Looks like Liu Kang actually only became stronger with time once he got his Titan status back, while Shang Tsung either stagnated or remained the same. Which makes sense. To a selfish schemer like Shang Tsung, once he attained ultimate power, there was no way he would permit even the slightest potential threat to his rule. He would never put himself into a position where he would be at risk of harm to preserve his own existence. He wouldn't have empowered his Geras. He wouldn't have given up his Titan powers, and thus have no real peers to train or spar against. He wouldn't even really fight - not when scheming and backstabbing were his bread-and-butter. To be clear, this doesn't make Shang Tsung weak by any means. In his version of events, he defeated Liu Kang 1v1, that's a hell of a feat. But compared to Liu Kang, who continued to test himself, remained vigilant in Earthrealm's defense, and was humble enough to agknowledge the possibility of failure and defeat, Shang Tsung was simply woefully unprepared.

@ES-dp6tw

10 ай бұрын

I'd agree with this assessment. Liu Kang was always interactive, striving to do better for himself and the New Era, personally partaking in training with upcoming champions, and kept his skills sharp. Shang, of course, was content to sit back and influence, and while he had incredible power and certainly far more control over his timeline, he neglected some basic principles.

@keyizi12

10 ай бұрын

@@thomasrobinson529to be fair, our liu kang beat Shang tsung and he wasn’t even a titan yet, so I’d imagine that the moment he became the keeper of time again his victory was already assured.

@jocelantonettetenoc5996

10 ай бұрын

It's like Regime Superman vs Superman from Injustice: Gods Among Us. Regime Superman get wrecked by his more heroic counterpart by the same reason.

@b.b.s7545

10 ай бұрын

​@@keyizi12except Shang Tsung took Kronika's and Liu Kang's soul

@leosnyder5264

7 ай бұрын

​@@b.b.s7545true but you forget he's not wearing the crown if he had that on he'd be even stronger he we can give himself by not bringing the crown with him

I LOVE Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa's VO for Shang Tsung... so many perfectly executed lines...

@matthewlist221

10 ай бұрын

@@darkeningkai Interesting, I had no idea! He did a great job of duplicating Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa's voice and style.

@VivaElTed

10 ай бұрын

Alan Lee is the man who did Shang Tsung for MK1!

@thearchon8579

8 ай бұрын

@@darkeningkaito say „all he did …“ like it’s an easy task. If you can do it yourself then do it.

@thearchon8579

8 ай бұрын

@@darkeningkai Boy?! Lol. You didn’t even understand my comment. The point isn’t studying him or not. Read your comment and my reply again with a clear head, then maybe you could understand what my point is

Shang Tsung Mk11 looks sinister ,with many experiences but is easier to defeat, Shang Tsung Mk1 (2023) looks younger,immaturity but hard to defeat,

@NoelJohnCarlo

10 ай бұрын

He is hard to defeat because he has Quan Chi as his Kameo!

Shang Tsung had everything in his lap, everything, and still he was just that petty and spiteful that the mere notion of any reality where he wasn't the winner insulted him enough to try and screw it over - which, natch, wounds up with him screwed over by his own hubris. You know, sometimes the greatest battles you win are the ones you never even fought.

I’m a bit sad about Shang Tsung, because that was the original Shang Tsung that we’ve known for more than 30 years, the end of an era if you think about it, now we are stuck with Liu Kang’s Shang Tsung, which I don’t mind, just bummed that the Shang Tsung that we’ve grown to hate is gone forever

@One9999-rf6rq

10 ай бұрын

If you think about it, all Shang Tsungs from MK4-MKA were all made redundant. So this isn’t the first time our OG Shang got removed

@ergob3907

10 ай бұрын

Isn’t it just the one from MK9? Or even a separate timeline since they don’t really explain how he came back in Aftermath. The original Shang Tsung died in Armageddon to Zombie Liu Kang

@gamerlordthebest

10 ай бұрын

The one from MK9 technically didn’t die, because he’s in that game Shao Kahn killed him and gave his power to Sindel and that was during the MK3 portion of the game, however everyone was brought from MK9 to MK11 during the MK2 part of the game right before Kung Lao defeated Kintaro in the tournament

@flashn00b

10 ай бұрын

@@gamerlordthebest I always thought that Shang Tsung was imprisoned in Sindel's body, since his soul was used as a catalyst to resurrect her. Death isn't cruel enough for Shao Kahn's standards I'd assume during the events of MKX, he would've been revived, albeit in such poor health that adding him to that game's story would be pointless.

