Shang Tsung Ending:ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-_hjQodYim2M.html There Battle with the MK Theme:ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-h9pyBjB_c3g.html
1:58 that face of shang tsung lol. Also there shouldn't be a ending where you can choose. Shang tsung should've won by a long shot. He absorbed Raiden and fujins power first, then shao Kahn and sindel and lastly kronika so how the hell does liu Kang have an ending where he wins if he only has Raiden powers??
@Marc-bi6tt I guess the power/soul absorbing thing is purely visual for the sake of a dramatic scene. Ultimately, the moment a deity (demigod, elder god, titan) takes physical form, and the moment kombat begins, kombat limitations apply: equally limited health bars and equally limited damage output.
@@Marc-bi6ttWell if you think back, Shang Tsung and Shao Kahn had way more hax and attack power compared to Liu Kang but yet they still got clapped by him. So when you think about it, it's actually accurate since Liu Kang is literally the embodiement of skill > power. Don't forget Liu Kang basically got a ×2 boost from his revenant counterpart other than Raiden power boosting him. Raiden did not only fused his revenant counterpart into him, he brought him back to life WHILE fusing him so instead of a 1.5 power boost it becomes a ×2 boost, plus Raiden's power is a ×3. To top that all off, his hax is basically ×3 because of his revenant counterpart mastered Shinnok's sorccery and Raiden's hax as well.
I absolutely love how delighted Shang Tsung is by noble Liu Kang pulling a "Shang Tsung". That smile just screams "you cheeky son of a bitch! I didn't think you had it in you!" He's not even mad about it, he's tickled pink!
I mean, wouldn't you if you were in his place, and your nemesis, your do gooder who ruins everything you do, revealed that behind his muscles and meditation, he has a mind that can scheme on your own level?
No that would be mean. Every time Kung Lao loses in some brutality/fatality Liu Kang simply rewinds time only to retrain him and have it happen again and again : (
I have a theory: We all saw how when Raiden fused with Revenant Liu Kang, it resulted in both Liu Kang’s fusing with Raiden to become Fire God Liu Kang. Which allowed Liu Kang to absorb his Revenant’s knowledge/memories and give him the location of the Keep. We also know how when Raiden battled Liu Kang in the Fire Gardens, Raiden gained the knowledge of every outcome that was where he and Liu Kang fought. My theory is that Liu Kang also absorbed that knowledge. So he knew why Raiden believed in taking that risk by allowing Shao Kahn to fuse with Earthrealm in the MK9 scenario. Hence is why Liu Kang had a similar mindset in allowing Shang Tsung to kill everyone and get the Crown.
Add that theory to the fact that the game automatically always chooses liu kang's ending and to the fact that Liu kang defeated shang tsung more than shang tsung does 1 on 1 always, shang tsung only killed liu kang in mk DA with the help of quan chi, if quan chi didn't hit liu kang massively from the back, liu kang might have killed shang tsung, plus liu kang was training for eons, he and his revenant self, not to mention that revenant liu kang is almost a sorcerer as well, mastering shinnok's sorcery, so shang tsung being a sorcerer doesn't make a lick of difference now, plus revenant liu kang almost killed shao Kahn, add all of that to liu kang and not to mention raiden's powers and we get that his ending is the canon one.
@@blackfire1471 also don't forget Revenant Liu kang is weaker than his prime and Raiden not only free Revenant Liu Kang. He restores Revenant Liu kang back to his prime plus with Shinok sorcery that Liu kang got as a Revenant and the younger Liu kang and raiden power. Of course Fire God Liu kang was going to be a beast.
If there's one thing missing between their fight, I would've loved to hear the "Test your might" theme song from the MK film as a throwback to their rivalry.
I prefer they keep it out of the games. The references in the Tournament stage and Jax's friendship were fine but it's not like it's an original MK song technically. Plus a club banger really doesn't fit a fight between a sorcerer and a shaolin monk.
@@mr.awesome6011 It kinda does then again, it may not have been an "original" MK theme per say, but dramatically/cinematically speaking it would kinda make sense as far as a nostalgic throwback/callback is concerned though.
There is 2 things that is so great about this. 1st Liu kang did the same thing Raiden did in mk9 by letting it all play out so they could win. 2nd this is how the first mortal kombat ended with Liu kang fighting shang sung to save the world. It ended how it began
Everybody keeps saying that Liu Kang did the same thing Raiden did, but you guys are overlooking a huge difference between the two. Liu Kang knew that he was going to bring everyone back to life after defeating Shang Sung. Raiden just sacrificed everybody, knowing they could not return. I’d say Liu Kang saw the outcome and knew he would win, so that was the ONLY reason why he was willing to sacrifice everyone in the first place.
