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*Joker's internal codename within the game files is "jack". It is probably a wordplay on "jack" and "joker" being both types of playing cards; additionally, it may reference Atlus' mascot, Jack Frost. The codename was [[Leak#DLC datamines|reportedly discovered]] in November 2018 by players who decompiled a leaked retail copy. However, this discovery was only made public in January 2019, after Joker had already been officially revealed. | *Joker's internal codename within the game files is "jack". It is probably a wordplay on "jack" and "joker" being both types of playing cards; additionally, it may reference Atlus' mascot, Jack Frost. The codename was [[Leak#DLC datamines|reportedly discovered]] in November 2018 by players who decompiled a leaked retail copy. However, this discovery was only made public in January 2019, after Joker had already been officially revealed. | ||
**Arsène also has a codename within Joker's move articles and parameters, "doyle"<ref>https://rubendal.github.io/ssbu/#/Character/Joker</ref><ref>https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1rwDPL1jhE-KuEbbcBkkTb44z1smJp9rYme_xb4BIJTk/edit#gid=371065784</ref>. This is a reference to Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, who wrote the ''Sherlock Holmes'' novels. Sherlock Holmes was heavily referenced in the ''Arsène Lupin'' novels by Maurice Leblanc, which ''Persona''{{'}}s Arsène is based upon. Leblanc had originally written a story featuring an elderly Holmes meeting a young Lupin, but he changed the name to "Herlock Sholmes" after legal objections from Doyle; later stories feature the character under both "Herlock Sholmes" and "Holmlock Shears". | **Arsène also has a codename within Joker's move articles and parameters, "doyle"<ref>https://rubendal.github.io/ssbu/#/Character/Joker</ref><ref>https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1rwDPL1jhE-KuEbbcBkkTb44z1smJp9rYme_xb4BIJTk/edit#gid=371065784</ref>. This is a reference to Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, who wrote the ''Sherlock Holmes'' novels. Sherlock Holmes was heavily referenced in the ''Arsène Lupin'' novels by Maurice Leblanc, which ''Persona''{{'}}s Arsène is based upon. Leblanc had originally written a story featuring an elderly Holmes meeting a young Lupin, but he changed the name to "Herlock Sholmes" after legal objections from Doyle; later stories feature the character under both "Herlock Sholmes" and "Holmlock Shears". | ||
* According to Masahiro Sakurai, the concept development for Joker was difficult for him due to the base game of Ultimate being completed and coming with a general plan for the development of DLC Fighters. [[Arsène]]'s inclusion also doubled the work for Saukrai<ref>https://twitter.com/KodyNOKOLO/status/1455945465409773577</ref>. | |||
*Joker is the first selectable character in the series to share their voice actor with the announcer in the English version of the game, barring Master Hand's [[Adventure Mode: World of Light|playable]] [[Master Hand glitch|appearances]], as Master Hand is not a normally selectable character outside of these circumstances. | *Joker is the first selectable character in the series to share their voice actor with the announcer in the English version of the game, barring Master Hand's [[Adventure Mode: World of Light|playable]] [[Master Hand glitch|appearances]], as Master Hand is not a normally selectable character outside of these circumstances. | ||
*Joker and {{SSBU|Piranha Plant}} are the only DLC in the series to be announced before the game's release. | *Joker and {{SSBU|Piranha Plant}} are the only DLC in the series to be announced before the game's release. | ||