Liu Kang, the original Mortal Kombat hero! Shang Tsung, the original Mortal Kombat villain! Somehow I knew it would come to this. It's just poetic that way.
I love storylines that have shit just planned from the beginning, it makes the story flow so well, and if you’ve played along with the story, the ending sort of feels bitter in some instances and sweet in others.
After all the shit he has went through in the original timeline and this timeline by Shao Kahn, yeah it was about time Shang Tsung finally got some payback
Unpopular opinion, I want the bad ending to be mk12. I want to see the heros escape the keeper of times control. I believe this as this game did it so well.
The devs and story writers should have stuck with his arcade ending at least where he's still normal sized but maybe in a zero gravity zone or whatever
8:12 Shang Tsung: Liu Kang, I don't feel so good And by the way, Cary Tagawa gave us a true and the most remarkable villian ever. And we should thank him.
Even in voice acting, Cary Tagawa really laid a good role for this. His voice was so iconic. But I think Liu Kang’s ending is the reboot of the MK franchise.
@witcherpie The battle broke apart time's fabric, creating 2 simultaneous and coexisting timelines, both of which began with the narrow between Liu Kang and Shang Tsung.
@@ibrahim24685still mk1 story sucks ass. MK11 plot may have some holes in it, still it works with all the fan-service, I rewatch aftermath and original campaign finals sometimes. Unlike mk1, like what is this armageddon sht?
*laughs* You're right. Midway version of Kung Lao was always humble & never desired to be champion of mortal Kombat, but to avenged his ancestor's death. Also Midway's human Liu Kang was more OP than NetherRealm one.
I really hope Shang tsung became the new good guy like.. After all these millennia he finally saw his wicked way and find a way to redeem it but.. No. Yeah, it's just Shang Tsung being Shang Tsung
I feel bad for Bi Han literally no one thinks hes worth saving not even his own brother Edit: I hope Bi han will be Sub Zero again in this new timeline
I was blown out of my mind when Liu Kang came at the end. I thought it would end with Shang Tsung conquering the Universe. I’m glad they gave us the option to choose our destiny.
5:38 "You let me win!" I think that's a nice callback to MK9, if you think about it. Plus I loved Liu Kang's little smirk after that line; he learned his lesson since that time. XD
I've been thinking about this: If the ending of Shang had been canon, we would have seen an "alliance" between Hotaru and Havik to prevent their realms from being invaded and both would try to take the crown from Shang, and we would have had characters like Shujinko or Dariou(both redesigned).
So I suppose in Liu Kang's new timeline, he takes the mantle of Raiden while Kung Lao takes his... I hope this does not mean that someone that looks and sounds like Raiden takes Kung Lao's place as the "#2 guy", but that would be hillarious.
It's obvious that The Great Kung Lao becomes in the next protagonist in MK12. I think we're gonna be introduced to brand new characters from Great Kung Lao's era.
I love how Shang Tsung and his group wait until Chronika finishes her evil speech at 0:24. That's exactly what I would wish my D&D group would do. As soon as she said "Shang Tsung.. pretender to m-" someone would already go "I throw a rock at her face."... xD
Punish it if it's destroying the story I guess. "Kronika sees you hefting the rock and counters by firing off a lightning bolt with you as it's some target." They still initiate combat immediately if they continue so they get what they want, but being the one person heavily crisped in the "surprise" round by the big bad can leave a lasting impression
Izhan F kothal got killed, scorpion dead, sub zero alive, raiden dead, cage family captured. Whereas since I believe the liu kang ending is canonical they are all alive in his new era
To be fair, they did down play Shao Kahn into a almost Meat head. Shao is supposed to be Shang in terms of Snakes but cranked to like 20. But it is kind of hard to top Shang Tsung in this iteration.
@@isaiahspivey550 i hate to agree but i think its true. Idk where he said it but i do remember he said something of the sort. But hey which ever ending you want to be canon can be canon. For now at least
Yeah. Its so cliche. Like what a evil genius would be doing? Just make all realms slave and what? Sitting on trone with his big asss. Kinda cringe ending for 10 yrs old without motivation
@@Twocoolman115 That is our kung lao from how lui kang speaks to him. Remember since he became a god he isnt in the timeline in a sense anymore so they all grew up and lived their lives without him in these events
Damn let’s discuss just how OP Liu kang is.... he defeated Shang Tsung while he had the souls of Kronika, Centrion,Raiden, Fujin, Shao kahn, Sindel, and the revenants while he was wielding the crown! I know there was 2 endings but I’m sure Liu kang is the canon one. But, Liu kang has officially went down as the most powerful character ever in MK history.
I mean... Let's be real here, it's no way for Kang's ending to be canon. Like... you need to do really flexible mental gymnastic to even try to come up with a good explanation for Shang Tsung losing, considering all of his power ups.
