Baraka was a military leader and retired with honors and distinction. His name was known even within the Empress' palace. After retirement he become a successful merchant and business man. Despite his immaculate service the moment he contracted Tarkat the empress seized all his hard earned assets, striped him of his titles, and exiled him and his family to the wastes. He lost his family to the sickness instead of getting help from whom he served. Gotta say he had every reason to become dissent and rebel against the crown and didn't.
I was gonna say she’s actually a shitty person to him, if it was me I’d probably side with general shao cause ain’t no way I’d be fucked over like that
Brother is called "Tomas" among a sea of threatening/cool-sounding name. Our vanilla boi, Tomas, can't help but be a good boi. Also, he gives huge youngest brother energy.
Just shows that even a dude who is literally a ninja assassin by profession can still be the goodest of bois...even in the Mortal Kombat universe at least😅😂
I love how Baraka is nice to just about everybody, but genuinely seems to despise Liu Kang because he could’ve easily kept the disease from happening to begin with.
@@johngona5929looks like Titan Shang Tsung has other tricks on his sleeve other than training his other self and Quan Chi. He knows Liu Kang will be the scrapegoat for those said tricks.
@@johngona5929 I mean no it wasn’t, and when you’re managing a whole world, or I guess in this case several of them it could be fairly easy to miss some stuff, but the dudes literally an omnipotent God. He can snap his fingers and yeet anybody he wants to into a black hole. There’s no reason to believe that he couldn’t eradicate a disease.
I mean. The issue itself is the fact that Lui Kang only had 3 options: 1.) let there be a race of tarkatan people and baraka becomes evil. 2.) let it be a disease and let Baraka be a good guy. 3.) not have him exist at all, but what variations would happen in the timeline if he doesn’t exist. He probably didn’t have a choice. We have seen that certain things are just destiny in their world.
5:19 I love whenever barakas military past gets brought up by the other characters, like he was a respected and legendary tribune (who if I’m guessing by the day breakers name probably went to war and won against nitaras kind), shows that he was a savage long before his disease
Essentially what Liu Kang tried to do is to make him a normal man with normal chances in society, but let him keep the burning passion and warrior spirit he always had. He was sure that when given a chance, Baraka would turn out an astoundingly capable and trustworthy person.
Imagine if this causes him to essentially become the equivalent to Alex Mercer when it comes to the tarkat virus able to fully control his body and have all the powers tarkat gives and never risk losing himself
For anyone confused this person is referring to the crossover fever dream called Project X Zone 2… where the Dead Souls Versions of Majima and Kiryu are playable characters
0:50 I love Rain in that moment. He's like "You dar-- Wait..." And then immediately after Syzoth's asking about freaking *lizard people.* I love the straight faced but cheesy MK humor this game's brought back. Growing up in the 3D Era, I've missed the goof factor like the absolute gibberish. Sub-Zero going QUAIMYDAIULLY instantly comes to mind.
@@alomtz4359 Raiden and Sub-Zero both shared the same voices for the gibberish. The Cold Shoulder and Raiden's command grab + his Superman triggered the "voice" lines. Fun fact: in the intro, you actually *hear* Quan-Chi speaking. "This cannot be" upon seeing Onaga, and then "*What are you doing??* As Raiden begins charging his Final Explosion
I like how Rain was genuinely interested. He was definetly go on a probably racist rant while using Water as a methapor against Nitara then actually stopped his racism. Kool.
I love how Tomas an orphan who was taken in by Sub zero and scorpion’s father is asking why Reiko is loyal to Shao who also took him in and raised him as an orphan
7:03 Kenshi: You’d be right at home in the Yakuza. Shang Tsung: Who are they… and how might I find them? Kenshi: Shouldn’t have said that. I should NOT have said that.
When Shang Tsung has his own Yakuza game, where he gets to strot across Tokyo, drinking, eating ramen, singing karaoke and knocking fools down with bicycles
@BlackdragonTheShadow oh no bro, Alan Lee voices Shang Tsung. It's just that one could imagine Shang Tsung in the yakuza verse with such characters, although the every Yakuza protagonists/ antagonists probably wouldn't let him.
It’s even sadder because Liu Kang didn’t want this for him, he tried to give him a normal life, but him being tarkatan is a canon event so it had to happen one way or another and it happened in the worst way possible
4:43 Smoke: Is there evil in me? Ashrah: Let me check. Kriss? Kriss: He is the Goodest of Bois, and deserves all the headpats Ashrah: but he's a grown man... Kriss: ALL THE HEADPATS!!! Ashrah: But- Kriss: THE KRISS HAS SPOKEN!!! *Ashrah proceeds to awkwardly pat Smoke's head as the words "FRIENDSHIP" appears over them, leaving Tomas completely confused*
These intro dialogues were a great idea to include because it essentially helps, nay, forces them to make every fighter a character with values and ideas they can talk about and convey. Tanya's religious, Baraka is a vet and Reiko idolises military life because of Shao's influence. All of these traits would have felt forced or been impossible to include in the main story without writing long info-dumps but here, they feel almost if not always natural conversation pieces and topics these characters might talk about. Not even mentioning great post-story content like Shao's escape from prison, Johnny making MK movies or Ashrah and Syzoth dating. Awesome and simple.
