The Sub Zero from the beginning of the game is Bi-Han the eldest brother. He's the Sub Zero from the original Mortal Kombat arcade game and the prequel "Mythologies: Sub Zero" game that Raiden references when he said he once fought against Shinnok and Quan Chi after his death. He becomes Noob Saibot. The 2nd Sub Zero is Kuai Liang, the younger brother. This Sub Zero is the one you see in every other mortal Kombat game, from MK 2 to MK Armageddon, and MK9, 10 and 11. Making him the main Sub Zero in this franchise.
To explain few things: 1. The intro you saw is a bit cut. It showed the aftermath of the MK: Armageddon game, where only MK character that survived were Shao Kahn and Raiden. Raiden got red eyes becaue in original timeline, after MK: Deception (or it's sequel, I dont really remmeber) Raiden died, but was reborn as more dark and more violent version of him. He was still protecting Earthrealm, but he wasn't leaving second chances anymore, it was "Don't come to Earthrealm or you will die". 2. The exposed outfits for women in this game was simply a product of it's time, where doing such was mainstream (like in original God of War series, where the style was similar). But this game is quite a bit exaggerated, the outfits, the moves, the overall style of graphics and etc., next games have much less of that. But I'm glad you liked it. For most people (including me) MK9 was the intro to the series, but of cource it is not without it's failures and poor chocies. THAT Sindel scene was made for shock value, showing edginess and etc., but in the sequels it's concequences are still hindering things. And why MK 1 is a reboot of the series once again. Oh and yeah, if you're not got that already, MK9 covers concepts and events of first three MK games, rebooting the series for new players to attract. And one more last thing: If you like DC comics and it's characters, I suggest to check out Injustice series (once you finish with MK1 of cource). It is made by the same studio and people that make MK and it is worth checking out. But again - if you know and like DC characters at least on basic level. But if not, well, sadly that would be confusing if you'll decide to check it out.
One thing is that MK9 don't cover the events accurately and put a new spin on the events to introduce new characters! Ex - Quan Chi is there in moments where it's supposed to be Shang Tsung, as Quan Chi was introduced in MK4 and wasn't in the trilogy. Ex - Instead of Smoke turning into a cyborg, it's Sub-Zero. Many more!
This is an alternate retelling of MK through MK3. Originally, Sub zero showed up to assassinate Shang Tsung, but Scorpion killed Sub zero first, because sub zero killed him (the reason scorpion is undead). Similarly, Sonya was only there to hunt Kano, who killed her partner. Johnny and Liu Kang were the only contestants to make it as far as Facing Goro, But Liu Kang defeated him and then Shang Tsung. When the Island collapsed, Tsung kidnapped Sonya, taking her to outworld. MK2 started with Jax finding out about Sonya and volunteering to go with Liu kang and Kung Lao after Shang Tsung. Meanwhile, Tsung convinced the emperor to host another double or nothing tournament to try one last time to take earthrealm. At the same time, Kuai Liang and smoke arrive in outworld to investigate Bi Han(sub zero 1)'s disappearance. Scorpion discovers Kuai Liang and believes it's the ghost of Bi han, so he starts to hunt him. At some point, the lin kuei start to kidnap and turn their soldiers into robots, and they kidnap and transform smoke. With no clan or allies left, kuai liang turns to raiden for help and participates in the outworld tournament. Scorpion watches and realized he isn't Bi Han. He feels guilty, so he protects sub zero from the shadows while in outworld and after. The story ends with Liu Kang defeating shao khan and preventing a realm merge forever. In Mk3, Khan resurrects his dead queen in earthrealm, causing a distortion between realities that somehow allows him to invade earthrealm. He takes advantage, raising hell. A number of earthrealm fighters are killed but magically brought back because of the rifts in reality. Among them were johnny and kabal, who got turned into burned toast. In the end, Only Kung Lao and Liu Kang stood to face Shao Khan. Khan beat Kung Lao, supposedly killing him(he didn't). Liu Kang becomes enraged and beats Khan's ass, sending him back to outworld. The differences here are all intentional, as are the follow up changes in MKX, which is a retelling of MK4 and sort of 5? MK4 starts a with Quan chi stirring shit up by setting his enemies against each other. He has Tanya betray the edenians, he sicks baraka and Reiko against the throne of outworld, and he kills scorpion's family and tells scorpion that Kuai Liang did it to avenge Bi Han. once everyone is indisposed with their rivalries, he uses shinnok's amulet (stolen from raiden by Bi Han in MK mythologies: sub zero) to summon shinnok. Liu Kang defeats shinnok, and he and raiden banish the disgraced god again. Raiden is made into an elder god. Scorpion finds Kuai Liang and beats his ass half to death before it's discovered that quan chi lied to him. The story ends with Liu Kang being revered again and Scorpion dragging Quan Chi to the netherrealm to torture him for eternity. Deadly alliance/deception is where quan chi escapes and finds Onaga's army. Shang Tsung had been gone the whole time powering himself up with more souls. The two partner up and murder Liu Kang and Shao Khan, and then everyone else except for sub zero and kung lao. The story of MKX only kind of gets this far, as everything is different with everyone turning into revenants and scorpion getting his life back. Then there's the fact that Johnny beats Shinnok since Liu was busy being a zombie. Zombie liu kang is a callback to raiden's zombie liu kang in deception. Evil raiden in MKX and MK11 is also a callback to when raiden exploded in deception and came back evil. He remained evil until khan killed him in Armageddon, which you see at the very beginning of mk9, hence the black cape and red eyes. Full circle. Now you're caught up on all the main shits.
An annoying thing that’s always bothered me in this game and it’s sequels is that the story mode portrays your opponent as so damn weak cause you win every match. Ermac and barka should not be taking so many losses like that when in the story they are GENERALS
Naw man even in the old games they’re getting hoe’d in their endings lol. Especially baraka. In one of his endings he even dies lol. He’s always been a jobber
how do people not realize it's a roster limitation, you can't have both a long story-mode and consistent power-scaling, like you see with sonya vs raiden, winning your gameplay match means jackshit, it's just the device to move the story forward so you don't just watch it for 3 hours, it would take literally double the roster or random npc's for that to be possible.
