The History of Mortal Kombat Part IV - The Brutality of Spinoffs.
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- A spinoff is an extension of an already established entity. Some spinoffs are great, take Mario Kart for example. Other spinoffs don't come out so hot, and unfortunately, our beloved Mortal Kombat has dipped its toe into the deep end of the shit pool more than once. Enjoy!
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Shaolin Monks is a truely special game. It's up there as one of the best MK games, if not the best. We desperately need an remaster and sequel!
I would love it as scorpion and sub zero, especially now since there allies in mkX
Please someone explain what happens after quan chi part?? In mksm?? Ending??
I am forever grateful I own a copy
@@Kuzoryou can play Shaolin Monks as Scorpion and Sub-Zero actually. If you put in cheat codes you can play as them right away. You can also play MK2 as a cheat code too.
Shaolin Monks will always be my favorite title in the series. I’d love a remaster/sequel.
Colten Dude, you have no idea how much I’d be on board with that. Thanks for watching.
Or a second separate story line like this one but for the new story line🤘❤
You wrote the comment for me bro. Excelent game that takes me back to the good old highschool days. Hopefully they'll remaster or even better, remake the damn game.
As a gem, BADLY under-appreciated. Shaolin Monks is a proper spin-off, and had Midway not folded, I'd love to see them expand on that.
I second that.
Shaolin Monks was without doubt the best entry in the series, every beautiful aspect of MK I and MK II explored and explained. Did anyone noticed a witch flying on a broomstick ? :)
For me at least, Shaolin Monks is the Arkham Asylum of the MK universe!
Interesting way to put it. Man, the Arkham games are a fucking blast too.
I felt like it was MKs version of God of war...batman Arkham series works too tho.
2:03 Scorpion running while laughing like Skeletor? 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
Hahahaha I'm glad you enjoyed that!
What every girl does when I ask her out
@@brockf5 😆
That shit was fire 🤣🤣🤣 I'm pretty sure I can watch this in five years and still laugh at it
Man Shaolin Monks was the Mortal Kombat game that got me into the series. I still remember me and my dad would play together. I even still remember all the cheat codes too.
Shaolin Monks was one of my favorite 3rd Person MK games. My girlfriend at the time and I couldn't stop playing this as it was a great coop game. Great memories for a great game!
Shaolin monks is one of THE BEST mortal kombat games ever.
You're god damn right.
One of the best spin-offs ever created.
Ive always wanted to play it and every comment about it pushes me this much closer to getting it FINALLY... 1 question: ps2 version? Or gamecube? (Not sure if there is A GC version, but deception is hands down better on GC due to shao kahn and goro)
@@haroldhall1517 ps2 version is probly much cheaper and easier to find, not sure if there are any differences between them tho
Shaolin Monks was the bomb, me and my cousin had spend endless hours playing this game on ps2 and we didn't even have a memory card
Supposedly, and it's only a rumor, they're going to incorporate an adventure mode similar to Shaolin Monks in the next Mortal Kombat game
My pants would be filled with shit. In a good way.
616Entertainment Im pretty sure that Shaolin Monks is canon is right before MK Deadly Alliance because after you kill Shao Khan Quan Chi picks up the medallion which then he escapes which is when Deadly Alliance begins.
I'm hoping that leak is true.
@@616Entertainment did you skip over Shaolin Monks
Oh never mind lmaooo
Binge watching the series. I'm thoroughly enjoying the walk down memory lane. Very well done. Cheers!
Thank you!
My Best friend and I LOVED Shaolin Monks. We Co-Oped the whole game and our friendship grew stronger than Jack's dingleberries
Good god!
After my buddy and I beat it on co op, we'd go into vs and have 30+ minute battles. They were so intense and fun.
My favourite parts about the MK "3D Era" was Shaolin Monks and the Deception Konquest Mode. Would love to see that kind of stuff with current graphics/gameplay .
100% agreed.
09:30 "WTF is this?! Disco music?"
Wait until you listen to MK11 trailer music
I remember getting Special Forces as a birthday gift for my classmate back in the day.
Never liked the guy anyway.
Hahahhaa
Judging by the way you worded that, I'm going to assume you killed them.
