Mortal Kombat 1 Conan Ending MK1

[@Kanoa_Stibbard]

Rest in Peace Mako. Edit: For those who He Played the wizard in the first Conan Movie, which he did narration for the opening monologue and then went on to voice other roles like Aku and Uncle Iroh.

[@MrKentaylor31089]

Leaves from the vine Falling so slow Like fragile tiny shells Drifting in the foam Little soldier boy Come marching home Brave soldier boy Comes marching home

[@TrulyLarryE]

Damn I miss that guy...

[@SeriousDragonify]

Whos that?

[@MrKentaylor31089]

@Kanoa_Stibbard His Aku voice acting was really good too

[@TrulyLarryE]

@@SeriousDragonify An actor with a particular monologuing voice...

[@herooflight7931]

Respect to Matthew for trying to sound like Mako. That's gotta be murder on the vocal cords

[@jacobunderwood5206]

They shoulda got Greg Baldwin, who took over as Aku in Samurai Jack when Mako passed. He doesn’t sound identical, but he’s about as close as is possible

[@lordofinnistrad8757]

@@jacobunderwood5206 He also took over Iroh if I’m not mistaken.

[@TheElementsAreWithMe]

I thought that sounded like Mathew.

[@AmotivatedIndividual]

@@jacobunderwood5206I feel that would’ve been the better option, listening to Matthew’s impression sounds like he’s not going to talk for a while after but we’re not sure if he’s busy with anything

[@kalebos]

Thanks!

[@BlueSpade70226]

“Long ago in a distant land, I Aku the Shapeshifting Master of Darkness, Unleashed and Unspeakable EVIL!!…..”

[@Gundam04]

But a foolish Samurai warrior wielding a magic sword. Stepped forth to oppose me.

[@brookswilliams5239]

​@Gundam04 " but before the final blow could be struck I ripped open a portal through time!"

[@Gundam04]

@brookswilliams5239 And flung him into the future. Where my evil is LAW!

[@andrewkuldip8785]

Before the final blow was struck, I tore open a portal through time and flung him into the future, where my rule is LAW.

[@Gundam04]

And flung him into the future, where​ my evil is LAW! @@brookswilliams5239

[@lhscapanema]

Conan basically created the sword and magic genre. A perfect fit for MK.

[@RedFirefly96]

@@lhscapanema and fans complained with saying that he wasn't...

[@OpenBiolabsGuy]

Surprising that more people don't leave D&D for the Conan: the Hyborean Age TTRPG.

[@dksoulstice6040]

@@RedFirefly96 I'm pretty sure the complaints had more to do with a generational gap, given how many people playing MK are Gen Zers who have no clue who Conan is. A lot of people were like who the hell is Ghostface and Scream had a movie in theatres last year.

[@javiervasquez625]

And sadly, this is probably the last time we'll see Conan in any major pop culture media in a long while.

[@Hsaelt]

​@@javiervasquez625it's for the best

[@sanguinecalamus191]

That Mako impression has to be painful on the vocal cords if it’s the same VA as Liu Kang.

[@reesewhitleyVA]

Crazy because he voiced Fujin in MK11 and Kung Lao in Battle for the realms

[@coomslayer6996]

Conan became a legend in the Mortal Kombat universe, having fought and won many wars. Now that’s an amazing ending

[@javiervasquez625]

One which sadly will also mark the end of Arnold's Conan after they never produced the third movie which had originally been planned. This ending right here is literally the finale to a saga which started in the early eighties.

[@dsantiago1000]

@@javiervasquez625with how conan ties into pretty much everything else like marvel and DC comics, I’d be okay with this being canon if they cannot go anywhere else with that particular storyline.

[@javiervasquez625]

@@dsantiago1000 No way "they" (i assume you mean Marvel Comics who share the rights to the character?) are doing that, considering this game been clearly *non canon* to the Conan stories written Robert E. Howard (the _actual_ creator of the Conan the Barbarian stories).

[@dsantiago1000]

@@javiervasquez625 I know they would never lol im just saying I wouldn’t have much of an issue with it since they aren’t making the films anymore

[@javiervasquez625]

@@dsantiago1000 That's on you, many of us Conan fans are still disappointed and disheartened at the fact that we'll never get the proper conclusion that the character deserved.

