Yes, Nintendo had a reveal of their own to share at this year’s Game Awards. And it is a massive bombshell. Nintendo announced the first DLC character that will be coming to Super Smash Bros. Ultimate. It will be none other than Joker from Persona 5. Joker will be part of Challenger Pack 1. Nintendo of America tweeted the news, so you can see their tweet down below.
What’s this? The Phantom Thieves of Hearts have appeared at #TheGameAwards!https://t.co/TBL4y1bC9K pic.twitter.com/3BpTTLCIkk
— Nintendo of America (@NintendoAmerica) December 7, 2018
He’s always been one of my favorite picks, but I didn’t think they’d ever consider him.
Guess “Cloud logic” is a thing. :D
Wasn’t Joker rumored all the way back when they teased about Smash Ultimate? Kinda surprised that nobody else remembered this, but we did give up hope for him since there was little chance and it did sound farfetched…
Ok but where’s metroid?
Looks like people like gamexplain and others were merely stringing us all along so that they could present us with NOTHING! RIP metroid for now =(
Hopefully I’m wrong and they show something right at the end…but it doesn’t look like it -_-
Such is the curse of listening to rumors.
After that Grinch leak I’m not going to bank on rumors again.
Yeah. Nintendo better show it soon because thats what people are expecting.
People REALLY need to stop paying attention to rumours.
So does mynintendonews by them choosing to report of such things ;P
Listening to rumors is fine. Just don’t base all your hopes on them.
Why do people love Metroid SO much? I never have, and never will. Especially since it turned into a first person series. My least favorite genre.
I’m so happy I wanted joker to appear on BlazBlue Cross Tag Battle. So having him on Super Smash is even better and lastly Amiibo!!!
Who knows? I think Season 2 will be a thing.
I notice that Xander Mobus known as the smash announcer is voicing the joker in the game from the series and from Persona 5.
We never saw it COMIIIIIIIIIIIIING.
So that’s where it comes the meme
Huh well this was surprising. Still would love my skull kid though. Is Persona 5 even released on Switch? This seems totally out of the blue
Persona Q2 came out on the 3DS a couple days ago in Japan, he’s in that game.
the persona series is owned and is only exclusive for sony except for persona q but this suprosed me a lot
No it isn’t. Its owned by Atlus, who have released and published every game in the series. Its just that they have, thus far, released most of the Persona games on Playstation exclusively, but Sony doesn’t own the franchise.
Nintendo has been all about Smash Ultimate this year so this shouldn’t be a surprise at this point.
YEET
Once again, Nintendo surpassed our expectations
lol no
Actually, troll… Nintendo just did surpassed our expectations. 1) MARVEL Ultimate Alliance 3: The Black Order published by Nintendo and developed by Team NINJA exclusively for the Switch… and now, Joker from a Sony exclusive JRPG Persona 5 as the first DLC character in Super Smash Bros. Ultimate for the Switch.
2019 will be the best year for Nintendo. Year three will ultimately be the very best!
Joker isn’t exclusively in Playstation games. He’s also in Persona Q2, a 3DS exclusive game.
Joker isn’t even close to the top of the requested characters so they didn’t exceed any expectations on smash dlc. I’ve been following smash polls hardcore and he’s never even been at the bottom of the polls let alone on them at all.
What do you think of Native American Mr. Game and Watch? I’m considering using it as my icon just to see who gets triggered by it. lol
Strange pick, I never played persona 5 but I have heard nothing but good things about it. I’m interested in gameplay of this character, but hey I’m probably buying the fighters pass anyway.
Probably the same as the P4A characters.
Persona 5 was a praised game
This was definitely a cool surprise don’t get me wrong, but if this was the only thing ninty had to show then talk about disappointing. Not knocking smash of course….but jeez not everyone is a smash head.
And watch the “”insiders”” play the “lol plans change still believe us tho!” card soon
There’s the Marvel game too that they’re making with Koei Tecmo. So no Smash isn’t the only thing.
Publishing doesn’t mean they themselves are working on it. So no. The Persona character reveal for Smash was all we got specifically from Nintendo.
Well, it seems like we got an anime character on board for the game.
I think Persona is not born as an anime but as a videogame. I’m not sure because I’m not a fan of the series
Persona is a spinoff game series of Shin Megami Tensei if I remember correctly so yes, Joker’s not an anime charater.
Thank you mister Ridley
same here. But, it does has its own anime series.
