Mortal Kombat 2011 - Shang Tsung SUCKS
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- Shang Tsung is a powerful soul stealing sorcerer. Let's find out if the 2011 version of him. Is the soul sucker? Or the soul sucked? (I feel proud of myself for this pun XD)
MK9 Shang Tsung has always been a topic I wanted to explore. Hopefully this video will showcase the many "funny" things he does in the story XD
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Shang Tsung is the kind of guy to rig a game of Uno he's playing with you, and then lose anyway because he tried to replace the regular cards with Yugioh cards.
That is actually the perfect way to describe his character
@@dootrevenant5886 yeah
🤣🤣🤣
He would have you playing for your soul
Gah Damn 😂😂😂😂😂 Dats Tuff Shit😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
Nobody:
Shang tsung when two people start an argument: A CHALLENG-
Wife: i want a divorce
Husband: WHAT!? You can't do that! We sho-
Shang Tsung: A cHallENgE
AHAHAHAH
@@darkemperortheobscureone694 Relatable
Their friend: Stop fighting, you t-
Shang Tsung: *A CHALLENG-*
*A guy jokingly punches his friend on the shoulder*
Shang Tsung: "A Challenge!"
Shang Tsung's actions could be easily justified by the quote "never let them know your next move"
"I bet you didn't expect this"
*shoots his own foot*
@@manzanito3652This comment section is the best 😂
How does that justify anything he's done
@@wee7750Well did you expect those things to happen? Exactly
"They can't predict my move, even *I* don't know what I'm doing!"
The problem is that the Elder Gods let Shang Tsung be the announcer, fight arranger, referree, bookie and host. Man can do whatever he wants with the tournament
Because they cannot infere
@@banditman1986 Naah, they very much can. They just don't give a shit unless someone is trying to merge the realms without winning.
To be fair The Elder Gods literally only exist to be "Plot Devices"
They are like the Living Tribunal but even then TLT actually gave shits about his job
@@verysweatykid8963No.
@@scottchaison1001yes they are. They literally helped raiden kill shao kahn at the last moment in mk9.
Ahhh yes, the prequel to: HE’S ABOUT TO GET HIS SOUL SUCKED!
By Chad khan
Actors: shang tsung and the one and only kabal and kung lao and liu kang and sub zero
😂😂😂
Shang Tsung 2011 is a literal manifestation of “look how they massacred my boi 🥺😭”
There’s no shortage of massacred characters here so at least he’s got company.
At least he good in mk11 aftermath
@@evanlif he literally carried Aftermath and i love him for it
Shang Tsung in 2011 vs Shang Tsung in Aftermath is like one of those horse drawings where it starts with a crude child's drawings and then morphs into a beautiful, professional artwork.
@@BartlebysCorpse literally 😭
Raiden: You won’t fight Johnny.. You’ll fight Johnny *AND* Kung Lao!
Shang: A 2v1?!?! Uh-uh bro! That ain’t fair!
Raiden: nuh uh
Shang Tsung: fym "nuh uh"?
I always saw it that when Shang Tsung says: "A challenge!" he means that it's a special fight outside of the tournament akin to a sparring match.
Lol like some extra entertainment on the side. Where are the damn snack stands, Shang?
@@dman3431 Theres a Dude That Sells The Hotdogs and passes through the Seats like a baseball match (Probably idk)
It's funny that you joked about Shang Tsung being triggered by Johnny Cage and thus wanting him killed, because Johnny DOES call him an "old geezer" when Shang say's he's the final challenge!
Ahh, MK9. This was my first MK too. My main strat was jump kick an hope the computer didn't uppercut me. It worked 100% of the time, 40% of the time.
Seems about right XD
Same, but I used uppercut strats
That's how I beat Shao Kahn in story mode
I even had a pattern when fighting with Raiden. Jump forward, jump back, teleport, jump forward, jump back, uppercut. Rinse repeat till ded
Well said. I never liked the story near the end, though.
@@momomoore379 yep fighting Kahn was not an easy match to do and I often lost
@@Darth-vade123 yea.....I was jumping in order to bait out his projectiles. Mainly the hammer, so I wouldn't be stuck in hitstun
Really sad for Shang Tsung, dude gets...
No Victory...
No Respect...
No Dignity...
No Fair Rules
and mostly importantly....No Bitches...
LMAO XD
And don’t forget…
He’s the one to get his Soul S U C C E D!
@@The_GhostWind No Souls???
This comment genuinely made day, Thank you man.
@@phillipjackson3498 Hope you are having a nice day! :)
As much as I absolutely love your longer videos, it's nice to have these smaller sucks videos back as well. Shang Tsung is one of my favorite MK characters, so I'm thrilled you started with this video.
Thanks! I'll still have one longer video in July XD
@@SonicHaXDi Love all of your videos. The short ones and Long(I prefer Long ones)
I think we can all agree that we all love short sucks and long sucks
@@TheWOLVRINE616 I love all kind of sucks
“You all couldn’t live with your failure, and look where it brought you, back to me.”
~ Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa, after Midway/Netherrealms’ decades of failing to top his performance as Shang Tsung
Bring back Tobias for a cunning shao kahn and shang tsung.
