Maybe they dropped the amulet thing from the new story altogether. Or maybe Shinnok does have it like you say but I doubt it's meant to be a clue that Chi doesn't have it.
Eh i wouldn't read too much into it. Shinnok has better odds than a lot of characters given his role in MK9 and MK4, but he's boss character enough with a small enough following that I could see them either having him fall down a flight of stairs early on or be "unplayable shao khan" sort of thing.
Lol I hope so
Naw the fans want his skeleton hands too much.
well they already said they're not going back into the Dragon King / One Being arc, so its possible they've ignored / retconned the amulets role as a Kamidogu / realm merger device. More importantly, Shinnok says "soon I will be free" not "now that I am free"at the end of MK9, so there's no actual guarantee he ever gets free. For all we know Raiden (or someone else in Outworld or Earth) caught wind of his plot and shut him down. Kotal obviously comes out of nowhere and takes the throne in Outworld, and its unlikely Shinnok would just appoint this dude boss of a whole realm, so while it does seem extremely likely Shinnok is confirmed, there is a lot of wiggle room. When you consider the way DA ended and De started, De to Arma, and even Arma to 9, there is a lot of room for a complete plot curve ball.