Shang's defeat in MK1 is so dissapointing. He's literally just a punching bag.

@AdrenaLukeYT

10 ай бұрын

One gripe I have with MK1's story is that Shang Tsung and General Shao both never win a single fight which makes them feel so much less powerful. Also, when Geras figured out someone from the prior timeline survived, my mind went straight to Dark Raiden saying "by the elder gods!" When kronika tampered with the timeline and everyone else stayed but dark Raiden vanished to a different timeline. I was SO DISAPPOINTED when it was revealed to just be shang tsung once again. It could have been so perfect

@Knight21030

10 ай бұрын

Yeah, no doubt NRS could have shored up the details a bit. We literally go from the "Kronika" meeting to him as a fully fledged sorcerer. Quan Chi's backstory would have been cool too. Leading to the in game play as Shang, he can transform into old Shang... but, that was just a costume in the beginning right? Confusing.

@javolongoblack5028

10 ай бұрын

​@@AdrenaLukeYT What are you taking about? Shang Tsung has a whole chapter in MK1

@NPR2162

10 ай бұрын

If he doesn't want to be a punching bag, why does he still steal all human souls and build his tyranny with his pure black magic as a sorcerer ? Isn't that a fair price for a master shapeshifter who is greater than the god of deception.

@ccelite3782

10 ай бұрын

​@javolongoblack5028 yeah but it's not TITAN Shang Tsung

“No more timelines will be twisted by your evil.” So that was a fucking lie

fr i thought Tagawa returned to voice Shang in MK1, Kudos Alan Lee.

Shang Tsung has been plotting things even when he was a baby 😂.

@dujhaunivevo

10 ай бұрын

Remember his babality in MK9?

@thedraftingax5963

10 ай бұрын

⁠@@dujhaunivevoI do!

This is the second time the deadly alliance got there ass kicked by Liu Kang. They barely won the last time too. Always right before Liu Kang delivers a finishing blow somebody hits him with magic from behind.

Kronika took me DAYS on hard mode, MK1 Shang Tsung took two tries. I legitimately didn’t know I was even on the final fight yet because it didn’t feel like a NRS boss. The injustice and Mortal kombat bosses have always been someone you’ve never fought before, or at least a leveled up version, like Corrupted Shinnok, Brainiac, Kronika. This was just like the 5th time we fought Shang Tsung, and it was even easier since you get to pick your fighter. I loved the first two chapters of the story, probably my favorite MK storytelling EVER. But man they kinda fell off during chapter 3 and went off the rails on chapter 4. What a shame. Still a good game tho!

It's weird how in the ending scene the timeline and the pyramid was just fine and Liu left Jaxx behind.

@julianlopez4627

10 ай бұрын

That Jaxx was a evil version

@KingShibe

10 ай бұрын

That Jax was evil. You can see him appear next to MK11 Shang Tsung

@65firered

10 ай бұрын

If he dies he dies

@thedraftingax5963

10 ай бұрын

⁠@@KingShibeYeah. He was.

Since their battle have ripped apart time’s fabric, we can see the endless possibilities of the MK multiverse.

This is the same Liu Kang and Shang Tsung fighting btw. Both endings from the Aftermath are canon in MK1. Which honestly is pretty cool. Now, they probably couldn't use Cary's face and so they just reused the new one that they have but let's just say that he made himself look younger. 😂

@Chillout18-s9h

9 ай бұрын

I have seen people mention this. Like why does dark Raiden have different face then the current one. Why not do the same with Tagawa. Because that Raiden was actaully a fully different person while Shang Tsung was not. But i agree i would have had Tagawa voice and be Titan Shang Tsung.

