the earth for thousands of years making people go insane. It does not fit at all. It says nothing about the main enemy (unless it's the "mist" part, which would be silly) and it does not sound intimidating in the least. All previous expansions have hinted at "end-of-the-world-scenarios" and naming it "Mists of Pandaria" certainly does not make it sound like there's anything threatening the world of Azeroth as a whole.
Just because it has Panda's doesn't mean it doesn't continue the story. For example, Deathwing might have seemed like it was going in a different direction from Old Gods/Burning Legion stories, but then we find out Deathwing is actually controlled by the Old Gods. It could be the main force is the Burning Legion trying to recruit the Pandarian, and a few of them do join, making a evil group. Kind of like how the Draenei lore went.