Mythologies was awesome to me, hard as hell and very satisfying once you finally beat it
Mk: Shaolin Monk's was absolutely stunning! It was the best mk experience on ps2 for me.
Господин Сикатор reminds me of god of war on the ps2 kind of
I found %99 of the secrets in there. I just didn't find the invisible penguin. I'm sure if I used the internet I could of but i found them all on my own. You know, cause MK is life n shit.
Mortal Kombat: Shaolin Monks is an all time favourite. I dust it off every few years and play through.
Better yet, watching this video. I never knew there was a Survival Mode!?
*Fuck me!* I thought I knew every secret, every reference!
Well, it looks like I'll be dusting off MK:SM again.
Shaolin monks looks like ps2 god of war games
I think Special Forces was influenced by Syphon Filter and Metal Gear Solid..
done the worst way possible
Exactly
Special forces sucks
Maybe what I'm about to mention was also influenced by those two games as well, but *Special Forces* reminds me of an Eidos title called "Fighting Force 2," which was about as well-received as this one seems to be. FF1 was a beat-'em-up game that was kind of fun, though very easy and quick. FF2, on the other hand, has similar fighting techniques as this, some similar weaponry, and "finding key cards and going on elevators." Where *Syphon Filter* (what I've played of it) has a better camera scheme and what looks like better control, and where *Metal Gear Solid* (this one I've played through, at least) had a great plot, character development, and a bit more stealth and strategy, FF2 seems to be more similar aesthetically and structurally to SF.
How dare you disrespect Syphon Filter or Metal Gear Solid by mentioning them in the same breath as that shit show.
Mythologies Sub-Zero is a masterclass of how not to make a game. The game in every regard screams amateur. The level design, the bullshit difficulty, the gameplay everything. The only saving grace is those delicious cutscenes.
Oh man I'm with you on that. I've had several people defending Mythologies, but I can't buy it. The game is a pile of shit.
Once you beat the game one time , it gets easier Everytime because you know where everything is. Kinda like playing resident evil multiple times.
True Mythologies: Sub-Zero is an awful game but I'm not kidding when I say I would rather do another playthrough of Mythologies: Sub-Zero then ever ever go near MK: Special Forces.
I remember this odd thing that happened in Shaolin Monks. I would approach an area where I couldn't quite figure out how to reach. The other thing was that a guard was standing on the other end waiting for me to get there. I would use Lui Kang's fireball move & kept on hitting the guard. At one point the guard had enough & killed himself, giving me a green orb for health. I kept on doing this every time I needed health after reaching this part of the game, (& the big reason why I did that was because I didn't own a memory card for PS2 yet...)
I completely agree about shaolin monks. It's my favorite too
So good!
oh yes, mortal kombat: shaolin monks. scorpion's boss fatality (terminator 2)
BTW, The Mario series is a spinoff of Donkey Kong.
Think about it.
We need Shaolin Monks 2 😭
YES. Sign me up right now.
Actually I've seen some videos that have stated supposed leaks that states Ed Boon is considering revisiting and actually releasing the supposed MK: Shaolin Monks sequel MK: Fire and Ice and if that is true I'm all for it.
Derrick Haggard I hope it comes true, it’s honestly my favorite MK game.
Ed boon has been teasing that for years
I can definitely see it happen one of these days
I want a remastered version of Mortal Kombat Deception on PS4
I love Shaolin Monks. If this game get remaster oh man i ll buy it immediately
That games already so good, why remaster??
@@themadrapper101 because you can't play this game on anywhere except ps2 or emulator.
Shaolin monks is by far my most favorite game of all time and will always be
I love how you got rid of the shitty ones before talking about shaolin almost the whole review
Personally, I would love a Konquest mode return as a separate, major standalone game. Could play as many characters; similar to the gameplay style of Ninja Gaiden, DMC, etc.
Scorpion, Sub-Zero, Liu Kang, Kung Lao, Erron Black, Kenshi, Sektor, Jax, Taven, Kotal Kahn, Jade, etc! 😍
G Truesdale I've been saying this for years. If it can be done with the Dragon Ball universe (Xenoverse 1 & 2) they can damn sure do it with the MK universe!
