Board Thread:General MK Discussion/@comment-1084762-20150830085026/@comment-1084762-20151118211509

Dynamo68 wrote: Dirtbag Daryl wrote:

Dynamo68 wrote:

Dirtbag Daryl wrote: probably should stop talking about Shao Kahn altogether, writers confirmed he is gone forever, even by MK standards.

he was basically wiped from existence by the Elder Gods lol

Then why is his soul inside of Ermac? Does that ring a bell to you? are you being serious right now lol

for starters, only a quarter of these intros are feasible, let alone canon. there's no guarantee for any of them. don't know why you're acting like I'm saying Shao Kahn's soul doesn't exist considering it's entirely fucking separate, just like with all the revenants.

anyways using Ermac to bring him back in the story would be the highest caliber of piss-poor writing and it amazes me people even want that to happen. let Shao Kahn stay gone, he's been done to death already. If Shao Kahn can't be brought back, then have Shang Tsung brought back. He's been around since the original MK. Not counting adventure titles, Shang Tsung has been in every game except for MK4/MK Gold (unless you count a mention of him in Kitana's and Mileena's endings).

Also, since Shao Kahn is gone for good, it's time for Onaga to take his rightful place. He should replace him as the new threat to the realms. But he needs to be more threatening. Shang Tsung's situation is weird since apparently the writers completely fuckin forgot Sindel absorbed him and his soul. But yeah whatever who cares, that was dumb anyway. Bringing Shang Tsung back would be fine.

Also feel like a couple of you guys are missing the point. That point being, Onaga is pretty much the biggest part of all of this. There's not really any "maybe" or "should" about it. Shao Kahn is totally fucked in every conceivable way, and Kotal Kahn is essentially nothing compared to him power-wise, so Onaga is going to take his chance and fill that power-gap.