I like how the text-to-speech makes Kung Lao sound like "Kung Lmao"
It's rather fitting for how he's treated in the Netherrealm storyline in general. RIP.
Yep never give him a break
@@toyohimeyeswatatsuki6917shao kahn did tho
5:09 Shang is like the guy from school that screams FIGHT, FIGHT, FIGHT, FIGHT!!!!
8:11 "Just have Kitana kil him or something."
Um, excuse me, Kitana blinded him?
Shang Tsung. My favorite MK villain. Done dirty like half the time he's in the games. Sometimes you give the soul suck, and sometimes? You just suck.
Also? Take a look at 9:12. Shang subs for Shao. This is canon.
I think both the lack of shapechanging and focus on killing Cage can be traced back to one thing: Shang's secondary objective in all versions of the MK tournament is to add the losers to his soul stockpile. He wanted his lackeys to kill their opponents so he could get their souls. Likewise he can't shapechange in the story fight because by that point only Sub Zero had died, and Quan Chi made sure to killsteal that one from him. In the arcade ladder it's assumed that the fighters he transforms into were killed at some point, but that can't be done in the story proper because everyone's accounted for.
Granted, this also gives Shang the massive L that he tried to set up as many deaths as possible but his tournament this time turned out to be one of the least lethal in MK history.
That's a very interesting take XD
Raiden mentions in the MK9 story mode that he can only fight in the tournament if someone challenges him. I take it that this means he doesn't count toward Earthrealm's head count, but if he's challenged and wins, he does eliminate whoever challenged him. That's kind of weird.
Probably. But it never happens. So I don't really look to much into that XD
But who the hell has the balls to challenge the thunder God of earthrealm?
So what stop Raiden from playing the same game as Shang sun and start killing outworld warriors before they get to the tournament??
@@ifirespondiamstupid7750 He's...honorable(?) I bet he'd do that if he's Dark Raiden though XD
@@ifirespondiamstupid7750 that would risk a war between outworld and earthrealme
In MK9 I loved playing Stryker
I hope Stryker comes back in MK12 or the second movie.
WITHOUT being killed or looking weird.
I personally have always thought his appearance was his biggest weaknesses. When MK3 came out, I remember immediately noticing how different and interesting all of the characters looked, but Stryker was an absolute eyesore and still is to this day, imo. An ordinary cop just isn't that interesting in a series like Mortal Kombat, however he absolutely can be, starting with a visual makeover.
Ultimately, NRS seems to be good about redeeming characters and recreating them, even if it means changing things that retcon certain story elements, but I guess that's what the multiple timelines are for 🤷
In short, agreed, but he definitely needs some work.
@@natesaibot As long as they don't do whatever they did with Stryker's redesign in MK Armageddeon, I'd be up for seeing Stryker again. My main worry is that they'd lean a little too much into... uhhhh, the modern zeitgeist if they brought him back. With or without her being one half of a good villain power couple, I still hate how they altered Sindel for MK11's timeline.
Then again, Robocop in MK11 didn't go that route so, who knows? NRS did well with representing the guest characters, but I'm just worried they'd take more risks with the MK cast, especially B-listers.
6:56 Raiden pole dancing is just hilarious 😂 😂😂😂😂😂
Peter Pan and Wendy comes out today:
Nah
Mortal Kombat Shang Tsung sucks comes out today:
Oh hell yeah can’t wait for it
I think I may have a theory on why Shang Tsung has Cyrax and Sektor fight Scorpion. I think it’s a halftime entertainment thing. Like “well, nobody is fighting so they gotta be bored. Ooh, what’s this? A challenge!”
Edit: probably explains the other fights that doesn’t count according to Tsung. Although… who was Sonya vs bi-Han meant to entertain?
A CHALLELLAHC?
Would be really awkward if scorpion didn't show then.
hey, imprisonment is boring. gotta cheer jax up somehow.
@@ShadowSorel thats true. There are also some dying prisoners in that stage too. They leaving this world seeing an epic fight
Pretty sure Sonya’s fight against Sub Zero was part of the tournament, whereas Scorpion vs Cyrax and Sektor was not, since they’re on the same side. Scorpion’s fight against Sub Zero obviously wasn’t a part of the tournament either, as he’d already been eliminated and again, they’re both fighting for Outworld.
Wasted Potential: MK9/MK (2011) Shang Tsung
you better hope that you dont accidentally sneeze anywhere near othres, otherwise shang is gonna pop out of nowhere and declare * A cHallENge*
I bumped a guy's shoulder on my way to the banquet hall and he declared a challenge too...
TH-camr SGB: YOU STUBBED MY TOE
MORTAL KOMBAT ENSUES!
10:45
I think the reason they did it this way is to prevent the possibility of shang tsung from turning into guest characters like Kratos or Freddy Krueger
Apparently Kronika also has this issue in MK11 Aftermath where she'll rarely turn into DLC characters
Thats just speculation on my part though.
Pretty interesting theory XD
@@SonicHaXD I guess when the creators don't answer these kind of questions, we gotta find the answer ourselves
This was hilarious as always can't wait for the rest of the MK9 Sucks Saga ^__^ (sidenote I appreciate all of the London Tipton usage in this video👌)
Thank you. Just thought she'd fit for the scenarios XD
Did you all notice how similar young Shang Tsung and human Sektor look?, It's like they're brothers or something
And unburnt Kabal as well.
