MateoFoShizzle
Apprentice
Assuming Kotal is in this game, the pre-fight dialogue between Kotal Kahn and Shao Kahn should be interesting! Just some of the small things about this game that are going to be awesome
And Shao got his ass beat by Liu Kang, and Kung Lao whooped some Shokan ass as well. It’s almost as if these guys are related and very powerful...
This.
Don't you think that was too easy? I mean, we expected a fierce fight at least. This is a VERY BAD way to show the power of Kung Jin. I laughed about Mileena, Rain, Kano, Tanya (COMBINED) strugling to defeat Kotal and Kung Jin defeating him like "one punch man".
I rationalize it as Kotal underestimating him and paying the price. He already knew Mileena, Rain, Kano, and Tanya were not to be trifled with. This was some random as far as he was concerned.
I think it's mostly because this was the first time we saw Kung Jin fight at that level. He hadn't been established as a highly skilled fighter at that point. All the kids came off as unexperienced hotshots, with obvious potential but still much to learn. Kotal on the other hand appeared as a more seasoned warrior and had a bad ass aura surronding him. If at that moment I had to bet on a winner, I would've picked him.
That's good reasoning. Also, it can be argued that he simply wasn't at his full power and could have increased his might with either Sun or Blood Magic - if he had known how strong his opponent was beforehand.
Ehhh, not necessarily.
He’s Kung Lao’s direct cousin, Liu is Kung Lao’s(and Jin’s) distant cousin, their bloodline goes back to the same legendary warrior(the OG Great Kung Lao) which is the point of making note of their relation, and again, they were all trained as Shaolin Monks.
Just because they are descendants of the Great Kung Lao doesn't automatically make them godlike warriors, neither does being a shaolin monk.
1. It’s literally because of their bloodline that they were even indoctrinated into the White Lotus society and were allowed to become Shaolin Monks. They weren’t just coincidentally related to the strongest Shaolin monk to ever fight for Raiden and chosen out of a random hat. They both had the potential of their ancestor and proved it.
Um, that's exactly how being related works. It's coincidence. We don't pick our relatives, we're born into it. But just because my dad or uncle or whoever is the greatest *insert whatever talent here* doesn't make me automatically amazing at it as well. Sure Shaolin are trained warriors and very good, but they aren't just automatically the best and able to beat the big bads in their first go.
Actually I think the third Manning brother got like partially paralyzed or injured his spine or something... That's why he never went pro
If we’re going off new timeline , Liu Kang breezed through the MK1 and 2 arcs and punched a hole through Shao Kahn with almost no trouble. He died only because Raiden fucked up and accidentally killed him.
I'm 100% on board with the idea of Kung Jin being a powerful fighter by virtue of his heritage and training (I mean, I don't like him or his design, but I'm just saying it makes sense in universe)...
Didn’t they try to get him to but he was like “naw” and didn’t show back up until they needed his help in the forest, where he came in and started freezing it up.
Story mode power levels are completely whack, though. Johnny made Sub-Zero and Scorpion look silly 1v2, Sonya beat Scorpion and Quan Chi, Jax beat Kung Lao, Liu Kang, and Quan Chi like it's nothing, Jacqui bodied Torr and Ermac, Scorpion beats Sonya, Johnny, Kenshi, and Quan Chi IN A ROW, it's all pretty silly when you think about it.
