After Liu Kang, but before Cole Young, Mortal Kombat tries a new hero

Liu Kang is dead.

This is 2002, and after a rocky transition from 2D to 3D for Mortal Combat Franchise with Mortal comat 4, The latest installment to the players, Deadly alliance, With the fear of fever. She was welcomed to the Wu Xi Academy with the opening scene of franchise hero Liu Kang. The narrator of the game stated that Quan Chi is one of the primary antagonists Mk4, Has escaped from his prison. We return from Liu Kang fighting a severed Shang Soong, just as Quan Chi attacks with a sneak. Shang Soong snatched Liu Kang’s neck and stole the soul from his body.

Liu Kang’s death gave Deadly alliance A clean slate and a new narrative twist to freshen up a franchise that was starting to get stale. For later review Mortal comat 4 And the unsuccessful spinoff, it was clear that Mortal Kombat needed a change. The shocking death of the franchise hero was a solid start.

Deadly alliance The publisher proved to be a financial hit for Midway, and three years later, Mortal kombat: deception Hit the shelves with an even bigger bomb blast: Earthly warriors had failed in their mission to win the deadly alliance that had ended in the process. With a new enemy on the horizon, the Dragon King Onaga, someone needed to step up to save the world.

But who will replace Liu Kang? Deadly alliance There seemed to be an indication that Raiden would take over the reins as the new leader of Earthism, but he is now a corrupted version of himself Deception. Perhaps the iconic Mortal Kombat Nanjas, Scorpion or Sub-Zero may eventually go as far as the protagonist of the series. What we did get, however, was a character whose audition as a series hero was confused by gameplay mechanics, a gullible personality who saved him from Mortal Combat players, and a humble presence that earned him Left in the shadow of the characters whom he was about to lead. .

Shujinko, enter a new character Deception, Which was unsuccessful from the beginning.

Shujinco – the Japanese word for “hero” – was a large man with long, flowing white hair. Pei Mei has an affinity kill Bill (A character drawn after fictionalized versions of Buck Mei from Chinese martial arts films), Shujinko was initially introduced to an air of mystery. At the end of DeceptionThe opening of the Cinematic reveals that Onaga stands above Shang Tung, Kwan Chi and Raiden, Shujinko’s silhouette is seen by the flames. He explains to the player that only He He could clearly destroy this monster that he was clearly responsible for reviving.

Despite the pomp for the new Mortal Kombat protagonist (series creator Ed Boon also called “the next generation of Liu Kang”), players were able to access Shuzinko only DeceptionKonquest Mode.

An open-world role-playing genre genre, Conquest Mode, follows Shuzinko from his humble beginnings to his 46-year journey to Earth as an ambitious warrior that leads him to inadvertently awaken the Dragon King. She goes. Feeling overwhelmingly guilty for his actions, Shujinko appears to confront Ataga to atone for his sins, firmly replacing Liu Kang as the next mortal Kombat

hero.

Konkwest Mode allows us to first navigate Shujinko as a teenager studying under Mentor Bo’Rai Cho, eager to hone his skills and a great way to enter the next Mortal Kombat tournament Has become a warrior. But when Damashi, a ball of light / messenger for the big gods, requests that Shujinko collects six artifacts named Kamidogu, he sets aside to oblige his dreams. Conquest transitions through four timekeeps, allowing Shujinko to control, as he grows stronger, and reunites with several Mortal Kombat characters along the old, sidewalks.

However, his time in the headlines did not last long.

Outside the gate, Shuzinko’s somewhat naive stupidity was criticized, with the blind not only following the instructions of an ominous ball of light (which Onaga would pass out), but about every character he was in Konkwest Mode had come. Location of Shujinko in mortal Kombat Vidya leads him to question the motives behind the warriors without the foresight to pop into and out of history, putting themselves in various conflicts that he met along his journey. He correctly questions his handful repeatedly before accepting orders again.

The old Shujinko – after unlocking the character’s final playable version – is embarrassed by his naivete. But before we can experience Shuzinko’s transformation into intelligent, the traveling warrior he had initially set up, the Conquest mode ended, without redemption for our hero.

Despite being the warrior who defeats Onaga in the end, Canaga Deception, Shujinko had no further explicit statement from his introduction. When Armageddon – The seventh game in the series – Revealed almost a year later Deception, Had little relevance to Shujinko’s story, only briefly popping into the game’s version of the Conquest Mode, now led by another new hero, Tawen. From there, he is free to be killed in the famous Mortal Combat, which was won by Shao Kahan, leading to the events of 2011. mortal Kombat Reboot Wrote that lore again. Shujinko only exists in Mortal Kombat X Since then the comics, now clerics of anarchy, have been serving as a corrupt understanding for Havik.

All of my criticisms so far have focused on the writing behind Shuzinko, but mediocre writing can bring down a character who is fun to play. As the series changed the past of the PS2 / Xbox era, the new games made it a point to make each character feel unique with specific fighting styles and weapons. Combined with their assortment of special moves, the characters were able to retain the throwback charm of their older arcade counterparts while embracing far more complex fighting mechanics.

In the case of Shujinko, they are faced with the ability to absorb and mimic any opponent’s fighting style, allowing players to get a feel for every character’s move through a body. is. This is a strong setup for their character arc, supporting us as we witness their ability to learn the fighting styles of countless mortal combatants. Character. But this decision came at the expense of players who could hardly play Shugiko. Self In Konquest Mode.

The execution left the impression that Shujinko was not sufficient to carry the majority of Conquest mode. Even when fully uncovered, Shujinco’s fighting style was almost identical to Kung Lao’s Deadly alliance, Albeit with slightly altered special moves. Shujinko was a new hero, but could not escape the shadow of the famous Shaolin monks of the series. In a game that saw the return of beloved throwback characters such as Baraka, Milena, Nightwolf, and Ermac, Shujinko’s unmistakable gameplay overwhelmed him.

Despite his reputation, I wonder if Shuzinko can ever be brought back into the world mortal Kombat. Events of Mortal kombat 11: Later This means that the next mainline game in the franchise will take a path as no other games have been detected in the past. Can shuzinko come back again mortal KombatThe

If the studios of the Netherlands go along the path of Studio Liu Kang’s termination resultThe slate would have been cleaned up with not only Shujinko, but every character in the Mortal Kombat franchise – clearing the way for yet another Vidya reboot. Liu Kang, while creating his history, allowed Shujinko to reproduce in many ways. There are endless possibilities to ponder, and still hope to redeem Mortal Kombat’s forgotten warrior.