@@vaggos2003 kinda
13:44 I know you were pissed, but I'm glad someone compliments my boi Hanzo.
two people breathe near shang
Shang: IS THAT A CHALLENGE I HEAR
YESS THIS WAS AMAZING😂😂😂 Thank you for all the hard work u put into these man I love them so much!!!
Infinitely Replayable, like Plinkett, Dumbsville. Civvie 11, & RalphTheMovieMaker ❤
I always thaught it was funny how the most powerful characters in the story mode, Sindel, Quan Chi, Goro, and scorpion all suck mechanically and yet the characters that are on the sideline or jobbers like Cyrax, Sektor, Reptile, Ermac and Kabal are some of the best
Here are some more MK2011 Shang Tsung fails.
-The revival of Sindel was originally his thing, but it got done by Quan Chi. In fact, Shang Tsung couldn't even fully heal Kabal's burns. Yes. Shang Tsung, professional necromancer since 1995, had trouble against burn wounds. Also, Kabal escapes.
-Quan Chi, Mileena, Noob Saibot, Sektor and Rain had actually successful backstab plots. Quan Chi had 2 of those (in the canon story and in his Arcade Ending), Mileena, who accomplished nothing in the Story Mode, backstabbed Shang himself, Noob Saibot, who was a useless idiot and a goon in the story, became the ultimate top dog in his Arcade Ending without lifting a finger, Sektor's W is (semi-)CANON and Rain wasn't even in the fucking Story Mode. Shang Tsung on the other hand has a failed plan in Baraka's ending (where he dies), another failed one, as mentioned, in Mileena's ending (where he also dies AND gets his soul sucked no problemo), gets killed in Kenshi's ending, so his implied W over Kenshi is short-lived, and his actual successful betrayal scheme in his Arcade Ending backfires and he needs Bo Rai Cho's help in order to take on Liu Kang who now has god status.
-One of his fatalities is a rehash of Joker's from MK vs DCU.
-His plans keep getting exposed. First, he is spotted by Smoke while trading weapons with Kano, then Kitana discovers his work in the disappointingly generically-designed Flesh Pits.
-He has Baby Kahn to whine at him after every failure, despite half of them not even being his fault.
-The Edenian Royal family sucks souls better than him. We already talked about Mileena, so let's do Shang a favour and not remind him how his 2-year-old child non-canonically beat him in every way. But Sindel also sucked Kitana's soul by using Shang's powers (Shang himself didn't even use them in the story), and those powers didn't even instantly kill Kitana.
Let's not mention his numerous other failed experiments, because most experiments have some failed tests every now and then, so let's cut him some slack. He needs some slack after all that. At least he still commands Reptile. -He fails almost every single thing he was assigned to do and the MKX Comic retconed Kotal as Reptile's master during the Outworld Invasion, but sush.-
Quan chi stole all his accomplishments
@@Kira22558 In a way, that also undermines Shang Tsung's role in the original timeline as Shao Kahn's right-hand man and the second half of the Deadly Alliance, since apparently Shao Kahn didn't need him for the MK3 invasion and Quan Chi didn't need him in Deadly Alliance. Heck, during Kung Lao's endurance match Quan Chi is the one to emphadise how "deadly" that alliance is, as if he is Shang's superior.
Also, check the difference of him suggesting the Outworld Tournament on Shao Kahn in the MK2 comic and in MK9.
MK2 comic: Keeps his cool, convinces Kahn to give him his youth and suggests the Outworld Tournament in a way that suggests he had put previous thought into it.
MK9: Scared shitless, suggests the Outworld Tournament in a way that seems like it was something he came up at the last second and we don't even get to see him getting restored in his youth nor do we see how he was restored in his youth.
Does Sindel dying mean that Shang died twice in the story, thrice if we include the opening scene? Heck, we don't even get to see Shang's soul and the many many souls he has absorbed get released. Heck, it doesn't even feel that Shang's soul was inside Sindel. Shang's soul getting sucked doesn't appear to be that different from a regular soul suck (although perhaps the longer duration is meant to show the many souls inside Shang being absorbed too), Sindel doesn't use Shang's abilities (aside from sucking Kitana's soul at the very end) and Shang himself doesn't even use any of his abilities aside from opening a portal and taunting Smoke with a Bi-Han transformation. Smoke. And not Kuai Liang. Because if there is one thing that I realised is that from Bi-Han failing to even fight Shang in MK1 to him being seemingly retconned as being invited by Shang at the tournament to him straight up working for Shang in MK9, in the 95' movie and the 2021 movie to serving Kahn in Conquest to existing in Scorpion's Revenge just to get fridged to Kuai Liang getting stopped by Reptile's interference in MK2 to him too as well failing to kill Shang to him getting seperated from the rest of the gang in Deadly Alliance to entering the MK2 story to avenge his brother's death resulting in him fighting Scorpion in MK9 and Battle of the Realms to build up a two-vs-two of Shang and Fujin vs Scorpy and Sub...only for Shang to get almost instantly frozen in a badly edited scene, despite his presemse being the entire reason for the entire fight happening at the first place, to turn into Fujin vs Scorpy and Sub (because why would we want the player to get used at using a gameplay mechanic in a story mode that we -crippled- modified to help the player get used to using gameplay mechanics when we could instead just resort to cheap difficulty that belongs in an entirely different game system) Mortal Kombat just won't allow Shang and Sub to fight. I mean for crying out loud, in both his MK2 and MK9 introductions Kuai Liang said that he'll kill Shang Tsung but it ultimately results to nothing. It's like the developers are just teasing us at this point with this fight. Just like what happens with a proper Godzilla and Gamera crossover.
