My understanding of street fighter is that bison is the main antagonist but akuma is far more dangerous. I think in the original street bison was the last fight in the arcade mode but if you reached the end fast enough without a continue you would fight akuma instead as a secret boss.
From a storyline perspective Bison just has more going on, more plans and ambitions beyond "Be the best fighter" so he actually moves the plot(s) forward.
Glad you enjoyed this episode and I hope you enjoy Korra vs Storm. Not many people were looking forward to this battle when it came out, and it still isn't one of the most well received episodes. But I thought it was better than many give it credit for and I hope you like it too.
To me this episode fell extremely short in the animation department. There were some eybrow raisers and things I disagree with in the analysis sections too but overall this kept a right track at least. For such massively emposing and important characters you would expect a visual feast with music blasting at full volume but what we ended up getting is an empty desert where Shao Kahn apparently holds the tournament at..? Way too lowkey music score that doesn't captures the energy of the charcaters and the fighting animaion that simply lacked impact for character with so much hype behind them. Stiff movements and lack of audio and visual feedback on those punches and hits is just so underwhelming. The kill also feels very weird with the hammer coming down out of completely nowhere and later obscuring the gory head smash in a Mortal Kombat fight just doesn't feel right. That comedically perfect circle shape in Shao Kahn's torso is also very funny to me, if anything. Same with him just aimlessly swinging the hammer around which feels weightless. Oh, and Shao Kahn's performance was also very dry and humorless which really doesn't befits his over the top larger than world personality. So yeah, there's a lot to pick apart and a lot more I haven't mentioned. Most of it has to do with Shao Kahn, as you might've noticed, mostly becasue Akuma was done super well here so great job on that. Not counting Shin Akuma just kinda not doing anything at all and going straight to Oni.
The main reason people hated this episode was not for the outcome, but for the animation. It was really jank, bland and the effects were very bad. Not only that, the death was off screen and pretty tame for having a MK character in it.
Yeah people thought that kahn could survive the raging demon for your assumptions too. I think it just wasn't used as evidence because it's just a theory, kahns consumed billions of souls but the raging demon attacks their sins specifically.
I'd question if it'd work on Kahn on that basis though. "Sin" implies an objective way to judge an action as a sin and it's established that certain entities in the MK universe are supposed to be evil by cosmic fiat meaning any evil acts they undertake are not sins but in fact fulfilling their purpose. Now only Shinnok has had this confirmed about him but given Shao Kahn's origins are a bit of a mystery and for the most part the Elder Gods refuse to stop him it would not surprise me to find out that Kahn is similar meaning he has no "sins" to target.
For this being the first true winners fight with both Akuma and Shao Kahn defeating Shang Tsung and M.Bison respectfully, I was really glad to see Shao Kahn win again but Akuma gave it his all and that's good. Next time with Korra and Storm...I think I'll save my thoughts on that one on your reaction to it next week but you are right, Storm is an Omega Level Mutant as she is capable of creating a planet sized storm but also make a planet sized shield because her powers are capable of creating those storms that can cover the Earth but yeah Omega Level Mutants are really crazy with their powers since you will be seeing another Omega Level Mutant later in Season 9 which speaking of that, counting Korra VS Storm, you have just 3 episodes left to go in Season 8 before jumping into Season 9. So until then, see you next week for another battle of elements. Edit: Also I noticed that Cyborg Ris made a cameo at the bottom of the screen.
They did something odd here...they used a non-canon feat for Shao Khan but also said that they weren't going to use Asura's Wrath for Akuma, a game in which he appeared as a DLC boss and fought the main character for so many untold eons that they turned to stone. Also part of this fight was on the moon. That game is crazy.
You misunderstood I think. Blaze HAS THAT POWER. He doesn't gain a power boost or anything that's just a what if scenario..in mk11s endings they all gain power boosts, so you can't use them. Asuras Wrath just isn't canon.
