I WANT it to be Red Hood, or something crazy like a brainwashed Superman. I doubt it'll be anything that cool. But the way they're keeping a lot of characters close to their chest and introducing people who havnt been in Arkham before, makes me home they're saving something special.

I doubt it would be Red Hood(aka Jason Todd). I don't think he's even met Dick Grayson yet.

If it's Joker I will beat myself in the face. It would be the third game in a row and the most obvious/boring choice. I hope it's either a pretty big surprise, like a good twist at some point, or just have it be Black Mask.

Edit: Ok nevermind, Arkham City didn't have Joker as a final boss. WHATEVER! My point still stands.

Could be true. Have they mentioned how many years before the other two this one takes place? Cause by City, Tim Drake is Robin, and in comic chronology he was the 3rd person to hold that mantle. Meaning if they follow a similar pattern with the Arkhamverse, the whole Death of the Family arc may have happened already. Batman still looks plenty gruff to not be young at a point where he would've had no allies. I believe Joker makes an off-hand comment about that storyline in Asylum or City as well.

It's like, Batman's first year.
I doubt there'll be a Robin never mind Red Hood.

Man-Bat.

AS IT SHOULD BE.

They said it's his second year as Batman, there's no Robin and he's not even working with Jim Gordon yet. Said it in a game Informer Q&A.

@the_ruiner: That probably rules out any Justice League partners coming over as well. Damn shame. Although there was that Queen Industries container in the CG reveal.

Deathstroke, I think. He's the muscle and Black Mask is the brains?

I could totally see them going with something safe and relatively predictable like Joker. I hope I'm wrong, I want to believe that Joker isn't even an important character in the game as I'm kind of sick of him at this point, and the lack of original voice casting doesn't help. But yeah, for all the touting they did with AC having a new cast of enemies to meet, it was still mostly Joker.

1. Joker

2. Scarecrow

3. Bane

4. Some other modern Batman movie villain

Mark Hamill

Should be Deathstroke, Joker's been done twice already and Black Mask isn't really a skilled figher. Deathstroke is by far the most dangerous of any of the villains shown off so far and defeating him in combat would be a great way to show Batman becoming the badass he is in the earlier(or later I guess) games.

So long as there's Kevin Conroy skin DLC :D

It will be Egghead

@monkeyking1969 said:

It will be Egghead

I'd pay money for a game where I get to punch that guy a bunch.

If Gorilla Grod was the final boss in this game I would flip my shit. That'd be the most left field you could get, and it would be incredible.

bat mite

Ganon

Joe Musashi.

*joke answer*

Anywhoo, I'm not super invested in the real nitty gritty of Batman (or any comic characters really), so I couldn't begin to start throwing out guesses or speculation. We don't even know who all of the 9 assassins are yet... do we? I'm hoping it'll be a nice surprise and most especially that, like everyone else will agree I'm sure, it doesn't devolve into yet another scheme involving The Joker.

You know, I'd love to see the Court of Owls or the Red Hood. Both have been great in the New 52 version of Batman but I'm guessing neither would be seen as having enough mass market appeal and in the case of the Owls, they probably didn't even exist when the game went into production.

Shadow Batman!

Deathstroke. If they hew close to the comics, he's essentially Evil Batman.

Probably the joker, because how many times can we use the joker as a boss? Let's find out!

The little boy from Identity that kills everyone.

The Joker because he is the Joker and this is an Arkham game.

The thing is that I'm one of those annoying dudes who have absolutely no problem with it because I like the character so much.

The only answer I will accept is fighting The Joker to Jesper Kyd's baller The Adventures of Batman and Robin Genesis soundtrack.

Now I really want a Streets of Rage IV. I'm just going to ball up in a corner and cry for the next hour or two.

Clayface round 2

Zack Snyder.

dear god, I hope it's gorilla godd

It's the Joker. Again.

joker thats not funny.com

The Penny Plunderer.

Whoever it is, I hope it's as a big of a surprise as Clayface!

Well, since no one has dropped his name yet, why not repeat the 'they don't think it's gotten old but it sure as hell has'........

...Evil Superman.