2:19 Now that you think about it, the only female fighters in Earthrealm are Sonya, Frost, and Kira. Well 5 if you count Cassie and Jacqui. The rest are from other realms.
I love Mortal Kombat so much, its just become this twisted universe where bitter rivals, casual acqauntences, and even friends and family shoot the breeze, *violently* massacre each other, and then just return to do it again like its a normal thing to do.
In the ever-expanding MK multiverse, fights to the death are the norm. Alternatively, as Bone Thugs sang, is a everyday thing. So casual small talk before a fatally is common.
00:52 > I love how you can tell the exact moment Rain was like "You will regret ever asking that question". 02:36 > I can't help but want to believe this was true of Shao Kahn as well. As illegitimate as his claim to rule any realm was (even Outworld, as he poisoned Onaga to take his throne), he's always proven an accomplished soldier.
Well, in the "original" timeline we follow, Shao had been the protector of Outworld at some point. It's not known if he had relinquished his demi-godhood before serving Onaga. Also, he's seemingly nowhere as old as Raiden or Fujin, so presumably either the Elder Gods or the previous protector deemed him to be worthy of that responsibility, which means he was could've been one of the top warriors even prior to learning blood and soul sorcery. I also assume Shao was top dog BEFORE Onaga took over, because Onaga never chose to bear the title of Kahn, but instead of Emperor and King, so once Shao poisoned him and took the throne he may have simply reinstated the previous ways of ruling as he witnessed before Onaga's uprising, choosing the title of Kahn as the ruler of the main region of Outworld and of Emperor as he began conquering realms and kingdoms.
"I have it's strength and it's sting." Nice callback to Scorpion's Revenge, when Hanzo explains that to Satoshi shortly before... The incident. I've quickly attached to Quai-Liang Scorpion, especially with Spectre Hanzo Hasashi's sendoff.
Its amazing how ashra told smoke about the enenra as a refference for him beeing an enenra in the previous time line not using magic to have smoke powers , mk world is the best
It gets better: In America, an actor MUST have insurance. While Chan has toned it down in recent years, it must still be difficult to film in American locations. Cage clearly LIVES in America. He is not helping his acting goals
4:41 The fact that the Kris sensed no evil in Smoke just shows how good of a guy he is. He has some of the most wholesome interactions in the entire game. He's definitely my favorite character in the game.
I imagine these intro dialogues are probably recorded with both VAs in the same room (or at least some of them are), so that they can play off each other better
There's another good one vs. Sub zero This one 10:08 I honestly wouldve loved it if her lines are substantially more hits than misses, if not no misses at all smh
I think her line read at 9:44 was near perfect, like she came off as a believable character there. I don't know what they were doing during for her recording process or what the circumstances were, but clearly they weren't going out of their way to get or use her better takes. Most of her dialogue is flat as as all get out but I don't necessarily blame her for that. It's a shame, really.
I like seeing characters generally depicted as being evil such as Shao Khan and Baraka being honest and genuine whenever someone had a legitimate question about them.
Why no one curious about Havik's regeneration? Y'know, not every seidan can do that. And why Havik is always hurting himsel... like, in his wining pose he rips his own heart with no reason
His regeneration is a result of Quan Chi's magic and tbh, if you could easily rip out your limbs or organs and have them regrow in the matter of seconds, wouldn't you use them as weapons?
@@PolarGabriel well. I don't mind him using his limbs as a weapon and stuff. Nut sometimes he just flexes it like "Look. I can rip my heart from my chest without consiquenses"
Idk about Ashrah’s blade being able to give such absolute answers like that. Humans are more dynamic and nuanced than the black and white morality Mortal Kombat always seems to go for.
Smoke hasn’t shown any signs of bad intentions or personality traits (he’s a bit naive and a caring dude) so it makes sense, besides she gave a more vague answer with mileena anyway
I got a theory that Liu Kang sees redemption in his adversaries (even Shoa Kahn to an extent). When crafting his timetime, he sought to give Repile, Baraka, Mileena, Tanya, Shao, and Shang Tsung to give him "good lives". Then [SPOILER] f🤬ked things up...
Well considering this timeline’s version of Jax, I’m assuming that either Sonya isn’t ready yet or revealing the whole thing to her at the time would mean dropping that bombshell on the entire US government.
7:20 This one is my personal favorite. Baraka just sounds so geniuenly confused on how Johnny is so popular and Johnny pretty much responds with "I'm sexy and I know it!" lol
Every character intro: past events, plot points, important questions, serious attitudes... Johnny: Don't mind me fellas, I'm simply here to entertain myself.
