The Coolest Characters You CAN'T USE In MKX

[@PNDKM]

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[@simosan22]

ay, when scorpion competitive history video? 😁

[@EuphoricForlorn]

I still remember facing Corrupted Shinnok for the first time after playing a lot of MK9, they definitely wanted to make up for the fact that Shao Kahn was slow and very easy to exploit in that game. That meter burned instantaneous, unblockable fire beam is the most broken move in the game.

[@FlappableElf]

Nice username and pfp 😎

[@EuphoricForlorn]

@@FlappableElf Thanks 🙂

[@avariwilson1455]

Not to mention that Shao couldn't use meter, or jump. Couldn't use breaker either.

[@glassofwater281]

Kahn was very cheap but exploitable, beat the hard mode ladder as Liu Kang and resorted to projectile spam and jumping over the hammer (because you can't block or duck it). As for Shinnok I used heavy weapons Jax for the hard mode ladder and oh boy. That fucking laser. Took me many tries but I eventually beat him.

[@scottchaison1001]

​@@EuphoricForlornShao Kahn >>> Shinnok.

[@IWish2500]

Still surprised Kabal and Stryker weren’t even NPC fights

[@PNDKM]

The NPC's are so much fun, even if they only have MK9 moves that I would have loved as many as they could have put in the story. Nightwolf, Kabal and Stryker could even have been incredibly fun in NPC form in MKX. I guess MKX is generally just a really fun game.

[@DrRacer78]

​@@PNDKM Don't forget Smoke because he was a Revenet in the story.

[@HawaiiTimePodcast]

As one of six Stryker fans, it hurts my heart that after mortalkombat11 wrapped up he was the only person who got turned into a revenant that didn't become playable

[@waduhek1372]

@@HawaiiTimePodcastsmoke wasn’t playable either

[@J_jae]

im still so sad that styker still hasnt made his appearance in mk11, and at all too. i thought maybe he would appear in the aftermath in mk11 but he was barely mentioned. i even made a theory like a year after its release abt stryker, it went sum like this: basically stryker was tossed into the void alongside nightwolf fujin and shang tsung but failed to escape alongside the three and thus is still left in there

[@Yoshendi]

Interesting to note that pre-DLC Tanya also has Sonya’s 2134 string so I guess she’s a tribrid of characters too

[@PNDKM]

Yeah i couldn't pinpoint who had that string, but I also never used sonya which makes sense

[@IC2I]

Her throw is also Sonya's

[@brc24nck]

Her overhead flip is from Kung Jin

[@INFINITYMOTION1]

I really wanted to play as Rain in MKX. It sucks he is not playable, MKX Rain is my favorite version of him (costume and moveset wise).

[@DTownNash]

Ikr ? And unlike Sindel and Baraka he actually got a new skin and concept art.

[@INFINITYMOTION1]

Yeah

[@Jack_Mercer]

​@@DTownNashSindel's skin is the same as her Alt Costume in 9 I think

[@docholiday4129]

NPC characters in the NRS games fascinate me. Since they aren’t playable the developers didn’t have to really worry about how they would be balanced in the long term. So they’re effectively either experimental like in the case of Sindel or Tanya. Or hold overs from previous games with new looks like Rain or Baraka

[@damianhernandez1665]

A weird thing is that Corrupted Shinnok has a fatality and brutalities that you can actually do. It's like if he was originally ment to be played as but was instead kept as a boss character because of how over powered he is.

[@Roman_the_black_cat]

I mean he does them on me all the time so he at least makes use of the disrespecting moves

[@chimuoma390]

@@Roman_the_black_cat Like Mania Goku In Supersonic Warriors 2!This Goku's Supreme Kamehameha Puts Corrupted Shinnok's Firebeam To Shame!Try Him Out!With This AR Code:220D5150 00000003 221075E2 00000006!

[@Exeternal_Beyonder_Of_Doomsday]

​@Roman_the_black_cat He also has a version where if you play as him and win you get a unique Outro of the fight with the character Corrupted Shinnok fought against is in his hands T-Posing

[@elgordobondiola]

Shao khan in mk9 also had 2 fatalities but he wasn't meant to be playable anyway.

[@SkullcutTutorials]

You CAN actually use Barakas Chop-Chop Special to extend combos, but it is very difficult. You have to be in the corner and immediately follow up with d3, s4 into chop-chop again. You can loop this around 3 times for 37+ damage.

[@PNDKM]

Im immediately going to try this now. His sweep is a launcher as well, as d3 picks up from it at close range

[@LonTei]

​@@PNDKM how did it go?