I never realised Shoalin Monks was so good! I always just assumed it was an ok spinoff but it actually looks really well done
Bro, shaolin monks is dope. The hidden secrets are something current games lack. I wish those secrets still existed. I mean real secrets!
A friend and I played through Shaolin Monks together when it was fresh, and it still is one of the best old school multiplayer outings I've ever had.
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When the angry video game nerd tells you mk mythologies is bad you know it’s bad
Exactly! He’s like the Gordon Ramsey of video games lmaoooo
its cool that mrgstar321 makes a cameo in this video
Dude, the opening cinematic to Shaolin Monks got me so hype! It still does to this day. Also, Inferno Scorpion is my favorite adaptation of Scorpion ever, where as MK4 Scorpion was my favorite Scorpion look, Inferno was my favorite adaptation I'd love to see on screen kind of like MK's version of Beserker Rage Wolverine.
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This channel is a damn hidden Gem. Seriously, it baffles me how much effort and research is put into each history of Mortal Kombat video. I've literally binged parts 1-4 without stopping once (besides writing this comment) because that's how amazing each video is. I hope to see much more of you in 2019.
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Excellent 😈😈😈😈
He was an influence on a lot of reviewers.
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Shaolin Monks to this day is my favorite MK game of all time. And the fact you could play the story mode w a friend made it that much more awesome
Same, it's my favorite as well.
Well now that Sub-Zero and Scorpion are now kinda cool in MKX we could get that Mortal Kombat Fire & Ice 😉
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Shoalin monks is my favorite Mk game to this day
I remember playing this for the first time boy I was hooked. Me and my friends spent hours revealing secrets and unlockables, still we never get around survival mode. Such a masterpiece.❤️
Played Shaolin Monks with my wife from start to finish, her first MK. Both of us had a blast! Too bad they never brought out another one, with 2 other characters.
The fact that that you’re a huge wrestling fan and Mortal Kombat fan earned you a new subscriber. I need friends like you. Haha. Good work man. Truly. Keep up the good work.
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Shaolin Monks still holds up.
Good work on all these MK videos..
Thanks! I appreciate you watching.
I laughed so hard at Scorpion going "get over here, bitch! " omg 🤣🤣
Shaolin Monks was and still is one of my favorite games! Played co-op with friends all the time. Would be cool if they did an HD remake of this classic.
PLEASE gimme that remake.
I’ve absolutely loved this series so far. I agree 100% on Shaolin monks, it was awesome. This content surpasses any 1mil+ subscribed channel any day of the week. Keep up the great work!
I'm pretty sure Special Forces is supposed to be based off of the gameplay of Metal Gear Solid.
Well then they missed the fuckin mark, hahha
The difficulty and learning curve of the Sub-Zero game is what made it more satisfying when you passed it
Wearing an NWO shirt standing in front of a H.I.M poster talking about Mortal Kombat has earned you a subscriber.
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Happy to have you on board, Jonathan!
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Watching the whole thing and absolutely loving every single minute, it's clear the quality comes from the fact that you've grown up with the serie...and it also reminded me of MK moments I forgot I actually witnessed myself.
The secrets in Shaolin Monks though? That's something else, me and my cousin will pick it up once again just to try that MKII game after Smoke's mission and that crazy survival mode in the foundry!
Go for it!
Been digging this series a lot my dude. MK has been a part of my life ever since I was a super young kid in the mid 90s and it's been super cool to take this trip back through them all.
Also, the fact that Shaolin Monks isn't available on PSN is a crime
9:27 this is not disco, it's New Jack Swing.
it's Jazz Hip Hop, similar music used in Streets of Rage and Cowboy Bebop.
and yes this is Blacksploitation, which ain't bad homies.
#canyoudigitsucka
Good call. And yea, blaxploitation is a genre, I just meant its weird seeing it stuck in the middle of a Mortal Kombat game, haha
@@616Entertainment it is weird but MK around that time always kept up with the times and around the time was pulp noir anime, ambiance, and new age blacksploitation so it was gonna be off and to be frank it could've been great if they planned it accordingly.
those bosses were good ideas and so was the game but just like Valerian and The City of a 1000 Planets it feel flat.