00:12 00:52 03:54 04:03 04:09 04:33 05:48 07:36 07:46 07:53 09:11 09:23 09:44 10:08 To be fully honest I know many MK fans complained about Megan Fox voicing Nitara but after listening closely to these intro dialogues, I say she is not bad at all. I mean sure in the story mode Nitara didn't say much and only hisses. Some fans says she voice the character but did not give much feelings in it but the reason I believe why Nitara have so few talking lines in the Storymode, most of them don't sound so dramatic and feels a bit less emotional because: 1. In the main story Nitara the character herself is like the minions of the Boss villains and not much else is explored about her yet, plus the main story focused on the main hero and villain characters, Nitara, Ashrah, Havik are much older characters that got a come back in this new game. For the main villains are Shang Tsung and Quan Chi so it focus on them and the main heroes of New Era. 2. This is the main story so far and Nitara's own story in the game are still to be explored in New Era and hopefully DLC I say Megan Fox is a great actress and I am glad that she voice Nitara cause little I know about her and I know many people will hate me for this but I say Megan Fox Nitara in MK1 is better than Michael Bay's Transformers and TMNT franchise. I never hate the actors/actresses I only wished that the story writting in Michael Bay's Transformers and TMNT franchise was better.
I think it would have been brilliant if Baraka was without a disease in MK1 just to show how much of a badass soldier with a good heart he was vs Reiko who's loyalties lies more with Shao than with Outworld... Then have him and Mileena transform for the sequel.
Him saying "the show must go on" just screams "it is what it is". He know his fate. Supervising a timeline for billions of years and can't even die? F🤬K THAT!
"can combat transmit your disease?" "If we are not careful yes" Ah yes because getting sick should be the main thing on your brain while fighting a monster with giant teeth and giant blades. Yes I know they're on the same side in this game. See this is what is called a "Joke" smart people get that and click like, while idiots feel a need to tell me this in a reply. CHOOSE YOUR DESTINY
2:25 this really feels like the writers teasing us about sonya lol it's really weird that she hasnt been mentioned at all, even in the tower endings (like how jax was in kenshi's) what exactly is she doing during the events of this story? is she fbi like jax?
In the original timeline, Jax is Sonya's superior so my understanding is that he joined the Special Forces before her and that's why he's mentioned first here... In real life, the FBI is not part of the U.S. Special Forces so if MK follows this, maybe Kenshi and Jax leave the FBI and meet Sonya on the Special Forces... or Sonya joins the FBI later on... don't know.
@@redacted2275 Jax and Kenshi founded the Outworld Bureau of Investigation (O.B.I), and according to some intro dialogues, it seems like they are in a sort of "alliance"(something like a mutually beneficial relationship) with the black dragon clan, which can be a set-up to Kano eventually betraying Sonya So she can be either an FBI agent that joined Jax after he founded the group, or she can be working undercover inside the black dragon clan, building trust with Kano before he does something fucked up
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Baraka was a military leader and retired with honors and distinction. His name was known even within the Empress' palace. After retirement he become a successful merchant and business man. Despite his immaculate service the moment he contracted Tarkat the empress seized all his hard earned assets, striped him of his titles, and exiled him and his family to the wastes. He lost his family to the sickness instead of getting help from whom he served. Gotta say he had every reason to become dissent and rebel against the crown and didn't.
I was gonna say she’s actually a shitty person to him, if it was me I’d probably side with general shao cause ain’t no way I’d be fucked over like that
Baraka had the biggest win out of the original cast with this new timeline, I think. He went from bottom of the barrel jobber to absolute G.
@@mubs2685I don't see the reason for Tarkats to side with Shao. I mean he might treat them worse if he got crowned
Seems like Tarkat carries the same stigma as leprosy did in ancient times, where even nobles who had it would be cast out.
@@copporn1615 Shao's ally, Shan Tsung, literally experimented on them not simply to cure the disease, but accelerate and make its mutations worse
Its funny that Smoke is so pure that a literally sword bent on destroying evil can't find any in him.
Brother is called "Tomas" among a sea of threatening/cool-sounding name.
Our vanilla boi, Tomas, can't help but be a good boi.
Also, he gives huge youngest brother energy.
madam bos back: 💀
@@thugnificent740 killing with kindness, 😂
Him and Kitanna
Just shows that even a dude who is literally a ninja assassin by profession can still be the goodest of bois...even in the Mortal Kombat universe at least😅😂
It is great that most people answers Smoke's questions with a certain kindness, he is indeed best of Bois
Until he becomes an enenra
Bro, go do Smoke's second Fatal without his mask.
Dude's laughing and smiling before he murks the poor mfer.
He is the best of them
@@XXMatt0040XXno shame in having fun while badly injuring someone.
@@XXMatt0040XX Meh, they'll come back to life. So it's all good.
I was surprised too when shao answer so easily like that XD
Smoke and Raiden were probably the only ones with genuinely curious questions
1:34 Shao's legit here. He doesn't even sounds mad, just puzzled.
I admire Smoke's curiosity.
Its not his curiosity that youre admiring. @@christineking2855
There's some great voice acting in this game
@@generalityrandom777here before the inevitable mention of Megan Fox…
I love how casual some of the questions and answers are
Yeah it's kind of hard to have a fight when there is little fighting words.
