History Of Shang Tsung Mortal Kombat 11 (REMASTERED)

Hey guys!
Welcome to another Mortal Kombat 11 video!
Into todays 'History of' video I wanted to celebrate the DLC release of Shang Tsung! And what a better way of doing then remastering an old video of mine to get you all up to date with what exactl has been going on with the soccerer within Mortal Kombat 11!
Now this idea/rule will also be applied to each of the upcoming DLC characters within the Kombat Pack so definitely expect a 'History Of Nightwolf' and 'History Of Sindel' In the future!
With guest characters on the horizon I wont be giving them full blown background breakdown but I will be doing something special for each of them!
Hopefully you enjoy this video and come away learning more! Its been a long while since Ive put one of these together but I wanted to take my time and make sure that when I put It out that It'd be how I imagined it!
Anyway what are your thoughts on the villianous Shang Tsung? Hes always been an iconic bad guy within the series and In MK11 they really solidify this by having a nice call to the original MK movie by including Cary Tagawa!
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[@eddie2000ad]

Shang tsung's design in mk11 is amazing

[@chillencounter422]

Eddie Becerra indeed he is my main in mk11 he sure do have great combos

[@dominiquepowell3158]

Agree! That design is just perfect!

[@manupainkiller]

He looks exactly as in the movie.

[@jackcutter2]

If you press "start" on the second given variation of his, he has the exact same outfit and colours of his movie attire

[@colem631]

He's so sassy

[@Alloyd876]

Its so Rad that they modeled him after Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa, who played him in the movie

[@SplendaMamii]

Henry Walker I was about to comment on that

[@Alloyd876]

@Ty Ty bro that character model in mk11 Hiroyuki go look at the side by side. That looks nothing like Kim

[@thomashylemon9975]

@@Alloyd876 he was joking lol

[@Alloyd876]

@@thomashylemon9975 lol

[@blo0dysmiles297]

Well ya they got the same actor to voice him damn straight there gonna make him look like him to XD

[@breffaloco]

Anybody else Love the fact they Kept the Movie Shang Tsung and made him the Default Shank tsung

[@gaelofariandel6747]

Shank?

[@bigfrankfraser1391]

plus the "your soul is mine" is a movie invention they decided to add to the game afterwards

[@fernandositorus1384]

Shank Tsung the Imposter Master

[@michaelcallison1157]

He stole the show for sure. Big fan

[@camiloordonez]

Shank Sug

[@gjtrue]

Not exactly "decades" as you mentioned after the Great Kung Lao's defeat, but centuries. Shang Tsung and Goro held Outworld's winning streak for over 500 years until Liu Kang won.

[@canadian__ninja]

If you want to get technical centuries can still be described by decades, though thats being picky.

[@amiciastanleyfanpage6573]

Wrong it went on for 9 tournaments till lui kang beat them and theres a tournament every 50 years so 50X9 is 450 years

[@nzephier]

And then Cassandra cage beats super sayain shinnok.

[@justindeliwe8065]

Actually guys each mk tournament is held very 50 years

[@amiciastanleyfanpage6573]

@@justindeliwe8065 That's what we all said

[@maxvogt3515]

Shao Kahn: “NOW I NEED TO WIN ANOTHER 10 MORTAL KOMBATS AND ITS YOUR FAULT!! EXECUTE HIM!” Shang Tsung: “what if... we did a mortal kombat... here?” Shao Kahn: “I’m listening”

[@hugoprince868]

Did you miswrite their name on purpose?

[@maxvogt3515]

Hugo Prince no, thanks for pointing it out, even if it was sarcastic.

[@wingedbluj1674]

Well technically, it was held in Outworld so Kahn could have the advantage, as going into another Realm that he hadn't merged with Outworld weakens him just like Raiden leaving Earthrealm also weakens him. Plus, the real idea was an all-or-nothing rematch.

[@maxvogt3515]

Winged BluJ the idea that raiden leaving earth realm affecting his powers was only for nether realm and if he stayed there too long he would lose them. This was retconed anyway and the reason they held the next tournament in outworld (in both timelines) was to make the custom rule that if outworld wins, they would merge earthrealm immediately, but if they lost they could never try take earthrealm again. Obviously the answer was no, but changed it to a yes because the tarkatans had attacked the Shaolin monastery kidnapping Sonya blade and Kano to bait them into going.

[@ccelite3782]

Shao Kahn: *how bout i take the credit for that plan and kill you still?* Shang Tsung: *wait, NO-*

[@sergeydukman5832]

Shang Tsung was underrated for so long. He is one of the top 3 MK characters.

