{"id":67374,"date":"2018-12-07T04:41:00","date_gmt":"2018-12-07T04:41:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/news\/2018\/12\/joker_from_persona_5_joins_the_battle_as_the_first_dlc_character_in_super_smash_bros_ultimate"},"modified":"2018-12-07T04:41:00","modified_gmt":"2018-12-07T04:41:00","slug":"joker-from-persona-5-joins-the-battle-as-the-first-dlc-character-in-super-smash-bros-ultimate","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/2018\/12\/07\/joker-from-persona-5-joins-the-battle-as-the-first-dlc-character-in-super-smash-bros-ultimate\/","title":{"rendered":"Joker From Persona 5 Joins The Battle As The First DLC Character In Super Smash Bros. Ultimate"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"media_block\"><a href=\"http:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/7e7fc1dd356f0\/large.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/7e7fc1dd356f0\/small.jpg\" class=\"media_thumbnail\"><\/a><\/div>\n<header class=\"article-header\">\n<section class=\"title\">\n<aside \/>\n<p class=\"description\">A new challenger has appeared!<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<section class=\"byline\">\n<ul class=\"article-author\">\n<li class=\" first\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"avatar\" src=\"http:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/users\/79507\/avatar.jpg\" width=\"30\" height=\"30\" alt=\"Liam_Doolan\" \/><\/li>\n<li>by <a class=\"author-name\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/users\/Liam_Doolan\">Liam Doolan<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\" last\"><span class=\"icon icon-time\" \/> <time class=\"date age \" datetime=\"2018-12-07T04:41:00+00:00\"><span>9 hours ago<\/span><\/time><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/section>\n<\/header>\n<div class=\"body body-text article-text\">\n<section class=\"text\">\n<aside class=\"object object-youtube\">\n<div class=\"youtube\">[youtube https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=Q7z1Ny1kc6g?rel=0&amp;hd=1&amp;showinfo=0&amp;modestbranding=0&amp;autohide=1&#038;w=900&#038;h=507]<\/div>\n<\/aside>\n<p>In celebration of <strong><a class=\"external\" href=\"http:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/games\/nintendo-switch\/super_smash_bros_ultimate\">Super Smash Bros. Ultimate<\/a><\/strong> releasing on the Switch, Nintendo of America president Reggie Fils-Aim\u00e9 hopped up on stage with Geoff Keighley at this year&#8217;s Game Awards to reveal a new character that will be included in the game&#8217;s first DLC pack.<\/p>\n<p>Representing the Japanese company Atlus will be Joker from <strong><a class=\"external\" href=\"http:\/\/www.pushsquare.com\/games\/ps4\/persona_5\">Persona 5<\/a><\/strong>. Here&#8217;s the official Twitter confirmation:<\/p>\n<aside class=\"object object-tweet\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\"><p><span lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">What\u2019s this? The Phantom Thieves of Hearts have appeared at <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/TheGameAwards?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#TheGameAwards<\/a>!<a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/TBL4y1bC9K\">https:\/\/t.co\/TBL4y1bC9K<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/3BpTTLCIkk\">pic.twitter.com\/3BpTTLCIkk<\/a><\/span>\u2014 Nintendo of America (@NintendoAmerica) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/NintendoAmerica\/status\/1070899333145350144?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">December 7, 2018<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/aside>\n<p>The game&#8217;s first Challenger Pack will also include a new stage and various music tracks. In total, there are five packs planned for Ultimate that can be purchased in a single transaction known as the Fighters Pass bundle. At this point in time, there&#8217;s no information about when exactly these DLC packs will be released.<\/p>\n<p><em>Are you excited this Persona character will be joining the roster in Smash Ultimate? Tell us below.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/section>\n<p class=\"text source\">[via <a rel=\"external\" title=\"External Link: https:\/\/twitter.com\/NintendoAmerica\/status\/1070899333145350144\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/NintendoAmerica\/status\/1070899333145350144\">twitter.com<\/a>, <a rel=\"external\" title=\"External Link: https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=Q7z1Ny1kc6g&amp;amp;feature=youtu.be\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=Q7z1Ny1kc6g&amp;feature=youtu.be\">youtube.com<\/a>]<\/p>\n<p><!-- cache: html:nintendolife.com\/nintendolife.com\/nintendo-switch\/related-info\/198f80cdf9e68e043650cf95a6c303bc @ 2018-12-07T12:49:20+00:00 --><\/p>\n<aside class=\"see-also\">\n<dl>\n<dt>Related Games<\/dt>\n<dd class=\"first\" \/>\n<\/dl>\n<\/aside>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A new challenger has appeared! by Liam Doolan 9 hours ago [youtube https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=Q7z1Ny1kc6g?rel=0&amp;hd=1&amp;showinfo=0&amp;modestbranding=0&amp;autohide=1&#038;w=900&#038;h=507] In celebration of Super Smash Bros. Ultimate releasing on the Switch, Nintendo of America president Reggie Fils-Aim\u00e9 hopped up on stage with Geoff Keighley at this year&#8217;s Game Awards to reveal a new character that will be included in the game&#8217;s first [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[27],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-67374","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-nintendo-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/67374","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=67374"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/67374\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=67374"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=67374"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=67374"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}