This is by far the best part of the MK11 story A destined hero Vs. A maniacal schemer Shang Tsung is by far one of the most charismatic and fun Villians there is And his polar opposite Liu Kang a man who is strong willed and is willing to get help for himself but his honor makes him normally a lone wolf Liu Kang is the honorable lone wolf Shang Tsung is the traitorous puppet master
Its better because in the movie shang just sits around and be a walking reminder that hes a final boss. But in aftermath he plays an active role in the game and does what he does best...be a scheming snake
I love that we've pretty much come full circle. Liu Kang and Shang Tsung fought each other at the end of the first tournament, and now, they fight again at the End of Time as Fire God and Keeper of Time
Charles Campbell well actually that’s five four is him getting his soul snatched by himself (revenant) (unless you thinking canon wise and not in general)
Datonenoob567 his revenent stole liu kang soul before the aftermath events happened then raiden made revenant liu kang absorb him and thats when he got fire god in the first place
People may think of Scorpion and Sub Zero having the definitive rivalry in the MK series, but the rivalry between Liu Kang and Shang Tsung is the most impactful and personal. Everything has been building up to this moment. Shao Kahn may have been the Emperor, but Shang Tsung was Liu Kang's true enemy and now the one being who nearly succeed what his Master failed to do, Conquer the realms.
Not to mention Shang Tsung killed Liu Kang in Deadly Alliance, so their rivalry got even more heated as time went on. This time, no Quan Chi to help Shang Tsung.
@@LightningCayo It also showed Liu Kang's true purpose as the Chosen One was not to defeat Shao Kahn, but rather Shang Tsung, who turned out be the most dangerous threat to the realms out of every Mortal Kombat villian Why? Cause he used deceit, careful planning and patience to wait for the right moment to strike. Just as Liu Kang is the ultimate hero of the MK universe, Shang Tsung is now the ultimate villian of the series..
"No more timelines will be twisted by your evil... until the game developers find yet another way to bring you back in some super convoluted way because you're one of the most beloved characters."
Liu Kang: "If I delete Shang Tsung, the universe does.not.worm." Kitana: "What-? Why? Why can't you just delete him?" Liu: "Its like how TF2 runs off a picture of a coconut. If you delete it, everything breaks"
It's quite obviously canon that Liu kang wins this fight. I mean I'd like it to be up in the air but nah. Shang tsung has the powers of the crown and absorbed souls. But the souls just give untempered and reckless power. Liu kang is the better fighter and all of his powers are willingly given, and theoretically Liu kang could have trained for eons before arriving to challenge Shang. It seems simple to me
Exactly. Technically, Shang Tsung should have been overpowered here absorbing all those powers, but doesn't have enough experience to weild those powers excluding his own sorcery. Liu Kang on the other hand has both the power and knowledge of Raiden, himself and his revenant plus the extra boost from Shinnoks powers.
@@osamabinlovin7182 Those souls are just enough for Shang Tsung to Live, not to Fight. Frankly, how Shang Tsung defeated Liu Kang here, clearly depends on the players who uses him.
It really goes to show just how insanely powerful Lui Kang here is. Shang Tsung had the crown and all ths ouls of the fighters. Dude gave a beatdown of timeless proportions.
I’m still wondering how the combined power of Liu Kang and Raiden defeated Shang Tsung with the powers of Raiden, Fujin, Shao Khan, Sindel, Kronika, AND the Crown???
After all these years of killing liu kang Humiliating him They finally put him at the strongest Rightfully so And I respect him because he will do everything to make the world safe
Off all the villians in the MK universe who came close to victory and finally taking over the realms, Shang Tsung has outdone every major Mortal Kombat villian like Shao Kahn, Shinnok, Onaga and now Kronika. This was probably the reason Liu Kang was the chosen one and why their rivalry exists as Shang Tsung turned out be the most dangerous threat to the realms, even more so than the others. Why? Cause he used deceit, careful planning and patience to wait for the right moment to strike. Just as Liu Kang is the ultimate hero of the MK universe, Shang Tsung is now the ultimate villian of the series.
I love how most people immediately noticed Raiden is a god by simply by his eyes and yet Kung Lao ancestor has to ask who is Liu Kang that is clearly floating
After almost 30 years of MK, Shang Tsung will always be the final boss to where it all started. And an era of MK 12 will rise in PS5 and Xbox Series X.