Dont you meAN KASUAL? SHECHFCJRSEF I AM FOAMING AT THE MOUTH ARFARFARFARFARFARFARF
@@BajaBlastUrUterus42069 Fear the eyes
And then brutally fight each other right after
@@nori87 Usually ends in a gory mess.
I love how Baraka is nice to just about everybody, but genuinely seems to despise Liu Kang because he could’ve easily kept the disease from happening to begin with.
No, he couldnt.
Tarkat wasn't even part of Liu Kang's design.
@@johngona5929looks like Titan Shang Tsung has other tricks on his sleeve other than training his other self and Quan Chi. He knows Liu Kang will be the scrapegoat for those said tricks.
@@johngona5929 I mean no it wasn’t, and when you’re managing a whole world, or I guess in this case several of them it could be fairly easy to miss some stuff, but the dudes literally an omnipotent God. He can snap his fingers and yeet anybody he wants to into a black hole. There’s no reason to believe that he couldn’t eradicate a disease.
I mean. The issue itself is the fact that Lui Kang only had 3 options:
1.) let there be a race of tarkatan people and baraka becomes evil.
2.) let it be a disease and let Baraka be a good guy.
3.) not have him exist at all, but what variations would happen in the timeline if he doesn’t exist. He probably didn’t have a choice. We have seen that certain things are just destiny in their world.
I love how Smoke is as curious and fascinated as any of us would be in his place.
It’s funny that he’s Spider-Man voice actor in the game and that scorpion is Jin Sakai voice actors aswell
A pretty normal, decent guy who also happens to be a smoke assassin.
Me too. I admire it well
Smoke is just so sweet I love him 😭😭😭
@@DanteDn1 I wanna hear some of that Black Suit rage in Smoke ngl
Smoke's well-deserved and still respectful curiosity is definitely something that adds more to his character.
All the Sindel/Smoke interactions are really wholesome, likes she's just teaching a little kid about her realm.
in mk9 she kicked smoke in the nuts and (i think) snapped his neck
@@FractalSpaces Soooooo, which timeline is worse?
Everyone is so friendly it's hard to do fatalities sometimes. It's like, "hey cool hat." " Thanks!" *Decapitation*
😂😂😂😂😂
"Beat me and i'll answer your question"
-said jade to kung lao before being multilated
@@inigo-montoya 🤣🤣🤣🤣
Just play against Shang Tsung
@@vullord666 lmao I use to do that to Jason in X. I was like oh boi I'm doing the world a favor here.
5:19 I love whenever barakas military past gets brought up by the other characters, like he was a respected and legendary tribune (who if I’m guessing by the day breakers name probably went to war and won against nitaras kind), shows that he was a savage long before his disease
Well, that explains why he's different from any tarkatans. Dude has strong will and courageous enough to deal with everything.
Essentially what Liu Kang tried to do is to make him a normal man with normal chances in society, but let him keep the burning passion and warrior spirit he always had. He was sure that when given a chance, Baraka would turn out an astoundingly capable and trustworthy person.
Imagine if this causes him to essentially become the equivalent to Alex Mercer when it comes to the tarkat virus able to fully control his body and have all the powers tarkat gives and never risk losing himself
I love how Rain has NEVER thought of the idea of Bloodbending
Katara!!!!
His reaction was golden too 😂
Agree but i would voluntier as test subject
@@dominikbadtke7809 valid
@@RicardoMeansKing thanks
Shang Tsung coming back in the sequel as a mystical Yakuza leader would actually be kinda badass.
Plus it would fit with Jax and Kenshi being FBI agents😂
Imagine that Shang running a underground tournament with yakuza looking out for recruits and such wait
Then comes suddenly...
KIRYU-CHAN ~
@@РусланКучеренко-м3б hell, he already fought M Bison. Might as well fight Shao and Shang.
For anyone confused this person is referring to the crossover fever dream called Project X Zone 2… where the Dead Souls Versions of Majima and Kiryu are playable characters
0:50 I love Rain in that moment. He's like "You dar-- Wait..."
And then immediately after Syzoth's asking about freaking *lizard people.* I love the straight faced but cheesy MK humor this game's brought back. Growing up in the 3D Era, I've missed the goof factor like the absolute gibberish. Sub-Zero going QUAIMYDAIULLY instantly comes to mind.
I know EXACTLY what sound you mean 😂
I thought that was Raiden’s gibberish? Kinda sounds like it
@@alomtz4359 Raiden and Sub-Zero both shared the same voices for the gibberish. The Cold Shoulder and Raiden's command grab + his Superman triggered the "voice" lines. Fun fact: in the intro, you actually *hear* Quan-Chi speaking. "This cannot be" upon seeing Onaga, and then "*What are you doing??* As Raiden begins charging his Final Explosion
Rain: "Wait... can I?"
The absolute gibberish? Like Mortal Kombat 2's Kung Lao "Uodiablaaahh!" when he throws the opponent? Yeah, it's freaking amazing.
smoke’s genuine curiosity is so endearing, and the fact that theres no evil inside of him (4:42)… he’s such a sweetheart 🫶
I like how Rain was genuinely interested.
