28:09 You know, that's not necessarily an impossibility fot it to be intentional. John Tobias released a tweet in 2020 when answering a question from a fan about the Kahn in Shao Kahn where he stated that the name was inspired by the Mongolian warlords Ghenkis Khan and Kublai Kahn. In that same tweet he also stated that the idea for Kahn, although never directly stated in canon, was for it to be a title just as the case was for Mongolian warlords.
Personally, I loved MK11 design, best one so far. He looks royal with all the ornaments, gold and cloth, but also like a brutal warlord with the samurai/warrior pieces, armor design and the gold mask.
One thing I don't like about his Mk11 design is the Draconic features he has, it isn't who he is, we where never given his backstory besides he betrayed Onaga and that weird time they said he and Raiden where brothers (but we don't talk about that), but with his depictions in game he was allways a "regular Race" dude but beefed up, with "regular Race" I mean human looking, and in pretty much every real there is one, humans themselves, outworlders like Bo'Rai'Cho, Edenians like Kitana and Jade, Order Realmers (? Probably it isn't the right term) but what I mean is that Shao Khan allways was like that, he could be a outworlder himself, or maybe from another realm, but making him havint thosw draconic features don't fit him. But I agree that his armor, hammers, spear etc was amazing
@@Nocing Liu Kang is a Shao Lin monk, he should be bald because of that them, Sindel looks evil therefore she must be evil, Shao Khan had Red eyes and a different face, therefore he must ofc have dragon scales in his body, makes total sense, even though all of his depictions he never had it
They trying to much to make shao Kahn a mini onaga the Og shao Kahn will always be iconic because he is himself mk11 to mk1 (2023)are the worst designs choices imo
Nah bro mk11 is pretty much perfect. Mk1 is kinda trash tho. But we got to understand that he is just a general in the game. I just don't like the horns
@@scoot_black740 his default skin or gear pieces ? I agree he had tons of helmets and other accessories but other nah not my Kahn and shao Kahn as a character in mk11 was the worst he ever was in any game story wise
@@scoot_black740Well, I made a comment under It'sOfficial's "How Netherrealm ruined Shao Kahn" video where I went over on detail how, no, Aftermath did not redeem Shao Kahn. Feel free to check that comment out if you're curious.
1:16:04 - I honest head cannon was always that Shao Kahn maybe tried to upgrade himself a bit by using a bit Shokan DNA and infusing it with his or something like that.
Klassic MK2/3 Shao Kahn would be my #1. You can't beat the original. Some of the ones you guys put up top were kind of goofy-looking. Also, I agree with 4thSnake, the MK9 outfit is far from the best. It's mid-tier to me.