Wait a minute? Why didn't Quan Chi include Shang Tsung in his Revenant army? Is Shang's soul still trapped inside Sindel even after death? Or did Shao Kahn forgot or decided not to give it to Quan Chi for some weird unexplained reason? Did Kahn and Quan Chi just forget about Shang and the many many souls he could provide them? In fact, wouldn't it be cool as fuck to see Shao Kahn after having absorbed Shang Tsung's soul as well as all the souls trapped inside him (and maybe lots of the other souls in the Soulnado and of people who died during the invasion) take on the Elder-God-empowered Raiden? Why couldn't this be the final battle?
I feel like besides Raiden wanting to protect Sonya, if Shang does defeat her, she dies and gets her soul stolen, making Shang Tsung stronger and getting a person out of the tournament and getting Outoworld closer to victory. It is too big of a risk for him to take. Or that is at least what i interpret from it.
Ngl the one second scene with Cyrax killing Johnny with the anime op is so fucking funny I had to rewind it ten times.
Can’t wait to watch this later tonight, TY SonicHaXD as always bringing us lots of laughter and smiles with these MK sucks series. ❤️
A good twist would be that Scorpion is actually from Earthrealm. So his victories would count for team Raiden. It's the same reason Bo Rai Cho can't fight in the tournament because he's actually from outworld.
This version of shang taung made me roll my eyes everytime someone didnt kill him.
Then aftermath from MK11 made me fall inlove with him😂😂
After watching The4thSnake's critiques on MK 2011 a lot of times before, I never understood how incompetentally bad Shang Tsung was in the story. I just though he gets blamed by Shao Kahn for said Kahn's failures, and then gets the "you're fired" treatment when…that centaur guy died.
Motaro. I'm sad he died...
@@saidi7975 Oh…damn, I'm now upset that I forgot his name. And Shao Kahn got Shang Tsung fired for that, too!
Actually, Shao Kahn actually was needlessly bitching at Shang Tsung during the Story Mode. Here is my proof of that.
-After failing to win the tenth tournament, Shao Kahn orders Shang Tsung's execution. Alright, fair enough, makes sense for someone like him to do that, but during his rant Shao Kahn says that he should just have invaded the traditional way AND IN THE SAME BREATH he acknowledges that he can't do it! Why even bring it up if you're going to debunk what you just said?
-Also, Kahn gave Shang his youth. In the original timeline, Shang wasn't the final boss of the tournament and Shang being held back by his age wasn't something that was seen as much of a problem until Shang presented it as such. In the new timeline, Shang is the final boss of the tournament and we don't know if in this version anyone brought up Shang being weaker as an older man as an argument, meaning that we don't know if anyone considered that a factor in order for Kahn to grant Shang his youth, so Kahn had less of an excuse to not give Shang his youth and ensure that he is at full strength.
-After the Outworld Tournament, Shao Kahn bitches at Shang Tsung about how he failed him, despite the fact that, as shown by Kahn's own words and as far as Shao Kahn knew at that moment, Shang's plan was the only option they had. And Kahn's response to Quan Chi's plan implies that Kahn didn't do as much as lift a finger to handle Sindel's field which is a COLOSSAL obstacle in his way (then again, the events of the story seem to contradict themselves about how much of an obstacle that is to the invasion, as well as having unclear implications about the plot-wise reason to even have a Mortal Kombat tournament in a franchise called Mortal Kombat), which makes his bitching about Shang's plan all the dumper considering that, as previously shown, he did nothing himself but suggest ideas that he himself would shut down.
-Also, he is bitching at Shang about Outworld losing in the tournament, the same tournament in which everyone including himself lost!
Yeah, I think MK9 Shao Kahn is kind of a pretentious crybaby.
@@vaggos2003 That's exactly what The4thSnake said in his critique. Or…at least I think that's what he said. It's been a while.😓
@@GMKGoji01Actually, yes. Most of the things I brought up were also brought up in Snake's Critiques.
7:07 Shang tsung: A CHACHACHACHACHACHACHACHA
*proceed to get souls sucked by shao khan*
I think "Shang Tsung just wants to go with the flow" perfectly encapsulates the story of MK 2011
Glad Sonic finally corrected himself on Shang Tsung not "officially" being the last challenge despite him being the final boss of MK1
15:04 *ME* -lina
First time I ever saw "premiering" and waited around to see it premiere. Love your stuff, thanks. Also don't diss the tournament format, Goro worked very hard on it.
I'm surprised there was no "SHANG SUNG" from the MK vs. DC game.
