No scorpion or Sub-zero
Dead characters that will never comeback
6 new characters (though this is vague)
Reduced the roster of 30 initial characters(concept they had in mind in previous year) and 12 more as DLC to 20ish starting roster and 6 more as DLC probably a bunch of guests in between.
I'm actually split on this 6 new characters, if those characters are from Earthrealm, Outworld then its a wasted oportunity really.
One of the things that made deception amazing was the fact that Hotaru, Darrius, Havik and Dairou expanded the realms, which in consequence expanded the lore something i hope NRS keeps doing, now if they're just going to show us the son of Kano, i would be a lot better if they gave us Jarek instead.