[@Toneclark-kk6kt]

HE IS A COOL CHARACTER

[@abrahamgonzalez8270]

He’s the most evil villain in Mortal Kombat

[@adamflux2]

I took from mk11 that his spirit retreated to haunt his island in the Krypt and it’s my personal headcanon that he’s only being so helpful to the delver of the krypt because he intends to possess him and revive himself once he has collected all the powers and items strewn around the island.

[@nicholasbennett7367]

My theory is 5.99 unlocked his soul 2 years ago

[@Aivottaja]

I think he's hands down the best villain of the series. Cunning, manipulative and often completely unapologetic about himself.

[@subanamatya4717]

That snake is back in MK11: Aftermath

[@archiew168]

Even though he is a villain, he is one of my favourite MK characters with such a long and interesting history.

[@dani09432]

Great video, but this makes me want to consult with the elder gods.

[@ermac9275]

Shang Tsung is really the main bad guy in the whole Mortal Kombat series if you think about it

[@suniface71]

Shang Tsung is still at the bottom. He cannot win his own fights & normally needs help from someone else to suceed. Whenever he does go 1 on 1 he gets demolished as evidenced by the fact hes been defeated and/or outsmarted by Lui Kang, Quan Chi, Shao Kahn, Raiden, Kitana, Kenshi, Bo Rai Cho, and The elder Kung Lao, but is too spiteful and prideful to see his own shortcomings and actually train.

[@Malaki727]

Shut up bitch!

[@jahaininagaki385]

@@Malaki727 calling someone a bitch on KZbin.. ohhhhhhh I'm very impressed

[@malcolmlloydandrileyproduc6451]

@@jahaininagaki385like you do better

[@jahaininagaki385]

@@malcolmlloydandrileyproduc6451 bruh I am not gonna be lectured by someone with a default pic like that..

[@dmk3859]

Wait i thought shang was back because he abosrbed ermac because in his intro he says "i killed jarek and i killed ermac" In ermacs mkx ending ermac goes to a temple that calls his name over and over A ghostly figure appears and absorbs ermac COMPLETLY and shang comes back from the dead

[@denniscruz2345]

Gaming Cause why not true

[@justindeliwe8065]

Well in the kombat kast of Shang Tsung they stated that he absorbed Ermac's souls during the Timequake

[@hunggamerofficial3252]

You're not wrong there.

[@dersasnakeinmebootyungclas4297]

Ermac is pathetic

[@OlympusPublicAffairs]

If I remember correctly, Shujinko didn't decline his invitation to the tournament. He had every intention to, but Damashi (Onaga) forced him to complete his quest for the Kamidogu.

[@zacharyjohnson9269]

I just want to say how awesome it is they used Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa’s(the original Shang Tsing from the ‘95 Mortal Kombat movie) face. He’ll always be Shang Tsung to me when I imagine the character. #MortalKombatMovie(05-05-21)

[@RyokuzaLe]

Forgot about ermacs ending! Where shang tsung took all of his souls and lives

[@Sewblon]

1:20 "God-like deities." That is like saying floor-like floor.

[@Makkaru112]

Well many deities are "lesser gods"

[@Sewblon]

@@Makkaru112 So whats your point?

[@gfan84]

I swear, Shang Tsung is the Mortal Kombat version of Loki!

[@momohead2798]

6:54 I still remember how to do that combo on snes lol

[@nathanotoole9682]

I’ve literally been waiting for the new History of episode, I’ve been rewatching the others over and over again to prepare :)

[@noahfade1963]

Prepare for what? There is literally nothing to prepare for.

[@projektgeronimo2696]

Lol

[@GeaForce]

It's interesting how the most dangerous people from MK Lore actually came from Earthrealm

[@shovelenthusiast7389]

Liu Kang gave Shang Tsung the ultimate Fatality in MK11 Aftermath by wiping him from every timeline

[@alexkirk5879]

Am I the only one who would love a "classic" mk prequel game with Shang tsung, o.g. Kung lao, and goro??

[@GreenPhoenix91]

Let's make Siro Great again.

[@streetkombat6088]

@@GreenPhoenix91 I know Siro and don't forget Taja.