@@Myhaay I know that it’s because of the rooster limitations but I’m still annoyed by it. Plus I wouldn’t mind a longer story mode, it would hopefully improve the writing 🤭
Quan chi and Shang were just the biggest bully instigators lmao. "I must consult with the Elder Gods" "By the elder gods!" "We must trust in the elder gods" "Where are the elder gods?"
To add about your moments when you question information you thought you knew. It's a mixture of you not knowing prior information and this reboot having different lore compared to the previous games, since it's a new timeline.
Just so you know, Liu Kang's death was actually an accident. Raiden meant to block the attack. But his lightning mixed with Liu Kang's fire which causes that
Scorpion is not evil, but his aggression and rage gets in the way of his judgment. So he ends up doing bad things. Like obeying Quan Chi. However, Sub-Zero (Bi-Han) is not a much of a hero either. He only defends Earthrealm when it benefits the Lin Kuei. He was only at the tournament because he was paid to be by Shang Tsung.
Mk11 story is amazing it feels/ends like avengers endgame with the ending of characters and growth for alot of them and resolutions its amazing and seeing clips from 1 seems like their doing their hardest to make it even better
The outcomes of the fights are set for the sake of the progression of the story. Also, Baraka is one of the most savage and powerful fighters in the outworld, so I get why you didn't buy him killing Shao Kahn, considering that they made him lose every battle, but he's a beast
Knowing what I know of the other games, “kill the sorcerers” would have been a 1000% better message for future Raiden to send than “he must win.” Wouldn’t have fixed everything, but damn would it have been better.
People when find out there are 2 Sub-Zero across the games have the same reaction when they find out that in Tekken there is a different King since Tekken 3 onwards.
The beginning was the aftermath of the Mortal Kombat Armageddon game (or Mortal Kombat 8 in terms of chronology). The video was cut, maybe for censoring reasons, since the start showed many characters dead... some who were literally bisected and beheaded. The battle of Armageddon would destroy reality itself since so many powers were being unleashed in one place at the same time.
Ayy, nice! Would've been pretty cool to see you playing the game in the story mode, mainly MK11 for me, but i know it would've needed buying and MK1 is right around the cornor so it's fsster and easier that way... Can't wait for MK11 and Aftermath!
@@Flitter9it was delisted due to copyright issues with Wes Craven’s estate involving Freddy Kruger. Plus the ps3 version includes a exclusive guest character: Kratos from God of War.
Actually both Liu kang and raiden's point of view are right and wrong, it makes sense for both of them. Raiden had faith in the elder gods until the end even when they didn't act. But Liu Kang's point of view is absolutly understandtable too since he lost his love and almost all of his friends. But also Raiden (and also the elder gods) failed him since all of his plans didn't work and because of that, half of the warrior died in vain. So it is obvious that he wouldn't trust raiden anymore. By the way, Shinnok (the guy we saw at the end with Quan Chi) was the main vilain of mortal kombat 4 ;)
Yeah Baraka and Reptile in this game’s story mode are such tragedies, you’ll notice these “jobbers” a lot where you never play as them and they always fight who you play (and inevitably lose)
Man, the fights in these cutscenes were really damn rough………especially compared to the actual fighting gameplay. Thankfully, this had gotten much better in the sequels.
For context about the intro: The intro picks up right after the end of mortal kombat armageddon- the previous game to this and the final game of the original timeline. The battle of armaggedon to get to the top and fight blaze results in the death of literally everyone. Liu kang, sonya, johnny cage, Baraka, Sub zero, scorpion, Shujinko, Shang Tsung, kung lao, etc. the only two survivors left are raiden and shao kahn. Shao unfortunately had beat raiden(bu the way, his eyes are red because he became corrupted in the last moments of the original timeline.) to the punch and managed to kill blaze, gaining immense power. Despite his efforts. Raiden is heaven senseless and in one last act, knowing its too late to save this world is to change the present. So he sent a message back in time to his past self in the events of the original trilogy in an attempt to stop armaggedon from ever happening.
"What just happened? Who's that?! Why is Kratos here?!?!" I do not blame you one bit. If I wasn't into MK, this compilation of story mode cutscenes and arcade ladder endings - one canon, the other not so much - would confuse tf out of me too
About Cyber Sub Zero's ending not having a Narrator: it was like that for everyone who got Cyber Sub Zero's Even in the IGN there was no Narration So its either: A. It was a bug that they couldnt fix Or B. It was intentional
When you do a Tower(meaning you fight 10 people in a row, snap Kahn being the last) in the game which ever character that you play as throughout the tower after you defeat Shao Kahn you get their specific ending, so that’s what that was at the end!
First Five Nights at Freddy's, then Portal, then Assassin's Creed and now Mortal Kombat...? Man am I having apophenia right now... Anyway awesome vids, can't wait till you check out MKX and Aftermath for MK11!
@@SHSLBLAZE I'm just a huuuge fan of all these games, and to see you playing/experiencing them in such a short amount of time is super epic! and not to mention your TSPUD playthrough, I'm super excited to what you're gonna be doing next! :D
Im late to the party here and you have probably been told by now but the 'he must win' meant shao kahn, if they stopped the invasion he would have come back even stronger, they had to let him win and start to merge the realms so that the elder gods would then interfere and destroy him.
Regarding why characters lose fights is due to the flawed chapter system, it’s the only reason why characters like Ermac lose to characters they should never lose to which is a perfect example on why I heavily dislike the chapter system soo much in story mode.
Also MK9 retells the story of MK 1, 2 and 3 after the Raiden of Armageddon in the brink of defeat sends vision of the future to his past self to change the future.