Ya the power scaling has been shit through out all of mk11 honestly there better off reckoning aftermatch 2 be a alternate universe of some sort otherwise the story will truly make no sense and even liu kang and raiden merging into one being tht has enough power to beat kronika is ridiculous as kronika with and later without a crown froze liu kang in place and later in aftermatch even raiden was frozen in time once he launched a attack against kronika without a crown
@@seandavis9320 I don't believe it. Her death would've been shown. All we saw was her losing to Sindel. Unlike others like Kotal and the ones whose souls were stolen by Shang Tsung
Cary is Shang Tsung is indeed impressive as hell, just like 1995 when he was cast, for sure. I’ll watch the full movie in a moment, but this gets me hyped up two fold!
Wait is that The GREAT Kung Lao in Liu's ending? We get to play as the GREAT Kung Lao next game? it took them this long to finally make him appear in a game. And Liu is basically the new Raiden lol.
Yeah that’s what I don’t get about this DLC. It’s just incredibly pointless, The original ending was fine. Why go back and do the exact same thing you’ve done in the base game’s story? Just because Shang Tsung wants to be evil again?
u know that maybe their just not showing us everything right? like maybe Kitana is now an Elder God, hell maybe like Kronika they too might have Elder God kids, who knows, in Kitanas ending in the Arcade mode there are 2 boys/girls fighting infront of her throne using wooden swords and from what i remeber she was smiling so maybe those are her kids and while we dont see Liu Kang in the picture i would imagine those are their kids, whatever the case we shall see, all i know is that their romance is too iconic for them to not put it in the next game. sorry for my english its not my first languege.
Un Manco Sin Oficio it would be cool to see the original sub zero (bi Han and kuei liang grandfather). The beginning of the lin kuei and shrai ryu feud and past shujinko and Edinia before shao khan conquered.
@@ajxx9987 idk but this mk12 is new era so maybe NetherRealm Studios give "chance" to make Onaga returns or Roster from Deadly Alliance until Armageddon returns
honestly it felt good seeing that, after what they did to kotal, throwing ma boy kung lao into the sea of blood, and all that other shit. seeing shang tsung do that brought me joy
Shang Tsung: Now every realm will bend to my will! ... eh, what should I do now? I never really had a plan or character background beyond "become a ruler" and "gather souls" I guess this is it then... *sits on a chair for eternity*
I hate always wondered what the main villian's of every story would actually plan to do with all their power if they win in the end. Why would a being with shang tsungs power at that point care about being worshipped at all? Kanos mk11 ending put it quite nicely when he gets really bored with the hourglass and forces himself to earn his victories once again.
Shao Kahn’s Armageddon ending talked about what he would do had he won and he went insane. Then in Kitana’s MKX ending she killed him in the timeline where he won.
Shang Tsung's ending proofs that he is actually very powerful socceror with his good, cunning strategy. But seriously, I expect the fight will be much better while maintain the original climax. I expect more intense battle between the good Gods and the evil soccerors. This $40 DLC is bit lame, but at least it gets to full circle, where the first MK boss being the final boss, and the true first MK hero become the last hero standing. Cary Hiroyuki Tagawa once again portrays Shang Tsung very well !
@@gabrielbronan7521 More like terrible writing. There's literally no way in the universe Shao Khan and Sindel are both stupid enough think a known traitorous self-serving sorcerer would keep obeying them after he gets the Crown.
@@ВладиславШаклеин-ч7м That's surprised me. How can Shao Kahn falls to his trick I don't know. It's not just terrible writing, but also terrible character development for other jobbers (the same problem for the base game) and terrible price. $40 is such a waste. Just wait for another year, or wait this expansion sold in bundle with future DLC to get lower price. Talking about DLC, NetherRealm should listen to their fans on what characters they want. I'm ok there's no Mileena, she has shone many times. But undeveloped characters that MIA, Reptile, Takeda, Rain, Havik, Cyrax, Sektor instead of RoboCop. I like RoboCop, but NRS should get what majority wants. $40 is absolutely unworthy unless you want take the bullet
@@ВладиславШаклеин-ч7м i mean the moment Shang tsung had the crown was the moment Shao kahn and sindel lost. Even if they knew they couldn't trust him... what could they have done? They clearly got their ass kicked by him.
Shang Tsung's destiny (pulling the hair of his downed enemy): "The chosen one" and hits Liu Kang's head on the ground Liu Kang's Destiny (stands up): "I am the chosen one" and he stops Shang's punches without much effort.
I noticed that despite Kronika saying that she's restarted the timeline many times already, she did not have the crown on her at the beginning of MK11. Liu Kang neither had the crown on in his aftermath ending, however Shang Tsung did have it on in his ending. From this, I can only conclude that the crown disappears with each reset and since Shang Tsung is the creator of it, he has to make one in every timeline should they ever decide to want to reset it.
I absolutely called it. I knew this would happen after seeing all the trailers and bios, especially in liu kang's bio where I realized that it has to be MK11 shang tsung, and I predicted how the final battle would cause both endings to happen I'm glad to see NRS took what happened in aftermath and gave the story some closure
While I think another reboot after just two games its pretty dumb (it is also exactly the same way MK11 ended), I like the idea of MK12 actually been set 500 years in the past telling Great Kung Lao's story
MK11 Aftermath FULL MOVIE - ua-cam.com/video/rZt5ec-kNC8/v-deo.html
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Seen it loved it already commented now I wait for MK12
I watched it all
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Liu Kang, the original Mortal Kombat hero! Shang Tsung, the original Mortal Kombat villain! Somehow I knew it would come to this. It's just poetic that way.
