Well all I'm saying is that the only bit of news I've heard is that Boon said, "You'll find out what happened to the Deadly Alliance in MKD." So nothing had been said about Shang and Quan's demise. Ok, the Dragon King is back - but they could have succesfully revived the dragon army, which could have some effect on the DK's return.

Also Liu Kang is back - but maybe Liu's soul wasn't released with Shang's death, perhaps he was resurrected for the evil side, or for good against the evil threat.

We HAVE seen the Beetle Lair as a stage where Quan Chi's beetle symbol is shown throughout the level. Also Shang's island beach is in MKD along with the Nethership (well Netherbelly)

I originaly thought Kung Lao won, but it is looking less and less likely that he will be on the select screen.

So maybe Shang and Quan didn't lose, I mean I haven't heard of any proof that they were infact, defeated?? I'm not saying that they'll appear as playable or even fightable in MKD, but I think maybe they could have won, and then before MKD is set the DK or somebody took control of the power they acheived.

If you can prove me wrong (maybe I missed some info) or you just think I'm wrong (or right!!), leave your reply...(oh and remember it's just speculation, since we haven't seen anything new on MKD for a while - some of the topics are becoming a bit repatative, and I realized nowhere does it say they lost!)