Let's Visit Shang Tsung's Island

Описание: With Shang Tsung's Island Ruins being a background in Mortal Kombat 11, and with Shang Tsung's Island being the site of the MK11 Krypt, now is a great time we took a look at the legacy of Shang Tsung's Island as it's been a mainstay throughout Mortal Kombat's entire history!

As always, we cover a variety of Mortal Kombat games and spin-off media, including the Mortal Kombat X comics, the Blood & Thunder comics by Malibu, the 1995 film by New Line Cinema/Threshold Entertainment, the novel by Jeff Rovin, even a couple of things we shouldn't have access to -- like the script for the first movie, or an internal document called "Threshold Entertainment Presents A Writer's Guide to Mortal Kombat: The Animated Series." Props go to GoroStillLives over at MK Online for that one!

So we find a couple discrepancies, like the reason why the island sunk, or even if it sunk at all! We find that the island has been given a name - Shimura Island - as well as a couple of nicknames like Blood Island (from the MKX comics) and Argos Island (from an ungrateful Kitana in MK vs. DC Universe). Then there's the matter of its location - The Lost Sea, the East China Sea, and the South China Sea have all been places that the island is said to be found. Also - whose island is it, anyway? Was this really created by the Elder Gods as neutral territory between Earth and Outworld, or is it Shang Tsung's Island? And how does the Yin-Yang Island fit into it, anyway?

Of course, we can't forget the inspiration - the island fortress from the classic Bruce Lee flick, Enter the Dragon.

For this video, we'll be sticking with Kombat Island, and not even mention the UFC Fight Island.

So join me, as we go into a ridiculous amount of detail on the most important island in video game history!