It's like poetry, it rhymes.
And sub-zero and scorpion the original badasses
It all comes full circle in the biggest way possible
The vendetta between Liu Kang and Shang Tsung is more interesting than with Liu Kang and Shao Kahn.
@@AznKei1 I always thought it was more Shang tsung vs liu Kang and raiden vs shao kahn
>Raiden in MK9: He must win.
>Shang Tsung in MK11 Aftermath: You let me win.
>Liu Kang: *smiles*
IT WAS ALL PART OF THE PLAN SINCE THE BEGINNING
Shit...
oh damn 🤯
Its crazy when u think about it they've had these stories planned for years
I love storylines that have shit just planned from the beginning, it makes the story flow so well, and if you’ve played along with the story, the ending sort of feels bitter in some instances and sweet in others.
i think raiden meant shao kahn
Two things: One, I knew Shang Tsung would do this betrayal is his thing and Two, Shao Khan kinda deserved that.
Sindel too
Man, shao khan went from unstopable top dog in mk 9, to jober in this game
After all the shit he has went through in the original timeline and this timeline by Shao Kahn, yeah it was about time Shang Tsung finally got some payback
@@Emmet_Games so... in this timeline Sindel just evil ?
@@Emmet_Games its not sindels fault. Its some writers fault who thought because she looked evil in past games she should be evil
Liu Kang : You must be trained.
Kung Lao : For what ?
Us : MORTAL KOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOMMMMMMMMBAAAAAAAAAATTTTTTTTTT
Aurélien Ferrand I said the exact same thing after that line!
that sound with the known dragon symbol could have been the best way to finish it
oof Lmao I was thinking “SHAOLIN MONKS 2”
Dun dun dun dundundun dun dun!
@@santiagombernal6412 i swear thats what i think to !
Moral of the story: never stand on the right side when beginning a battle
EXACTLYYYYY
*Final Fantasy*
The left side doubles the fighter’s power.
- So, should I stay on the wrong side of the fight ?
- Ok, it will take some time
My right or your right?
You just know Shang draining Shao and Sindel was payback for MK9.
Karma's a b******
That was so satisfying to watch tbh
Heh, yeah, I suppose it is.
At least Khan was less of a wimp in this than the first part of Mk11.
I would have to agree and wasn't surprised that he betrayed them.
Liu Kang's Ending: Most Martial Art Film Kinda Ending of All Time
Shang Tsung's Ending: Thanos is my role model ending.
In Shang Tsung's Ending his outfit is reminiscent of Shao Khan's.
Lui Kang's Ending: The MK universe repeating itself 😪
Shang Tsung's Ending: Big Shang Tsung vores the universe ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°)
I don't know many martial arts films that end with a god telling a monk he's cthe chosen one
Why did he choose to be a giant tho?😂😂
@@garcia0246 it's called over compensation.
"Perhaps the real treasure was the friends we betrayed along the way"
-Shang Tsung
Lmfaoo
Such a Shang Tsung quote
"Sometimes deception is the better part of valor" Megatron
Bad Ending : The end of Mortal Kombat Story
Good Ending : The start of Mortal Kombat 12 Story
Sounds about right. The sub-title for Mortal Kombat 12 is Onaga’s Revenge
wich is another reboot to the timeline
Unpopular opinion, I want the bad ending to be mk12. I want to see the heros escape the keeper of times control. I believe this as this game did it so well.
I hope it is a DLC to Mk11 though. Mk11 is too good for it just to go like that.
Well we goingback now
I'm just going to pretend in Shang Tsung's realm that he actually is life sized and made everything else smaller.
Lol 😂
😂🤣😂🤣😂🤣😂🤣😂
Why not both?
Everything else is smaller and he made himself king size lol
That sounds exactly like the kind of petty thing he would do.
The devs and story writers should have stuck with his arcade ending at least where he's still normal sized but maybe in a zero gravity zone or whatever
8:12
Shang Tsung: Liu Kang, I don't feel so good
And by the way, Cary Tagawa gave us a true and the most remarkable villian ever. And we should thank him.
The fact that he pissed me off in the story makes him an amazing actor/voice actor and a great villain of the story
@@garcia0246 his power actually makes Thanos from the MCU look like a joke
I am actually excited to see where the Kung Lao chosen one storyline begins.
Maybe mk: shaolin monks 2?
@@bogdy8741 most likely a aftermath 2 cause people are saying theres gonna be 2 kombat packs and 2 aftermath packs
This time, he defeats goro
@@Shiikiihayxhayx what are they gonna call the second pack? The aftermath of aftermath? 😂
@@invaderjay224 they'll come up with something clever
Even in voice acting, Cary Tagawa really laid a good role for this. His voice was so iconic. But I think Liu Kang’s ending is the reboot of the MK franchise.
Definitely. It got even more interesting
Everyone 3 years ago: Liu Kang's Ending is canon - No, Shang Tsung's ending is canon.
Netherrealm Studios: Why not both?