He was definetly go on a probably racist rant while using Water as a methapor against Nitara then actually stopped his racism.
Kool.
@@parkerwebb3470Difference being?
@@Agent_Vox the letter K.
@@Agent_Vox now what race of people like purple Kool aid? (joke)
@@parkerwebb3470 Funny joke bro 😐 That was such a good punchline
@@FreudsHotDad yes I know it's a bad joke but have to do it so my brain doesn't focus on it the entire day.
I love Bi Han's "You're the BEST of Shao's Army?“
He sounds like he's on the verge of bursting out laughing.
I love how Tomas an orphan who was taken in by Sub zero and scorpion’s father is asking why Reiko is loyal to Shao who also took him in and raised him as an orphan
He probably doesn’t know that and that’s why he is asking
Reiko just seems like a 'meh' character w/o his own character, Tomas/Smoke at least has depth, idk
@@ahn0x Reiko has his own character
I'm still wondering who named them boys "Cyrax" and "Sektor." Somebody had early plans.
@@LegendaryDarkKnight602i think that just pseudo like " scorpion and sub zero "
I mean.Nitara’s onto something there, does Rain’s hydromancy extend to any water-inclusive compounds? Interesting indeed.
If her voice wasn't so fucking grating, I'd actually appreciate her making a worthwhile contribution for once
By the way he reacted I’m assuming yes,but it’s also possible he doesn’t know the answer to that question himself.
I was expecting him to reference Scarlet in someway, surprised he didn't
Considering there's blood magic I assume water and blood are their own sorceries meaning rain can't control blood through water sorcery alone
Well considering there is a whole different magic type for blood I'm gonna say no
7:03
Kenshi: You’d be right at home in the Yakuza.
Shang Tsung: Who are they… and how might I find them?
Kenshi: Shouldn’t have said that. I should NOT have said that.
Can't help but picture Shang wearing a gangster outfit, not the yazuka one, mind you, but a full 80s suit, with the fedora and the cigar.
Shang Tsung becomes an Amon
When Shang Tsung has his own Yakuza game, where he gets to strot across Tokyo, drinking, eating ramen, singing karaoke and knocking fools down with bicycles
Let me guess… it’s Kiryu Va vocing Shang isn’t it
@BlackdragonTheShadow oh no bro, Alan Lee voices Shang Tsung. It's just that one could imagine Shang Tsung in the yakuza verse with such characters, although the every Yakuza protagonists/ antagonists probably wouldn't let him.
4:19
Reptile: I won't tell you, but it's the perfect one to avoid demonization.
I love these interaction dialogues from _Mortal Kombat 1._ It reminds me of the clash quotes from _Injustice 2: Legendary Edition._
I found the bot, lol.
@@octavionicolini We're all bots, LMFAO.
@@devinmceachern no way 😮
@@angel-820 Way, dude 😉
I'm batman
Barakas story is so sad 😢 he had such a proud humble life only for it all to be taken away by a mysterious illness.
It’s even sadder because Liu Kang didn’t want this for him, he tried to give him a normal life, but him being tarkatan is a canon event so it had to happen one way or another and it happened in the worst way possible
@@alomtz4359I’d say this is better then him being born Tarkatan as there is a chance for Tarkot to be cured
Gotta say, megan fox voice lines aren't bad here.
It's when she's trying to be angry is when it doesn't fit
I agree, she is just inexperienced
Yeah when she is talking like how I imagined someone like Nitara would talk(aka cold, emotionless, etc) it’s actually not that bad
4:43
Smoke: Is there evil in me?
Ashrah: Let me check. Kriss?
Kriss: He is the Goodest of Bois, and deserves all the headpats
Ashrah: but he's a grown man...
Kriss: ALL THE HEADPATS!!!
Ashrah: But-
Kriss: THE KRISS HAS SPOKEN!!!
*Ashrah proceeds to awkwardly pat Smoke's head as the words "FRIENDSHIP" appears over them, leaving Tomas completely confused*
😂😂😂
I NEED SOMEONE TO DRAW THIS!!
@@Artisticzorya if they ever do, please give me the link
Kriss (with Chris Judge's voice (aka. Kratos) : Good. Boi. Good boi.
@@donchuckyx7098 This is my new headcanon😹
it’s funny Shang Tsung is interested in the yakuza which will lead him to kano and the black dragon
He'll negotiate with Kano for the guns, again.
@@jocelantonettetenoc5996 Liu Kang: *Face palms* not this again....
@@jocelantonettetenoc5996oh god the next game will have shang tsung bring his piece
might hopefully give Shang Tsung the 1995 badass look
These intro dialogues were a great idea to include because it essentially helps, nay, forces them to make every fighter a character with values and ideas they can talk about and convey. Tanya's religious, Baraka is a vet and Reiko idolises military life because of Shao's influence. All of these traits would have felt forced or been impossible to include in the main story without writing long info-dumps but here, they feel almost if not always natural conversation pieces and topics these characters might talk about. Not even mentioning great post-story content like Shao's escape from prison, Johnny making MK movies or Ashrah and Syzoth dating. Awesome and simple.