I came back to this after watching the story mode of new mk1. This kung lao is the Great Kung Lao. As you can see, Kung Lao is polishing that jade jaguar that he gave to liu kang
Shang Tsung enjoyed knowing Liu Kang would do something as cold blooded as sacrifice his friends lives for victory but, I'm seeing a missed opportunity here where Liu Kang could have actually expressed "gratitude" to Shang Tsung for that because, it let him understand the true difficulty Raiden had always been facing for a long time in the position he was in now and, let him understand what he could expect going forward...
A final boss fight between Liu Kang and Shang Tsung now this is like Mortal Kombat 1 all over again only this time both Liu Kang and Shang Tsung both have power upgrades Liu Kang has God like power and became The God Of Fire And Thunder whole Shang Tsung has Kronika's powers and the strengths of the souls of all of Liu Kang's friends and even though that I was preying that God Liu Kang defeated Shang Tsung since he was Earthrealm's last hope for survival and for another thing I never in my life would I have ever thought that I would agree with Shang Tsung on something I mean cause like the way that Liu Kang sacrificed the lifes of all his friends truly was cold blooded.
The way Liu Kang sacrificed his friends kinda reminds me of Erwin Smith in Attack on Titan. The only difference was, Erwin then sacrificed his own life and the lives of the Recruits for Levi to take own the Beast Titan. In this story of MK, however, Liu Kang fought Shang Tsung himself.
@@御雷零-p5x Liu Kang took a chance with such a plan, knowing that the people he journeyed with will live again once the Hourglass was secured. Fujin was concerned when he talked to Liu Kang off-screen about this plan, however Liu Kang was confident that he could get them all back with the Hourglass and waiting for the moment when he could face Shang Tsung, knowing he can't be trusted as he knows Shang Tsung treachery enough to know that he'll do anything to be at the top, controlling everything. Don't forget, Liu Kang was heavily worried when Kronika erased the history of events ongoing thru MK9 to MK11 until their confrontation. That means his allies after that did not exist since Kronika wiped it clean, unless Liu Kang got control of The Hourglass. He just needed the Crown he inadvertently destroyed the 1st time, after he got the info from Shang Tsung, Fujin, and Nightwolf. It was a high-risk gamble, but it paid off if you played as Liu Kang in the final battle.
@@leon4000 I got that. That's how the storyline goes. I got no problem with that. The problem is that "Mr.I-am-not-a-jerk" keeps saying Liu Kang is a Jerk, even though a lot of people have pointed out what is what. Clearly, "Mr.I-am-not-a-jerk" here does not even understand what a jerk means. And talking to him about it is just a waste of time, so i stopped and did not care anymore.
The battle between Liu Kang and Shang Tsung feels like a callback to 1995's Mortal Kombat movie, which makes sense since the sorcerer's younger face is identical to the actor from that film. Even some of the interactions between characters referenced stuff that happened, like Johnny saying to Sheeva about Goro breaking his 500 dollar sunglasses, or when Shang Tsung tells Johnny he killed the master that trained him.
Do you guys think this was an easier fight for Liu Kang than Kronika? I think it would have been off the top of my head because Kronika was always the Titan of Time (to my knowledge) and regardless would have had eons upon eons of time with her powers. Whereas Shang Tsung literally got them a few minutes ago before this fight and from a martial arts level, Liu Kang has always been more gifted in that department.
Technically Liu Kang was wrong in a way, “his” friends are gone. They can be brought back but won’t be “his” friends. Even if they were exactly the ones that died here and lived the exact same life and path, they would have no memory of him.
Liu Kang playing god-chess against Shang Tsung with his own friends is both a sign that he's definietly achieved a higher level of strategy and a worrying sign of what he's willing to do in the new era. He saw them as not dead, but waiting to be reborn in his new era.
If you think about it, Shang Tsung and Liu Kang had one hell of an interesting rivalry that spans from the very beginning. After being so close to ruling Earthrealm, that all shattered when Lui defeated Shang in the tournament. Probably stung the sorcerer so much that by the start of Deadly Alliance, he was the one that ended up killing Liu. That spanned more even to Armageddon where you see that cutscene of Zombie-Liu getting his revenge against Shang. Then came the Netherealm timeline where history repeated itself with Liu defeating Shang again. But this time, the time discrepancies are realized and both Liu Kang and Shang Tsung's fight is the one that determines how the story goes from here.
I kid you not but as soon the choose your destiny showed up immediately I picked Liu Kang and turned on the MK movie 1995 theme song while I was fighting Shang Tsung.
