In 2005, the action game Mortal Kombat: Shaolin Monks featured main characters Liu Kang and Kung Lao. It explains an alternate version of the events of the second game in the series: the arrival of Baraka, the rejuvenation of Shang Tsung, and the appearance of Kintaro and Shao Khan. After the failure of the two previous spin-off games, expectations are low for this one, which nevertheless met with real success with more than a million copies sold and very good ratings from the specialized press.
