This is a playthrough of single player mode using Shao Kahn in the Genesis version of Ultimate Mortal Kombat 3. Read on below for more information...

Shao Kahn is the final boss of the game. He is an unlockable playable character, but he can only be selected in a 2-player game. This means that he is unavailable in a single-player game.

===== HOW TO UNLOCK SHAO KAHN =====

In the Genesis version of the game, Shao Kahn and Motaro can be Enabled in the hidden Killer Codes options screen. Here's how to get it:

On the menu screen, input the following command:

A, C, Up, B, Up, B, A, Down

If you've done it right, all the secret menus will appear. Go into the Killer Codes options, and set Shao Kahn to Enabled. He'll now be available in a 2-player game, replacing the center dragon panel on the character select screen. He can only be selected in a 2-player game, and only one player can select him.

===== SPECIAL MOVES =====
-- Shoulder Charge: F, F + [LP]
-- Knee Charge: F, F + [HP]
-- Fireball: B, B, F + [LP]
-- Mallet: B, F + [HP]
-- Laugh: D, D + [HK]
-- Taunt: D, D + [LK]

===== ABOUT UMK3 SHAO KAHN =====

Shao Kahn originally appeared in Mortal Kombat 2 as the last boss, and is an unplayable character in all the genuine versions of MK2. Even using alternate methods to select him in the 16-bit and 32-bit versions of MK2 was pretty useless, as he easily locked the game if you try to control him (you may have seen this on my channel).

The breakthrough finally came in the SNES and Mega Drive versions of the original Mortal Kombat 3, where Shao Kahn was made a genuine playable character in them, accessed within hidden options screens whereby the player would have to input a command to unlock them.

This has thankfully carried onto Ultimate Mortal Kombat 3, as we see here in the video.

===== GAMEPLAY =====

Shao Kahn is a very powerful character in this version of the game, and as a 2D MK boss, he plays completely differently to the regular characters. Here is the information on him:

--- He can actually jump, but he cannot attack during jumping, meaning that he has no air Normals. When the CPU is controlling him it never uses his jumps.

---- He cannot crouch and he cannot Run.

---- He does not have any finishing moves, nor can finishing moves be performed on him.

---- Under human control, his Mallet doesn't stun the opponent into a dizzy state if it hits, unlike the CPU Kahn.

---- There is a glitch with his Taunt move. If the opponent attacks as he is finishing the Taunt, it will make him automatically Block for the remainder of the round. The reason this happens is that there is a small window where the CPU controls him as he finishes the Taunt... so if the opponent attacks it "activates" the CPU response.

---- The minor bug where he goes into his "defeated" animation/sprites (after immediately Blocking when knocked down) from MK3 has been fixed here.

---- Unfortunately, he is always locked to The Pit 3 stage background. In MK3 he was able to appear on any background stage.

---- When you complete the game with him and you choose the Tournament Outcome treasure, it crashes the game, producing the error screen.

---- In a versus game on the character select screen, if Shao Kahn is selected it does not go to a versus screen. Instead, it just goes to the fight straight away.

---- In a 2-player game, only one player can select him.

---- Surprisingly, he has a proper alternate color palette for mirror matches. This is normally never used because there is no legitimate instance in the game where you would get a Shao Kahn mirror match.

===== ABOUT GENESIS UMK3 =====

The game is developed by Avalanche Software. As this uses the same code from Sculptured Software's previous port (MK3) on the same size cartridge size (32Mbit), it meant that many cuts had to be made, some of which as follows:

---- The character Sheeva is removed.

---- The announcer voices for the character's names are removed.

---- The Animalities are removed. However the Mercy feature is still intact.

However, there were some extras/improvements over the original Arcade UMK3:

---- Rain and Noob Saibot are added to the playable roster.

---- Mileena, Ermac and Classic Sub-Zero are available from the start and are regular characters.

----- Brutalities (from Mortal Kombat Trilogy) were added to the game.

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