Baraka is a real bro, he's fighting other Kombatants but he's still trying to be careful so that no one else suffers his condition 😢
2:19 Now that you think about it, the only female fighters in Earthrealm are Sonya, Frost, and Kira. Well 5 if you count Cassie and Jacqui. The rest are from other realms.
Who Kira??
@@murmur5600 A member of the Black Dragon from Deception.
@@hulkie1016 oh that why i never hear About kira, because i never play deception
@@murmur5600you're not missing much, she's regarded as one of the worst and blandest characters in the franchise.
Hmmmm, you forgot about Harumi, Raiden's sister and Madam Bo.
Ashrah: and he said he had its strengths and sting
Reptile: and he said he wasn't a beast, that liar
9:38 This is such a wholesome line and said with such joy in her voice.
Even the facial animations look happy
0:52 Ah crap, Nitara convinced Rain to be a bloodbender.
Ahem that would be Skarlet
What if Rain developed the magic theory behind it but couldn't use it, then Skarlet comes along to study then master it?
Also, Avatar
I smell the beginning of the Blood Code in this timeline.
@@Kairos_Karasuwe NEED that to happen
I love Mortal Kombat so much, its just become this twisted universe where bitter rivals, casual acqauntences, and even friends and family shoot the breeze, *violently* massacre each other, and then just return to do it again like its a normal thing to do.
In the ever-expanding MK multiverse, fights to the death are the norm. Alternatively, as Bone Thugs sang, is a everyday thing. So casual small talk before a fatally is common.
00:52 > I love how you can tell the exact moment Rain was like "You will regret ever asking that question".
02:36 > I can't help but want to believe this was true of Shao Kahn as well. As illegitimate as his claim to rule any realm was (even Outworld, as he poisoned Onaga to take his throne), he's always proven an accomplished soldier.
Well, in the "original" timeline we follow, Shao had been the protector of Outworld at some point. It's not known if he had relinquished his demi-godhood before serving Onaga. Also, he's seemingly nowhere as old as Raiden or Fujin, so presumably either the Elder Gods or the previous protector deemed him to be worthy of that responsibility, which means he was could've been one of the top warriors even prior to learning blood and soul sorcery.
I also assume Shao was top dog BEFORE Onaga took over, because Onaga never chose to bear the title of Kahn, but instead of Emperor and King, so once Shao poisoned him and took the throne he may have simply reinstated the previous ways of ruling as he witnessed before Onaga's uprising, choosing the title of Kahn as the ruler of the main region of Outworld and of Emperor as he began conquering realms and kingdoms.
What you said about Rain. If it was in story mode I do believe he would have tried it on her.
Kenshi messed up planting that seed in Shang Tsung's mind about the Yakuza. Him being apart of such a dangerous group would be disastrous
Everyone having little to no issues with one another is refreshing to see
"I have it's strength and it's sting."
Nice callback to Scorpion's Revenge, when Hanzo explains that to Satoshi shortly before... The incident. I've quickly attached to Quai-Liang Scorpion, especially with Spectre Hanzo Hasashi's sendoff.
Yuri Lowenthal makes Smoke sound so innocent
His range is legit
Wait, SMOKE IS VOICED BY THE GUY WHO VOICED BEN 10?!
@@FractalSpaces Sasuke!!
Don't forget the hyphen between Yuri and Lowenthal
Sindel speaks so gently to Smoke like her son. Am I the only one who notices this?
I think there's an interaction between them where she says Tomas reminds her of her nephew. Perhaps that's why
Its amazing how ashra told smoke about the enenra as a refference for him beeing an enenra in the previous time line not using magic to have smoke powers , mk world is the best
"I was once in outworlds military." You were a tribune dawg, one step below the general in power and influence. Humble beginnings, and a humble heart.
0:46 So Johnny is like Jackie Chan in that regard.
I wonder if he has a hard time getting insurance like Chan does.
Probably. Meaning like Jackie Chan Johnny had to front the medical bills for him and his stunt team himself.
@@derrickhaggard might have been part of why he ended up broke and he was having trouble finding work.
It gets better: In America, an actor MUST have insurance.
While Chan has toned it down in recent years, it must still be difficult to film in American locations.
Cage clearly LIVES in America. He is not helping his acting goals
Smoke asking about demons is actually worrying since in the past timeline he was taken over by the Enenra demon after dying
Which is also crazy cause they said “Enenra’s are the worst kind”
4:41
The fact that the Kris sensed no evil in Smoke just shows how good of a guy he is. He has some of the most wholesome interactions in the entire game. He's definitely my favorite character in the game.
2:56 That is one of the best Geras interactions I've seen.
“Why aren’t there any women among your ranks?” “Liu kang thought Johnny Cage would lose focus too easily.”
Who ever invented that Shang Tsung voice acting is brilliant!
You mean Cary-Hiroyuki? He invented it, but in Mortal 1 Kombat, shang tsung is Voice acted by Alan lee. But Cary-Hiroyuki invented it.
0:10 the voice acting of megan wasnt that bad here. I wish all of it was at least like that.