25:25 That IS NOT Sub-Zero THAT IS QUAN CHI Shapeshifted into Sub-Zero to frame the Lin Kuei Clan and so Scorpion would go against the wishes of Raiden
@@SHSLBLAZE OMG I'M FREAKING OUT I'm just a passionate fan of the franchise and I just loved the story and the way they kicked things off with MK9 and the events that transpired after that 😂🙏🏾
Aaaalright, guess I have to explain something from lore: - First of all intro, it`s end of Mortal Kombat: Armageddon, every powerful warrior fallen, except for Shao Kahn and Raiden. Raiden`s eyes red, because he died in MK, I guess it was "Deception". As a god, he can`t die forever, but when he resurrected, he became, what we call "Dark Raiden", black clothes and red lightnings. He no longer was PROTECTOR of Earthrealm, but a destroyer of POSSIBLE treats. - Sub-Zero is not a name, but a title, we know 3 Sub-Zeros, the ones we play, brothers Bi-Han and Kuai Liang and we also know, that their father used to have this title(yet we never saw this one). And yeah, Bi-Han, elder Sub-Zero, became Noob after his death and......we don`t really know if soulnado destroyed him or not. - Edenia is an another Realm, it had king Jarrod, queen Sindel and little princess Kitana. Edenia lost 10 times in Mortal Kombat tournament, so Shao Kahn killed Jarrod, forced Sindel to become his wife and accepted Kitana. Yet he secretly created Kitana`s clone with tarkatan`s blood(Baraka`s race). In original chronology, first timeline we know, he did it long thousands years ago and Kitana with Mileena thought, that they were sisters. And here.......Mileena was created way later. - Shinnok is a fallen Elder God, he turned against other Elder Gods, tried to conquer Earthrealm and was banished to Netherrealm and now he is ruler of this realm.......well, there is almost nothing to rule anyway.
Clarification on the Sub Zero’s In the original MK and the start of this game, the Sub Zero is Bi Han and he is canonically killed by Scorpion in between MK1 and MK2. And the Sub Zero from MK2 and onwards is Kuai Liang (the most known Sub Zero). Kuai Liang often has a scar over his right eye to differentiate him from Bi Han. And you well know that Bi Han became Noob Saibot
Raiden had red eyes because once he had died in the previous timeline. He was reborn, and touched by Shang Tsungs and Quan Chi’s magic, which had corrupted him. Turning him dark (NOT EVIL)
The Debate over the outfits for the women in the MK games is always a hot topic. There are people that love these outfits & of course there are those who feel they show too much skin But when it comes to MKX & especially MK 11 the debate skyrocketed. A good number of fans feel they are too covered up. It seems that Netherrealm is trying its best to do a good mix of both for the series though. Personally i love all the outfits i just some love some more than others. And im always looking forward to seeing what netherrealm does next.
Imo, the women's outfits in this game are way too much. It just seems hard to accept the lack of wardrobe malfunctions when it isn't even clear what's holding the clothes in place. Just doesn't seem functional for fighting in. Mileena gets a pass on it by virtue of being crazy enough to actually pick out an outfit like that for a death match, but then you get outfits like Sheeva's... seriously, how is that strap actually holding in place?!
@@rickypedia999 Video game logic. Besides MK 9 isn't the first game/series to have its characters in something like a bikini, bikini armor or something completely ridiculous and have no natural wardrobe malfunctions and it certainly wasn't the last (Tekken & Street Fighter are pretty good examples of this). Honestly its not that big of a deal imo. If anything these outfits are pretty tame compared to what anime games & shows do.
@justanotheranimeprofilepic2154 I'm choosing to headcanon that at least the Outrealm female characters are dressed like that because Shao Khan likes it better that way. It does seem like by X they've all stopped being quite so "lacking in imagination". In comparison, Sonia has a much more realistic outfit (though the loose jacket would still be impractical for Kombat)
"He could be playing on Easy." Just so you know, this fight was ASS, even on Easy. The final fight against Shao Khan is so relentlessly difficult on even the easiest difficulty settings that it's almost not worth playing to me. I lost to this man over... and over... and OVER AGAIN. It's sickening bro lol. The difficulty spike is insane compared to the curve of the entire rest of the game.
Dude, if you need details: After Bi Han(the subzero scorpion killed) died, kuai liang assumed the role of Sub-Zero to honor bi han, not knowing bi han would become Noob Saibot.
For what i know there are more realm apart from Outworld and Earthrealm (Earth), there are some that i don't remember but there's a Pure Chaos realm, there's Netherrealm (hell and also a reference to the game studio wich has the same name), and there was Edenia, an almost pacific realm that Shao Khan conquered and then fused it with Outwold by killing the King and taking his wife (Sindel) and his daughter (Kitana, thought she didn't know that), so the people who survived were called Edenians, after that Shao Khan asked Shang Tsung to create a clone out of Kitana's blood and Tarkatan DNA (Tarkatan being Baraka's race), out of that Mileena was born, though she looks like an adult she had a kid's mentality this entire game
Btw bi Han was the first subzero and the second one you see after bi Han died is kuai liang (my favorite subzero) he’s the subzero in MK X and 11 as well
Raiden "Elder gods you must do something" The elder gods **Refuse to do anything** also Raiden "May the elder gods protect you" Bruh are you fr? F you elder gods
Freddy Krueger is also a DLC in this game in most of those ending cutscenes are not canon exactly those are the tower mode endings so those are not part of the story mode
2:08:06 No, not really. It`s called "Kombat Pack", basically DLC kombatans. It`s started endings of tower, basically it is "What if [character`s name] defeated Shao Kahn?"