First off, im really happy to see that you're still creating fun vídeos 👍
Second, thank you for explaining the tournament rules, i never knew about them before lmao 😅
Deadass had me laughing the whole time bruh😭 new sub☝🏾
Yess! I've just returned to watching MK content before MK12 gets revealed (hopefully) sometime next month, and seeing a brand new video from Sonic was exactly what I needed.
2 friends have a friendly dissagrement on something, shang tsung, "A CHALLENGE"
I love your editing and your videos always top quality
This is an amazing unintentional birthday gift. Thank you, scalie boi.
This was absolutely amazing! I really love your SUCKS videos)))
8:45 That Yugioh Hp part had me dying😂😂😂
I don't belive it. I remeber commenting on your MK11 Kronika Sucks Part 1 video if you were going to make one called Shang Tsung sucks 2 years ago. And here we are. Keep up the amazjng work.
Shang tsung reminds me of starscream from transformers, which either he can be extremely dangerous and smart but can be a sniveling coward in the face of megatron its quite fitting
Can you imagine the fate of the universe being determined by a giant Survivor Series? I love this IP with all its ups and downs.
Is he running the Mortal Kombat tournament, or is he the GM of Monday Night Raw?
@@ChaseMC215 lol I guess Shang would have a GM role since Shao Kahn fired his ass after MK2. Instead of being thrown into a dumpster like Eric Bischoff by Vince McMahon, Shao had other methods of dispatching sub-par management.
I will never get bored of your Mortal Kombat Videos
this video got me into your channel about june and i’m glad it did i love the channel and your easily one of my top 10 youtubers
Thank you so much XD
Huh, in about 4 hours welp either I'm gonna be there fast and first like many other people waiting or imma do something else and watch it later. (Also I hope this first video of the mk9 sucks videos paid off cause you're really hard working and I like you content!)
this channel is well underated....the edit skills alone are epic
Idk what it is but I always find myself coming back to your channel wondering what next mortal kombat video your gonna make, I always rewatch your longer videos they never get boring good work on your videos and hope ya make more in the future
Thank you so much XD
8:02
You know when you're getting annoying af when the evil sorcerer who's hosting a tournament to decide the fate of the realms wants you dead.
I mean you called him an old geezer and all
4:45 Dude, you know Shang would have gone "One of you fought me and lost, that counts as a win for Outworld, get the fuck off my island Earthrealm scum"
Love your content keep up the great work
5:42 "...Who is killing *MY* lin kuei ninjas is doing such a great job" lolololol
As a kid in the 90s I find Shang Tsung very mysterious and threatening.
4:35 they never do say the second fight with subzero is part of the tournament, this is more of an interference (also, this video was Hella funny, good job, even though this game is probably my favorite of all time)
9:57 Mario Kart Arcade GP DX Music? Noice choice.
Seeing shang tsung mastering the arts of self sabotage reminds of me capcom celestial beings of self sabotage
Man, after Mk1 teaser came out, this comes in my recommended…thank you algorithm
And the worst part is he’s not even in a wheelchair
Man, MK9 Shang Tsung is a Jobber.
agreed
Both of him and Goro,
A champion and final boss turned Jobbers
@@toyohimeyeswatatsuki6917 true
Please do more MK 2011 roasts. I loved this.
Thanks! New MK9 videos will be released monthly. All the way up till July XD
MK Trilogy and PS2 era had strength on "Show, don't tell."
When the game shows Shang Tsung is strong, menacing, and near unstoppable in Deadly Alliance. Players can conclude that he's actually really strong and quite a deadly mastermind.
Even in Konquest mode, the character power level still following its own rules. Then the endings conclude who is the winner, what happened to them and everything else only left to the players interpretation to conclude which one is truly canonical.
Meanwhile in next gen era (MKvsDC and NRS)
The game is all about "Telling more and then show(badly)." because of its Cinematic Story telling the series are using now. Power levels are sidelined because good guys had to win, characters had to be a jobber because the story will be short without any fights.
"He must win because the plot say so."
"He must lose because the plot had to go forward, even though they are much more powerful."
"Shang Tsung said its part of the tournament, because he said so. Sometimes its not, because he wanted to."
and so on...
Sorry its a little too long but you'll get the idea. Peace. Love the video, love this channel.
Golden era of MK
Yes
Eh, mid way era still had instances of informed strength.
The PS2 era was literally the worse era of mk in terms of story lol
@@redninja3056 not really
another SonicHaXD banger, thank you
Goro in this too? I know he's going to play a part in this
Another stupid thing is: participants can't fight for realms that they don't belong to which was the reason why master Bo' Rai Cho couldn't fight for Earthrealm in the first tournament even though he wanted to as he stated in Deception. This rule was totally ignored in MK9 because Shang Tsung was allowed to have the Lin Kuei and the Black Dragon who are all Earthrealmers on his team, making a gaping plot hole of why master Bo' Rai Cho just couldn't participate and fight for Earthrealm this time
That is true XD
Isn't Shang Tsung from Earthrealm also?
@@legendarymarston9174 in the old timeline it was said that he was from Outworld but his essence was created in Earthrealm
Ah ok, thanks for clarifying!
