Joker

For fighter info, see Joker (SSBU).

Joker
File:Joker.png Official artwork of Joker from Persona 5.
Universe	Persona
Debut	Persona 5 (2016)
Smash Bros. appearances	Ultimate
Most recent non-Smash appearance	Persona Q2: New Cinema Labyrinth (2018)
Console/platform of origin	PlayStation 3, PlayStation 4
Species	Human
Gender	Male
Place of origin	Japan
English voice actor	Xander Mobus

Joker (ジョーカー, Joker) is the codename used by the protagonist of Persona 5. Although Joker's civilian name is given by the player in Persona 5 itself, in various related media he has received the canonical name Ren Amamiya (雨宮 蓮, Amamiya Ren).

Character description

Ren Amamiya is the leader of the vigilante group known as the Phantom Thieves. After being falsely accused of assault, he was labeled a delinquent and moved to Tokyo, Japan to attend Shujin Academy as part of his probation. While there, he meets several of his soon-to-be team members, and learns of a world called the Metaverse, which the Phantom Thieves use to target corrupt individuals and change their heart. Joker is a user of a rare Persona ability known as the Wild Card, which allows him to hold multiple Personas at once. His initial Persona is Arsene, based on the literary gentleman thief Arsene Lupin.

In Super Smash Bros. Ultimate

Joker was confirmed to appear in Super Smash Bros. Ultimate as a playable character on December 6th, 2018 during The Game Awards 2018. He will be the first DLC fighter to be part of the Fighters Pass.

Gallery

• Joker(Normal).png

  Joker's civilian outfit.

Trivia

• Joker and Richter are the only playable third-party characters to make their fighting game debut in Smash.
• Joker, Cloud, and Richter are the only third-party characters who did not debut in the first game of their home series.
• Joker is one of four characters featured in the Super Smash Bros. series to appear in M-rated games, the other three being Snake, Bayonetta, and Simon.
• Joker's English voice actor is Xander Mobus, who also voices the Announcer, Master Hand, and Crazy Hand in Super Smash Bros. 4 and Ultimate. This marks the first time that a voice actor for any one of those characters will voice a playable character.
  • His Japanese voice actor, Jun Fukuyama, also previously provided the Japanese voice of Roy.
• Joker is one of three fighters to use an alias and not a form of their real name, the other two being Snake and Bayonetta.
• Joker is the third Sega-owned character to be playable in Smash, following Sonic and Bayonetta, as Sega owns the Persona series developer Atlus.
  • Joker is also the second character to debut on the PlayStation 3, alongside Bayonetta.
• Joker is the first playable third-party character in Smash whose game of origin was on an eighth-generation platform, being the PlayStation 4.
• Joker is the most recently created third-party character in Smash, as Persona 5 was released in Japan on September 15, 2016.
• Joker and Cloud are the only characters that originate from a PlayStation console.

External links

• Article on the Megami Tensei Wiki