Tekken wouldn't be the same without our supercop drunken master, he is the reason why I love the franchise in the first place. Can you imagine such a elaborate and technical playstyle to be apsent? Well they could change their mind about it, people would go ape shit if they're going to sell guests instead of their favorites, but if they do end up sell us guests, I think some from the Soul Calibur games would fit in Tekken quite well imo..
Harada said he wouldn't be selling classic characters as DLC, so i assume anyone that came in TTT2 will be in the game without needing the season pass.
The only char we know for sure is a paid DLC at this point if you don't pre-order her now is Eliza, and she is not a classic Tekken character.
My friend Ivo has a theory, if Eliza is the least most wanted character to return and its on the game, this pretty much confirm everyone else like Julia, Lei, Kuni, etc etc.
I honestly want this theory to be true, if classics are not DLCs as Harada says they won't be, there is a higher chance that the DLC characters coming are:
a) brand new characters
b) Guests from other games
And i want it to be B, because i've always imagined Akira going on a brawl in the Tekken Universe.