I thought about too! Also hated how they made Sub-Zero pure evil and Scorpion a hero though he never was!
such a great video, you made my day hahhaah
Awesome video bro!
YESSS THE GOAT IS BACKKKK with the stupid series
14:48 pick scorpion and spam his 3 punch combo with square........... YOU WIN!
This is such a great video
also kind of a missed opportunity to use the Shang Tsung clip from MK Conquest where he yells: *DAMN YOU!!!!*
which became one of many memes in Phelan's reviews.
And now we got probably the best depiction of him ever in MK1
11:59 I like this part here. Simply because it's like Steven is saying "Even though you're really ugly, I still appreciate you."
Absolutely XD
@@SonicHaXD Ah! I got noticed!
Raiden should've let Sonya fight Shang Tsung, it was her chapter so she would've won
That would be too smart XD
First, he would have consult with the Elder Gods.
Bo Rai Cho is forbidden to fight against Outworld on the side of Earthrealm and yet that mf Sub-Zero, despite being an Earthrealmer, participates on the side of Shang Tsung. TF?!
sonic, please make a mk-9 sucks or doesn't. it will be amazing. Also for a bonus you should make a vid of of you rating the skins of mk-9 of all characters and why they suck or not. love your vids you always make me laugh keep up the good work.
The MK9 SUCKS video will be up around July XD
2:12 Even with this deal, Johnny still won the tournament because the fight with Shang Tsung is basically an exhibition match. He's the tournament master and proctor, not the champion; Goro held that title after defeating the Great Kung Lao. So Johnny defeating Goro makes him tournament champion. No one ever brings that up. Liu Kang just defeated Shang Tsung because of his backup plan; if Sonya had accepted, it still wouldn't have counted.
"You will face Sub-Zero of the Lin Kuei"
Shang tsung is the whole entire circus lol
I have a theory that "challenges" don't count for the tournament (unless the outcome is fatal) and vice versa. Raiden says that he can't participate, unless he is directly challenged, meaning that even people who aren't the tournament participants are considered fair game for this separate "challenge fights" system. Maybe it's a corruption of some earlier "exhibition matches" system, or something like that.
So when Shang Tsung declared the challenge between Scorpion and Cyrax with Sektor, their loss didn't mean their elimination, hence they could still participate in the tournament. And Sub-Zero was eliminated from the tournament in his fight with Sonya, but was still available for being challenged by Scorpion.
6:57 When Raiden approached Scorpion everybody else was leaving the courtyard, except Liu Kang and Kung Lao, who were waiting for Raiden. We have no indication that anybody was there who would report this conversation to Shang Tsung. Cyrax's talk with Raiden was explicitly witnessed by Baraka, who reported it to Shang Tsung. Maybe Tarkatan vocabulary was a bit misleading and gave strong connotation of "Cyrax conspired with Raiden".
7:58 Maybe Shang Tsung really wants Johnny's soul, because he already knows about his Mediterranean warrior cult ancestry with their hereditary anti-god buff.
Okay I tried my best to justify these things, but I've got nothing for Shang Tsung having authority to just decide that people are contestants, even against their will, or to officially declare one-on-two fights. Honestly, I'm still confused, why Shang Tsung, a clearly biased party, is allowed to host and organize the tournament. I would think that some neutral party would be appointed for that.
We really don't know if everyone was left the courtyard when cyrax talked to Raiden, and cyrax killing Johnny wouldn't get Shang his soul.
@@fightingmedialounge519 You seem to confuse two things I wrote. The courtyard conversation was the one between Raiden and Scorpion, and while there is no guarantees that there were no witnesses (other than Liu Kang and Kung Lao), there is no indication that there were any either. Shang Tsung not bringing it up in any fashion makes it a reasonable assumption that even if there were witnesses, nobody reported it to him.
The conversation between Raiden and Cyrax happens in Shang Tsung's Throne Room. We are shown that Baraka loitered behind the doorway and the look he gave Cyrax as he passed by showed that whatever Baraka saw and/or heard, he wasn't fond of it. Explicit witness, and Shang Tsung's awareness that this talk happened lets us conclude that Baraka snitched.
As for Johnny's soul... why wouldn't Cyrax killing him get Shang Tsung it? Shang Tsung seems to take souls of those who die in the tournament. Goro killed Great Kung Lao, Shang Tsung took Great Kung Lao's soul. I doubt there are rules forbidding this. I guess Raiden may intervene, but I'm not clear on how much authority he actually has over souls of Earthrealmers (seemingly enough to offer them as payment) and whether such an intervention be considered overstepping his boundaries at the tournament.
@@ssj5gogeta1310 wasn't really confused on that part. That would be reasonable, if not for the other instances of questionable writing making this appear pretty clearly as an oversight. Because that's not how soul magic works. The person either needs to kill someone directly and then take their soul, or be in close proximity so that the soul can be taken before it passes on. It's why Shao Kahn diretcly ask Shang tsung to step forward before taking his soul as oppose to just stealing his soul where he initially stood. Judging from where Shang tsung was sitting, he wasn't stealing any souls.
@@fightingmedialounge519 Well, I'm not claiming that writing is stellar or rock-solid. I just tried to justify the specific plot points brought up in the video for fun.