The Shaft series were my favorite Blacksploitation movies.
I came here to say yeah that's nowhere near disco lol
Shaolin monks was the game that got me into mortal kombat. I remember being in elementary and going to school and just drawing up the blank pages of paper referencing the stages & characters. Till this day it is still a classic and the opening scene to the game is just top tier to what defines mortal kombat
We need a shaloin monks version for scorpion and sub-zero!!
I remember playing mortal kombat with my dad before I went to kindergarten. Years later. We still go back to it. I gotta tell him about survival
Call me crazy but I enjoyed Mythologies more on the N64 than playstation.
Call me crazy, but I actually enjoyed Mythologies: Sub-Zero.
It was one of my favorite games to play. I loved UMK3 and everything or just about everything worked. It wasn’t perfect and I didn’t finish it but I’d take another crack at it if I could
I might stand alone on this, but Special Forces as a concept could've worked if done right, and might deserve a revisit. A sort of prequel featuring Jax and Sonya's relationship and how they ended up fighting for Earthrealm's freedom is a concept that I think has a lot of promise.
How about a part 6 that talks about the mortal kombat movies and TV shows?
Episode #242 of the 616Entertainment Podcast is your key, here. (That's my weekly podcast. Enjoy!)
Just finished watching the whole Mortal Kombat series and good job took me back to my childhood. Remember being over my neighbors house and his older brother telling us to cover our eyes when the Fatalities happened 🤣😂 half an hour later he was teaching us how to do them in the original MK. Keep taking me to nostalgic places of my childhood. thank you.
Love this story, man. Thank you for sharing!
Avgn reference had me rollin ahaha, I sang the tune in my head a half second before you said it
Looooovvee James.
Same, i've been watching that shit since '07 aha
Monster Madness is legit one of the reasons I look forward to Halloween season
Agreed 100%!
Running through Shaolin Monks as Goro via Action Replay was always fun.
I loved shaloin monks it’s such a underrated game In my opinion
Agreed!
Memories, dude:) Used to play through the whole shaolin monks on PS2 with my little brother, it was so much fun. Great game for sure. Want to play it again, but can’t imagine playing it solo nowadays, because I don’t think we will find a time to do this again after ages. Thank you for the videos!
SM is great even solo, go for it! Thanks for watching.
Saw your video on my recommended and I have no regrets, amazing video!
You also get extra points for the HIM posters, favorite band! 🤘🏻
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@@616Entertainment awe yea!
Loved SM. The biggest enjoyment was co-op with a friend. Playing late into the night and strategizing with your teammate next to you made for a great shared experience.
Hell yea, man. Part 2 of the full playthrough goes up tomorrow. Stick aorund!
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I think Special Forces: The Remake would be dope. Back then it was a horroble game. MK Shaolin Monks was very entertaining
If Nether Realm announced a Special Forces remake I'd blow my brains out. Shaolin Monks 2 or bust!
With the new tech in consoles and PC , the MK Special Forces and MK Mythologies : Me , need a whole new
refreshment with many new stuff , graphics , characters , more stages , bosses , correction of the story , more video cut scenes ,
endings , unlockables , extras , moves , fatalities , etc.
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If Midw....Netherrealm Studios had that kind of stuff in their mind , it would be the supreme video game maker.
Not mention , that almost ALL Mortal Kombat warriors could be used as main character for each Mortal Kombat Mythologies series.
MK Mythologies : Smoke....Cyrax...Kai...Stryker... Shao Kahn... could keep Netherrealm Strudios busy all the time.
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Instead of making ''Clown clone games'' like Injustice and MK vs DC , they should stay in their own world.
OUR MK WORLD.
Oh wait... Remaking games is the thing now?? I guess that's better than remaking movies which usually disappoints.
Nobody cares!
I actually liked Special Forces, unlocking combos was really fun for me (specially because I tried to use them as much as I could),the special moves absolutely obliterated some enemies and it did not felt like a regular MK game, which for me was a good thing.
