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24 characters initially and the rest unlockables like Cyber SZ & Quan Chi?

Vilén

too smart to play MKX
I want however many unlockable characters it takes to get the count up to 28 at launch.

Anything less from a character pool of this size would be a major disappointment. Then again:

I still think they'll have more than 24 characters. More characters put in means more casuals drawn in which means more money in their pockets.
Less characters at launch means more DLC characters which actually means more money in their pockets. This game has pretty much all the casual draw characters already in. And Boon already basically confirmed MMH is DLC despite the fact he really deserved a spot on the launch roster.
 

ShowboatingPenguin

Nothing gets past the Cold Field.
Alright let's take Doomsday off this current 24 slot select screen. That puts one more slot for a character. Which makes room for an Aquaman, (another) Wonder Woman and Flash villain.

-Ocean Master/Black Manta
-Circe
-Captain Cold

Doomsday and Ares are probably unlockable. Once they're unlock, two more slots are added to the screen.

So that's my guess.
 
Why take Doomsday off? Why would they show him if he wasn't part of the initial roster? And why would the unlockables only be villains?
 

IceNine

Tired, But Strong
I don't think they'd give a reveal to an unlockable. CSZ and Quan Chi were completely unknown (officially, obviously the leak exposed them).
 

Nillcox

Batman of Zur-En-Arrh
Considering their relative obscurity and potential to be interesting players in the story, maybe Animal Man and Swamp Thing will end up as unlockables. Who knows at this point though?
 

Vilén

too smart to play MKX
I'm going to bang dat Swamp Thing drum from here to eternity. He's GOTTA be in the game. People tell me that his comic is one of the most popular of the new 52. And I know he'd fit into the story because the game takes place in the DC universe... on Earth. So there you go.
 

JLU51306

Bzzzt *Paging Doctor Fate*
I feel like the three question's should be raised:

1. Are we sure that isn't an older build?

2. If it isn't, why are certain characters locked for no rhyme or reason?

3. Who took these pictures, was it someone in the development team, or a reviewer for a gaming website possibly?
 

Vilén

too smart to play MKX
I feel like the three question's should be raised:

1. Are we sure that isn't an older build?

2. If it isn't, why are certain characters locked for no rhyme or reason?

3. Who took these pictures, was it someone in the development team, or a reviewer for a gaming website possibly?
These are... really good questions.

I'd like to add: where the fuck is Swamp Thing?
 
I feel like the three question's should be raised:

1. Are we sure that isn't an older build?

2. If it isn't, why are certain characters locked for no rhyme or reason?

3. Who took these pictures, was it someone in the development team, or a reviewer for a gaming website possibly?
Really good questions, but if it was an older build, why are Raven and Black Adam in it when Raven was only announced this week and Black Adam has yet to be "officially revealed as playable"? My question is...where's the videos?! You jerks could take pictures of the select screen, don't tell me you couldn't take video too!
These are... really good questions.

I'd like to add: where the fuck is Swamp Thing?
This is also a good question.
Lamenting over the fact that his waifu has been turned into an avatar of death itself and he can't bone her anymore.
He is a plant elemental. Could he bone her before?
 

Nillcox

Batman of Zur-En-Arrh
Really good questions, but if it was an older build, why are Raven and Black Adam in it when Raven was only announced this week and Black Adam has yet to be "officially revealed as playable"? My question is...where's the videos?! You jerks could take pictures of the select screen, don't tell me you couldn't take video too!
Well I don't think that the builds they make for the game necessarily take the reveal schedule into account. Reveal order changes all the time, leaks happen, stuff gets shown way earlier than it's supposed to be shown. I'm also assuming that this was not to be shown to the public and that these pics were not supposed to be posted, so they weren't worried about leaks when showing this build.
 

EGGXI

Scary Bat
Okay. So. I think that we are going to get a Flash villain.

Batman, Superman, Wonder Woman, Green Lantern & Shazam all have their main villain counterpart in the game (not so much for WW but yeah okay).

Now if we were to do a tier of character popularity etc. The Flash is up there with most of those guys. I think it would be very odd if we didn't see a Flash villain. Even Raven & Cyborg & Nightwing sort of have Deathstroke. And I know people have theorised that even Aquaman is getting his (main?) villain counterpart.