I imagine these intro dialogues are probably recorded with both VAs in the same room (or at least some of them are), so that they can play off each other better
There's another good one vs. Sub zero
This one 10:08
I honestly wouldve loved it if her lines are substantially more hits than misses, if not no misses at all smh
Even a broken clock is right twice a day
I like 4:03-4:10 as well. I wonder why she's so off in most when it IS possible for her to sound okay. Was she paid by the hour like some users said?
I think her line read at 9:44 was near perfect, like she came off as a believable character there. I don't know what they were doing during for her recording process or what the circumstances were, but clearly they weren't going out of their way to get or use her better takes. Most of her dialogue is flat as as all get out but I don't necessarily blame her for that. It's a shame, really.
I love how anytime Tomas asks a question, people actually anwser his question, even Nitara and Shao of all people actually anwsered his question.
*3:29* sadly it means watching every movie even the bad ones so geras became a critic
Johnny Cage: "Damn, bro, you so old."
Geras: "It is what it is."
I like seeing characters generally depicted as being evil such as Shao Khan and Baraka being honest and genuine whenever someone had a legitimate question about them.
Nitara: can you control blood like water?
Rain: hold on, stop, you cooking something.
“Can you control Blood as well as water?”
That… is an interesting question.
Well, blood is 95% water, so...
bloodbending
Skarlet is needed
Damn vampire lady! Don't give him an idea!🤣🤣
I love how baffled Shao was when questioning Liu Kang. Seeing him genuinely confused was hilarious
4:09 NITARA'S VOICE SOUNDED SO CALM AND PEACEFUL WHAT
i don't have mk1 I'm surviving off of crumbs
Imagine being so old,that time doesn't matter anymore
"Why do Earthrealmers think reptiloids live among them?"
Okay, that one's just straight up funny.
Oh my lord i hope they never change smoke he is so wholesome
7:02 oh nah bro shang tsung in the yakuza? That would be a nightmare for kiryu
Very amused that Rain is legit intrigued at the idea of controlling blood XD
I love how Ashrah tells Smoke "the worst demons are the Enenra", yet her kriss senses no evil in him, he's just a wholesome boy
Why no one curious about Havik's regeneration? Y'know, not every seidan can do that. And why Havik is always hurting himsel... like, in his wining pose he rips his own heart with no reason
Dude has a unique ability and he never miss an opportunity to flex it
His regeneration is a result of Quan Chi's magic and tbh, if you could easily rip out your limbs or organs and have them regrow in the matter of seconds, wouldn't you use them as weapons?
@@PolarGabriel well. I don't mind him using his limbs as a weapon and stuff. Nut sometimes he just flexes it like "Look. I can rip my heart from my chest without consiquenses"
Baraka and havik are the ones with most unique regeneration. Baraka's a little less powerful, but havik, he's technically immortal.
@@PolarGabrielI would be the biggest organ donor of Earthrealm 😂😂😂
I'd like to think the question Nitara asked Rain is a reference to the last Airbender with how water benders could bl00d bend
Idk about Ashrah’s blade being able to give such absolute answers like that.
Humans are more dynamic and nuanced than the black and white morality Mortal Kombat always seems to go for.
If Armageddon intro teached us anything...
Is that there absolutely only two sides of morality and that is split in exactly 50/50
Yeah, and you know that because you're a human (an Earthrealmer in MK). 🙄 She's not, her journey is to discover how to be a human.
Smoke hasn’t shown any signs of bad intentions or personality traits (he’s a bit naive and a caring dude) so it makes sense, besides she gave a more vague answer with mileena anyway
@@DM-Ozand half of one of them are there because there are no 3rd party
Oh boy Rain is gonna become a Blood Bender
7:15 𝘛𝘪𝘵𝘭𝘦 𝘤𝘢𝘳𝘳𝘳𝘳𝘳𝘳𝘳𝘳𝘳𝘳𝘥
3:51 that’s some interesting tidbit of worldbuilding there
Agreed.
“Defeat me and I’ll answer them.” She said that while smiling, take the hint Smoke!
This game really did Reptile and Baraka justice
I got a theory that Liu Kang sees redemption in his adversaries (even Shoa Kahn to an extent). When crafting his timetime, he sought to give Repile, Baraka, Mileena, Tanya, Shao, and Shang Tsung to give him "good lives". Then [SPOILER] f🤬ked things up...
3:00 I love how literal and pure that pun of an answer is. XD
0:53 Oh Nah Rain is gonna be a full fledged water bender if he does.
5:53 Dat Li Mei’s giggle 😄
Tanya: Why no female are Earthrelem champion?
Me: Why no Male are Umgadi?
I’ve been a liu kang fan since childhood so seeing him as a god makes me so happy
2:19 A great question for sure. Liu Kang basically said screw Sonya lol
Well considering this timeline’s version of Jax, I’m assuming that either Sonya isn’t ready yet or revealing the whole thing to her at the time would mean dropping that bombshell on the entire US government.
Why are there no man among the Umgadi?