Netherrealm: fuck it, we’ll make all of the endings canon!
doesnt make any sense, how tf did both shang tsun and liu kang made new timelines if one of them is supposed to die
@witcherpie The battle broke apart time's fabric, creating 2 simultaneous and coexisting timelines, both of which began with the narrow between Liu Kang and Shang Tsung.
battle*
@@ibrahim24685still mk1 story sucks ass. MK11 plot may have some holes in it, still it works with all the fan-service, I rewatch aftermath and original campaign finals sometimes. Unlike mk1, like what is this armageddon sht?
Fire God Liu Kang: You are much more humble than the Kung Lao I knew.
Midway Era fans: Naw he seems about right.
*laughs* You're right. Midway version of Kung Lao was always humble & never desired to be champion of mortal Kombat, but to avenged his ancestor's death. Also Midway's human Liu Kang was more OP than NetherRealm one.
Sir'lancia Curry I like the Rivalry but ngl they over did it to much
Actually, Shaolin Monks had them as rivals too :)
Sir'lancia Curry Kung Lao lost to the DA in the Midway era. He bodied them, Kintaro, and Goro in the NRS era.
Shang Tsung is the bad guy!? Who would have thought!?
Whenever he was walking behind Shao Kahn and Sindel, I thought, " I wOnDeR wHaT wIlL hApPeN nExt" because I knew he would betray them
What Shang Tsung is evil no way, show me the proof preferably in a list numbered form.
the evil sorcerer who betrays everyone? MAN WHAT A TWIST
😂😂😂
I really hope Shang tsung became the new good guy like.. After all these millennia he finally saw his wicked way and find a way to redeem it but.. No. Yeah, it's just Shang Tsung being Shang Tsung
I feel bad for Bi Han literally no one thinks hes worth saving not even his own brother
Edit: I hope Bi han will be Sub Zero again in this new timeline
Smoke, stryker, kabal:Left the chat
Onaga
Well, he doesn’t exactly wanna be saved either though.
what exactly did he do to deserve this? his only mistake was losing againts Scorpion
No. In sub zeros ending he saves bi-han
I was blown out of my mind when Liu Kang came at the end. I thought it would end with Shang Tsung conquering the Universe. I’m glad they gave us the option to choose our destiny.
Liu Kang: "All those souls you've stole and you still do not have one of your own. I pity you sorcerer."
Shang Tsung: "Save your pity for the weak!"
Can you imagine if they had that dialogue here? MK1995 MOVIE
Jose Mendez Shang Tsungs ending ends with “It has begun” 😩❤️
My favorite line from MK the movie was that one from Shang Tsung!
@@JoseMendez07maybe mid battle
5:38 "You let me win!"
I think that's a nice callback to MK9, if you think about it. Plus I loved Liu Kang's little smirk after that line; he learned his lesson since that time. XD
Their rivalry is so badass
I've been thinking about this:
If the ending of Shang had been canon, we would have seen an "alliance" between Hotaru and Havik to prevent their realms from being invaded and both would try to take the crown from Shang, and we would have had characters like Shujinko or Dariou(both redesigned).
Well havik is dead
Past havik ain’t tho
So I suppose in Liu Kang's new timeline, he takes the mantle of Raiden while Kung Lao takes his... I hope this does not mean that someone that looks and sounds like Raiden takes Kung Lao's place as the "#2 guy", but that would be hillarious.
I’m pretty sure that’s the great kung Lao
It's obvious that The Great Kung Lao becomes in the next protagonist in MK12. I think we're gonna be introduced to brand new characters from Great Kung Lao's era.
Parsa Shirali so we’re back to the beginning no more stupid mk9/mkX/mk11/ timeshit? Fuck yeah!
If that is the case, the paradox of Liu Kang teaching Shujinko is real
I hope we'll see Kai in the next Mortal Kombat.
Who's here after finding out that both Liu Kang and Shang Tsung's endings are canon?
I doooo
Gotta say, I didn’t see that twist coming
we could agree with that, especially when we were in denial for Kronika's return, when she was revealled
@@2bdaqueen268 me niether
It’s interesting to think that as the two were fighting, the timeline slowly ripped apart such that from each of their perspectives, they were winning
5:38
When your little brother realizes that you set the difficulty to easy.
lmao, underrated comment
Haha
LMAO
And to ensure Victory, you sacrificed your save file
@@JadeSpecter and I'll win again by creating my BRAND NEW SAVE 🗃️ FILE
The fact the latest mk game confirmed that these two endings are canon blows my mind
I love how Shang Tsung and his group wait until Chronika finishes her evil speech at 0:24.
That's exactly what I would wish my D&D group would do. As soon as she said "Shang Tsung.. pretender to m-" someone would already go "I throw a rock at her face."... xD
As Villains they know the importance of evil speeches more than anyone
Punish it if it's destroying the story I guess. "Kronika sees you hefting the rock and counters by firing off a lightning bolt with you as it's some target." They still initiate combat immediately if they continue so they get what they want, but being the one person heavily crisped in the "surprise" round by the big bad can leave a lasting impression
That is what I do in video games... I'm like, "Fuck your speech... *stab*." LOL
@@mattholt1388 no thats unfair
I like fire God Lui Kang ending
Me too
Wow I just got one like and comment and I am a highlighted commet
Its most likely the canonical ending
I dont like any
Wheres Scorpion,Sub Zero,Raiden,Cage Family,Kotal kahn and alot more
Izhan F kothal got killed, scorpion dead, sub zero alive, raiden dead, cage family captured. Whereas since I believe the liu kang ending is canonical they are all alive in his new era
Someone said this was Armagaeddon 2.0
It really wasn't
Armageddon are waaay better and twisted
No it's was bad
Technically speaking, it's a temporal Armageddon. That's how Cetrion named it in the OG story.