I feel like everyone is reacting to the opposite things they usually do because my favourite mk reactors reacted to danganronpa v3 executions I'm so confused yet so HAPPY😂😂
Okay about lore to one point we had 2 sub zero's and ressurected scorpion one sub zero that didnt killed scorpion's family was killed by him and our sub zero that we know through another games is still alive as u can see
Kratos and freddy kruger are dlc characters obviously Also shinnok is the ruler of the netherrealm and is a corrupt elder god who was sealed away in his amulet
So Scorpion when starting out was NOT evil... nor was he really good either... Scorpion has always been neutral, he has his own motives Now, Sub-Zero on the other hand.... There are 2 different Sub-Zeros... There's the 1st, his name was Bi-Han, then there's the 2nd, his younger brother Kuai-Liang Bi-Han, the original Sub-Zero that Scorpion wanted dead, was evil... Bi-Han was always a ruthless asshole, and it was said that Bi-Han slaughtered Scorpions ENTIRE clan including his wife, Harumi & his son, Satoshi.... That's why Scorpion wants his revenge So Scorpion gets his revenge and kills the original Sub-Zero, Bi-Han.... Now, while Bi-Han was the original Sub-Zero, his younger brother Kuai-Liang was going by the name of Tundra at the time, but when Scorpion murdered his older brother Bi-Han, Kuai-Liand then took the mantle of Sub-Zero to honor him... But since Scorpion killed Bi-Hab, that enabled Quan-Chi to take the original Sub-Zero's soul, corrupt it even further than it already was, and resurrect Bi-Han the same way he did Scorpion, thus giving birth to Noob Saibot
Bo' Rai Cho was absent during the tournament because he is from Edenia, which was assimilated with Outworld millennia ago, so he is technically a citizen of Outworld. As he is a citizen of Outworld, he's prohibited from fighting the other Outworld warriors. So he instead chooses to teach the Shaolin Monks his vast set of skills in preparation of the Mortal Kombat tournament at the Wu Shi Academy. He has been an ally and longtime friend of Raiden, Liu Kang, and Kung Lao for many years. He is the former master of Liu Kang, Kung Lao, and his ancient ancestor the Great Kung Lao, who was killed by Goro five hundred years prior to this tournament.
The rivalry between subzero and scorpion is that subzero killed Scorpions family and him but in reality is that Quan chi was disguised as sub zero then killed the Shirai ryu (scorpions clan) but scorpion didn't know it was Quan chi so his anger was directed at sub zero And also the quick shot of who you thought was ermac was actually noob saibot
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Man...Quan Chi was a top tier instigator lol
Fr 😂
That's why I love beating the crap outta him! Man's a menace, and not in a fun way either!!! 😤
BIG FAX
Fr Tho😂😂
He annoys me sm lore and gameplay wise💀
The Sub Zero from the beginning of the game is Bi-Han the eldest brother. He's the Sub Zero from the original Mortal Kombat arcade game and the prequel "Mythologies: Sub Zero" game that Raiden references when he said he once fought against Shinnok and Quan Chi after his death. He becomes Noob Saibot.
The 2nd Sub Zero is Kuai Liang, the younger brother. This Sub Zero is the one you see in every other mortal Kombat game, from MK 2 to MK Armageddon, and MK9, 10 and 11. Making him the main Sub Zero in this franchise.
To explain few things:
1. The intro you saw is a bit cut. It showed the aftermath of the MK: Armageddon game, where only MK character that survived were Shao Kahn and Raiden. Raiden got red eyes becaue in original timeline, after MK: Deception (or it's sequel, I dont really remmeber) Raiden died, but was reborn as more dark and more violent version of him. He was still protecting Earthrealm, but he wasn't leaving second chances anymore, it was "Don't come to Earthrealm or you will die".
2. The exposed outfits for women in this game was simply a product of it's time, where doing such was mainstream (like in original God of War series, where the style was similar). But this game is quite a bit exaggerated, the outfits, the moves, the overall style of graphics and etc., next games have much less of that.
But I'm glad you liked it. For most people (including me) MK9 was the intro to the series, but of cource it is not without it's failures and poor chocies. THAT Sindel scene was made for shock value, showing edginess and etc., but in the sequels it's concequences are still hindering things. And why MK 1 is a reboot of the series once again.
Oh and yeah, if you're not got that already, MK9 covers concepts and events of first three MK games, rebooting the series for new players to attract.
And one more last thing: If you like DC comics and it's characters, I suggest to check out Injustice series (once you finish with MK1 of cource). It is made by the same studio and people that make MK and it is worth checking out. But again - if you know and like DC characters at least on basic level. But if not, well, sadly that would be confusing if you'll decide to check it out.
There is also Mortal Kombat vs DC Universe, where they collide. I thought it was pretty fun, but had no idea what Mortal Kombat was at the time.
"Product of its time"
Yeah, when games weren't shit.
One thing is that MK9 don't cover the events accurately and put a new spin on the events to introduce new characters!
Ex - Quan Chi is there in moments where it's supposed to be Shang Tsung, as Quan Chi was introduced in MK4 and wasn't in the trilogy.
Ex - Instead of Smoke turning into a cyborg, it's Sub-Zero.
Many more!
Shinnok Was Also Alive He Was Plotting Against Earthrealm From Behind The Scenes He Was Talking Too Quan Chi
Scorpion never was evil even in the old games, he was someone that just kept getting screwed over.
Made some real bad choices along the way tho.
@@grizzlymelon8376 Well Having You’re Family & Entire Clan Slain Will Do That Too U🤦🏽♂️🤷🏽♂️Oh & Also Being Betrayed
Mortal Kombat 9 easily had the best story. Always kept me interested through and through. Still can't wait for X though!
idk now that mortal kombat 1 is out i'd say thats best (despite its issues)
MK1 is certainly my favorite story mode.
I think MK1 has the best story now tbh
mk1 takes that spot now
And now mk1 is the best one
Shao Kahn is busted beyond belief in this game. But ironically, Raiden's moveset counters him hard.
I cannot WAIT for you to watch MKX and MK11/Aftermath! Their story modes are amazing!
"Imagine a god Liu Kang."
*cough* *cough*
Yuupp😂😂
Spoilers, my friends.
This is an alternate retelling of MK through MK3. Originally, Sub zero showed up to assassinate Shang Tsung, but Scorpion killed Sub zero first, because sub zero killed him (the reason scorpion is undead). Similarly, Sonya was only there to hunt Kano, who killed her partner. Johnny and Liu Kang were the only contestants to make it as far as Facing Goro, But Liu Kang defeated him and then Shang Tsung. When the Island collapsed, Tsung kidnapped Sonya, taking her to outworld.
MK2 started with Jax finding out about Sonya and volunteering to go with Liu kang and Kung Lao after Shang Tsung. Meanwhile, Tsung convinced the emperor to host another double or nothing tournament to try one last time to take earthrealm. At the same time, Kuai Liang and smoke arrive in outworld to investigate Bi Han(sub zero 1)'s disappearance. Scorpion discovers Kuai Liang and believes it's the ghost of Bi han, so he starts to hunt him. At some point, the lin kuei start to kidnap and turn their soldiers into robots, and they kidnap and transform smoke. With no clan or allies left, kuai liang turns to raiden for help and participates in the outworld tournament. Scorpion watches and realized he isn't Bi Han. He feels guilty, so he protects sub zero from the shadows while in outworld and after. The story ends with Liu Kang defeating shao khan and preventing a realm merge forever.