Lui Kang: no more timelines will be twisted by your evil Kronika (new era): I beg to differ you demigod

@BATFLECK6000

10 ай бұрын

That is not kronika it’s Shang Tsung in disguise

@SupportGamin2024

10 ай бұрын

​@BATFLECK6000 it doesn't matter Kronika still has an influence on shang tsung's destiny in some way or form even if she is dead,Remember in mk11 shang tsung said Kronika's the reason for why he is the way he is,So titan shang tsung is using the same tactics on new era shang tsung

@Chillout18-s9h

10 ай бұрын

@@SupportGamin2024 I mean he even called other Shang Tsung a pawn.

I love the style of editing because there’s all this elaborate grandstanding, and then a single punch knocking them onto their backside

Shang Tsung lost to PLOT. He had absorbed the souls of Shao Khan, Sindel, Fujin, Raiden and Kronika. He was the definition of overpowered and THEN on top of all that he becomes a Titan

@Bluesit32

10 ай бұрын

Lui Kang was a Titan as well. While he didn't absorb her soul, he did take Kronika's power. He also had the power of Raiden as well as both his past and present selves.

@thisnewnamesystemisdumb

10 ай бұрын

Power vs skill/technique. I need not explain any further.

@koyuto749

10 ай бұрын

Shang Tsung also lost to Liu Kang in the Mortal Kombat tournament, even though Shang Tsung already had many souls.

@Bluesit32

10 ай бұрын

@@koyuto749 Shang Tsung didn't have many souls in the original tournament. That's why he's so old in the first game. His body eventually "digests" them and then he needs more.

@koyuto749

9 ай бұрын

@@Bluesit32 Shang Tsung had a lot of souls when he fought Liu Kang. Before fighting Liu Kang, he had won the tournament 9 times with Goro's help, and he absorbed the souls of every defeated fighter. And he also absorbed the soul of the great kung lao.

all the kudos to the legend that is Tagawa, BUUUUT I do love the new younger sassy Shang Tsung

@isaiahminott

10 ай бұрын

…..no one will admit it but he’s hot af I said what we were all thinking

@UnfoundFilms

10 ай бұрын

@@isaiahminottI will gladly agree. He can betray me all night.

I feel like Liu kang is an asshole in this game. He ruined Shang and Quan’s lives to neutralise the threat but why didn’t he just give them a different upbringing, to teach them humility and respect, instead of giving them crappy lives and having them do immoral things to get by? In this timeline he’s definitely the bad guy.

@youngcam7972

10 ай бұрын

That’s what I always thought too, like maybe if their upbringing wasn’t so bad, they wouldn’t feel the need to be what they become

@diggersam8865

9 ай бұрын

@@youngcam7972it’s also possible Liu Kang was a bit bias towards Shang, and Quan Chi.

@katymbeke8400

9 ай бұрын

@@diggersam8865That’s very true. Whenever something goes wrong he’ll immediately blame Shang Tsung. There are good Shang Tsung and Quan Chi(s) that showed up in the armageddon battle.

Titan Shang Tsung caused his own downfall. By betraying his alternate self, the latter decided to help Liu Kang out of revenge.

Now I am curious to know if there IS a timeline somewhere where Kronika succeeded and have rebuilded her own. Can't rule out the possibility now that we have multi-verse involved with all MK 11 endings as canon. Who's to say the one where Kronika kills Lie Kang is not one of them.

@user-re6xt2xf3k

10 ай бұрын

There is. In one of the MK1 intros an alternate Geras said in his timeline Kronika still lives and is the Time Keeper.

@Chillout18-s9h

9 ай бұрын

​@@user-re6xt2xf3kProbbably the one where she beaheads Liu Kang

MK 1’s final battle is disappointing. I was expecting a clash between two Titans that could rip the entire realm apart. NRS needs to fix that!

@attackontitanfollower

10 ай бұрын

Dlc?

@thedraftingax5963

10 ай бұрын

Don't forget that there will probably be a DLC in the future

@a.jthomas6132

10 ай бұрын

@@thedraftingax5963 For Lord Havik? I expected it will happened. I mean, MK 11 have an additional story in Aftermath.

