You...dont pay for characters. They all unlock for playing, the way all fighters should work.
DLC? In 4 you had to pay for dlc chars, I am pretty sure that's the case
Gotcha. When you said "constantly paying for new characters" it sounded as if you thought you had to pay for a lot of them.
While I am in no way whatsoever a fan of DLC, the 75-character roster (including Pirahnna Plant who is free) is pretty impressive, especially when combined with the sheer magnitude of stuff to do in this game. You also have 14 other characters in the base game who instead of just being pallet swaps, are individual characters with completely different looks, such as all seven Koopalings under the Bowser Jr. tab.
So I dont take too much offense at a $25 DLC pack that includes 5 new characters 5 new stages and a bunch of music tracks. And if rumors are to be believed, the characters are:
Joker from Persona 5
Steve from Minecraft with Alex and Master Chief alternate skins
Doom Guy from Doom with alternate Doom 64 skin
Ryu Hayabusa from Ninja Gaiden
Erdrich from Dragon Quest with two alternate character skins
If this pans out, that's 10 additional characters.