Depowering Overpowered Shang Tsung's Morph Move
Shang Tsung is one controversial character. I remembered one of the reasons why Mortal Kombat was rightfully bashed was due to the lack of balance. One of them happened to be where Shang Tsung who started out as the FINAL BOSS of the first game became a playable character along with Reptile. Reptile was given his own moves and was toned down. However, Shang Tsung wasn't exactly toned down. Sure, Shang Tsung's fireballs were now less damaging but one attribute made him that OP - it's the fact he could morph into ANY playable character. That imbalance just got worse during the PSX's version of MK Trilogy where bosses were playable. Fortunately, it came with a price that there was the lag. The 3D era of MK just gave a better balance by removing the morphs altogether since MKDA except for the crap handheld version. The morph ability, however, was somewhat returned in MK9 . The boss version of Shang Tsung could morph into any character at will but NOT Shang Tsung as a playab...