For me this is the perfect coop Mk game. I and a friend played when we were 11 yrs old. We never finished the last boss until this year we beat the game 😂
me and my dad used to play this game together a lot and we beat the last boss a few times but when he left he took the ps2 so i haven’t been able to play it since
My dream Mortal Kombat game would be a more fleshed out version of Deception's open world RPG esque Konquest mode with the beat em' up gameplay of Shaolin Monks.
@IStevenSeagal More like Shaolin Monk's gameplay in a more polished version of Deception's Konquest mode. I like Konquest in Deception a lot. It's a surprisingly ambitious open world RPG. However it is very rough around the edges and clearly didn't get as much time in the oven as everything else in the game did. I would love a more fleshed out, better made version of it.
Many folks that worked on MK SM then worked in God of War 2. Which is seen as one of the best GoW. MK SM is pure gold. It's a shame that Midway was not doing ok an died.
@@blackshadowdiaperboy it wouldn't make sense to have it in the old era. It would make shit too confusing. Plus I think it would be fun to play as Kung Lao and Raiden
This was a good memory i remember playing this with a friend in the fifth grade on his x box we finished the whole thing and had a blast... good times...
God so many memories playing this game, hands down my favorite game of all time. I remember playing it with my brothers and our dad, we’d have separate saves so we all would be able to play with each other (ex: me and my middle brother, me and my oldest brother, me and my dad, my 2 brothers together, oldest brother and dad, and middle brother with dad)
I remember getting this for my 17th Birthday back in September 2005. I played this to death and it was even better when I had friends over to do co-op. This is one of my favorite mk games. Aside from the gameplay I also really love the atmosphere because of my love for MK1 and especially my favorite MK game MK2. The atmosphere felt like those games in a 3D co-op beat em up form. Great memories! I'm gonna rebuy an original Xbox or ps2 so I can replay this!
My favorite fatality of all time was the lui Kang execute where he ignites his fist, runs up punches the head off then bicycle kicks it into the body it was badass
I was a sophomore in high school when Shaolin Monks came out. I got the game as soon as I could and booted up the PS2 and got my brother to play with me. I was Liu Kang and he was Kung Lao. We went through everything since we had a game guide. Great game and amazing intro video. Designs are still among the best ones they’ve done.
I remember my uncle getting this game day 1 with the strategy guide for it. I didn't care for it at first glance but playing it most definitely changed my opinion! This game was really fun to play coop in, even if it wasn't with the same person all the way through.
This game is one of the most fun coop experiences in all of gaming period. It's has no lows and that is precisely why every one who played it when it came out was asking for more back in the day. Still mad to this day.
i remember playin this game so much with my cousin although we never beat it. getting to see what the rest of the game looked like and also that the game still looks as good as it did to me when i was younger is genuinely so amazing. i also hope that NRS would dive a little into the deep end and give us another konquest/shaolin monks esque experience at least one last time
My classmate at high school owned this game. After school we would go to his house and play this game. Cool game especially playing coop with a friend.
**The camera movement may not be anybody's cup of tea during 1 on 1 boss fights like reptile/scorpion.... but it just adds alot more dynamic in my opinion. Makes it epic fluidity and intense mortal kombat action. It's awesome close quarters kombat really.**
NR studios gotta make another co-op MK game but featuring Kenshi and Johnny as the MC's with Baraka and Reptile as the unlockable playable characters just like how Liu Kang/Kung Lao did with Scorpion and Sub Zero id buy that in a heartbeat
Fond memories with this game. It's definitely a lot more fun to play the Ko-op on this game than single player. I really like all the secrets you can obtain in this game from unlocking characters in the VS mode to even unlocking a playable version of MK2. This game had a decent amount of content and really wish they made a sequel. I recommend doing future playthroughs with some of the other characters because they definitely make some encounters and boss fights a cakewalk. You're doing great man and look forward to the next one!
I was like 10 when I first played this game. My dad was hiding it from my brother in his closet since it was rated M. It was still freshly wrapped. Also my first rated M game and was one of my favorites. Crazy how much easier it is over a decade later. Hope they release a game very similar to it with today's tech if not a sequel
I have fond memories of Shaolin Monks. When we were kids, my sister didn't care about games nearly as much as I did, but we both loved Shaolin Monks' co op. I remember finding out about the ability to teleport to the other player in a puff of smoke and we called it "the poof button". We were dying from laughter as we kept messing around with it. I always think back to how much fun this game was for us.