[@andredesouzadovale1426]

Liu Kang speaking like Akiro is awesome

[@RedFirefly96]

Liu, Fujin (MK11), and now Mako?! Matthew's voice acting is insane!! 😮

[@Romarioshawn]

Ikr

[@Gouken.07]

You should hear his Bruce Lee impression. Matthew sounds just like him.

[@LordBaihu]

I know this character is in Cyberpunk, but check him as Kerry Eurodyne.

[@fortnitetsm5257]

Man conan the barbarian was a legend indeed thats an old movie 🍿 for a long time ago

[@badreedinebedro]

yeah Conan fit easily into the mk universe because he’s universe is like outworld because it have dragons and other monsters

[@a.jthomas6132]

40 years later and we still have yet to get a story of King Conan.

[@epicotakugamer4930]

We kinda did if we refer to Phoenix of the Sword and the Scarlet Citadel.

[@voltageesq.]

If we count pastiches, Conan of Aquillonia might do you

[@javiervasquez625]

Considering how old Arnold already is to reprise the role of Conan, the odds of seeing a third movie are sadly next to zero.

[@coomslayer6996]

I’m noticing a running theme of guest characters choosing to stay behind in the Mortal Kombat universe. First Peacemaker, then Homelander, Ghostface and now Conan

[@JYoungbloodVO]

The only one to not stay was Omni Man, which makes sense, I guess

[@the_infinexos]

That's always been a thing though, hasn't it? In other games too

[@Sir_Rajah]

The mako love is much appreciated

[@Hydrocannon]

With unspeakable evil, comes unspeakable reverence and charisma.

[@dexterjones2201]

I feel like instead of an extended story pack, they should have just stuck to doing additional and guest DLC fighters.

[@allin1-bd262]

I agree

[@coomslayer6996]

Yeah that sounds like a great idea. Because after Khaos Reigns, it seems NRS can’t write good stories for story expansions

[@FrostinusIcicles2k24]

​@@coomslayer6996because they're ran out of ideas, shouldn't made the DLC in the first place Tbh

[@tropixx_xlr1549]

We still need more stories, mainly for the more important and more entertaining parts of Liu Kangs world, like Shirai Ryu vs Lin Kuei, maybe even Shaos rise to power from youth to a military genral, that would be entertaining.

[@chasel.9704]

@@coomslayer6996NRS can’t write good stories, period. Death isn’t permanent, all of the characters do exactly what you expect them to in every game’s story. There are literally no stakes in the MK universe. MK fans just have shit for taste

[@Gundam04]

Sounds like Matthew yang king is trying to draw out his inner Mako. Its not bad

[@DasKame]

Needs more Cigarettes

[@Slaiter_The_Hater]

Please tell me I'm not the only one who thought that two-headed Dragon was King Ghidorah at first before it zoomed out.

[@coomslayer6996]

I did too 😂 I wonder if they’re Caro and Orin or some other dragons

[@ImpDraPalMod]

Yeah i thought At First it would be a foreshadowing turning kaijus into "Realmsizers" to be fought against. d'vorah and mothra Team up would be fire

[@jasonsantos3037]

@@Slaiter_The_Hater Well seeing Conan killing King Ghidorah

[@MrLolguy93]

> Tower of the Elephant reference Nice

[@williambeck2372]

For real. That whole story is movie worthy on it's own. FREE MY BOY YAG KOSHA. HE DID NOTHIN' WRONG!

[@nacidocoqui]

First his animality being a wild Cimmerian Bull (The Man-Eaters of Zamboula) and now explicitly mentioning and showing Yag-Kosha, the writers didn't skimp on their research! I'm hoping some armor/weapon unlocks will also be book references!

[@Guts-u9x]

I just finished reading that

[@Rqblt]

Im noticing recurring themes around arnold’s characters in mk: 1. Not voicing them 2. Someone else is narrating their endings

[@JoshuaHornbaker]

For Conan it makes more sense because it happened in the movie too when the narrator speaks of Conan

[@coomslayer6996]

In the Terminator movies, Sarah Connor narrated. In the Conan movies, Mako narrated. So this makes sense

[@RAMIR3Z0]

Because it'll sound silly someone narrating with arnolds voice. Think about it lol

[@NuSocTheKelDor]

​@JoshuaHornbaker Conan isn't the kind of warrior so full of hubris that he would tell his own stories. Word of Conan's exploit are heard through those who have seen it.

