User blog comment:Commdor/Mass Effect 3: Leviathan trailer released/@comment-2228120-20120826055859/@comment-1958269-20120827010555

BioWare's gone on record and said that the DLC squadmate project was started after development of the main game, and as such, it was far too late for them to embed Javik into it seamlessly. People complain about Javik being DLC, but I think that just shows how much people liked him as a character. I mean, I've never seen anyone complain about Dragon Age 2's Sebastian, being day one DLC. Probably because he was a sucky character.