In Mk3, Khan resurrects his dead queen in earthrealm, causing a distortion between realities that somehow allows him to invade earthrealm. He takes advantage, raising hell. A number of earthrealm fighters are killed but magically brought back because of the rifts in reality. Among them were johnny and kabal, who got turned into burned toast. In the end, Only Kung Lao and Liu Kang stood to face Shao Khan. Khan beat Kung Lao, supposedly killing him(he didn't). Liu Kang becomes enraged and beats Khan's ass, sending him back to outworld.
The differences here are all intentional, as are the follow up changes in MKX, which is a retelling of MK4 and sort of 5?
MK4 starts a with Quan chi stirring shit up by setting his enemies against each other. He has Tanya betray the edenians, he sicks baraka and Reiko against the throne of outworld, and he kills scorpion's family and tells scorpion that Kuai Liang did it to avenge Bi Han. once everyone is indisposed with their rivalries, he uses shinnok's amulet (stolen from raiden by Bi Han in MK mythologies: sub zero) to summon shinnok. Liu Kang defeats shinnok, and he and raiden banish the disgraced god again. Raiden is made into an elder god. Scorpion finds Kuai Liang and beats his ass half to death before it's discovered that quan chi lied to him. The story ends with Liu Kang being revered again and Scorpion dragging Quan Chi to the netherrealm to torture him for eternity.
Deadly alliance/deception is where quan chi escapes and finds Onaga's army. Shang Tsung had been gone the whole time powering himself up with more souls. The two partner up and murder Liu Kang and Shao Khan, and then everyone else except for sub zero and kung lao. The story of MKX only kind of gets this far, as everything is different with everyone turning into revenants and scorpion getting his life back. Then there's the fact that Johnny beats Shinnok since Liu was busy being a zombie. Zombie liu kang is a callback to raiden's zombie liu kang in deception. Evil raiden in MKX and MK11 is also a callback to when raiden exploded in deception and came back evil. He remained evil until khan killed him in Armageddon, which you see at the very beginning of mk9, hence the black cape and red eyes. Full circle. Now you're caught up on all the main shits.
An annoying thing that’s always bothered me in this game and it’s sequels is that the story mode portrays your opponent as so damn weak cause you win every match. Ermac and barka should not be taking so many losses like that when in the story they are GENERALS
Ermac should be stronger, Baraka is and always has been a jobber, I think he didn't won even in the older games
Naw man even in the old games they’re getting hoe’d in their endings lol. Especially baraka. In one of his endings he even dies lol. He’s always been a jobber
how do people not realize it's a roster limitation, you can't have both a long story-mode and consistent power-scaling, like you see with sonya vs raiden, winning your gameplay match means jackshit, it's just the device to move the story forward so you don't just watch it for 3 hours, it would take literally double the roster or random npc's for that to be possible.
@@Myhaay I know that it’s because of the rooster limitations but I’m still annoyed by it. Plus I wouldn’t mind a longer story mode, it would hopefully improve the writing 🤭
Not mentioning reptile constantly getting screwed till MK1 is criminal
Quan chi and Shang were just the biggest bully instigators lmao.
"I must consult with the Elder Gods"
"By the elder gods!"
"We must trust in the elder gods"
"Where are the elder gods?"
To add about your moments when you question information you thought you knew. It's a mixture of you not knowing prior information and this reboot having different lore compared to the previous games, since it's a new timeline.
Just so you know, Liu Kang's death was actually an accident. Raiden meant to block the attack. But his lightning mixed with Liu Kang's fire which causes that
MK9 Story Mode
Chapter 1:Johnny Cage
Fight 1:Reptile
Fight 2:Baraka
Fight 3:Sonya
Fight 4:Kano
Chapter 2:Sonya
Fight 1:Sub-Zero
Fight 2:Raiden
Fight 3:Kitana & Jade
Fight 4:Kano
Chapter 3:Scorpion
Fight 1:Kung Lao
Fight 2:Nightwolf
Fight 3:Cyrax & Sektor
Fight 4:Sub-Zero
Chapter 4:Cyrax
Fight 1:Sheeva
Fight 2:Baraka
Fight 3:Johnny Cage
Fight 4:Sektor
Chapter 5:Liu Kang
Fight 1:Ermac
Fight 2:Kitana
Fight 3:Scorpion & Quan Chi
Fight 4:Goro
Fight 5:Shang Tsung
Chapter 6:Jax
Fight 1:Baraka
Fight 2:Johnny Cage
Fight 3:Jade
Fight 4:Sheeva
Chapter 7:Smoke
Fight 1:Kitana
Fight 2:Kano
Fight 3:Shang Tsung & Reptile
Fight 4:Sektor
Chapter 8:Sub-Zero
Fight 1:Cyrax
Fight 2:Ermac
Fight 3:Reptile
Fight 4:Scorpion
Chapter 9:Kitana
Fight 1:Smoke & Johnny Cage
Fight 2:Jade
Fight 3:Mileena
Fight 4:Shang Tsung
Chapter 10:Jade
Fight 1:Baraka
Fight 2:Sheeva
Fight 3:Mileena
Fight 4:Smoke
Chapter 11:Kung Lao
Fight 1:Noob Saibot
Fight 2:Goro
Fight 3:Shang Tsung & Quan Chi
Fight 4:Kintaro
Liu Kang-Fight 5:Shao Kahn
Chapter 12:Stryker
Fight 1:Reptile
Fight 2:Mileena
Fight 3:Kintaro
Fight 4:Ermac
Chapter 13:Kabal
Fight 1:Kano
Fight 2:Mileena & Noob Saibot
Fight 3:Cyber Sub-Zero
Fight 4:Sheeva
Chapter 14:Cyber Sub-Zero
Fight 1:Sektor
Fight 2:Goro & Kintaro
Fight 3:Ermac
Fight 4:Noob Saibot
Chapter 15:Nightwolf
Fight 1:Quan Chi
Fight 2:Cyrax
Fight 3:Sektor
Fight 4:Sindel
Chapter 16:Raiden
Fight 1:Scorpion
Fight 2:Jax,Stryker,Kabal
Fight 3:Kitana,Nightwolf,Kung Lao
Fight 4:Liu Kang
Fight 5:Shao Kahn
End Of STORY MODE
Scorpion is not evil, but his aggression and rage gets in the way of his judgment. So he ends up doing bad things. Like obeying Quan Chi. However, Sub-Zero (Bi-Han) is not a much of a hero either. He only defends Earthrealm when it benefits the Lin Kuei. He was only at the tournament because he was paid to be by Shang Tsung.