This game got not one bad thing about it been my favourite game long time I remember jamming this way back on the ps2 and doing co op with my cousins , this needs a remaster
This is a my childhood games, and in my opinion this MK game is the best MK action adventure game ever. I hope NetherRealm Studio will make a series like this. 👍
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As a kid I remember my dad had a ps2 and he had all the 3d mk games on there and since I was so young and bad at the games I would always just like watch the intro cutscenes and the shaolin monks intro was always the coolest one in my opinion
Loved this damn game as a kid. I checked out an emulation site the other day and saw Shaolin Monks was the number 1 downloaded PS2 game in the last month, good to see people discovering this game again!
Dude I feel your pain on the bridge jump in the beginning of the game. Me and my cousin stopped at that spot when we we're little because we thought it was undoable and we had to activate something we couldn't find. We came back like 4 years later and beat the game in 1 weekend it was such a blast. Couldn't recommend this game enough for how old it is. At the time of beating it we we're around 12 years old that was so long ago. Honestly might ask to borrow his modded gen 1 xbox to replay through it.
I remember a kid told us you coukd unlock characters and like 4 of us rented it over the course of a month so we could play through it together after school
i show everyone how sick the reptile death was. thats cus that stage was the hardest on first play through and it took like 50+ tries to beat him. also so happy u played the intro scene :D :D
Hands down the best Mortal Kombat game in my opinion. No other Mortal Kombat game has compared to it in just replay-ability, story, lore and world building, and just all around enjoyability. Playing solo is a blast and playing Co-op just makes it 10x better. I honestly have no idea why they never bothered to make a sequel or even a remaster. You don’t even need to make a direct sequel. Just keep the core gameplay the same and make a new story following new characters in Lui Kang’s new era of Mortal Kombat. No one would be mad as long as the core gameplay elements that make Shaolin Monks, Shaolin Monks where still there.
Me and my cousin grew up playing this game it was of the Mortal Kombat games we played the most and we never got to finish it because our save file corrupted or the Playstation stopped working I can't exactly remember but oh boy the memories we had playing this game and discovering it's secrets! The good old days💯
Man, I've been thinking ab this game alot for the longest, never knew what game it was only remembered it was mk and I played it alot as a lil kid, like maybe 4 ish, and all I remember is the beginning cuz I sucked and couldn't figure out what todo after the layer💀🤣 now ik what game it is at least, notification bell on💯
I spent my whole childhood playing this game. All i ever wanted is to get extra content. Like playing as ermac. Or maybe cyrax or smoke. Or to figure the death screen easter eggs. Eventually after a long search. I found nothing. So i closed the game forver when i was 14
Always popped for Scorpion saying "Get the fuck over here" in this game. Also never felt Mythologies was THAT bad, just not very good. Special Forces is the really bad spin off.
I just woke up from a dream of watching a fight between a badge huntsman and a mutated black house spider that growled and the thumbnail scared the fuck out of me.
I'm one of the cult followers and it was my first MK game. You forgot Mileena, although I don't blame you for it. She's tucked away in the upper area of the living forest.
You make me want to watch someone else's video about this game. It's a good game, I don't have the patience to play it again but I would watch a 90+ minute breakdown of the game beat by beat.
For me this is the perfect coop Mk game. I and a friend played when we were 11 yrs old. We never finished the last boss until this year we beat the game 😂
I played this back in tha day wit my older bruddas and sister. Dual Fatalities was about tha best feature of dat game
the perfect mk game, every other game has shit you can get mad for lol
Who knew that the stupid long jump mechanic was the key to beating the final boss 😒
Wow 😂that bad lmao
me and my dad used to play this game together a lot and we beat the last boss a few times but when he left he took the ps2 so i haven’t been able to play it since
it never gets old seeing subzero ripping a guard spine and hiting scorpion with it in the intro
Or kung transforming from a guard to himself while killing a Tarkatan and then teleporting.
This game itself never gets old
Whenever I think of Goro I always think of the movie and this intro scene with him destroying everyone. That’s how he should always be portrayed.
I love how he just Yeets Johnny Cage
My dream Mortal Kombat game would be a more fleshed out version of Deception's open world RPG esque Konquest mode with the beat em' up gameplay of Shaolin Monks.
@IStevenSeagalBUUUT with combat comparable to MK:SM, honestly a perfect example is like tekken 5’s mode with Jin but with better controls
@IStevenSeagal More like Shaolin Monk's gameplay in a more polished version of Deception's Konquest mode. I like Konquest in Deception a lot. It's a surprisingly ambitious open world RPG. However it is very rough around the edges and clearly didn't get as much time in the oven as everything else in the game did. I would love a more fleshed out, better made version of it.