[@mrowley7300]

I think that might be MK 12

[@alexkirk5879]

@@mrowley7300 I hope so, it can even be like a $40 game that's more classically based

[@roymoor8130]

Adventure

[@shea1762]

Am I the only one who likes the original timeline more? Mostly because mileena was raised with kitana it didn’t make sense to me that shoa Kahn would wait that long to make her

[@segagenesis7708]

No, you are not alone. There's at least two of us. The original timeline, while not done well in its original execution (Compared to what it could have been, in my opinion), is still vastly better than the current timeline. What we need is the execution of the new timeline, and the story of the old one. The new timeline comes off as another studio hating the PS2 era of MK (Most like for its gameplay and then just hating everything else), thinking they can do better, and then realizing after the fact that it's not easy and they suck at it. For starters, they just completely disregarded Onaga carrying Shao Kahn off the pyramid, as if Shao Kahn could ever take Onaga head on, which he can't. Which is why he had to poison Onaga. Then, they look for shock value in killing Liu Kang, but the story mode is so flawed that everybody is just beating everybody, breaking all unspoken power structure, and ending up with Johnny Cage being Bruce LeRoy for Halloween against Shinnok, so that Cassie Cage could then lead the new cast of characters and be Bruce LeRoy against Shinnok. One of the few things they actually did right was properly portray Sindel as a bad-ass in MK9....... ONLY TO TURN HER INTO A GOLD DIGGER IN MK11. They failed so badly that, three games in, they've already reset the timeline again and went back to before the Great Kung Lao defeated Shang Tsung.. it's clear as all hell that the further they pulled away from the original timeline, the worse the story got.

[@jenaiyaadams2337]

' I have a dress your size, you should wear it. ' Are you out of you goddamn mind ' 'It was sewn by the best designers in Outworld'

[@dwaynefrierson991]

My, you have a colorful imagination ! Shang Tsung a savage

[@JaimeAGB-pt4xl]

U did mentioned the assistance of Quan Chi... U forgot to mention however that, it was the product of a deal... Quan Chi provided the necessary sorcery and assistance to Shang Tsung, in exchange for the location of the Temple of the Elements... the information QC needed to start the plot of MK Mythologies... Other than that, great video as always, thank U for educating other on the events of MK... the best saga when it comes to lore in fighting games

[@evankeeper1269]

Shang tsung: YOUR SOUL IS MINE

[@Paul_Unfaces]

Everybody hi! How about a little MK music? MK Conquest OST - kzbin.info/www/bejne/e4qQonVnqd2chM0 MK Defenders Of The Realm OST - kzbin.info/www/bejne/qXyvl3yIiMxmrck MK OST game_remix - kzbin.info/www/bejne/o6XYc6lnm5epe9k Mortal Kombat 2021_Unofficial soundtrack - kzbin.info/www/bejne/gKayXpucrZeon8k

[@czechmate8287]

They really showed off his fighting skills in Aftermath. I like how they "nerfed" him in canon by having the earthrealm warriors know he'll betray them, instead of being nieve and getting caught off guard. You'd have to be an idiot or desperate to trust him.

[@patrickobrien1000]

Aftermath really showcased him better than I could have hoped

[@type4819]

You make exceptional history of videos the way you recap things is fluent and your voice is pretty good, if you taught a history class i might actually pay attention! great work man

[@xaviergoodwin6819]

WE NEED A BARAKA REMASTERED!!! EVERYONE IS GETTING A REMASTERED BUT MY BOI

[@BlackJohnnyCage]

Old Man Shang Tsung in MK11 should've looked more Creepier but I'm not complaining, his gameplay is great!

[@xyoungdipsetx]

BlackJohnnyCage I know what you saying he doesn’t really look old but just died his hair white his face doesn’t look old

[@BlackJohnnyCage]

@@xyoungdipsetx Exactly!

[@walterreedjr6762]

just thought about it kitana is kinda mileena's mother....SMMFH

[@Makaii_h]

Walter Reed Jr I think you could say that about the new timeline but in the old timeline that’s a bit weird

[@walterreedjr6762]

@@Makaii_h I did not find out how mileena was made until between 8 and 9 came out and as for wierd outworld has a race of beings with four arms that have different social levels goro is a prince kintaro is not I think actually considered a member of a more Savage group. Shang can look at you with straight face yeah I had a 4 armed half human half dragon work him and my previous supervisor used to work for a dragon what we call weird they call Tuesday

[@jackcutter2]

Actually Bo Rai Cho saved Li Mei. Not Raiden and his forces.

[@a.jthomas6132]

*It has begun!* 😈

[@inhumanrhino2552]

Seeing shang tsung with a rpg is so funny

[@DCMarvel2009]

*waits through instrumental intro* And now a taste of things to come...

[@henriqueribeiro8167]

I dont know nothing of MK, but this lore sounds brilliant!