Mk11 story is amazing it feels/ends like avengers endgame with the ending of characters and growth for alot of them and resolutions its amazing and seeing clips from 1 seems like their doing their hardest to make it even better
Mortal Kombat was my favorite when I was little lol
The outcomes of the fights are set for the sake of the progression of the story. Also, Baraka is one of the most savage and powerful fighters in the outworld, so I get why you didn't buy him killing Shao Kahn, considering that they made him lose every battle, but he's a beast
Knowing what I know of the other games, “kill the sorcerers” would have been a 1000% better message for future Raiden to send than “he must win.” Wouldn’t have fixed everything, but damn would it have been better.
Don't say stupid things.
You need to watch all the fatalities of MK9 and MKX.
Just make sure also include the dlcs, stage fatalities and babalities
Don't forget mkx brutalities
People when find out there are 2 Sub-Zero across the games have the same reaction when they find out that in Tekken there is a different King since Tekken 3 onwards.
The beginning was the aftermath of the Mortal Kombat Armageddon game (or Mortal Kombat 8 in terms of chronology). The video was cut, maybe for censoring reasons, since the start showed many characters dead... some who were literally bisected and beheaded. The battle of Armageddon would destroy reality itself since so many powers were being unleashed in one place at the same time.
Ayy, nice! Would've been pretty cool to see you playing the game in the story mode, mainly MK11 for me, but i know it would've needed buying and MK1 is right around the cornor so it's fsster and easier that way... Can't wait for MK11 and Aftermath!
I don’t mind buying MK11 and playing it honestly.
I just don’t have a ps3/Xbox for 9.
I could get 10. :o
@@SHSLBLAZE MK9 Ultimate is actually on Steam if you want to play it
@@Flitter9 IT IS?! INSTANT COP
@@Flitter9it was delisted due to copyright issues with Wes Craven’s estate involving Freddy Kruger. Plus the ps3 version includes a exclusive guest character: Kratos from God of War.
Ah, I was unaware. Bummer.@@dylanlee3324 May still be able to find a gift key floating around though.
Actually both Liu kang and raiden's point of view are right and wrong, it makes sense for both of them. Raiden had faith in the elder gods until the end even when they didn't act.
But Liu Kang's point of view is absolutly understandtable too since he lost his love and almost all of his friends. But also Raiden (and also the elder gods) failed him since all of his plans didn't work and because of that, half of the warrior died in vain.
So it is obvious that he wouldn't trust raiden anymore.
By the way, Shinnok (the guy we saw at the end with Quan Chi) was the main vilain of mortal kombat 4 ;)
If Liu Kang were to have gone along with Raiden's plan, Shao Kahn would've killed Liu Kang first.
Yeah Baraka and Reptile in this game’s story mode are such tragedies, you’ll notice these “jobbers” a lot where you never play as them and they always fight who you play (and inevitably lose)
Man, the fights in these cutscenes were really damn rough………especially compared to the actual fighting gameplay. Thankfully, this had gotten much better in the sequels.
For context about the intro:
The intro picks up right after the end of mortal kombat armageddon- the previous game to this and the final game of the original timeline. The battle of armaggedon to get to the top and fight blaze results in the death of literally everyone. Liu kang, sonya, johnny cage, Baraka, Sub zero, scorpion, Shujinko, Shang Tsung, kung lao, etc. the only two survivors left are raiden and shao kahn.
Shao unfortunately had beat raiden(bu the way, his eyes are red because he became corrupted in the last moments of the original timeline.) to the punch and managed to kill blaze, gaining immense power.
Despite his efforts. Raiden is heaven senseless and in one last act, knowing its too late to save this world is to change the present. So he sent a message back in time to his past self in the events of the original trilogy in an attempt to stop armaggedon from ever happening.
"What just happened? Who's that?! Why is Kratos here?!?!"
I do not blame you one bit. If I wasn't into MK, this compilation of story mode cutscenes and arcade ladder endings - one canon, the other not so much - would confuse tf out of me too
Nah boy, those outfits are great. Really brings out the best in everyone
About Cyber Sub Zero's ending not having a Narrator: it was like that for everyone who got Cyber Sub Zero's
Even in the IGN there was no Narration
So its either:
A. It was a bug that they couldnt fix
Or
B. It was intentional
When you do a Tower(meaning you fight 10 people in a row, snap Kahn being the last) in the game which ever character that you play as throughout the tower after you defeat Shao Kahn you get their specific ending, so that’s what that was at the end!
First Five Nights at Freddy's, then Portal, then Assassin's Creed and now Mortal Kombat...? Man am I having apophenia right now...
Anyway awesome vids, can't wait till you check out MKX and Aftermath for MK11!
Sounds super random when you put it like that 😂 but I’m having a ton of fun.
@@SHSLBLAZE I'm just a huuuge fan of all these games, and to see you playing/experiencing them in such a short amount of time is super epic! and not to mention your TSPUD playthrough, I'm super excited to what you're gonna be doing next! :D
Im late to the party here and you have probably been told by now but the 'he must win' meant shao kahn, if they stopped the invasion he would have come back even stronger, they had to let him win and start to merge the realms so that the elder gods would then interfere and destroy him.
Wait till MK1 baraka is a monster they gave both him and reptile the justice they truly deserve and i love it
Regarding why characters lose fights is due to the flawed chapter system, it’s the only reason why characters like Ermac lose to characters they should never lose to which is a perfect example on why I heavily dislike the chapter system soo much in story mode.