@@ghostsuckgame nah armageddon was better
Shang Tsung is p amazing in this one. The voice acting, the mischievous twinkle in his eyes, everything about him is absolutely perfect!
thats because its the actor who played Shang Tsung in the very first mortal kombat movie
Never thought both endings were canon. And even more, the endings of the arcade (Including Kano's spin-off) are canon also!
Yes his arcade ending is canon indeed.
Liu Kang’s ending has so much more potential
I find his ending lame
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@@Squidward_000 gaaaay
@@Squidward_000 I found it lame too
@@Squidward_000 I bet you do. Always some that gotta go against the grain.
Shang Tsung betrays Sindel and Shao Kahn that's intense
Alexander Wells didn’t see that coming at all nope no way I did
Also karma is a BITCH cuz remember when Shao Kahn absorbed Shang Tsung’s life force and put it into Sindel as a power up
Shang Tsung legit pulled an uno reverse card 😂
that was obvious why would he be serving under Shao when he had the crown. Kahn shouldve seen that coming as well
I hated Sindel, so I liked that 🤔
I am going to say, Liu Kang's ending is canon.
DAMN What a Hottake 😮😮
It probably is, it is easier to use Liu Kang ending to advance to mk12
Just like batman
liu kang ending is not canon, because he's said it before " we cannot desider other's fates " an the bad ending has everyone most likely evil.
@@1tsDar Stop speaking dumbassery.
It's cool to find out now that both endings are canon and the choice isn't at all pointless.
We actually went full circle. It all started with Liu Kang vs. Shang Tsung, it ends with Liu Kang vs. Shang Tsung.
In next timeline
Restarted with Lui vs Shang...
In an Armageddon twist
Shang tsung is now the best villain ever in mk history
He’s been the best
I like how at 13:00 you're baited with a close-up shot of his face, thinking his eyes are gonna start glowing or something, only for it to not.
To be fair, they did down play Shao Kahn into a almost Meat head. Shao is supposed to be Shang in terms of Snakes but cranked to like 20. But it is kind of hard to top Shang Tsung in this iteration.
MK Deadly Alliance: *Am I a joke to you?*
@@claytoncarmine1500 After that ending, topping this Tsung is not a tall order, pun intended.
Shang tsung ending is absurd lol. Liu kang ending is most def the cannon ending...
But Ed Boon said, both ending is cannon
@@faisalmahendra4009 where did he say that
@@isaiahspivey550 i hate to agree but i think its true. Idk where he said it but i do remember he said something of the sort. But hey which ever ending you want to be canon can be canon. For now at least
Yeah. Its so cliche. Like what a evil genius would be doing? Just make all realms slave and what? Sitting on trone with his big asss. Kinda cringe ending for 10 yrs old without motivation
@@garcia0246 Not true Liu Kangs Endings are all Canon including this one. It's always been like that until they rebooted the series.
looks like Kung Lao got his wish.
orrthehunter that’s not OUR Kung Lao. That’s his ancestor, The Great Kung Lao.
@@Twocoolman115 That is our kung lao from how lui kang speaks to him. Remember since he became a god he isnt in the timeline in a sense anymore so they all grew up and lived their lives without him in these events
That is the Great Kung Lao not the Kung Lao that we know.
OpticHorizon yea but he doesn’t resemble ours, different voice too
@@mevincool but the face and the voice is very different
Damn let’s discuss just how OP Liu kang is.... he defeated Shang Tsung while he had the souls of Kronika, Centrion,Raiden, Fujin, Shao kahn, Sindel, and the revenants while he was wielding the crown! I know there was 2 endings but I’m sure Liu kang is the canon one. But, Liu kang has officially went down as the most powerful character ever in MK history.
And he managed to tricked Shang Tsung, even more impressive. Shang Tsung was apparently pleased with it too.
I mean... Let's be real here, it's no way for Kang's ending to be canon. Like... you need to do really flexible mental gymnastic to even try to come up with a good explanation for Shang Tsung losing, considering all of his power ups.
Ya the power scaling has been shit through out all of mk11 honestly there better off reckoning aftermatch 2 be a alternate universe of some sort otherwise the story will truly make no sense and even liu kang and raiden merging into one being tht has enough power to beat kronika is ridiculous as kronika with and later without a crown froze liu kang in place and later in aftermatch even raiden was frozen in time once he launched a attack against kronika without a crown
@@Omnipulsar probably because lui kang won but shang tsung got away
Liu Kang is so freaking cool. My favorite character by far! I love Kitana too but Liu will always be my favorite
Finally Shang Tsung got the focus he deserved back in MK9.