0:08 Mortal Kombat Mythologies: Sub-Zero
8:55 Mortal Kombat: Special Forces
15:00 Mortal Kombat: Shaolin Monks
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Hey yo
11:26 the camera reminds me of something like Metal Gear Solid. xD
I likec sub zero
Anthony Cappozzo me too
Great video, turned a slow afternoon at work into something really enjoyable. Shaolin Monks Coop Mode has some of my favorite memories with the MK Franchise, and an HD Remaster would be an instabuy, while Mythologies made me remember extreme frustration over those smashing pillars. Thank you for the video, looking forward to Part V!
Thank you for watching! Yea man, MK:SM is so fucking good, I'm happy to hopefully let a bunch of people know that. I'm sure most think its terrible just because they haven't played it and the other spinoffs were garbage, but its not true! Thanks for the support.
I still have Shaolin Monks and I still can't beat the final bosses.
Really fucking hard, man.
I think I remember cheesing Shao Kahn in Shaolin Monks. Was it teleporting and sweeping? (Wait, no...that's something I did in Mortal Kombat 2011's story as Raiden against Shao Kahn)
Can't really remember what exploit I used in Shaolin Monks against Kintaro and Shao Kahn or did I use any at all? Hmm...
I mainly locked on to Shao Khan and Dodge backwards when he started to swing his hammer, when he became tired, used projectiles then attack up close if I can,long jump away, then repeat
Send me that game😂
Shao Kahn in this game felt like an actual final boss. I hate Shao Kahn because of how hard the fight was, but I have to admit that he's of one of the most iconic villains in video game history.
Forgot about Shaolin Monks until I saw your views on the game. I managed to pick up a prestine copy at a retro games event over the weekend and currently bashing my through the game. No surprise why you ranked it number one on your MK list, i too highly rate it as one of the best in the MK series. Loved your videos on the history too, quite a few trivias that I never knew about, keep up the amazing work that you’re producing!
Thank you so much, Jez. I'm glad you're enjoying MKSM!
I played them all but you in light me with the info
Grew up playing MK II and never played any of the games following it until I saw a commercial for Shaolin Monks. Got it for my birthday and loved it. It’s still one of my favorite games. And I’ve since played and owned most of the titles in the main franchise.
Shaolin Monks was my shit back in the day. My dad played it with me.
I agree with you. Shaolin Monks was actually my first Mortal Kombat game, and I have vivid memories and the first time I played against my brother, as well as watching the story mode with him. Even now it's among my top favorite games.
So good!
damn hollywood video is old school
Hell yea, man.
Nothing better than watching these kind of videos before getting hyped up for a new Movie! Would love to play Shaolin Monks again man
I came here on purpose... MK Shaolin Monks
Shaolin Monks has without a doubt the best unlockable secret in MK history. The fully playable ARCADE VERSION, not shitty console version of the best original trilogy entry of all time, MK2. Hell yes!!!
Dude, next level stuff.
I never even heard of special forces. And I’m 35.
Me neither man. It looks like the right laugh
Man, shaolin monks was off the charts, still one of my favourites in the entire history of the series
MK Mt Sub Zero ok
MK Special Forces with jax 👎
MK Shaolin Monks 👍⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ is the best
I absolutely love the Angry Video Game Nerd reference in the beginning! Also great set of videos talking about one of my favorite games of my childhood
James is one of my biggest inspirations. Thanks for watching!
Mortal Kombat Mythologies was my first game of the entire mortal combat series was never allowed to play the originals as kids but my aunt had mythology and i got to sneak a play, i remember later saying why are all the other games just 1 on 1 fighters these games suck lol where's my brutal platformer.
This was a great series...thanks for putting this together, awesome work
8:40 Tears on tape is my favorite album 😍
MK:SM was my fav game from ps2... and if I'm not taking MK9 in the list MK:SM is the best for me. One heartbreak for me was that the PAL version didn't feature MK2... so even If I completed the smoke missions... or cheated there was no MK2 for me in the menus :(
This is such a classic video.
I am a dandan and won't ever get enough of it
Thanks Mupo. I always appreciate seeing your name pop up. Thanks for being here all this time.
I loved shaolin monks so much which makes me hope that the mk11 rumors of there being an adventure mode like shaolin monks be true