Afumba
Kombatant
I think if or if not someone makes the MK11 roster shouldnt matter. I put it on par with the concept that characters have to be part of the main story to make the initial roster. Its an irrelevant factor in my oppinion. Besides - Tanya will probably be in MK11 as well, so there is thatI think they'll save Rain for an actual MK11 Roster spot, seeing as he was dlc in MK9, it would be kinda tired to make him dlc twice in a row.
The two times dlc thing is a more reasonable reason but bottom line it shouldnt matter. If they make a good characters & if he is popular it shouldnt be a problem... beside of beeing stamped as the "dlc guy"
I sound like a Rain fanboy lol. Honestly i dont even like him much. I would take every other ninja-type over him. But he would add more to the roster than most characters that were left out in the story. Not many that challenge him for the top spots here. This & popularity should matter more than MK11 roster & if he already was dlc or not.