[@DTownNash]

I was truly upset that Rain was an NPC boss fight. He's my main. It's crazy how out of every MK9 character that was reused from MK9, Rain was the only character who got a new default skin and concept art. Sindel's skin was the one from 9 but undead and so was Baraka's.

[@4R4EL]

Does anyone remember when it was said in MK11 that there were going to be no NPC's and in the end we never had Cyrax and Sektor?

[@chiakinanamisimp3562]

kronika

[@danielorlovaquinn]

They obviously rushed the ending of mk11 for mk1 it's pretty obvious especially when looking at rain and smoke

[@Pwilliams4000]

Yeah!

[@marvelfantasy472]

They never said this. It was a false rumor.

[@YujinTheDragon]

I remember messing around in training with this mod with Corrupted Shinnok, and god, it was actually awesome how curiously diverse he was. Yeah, he has a lot of broken stuff, like the Chest Beam restand guaranteeing his unblockable DB2, and generally absurd damage - but he felt almost... weirdly complete. Also, I don't think you mentioned it, but his Pounce attack actually has armor even when performed meterless, and his DF1 rekka attack can be performed with 112, but actually also can be performed with 114 with a low sweep at the end, meaning the rekka had a true 50/50.

[@phallen_1]

C-Shinnok was the arcade mode final boss, I think it makes sense they'd put more effort into making him feel like a complete character than the NPCs that only show up as jobbers in the story mode.

[@unoriginalmoniker2625]

Shinnok even had his own fatality, which I've seen multiple times when trying to beat him.

[@mariotimes7]

I also discovered while messing around with the mod, that he's got some brutalities as well.

[@michaelmiddleton7913]

How do you mess with the mods?

[@mariotimes7]

@@michaelmiddleton7913 No changes were made to the mod. I just experimented with Corrupted Shinnok's special moves.

[@michaelmiddleton7913]

@@mariotimes7 how could i get to it then bro?

[@ZangetsuDDR]

@@michaelmiddleton7913 read the description of the video

[@CharlieKraken]

I've said this before but I just wanted to say thank you to you two for all the stuff you do! Keep up the great work and God bless.

[@PNDKM]

Much appreciated!

[@BigSqueaker]

When you said you didn't do corrupted shinnok cuz he was a boss character for the competitive history of him since he was unplayable an a boss character, I recall you taking mk9 Shao for a spin an doing infinite upward shoulder charges. Even if it was sorta brief, covering corrupted shinnok would've been a neat little thing since you do make good points about the way the game is an how he is the next level of the game.

[@jakobmann1497]

I remember you guys uploading npc character overwiews 7 years ago and i really enjoyed watching them. You guys never made an overview for shinnok until now so i'm happy to finally see his moves reviewed. Better late than never i guess 😂

[@alcoholicnun6841]

Just a slight correction: Tanya's moveset was predominantly a combination of Kitana's and Sonya's with a few of Mileena's normals. She has Sonya's throw animation and 213 string.

[@Pwilliams4000]

I didn’t know that

[@waduhek1372]

3:47 I thought my phone broke for a second 😂

[@АлександарРајић]

Corrupted Shinnok's pounce is unlockable, has armor and it's a launcher. CRAZY

[@MrMaxta]

Ahhh man, I was so excited to play as these characters when I saw them in story on day 1 then realised the weren't playable!! Also really annoyed me when I saw kabal, striker and smoke in the story cutscenes but didn't unlock when I beat the story, great video!!

[@Jagaimo_chan]

19:30 I think corrupted Shinnok's df1 can also be extended by inputing 114 or 113 for a seeep ender

[@Lancelotmetallover]

Would love to see you guys look at the PSVita version of MK9 and all the whacky npcs there. Keep up the good work guys!

[@shadow-squid4872]

Pretty sure Tremor appeared there which is awesome

[@RoyArkon]

LMAO I genuinely thought that your audio got broke at 03:48 😂 Fantastic vid once again dude

[@devoesnow6739]

I wonder if we’re gonna see some obscure characters returning. I really wanna see characters like Kai, Hotaru, and Mavado to return

[@TexasHollowEarth]

... + Nitara from Deadly Alliance 👍

[@gergopiroska5749]

Ashrah...Dairou...Havik...

[@willshields4480]

@@gergopiroska5749 2/3 ain't bad

[@Tacozilla64]

​@@willshields4480 It was kind of a 3/3, New Era Havik is Dairou and it seems like old Havik will be back as Titan Havik

[@kegankilpatrick7623]

MEAT 😂 lol

[@sandalwoodgrips]

Love your vids gang! Just wanna say, in the thumbnail, you don't need apostrophe s for "npc's." The apostrophe is for showing ownership, whereas here I'm assuming it's just supposed to be plural. Keep up the awesome work!