[@JoshuaHornbaker]

@ When it comes to the movie version which they have in this game while adding some from the books it still fits in the character.

[@jasonsantos3037]

Hail to King Conan 💪🤴🗡💀🐉

[@joshualedesmasegovia]

I am so surprised Conan The Barbarian did not narrate his ending

[@FinnOver-k6b]

Why? Chris Cox didn't narrate the Terminator's ending in MK11 either when he was there.

[@joshualedesmasegovia]

@FinnOver-k6b oh yes I know it already and I hope Robert Patrick will narrate as The T-1000 in Mortal Kombat 1

[@javiervasquez625]

​@@joshualedesmasegovia Considering how mute the T-1000 is through most of the movie, it's likely they'll put someone else to do the narration like Liu Kang.

[@joshualedesmasegovia]

​@@javiervasquez625But I really want to see The T-1000 narrate his own ending in Mortal Kombat 1

[@javiervasquez625]

@@joshualedesmasegovia Bully for you; just because you would like to hear Robert Patrick narrating the T-1000's ending, that doesn't mean NRS will do so.

[@Dimitri9511]

Man i really miss Mako Iwamatsu

[@conanthebarbarianofficial]

May all remember the noble sacrifice of the honorable Yag-kosha!

[@KingCronan]

Hell yeah! So great they pulled out that reference to such a great Conan character. Plus the Mako tribute also? Perfection

[@ReccaWolf]

“….But that, is another story.” should have been the ending. RIP Mako 🙏

[@emmanuelmakulika9730]

Was it just me who was expecting this quote "that's a story for another time" at the end

[@HB-fq9nn]

I was expecting it too.

[@javiervasquez625]

A story we'll sadly never see after with an old Arnold and the world having moved on from the Conan franchise.

[@thomasgilbert2266]

Same

[@gamingmoments1584]

Did anyone else get a Uncle Iroh/AKU vibe from the narrator 🤣🤣🤣

[@Winchesterfilmmaker]

It’s supposed be cause Mako was in one or both of the Conan films

[@Gundam04]

Aku mostly for me

[@gamingmoments1584]

@@Winchesterfilmmaker oh fr that’s awesome

[@ChristianFrates1997]

@@WinchesterfilmmakerBoth.

[@SeriousDragonify]

Conan grew the beard and sat on throne like Kratos did when became leader of Norse world.

[@zj9110]

It's a direct reference to the original Conan movie.

[@javiervasquez625]

Kratos is partly a homage/tribute to Conan in every sense of the word. They're arguably the same character, minus young Kratos's sociopathic tendency to let innocents suffer to get his way.

[@CaptainLunar1994]

*"Know, O khan... that between the years when the oceans drank Seido and the gleaming cities, and the years of the rise of the Daughters of Sindel, there was an Age undreamed of... and unto this! Conan! The Cimmerian! Sword in hand, a thief, a reaver, a slayer, with gigantic melancholies and gigantic mirth, to tread the jeweled thrones of Outworld under his sandaled feet! It is I, his Khronicler, who alone can tell thee of his saga... LET ME TELL YOU OF THE DAYS OF HIGH ADVENTURE!!!!!!!!"*

[@Soltanlive]

Respect

[@RandoGrunt]

This ending sounds like the Samurai Jack intro with the guy channeling Mako, who voiced Aku in it, haha.

[@ChristianFrates1997]

It’s because Mako played the wizard from Conan.

[@RandoGrunt]

@@ChristianFrates1997 Oh I know xD. I understood the assignment the mere second I heard that voice lol.

[@HellRaider19]

ALL HAIL CONAN KAHN!

[@samuraishawn6452]

"Conan Kahn"? Since when was that idea sprung up?

[@HellRaider19]

@@samuraishawn6452 Since Conan came to Outworld.

[@fatalwaffle1715]

Awesome Ending!

[@Phoenix7786]

Thanks for doing all these for us! I've watched most of the MK content you've put out. I cannot imagine the literal hours and hours of labor you have to put into these compilations.