Uggh, for the last time, that was from a Mortal Kombat game which is canon to the lore and is a non-canon What-if ending of the game, Blaze actually has that kind of power which is similar to other top tiers, like Shinnok who reshaped Outworld with his magic and Asura's Wrath is not canon to Street Fighter
interesting note: Akuma is among the strongest of his verse, but Shao Khan is far from the strongest of his. there's arguably Onaga, the elder gods, Konika and the one being. and of course, there's the Kombatants, in which the scaling isn't the clearest in the first place (the best/worst example being Shao Khan, Liu kang and the deadly alliance, albeit that's 2 rather than one)
I've found if they avoid giving numbers in the character descriptions it's because one side is far more powerful than the other and would spoil who would win.
I only have one problem with this episode: While it is true that Shao Kahn has been impaled through the chest before(in a VERY similar way), he did not survive it. He was very much dead after that. The only reason he was still alive and kicking in the latest MK game, is because Kronika(a god above the Elder Gods) merged multiple timelines and brought Shao Kahn from the past into the future.
Umm Wrong, he survived the impalement, Immortals can survive impalement and what does Mortal Kombat 11 even have to do with his defeat against Liu Kang? The only thing that killed him was Raiden amped by the Elder Gods before MK11
@@blazingblue_3039 No he didn't, he thought Kahn died, but Kahn survived, but like I said, the only thing that killed Kahn in that game was Raiden amped with Elder Gods
Honestly this is one of my least favorite Death Battle. Visually it has a lot of flaws which reveal themselves the more you watch it, and even on my first watch it felt very stiff
Not sure if anyone already mentioned but there was already a Shao Kahn VS Bison death battle YEARS ago. It was one of Death Battle's earliest entries back when they were called ScrewAttack. Also yes, Bison is the general main antagonist of Street Fighter, usually to most of the characters. While Akuma is an antagonist for specifically Ryu. I hope that helps give a little more insight. EDIT: I saw the part where they said "Final Boss". Akuma isnt a FINAL boss. Rather, he is actually a secret/hidden boss that you face when meeting certain conditions in most of his appearances back in the 90s and in Street Fighter 5.
Yeah and unlike Akuma, M. Bison represents Shao Kahn's character since Bison inspired Shao as both being the main game antagonists and ruthless conquerers who lead evil organisations and defeated by their protagonists in red hairbands.
That's two for two wins for the Emperor! And both on Street Fighter big bads. Not a guy to be messed with. Will need to get a new harness made, mind you.
17:56 No. Hell no. Cetrion gets her ass beaten by Sindel In Mortal Kombat 11. And also by Jax Briggs and his daughter,but they were using a magic crown, filled with souls so I guess that's kinda different. MK11's story is complicated af
While I enjoyed them both and think that each has its issues and its strong points, I think that AtLA is overall the better series and the one I prefer.
Yeah. Like I don't get the *hate* for LoK, but I can agree that AtLA is the better show. They both tried some very different things, and I respect them both for it. I think what ultimately makes AtLA win for me is Zuko's, Iroh's, and Azula's stories. Just this huge overarching narrative, these huge subplots, that you just didn't really get parallels to in LoK.
@@Ris_Grestar Oh indeed there, I personally prefer Korra but yeah, the hate is way too overblown. People were expecting like Avatar 2.0 or live up to the original among other things, but just couldn’t accept it as something different. Not sure if you’re aware of this yourself, but if you want to know why there isn’t quite as overarching story in Korra as Avatar is mainly to do with the weird reputation it had with Nickelodeon. It was only meant to just have one season, but later got extended to two and you know four. That’s kind of the reason why there, but yeah, they went through some screwy production, along with nearly getting a big portion of their staff fired to make the final season.
Ahh, I didn't know that, yeah. I mean, it unfortunately doesn't really *change* things since it still means we didn't get all that goodness, but it does make more sense as to *why* all the seasons seemed so standalone in nature.
