Board Thread:Mortal Kombat (Alternate Timeline)/@comment-4708902-20160816191251/@comment-21005855-20160907174604

I think mostly because, while the original timeline Kamidogu were cool in design, the daggers are more practical. This way, we see the Kamidogu as more of a weapon rather than a floating symbol. There could be other reasons but that would be my guess as to the biggest reason.