[@featherguardian6023]

Love the Homage to Mako and Caro and Orin, this Ending was Sick and Badass as Hell

[@JulianSchwartz-z6g]

Conan ist a good caracter

[@JoshuaHornbaker]

He’s a badass character

[@mkfan6167]

Nah he’s boring🐶💩

[@coomslayer6996]

Conan is amazing, it sucks that the modern younger generation don’t know about him

[@javiervasquez625]

A good character which sadly got shoved aside in modern times after Conan the Conqueror flopped and Arnold Schwarzenegger wanted to expand his acting career and try new things.

[@blacksmoke6292]

Who in the hell the narrator? It sounds like Liu Kang but if he had the voice of an 85 year old.

[@billmcdermott9647]

It’s the sorcerer from the films that is conans ally

[@THE_BROTHERHOOD-0]

@@billmcdermott9647don’t bother trying to teach him anything bc they won’t care anyway but Conan is a amazing character for MK

[@billmcdermott9647]

@ I have to admit I think the ending is fantastic and feels unique and very true to Conan…Ghost face was a good character but the end was very lacklustre

[@blacksmoke6292]

@@THE_BROTHERHOOD-0 yeah, just assumed that I won't care based off one post. 😭

[@THE_BROTHERHOOD-0]

@ the Ghostface ending was good because it was saying how he got teleported to the MK verse and he caused chaos and someone made a game out of it so tbh the ending was true to the movies

[@cr820]

Excellent impersenation. A truly lovely tribute.

[@Spectator2025]

I forget conan was coming to Mk1

[@tristanmoorehead106]

T1000s coming next

[@johnybarrera9973]

Yeah yeah we see you

[@Animeguy300]

Awesome dlc

[@Alterego912]

"Unimaginable Evil"... spoken in that Mako impression, almost sounds... UNSPEAKABLE. If you know, you know.

[@felixbarvenov8856]

Hail to the king!

[@abrahamramirez3980]

Outworld seems like paradise for Conan! Infinite battles to be fought!

[@markdaveculpa6364]

No one can replace Mako’s voice. Rest In Peace old timer.

[@napalmwolf1728]

I knew I wasn’t crazy when I thought that dude sounded like Aku

[@geoffreytasker2097]

I love the Samurai Jack call back!

[@giornothepastaboss285]

Rip uncle Iroh. One of the best characters in fiction history

[@onyxronin3914]

THE LEGEND OF CONAN IS BACK LIKE I SAID !!!!!!!!!!!

[@user-hd1ul6od2x]

Damn it, now I want another Conan movie!

[@SaiyanBRZRKR]

Remember making a post wishing for Conan to come to MK back during 11 I’m so happy my wish came true lmfao. Can die happy now. (Just waiting for the King Conan movie lol)

[@johnramirez4806]

Rest in peace mako and badass this a ending a big nod for the unmade Conan the legend film

[@wildtiger397]

Gotta go back, back to the past, Samurai Jack!

[@WTFisTingispingis]

Conan would fit in Outworld like a _glove._

[@matthewshiba3997]

Respect for Matthew attempt to impersonate Mako's voice.

[@rizones2286]

Who's the narrator?

[@RedFirefly96]

A sorcerer (who's Conan's ally) from the films.

[@David_TheSuperior]

It sounds like Matthew King is narrating his ending, the same guy who voiced Liu Kang.

[@coomslayer6996]

Mako from the Conan movies

[@suburbantimewaster9620]

Great job getting through this game!

[@EthanVillanueva]

this just makes me want Samurai Jack as DLC... him against Kenshi?? that would be a fun match up

[@caesarPink]

Woaahhh samurai jack reference spotted!!!

[@epicotakugamer4930]

Damn Tower of the Elephant reference.

[@youtubefreakyoutubefreak8071]

Conan is a perfect fit for the mortal kombat universe . 🗡️ Can't wait until we get pinhead in the universe one day. ⛓️

[@JoshuaHornbaker]

A fitting cool ending for Conan

[@tropixx_xlr1549]

Matthew Yang King did a pretty damn good job for that Mako impersonation!

[@kalebos]

Much appreciated.

[@skaven969]

conan is in marvel comics, that technically means marvel, mortal kombat and DC have met.

[@banonKING]

I appreciate the Sam Jack reference in there.

[@hanzoofoasisworld7953]

All hail to Konan Kahn! Long live the Kahn!