[@evilpeti]

I'm here after Aftermath. Ooooooh boy... 😎

[@AlegoUnkownFanboy]

So if Ash or Spawn come out, would you do a "History of..." of them🤔🤔🤔

[@justindeliwe8065]

No , he is only doing MK characters

[@skeletoncrew6500]

@@justindeliwe8065 he did one for terminator (live action wise) so he'll likely do one for ash

[@justindeliwe8065]

@@skeletoncrew6500 he stated in that video that he usually does Mk characters only but I agree with you

[@couchgamingnews9379]

Slang sung -Your wallet is mine. Ok but i dont have one

[@ninjadad3769]

Dang!!! I didn’t think I’d ever get a new notification from you I’m vary glad to see one lol. And it’s a new remastered. You should do a update for the events of MK11. Great video man your the best KZbinr when it comes to the lore of fighting games👍🏻.

[@Tactical_Roll]

Are you gonna make a history of spawn lol

[@Wind0demon0anime]

Still waiting for his trailer to drop

[@nakaithewanderer8071]

Lol

[@tired1671]

I can summarize it easy peezy spawn was a FBI officer who on a mission was betrayed and sent to hell and he got a second chance at life but as a hell spawn with powers hence the name Spawn

[@UncleCrenshaw]

I saw spawn pop up right after sindel as well

[@suniface71]

@@tired1671 It goes way deeper than that. Al simmons was chosen at birth to be a spawn & was born to a physically abusive father and while in his young adult years met Terry and Chapel who were his brothers in arms during a CIA operation in Columbia.

[@LordiusGrug]

Aye HBW, back at it again with BOMB videos😍😎😆

[@TheParappa]

Very nice and in-depth video! Where did you get all these informations from? Thats an honest question, because I played all MK games and a lot of the stuff you say, I can't recall seeing in there - especially anything that happens before the first game.

[@togucvinw7]

What about that dialogue from MK11 straight up telling us Shang Tsung had a brother all this Time named Shang Lao

[@mrpopo-mn9jc]

It's an Easter egg, he was supposed to be named shang lao but they changed it at the end

[@nikolasgibbons2121]

You need to make an updated video on Shang tsung due to the MK11 Aftermath Expansion.

[@StevenMichaelCunningham]

What got me 100% about Mortal Kombat was how it was a exact depiction of corruption in all it's perversity. Effectively a sociology, criminal psychology & civil court college level education including machine operations & maintenance. 🤸 Pre cyber security technology. 🥳

[@larsongame4120]

My belief is that after Sindel’s death in 9, his soul wandered around the universe searching for its original body and that between the end of X and the time quake in 11 that it had found its original body

[@kokichioma1901]

Shang Tsung Mortal Kombat 11 is from Mortal Kombat 1995 movie :D

[@iheartyaoi4240]

I see that Shang Tsung can turn into ninjas such as Ermac and Rain while fighting. Hopefully he can turn into Mileena too.

[@blacdavis]

Great content man. Keep up the excellent work homey.

[@toking3482]

This old school MK gameplay Is so satisfying

[@ping4d064]

Talk about the changes on sindel’s lore

[@TopsonNoble]

Can you do the backstory of Sang? I can't find any video on youtube that talked about the origin of that character

[@fictionobserver1718]

Hey, can you do a video of Geras discussing about his character and/or his powers? Pretty please? He is like the most badass MK 11 villain moreso than Kronika and Cetrion.

[@kneewhen]

Shao kahn: *sees Shang Tsung* NOW YOUR SOUL IS MINE

[@streetkombat6088]

The Queen requires something of you.

[@mkiad3518]

nice video man

[@apimpnameddurdy9823]

Great video!! I really enjoyed it!

[@bigk1017]

One word for Shang= bad ass

[@michaelkelly8348]

This needs to be remastered again

[@lilbru]

Great channel...appreciate the nerdy entertainment and knowledge

[@RoshuWater]

In MKX, Ermacs ladder ending showed Shang Tsung.

[@bboyfresh4]

WE NEED KENSHI DLC VS SHANG TSUNG

[@sinancothebest]

But isn't he dead on MK11? In the Krypt, you can visit his corpse and take his eyeband. Though his son Taekeda is very likely to return in a Kombat Pazk #2

[@danielkenshi27]

@@sinancothebest The Krypt isn't canon

[@MrSledge88]

I literally watched the old version of this video you put out, yesterday

[@sharkoj]

Mk should stop rebooting themselves. They can do an entire game using the story of the great kung lao

[@blackjaguar324]

Yeah that's what I was thinking. They could've made a whole game based on MK Conquest. They had the entire roster right there. Let's see: 1. The original Kung Lao 2. Siro 3. Taja 4. Raiden 5. Vorpax 6. Kreeya 7. Shang Tsung 8. Quan Chi 9. Sub Zero 10. Scorpion 11. Reptile 12. Noob Saibot 13. Smoke 14. Tomas 15. Kitanna 16. Mileena 17. Rain 18. Goro 19. Reiko 20. Shao Kahn Any other fighters I'm missing that were in MK Conquest? It's been a while since I watched the series.

