Joker (SSBU)

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Joker in Super Smash Bros. Ultimate
Universe	Persona
Availability	Downloadable
Final Smash	All-Out Attack

Russell (ジョーカー, Joker) is a future playable character in Super Smash Bros. Ultimate. He was announced at The Game Awards 2018 on December 6th, 2018 as the first playable character for the Fighters Pass DLC. Joker is classified as fighter #71.

Xander Mobus, who voices Joker in Persona 5 and the announcer in Ultimate, reprises his role as the character in the English version of the game.

Moveset

Aspects of Joker's moveset have been datamined.

• Joker can wall jump.
• Joker has a neutral attack rapid jab.

Gallery

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  Joker artwork, as posted on the official Japanese Persona Twitter account by Shigenori Soejima.

Trivia

• 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 playable appearances, as Master Hand is not a normally selectable character outside of these circumstances.
• Alongside Piranha Plant, Joker does not appear on the panoramic artwork showcasing the fighters of Ultimate at the time of his announcement.
• Joker is one of three newcomers in Ultimate to not have a special tagline, the others being Inkling and Daisy.
  • Joker and Inkling are also the only newcomers in Ultimate to be announced without any gameplay footage in their reveal trailers.
  • Joker is also the only third-party character with this trait.
• Joker's reveal trailer has two versions, and is the only character with this distinction: one was played during The Game Awards 2018, and one was officially posted online afterwards, which removes dialogue references to The Game Awards.
• In Joker's reveal trailer, it is mentioned that he must have gone to The Game Awards 2018 to steal a treasure. According to Masahiro Sakurai in a Famitsu column, the treasure was an invitation to Super Smash Bros. Ultimate.
  • The invitation is depicted as being enclosed in an envelope with a wax seal in the shape of the Super Smash Bros. logo. This is a callback to previous character reveal trailers for Villager in Smash 4 and Isabelle in Ultimate.