[@The_JustJoshing]

Really wish Rain was in MKX. This design is really cool. They also could’ve gave him a klassic costume.

[@TheObicobiHD]

Rain still looks so sick in this game

[@Lenoh]

3:50 I had to check if my stuff was muted or not; try to make it obvious you're cutting the audio, like a "record scratch" or something.

[@vgautamkrishna5197]

Rain has the swag man everywhere he goes he is the swaggiest character in every Game he appears

[@codytoeung5089]

My favorite thing about Corrupted Shinnok is that he has no gibs for fatalities so the dismembered limbs just clone his model. Body explosions and skeleton stuff still go unchanged.

[@huffindoback3776]

I still remember the FT3 you did with Mustard using Rain and Baraka 😂😂 good times

[@shwickid222]

crazy how much from baraka they took and added to his mk11 move list.

[@featherguardian6023]

I’m surprised these Versions of Characters in MKX aren’t Playable but maybe it was for the Best.

[@maxgohan1073]

doing ladder runs as corrupted shinnok is fun and empowering, and his fatality has the easiest imput in any mk games, not counting easy fatalities, and it's theee best

[@AkamexAris1023]

These teasers have been having me hyped af. I guess MK1 may be the new name?

[@LiminalMan777]

I absolutely love your intro tune, just good vibes

[@iceman78772]

I'm so glad we got mods to look at these characters under a closer lens. I'm still salty that KI never got a playable Shadow Jago mod since his boss version is so different.

[@blok--head7472]

Oddly enough, once the Ultimates came out for some of the characters, Boss Shadow Jago's was using regular Jago's "Spirt Bomb" move instead of the slashy finisher. It's happened to me a few times, so it's probably glitched. But I think it means Boss Shago still borrows attributes and assets from regular Jago, opposed to S3 Shago where he has his own moveset.

[@iceman78772]

@@blok--head7472 That's weird. I wonder if that means Boss Shago is just an edited Jago under the hood. Like how MK1 Reptile wasn't an actual separate character slot and was just some modifications applied at runtime to a CPU Scorpion.

[@blok--head7472]

@@iceman78772 Could be possible, I do belive Boss Shago still kept Jago's laser sword attacks, meanwhile the S3 version didnt.

[@mandalorianhunter1]

Yeah it's sad that these characters would have been badass to play. Honestly if we had gotten Kombat pass 3, they maybe would have made these characters playable. Though rightfully so, people voted for the PC version to be fixed because it would have been a mess if they didn't. If no one doesn't know or remember, their was a poll asking what they wanted to do, Kombat pass 3 or fix the PC port, they chose the PC port because it was broken. Rain definitely needs to be base roster and playable in 12. Sindel looked so great in this game.

[@I_AM_BAYTOR]

Wait what. They asked the community, in a poll, if they should fix their bad port? They didn't just fix it, they made fans choose a fix over more dlc? Wow. NRS sucks.

[@mandalorianhunter1]

@@I_AM_BAYTOR yep I remember when it happened because it was back in 2016 after Kombat pass 2 came out and before the final balance patch

[@blok--head7472]

So MKX couldve gotten more characters, or they fix the thing that should've done in the first place before launch... The joys of modern gaming in a nutshell. *(Sarcasm)*

[@I_AM_BAYTOR]

@@mandalorianhunter1 that's horrible. I skipped MKX because my friends were all on PS4 while I switched to PC and temporarily moved on from fighters, missed all that. I heard the PC port was a mess but didn't realize the whole situation was so screwed up.

[@TexasHollowEarth]

"pC mAsTeR rAtHe" 🤓

[@gidofter_lukge]

Oh no, NPC Tanya has Kitana's cursed low kick

[@peterk3556]

Rain in mkx was much more fun then mk11 because he could do good combos

[@supernumian4286]

Agreed!

[@huffindoback3776]

Knew this comment would be here 😂😂

[@Miriam_J_]

Man, they really made those last three DLC characters have no combos, huh?Mileena and Rambo were awful too

[@peterk3556]

@@Miriam_J_ all charakters have combos but they dont do damage 😅

[@Pwilliams4000]

@@Miriam_J_I fell like the last 3 dlc was rushed and weren’t planned

[@steverambo4692]

Missed out on series staples but thank god we got 3 guest fighters

[@TeryJones]

3:45 - Not meant to be playable characters in MKX you say? _(That music drop was on freakin' point)_ XDXDXDXDXDXDXDXDXDXD

[@Landjrin]

I'm always confused on why they wouldn't take the bit of extra time to make these guys playable. Like the model is already there, the majority of their moves are already there, I can't imagine it would take that much more effort to clean them up and make them playable.

