Joker (SSBU)

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Joker in Super Smash Bros. Ultimate
File:SSBU Joker Render.png
Universe	Persona
Availability	Downloadable
Final Smash	All-Out Attack

“	Joker Steals the Show!	”
—Introduction Tagline

Joker (ジョーカー, Joker) was released in Super Smash Bros. Ultimate on April 17th. He was announced at The Game Awards 2018 on December 6th, 2018 as the second DLC character and is the first downloadable character for the Fighters Pass. Joker is classified as fighter #71.

Xander Mobus, who voices Joker in Persona 5 and the announcer, Master Hand, and Crazy Hand in Ultimate, reprises his role as the character in the English version of the game, while Jun Fukuyama, who also voices Roy, reprises his role in Japanese.

Moveset

Gun: Joker's neutral special.

Eiha: Joker's side special.

Grappling Hook: Joker's up special.

Rebel's Guard: Joker's down special.

All-Out Attack: Joker's Final Smash.

Joker has a special mechanic called a Rebellion Gauge, filled up by various means. When it is full, Joker summons Arsene, and his special moves change to "Gun Special", "Eigaon", "Wings of Rebellion" and "Tetrakarn/Makarakarn".

Reveal trailer

Trailer on the Super Smash Bros. Ultimate website.

Version that played at The Game Awards 2018.

Proper gameplay reveal, titled "The Masked Rebel".

Gallery

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

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  A tease of Joker's model from the February 13th, 2019 Nintendo Direct.

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  A view of Joker's in-game model from behind.

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.
• 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.
  • Out of all the character reveals in both Smash 4 and Ultimate, Joker is the only character to be revealed at/in a non-Nintendo event/video.
• 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.
  • An instrumental arrangement of Life Will Change plays fittingly during the reveal, as the song plays while the Phantom Thieves are infiltrating a Palace to steal a treasure after sending out a calling card.
• Joker is the first DLC character whose reveal trailer doesn’t contain any gameplay footage, excluding Mewtwo’s initial reveal during the 50-Fact Extravaganza.
• After Sonic and Bayonetta, Joker is the third guest fighter to represent Sega, as Atlus was acquired by Sega in 2013.