1:06:38 Shao Kahn starts spilling all of the hot tea
Glad your doing the story bro!
Also MK9 retells the story of MK 1, 2 and 3 after the Raiden of Armageddon in the brink of defeat sends vision of the future to his past self to change the future.
25:25 That IS NOT Sub-Zero
THAT IS QUAN CHI Shapeshifted into Sub-Zero to frame the Lin Kuei Clan and so Scorpion would go against the wishes of Raiden
Yea they explained that later in the video. Thank you! 🙏
@@SHSLBLAZE OMG I'M FREAKING OUT
I'm just a passionate fan of the franchise and I just loved the story and the way they kicked things off with MK9 and the events that transpired after that 😂🙏🏾
I'm literally still watching your video right now 😂😂
@@hbgsquadtv1215 you’re awesome
@@SHSLBLAZE I just love the commentary it's hilarious 😂
Aaaalright, guess I have to explain something from lore:
- First of all intro, it`s end of Mortal Kombat: Armageddon, every powerful warrior fallen, except for Shao Kahn and Raiden. Raiden`s eyes red, because he died in MK, I guess it was "Deception". As a god, he can`t die forever, but when he resurrected, he became, what we call "Dark Raiden", black clothes and red lightnings. He no longer was PROTECTOR of Earthrealm, but a destroyer of POSSIBLE treats.
- Sub-Zero is not a name, but a title, we know 3 Sub-Zeros, the ones we play, brothers Bi-Han and Kuai Liang and we also know, that their father used to have this title(yet we never saw this one). And yeah, Bi-Han, elder Sub-Zero, became Noob after his death and......we don`t really know if soulnado destroyed him or not.
- Edenia is an another Realm, it had king Jarrod, queen Sindel and little princess Kitana. Edenia lost 10 times in Mortal Kombat tournament, so Shao Kahn killed Jarrod, forced Sindel to become his wife and accepted Kitana. Yet he secretly created Kitana`s clone with tarkatan`s blood(Baraka`s race). In original chronology, first timeline we know, he did it long thousands years ago and Kitana with Mileena thought, that they were sisters. And here.......Mileena was created way later.
- Shinnok is a fallen Elder God, he turned against other Elder Gods, tried to conquer Earthrealm and was banished to Netherrealm and now he is ruler of this realm.......well, there is almost nothing to rule anyway.
Clarification on the Sub Zero’s
In the original MK and the start of this game, the Sub Zero is Bi Han and he is canonically killed by Scorpion in between MK1 and MK2. And the Sub Zero from MK2 and onwards is Kuai Liang (the most known Sub Zero). Kuai Liang often has a scar over his right eye to differentiate him from Bi Han. And you well know that Bi Han became Noob Saibot
The Armageddon trailer or cutscene (whatever it is) gives context to the beginning of the story mode
I love this story and I can't wait to see mortal kombat 10
POV: Me if Blaze Watches Inanimate Ronpa Rewind 😱
1:06:47 EMOTIONAL DAMAGE
MK9 IS THE GOAT 🐐
Raiden had red eyes because once he had died in the previous timeline. He was reborn, and touched by Shang Tsungs and Quan Chi’s magic, which had corrupted him. Turning him dark (NOT EVIL)
The Debate over the outfits for the women in the MK games is always a hot topic. There are people that love these outfits & of course there are those who feel they show too much skin But when it comes to MKX & especially MK 11 the debate skyrocketed. A good number of fans feel they are too covered up. It seems that Netherrealm is trying its best to do a good mix of both for the series though.
Personally i love all the outfits i just some love some more than others. And im always looking forward to seeing what netherrealm does next.
Imo, the women's outfits in this game are way too much. It just seems hard to accept the lack of wardrobe malfunctions when it isn't even clear what's holding the clothes in place. Just doesn't seem functional for fighting in. Mileena gets a pass on it by virtue of being crazy enough to actually pick out an outfit like that for a death match, but then you get outfits like Sheeva's... seriously, how is that strap actually holding in place?!
@@rickypedia999 Video game logic. Besides MK 9 isn't the first game/series to have its characters in something like a bikini, bikini armor or something completely ridiculous and have no natural wardrobe malfunctions and it certainly wasn't the last (Tekken & Street Fighter are pretty good examples of this). Honestly its not that big of a deal imo.
If anything these outfits are pretty tame compared to what anime games & shows do.
To me the outfits in this game are just that bit too much. You know they are only dressed that way for sex appeal and it just feels wrong
@justanotheranimeprofilepic2154 I'm choosing to headcanon that at least the Outrealm female characters are dressed like that because Shao Khan likes it better that way. It does seem like by X they've all stopped being quite so "lacking in imagination". In comparison, Sonia has a much more realistic outfit (though the loose jacket would still be impractical for Kombat)
@@justanotheranimeprofilepic *Shrugs* They aren't real so it doesn't really matter that much And there isn't anything wrong with sex appeal.
you should do the mk11 friendships after this they're really cool to be fair
"He could be playing on Easy." Just so you know, this fight was ASS, even on Easy. The final fight against Shao Khan is so relentlessly difficult on even the easiest difficulty settings that it's almost not worth playing to me. I lost to this man over... and over... and OVER AGAIN. It's sickening bro lol. The difficulty spike is insane compared to the curve of the entire rest of the game.
Dude, if you need details: After Bi Han(the subzero scorpion killed) died, kuai liang assumed the role of Sub-Zero to honor bi han, not knowing bi han would become Noob Saibot.
For what i know there are more realm apart from Outworld and Earthrealm (Earth), there are some that i don't remember but there's a Pure Chaos realm, there's Netherrealm (hell and also a reference to the game studio wich has the same name), and there was Edenia, an almost pacific realm that Shao Khan conquered and then fused it with Outwold by killing the King and taking his wife (Sindel) and his daughter (Kitana, thought she didn't know that), so the people who survived were called Edenians, after that Shao Khan asked Shang Tsung to create a clone out of Kitana's blood and Tarkatan DNA (Tarkatan being Baraka's race), out of that Mileena was born, though she looks like an adult she had a kid's mentality this entire game
Johnny takes his shirt off and he's the coolest, the women wear much more than bathing suits and it's appalling.. 😂
There's nothing appalling about it.