[@likenoother6561]

well seeing as how all their strings are copy pasted from MK9 and some of the moves dont work properly- i think they still had a lot of work to do!

[@primary2630]

​@@likenoother6561 for sure though i can agree they couldve been an easy kombat pack

[@legacytag]

It would be cool to see an MK11/MK1 version of this (especially MK1 because of the Armageddon chapter), iirc MK11 only has 3 NPCs so maybe you could just group all of them in with an MK1 video on this?

[@sirjimothythe1st]

Wasn't a revenant smoke a npc fight?

[@koalabearkhan145]

On a unrelated note, Just got mk9 on pc and was hoping to potentially play some of the NPCs in that game as well

[@HuffdrewPaint]

If I ever see C. Shinnok's fatality again it'll be too soon.

[@TheRealAaronbrine]

Well. We know what that clock means now! Another reboot!

[@PopstarDracula]

MKX was the best reboot (pre-re-reboot) MK game. By far the best feel, no Khabal instant spam

[@joylessgaming]

I'm sure there was a set you and Mustard played where he was Corrupted Shinnok, I think you were playing Rain. Shame it didn't make it to the YT channel, a couple of the other MKX NPC sets did. I'm not sure whether or not I'd like to see more NPC story mode inserts, on the one hand, I'd rather more fully playable characters, on the other, neat and varied single player content like the challenge tower nonsense...

[@majormoha8826]

Actually tanya had alot of Sonya strings and the throw animation

[@nerdodragonnerdpl4167]

Hot take But take off alien, predator, Jason and letherface and give me them insteed...tweak a bit and they be ready to go! WHY THEY DID IT!? NETHERREALMS YOU HAVE TO STOOOOP!!!!!!!!!

[@eluard9238]

Man i missed the fighting games where we can't play as the secret characters normally but we can unlock.

[@griddmeirax]

C.shinnok also got a fatality

[@pilot3605]

These npcs are always bittersweet. Because it's like, sure it's better than nothing, but damn, I wish they were in the roster

[@PNDKM]

I'm usually pretty indifferent about it. I assume that NPC's were never meant to be base roster in the first place, so I generally see it as a cool little extra thing. Even with Sektor NPC in MK11.

[@BlastGamer77]

Hot take: I legitimately never minded that these guys were never properly playable, because they already were in the previous game. It's just a neat little thing that feels like the devs putting previous game against the current one, especially since the only new thing they had was a model.

[@sirslopy]

Mortal Kombat 9 was awsome first one I played

[@The_J24]

I guess you could say that rain is “watered down?” I’m so sorry

[@SuperMetalmeltdown]

I have never researched much on this topic (and I don't rememember you covering it either) - is there anything known about MKD NPCs (Shang Tsung, Kung Lao, Monster, I might be missing one or two) - are they playabe with like gameshark or something, and do they have anything cool or special? Just wondering!

[@swiftyxrd]

NRS sure does love their cut content.

[@huffindoback3776]

I’d hardly call NPC characters copy pasted from previous games cut content

[@JhonVarbada]

We can use Them by Mods in any version Bro ❤ 😊

[@viniciuslessa3480]

NPC chars in MKX play like MK9. NPC chars in MK11 play like MKX Moveset wise (just a skin to match the actual game)

[@sambell1182]

Rains MKX look was too sick to not be a playable fighter

[@TheSixteen60]

I feel like Corrupted Shinnok should just count as a hidden 4th variant like Cyber Sub-Zero.

[@skaapu]

Baraka in x would go hard

[@Kirbysuperstar]

The Fighter's Destiny music is very appreciated.

[@takyondg]

I know lots of people feel otherwise but I hate the way NR Studios rotates characters in and out of titles as opposed to the "kitchen sink" approach a lot of fighting games use when the roster just stacks and stacks. I think MK: Armageddon snapped NR out of that habit but sometimes it's really annoying. Injustice 1 my favorite fighter was Solomon Grundy. Now he's gone. In MKX my favorite was Ermac, and he's not exactly some rando - he's a massive fan fave and he's gone. In MK9 Smoke wasn't my favorite but he was in my top 5 and like Ermac, I know he's popular I don't want the bloated rosters but sometimes I wish these characters were the ones added in DLC instead of external IP characters like AvP, Robocop, etc. I'm not a horror fan so the period where NR was focused on getting characters like Freddy Kreuger and Jason was really dumb to me

[@NoahDaArk]

Big rosters grab attention way better then guest characters do. That’s a certified fact of fighting games, though it definitely takes a lot of work to make that happen. That being said, when SNK prioritized having 50 characters in KOF 14 despite working on a small budget and with a slap dashed engine they made because they couldn’t afford the Unreal Engine, NetherRealm honestly has no excuses to not give us a huge roster

[@TexasHollowEarth]

Favorite MK games are MK Trilogy and MK9.... the 2 MK games with the biggest rosters! NRS needs to completely stop with guests, especially with the limited roster-mentality.