[@ARyan-yk9qh]

You forgot to mention Tsung's "true" form of which is a demon.

[@robertknoll3544]

That would be an ascended form because he's a human from Earth

[@ARyan-yk9qh]

@@robertknoll3544 - Not per John Tobias' original drawings for the character. Shang Tsung was a shape shifting demon and took on the appearance of a human. As you can see, the demon lore was dropped and Shang Tsung merely became a human sorcerer.

[@stormRed]

I still dream of a good MK adaptation, like a Netflix show or something.

[@CornNNNick]

There making a movie

[@michaelbandada9887]

The 1995 movie is a good adaptation and Cary Hiroyuki Tagawa is the definitive Shang Tsung

[@Fabian6980]

Im glad they brought back the og villain as the main villain again in mk11 aftermath

[@user-13446]

Great history 👍

[@MrBerto800]

Am I remembering this wrong from when I was a kid? Wasn’t Shang Tsung’s real form, this little demon thing? I remember seeing the concept pictures and stuff. And he just shape shifted into a man?

[@Cybertron1256]

Shang tsung reminds me of loki

[@poeslow1816]

Love your work fun to watch

[@alexandermclaughlin4742]

YOUR BROTHER'S SOUL IS MINE LOOOUUUUUU!!

[@robkearsy2995]

Shang Tsung, Quan Chi & Shinnok are my favorite villains. Shao Kahn is still the best though.

[@no-ro6by]

wait is Quan chi the elder God or is that shinnok

[@robkearsy2995]

@@no-ro6by Shinnok was The Elder God.

[@stevephillips7264]

Shan tsung always reminds me of the evil sorcerer from big trouble in little China

[@Fabian6980]

The og villian. He is so beast in mk11

[@DackJaniels51111]

Me and my partner just watched the original film. I’d seen it as a kid and remembered it as garbage and she had never seen it, well I’ve got to say I don’t know if it was nostalgia or just nice to see something so cheesy and old school but we fucking loved it. Laughed our asses off and I developed a big case of hair envy with liu kang hahaha. Really not that bad at all, even if Christopher lamberts acting wasn’t his best. It’s his awkward sorries that had me scratching my head. Anyway, great bit of lore to round off a good night of mortal kombat! Cheers

[@flyboylee]

I like the old music on your channel

[@kamranr03]

Gonna have to remaster this remaster *CUZ WE GETTING STORY DLC* 😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆

[@dsmith5788]

Its all really wielding The Universe.. The Force

[@TheSBleeder]

If Shang Tsung was born in Earthrealm, why wouldn't his win have counted as a win for Earthrealm?

[@TheMike2784]

TheSBleeder because he wasn't fighting on behalf of earthrealm, he was fighting for Outworld

[@allankeane354]

I remember in Mk Conquest Shang Tsung went into the woods and got healed by some witch woman. She was super sexy in her younger form though.

[@LifeTaleEntertainment]

Nice video you made

[@AfroSamurai-]

Gonna have to update this again lol

[@runthatback323]

The most dangerous man in mk history

[@draztiktunez7104]

Tsing Tsung is easily one of the top protagonist in alot of series without him MK prob would have still had fans/gameplay etc but he makes an awesome villain.

[@dragonkingxxl7827]

Finish the remaining 32 MkX comic in 1 whole video & upload tonight, midnight or tomorrow please! xD

[@GreatMewtwo]

Quan Chi: Look, Shang. I know you hate Shao Khan right now, and nobody likes me. But I have an idea. *Eliminate Liu Kang and Shao Khan, and then use Shinnok's amulet to revive the dragon king* Shang Tsung and Quan Chi: Did we just become best friends?

[@STPacher]

It has begun!!!!!!

[@PastaPanic]

I wish for a legacy game with deception shaolin monks and deadly alliance for the current systems

[@grumpyguy112]

Aftermath completely messed with this video.

[@RyomaHoshi22]

Is there a Mortal kombat movie Kano costume

[@jamiejameskingofgames4648]

Subscribed!

[@Fabian6980]

The deadly alliance defeated outworld raiden (weakened raiden) thats why he lost

[@ShikiKairagi]

Nice

[@gheovhannygilbert929]

the YT subtitle said... : Shank Soon 😂😂😂

[@Lucky-bv9rf]

If you didn't know in MK11 in the Krypt you can see Shang Tsung