100% agree. That would be a game that could rival MK9 as the best MK game ever made
Mortal Kombat sandbox RPG? My god I wish
@IStevenSeagalI feel you, I'm that kinda weirdo that genuinely only buys and plays mk games for the story
This game needs a remaster
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Ok hear me out, a new spinoff game set in the many different alternate timelines post/pre mk 11/1
@@DaveyXHatter nah they probably would stick some shitty crossover in it
Remaster or even just the PT 2 THAT WAS SUPPOSED TO HAPPEN
nah fuck that i would want a remake from the ground up!! 4k and updated graphics BUT KEEP THE SAME DAMN GAMEPLAY!! dont be adding no new bullshit!!
I really hope we get a 3D era kollection with Deadly Alliance,Decpetion,Armageddon, and Shaolin Monks one day.
FACTS
Well, we didn’t even got any them of them in the backward compatibility programs of Xbox or Playstation. Very sad, it would be good to preserve them
This would be great considering Armageddon never launched on Xbox on PAL
These beat em' up type games were great in PS2 era, this is one of my favorite.
MK Shaolin Monk hold a special place in my heart. My first MK game
Same
Many folks that worked on MK SM then worked in God of War 2. Which is seen as one of the best GoW.
MK SM is pure gold. It's a shame that Midway was not doing ok an died.
god I miss this one.
this is one of those games I hope releases as a remaster someday.
This is all we want
No, a complete remake.
I could definitely see Netherrealm making a Shaolin Monks 2 that doesn't continue the story and just takes place in Liu Kangs new era
It would be Raiden and Kung Lao
@@ultraboombean yeah ik
If they do that and never continue to frst story I am not buying the game let them new fans buy it
@@blackshadowdiaperboy it wouldn't make sense to have it in the old era. It would make shit too confusing. Plus I think it would be fun to play as Kung Lao and Raiden
@@oldjebidiahbrown2454they have already made it confusing enough lol
This, to me, was one of the best mortal kombat games, I wish games would take more risks like this. It's such a unique game for the franchise.
This was a good memory i remember playing this with a friend in the fifth grade on his x box we finished the whole thing and had a blast... good times...
God so many memories playing this game, hands down my favorite game of all time. I remember playing it with my brothers and our dad, we’d have separate saves so we all would be able to play with each other (ex: me and my middle brother, me and my oldest brother, me and my dad, my 2 brothers together, oldest brother and dad, and middle brother with dad)
As kid hearing that “MORTAL KOMBAT” scream was chilling it got my little smeckle hard
I remember getting this for my 17th Birthday back in September 2005. I played this to death and it was even better when I had friends over to do co-op. This is one of my favorite mk games. Aside from the gameplay I also really love the atmosphere because of my love for MK1 and especially my favorite MK game MK2. The atmosphere felt like those games in a 3D co-op beat em up form. Great memories! I'm gonna rebuy an original Xbox or ps2 so I can replay this!
damn youre old
It's funny how the character desings changes on the intro, in engine and in game
My favorite fatality of all time was the lui Kang execute where he ignites his fist, runs up punches the head off then bicycle kicks it into the body it was badass
I swear I just discovered you're channel 4 days ago and so intrigued that i saw all the MK videos and was waiting for this shaolin Monks one
I was a sophomore in high school when Shaolin Monks came out. I got the game as soon as I could and booted up the PS2 and got my brother to play with me. I was Liu Kang and he was Kung Lao. We went through everything since we had a game guide. Great game and amazing intro video. Designs are still among the best ones they’ve done.
Bro if anything I'm glad to help you out! 🤙🏾
I remember my uncle getting this game day 1 with the strategy guide for it. I didn't care for it at first glance but playing it most definitely changed my opinion! This game was really fun to play coop in, even if it wasn't with the same person all the way through.
This game is one of the most fun coop experiences in all of gaming period. It's has no lows and that is precisely why every one who played it when it came out was asking for more back in the day.
Still mad to this day.
sick video like always.
i wouldn't say its underrated though people sing its praise non stop.
real shame we never got a sequel.
i remember playin this game so much with my cousin although we never beat it. getting to see what the rest of the game looked like and also that the game still looks as good as it did to me when i was younger is genuinely so amazing. i also hope that NRS would dive a little into the deep end and give us another konquest/shaolin monks esque experience at least one last time
Me and my friends had a lot of fun playing this game Co-Op. We even found the secret fights with Smoke and Ermac.
Didn't expect to ever see you again,I used to watch your videos when I was 6 or smth
My classmate at high school owned this game. After school we would go to his house and play this game. Cool game especially playing coop with a friend.
