I was replaying MK9 and Shao kahn made a soul nado to enhance his powers in an ultimate version of himself according to the dialog in the story mode. The pre order trailer shows souls around his hammer and an onaga arm/feet/some torso. Is this the ultimate shao kahn? He is also confirmed to be in the MK11 story mode.
My hope, with all the timeline shenanigans, is that this Shao Kahn is “top of the pyramid”, all powerful Shao Kahn seen at the beginning of MK9. What better way for Kronika to stick it to Raiden than to bring back the catalyst for his greatest failure?
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Wow, that would be an awesome way to bring back Shao Kahn. At his most powerful time (Post Armageddon). That certainly would not make things easy for the heroes.
My hope, with all the timeline shenanigans, is that this Shao Kahn is “top of the pyramid”, all powerful Shao Kahn seen at the beginning of MK9. What better way for Kronika to stick it to Raiden than to bring back the catalyst for his greatest failure?
This is exactly what I want.
agreed! I would prefer this to be god Emperor kahn
It would be cool to see an onaga and Zhao Kahn showdown.
I honestly do think the pimped out Kahn we've seen is either going to be top of the Pyramid Kahn, or "I ate all of Onaga's mojo" Kahn (because the visual cues suggest some of Onaga's traits, as others have pointed out)... OR both, even.
THAT SAID...
I also think being the preorder character, that it won't have jack-all to do with Story mode, or the meat of the plot on the whole. I think it might TIE INTO the primary plot, through his character Bio and his Ending, much like other DLC characters. I mean Triborg's Bio even tied him into the story, even if he wasn't an actual presence. I kinda think Kahn's Bio will do the same... explain his look, and his presence... without his actually being present in story mode.
I'm kinda thinking that's how it will go down.
Though I know many would prefer Kahn actually be involved (and not a repeat of Goro from MKX) ... I'm not crossing my fingers.
But I'd be perfectly fine with being wrong, lol. I'm just approaching with cautious pessimism.
I think you could just have him in story mode towards the end. Kronika plucks him from the previous timeline and brings him into the new one
Yeah the original timeline Shao Kahn powered up by the pyramid and stealing the souls of Raiden and Onaga after their post-Armageddon defeats would be awesome to see. Shao Kahn is said to be the one who taught Shang Tsung the Soul Stealing magic after all. That would be a cool explanation for the dragon mutations. Give him one of Raiden's lightning call down moves as a variant move. Ideally make him a "Secret Final Boss" like Akuma.