And... I don't think we know enough specifics about how soul-stealing works to definitively claim what is and isn't possible with it. Shao Kahn didn't order Shang Tsung to approach. He just called his name, then Shang Tsung approached, then Shao Kahn said "The empress requires something of you." and proceeded to take Shang Tsung's soul... probably along with all the souls he accumulated... before giving them to Sindel. I'm not actually even sure if what Shao Kahn did is the same brand of soul-stealing. Shang Tsung's body evaporated (though that might be because without those souls it aged to the state it would be at Shang Tsung's actual age, i. e. dust).
Still, if we argue purely range, it looks to me that in MK11: Aftermath, Shang Tsung was absorbing Revenant Nightwolf's soul from a much a greater distance then one between Shao Kahn and Shang Tsung in MK9. So I don't think being that close is required.
@@ssj5gogeta1310 I'm aware of what you were trying to do, but I'm pointing out that other moments of faulty writting throughout the game makes your assumptions less logical and more wishfulthinking. We know a fair bit about soul magic considering how many times it's used and the way its used. That's what I mean when I said he told him to come closer, and again he wouldn't have to do that if he could take souls from a distance. Funny you bring up mk 11 considering that also shows the physical effects soul magic can have. Also wouldn't say it's that great of distance, and it's still smaller than the distance between where Shang tsungs sits during the outdoor matches, and the actual arena they take place in.
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NOO
Let's see, in the story mode Shang Tsung only gets four fights which are
Lui Kang vs Shang Tsung (loses)
Smoke vs Shang Tsung(As Sub Zero) with Reptile (HOW DO YOU LOSE THIS ONE!?)
House Maid (Kitana) vs Shang Tsung (loses)
Kung Lao vs The Deadly Alliance (loses)
I can understand when losing to Lui Kang but the other fights (especially the 1v2s) don't make much sense. Maybe when he turned younger, actually made him weaker.
Need you to make everything great about MK9
Here is my Everything Great About Mortal Kombat 9.
-I kinda like the idea of the character trailer that reveal the character's backstory for the game. They are a decent quick intro to newcomers, are nicely visually stylistic and the narrator does a great job. +6
-The stylization of the select screen is nice. +1
-All the soundtracks are very good and stylish. +20
-The overall graphical fidelity is pretty good. I also like the style it gives. It feels like we are reliving an old great adventure in a modeen light, which is a big part of the premise of the plot of this very game. +2
-Some of the dead characters in the intro die on the spots they were last seen in the Armageddon intro. +1
-Richard Epcar as Raiden. Shao Kahn's VA does a pretty good job too. +2
-The idea of seeing a more in-depth version of the events and characters of the original timeline has great potential for said exploration. Plus, it does lead to some of the following wins. +1
-The detail of Liu Kang defeating Shang Tsung with the flying kick is still kept. +1
-Johnny's, Raiden's, Kano's and Liu Kang's designs are also pretty good. Nightwolf's design is decent. +5
-Shang Tsung's reveal to Johnny is cool. +1
-Reptile's design is decent. +1
-The gameplay is well-responsive and quick and the idea of custom combos is cool. There also is a good training mode and guide-books for movesets. +5
-Johnny's moveset is quite fun. +1
-Johnny's X-Ray is cool. +1
-Johnny is just gloriously doochey. +1
-I like that we also establish Johnny's better traits, such as him congratulating someone who impressed him and also refusing to kill. +2
-Liu Kang's VA did a very good job. +1
-Sonya's and Kano's VAs do well too. +2
-The tag match mechanic is a pretty cool mechanic idea. +1
-Skarlet makes cameo appearances throughout the story. +3
-Patrick Seiz as Scorpion. +5
-Scorpion's main design is objectively perfect. +5
-Combining the most interesting aspects of Kung Lao's previous 2 incarnations was a good call. +1
-Scorpion's moveset is one of the best in the game. +1
-Scorpion vs Nightwolf is a surprisingly decently thematic matchup. While we're at it, the same thing can be said for Nightwolf's matchups with Noob Saibot and Sindel. +3
-Scorpion's animations manage to capture really well his emotions during the Story Mode. An impressive feat indeed, considering Scorpion covers his face with a mask 24/7. +1
-The transition from Bi-Han's corpse to Noob Saibot in Raiden's vision was pretty slick. Plus, it feels in-character for Scorpion to kill Sub-Zero the same way he was killed by him during Mythologies. +2
-The negotiation scene between Raiden and Scorpion is handled pretty well. +1
-Cyrax and Sektor use different animations for their gameplay attacks in their cyborgs skins and in their human skins. +2
-The dialog that sets up the Scorpion vs Sub-Zero fight is pretty good. +1
-Scorpion momentarily snapping and killing Sub-Zero was handled pretty well. The same can be said for Scorpion's walk of shame after realising what he did. +2
-MK: Mythologies acknowledgement. +1
-Liu's very in-character and I love it. +1
-Ermac's entrance is pretty cool. +1
-Liu Kang's entrance after defeating Goro is well-built up with good music and effects. +1
-I appreciate the whole concept of building up Liu Kang's and Kitana's relationship as well as the Cyber Initiative. +2
(That was Part 1. The rest will - eventaually - be in the replies.)