Ah man this brings back memories right here
For me this is the greatest MK game ever
Johnny did not deserve that disrespect in the cutscene
**The camera movement may not be anybody's cup of tea during 1 on 1 boss fights like reptile/scorpion.... but it just adds alot more dynamic in my opinion. Makes it epic fluidity and intense mortal kombat action. It's awesome close quarters kombat really.**
NR studios gotta make another co-op MK game but featuring Kenshi and Johnny as the MC's with Baraka and Reptile as the unlockable playable characters just like how Liu Kang/Kung Lao did with Scorpion and Sub Zero id buy that in a heartbeat
Fond memories with this game. It's definitely a lot more fun to play the Ko-op on this game than single player. I really like all the secrets you can obtain in this game from unlocking characters in the VS mode to even unlocking a playable version of MK2. This game had a decent amount of content and really wish they made a sequel. I recommend doing future playthroughs with some of the other characters because they definitely make some encounters and boss fights a cakewalk. You're doing great man and look forward to the next one!
For me and my friend that grow up with the Ps2, we always think that this is THE MK GAME.
I LOVE this game this is my second favorite mortal kombat game only second to MK9. It’s a shame we haven’t gotten a sequel. Content going crazy too🔥
Been bingeing the MK videos, super great stuff, look forward to seeing special forces lmao keep it up dude
Thank you
Loving your videos man! you totally deserve the growth youve been experiencing!
If anyone has played MK1 invasions mode. Johnny Cage has a "Shaolin Monks 2" arcade machine in his house
I was like 10 when I first played this game. My dad was hiding it from my brother in his closet since it was rated M. It was still freshly wrapped. Also my first rated M game and was one of my favorites. Crazy how much easier it is over a decade later. Hope they release a game very similar to it with today's tech if not a sequel
8:25 because it's intention is to be done by two people, I had angry tears to soloing it, I feel ya man.
I got this game when it was released on Xbox in 2005, and loved it! It's still my second favorite game in the series after MK2.
Fun fact: I don't remember the exact method to unlock it, but you can actually play the entirety of MK2 through unlocking it in game.
The secret Ermac fight in this game rules
So underrated. The most underrated MK game
I have fond memories of Shaolin Monks. When we were kids, my sister didn't care about games nearly as much as I did, but we both loved Shaolin Monks' co op. I remember finding out about the ability to teleport to the other player in a puff of smoke and we called it "the poof button". We were dying from laughter as we kept messing around with it. I always think back to how much fun this game was for us.
Literally everyone who played this game says it's amazing and it's widely known how amazing it is. It's in no way underrated.
This game got not one bad thing about it been my favourite game long time I remember jamming this way back on the ps2 and doing co op with my cousins , this needs a remaster
Personally one of my all time favorites. Me and my brother beat this game multiple times on co-op
The intro to this game goes so fucking hard, used to watch it just about every time I booted it up.
This is a my childhood games, and in my opinion this MK game is the best MK action adventure game ever. I hope NetherRealm Studio will make a series like this. 👍
Bro omg my lunch break just started and you dropped this thank you🔥💯
Started watching your channel a few days ago and it’s crazy how you had 7,000+ subs less then 72 hours ago, now it’s 8,000. Keep up the good work. When I find channels this low in subs they usually do good within months to years but I think you’re gonna be a rising star soon with your comedic charm and video analyses on games
Thank you
People sleep on the 3d games but they were all special in their own way and always will be
As a kid I remember my dad had a ps2 and he had all the 3d mk games on there and since I was so young and bad at the games I would always just like watch the intro cutscenes and the shaolin monks intro was always the coolest one in my opinion
Fun fact you can go back to the wushi academy level once you get the wall run ability and fight ermac
Been waiting for this video. thanks for the dose of nostalgia
Loved this damn game as a kid. I checked out an emulation site the other day and saw Shaolin Monks was the number 1 downloaded PS2 game in the last month, good to see people discovering this game again!
Good lord that thumbnail has been haunting my suggestion list since yesturday, I had no choice but to finally watch it...
I hope you enjoyed the video at least lmao
You missed two secret boss fights, one against Ermac in the Wu Shi Academy, and one against Mileena again in the Living Forest.
Sub-Zero in that intro.😂
Still my fav mk game even though its just a spin off. I have two copies and a ps2 for whenever I want to hop back in.
Dude I feel your pain on the bridge jump in the beginning of the game. Me and my cousin stopped at that spot when we we're little because we thought it was undoable and we had to activate something we couldn't find. We came back like 4 years later and beat the game in 1 weekend it was such a blast. Couldn't recommend this game enough for how old it is. At the time of beating it we we're around 12 years old that was so long ago. Honestly might ask to borrow his modded gen 1 xbox to replay through it.
