Shao Kahn has been nominated to Nintendo Power Awards '94 and '95 in the category "Worst Villain" (actually meaning the best villain) of the year, coming second place for 1995. In the eliminations of GameSpot's vote poll for the title of "All Time Greatest Game Villain", Shao Kahn won against Officer Tenpenny from "" but barely (49.9% to 50.1%) lost to General RAAM from "Gears of War". GamesRadar also praised Shao Kahn's role as an antagonist, putting him in their 2013 list of the best villains in video game history at number 24, and including him among the 12 most unfair gaming bosses in 2014. "Complex" ranked Shao Kahn from "Mortal Kombat II" as the "coolest" boss in fighting game history in 2012, stating that "in the history of fighting games, no boss has ever been cooler or more exciting to lose against." In ScrewAttack's "Death Battle" battle of the fighting game bosses episode, Shao Kahn defeated M. Bison from the "Street Fighter" series, overcoming him due to his battle experience of over ten thousand years in addition to the absorption of billions of souls, all of which grant him power.