0:10 this might actually be the most amount of emotion we're gonna get out of her
I find it funny how Rain interested if he can Bloodbending
Even though we already have Skarlet
1:28 wisdom, sure. Courage, no problem. But compassion? hell no!
7:20 This one is my personal favorite. Baraka just sounds so geniuenly confused on how Johnny is so popular and Johnny pretty much responds with "I'm sexy and I know it!" lol
1:34 Shao's making a legit question here. He doesn't even sounds mad, just puzzled.
Baraka might just be my favorite character and I love the respect the others are finally starting to show him
Every character intro: past events, plot points, important questions, serious attitudes...
Johnny: Don't mind me fellas, I'm simply here to entertain myself.
00:12
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03:54
04:03
04:09
04:33
05:48
07:36
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To be fully honest I know many MK fans complained about Megan Fox voicing Nitara but after listening closely to these intro dialogues, I say she is not bad at all. I mean sure in the story mode Nitara didn't say much and only hisses. Some fans says she voice the character but did not give much feelings in it but the reason I believe why Nitara have so few talking lines in the Storymode, most of them don't sound so dramatic and feels a bit less emotional because:
1. In the main story Nitara the character herself is like the minions of the Boss villains and not much else is explored about her yet, plus the main story focused on the main hero and villain characters, Nitara, Ashrah, Havik are much older characters that got a come back in this new game. For the main villains are Shang Tsung and Quan Chi so it focus on them and the main heroes of New Era.
2. This is the main story so far and Nitara's own story in the game are still to be explored in New Era and hopefully DLC
I say Megan Fox is a great actress and I am glad that she voice Nitara cause little I know about her and I know many people will hate me for this but I say Megan Fox Nitara in MK1 is better than Michael Bay's Transformers and TMNT franchise. I never hate the actors/actresses I only wished that the story writting in Michael Bay's Transformers and TMNT franchise was better.
0:53 Is it just me or that was a reference to Avatar.
Waterbending extends to blood bending.
I think it would have been brilliant if Baraka was without a disease in MK1 just to show how much of a badass soldier with a good heart he was vs Reiko who's loyalties lies more with Shao than with Outworld... Then have him and Mileena transform for the sequel.
2:57 geras is just geniunely tired of his immortality
Him saying "the show must go on" just screams "it is what it is". He know his fate. Supervising a timeline for billions of years and can't even die? F🤬K THAT!
3:57 Now THAT is something I'd love to see! A horde and stampeed of Tarkatans charging full speed towards the enemy, Savagery over numbers!
Judging by what being a Tarkatan means in this timeline. It’d probably look like some World War Z shit. XD
Yall peep kenshi asking geras " youve seen it all haven't you?" Outta everyone though😂
0:53 oh nah he's about to start bloodbending
4:45 man imagine how lethal a Zaterran and Tarkatan mix would be
(If you haven't already played/seen it) Look up the "Fury" enemy type from DMC5.
I guess it'd be something like that... albeit more aggressive.
@@xKingx16oh shit; you’re totally right!
The lore dumps in these is kinda nuts!
i like how she referenced "enenra smoke" from mkx
0:55 Rain: THAT IS A STU-most interesting question.
I like how everyone is nice to tomas except bi han
Nitara's Question towards Rain sound like a possible refference to Avatar's bloodbending.
7:32 please let this be a story point in the next campaign installment
Smoke is dead. I, am Enenra
Wasn't Enenra the demon that gave Smoke their powers?
"can combat transmit your disease?"
"If we are not careful yes"
Ah yes because getting sick should be the main thing on your brain while fighting a monster with giant teeth and giant blades.
Yes I know they're on the same side in this game. See this is what is called a "Joke" smart people get that and click like, while idiots feel a need to tell me this in a reply. CHOOSE YOUR DESTINY
would it be considered a victory if one ended up like Baraka?
@@ZackExplorer28 FATALITY! American healthcare system! Baraka WINS!
@@s.m2895What? People's carelessness have nothing to do with that ffs
@@redacted2275u don't get jokes , do u?
Considering they're allies, it's probably meant to be a sparring match.
2:25 this really feels like the writers teasing us about sonya lol
it's really weird that she hasnt been mentioned at all, even in the tower endings (like how jax was in kenshi's)
what exactly is she doing during the events of this story? is she fbi like jax?
In the original timeline, Jax is Sonya's superior so my understanding is that he joined the Special Forces before her and that's why he's mentioned first here...
In real life, the FBI is not part of the U.S. Special Forces so if MK follows this, maybe Kenshi and Jax leave the FBI and meet Sonya on the Special Forces... or Sonya joins the FBI later on... don't know.
@@redacted2275 Jax and Kenshi founded the Outworld Bureau of Investigation (O.B.I), and according to some intro dialogues, it seems like they are in a sort of "alliance"(something like a mutually beneficial relationship) with the black dragon clan, which can be a set-up to Kano eventually betraying Sonya
So she can be either an FBI agent that joined Jax after he founded the group, or she can be working undercover inside the black dragon clan, building trust with Kano before he does something fucked up
Fun fact scorpion was originally named scorpion because the devs originally designed him to transform into a scorpion for finishing moves