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Shang Tsung seeks to becomes to most notorious VG villain, so he devises an evil scheme to rid of the competition and to collect their souls. By collecting the souls of his rival villains, Shang Tsung essentially gets to claim any accomplishments of his rival villains as his own. Also taking their souls serves as Shang Tsung's way of saying "ha ha I beat you, now I own you."
If Shang Tsung defeats his opponent, he gets to acquire his/her soul and can transform into them. when Shang Tsung transforms into another character he acquires that character's powers, abilities, and feats. Transforming into a different character gives Shang Tsung the powers, abilities, feats of the current character and causes the previous transformation to take a back seat.
Example: Shang Tsung transforms into Johnny Cage and defeats Jax. Shang Tsung now acquires Jax's soul. Shang Tsung now is up against Goro. Shang Tsung can now transform into either Johnny Cage, Jax, or any previous soul he has collected but cannot fuse their powers into one transformation. Shang Tsung transforms into Jax and defeats Goro, and acquires Goro's soul. Now Shang Tsung can transform into any previously acquired soul, Johnny Cage, Jax, Goro, etc.
Shang Tsung can transform into and out of different characters at any time.
Shang Tsung starts off with having the souls of the following characters at his disposal:
Johnny Cage
Striker
Kabal
Kung Lao
Jax
Sonya Blade
Milenna
Kitana
Jade
Liu Kang
Goro
Baraka
Reptile
Sub-Zero
Scorpion
Smoke
Gauntlet Order:
1. Dr Robotnik (Sonic)
2. Wesker (RE)
3. M. Bison - Dictator (SF)
4. Broswer (Mario)
5. Sephiroth (FF)
6. Gannondorf (LoZ)
7. Dracula (Castlevania)
Notes: upon defeating villains such as Robotnik, M. Bison, Broswer, etc Shang Tsung also gains access to the fallen villains organizational resources whether that be Robotnik's machines, M. Bison's Shadowlaw, Broswer's army, etc.
If Shang Tsung defeats his opponent, he gets to acquire his/her soul and can transform into them. when Shang Tsung transforms into another character he acquires that character's powers, abilities, and feats. Transforming into a different character gives Shang Tsung the powers, abilities, feats of the current character and causes the previous transformation to take a back seat.
Example: Shang Tsung transforms into Johnny Cage and defeats Jax. Shang Tsung now acquires Jax's soul. Shang Tsung now is up against Goro. Shang Tsung can now transform into either Johnny Cage, Jax, or any previous soul he has collected but cannot fuse their powers into one transformation. Shang Tsung transforms into Jax and defeats Goro, and acquires Goro's soul. Now Shang Tsung can transform into any previously acquired soul, Johnny Cage, Jax, Goro, etc.
Shang Tsung can transform into and out of different characters at any time.
Shang Tsung starts off with having the souls of the following characters at his disposal:
Johnny Cage
Striker
Kabal
Kung Lao
Jax
Sonya Blade
Milenna
Kitana
Jade
Liu Kang
Goro
Baraka
Reptile
Sub-Zero
Scorpion
Smoke
Gauntlet Order:
1. Dr Robotnik (Sonic)
2. Wesker (RE)
3. M. Bison - Dictator (SF)
4. Broswer (Mario)
5. Sephiroth (FF)
6. Gannondorf (LoZ)
7. Dracula (Castlevania)
Notes: upon defeating villains such as Robotnik, M. Bison, Broswer, etc Shang Tsung also gains access to the fallen villains organizational resources whether that be Robotnik's machines, M. Bison's Shadowlaw, Broswer's army, etc.