Mortal Kombat is rebooted
@L. Hannya Unfortunately yes.
@@ahmedkray8698 To be fair, if they didn't do a hard reboot, it would've been Armageddon all over again.
Pretty early on too we only got 3 games of the NRS MK games yet the Midway MK games had 15 or so games before they got rebooted
I hope Cassie and Jacqui doesn’t get wipe from existence!
Can I have yall input on this: What would have been the best way to continue the story without constant reboots?
So both endings lead to a reboot or that just me thinking to much into it.
Both endings lead to a reboot but Shang's a darker timeline while Liu Kang's is a good one/hopeful one
This entire franchise is gonna be a series of reboots lmao. This is the 2nd time they’ve rebooted the story.
Great Kung Lao becomes next protagonist in MK12
It's just you. Liu's is the good and hopefully canon one.
Why the hell would they reboot things AGAIN. I mean MK10 was already a reboot. Just 2 games later and ANOTHER Reboot.
We all know liu’s ending will be cannon
It has to be. Shang Tsung’s ending was the most boring, predictable, cliche villain ending I’ve ever seen in my life.
Supreme Dreams678 and they way the used sindel is disgusting
Ed Boon is gonna get a lot shit thrown at him if he chooses shang tsung's ending over Liu Kang's. Lol
@A Fucking Bird This DLC Story line and MK 11 story in general was trash.
ThatBlogGuy sindel was the worse part of the dlc
Ed Boon: Time for another REBOOT😏
Mileena fans seeing reboot of the first game: Mileena confirmed for MK 1 reboot OMG
It’s because he killed scorpion off
Shang Tsung at the start of the story: Cease, Liu Kang! Before you doom us all
Liu Kang: No u
So basically aftermath wasn't even needed since lui kang changing the timeline was gonna happen anyway..
The original ending implied a hard reset of everything, this was more of another soft reboot of the series
@@casuallectures2655 Well, Shang Tsung's ending is somewhat the same either way.
Well at least they corrected shitty mistakes they did. shao kahn/sindel whooped corporate special forces and kitanas ass.
They needed Kronikas crown to use the hourglass and reset the timeline, Liu kang broke the one he had you people really dont pay attention to anything
@@gonzalosaifildin8869 I already knew that 😂 aftermath was just made to correct their mistake. Or they thought it all out before it even happened.
Get ready to hear people complain if the next game doesn’t include (insert favorite mk character) because it will be in the Great Kung Lao’s time.
Don't really care as long as I get some johnny cage action
I can already see myself complaining there's no Cassie
Long if I see Kitana Liu Kang and cassie im fine
I will miss cassie 😟
Assuming that Liu Kang's ending is Canon, what happens to the souls Shang Tsung stole and the lives he took. Not to mention, what happened to Sheeva?
Sheeva is killed earlier
Basically most of the good guys are either killed off or captured.
@@seandavis9320 I don't believe it. Her death would've been shown. All we saw was her losing to Sindel. Unlike others like Kotal and the ones whose souls were stolen by Shang Tsung
@@milesbrad9975 Kotal got his head severed and thrown off the ship.
Shao Kahn decapitating Kotal and breaking Liu Kangs bones was satisfying.
"You underestimate my prowess, Chosen One. I have the Crown."
"I have the high ground."
Its gonna be crazy when netherrealm hits us with "well actually shang tsungs ending is the cannon one" like damn
It is!
Dude…. You won’t believe the shit!…
You know what would have been cool?
Shang Tsung undergoing a Heel-Face Turn.
I was predicting that too but I guess Ed Boon refuses.
Shang Tsung as Liu Kang's champion would have been so cool. And now I have a fanfiction idea.
Status Quo is God. Meaning nothing ever changes.
@@anaknangfilipina5846
Where was that status quo when Sindel got her character assassinated
I don't think this is even possible.
Cary is Shang Tsung is indeed impressive as hell, just like 1995 when he was cast, for sure. I’ll watch the full movie in a moment, but this gets me hyped up two fold!
And, both endings are canon.
Wait is that The GREAT Kung Lao in Liu's ending? We get to play as the GREAT Kung Lao next game? it took them this long to finally make him appear in a game. And Liu is basically the new Raiden lol.
I’ll stay with Liu Kang Ending...😌😌 it’s the better one
Nice! As much as I love Fire god Liu Kang's ending, I'M NOT HAPPY THAT HE AND KITANA AREN'T REUNITED IN THAT!!!!
MK isn't about sunshine rainbows and romance endings. Its always about the next conflict.
@@nickromero256 Leave me alone!
Yeah that’s what I don’t get about this DLC. It’s just incredibly pointless, The original ending was fine. Why go back and do the exact same thing you’ve done in the base game’s story? Just because Shang Tsung wants to be evil again?
I'm more upset that sindel backstabbed her daughter like that I was excited for them to be together.
u know that maybe their just not showing us everything right? like maybe Kitana is now an Elder God, hell maybe like Kronika they too might have Elder God kids, who knows, in Kitanas ending in the Arcade mode there are 2 boys/girls fighting infront of her throne using wooden swords and from what i remeber she was smiling so maybe those are her kids and while we dont see Liu Kang in the picture i would imagine those are their kids, whatever the case we shall see, all i know is that their romance is too iconic for them to not put it in the next game. sorry for my english its not my first languege.
