New residents enter Arkham City...

Not that the villain roster couldn't get any more diverse and awesome they throw a pocket watch of surprises and i think i may need a spot of tea to drink down all this hype.

There is a place. Like no place on Earth. A land full of wonder, mystery, and danger! Some say to survive it: You need to be as mad as a hatter. Arkham City is the craziest place to be think the Hatter is mad enough to stay?

Well get my tea and put some sugar in it, the Mad Hatter makes his first appearance in Arkham City as one of its crazy inhabitants, wanting to take control? causing some Alice themed chaos? The question on my mind about Mad Hatter, what are his motives exactly? Is he working with someone or is he solo? I do like his new darker look i have to say, makes him look less cartoony and more like i can take him as a serious psychopath. Cannot wait to see him action and his bunny henchmen battle it out with the rest of the inmates in Arkham City. Let the genius level intellect and mind controlling technology stare us down and do his bidding until the spell is broken.

Looking great Ivy glad to see your back for our round 2 fight. *grabs weed whacker.*

Just when i was telling and sure that i knew Batman was going to need some help... BAM Dick Grayson has answered my call and confirmed i am not crazy. Welcome Nightwing gamers and nerds, the first Robin out doing his own thing and turned into Nightwing. I had to say i was a little nervous for Batman i actually thought they were going to give him a real workout and have him do all this by himself, that doesn't make sense story wise (good thing I've been reading all the comics.) I'm so ready to see what Nightwing brings to the table and very excited for his addition to the series.

But wait there's more! Rocksteady is claiming this isn't even a fraction of the City were entitled to... So this means other villains have there chance to shine in this city filled with psychos and villains. I feel these guys are missing there shot at the city and the Batman if we really haven't seen what Arkham City has to offer i expect to see these guys:

Deathstroke the Terminator:

Wouldn't be a normal if the best DC assassin wants to but masks with one of the few people that can actually defeat him. Lets see if Slade Wilson can have a new look and the same chance to tear the wings off the bat.

Hush:

 You tell Hush he cant be in this game? sign those bullets with your last signature now then, since when have we seen him in a game of this caliber?

Man-Bat:

With everyone else getting darker toned looks i would love to see there take on Man-Bat, plus we need something for Batman to do in the air.

Red Hood aka Jason Todd:

 Why shouldn't Hugo call a criminal killing assassin to eradicate the major villains? Why shouldn't he cross paths with his former mentor and raise some hell? and lastly since Nightwing is in it wouldn't it only be fair to have the first two robins go at it in this kind of setting.

Wrath: The Anti-Batman

A personal favorite character of mine in the sense of he's everything Batman stands for... on opposite day, murdering law enforcement and everything else that's on the side of good is his game plan and he will kill anyone who fights for good that stands in his way.

Catman:

The Rival to both Catwoman and Batman it would be a first for him to be introduced into a game and why not give him the chance to show us and the occupants of Arkham City what he has to offer, plus he has to do something since Catwoman is around.. (They hate each other, guess why?)

Characters i would love to see in Batman Arkham City challenge maps

Azrael: Michael Lane:

Until we see how they incorporate Tim and his staff I wouldn’t know how they make the staff coincide with his game play, so until then Azrael who dual wields swords of course, has enhanced strength and speed and years of Marine and GCPD training under his belt along with the training from the suit itself make him an awesome character to incorporate into a game.

Richard Grayson aka Nightwing:

Call me crazy but with the inclusion of Tim Drake (Only as a challenge map character but still.) Does anyone find it strange that they conveniently forgot the original robin? I think they’re keeping him to be an assist character in the game for Batman, with batman getting help from Catwoman and even teaming up with Bane you don’t have a suspicion that a blue suited apprentice to the Batman isn’t going to make a debut? Even for a challenge map Dick has everything you would want from a character: excellent fighting skills on par has defeated Bruce, Deathstroke, Al Ghul, etc. the finest athlete DC has to date, and his trademark Escrima sticks mixed with his own style of fighting make him a unique character hopefully for story and challenge map purposes.

Some alt costume ideas for Dick Grayson:

Though Grayson currently is the new Batman he is far from a clone from his mentor Bruce, spice up his game play that still makes it feel unique like how he is and as Nightwing (although the sticks would probably have to go.)

Arael: Jean-Paul Valley:

The original the more powerful and skilled, nerds and she nerds i give you Batman's hidden back up plan to protect Gotham in the event that he couldn't himself, couple stories later Bane broke Batman's back and guess who he called to watch over the city? Equipped with body armor, flaming swords, projectile blades and a flamethrower.... i know what i said. How they can incorporate all of that would be interesting to and challenging.

Alt costumes for Jean:

Jason Todd aka Red Hood:

The Robin that stared death in the face, and came back to life in a standstill Jason Todd and his fighting prowess more than deserve to be a candidate for a challenge map DLC character. His trusty knife he uses, his rush down method of beating anyone even Dick Grayson to a tie of sorts, and his fire arm mastery come on now that's more than enough. Although like I’ve said about Dick I think he’s going to be a villain in this game along with the others in Arkham City, Jason always acts in his own sense of justice so why not have Batman interact with his former protégé catching him trying to murder the villains in his own turf. Knowing Jason he probably has some kind of temporary criminal alliance with Hugo Strange (hoping) Strange kidnapped Holly to get Catwoman to cooperate with him, so why not call upon someone that you know will do everything he can to kill the villains in one spot?

Alt costume ideas for Jason:

Ace the Bat Hound:

Since Amaterasu proves that animals can kick major human butt why not give Ace a chance to shine as a challenge map character? He would basically have defensive dog maneuvers, flips and other things detective dogs that are owned by batman can do.