5:30 - And the music is no longer of war and dread, blood and death...changing to hope and salvation...then a peace before knowingly revealed...a victory for Earthrealm through rebirth and another chance...
So Shang Tsung is getting the ultimate spotlight now, makes sense Shao Kahn was Raidens Villain, I seen the trailer had Shang Tsung bodying everyone leading up until Liu Kang’s dope ass line “You have chosen to defy peace, Then you have chosen war with a God.”
Didn’t realize Kronika was Oh mighty, Settra... Great King, the Imperishable, Khemrikhara, The Great King of Nehekhara, King of Kings, Opener of the Way, Wielder of the Divine Flame, Punisher of Nomads, The Great Unifier, Commander of the Golden Legion, Sacred of Appearance, Bringer of Light, Father of Hawks, Builder of Cities, Protector of the Two Worlds, Keeper of the Hours, Chosen of Ptra, High Steward of the Horizon, Sailor of the Great Vitae, Sentinel of the Two Realms, The Undisputed, Begetter of the Begat, Scourge of the Faithless, Carrion-feeder, First of the Charnel Valley, Rider of the Sacred Chariot, Vanquisher of Vermin, Champion of the Death Arena, Mighty Lion of the Infinite Desert, Emperor of the Shifting Sands, He Who Holds The Sceptre, Great Hawk Of The Heavens, Arch-Sultan of Atalan, Waker of the Hierotitan, Monarch of the Sky, Majestic Emperor of the Shifting Sands, Champion of the Desert Gods, Breaker of the Ogre Clans, Builder of the Great Pyramid, Terror of the Living, Master of the Never-Ending Horizon, Master of the Necropolises, Taker of Souls, Tyrant to the Foolish, Bearer of Ptra's Holy Blade, Scion of Usirian, Scion of Nehek, The Great, Chaser of Nightmares, Keeper of the Royal Herat, Founder of the Mortuary Cult, Banisher of the Grand Hierophant, High Lord Admiral of the Deathfleets, Guardian of the Charnal Pass, Tamer of the Liche King, Unliving Jackal Lord, Dismisser of the Warrior Queen, Charioteer of the Gods, He Who Does Not Serve, Slayer off Reddittras, Scarab Purger, Favoured of Usirian, Player of the Great Game, Liberator of Life, Lord Sand, Wrangler of Scorpions, Emperor of the Dunes, Eternal Sovereign of Khemri's Legions, Seneschal of the Great Sandy Desert, Curserer of the Living, Regent of the Eastern Mountains, Warden of the Eternal Necropolis, Herald of all Heralds, Caller of the Bitter Wind, God-Tamer, Master of the Mortis River, Guardian of the Dead, Great Keeper of the Obelisks, Deacon of the Ash River, Belated of Wakers, General of the Mighty Frame, Summoner of Sandstorms, Master of all Necrotects, Prince of Dust, Tyrant of Araby, Purger of the Greenskin Breathers, Killer of the False God's Champions, Tyrant of the Gold Dunes, Golden Bone Lord, Avenger of the Dead, Carrion Master, Eternal Warden of Nehek's Lands, Breaker of Djaf's Bonds... and many, many more... in disguise
@@MikeSmith-vb8ul nah,great kung Lao will now have double the training and knowledge to defeat goro.the question is now,what changes to the new era will that bring since outworld will longer be reigning winners of MK?
Liu Kang was playing 5D Chess here. He sacrificed the fate of his friends and allies to ensure the victory in which he could create a timeline that would turn out better for them. And even Shang Tsung, who is motivated entirely by his own selfish desire for power can respect that. Most of the Nether Realm era of Mortal Kombat is flawed story-wise... but this confrontation is the one thing that can set it right. I just hope that the New Era in Mortal Kombat 1 offers a much better story.
Anyone else get the feeling that these two aren't that different anymore? I mean look at that smirk Lui Kang has when Shang realizes his plan. Plus he did give up his friends and allies for this moment. I don't really see that as him becoming evil but it does show that Lui Kang has lost his sense of mortality. He's acting like an actual god disconnected from mortal struggles for his own interests. Yes it benefits his friends in the long run but you know each and every one of them that weren't gods would've objected including himself. Which is why he clued Fujin on his plan but left Nightwolf out of it. Which is a surprising amount of good writing from NRS... IF this is what they intented.
Makes sense. A god would naturally lose sense of mortality, especially one with access to the Hourglass. However, people who worship gods always have faith that they will guide them forward. Liu's decision to let Shang Tsung win is a decision only he could have made, and his friends will no doubt return in the New Era
