Character select/costume spoiler.

OK in the demo leak there a select screen set up with character names set such as this.
"ermac=ERMAC char_ermac=COSTUME 1 char_ermac_b=COSTUME 2 char_ermac_c=MK1"
It has the name and then the costume you can choose from so based on that he are the characters with costumes names.
1 Baraka 2
2 Cyrax 2
3 Ermac 3 "char_ermac_c=MK1"
4 Jade 4 "char_jade_c=MK2" "char_jade_d=MK3"
5 Jax 2
6 Johnny Cage 2
7 Kabal 2
8 Kano 2
9 Kitana 4 "char_kitana_c=MK2" "char_kitana_d=MK3"
10 Kung Lao 2
11 Liu Kang 2
12 Mileena 5 "char_mileena_c=MK2" "char_mileena_d=MK3" "char_mileena_e=COSTUME 3"
13 Nightwolf 2
14 Noob Saboit 2
15 Raiden 2
16 Reptile 3 "char_reptile_c=MK1"
17 Scorpion 3 "char_scorpion_c=MK1"
18 Sektor 2
19 Shang Tsung 2 maybe 3 with "char_cpu_shangtsung=SHANG TSUNG" Maybe a boss cpu only?
20 Sheeva 2
21 Sindel 2
22 Smoke 2
23 Sonya 2
24 Stryker 2
25 Subzero 3 "char_subzero_c=MK1"
26 Quan Chi 2
27 Kratos 2 "char_kratos_b=FEAR KRATOS"
28 Cyber Zero 1 "cyberzero=SUB-ZERO char_cyberzero=COSTUME 1"

Also the bosses are listed but no costume names are listed for them. This doesn't mean they are selectable or not to me. Could go either way I think.
goro=GORO
kintaro=KINTARO
shaokahn=SHAO KAHN

And what seems to me to be character from the Challenge Tower are listed the same way.
basemale=BASEMALE
Cage Twin=CAGE TWIN
Johnny Blaze=JOHNNY BLAZE
Thug=THUG
Stunt Man=STUNT MAN
Cyber Ninja=Cyborg
Demon= DEMON
Stunt Zombie=STUNT ZOMBIE
zombie=ZOMBIE
TarkatanSoldierA=TARKATAN SOLDIER
TarkatanGeneral=TARKATAN GENERAL
TarkatanLeader=TARKATAN LEADER
CapturedTarkatan=CAPTURED TARKATAN
Director= DIRECTOR
oni=ONI
NIGHTWOLF_DEMON_NAME=RUUTUU
TARKATAN_LEADER_NAME=Tarkatan Leader
RATS_NAME=Rats
TARKATANS_NAME=Tarkatans

Then two DLC slots and a random select
random_select=RANDOM SELECT
dlc_select1= DOWNLOADABLE CONTENT SELECT
dlc_select2= DOWNLOADABLE CONTENT SELECT

Ice Chemical said:

what about CYBER_REPTILE_NAME=Cyber-Reptile???

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From looking at the demo files, "Cyber-Reptile" is a mock character like Stuntman or "Inferno Scorpion". So it's probably a palette/texture swap of Cyber Subby(or some such Cyber ninja), only Green and with Reptiles moves.

[CharacterUnlocks]
CHAR_QUANCHI=Hidden Fighter Quan Chi
CHAR_CYBERZERO=Hidden Fighter Cyber Sub-Zero

So far, those two are the only character unlocks. However...

; Fatality tutorial options
GORO_MSG=Placeholder text, BUG ME
KINTARO_MSG=Placeholder text, BUG ME
SHAOKAHN_MSG=Placeholder text, BUG ME

Although all have placeholder text, they are still in the Fatality Tutorial. Which implies they are all playable, or were planned to be. Interesting.

Yes, and that, along with the fact that both Goro and Kintaro have endings, point to the fact that at least they are playable, and as for Shao Kahn, I take the Fatality Tutorial mode text, if every other character there is playable, and the Australian ban report confirmed a Shao Kahn fatality, then I take it that he's indeed playable.

As for his lack of ending, I have two theories:

1-He just may not have one yet, hey, Cyber Sub-Zero doesn't have one there either, and he's confirmed to be playable.

2-He just may not be playable IN ARCADE MODE, it makes sense if they just didn't want him to beat himself to get an ending, so maybe he's playable in the other modes, and not in Arcade Mode.

Either way, I stand by my reasoning that most clues hint to him being playable.

As for his lack of ending, I have two theories