Today was a big day with the announcement of Injustice 2 as well as the trailer release where we got confirmation of the return of Superman, Batman, Aquaman, Flash, and the addition of Supergirl, Atrocitus, and Gorilla Grodd while also confirming that we are staying in the regime world. Now while a lot of us are probably super pumped in the hope that we will see the addition of our favorite characters we might have an issue or two, that being that in the injustice universe a lot of characters are either dead, arrested or plain gone do to the events either in the game or set before the game in the popular prequel comic series. Now I know I've said this in other threads and discussed it to the point where there is a likely possibility I'm wrong but if we do see new characters odds are they will replacement heroes/villains, legacy heroes, or those who never appeared in the game or prequel comic.
Unless the main universe heroes/villains are brought in again or we just ignore the long running comic series the following characters may not be showing up.
-The joker
-Lex Luthor
-Bizarro
-Green Arrow
-Black Canary(since Dr. Fate sent her to an alternate earth, good chance of return)
-Huntress
-Martian Manhunter
-Guy Gardner
-John Stewart
-Kyle Rayner
-Hal Jordan(not dead but arrested by the guardians)
-Sinestro(also arrested by guardians)
-Shazam
-Dick Grayson
-Superboy(phantom zone)
-Starfire(phantom zone)
-Wondergirl(phantom zone)
-Red Robin(phantom zone)
-Heatwave
-Weather Wizard
-Trickster
While I'm sure there a lot more I don't want to keep this list going forever, all I can say is we are going to need to fill some rolls and introduce characters who weren't around the first time or have been in hiding since the start of the first game like say Captain Cold or Plastic man. I'm just saying this because odds are DC won't want to ignore the comic they spent five years working on. I guess with all that in mind plus the fact that Neatherrealms want to increase the character selection size I'd like to discuss who might be in the game.
Odds are we will see the return of the following characters in the sequel besides those already shown in the trailer
-Bane
-Catwoman
-Cyborg
-Raven
-Damian Wayne
-Deathstroke
-Harley Quinn
-Hawkgirl
-Wonder woman
-Killer Frost
-Solomon Grundy
-Black Adam
-Ares
-Doomsday(?)