FINALLY! They made Shang Tsung great again.
yeah he's pretty op but he aint fucking wit fire god liu kang doe
Shang Tsung: Now that I rule over time, what should I do first? I know! I’ll make myself huge!
It’s crazy that both are canon
Now it looks like only one of their timelines are erased
I have been waiting for to relive this confrontation since the 1995 film! 5:00
Facts 💯💯
MK 12 in the past!!??? YEAHHHHH!!!!
Sub zero and scorpion?
Lin Kuei and Shirai Ryu clans could exist already, we could get their ancestors in Mk12
Un Manco Sin Oficio it would be cool to see the original sub zero (bi Han and kuei liang grandfather). The beginning of the lin kuei and shrai ryu feud and past shujinko and Edinia before shao khan conquered.
There is not gonna be an mk12
@@michaelh1188 yes there will
Fire God Liu Kang ending is perfect
Absolutely... Brings back excitement for the next chapter... Mk12 it is..
@@maxwellase8027 bruh I won't
@@maxwellase8027 Hell nah,NRS needs to leave MK the fuckalone
@@spideyguy3315 stop crying
Liu Kang's Ending = Canonical Ending (Prelude to the new Mortal Kombat 1)
Shang Tsung's Ending = Non-Canonical Ending
Well…
And a century later, Shang Tsung is arrested by Robocop, charged with crime against humanity.
MK11 Ending
Liu Kang: confirmed Great Kung Lao and Characters like Onaga,Blaze etc?
(next MK/MK12)
Shang Tsung:become like Thanos 🤣
Liu Kang's ending: Very interesting
Shang Tsung's ending: Yawnnnnn.
I think onaga was already dead when the first mk tournament started
@@ajxx9987 idk but this mk12 is new era so maybe NetherRealm Studios give "chance" to make Onaga returns or Roster from Deadly Alliance until Armageddon returns
How would you have handled shangs ending?
I Played Against Plumbers and Math Teachers it rlly wasn’t yawn it was better than lui kangs
5:41 I love that smug look on FG Lui Kang’s face. XD
So these endings are both canon… I did not expect that honestly.
What does canon mean ?
Canon means something that effects the story and is real to the plot
Shang Tsung wiped the floor with Shao Kahn and Sidel
honestly it felt good seeing that, after what they did to kotal, throwing ma boy kung lao into the sea of blood, and all that other shit. seeing shang tsung do that brought me joy
5:53 "your new era? My allegiance is to the republic to democracy!"
If you're not with me, then you're my enemy!
@@lucidcross8282 yo were the chosen one
I prefer liu kang's ending :)
Same here
Who wouldn’t?😂
Me too
@@kiddmerriweather8452 I won't
It is the first one I saw so I agree. I always stick with the og things.
11:15 word for word the same line liu kang said in mk9 I LOVE IT
Everyone: Lui kang can't get anymore badass
Mk11 Creator: Hold our hourglass ⌛
"Ah, curse your sudden but inevitable betrayal!"
- Shao Kahn on Shang Tsung obvious and eventual treachery
Shang Tsung: Now every realm will bend to my will!
... eh, what should I do now? I never really had a plan or character background beyond "become a ruler" and "gather souls"
I guess this is it then... *sits on a chair for eternity*
The thing about Shang Tsung is, he would be perfectly fine with that.
@@HeroAndReporter Shang Tsung leads a boring life without his need to consume souls.
You could say that about virtually every world conquering villain. Hell, you could say that about real-life conquerors.
I hate always wondered what the main villian's of every story would actually plan to do with all their power if they win in the end. Why would a being with shang tsungs power at that point care about being worshipped at all? Kanos mk11 ending put it quite nicely when he gets really bored with the hourglass and forces himself to earn his victories once again.
Shao Kahn’s Armageddon ending talked about what he would do had he won and he went insane. Then in Kitana’s MKX ending she killed him in the timeline where he won.
Who’s here after Mortal Kombat 1 trailer dropped?
Me
Me
Me LOLz
Funny how kung lao died in the trailer, like in every game
Shang Tsung's ending proofs that he is actually very powerful socceror with his good, cunning strategy. But seriously, I expect the fight will be much better while maintain the original climax. I expect more intense battle between the good Gods and the evil soccerors.
This $40 DLC is bit lame, but at least it gets to full circle, where the first MK boss being the final boss, and the true first MK hero become the last hero standing.
Cary Hiroyuki Tagawa once again portrays Shang Tsung very well !
He was not that very powerful,he only gotten stronger since he wields the Crown.Without it then sindel or Shao Kahn would have killed him easily...
@@eyeshadow4829 Just like I said, with good strategy, he can overpower even both Shang Tsung and Sindel
@@gabrielbronan7521 More like terrible writing. There's literally no way in the universe Shao Khan and Sindel are both stupid enough think a known traitorous self-serving sorcerer would keep obeying them after he gets the Crown.