@thedraftingax5963

10 ай бұрын

@@a.jthomas6132Yeah, that's what I mean. There will hopefully be a story for Lord Havik. I know it will happen since we got the Aftermath DLC story unlocked after completing and beating story mode.

@a.jthomas6132

10 ай бұрын

@@thedraftingax5963 What i am hoping is to see more of Titan Kitana since all of the MK 11 arcade endings are now canon.

Hiroyuki tagawa: "my only chance?, this is my triumph!"

"no ugly old man in my new world"

Since no one has the balls to say it I will ….young Shang Tsung is hot af voice and all.

Bro can fly but tooked the stairs instead

May titan shang tsung has gone, but remember shang tsung from his timeline (fire god liu kang) still remain.

@b.b.s7545

10 ай бұрын

Liu kang should erase his ass.

Not as epic as aftermath but i like that liu kangs final battle is a mix of deadly alliances intro and deceptions intro battles

MK11 ending is so much better.

@AmoCran3

10 ай бұрын

it's not the very end, there'll be dlcs. but it's definitly worse than pre dlc mk11 ending

@kevintierney5711

10 ай бұрын

Choosing any character for the end is a refreshing idea but it carries no narrative weight whatsoever and falls flat

I wish they had his MK11 voice actor Cary Tagawa voice Titan Shang Tsung in MK1, I feel it would’ve made more sense, to keep the two separate like MK1 Shang Tsung is his own person and Cary voices his alternate timeline character, who was complete different person,

Oh you outta time baby!

Lui Kang forgot how to fly in MK1, again.

Amazing video👍

Mk11 shang tsung smack me daddy, Mk1 pump me

Same Shang Tsung from Mortal Kombat 11 Aftermath Timelines

Better than MK1.

i just realized liu kang doesn't need the crown to use the hourglass in mk1. was it explained why? or is it another plot hole?

@Chillout18-s9h

9 ай бұрын

You only need it when creating a timeline. Its something needed to run hourglass.

im so confused... when the hell was shang tsung involved in ending fight? i dont remember this in mk 11 at all... lui kang becomes a god, defeats kronica... is this like... shangs Tower win finish ir something?

6:54

POV: You paid 70 dollars for this

Am i the only one who hates the new shang tsungs smug look?

Litterly shang tsung in MK11 is the perfect villian in MK1 he is just trash 😂

@isaiahminott

10 ай бұрын

Tbf he’s a novice he’s sly but naïveté got the best of him and old Shang is well the one we know.

@thedraftingax5963

10 ай бұрын

True 🤣

@secondaryfront

10 ай бұрын

Great performance from Tagawa clouds your judgement. New Shang Tsung is realy good. It's just not as good as Tagawa's.

Shang Tsung is badass idc what people think of him i think his ending is more reasonable one sure he badguy but he in control while liu kang give every person a brainwash start

Cool

Mk 11 miss the times titan mantle meant sth rather than boring endless possiblities😪

lit 🔥

Any chance he’ll stay dead this time?

@PatrickBateman3116

10 ай бұрын

Without Shang there is No Mk

@niteshkgo11

10 ай бұрын

The Titan Shang Tsung has been finally defeated.

@jstandhh

10 ай бұрын

If he's dead, next MK main villain would be Titan Havik

@dragonnoir1781

10 ай бұрын

​@@jstandhhyeah

@dimosguy

10 ай бұрын

it's Mortal Kombat. no one dies forever unless the plot demands it.

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Awesome 😂😂😂😂😂😂

Why didn’t he just wipe em away the first time 😂😂😂😂😂 MK1 stories always be dumb asf and y’all love it

@keyizi12

10 ай бұрын

The real question is did you even pay attention to the stories?

@UnidentifiedStar

10 ай бұрын

@@keyizi12 always … been a mk fan since shaolin monks…

@dashingpurpool2240

10 ай бұрын

He did. The fight cause a timeline split so Shang won his version of the fight

@UnidentifiedStar

10 ай бұрын

@@dashingpurpool2240 ohh iight I got u.. so scorpion basically changed the timeline or whatever character u playing with

Honestly, i prefer 2020 Shang Tsung, he is so perfect there

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