[@yama_yama_yama]

Very cool. Hope you do this for Street Fighter 6 NPCs.

[@iceman78772]

I'm sure given enough time, desk or Big Yellow will cover it in their own NPC vids

[@TexasHollowEarth]

Ewww..... SF6 👎

[@I_Am_Darkseid]

You can actually combo npc baraka’s chop chop in mkx. You have to down 3

[@LonTei]

Exactly: Chop Chop- d3 - Chop Chop - d3 again and Meter Burn Chop Chop I remember that hits %40 percent or more

[@saint-boi6197]

Tanya also has Sonya combo string

[@INFINITYMOTION1]

Do they have X-Ray attacks?

[@lucasbarboza03]

Y si hay 24 jugables, solo que uno es exclusivo, ademas que por muy villano principal que sea, Shao Khan no era jugable en el 9, Shinnok no era jugable en el 10, ni Cronica en el 11. Es cierto que peleamos contra Quan Chi y Ermac y van a ser jugables recien con el DLC, pero en el 10 peleabamos contra Sindel y Baraka, en el 11 contra Cyrax y Sektor, y ninguno de ellos fue jugable en ningun momento.

[@TheOneWhoReportsForDuty]

God, I hate that Corrupted Shinnok beam. It’s so annoying.

[@Incognitoslag]

I really wanted Sareena to be a NPC or at least DLC

[@Shan_Verified]

The game is not even out yet and there is DLC. Couldn’t easily added Quan chi, Ermac and Takeda in the game.

[@geezerton1404]

We now know what they meant when it skipped 12

[@TJ-lc5me]

Anyone else waited to see if the x-ray's work 😭

[@ordinarysphere]

I'm wondering what moves does imposter Shinnok steal from these npcs

[@susanstorm7910]

I wanna play Rain in the movies 😅😅😅

[@vontecontroll1556]

Why was this uploaded when i decided to look for it i didnt even remember she was in mkx

[@DeclynPrince]

“Kitanar”😂 (Btw I’m not making fun of you I love your accent)

[@CharlieStLoud]

NPC Tanya has Sonya’s 2134 string

[@JahlisMan]

guys, I ain't sure, but I think these are NPC characters that weren't supposed to be playable...

[@alone_again523]

l like enenra and revenant nightwolf

[@cosmiceclipse]

The question is do they have x ray i know they dont have fatality or brutality cause they're story npc but the x ray is stlll usable right so do they have x ray?

[@Creepervini]

Moral of the history the developers can add more characters, but they dont do because they dont want. 😢

[@fubsysukina5279]

Another good video!

[@oziasliontar8332]

15:56 music?

[@I_AM_BAYTOR]

MK12 needs Human Reptile.

[@RoyArkon]

Either one of them would be awesome, Reptile is amazing in any of his forms, that's what makes him an amazing character

[@randomvideos3348]

bet you are happy

[@I_AM_BAYTOR]

@@randomvideos3348 I would be if the kameo system didn't suck/was optional.

[@THEREALPIXELHQ]

I like the monster and demon type characters!

[@robertoquintero5200]

Whats the name song 8:00 ????

[@GoodOlChippy1]

Rain never being playable in MKX always tilted me

[@rafistoss2917]

Sindel? I really don't remember what chapter we fight her. Is it Sonya's?

[@DarkTree]

jax's

[@Pwilliams4000]

It was Jax, Sonya didn’t have a chapter in mkx

[@gidofter_lukge]

What music do you guys use?

[@TexasHollowEarth]

Sounds like the Real Bout Fatal Fury games. I was wondering, as well 👍

[@anasmalenezi5704]

Hello sometimes when I play again certain charechters that make the game crash like Ferra torr or milena can you help when I use npcs

[@Auntieb0w]

Buff sindel please lol

[@ShaunixAce]

I was hoping for Fujin

[@wesly1233]

3:55 bro growling like Torr

[@stephaniekao8831]

🤗 💞 Mortal Kombat~~Sindel is my favorite

[@skudzer1985]

This feels like a reupload

[@kenichiSan13]

3:36