They made some very odd choices with this game. They must've run out of time or memory or something. Because they also don't give you the option to use alot of the weapons in KAK that other kombatants use. Like...no bo staff, or nunchakus or anything. Just axes and swords....wtf? I mean, they're already in the game mechanics...just like pretty much everything else we use in KAK, so why not let us just use them? Who knows. MK8 will rectify all these issues hopefully.