I never saw it coming. I guess Sakurai’s mind is too fast for eyes.
I thought they said they wouldn’t make anymore announcements until AFTER the game came out.
This was half an hour BEFORE.
Yeah they did said that. It seems like they are trolling us.
I know right!?
Well in all fairness the game was already released in the East. 💁
Guess they’ll let just anyone in Smash bros now. R.I.P. Gamers quest.
I was wondering if I’d be maining any of the new characters. I got my answer, thanks Nintendo.
Be cool if they ported the game also. Oh well. i liked Persona 3 so this is cool. Not something I’m SUPER hype for as I’m not a HUGE fan but like it well enough. It’s still a super welcome addition and a big franchise worthy of the inclusion. I wonder if this means most of the DLC will be these big cross overs with other 3rd parties?
I was surprised to see him show up at all. I was super happy. I was expecting something related to P5 and he took out the invitation and I screamed internally. This man stole my heart again.
What I waited for: Metroid
What I got: Another reason Ultimate is the first Smash game I’ll never play.
Nintendo stated that they might have announced it too early so i expected the announcement in the next games award and i think bayonetta might have a trailer for e3 and why are you hating on persona/smash
Smash Bros is about Nintendo gaming icons but now it’s like Europe letting illegals run amok.
I think you’re right on one thing. Nintendo is only talking about to Smash but now with the game out (and I got the copy just 30 minutes ago) we can finally see more info for the other games
welp we cant expect anything to be announced in one day right?
but we all should just be grateful that Nintendo is not square enix
Wow you are trash. Hope the worst.
Pretendo alert!
How are they trash? Just because he, or she, said illegals doesn’t mean anything. I mean, you can be okay with immigrants coming to your country and still not like illegals. Least immigrants got in legally while illegal ones hopped the border without permission. Sadly, illegals might be one of those words that gets misused these days and isn’t going by it’s actual meaning, so maybe I’m wrong and 狐ちゃん is using the term illegals as a wide net for all immigrants.
Honestly, we need to quit condemning something just because racists or supremacists use it for the wrong reasons. The swastika, for instance, originally was a symbol for peace & fertility in some asian countries til fucking Nazis used it as their symbol. Now it can’t be seen as anything but a symbol for hate by some. Least the N word, for instance, had it’s origin stem from racism where as the swastika was meant as something entirely different for centuries before the 1900s, so only one of these things are redeemable.
Super Smash brothers has become a celebration of video games as a whole. To be upset because it’s not strictly nintendo characters now is extremely closed minded especially when the new characters bring such variety to the franchise. Thankfully Nintendo does not share this same toxic mindset.
I hope at least Atlus ports Persona 5. 3rd party is 1 thing, but it’s a bad business decision to have a character who’s main game is on a different company’s system.
Nintendo to their fans who were introduced to Joker through Smash, “You like this character?? Go buy a PS3 or 4 in order to play the game he’s from!”
I agree with that point. He’s in persona q for 3ds but yea persona 5 on switch would be cool but idk if that would happen since no persona games have been on nintendo.
I do really hope P5 is on the Switch. Joker was announced with Smash x P5 instead of PQ2. Persona 4 was put on the Vita which is now dead, so I can hope P5 gets the same treatment with the Switch haha.
How do you know if someone isn’t going to buy Smash? Don’t worry, they’ll tell you.
Ouch that edge
Shits so fucking reall it brought me crawling back here
I’m not a fan of Persona so I’m not gonna buy this character
Hey at least we will have more than 1 fighter pack which means I can still dream for Bandana Dee
You’re going to have to play as this character eventually.
We live in an age where “Everybody is here”, including DLC characters from the last game, who some people did not buy back then.
As I wrote early. I never played a single Persona game so I don’t want to spend money on this character
What about the next Smash game, when the character is part of the default roster (or unlockable)?
Still I don’t care about this character. Even if I unlock some characters that I’m not interested I will not play as them or at least only for classic mode but at very easy difficult
@ aman, you are reading your own question right?
i mean whaaat….
What do you not get?
Whoever didn’t pay for certain DLC characters, while get them in the next game with no extra price.
Unless you have no intention of even touching that character (outside of unlock requirements), like I had to unlock Dr. Mario in SSBM to unlock Mr. Game & Watch.
@ deman.
But he doesn’t HAVE to use that character.
if a particular unlock-able character requires you use another than this is moot, i just thought the line of questioning was odd, lol.
