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Renfran

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Aug 28, 2018
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If they're marketing anything, this released a week ago in Japan
persona-q2-boxart.jpg

The dancing games literally came out only a few days ago. The sales are going to boost now because of this.
 

LinkStrikesBack

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No, on the right side. She's wearing her mask.

That's link, why would you expect a random p5 cast member in the middle of them flashing through the other major smash characters?


The dancing games literally came out only a few days ago. The sales are going to boost now because of this.

And Q2 released a week ago?... Nintendo chose to announce this now and obviously doesn't care about Sony's titles selling more...
 

Nerokis

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Oct 25, 2017
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Also I might be the only person who cares about this and that's fine but that trailer confirms a Makoto spirit.

...no, you are not the only person who cares that Makoto is now present in some form in a Smash game. :P

God. Being able to revisit P5's world in a stage, seeing P5 character representation among the spirits, being able to just throw on some of that fantastic music in the background... seriously, this Joker announcement is making me fall in love again with Smash's very premise. They sure waited last minute to make me feel these things.

Edit: Apparently you were wrong about the Makoto thing, but I'm still holding out hope.
 

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Nintendo's press release via Gematsu

-The Persona games are a spinoff of the popular Shin Megami Tensei franchise, which has a long and storied history in the world of video games – with many of the games appearing on Nintendo systems. Sporting an iconic mask and a variety of weapons, Joker is the main character of Persona 5, a beloved game that won Best Role-Playing Game and was nominated for Game of the Year at last year's The Game Awards.-

Joker apparently represents SMT and that's why they chose him. The way they worded it makes it seem like he's just there to promote SMTV.
You better pray thats the truth so that you ca continue sleeping at night.
 

MexM

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Legit happy to see Ness in a Smash trailer, and a Persona one at that!
 

hans_castorp

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I mean I like other characters more than Joker too, but to say that Joker doesn't make sense is silly.

Persona 5 is the current hotness right now, there was literally no way it'd be anybody else lol.
But it doesn't represent Atlus legacy with Nintendo nor the Persona series. Like you say, he's just the "current hotness".
Jack Frost as the mascot or any of the mainline's MC would make much more sense.
And if they wanted to stick with Persona, Maya or door-kun would've been more interesting choices.
Even an EO character would make more sense than Jocker.
 

LostSkullKid

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Thanks.
If I may ask another question, are the Persona games connected ? Should I start with the first one ?
The first two Persona games (actually three because Persona 2 is split into two games) are basically completely ignored by the later Persona games and are basically completely different games. So, if you really wanna get in the series, you could just start with 3. But the games are basically unconnected. Except a few references. But the Persona Q games and Persona Arena games are crossovers that involve bringing characters from across the series (but only characters from 3 onward) together.
 

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But it doesn't represent Atlus legacy with Nintendo nor the Persona series. Like you say, he's just the "current hotness".
Jack Frost as the mascot or any of the mainline's MC would make much more sense.
And if they wanted to stick with Persona, Maya or door-kun would've been more interesting choices.
Even an EO character would make more sense than Jocker.
all of this is wrong

everyone is stoked about joker, if they had Jack frost or Maya (??) people would be pissed and wondering why it wasn't joker
 
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if they had Jack frost people would be pissed and wondering why it wasn't joker
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I like Joker, and I'm glad to see him in Smash, but let's be real here. Sure he wouldn't generate as much excitement as Joker but I don't think anyone would be pissed that Atlus' mascot had his chance in Smash.
 

FluxWaveZ

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Jack Frost would be such a lame pick compared to Joker.

Honestly, Joker is the perfect protagonist out of all the Persona protagonists to make it, just aesthetically. Similar reasons for why ASW's reaction when they saw the February 2015 reveal trailer was that "These characters would be perfect for a fighting game."
 

Regulus Tera

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Putting Jack Frost instead of Joker would be like putting Chocobo/Moogle/Chocomog instead of Cloud.

Yes, the generic monsters have more "Nintendo relevance". They would also be much, much more lame of a character pick.
 

CeroMiedo

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Oct 26, 2017
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Oh good. Nintendo announced that almost all of the PS1/PS2 Final Fantasy games were coming to Switch like 12 hours after you definitively declared that they would remain Sony exclusive forever, so hopefully your reverse-Nostradamus works again.
There is actual facts from my side where all of you are doing the exact of circumstance, no evidence whatsoever and have just conjecture and wishlists. Which is why I stopped bothering responding to anyone that says it because it's not worth the effort.

It's almost like a gag at this point.
 

LinkStrikesBack

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But it doesn't represent Atlus legacy with Nintendo nor the Persona series. Like you say, he's just the "current hotness".
Jack Frost as the mascot or any of the mainline's MC would make much more sense.
And if they wanted to stick with Persona, Maya or door-kun would've been more interesting choices.
Even an EO character would make more sense than Jocker.

He represents the series at its peak of popularity. Nobody gives a fuck about the persona 3 MC beyond the most insular persona fans, compared to the two that followed, and suggesting an even earlier persona protagonist? You must be kidding.
 

Sander VF

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I honestly couldn't give a single solitary fuck about "Nintendo purity".

As long as they featured in a game on a Nintendo platform, even as a fucking cameo, then they're eligible.