I remember a kid told us you coukd unlock characters and like 4 of us rented it over the course of a month so we could play through it together after school
The coop is fun af bruh
One of the greatest coop beat ‘em ups of all time. The fact there was no sequel or spinoff with the core gameplay is just criminal 😭
i show everyone how sick the reptile death was. thats cus that stage was the hardest on first play through and it took like 50+ tries to beat him. also so happy u played the intro scene :D :D
My brother and i played co-op. It was a lot of fun. Great beat em up.
Hands down the best Mortal Kombat game in my opinion. No other Mortal Kombat game has compared to it in just replay-ability, story, lore and world building, and just all around enjoyability. Playing solo is a blast and playing Co-op just makes it 10x better. I honestly have no idea why they never bothered to make a sequel or even a remaster. You don’t even need to make a direct sequel. Just keep the core gameplay the same and make a new story following new characters in Lui Kang’s new era of Mortal Kombat. No one would be mad as long as the core gameplay elements that make Shaolin Monks, Shaolin Monks where still there.
Maybe it just didn't do as well as they had hoped.
Thankyou so much for playing my childhood game
Gees Man, thanks shotouting me bro ^_^ . The streeming of the game was super nice, and you as a person as well. I m glad that i watch it.
I had a ps2 with this game, but I was a stupid kid who always had scratched cds, lol.
You should really try to get a full co-op playthrough. There are several secrets that require both players to open.
big shout out from Brazil! your videos are pretty fun to watch.
i was here for 2 of the streams, it was a fun watch and this was a good video
This game is such a masterpiece. I have so many memories playing this with the boys
I remember playing with my older brother back in the day and the intro was always so badass to me
Me and my cousin grew up playing this game it was of the Mortal Kombat games we played the most and we never got to finish it because our save file corrupted or the Playstation stopped working I can't exactly remember but oh boy the memories we had playing this game and discovering it's secrets! The good old days💯
Man, I've been thinking ab this game alot for the longest, never knew what game it was only remembered it was mk and I played it alot as a lil kid, like maybe 4 ish, and all I remember is the beginning cuz I sucked and couldn't figure out what todo after the layer💀🤣 now ik what game it is at least, notification bell on💯
this isnt underrated... i dont know ANYONE who doesnt like this game..... it is a legendary gem!
me and my brother spent so many nights playing this needs a remaster
I spent my whole childhood playing this game.
All i ever wanted is to get extra content. Like playing as ermac. Or maybe cyrax or smoke. Or to figure the death screen easter eggs. Eventually after a long search. I found nothing. So i closed the game forver when i was 14
Always popped for Scorpion saying "Get the fuck over here" in this game.
Also never felt Mythologies was THAT bad, just not very good. Special Forces is the really bad spin off.
Nostalgic Vibes... MK Shaolin Monks will always be one of my favourite games, especially from the old but gold Era of PS2... ☯️✌️
I just woke up from a dream of watching a fight between a badge huntsman and a mutated black house spider that growled and the thumbnail scared the fuck out of me.
My fav mk of all time wish they had more characters and different play through stories for every one but it’s still great how it is we need a remaster
This was the coop game its combat was so fluid and the story was great. Took me and my bro 4 years to defeat the final boss fight 💀
This game was perfect. Rented it back in the day. I couldn’t beat Shao Khan to save my fucking life though.
This game is rad as hell. Wish I'd been around to watch it live
Bruh how did you beat Shao Kahn first try. I remember struggling so much as a kid and never ended up beating him. Then again, I played as Sub-Zero
Chat was helping me out and telling me all the cheesy moves to use lol
Loved this game with my lil brother so many memories 💯
Did you get to try the secret Survival Mode? It's a fun challenge with some crazy fights.
I did not
Shoalin Monks was amazeballs.
Ed Boone needs to take us back to the spin-off era and do some remakes of spin-offs
The way the announcer screamed "MORTAL KOMBAT" legitimately scared me😭😭😭😭😭😭
I'm one of the cult followers and it was my first MK game. You forgot Mileena, although I don't blame you for it. She's tucked away in the upper area of the living forest.
FINALLY I was waiting for this video 🥳
I know exactly where he got stuck in the shaolin temple. If you don't figure it out it'll just keep spawning more enemies
You make me want to watch someone else's video about this game. It's a good game, I don't have the patience to play it again but I would watch a 90+ minute breakdown of the game beat by beat.
This game is so good, you can actually unlock Mortal Kombat 2.
Considering most spin off games (especially in mortal kombat) suck, I remember being glued to this on xbox when it came out. Such a fun game