@ Aman.
just realized it was changing it to deman. no idea.
Meh… next!
Meh… DEEZ NUTS!
Sorry but so far ultimate is just … Bland .
In other words… you’re salty as fuck. Right?
Sorry that smash lacks content worth owning. Story mode is non-existent,most of the new and returning characters are clones, and a massive amount of cut content, doesn’t matter how many characters are in, it will just be as bland as smash Wii u after a few matches.
Pretty sure its our fault that we dont have any story mode since you know what happened in the super smash bros wii game
What was our fault exactly? And please don’t say the cutscene bullshit excuse Sakurai gave for why Smash 4 lacked a story mode.
we’re inpatient for content and all nintendo fans expectation are too high
That’s a weak reason for not having a story/ Deep story. Could you imagine if the movie industry shut down every time someone mentioned a spoiler?
Well there is a difference between being impatient for content and having a problem with the lack of certain content. Sure, getting upset this game hasn’t come out yet or that new content for a game hasn’t come out yet is asinine and being impatient, but having a problem with the lack of a story isn’t a bad thing.
If EA is gonna get shit for lacking variety to the alternate endings of Mass Effect 3, then Nintendo shouldn’t get a pass because they did essentially the same thing with Smash. If Sakurai wasn’t gonna add story to future entries of Smash, he shouldn’t have added a story to Brawl to begin with. He set a precedent with that move so it’s his fault that people are upset at the lack of a story for Smash 4 and Smash Ultimate (if it, too, lacks story because I haven’t played World of Light yet but I don’t have high hopes considering past mistakes with Smash 4.)
no one is salty lol. enjoy you shitty online in smash bros.
your*
It’s anything but bland. I put over 500 hours into Sm4sh. Ultimate feels completely different. Plus World of Light is a lot of fun. I’m guessing you haven’t played the game.
Yes, I have played world of light and it feels like randomized battles. The game still lacks content much like smash Wii u did.
I will say the lacking content can easily be fixed though updates. Break the targets, smash run, stadium, events, stage builder, etc. But as of now it’s lacking, and doesn’t matter who they add, it will get boring if smash is the only game mode.
Bland probably isn’t the best word to use to describe Smash. Lacking sounds much more appropriate.
Yeah, yeah. 70+ characters! Yay! Still doesn’t change the fact there are other things missing that past games had. To name ones O H didn’t, Board the Platforms, Home Run Sandbag, Smash Tour (I honestly enjoyed it even if Smash Run was superior.) Smash Ultimate isn’t truly ultimate til they bring back things that were left out that were in previous entries. Thankfully, there are such things as updates. SSB Ultimate needs to be given the Splatoon treatment where it gets new content added to the game for free over the next year or so. To me, it’s pretty clear they spent so much time in adding everyone that was in previous entires that they forgot to bring back other things besides just all of the characters and feels kind of rushed so they could get it on Switch before the 2nd year of it being out in the market was over.
Speaking of updates, I’d love an update to Smash Ultimate that adds a little trivia to each Spirit in Collection ala trophies from past entries.
Let’s hope they do update it, if so it will definitely be worth the purchase. But knowing Nintendo it may or may not happen.
Fingers crossed they are actually listening to the criticism for Smash Ultimate and aren’t ignoring it because of all the praise and success it’s no doubt getting from people. I’ll praise Smash Ultimate for adding in every playable character from past games but I won’t stop criticizing them for the things it lacks. I did the praise and criticizing with Breath of the Wild, too, so I won’t stop now. I’ll probably have some criticisms for Super Mario Odyssey, Xenoblade Chronicles 2, and Fire Emblem Warriors, too, when I ever get around to playing them beyond the first 2 or 3 levels/world/stages/areas.
Mario maker was so promising but was missing so much and Nintendo gave up on it.
why are people here so toxic?
I don’t know for toxic what do you mean but if you’re talking about the inclusion of this Persona character then I have to say that I’m not interested in this character because never played a single game so I’m not familiar with the series
But most people here are so ungrateful
Gamers are gross in general
Toxic because people are disappointed over a game, makes perfect sense. You’re not allowed to dislike anything.
Joker = A character I don’t know, from a game I’ll never play. And since it’s a DLC character, I’ll never see them in my game anyway. So, meh.
So much for NiGHTS into Dreams…….
Even though Persona is an Atlus IP
It’s great all these characters for smash.
