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Injustice - New character reveal coming this Thursday on GTTV

Its called Sarcasm. Ive said this a fair few times on other boards. NRS will throw in surprises. Why hold back characters that we are all suspecting? Im guessing Yes Black Adam, Yes Raven, Possibly Ares and No Killer Frost. Its been confirmed theres more than 24 Characters. My guess is 28 and they said their GOAL was to make it evenly split between Heroes and Villains. Doesnt mean they had to, just means they might of.
 

Nillcox

Batman of Zur-En-Arrh
However it's entirely possible that the roster is greater than 24 characters, and maybe Captain Cold was the ice character shooting at Flash, and maybe the the mystery female in the center of the achievement pic is some pale redesigned version of hooded Circe. We'll see.
This seems like the most likely scenario to me, and the roster is definitely more than 24 going by what Hector said at NYCC.
 

EGGXI

Scary Bat
The chick in the achievement pic pretty clearly has purple skin..
I'm going with the theory that there is nothing clear about that pic, so I refuse to guess shit off of it. Although Ares could be top right (damn it there I go...)

However it's entirely possible that the roster is greater than 24 characters
It isn't just possible, it's confirmed that there are more than 24, Hector said the original roster screen was just a placeholder, and that when we had 12 we were "not even halfway"
 

BlackCyborg

I am Arkham
Hmm, aside from the crossword and the achievement pic, the only other hint I could think of was that one tweet from Boon (though it could just be Boon's typical joking behavior)

https://twitter.com/noobde/statuses/307925240489574400

RT FrogLantern @noobde I have been eagerly anticipating Captain Cold. These Killer Frost rumors make me sad. :( EB: Stay Frosty! #Hicks

From the original debut trailer for Injustice, we know there is at least one character who uses ice beams (the one shooting Flash). If the roster for Injustice really is only 24 characters, and if 3 out of the final 4 character slots are really gonna be Black Adam, Ares, and Raven, then that 4th and final slot (who would be the mystery woman from the achievement picture) just has to be the ice user.

However it's entirely possible that the roster is greater than 24 characters, and maybe Captain Cold was the ice character shooting at Flash, and maybe the the mystery female in the center of the achievement pic is some pale redesigned version of hooded Circe. We'll see.
I'm just gonna throw this out there...since nobody else has...

Just because there was ice going towards Flash in the announcement trailer, doesn't guarantee that there will be an ice powered character included. For all we know, it could have just been done for effect. Because it looked cool.

Nothing really concretely says it has to be a confirmed playable character. Could be in reference to Captain Cold, but he's not actually playable, just in story, or not in at all.

One thing I will point out to add to this potentially being the case, is that the character shooting the icicle, isn't shown in the slightest. Even Lex, who wasn't revealed 'til way later, was shown enough to make it obvious it was him.

Not saying this is the case, but people act as if it's a guarantee that there's an ice powered character in the game based on that first trailer.

This seems like the most likely scenario to me, and the roster is definitely more than 24 going by what Hector said at NYCC.
Even though some of the evidence has been pointed at more than 24 characters, and I believed it to be the case, it probably makes the most sense at this point that it's likely to be 24. Hector did say the select screen was a decoy, but that doesn't mean the real select screen has more spots. He also said they weren't even halfway there in terms of revealing the characters, but people make the misconception that he was counting 12 when he said that. If you look at the interview, he says "we're about 12 characters in and we aren't even halfway there". Key word being about. Which can mean 12 isn't halfway, but could also mean about 12 isn't halfway(such as 10 or 11 being about 12).

Not saying it can;t be more, but I don't think his word choice neccissarily was clear enough to confirm there's more than 24 for sure. I hope so though.
 

NeverAsked4This

Sarif Industries: Private Security Officer
To be honest, I'd be plenty satisfied with either Killer Frost or Circe. Killer Frost mostly because I really liked "Frost" from the 3D MK games (and really wanted her to make it as DLC for MK9) and Killer Frost would be a decent substitute. I'd also be happy with Circe because I love magic-using characters and I think Wonder Woman deserves more villain reps than just Ares. After all, Wonder Woman is one of the "Big Three", the holy DC Trinity. In fact she's probably the most popular heroine ever. If Bats gets Bane and Joker, and Supes gets Lex and Doomsday, I think it would be a little unfair for Wonder Woman to only gets Ares.

Just because there was ice going towards Flash in the announcement trailer, doesn't guarantee that there will be an ice powered character included.
True, true. I guess you have a point there.
 

EGGXI

Scary Bat
Just because there was ice going towards Flash in the announcement trailer, doesn't guarantee that there will be an ice powered character included. For all we know, it could have just been done for effect. Because it looked cool.
I don't know, it seems more stupid to me for NRS to include an ice blast hitting The Flash in the trailer but not include an ice villain. Like... it makes very little sense to me. I know it's little to go on but when I see ice beam and The Flash the brain jumps to Captain Cold.
 

Nillcox

Batman of Zur-En-Arrh
I don't know, it seems more stupid to me for NRS to include an ice blast hitting The Flash in the trailer but not include an ice villain. Like... it makes very little sense to me. I know it's little to go on but when I see ice beam and The Flash the brain jumps to Captain Cold.
Exactly, plus Cold wouldn't be the only character in that trailer who wasn't revealed until later. We can see Supes fighting Lex in that trailer but he wasn't officially shown until months after that.
 