[@wolight]

Tower of the Elephant in the first shot. Someone's read the books

[@Montesama314]

It would have been funny if Greg Baldwin voiced the narrating Wizard here, stepping in for the late Mako in yet another role (he previously voiced Iroh in Avatar: The Last Airbender and Aku in Samurai Jack season 5). Still, Matthew Yang King gave a fine effort.

[@JoseHernandez-rw9ti]

Oh the elephant tower. Classic

[@Walt_Xander94]

Shouldve gotten the 2nd Uncle Iroh VA(he was Mako's understudy & voiced Aku in the final Samurai Jack season), to do the Conan narrator voice.

[@Psychomedian]

New suscriptor great canal 👍👍

[@JIreland1992]

I caught what they did with that “unimaginable evil” line.

[@anonluxor470]

Yo I'm getting samurai jack vibes when he said unspeakable evil

[@hunnykun101]

Why do I think Conan and Shao would be best friends?

[@Rqblt]

Because both of them are barbarians and destroyers

[@AkumaEshi5782]

oh naw

[@Gundam04]

I actually see that happening

[@BrentWelch-z8i]

@GUNDAM04 Conan would defeat Shao and take Sindel as his wife.

[@Gundam04]

@BrentWelch-z8i in kronika's timeline maybe

[@JericoV]

Props to Matthew King doing his best Mako Inpression.

[@kalebos]

Thanks!

[@JoNDOe-x9r]

Crazy they used the Arnold Conan instead of the other guys

[@reymartchristiancruz526]

so this what Conan the barbarian Arnold would look like if the new Conan the barbarian movement went through and they have some awesome flashback in his primes.

[@BackwardGalaxy]

Great touch with Mako

[@dalepadao2350]

If They Added "By His Own Hand" On the speech it would have been a great cherry on top, but nonetheless this is one of the most badass ending

[@79chevy901]

His ending reminds me of the movies from the’80s.

[@davidmariscal8777]

I wish Mako was still alive.

[@avadoksorem2854]

If only Mako had been smart enough to quit smoking.

[@jimmyoakmeister]

Okay, I now see where the Fallout 4 raider voice came from, assuming that's MYK doing the voice

[@pakanime1112]

Then King Conan encountered the Marvel verse and team up with wolverine, deadpool, punisher, blade, Elektra, venom, heracles, Solman Kane, red sonja, ares and became a member of Savage Averagers and got down with She Hulk because he loved strong women!!!

[@zoro4661WasTaken]

An ending that's an actual ending??? Love to see it

[@MrBda241]

Damn, what exactly was it that forced everyone to join forces to fight off?

[@KingSpartaX37]

RIP Mako aka AKUUUUUUUUU!!!

[@ChristianFrates1997]

Don’t forget Iroh.

[@tonylopez5413]

Can you do the all the intro dialogues for Conan

[@DestructiveDave1900]

The narrator reminds me of Aku from Samurai Jack

[@Amateur_Ambiance]

Ain’t no way that’s Matthew. I mean I can definitely hear his voice, but he did good narrating.

[@thedude3065]

0:23 Unimaginable? no, an UNSPEAKABLE EVIL! But, a fOOOOOlish Samurai Warrior, wielding a magic sword, stepped forth to oppose you.

[@memeboi5486]

Really not liking these guest character endings. They seem more like beginnings to something we will never see than actual endings.

[@JoshuaHornbaker]

This here is like a ending for Conan and it’s not like peacemaker’s ending

[@KaliGreen-yo6xl]

Long ago in a distant land I the shape shifting master Aku unleashed an unspeakable evil

[@memecliparchives2254]

Unimaginable evil?more like UNSPEAKABLE EVIL

[@eixheirzamora5051]

who is narrated ending

[@beaufonville4454]

Please play the "Sly Cooper Trilogy" with "Thieves in Time" MKIceAndFire!

[@loganwithlightsabers3051]

That was actually pretty sick

[@dylannnjohnson]

I’ve been saying this.. I want an old man Logan movie… but Conan.

[@epicotakugamer4930]

I thought they were going to lean on Conan becoming the King of Aquilonia.

[@jvramirez1577]

We need that skin

[@Zapzel24]

..And this story shall also be told.

[@Carzeyday]

Then he became the lord of a place called. California

[@wh3nderson95]

All hail Conan Khan!!!

[@journeymanX]

Shoulda called on greg baldwin to impersonate mako again