I’m not particularly familiar with this latest one or that Samus character.
Who is Samus anyway. Is this a character that we haven’t heard of in like FOREVER!!
As much as I like Smash Ultimite, I have to agree with what other people have said. We are over saturated with Smash at this point and I am tired of just Smash here and Smash there.
I loved Persona 5 so I’m really excited for this. Plus I think a Joker Amiibo would look pretty cool.
Ok ok… Now give me f*ucking C R O N O!!!
Seriously! GIVE US CRONO!!!
CRONO, CRONO, CRONO!!!
CRONO, CRONO, CRONO!!!
CRONO, CRONO, CRONO!!!
What a joke, Persona 5 is great, but it doesnt deserve to be a part of Smash in any shape or form. Why not one of the Etrian kids, SMT kids, or even any of the Devil Summoner kids. Shit, Radiant Historia just got a remake, why not put Stocke?? This makes itseem like Nintendo is taking pays to put characters that are irrelevant to a legacy game like Smash. What a shame.
This^
I think the game is getting over saturated with 3rd parties, but at least make the 3rd party characters have their original games on a Nintendo console.
They don’t even need to have their origins on a Nintendo system, honestly. All they need is to have left a huge mark in the history of the video game industry and have at least a few games on Nintendo systems that they are usable in. So with that said, Crash & Spyro are more deserving of a spot than Joker is. I mean, what mark has Joker left exactly? It’s not like he’s been relevant for over a decade like Spyro and Crash.
Original game was a bad phrase to use. Either that or main game is what I mean. Metal Gear Solid was remade for the Gamecube, and that’s good enough for me with Snake. It’s not the original MGS, but it’s still one of the main line ones.
“All they need is to have left a huge mark in the history of the video game industry and have at least a few games on Nintendo systems that they are usable in.”
Piranha Plant: Okay.
How so? Persona 5 was a huge hit, it was praised by almost everyone who played it. It’s particularly big in Japan. Plenty relevant. Perhaps this could lead to P5 on Switch. Your argument could be made for Snake or Cloud as well. Just because the character doesn’t have a big history with Nintendo doesn’t mean squat.
Irrelevant to the console, as in Persona 5 is not on a Nintendo console, and has nothing to do with it. Actually, it’s lack of history is exactly everything. Smash’s roster has been tooted as the “celebration of Nintendo” so only characters who have a history with Nintendo had been added. At least that’s been the excuse for not adding highly requested characters.
My argument has been made towards both Cloud and Snake. They both don’t deserve to be in a “celebration of Nintendo” game. But this further proves my point that ANYONE can be added, and yes even though I dont want him in it, Goku should at least be considered now. If Persona’s 5 joker is in it, then anyone can be in it.
It’s a celebration of gaming, not history, as per Sakurai’s own words
I’d argue it’s a celebration of gaming history on Nintendo consoles. As long as a game they were playable in was on a Nintendo system & that they originated from a video game, I don’t care who gets in. Least Snake and Cloud have been playable/usable in a game that’s been on a Nintendo system. Snake and Cloud have earned their right to be in Smash. Both are in a few games that have been on Nintendo systems so that gives them some kind of history with the company. In Cloud’s case, I’d argue he’s equal to Sonic in that both characters were once mascots for companies that rivaled Nintendo. While Sony Interactive doesn’t own Cloud, for a long time, he was considered a PlayStation mascot by some ever since Final Fantasy VII first hit the original PlayStation. And if Persona 5 coming to Switch is true, Joker has now earned his place as I’m sure it’ll be the first Persona game to ever hit a Nintendo home console as every other Persona game that hit Nintendo systems were on their handhelds. With that in mind, P5 on Switch is a historical moment if you ask me so Joker will have earned his spot as far as I’m concerned.
As you can see in this video, Nintendo disabled the comments on his YouTube video, meaning that a lot of people were angry with the lack of Nintendo games.
https://youtu.be/Q7z1Ny1kc6g
Truly this was the worst timing to announce this DLC character.
They disable comments on all Smash videos since the Sm4sh days
If I remember correctly, it’s because of the constant spamming of character request lol
Gotta love how people get their panties in a bunch and make up fake rules for who should be added to Smash whenever a character they don’t want is added.
Can’t stand the Smash community. Don’t like it? Don’t buy it. Personally I’m excited. Good to see this announcement after not caring much for any of the characters in the final direct. Never thought Joker would make it in.
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