Btw bi Han was the first subzero and the second one you see after bi Han died is kuai liang (my favorite subzero) he’s the subzero in MK X and 11 as well
Raiden "Elder gods you must do something"
The elder gods **Refuse to do anything**
also Raiden "May the elder gods protect you"
Bruh are you fr? F you elder gods
The elder gods are like the government in the MK universe lol
@@jessevasquez4387they are laziest characters I show no remorse when they died in mk11
Freddy Krueger is also a DLC in this game in most of those ending cutscenes are not canon exactly those are the tower mode endings so those are not part of the story mode
40:29 and this vs DC which obviously is before or after hopping between timelines where they make it canon with injustice and mk 11 dlcs
2:08:06 No, not really. It`s called "Kombat Pack", basically DLC kombatans. It`s started endings of tower, basically it is "What if [character`s name] defeated Shao Kahn?"
You know looking back I have to wonder what they said to Johnny to convince him to come to an island and not believe this is a show
2:21:59 oh yeah, IMAGINE a god Liu Kang
This game is basically mk1 2 and 3 stacked ontop of each other with some small changes
Some playable versions of Shao Kahn recover HP by using taunts... but this one only has them to make him easier to beat.
Now i want to see your reaction to MKX, have a feeling you'll enjoy that one AND the new characters as well
Stryker's heavily underestimated.
Hi blaze!
You should do the other mortal mom at story modes
I feel like everyone is reacting to the opposite things they usually do because my favourite mk reactors reacted to danganronpa v3 executions I'm so confused yet so HAPPY😂😂
Im excited for the new one which is next week or the following
Homie why does Mileena look so smashable in MK9 😭
Get the brown bag💀😭
Why not?
@@Peekaboo6969 ¿?
Noob saibot actually survived what you'll see soon maybe not in the next game but later that all I'm going to say about that statement
Im interested to see him try and understand the lore of Blazblue now
*opens up an encyclopedia*
Okay about lore to one point we had 2 sub zero's and ressurected scorpion one sub zero that didnt killed scorpion's family was killed by him and our sub zero that we know through another games is still alive as u can see
help, i laughed soo hard with this 😭
Anyways,
Day: (sadly i forgott lol) ? Asking you to play Doors
Imagine a god liu kang as a playable character
Any body gonna talk about the intro shao Kahn's skin it's his MK VS DC Skin
a lot of the designs and voice actors are from MK vs DC
Just wait until MK X you’ll learn a lot more about the sub zero and scorpion story, it gets way better
scorpion arcade ending literally spoiled everything
Not related to the vid, but I like your Sanrio t-shirt
ANOTHER PLOT TWIST ermac Kitana's real father shao kanh only wanted her mother
This story mode gave me nightmares when I played it lol the 1,v 2 fights were so annoying
Pls react to the cutscenes of mkx ❤
I’d suggest you check out mk temple’s Komplete mortal kombat timeline playlist he goes in depth through all the games events in chronological order
Kratos and freddy kruger are dlc characters obviously
Also shinnok is the ruler of the netherrealm and is a corrupt elder god who was sealed away in his amulet
I love mk9 so much
I wanna see you react to mortal kombat 10 and 11 now!
Excuse me but Liu Kang is the Michael Jordan of Mortal Kombat
Who is Sub Zero and Scorpion in NBA terms
We definitely need more mortal kombat videos!
So Scorpion when starting out was NOT evil... nor was he really good either... Scorpion has always been neutral, he has his own motives
Now, Sub-Zero on the other hand.... There are 2 different Sub-Zeros... There's the 1st, his name was Bi-Han, then there's the 2nd, his younger brother Kuai-Liang
Bi-Han, the original Sub-Zero that Scorpion wanted dead, was evil... Bi-Han was always a ruthless asshole, and it was said that Bi-Han slaughtered Scorpions ENTIRE clan including his wife, Harumi & his son, Satoshi.... That's why Scorpion wants his revenge
So Scorpion gets his revenge and kills the original Sub-Zero, Bi-Han.... Now, while Bi-Han was the original Sub-Zero, his younger brother Kuai-Liang was going by the name of Tundra at the time, but when Scorpion murdered his older brother Bi-Han, Kuai-Liand then took the mantle of Sub-Zero to honor him...
But since Scorpion killed Bi-Hab, that enabled Quan-Chi to take the original Sub-Zero's soul, corrupt it even further than it already was, and resurrect Bi-Han the same way he did Scorpion, thus giving birth to Noob Saibot
1:15:!4 as kung lao being my favorite,that was my same reaction
look how they massacred my boy
20:58
React to Mortal kombat Legend : Scorpion's revenge and you'll know
Hey, Could you also Try playing Sister location Custom night, if you haven't already? ❤
Yesssss!!!
Bo' Rai Cho was absent during the tournament because he is from Edenia, which was assimilated with Outworld millennia ago, so he is technically a citizen of Outworld. As he is a citizen of Outworld, he's prohibited from fighting the other Outworld warriors. So he instead chooses to teach the Shaolin Monks his vast set of skills in preparation of the Mortal Kombat tournament at the Wu Shi Academy. He has been an ally and longtime friend of Raiden, Liu Kang, and Kung Lao for many years. He is the former master of Liu Kang, Kung Lao, and his ancient ancestor the Great Kung Lao, who was killed by Goro five hundred years prior to this tournament.
Mk X next
1:58:39
Yeesh I bet you haven't experienced MK: Deadly Alliance. That shit hurt right there.
The rivalry between subzero and scorpion is that subzero killed Scorpions family and him but in reality is that Quan chi was disguised as sub zero then killed the Shirai ryu (scorpions clan) but scorpion didn't know it was Quan chi so his anger was directed at sub zero
And also the quick shot of who you thought was ermac was actually noob saibot
where garten of ban ban lmao anyways nice vid
You should check out metal Gear rising
Cool!!!
I love your channel no rush but when are you playing garten of banban 2??
Quan Chi top tier villain
Mkx Says Otherwise🤦🏽♂️😂😂
@@jamichealruizStill top tier villain.