Part 2
-I like the setup for the Outworld Tournament. Making the Tournament a case of "all or nothing" is actually an improvement over MK2, since now both sides have solid reasons of accepting it, the stakes are higher instead of just having 1 victory to either realm and the heroes and moral compasses we follow do not put the future of Earthrealm at risk just for the sake of petty selfish revenge. +1
-Both Sub-Zero's are skins to the same character model and moveset. It makes sense, considering they already share allegiance to the Lin Quei and cryomancy (plus, in a way it is fitting for both brothers to have a common "ancestor" in their design philosophy). That allows more time and resources to be used elsewhere, while also taking advantage of the game's existing customization in the story mode. +1
-We learn the Sub-Zero Bros. names, Bi-Han the elder and Kuai Liang the younger. +2
-Sub-Zero has ice mist emitting out of him and Smoke has smoke emitting out of him. Pretty cool, amma right? Also, I dig Smoke's armor platings. +3
-Referencing and canonizing Tundra, a.k.a. Sub-Zero's original name, in such a way is such a clever, awesome and cool nod to the fans. +1
-Sub-Zero's VA does a fantastic job. +1
-In this game we got more character and personality for Smoke than in anything else ever. +1
-Shang Tsung and Kano testing rocket launchers is just the best thing ever. Also, reference to Smoke's MK2 boss fight. +2
-Smoke's teleport is fun. +1
-Raiden saving Smoke is an actually intentional change in the past, a showing of competence from Raiden and a decision that has ramifications and potential for the rest of the story. +1
-Is that Playstation exclusive character Kratos getting sneaked inside the Story Mode? +1
-Caring deeply for his family and friends around him. That is the younger Sub-Zero I know. +1
-Ermac's entrance is goated. +1
-Ermac W is a 2 win. +1
-Johnny's reaction to Raiden's plan. 😂 +1
-Kitana's face animations tell an entire story all by themselves. Couple them with an excellent, excellent performance from Cary Strausman as both Kitana and Mileena and you get a fantastic combination of visual storytelling and voice-acting. +3
-Jade's fight is a cool reference to her MK2 boss fight. +1
-Holy shit, Shao Kahn's eyes are red as hell! Awesome! +1
-That little banter between Johnny and the monks was *mwha*. Also, that feels like real-life dialog in a good way. +2
-I appreciate the Kenshi and Reiko acknowledgement. It introduces them in the MK1-3 era in an organic way, gives some some fanservice to their fans and gives a clearer picture of how the tournament works and how big the stakes are. +1
-Ermac W is a win. +1
-Is Noob's entrance a reference to his MK2 boss fight? Nice. +1
-Noob's clone grabbing you and beating the shit out of you off-screen is gold. +1
-I like how documentary-like Kintaro's entrance is shot. It makes him feel like a true unhinged animalistic threat. +1
-Liu Kang gets to be playable at the end of Kung Lao's chapter. More of characters being playable outside of their chapters, please. +1
-I like how Liu Kang giving on the way of vengeance forshadows his death, especially with the inclusions of him using his Fatality and the parallel shots between him and Kahn. In a way, it also fits with the worry inside him in his MK2 self of vengeance consuming him. +4
I like to think Shang tsung decided to make the final opponent himself simply because he got bored and thought it would be entertaining to fight
MK9 Shang Tsung was like that Beat em up boss in one level who got demoted to being a regular occurring enemy
#AChallenge
Wow for being introduced to Mortal Kombat through MK9 I am really sorry to hear that but you are a more sensible fan than most the sheep whom were introduced to MK through that game however I have respect and subscription to you my friend so to me you hold merit, my biggest pity to all those is that they missed out. My first introduction to Mortal Kombat was when I was 8 yrs old I got MK Trilogy on PS1 and throughout my childhood enjoyed that game and the Arcades of the predecessor games and MK4 whom my friend’s had so we’d always game I remember how revolutionary and popular MK4 was, then for a while til I hit Middle School early preteen and early teen yrs I got an Xbox from the PS2 I already had and got Deadly Alliance though it had been out for a couple yrs before I got it on Console it was really different from the MK games prior and initially felt strange to me it took me a short course of time and I appreciated this game and the newest 3D then Deception came out couple months after I got MKDA from there that was my LOVE for MK accumulated over the yrs then Shaolin Monks and Armageddon the yrs after came out and I was in line for both games and were excellent games and at the point MK was my top favorite Fighting Game Series it was an enriched Franchise until WB bought the Mortal Kombat IP from the bankrupt Midway and that was the day MK truly died for me. Yeah Shang Tsung was a badarse in the OG MK game and secondary side Antagonist in MK2/MK3 and all the extended MK3 iterations, then Deadly Alliance is where Shang Tsung is really put over along with the 1995 MK movie.
Nrs “MK” is not my MK and is what Disney “SW” is to SW being someone whom grew up on The OG Trilogy, Prequels and The Expanded Universe. Its really sad and painful though 2 of my beloved Franchises that were part of my Youth ran into the dirt and are unsalvageable.
IT HAS BEGUN!!