Not saying there's no way, but I honestly don't see why Killer Frost would be in, but then again Grundy sort of came out of left field a bit...
 

Paradoxxs

Apprentice
I don´t get why all the hate for Killer frost I understand that some of you rather have another character to be ingame but no need to hate on her. She a fine character that can do alot of things with her ice power and maybe you Flash fans might get a villian like Mirror master instead of CC who knowns..
 

NeverAsked4This

Sarif Industries: Private Security Officer
First, let me say that I still think the Mystery Woman is most likely Killer Frost. However, just thinking about it, what if the Mystery Woman at the center of the leaked achievement pic is actually a completely original character made specifically for Injustice?

Like, maybe she plays a huge role in the story, and it would explain why she is at the very center of the achievement pic, making her seem more important than Lex, Sinestro, Joker, etc. I hear rumors that there might be some time-travel or alternate dimension stuff going on with the story, so maybe this new character is behind all of that. Perhaps NRS wanted to keep her true identity a secret, but still released her headshot in the achievement pic to encourage speculation. Seems like the kind of thing Boon would love to do.

We have gotten hints/clues/etc. for every other predicted character, like Raven, Black Adam, Ares, etc. either through Boons twitter, magazine articles, or other stuff. But as far as I know there isn't a single concrete hint towards Killer Frost or Circe outside of the achievement pic and fan guesswork. So much stuff has been leaked, and so many characters have been hinted, I'm genuinely surprised we have absolutely nothing on this Mystery Woman. No mention in the magazines, no clues in the Injustice comic, no action figure leaks, Boon and NRS haven't even acknowledged her existence. For everyone else we at least had something. For this woman we have nothing. They are keeping a very tight wrap on who she is, and I'd really see no reason to be so secretive for a character as unimportant as Killer Frost or even Circe.

Just throwing that out there
 

Circus

Part-Time Kano Hostage
First, let me say that I still think the Mystery Woman is most likely Killer Frost. However, just thinking about it, what if the Mystery Woman at the center of the leaked achievement pic is actually a completely original character made specifically for Injustice?
Hmm, that would be very NRS of them.

My guess would have something to do with Louis Lane probably? Joker came back from the dead somehow, maybe Mrs. Lane could be brought back as some evil Injustice villain.

Yea I know.... that would be pushing it way out of the box. I still think it looks like Circe.

EDIT: Ares could raise the dead though...
 

Nillcox

Batman of Zur-En-Arrh
I don´t get why all the hate for Killer frost I understand that some of you rather have another character to be ingame but no need to hate on her. She a fine character that can do alot of things with her ice power and maybe you Flash fans might get a villian like Mirror master instead of CC who knowns..
I don't see much hate, just people who want Cold more because he is a better character than she is who are frustrated that a character they like may be passed over for another lesser character because she happens to have tits. It just seems like the majority of folks who want Frost want her because she's a girl which is a pretty poor reason to choose one character over another. DC has lots a female characters who are basically "Girl version of X character", and most of the time they are pretty crappy in comparison. There are of course exceptions like Batwoman, Power Girl, Supergirl, etc. but Frost really doesn't fall in to that category. She's just a one note villain and ever since the first Killer Frost died the character has been pretty boring.

First, let me say that I still think the Mystery Woman is most likely Killer Frost. However, just thinking about it, what if the Mystery Woman at the center of the leaked achievement pic is actually a completely original character made specifically for Injustice?
That's a pretty interesting theory and a revived evil Lois Lane could be a pretty good villain. It's certainly a possibility but I still think the woman is either Circe or Killer Frost.
 

NeverAsked4This

Sarif Industries: Private Security Officer
EDIT: Ares could raise the dead though...
True. I bet Ares is still pissed after Supes and Wonder Woman mangled him in the comics and crowned him God of Ponies. I could see him having a very strong motive for attacking the Regime, and what better way to break Superman than to revive his dead wife? I admit it's a long shot, but it's definitely a fun theory.
 

Paradoxxs

Apprentice
If you want a wild theory it could also be Lucy Lane, Lois sister wanting to killer superman for killing her sister.