Well the game has officially been datamined, and the full list of DLC characters seems to have been uncovered:
- Broly - CONFIRMED 2/17/18
- Bardock - CONFIRMED 2/17/18
- Zamasu (With Fused?)
- Vegito (Blue?)
- Cooler
- Android 17 (Ranger)
- Base Goku
- Base Vegeta
Will be interested to see how this shakes out. Of course this would confirm the Reddit leak was (unfortunately) correct about Base Goku and Vegeta. But at least we get Android 17!
EDIT:
So for those of you who may say "But these are just Avatars!" A couple points:
Yes, they are, but they're the only Avatars not currently in the game. All of these characters have at least two (or would have at least two, in 17's case), except Cooler.
All characters with 2 or more Avatars are playable. And no non-playable character has multiple Avatars. So it stands to reason these -will- be playable.
Here's all the Avatars currently in the game:
Now, interestingly, all of these characters are clearly "paired up" except Cooler and 17.
Broly & Bardock
Vegito & Zamasu
Goku & Vegeta
I think it's possible they may be releasing these characters two at a time.
EDIT 2:
There's also this...
I'm only gonna say that. I do not have actual information on the season pass, so feel free to take it with a grain of salt, I could be mistaken, but piecing a few things together from what I know :
Cooler and Ranger 17 would be lobby avatars only. Offered as rewards for season pass owners, over those that just buy one character from time to time.
The work on the last two DLC characters has not started or has started very recently.
Cooler and 17 being avatars means they permanently ruled them out as being playable, ever, not season 1, not season 2.
So, it's possible that Cooler and 17 will not be DLC, but the other 6 surely are. Of course, it's also possible these two still will be DLC. 17 would still be the only non-playable character with two avatars if he's not, which I find somewhat unlikely. And Cooler would be the only post-launch avatar that isn't playable... also somewhat unlikely.
EDIT 3:
Someone got access to Textures and not just models now givingindication that work was done on Base Form Vegita in Saiyan armor with his tail.
EDIT 4:
Models have surfaced from the game's files of Saiyan Saga Vegeta:
EDIT 5:
Post Patch:
I have already noticed something different from before the update. Cooler is now listed right next to the other playable characters in the list of quotes that you can tie to Z Stamps.
Will Cooler be one of the first DLC characters released? That would honestly be unexpected. Also, there seems to be enough space in the numbering between the playable characters (Cooler being 794) and non-playable characters (Chiaotzu being 810) for 15 more characters, which would account for the rest of the FighterZ Pass and a second season. Most likely means nothing, but just food for thought.
EDIT 6:
So has anyone heard the announcer call for Cooler yet? If that's not proof he's part of the DLC yet then I don't know what would be.
https://twitter.com/Mastaklo/status/958503097466281985
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EDIT 8:
Files for all 8 characters accidentally included in the Broly/Bardock update:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wQVgdt2NmXQ
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