@@ВладиславШаклеин-ч7м That's surprised me. How can Shao Kahn falls to his trick I don't know.
It's not just terrible writing, but also terrible character development for other jobbers (the same problem for the base game) and terrible price. $40 is such a waste. Just wait for another year, or wait this expansion sold in bundle with future DLC to get lower price.
Talking about DLC, NetherRealm should listen to their fans on what characters they want. I'm ok there's no Mileena, she has shone many times. But undeveloped characters that MIA, Reptile, Takeda, Rain, Havik, Cyrax, Sektor instead of RoboCop. I like RoboCop, but NRS should get what majority wants. $40 is absolutely unworthy unless you want take the bullet
@@ВладиславШаклеин-ч7м i mean the moment Shang tsung had the crown was the moment Shao kahn and sindel lost.
Even if they knew they couldn't trust him... what could they have done? They clearly got their ass kicked by him.
I was so glad to Liu kang back to his normal self and thank god Liu brought back everyone in his new era, good on you man.
It’s just so refreshing seeing the villains win for once!
Raiden was chillin' throughout the whole thing XD
5:57 "Your new e̶m̶p̶i̶r̶e̶ Era?"
Notorious “don’t make me kill you”
@@lorenzopastorelli1114 Destroy you*
@@IAmBlothhundr No, in Revenge of the Sith Anakin said "Don't make me kill you"
Shang Tsung's destiny (pulling the hair of his downed enemy): "The chosen one" and hits Liu Kang's head on the ground
Liu Kang's Destiny (stands up): "I am the chosen one" and he stops Shang's punches without much effort.
Both endings ended up being cannon
I can hear the original theme song while Fire God Liu Kangs smile's to Grand Kung Lao in Aftermath😏🔥
I wonder why developers don't like Onaga so much?
Maybe they saved it for MK12
Got a better question for you, why do they not like Kotal Khan that much? Like wtf, why even make new characters if they just get mopped?
Probably the new engine is probably harder for them to animate Onaga?
Why do they like davorah so much
@@doggosho3044 $10 says that some of the crew that did MKX had bug bite fetishes
I noticed that despite Kronika saying that she's restarted the timeline many times already, she did not have the crown on her at the beginning of MK11. Liu Kang neither had the crown on in his aftermath ending, however Shang Tsung did have it on in his ending.
From this, I can only conclude that the crown disappears with each reset and since Shang Tsung is the creator of it, he has to make one in every timeline should they ever decide to want to reset it.
Liu Kang be going all /gamemode creative up in this shit.
I absolutely called it. I knew this would happen after seeing all the trailers and bios, especially in liu kang's bio where I realized that it has to be MK11 shang tsung, and I predicted how the final battle would cause both endings to happen
I'm glad to see NRS took what happened in aftermath and gave the story some closure
I predicted it as well xD
the denial for Kronika's sudden return made us to do this
Many of us did, if not most.
Shao Kahn can now maintain his dignity after getting severally beaten in the main story
Where was sub zero and scorpion during story after they left the fire Guardian???🤔
Yea man. Was hoping they'd have more presence in the dlc story. Guess not :(
Fr, I wish they were the main characters
Lil Tank we need a ice & fire story for scorpion and sub zero i would pay for this and sub zero helps cyrax and scorpion too
hxise I’d buy that fir a dollar!!!
Wait... wrong reference...
Sub-Zero and Scorpion have sex...
Kahn: you're drunk on the crowns power shang tsung
Shang: just as you were on your throne and title
Wouldve been a good comeback but nope lol
Nomad_ Laz Shang tsung draining sindel and shao khan was a good comeback in itself
Liu Kangs Ending Is Really Good To See The Other Kung Lao From The Future Really Awesome ☺️👍😉🙌🔥
There was so many Star Wars quotes that have been altered in this DLC.
Fr LOL all I was thinking about 🤣
13:00 only I was waiting his eyes to be like you kang's ?
me too lol
Same
I know their revenants, but that was sort of sad seeing Kitana and Jade die in the same spear
Idk about jade but kitana was chained sindel didn't kill her
hannahallyana Human Jade Alive or revenant Jade would be dead much earlier
I think that I was a glaive actually.
i know its kinda sad but the good thing is that theyre undead, cannot die twice
@@DUflo100 in this case, yes they can.
Would love to see Kung Lao as the main protagonist and Lord Liu Kang as his mentor if there's MK12
Christson I think mk12 will be the prequel with the great Kung Lao everything else i can see happening
@10:46 Kung Lao: "Trained for what?"
Liu Kang: The Shaolin Monks
Mortal Kombat
While I think another reboot after just two games its pretty dumb (it is also exactly the same way MK11 ended), I like the idea of MK12 actually been set 500 years in the past telling Great Kung Lao's story
Liu Kangs ending was the best one ever
I hope Cassie and Jacqui exist in the timeline Fire God Liu Kang has created!
Fuck no keep them new gen out of mk 12
As long as Takeda is there, I'm happy. The other new gen characters are...okay
Takeda from what I remember is engaged with Jacqui.
@@sosa_moody4674 same.
A.J Thomas hopefully so much!!!!!!!!😭😭😭😭😭😭