NeverAsked4This

Sarif Industries: Private Security Officer
Well, NRS did invent the most popular ice-using character in all of fighting games (admittedly not much competition for that title). It would be pretty odd for NRS to make a fighting game without at least one ice-based fighter. In fact, correct me if I'm wrong but Sub-Zero is the only character that has been in every incarnation of the Mortal Kombat fighting games. Even Scorpion got left out at least once (in the original MK3). They love Sub-Zero so much they even made a female Sub-Zero and a Cyber Sub-Zero. Sub-Zero even got his own solo spin-off game.

An NRS game without an ice character would feel...wrong.

EDIT:

Would it be exaggerating to say that Sub-Zero is the most popular ice-user in video game history as a whole? I'm having trouble thinking of who would be more popular than him. Either way, I think you guys get the idea. NRS needs ice like Wilford Brimley needs insulin. Injustice needs more than just Green Arrow's ice arrow. It needs a Sub-Zero.
 

hellbly

Noob
Well, NRS did invent the most popular ice-using character in all of fighting games (admittedly not much competition for that title). It would be pretty odd for NRS to make a fighting game without at least one ice-based fighter. In fact, correct me if I'm wrong but Sub-Zero is the only character that has been in every incarnation of the Mortal Kombat fighting games. Even Scorpion got left out at least once (in the original MK3). They love Sub-Zero so much they even made a female Sub-Zero and a Cyber Sub-Zero. Sub-Zero even got his own solo spin-off game.

An NRS game without an ice character would feel...wrong.
This.
...and I'd like to add: if Cold is in, I'd want the GUN wielding Cold and not the new 52 'mutie' version.
 

EGGXI

Scary Bat
I just realised the next reveal is during my lunch break... huh time difference works in my favour for once.

Preferable waking up and seeing what's been revealed, scrolling through all the pages to see what has been said already etc.
 

Courtney

Burn in my Light
What I want:
1.Raven.
2.Animal Man/Vixen dgaf which one they'll play the same
3.The Ice character(fingers crossed for Permafrost so everyone is wrong)

What I'll get:
Black Adam
 

hellbly

Noob
Not completely, Wonder Woman, Superman, The Flash... maybe Green Lantern as well, seem to use more N52-inspired design
the armored-costumes thing? You're right, but I meant to say that the game seems to be based on the classic characterizations: an older trinity and Green Arrow, yellow sinestro, earth one Hawkgirl and Grundy, etc etc.
...with exception: Cyborg and Flash (barry allen)
 
If it's Ares or Black Adam then these 'reveals' are stupid, just like with Doomsday.

They actually reveal the character days before on some site then the suspense and hype is gone when they do their official reveal.

If they are going to let sites reveal the characters then they should just acknowledge that on their Twitter or something and save these build-ups for genuine reveals no one knows about.
 

Vilén

too smart to play MKX
Three reasons I'd rather have Killer Frost over Captain Cold:

1) Cryokinesis. The "ice gadgets" thing just limits what that can be done. Freezing projectiles and whatnot are nice but ice constructs will give you the really neat shit like ice clones.
2) Female, still need more of those in this game.
3) Killer Frost's aesthetic is underwhelming as all hell but Captain Cold looks like he was designed (and named) to be the antagonist in a really condescending faux-Pixar movie.

But honestly, fuck all that. After doing some research, the ice character I really is... Ice (ice-themed characters in basically all media have really, really, really shitty names):

dah wiki said:
In addition to being a proficient hand-to-hand combatant, Ice can project in various forms quantities of ice and snow through her hands just enough to down an opponent. She can create platforms of ice upon which she can skate. Before her initial demise, she was powered-up mysteriously (later revealed to be the result of the Overmaster). She was able to generate larger amounts of ice and snow, and gained super strength and the ability to fly. After her resurrection in Birds of Prey, Ice's powers seem incredibly destructive, expelling people from the building she's in as she awakens with bright white eyes, and conjuring a massive icy figure before her as well as controlling the weather to some degree, by causing the beginning of a blizzard far stronger than those known in that area.
Cryokinesis, female, ice clone powers are canon, is obscure to basically everyone and not just the general public and brings that metric fuckton of obscurity without a metric fuckton of uselessness to go with it, also hugs the shit out of this harp seal:

 

hellbly

Noob
If it's Ares or Black Adam then these 'reveals' are stupid, just like with Doomsday.

They actually reveal the character days before on some site then the suspense and hype is gone when they do their official reveal.
leaked reveales and marketing plans are two different things.
 

Courtney

Burn in my Light
Three reasons I'd rather have Killer Frost over Captain Cold:

1) Cryokinesis. The "ice gadgets" thing just limits what that can be done. Freezing projectiles and whatnot are nice but ice constructs will give you the really neat shit like ice clones.
2) Female, still need more of those in this game.
3) Killer Frost's aesthetic is underwhelming as all hell but Captain Cold looks like he was designed (and named) to be the antagonist in a really condescending faux-Pixar movie.

But honestly, fuck all that. After doing some research, the ice character I really is... Ice (ice-themed characters in basically all media have really, really, really shitty names):



Cryokinesis, female, ice clone powers are canon, is obscure to basically everyone and not just the general public and brings that metric fuckton of obscurity without a metric fuckton of uselessness to go with it, also hugs the shit out of this harp seal:
Ice actually makes a lot of sense I'd be ok with that.