we came along way from "It's so weird having Joker in Smash. His game isn't even on a nintendo system" to "Halo, Dante, Sora, Monster Hunter for Smash or we Riot"
As a fan of Persona series I loved every second of the video. The effort that Sakurai and the team put in making Joker is amazing. I'm truly hyped for playing as him. The (great) music added from Persona series and his stage are amazing too, I never expected to see a Persona character in Smash a few months ago but it is totally deserved. Joker seems truly unique and fun to play and his moveset looks promising. I'm very grateful to Sakurai and the development team!
Couldn't have said it better myself I feel the exact same way about everything. I truly never felt so excited for a game before even a chhlaracter no less
@@staffangarcia8182 I was seeing the video with a smile in my face and really happy if I'm honest, they put everything I asked for Joker and Persona! Welp, except I wanted 'Life Will Change' and 'Whims of Fate' to be included in the soundtrack, but with all the effort they made and the love in the details that we saw, I can't complain. :P
Dude...the amount of love that went into this character, with the stage referencing P3 and 4, remixing Jokers theme, giving him the all out attack...hes the best character ever.
Too bad Final Fantasy was too stingy to lend more of their songs. At this point, Smash is an entire compendium of iconic gaming history and it sucks that iconic FF songs like One Winged Angel is not on it.
Clearly Joker modeled his gun skills after a video game, I'm not joking, he actually does gain his gun skills from a social link involving playing a game, only difference is that it was a gun game
It's crazy; I've seen the transition from All Out Attack to the victory screen hundreds of times but it still looks absolutely amazing. Especially in Smash form.
Actually Joker being in Smash does make some sense because Sakurai himself went on record saying that much of Smash Ultimate's design was heavily influenced by Persona 5. While I know Nintendo themselves chose the characters to begin with, I wouldn't be surprised if Sakurai had influenced Nintendo to make a push for him to be in the game in the first place. Plus, let's not forget about the 25th, there's still that chance that Persona 5S is a Switch release.
@@thefuzzypickle8277 A huge chunk of characters in the game don't have a game on Switch. When max says switch he means "nintendo console." Cloud actually has two games on Switch, BTW.
backup368 EVERY guest character that’s in smash has a game on a Nintendo console which is the reason why they’re in the game in the first place, Joker included with Persona Q on the 3ds
I was expecting Max to say "GET OVER HERE!" when Joker used the grappling hook. I lost it when Mass Destruction started playing lol. Also...Rate the Stages!
I'm just more surprised that they are letting you guard with a persona, since in p4 arena/Arena ultimax you actually lose your abilities for a bit if your persona is hit lol
@@Nightxx9199 maybe because they aren't persona-users, in ultimax everyone have a persona or the power to fight one, but since we have a bunch of weeabos with some sacred sword I think that rule can go to hell
@@azurestar-ch1 Actually, everyone in Ultimax is a user, each character is the cast from p3 and 4, minus the red haired kid and Labras which is a arena exclusive character, Junpei, Aigis, Mitsuru, Ken and Korumaru, Yukari and Akihiko is from persona 3 and the others is from 4
K Cuse you act as if it’s easy to get characters from multiple third party companies. Like Sakurai spent a kong ass time trying to everyone from the previous games back as well.
@@MDErik_ true. licensing is a big issue and of course what would these 3rd party companies would benefit from it besides promoting their character. Brand awareness and hopefully more gamers would buy their IPs. and $$$. Not a big task since it needs approval from those CEOs and funding from Big N top executives as well. Glad Sakurai is able to pull it off. And of course, us gamers, wanted all characters to be in Smash. The fighting game for everyone. :)
Persona 3, 4, and 5 are some of the best JRPGs ever made. The stage turning blue was it turning into Persona 3, yellow for Persona 4. The music is always good so its almost worth playing the games just for that!
2:51 OH MY GOD. HOW MANY MONTHS DID IT TAKE FOR ME TO GET THIS REFERENCE WITH PIRANHA PLANT? For those that don't know, in P5 you have social stats that can level up to unlock new interactions. One is kindness. In your room, (which is an attic) you have this fucking plant that you can fertilize to increase kindness and grow it. What an obscure fucking reference.
Looking back on this 4 years later, it's quite wild that we had no idea about any Persona game on Switch, when they announced Joker; and yet this collaboration celebrated Persona 3, 4, and 5 in Smash..leading up to having all 3 of those games on the system. Including all of P5s iterations (save the Pre-Royal version of P5).
I love how Joker is JUST a Devil May Cry character, I mean, he's got Gunslinger and Royal Guard style moves and abilities, A "Rebellion" gauge, A Nero-like Devil Stand, Charge Shot and Wire Snatch, A fly ass Trench Coat, Long pretty black hair, LOTS of cheek and LOTS of style, and looks that women just adore. Seriously, Dante must be his dad or something.
Honestly it just sounds like another way for nintendo to try an corral creators and prevent them from making money on the platforms of their choosing, but maybe that's just the cynic in me.
@@huyle-ob8rg I have friends but the game isn't that great, me get rekt'd?...on a kiddie game easy game like smash?... yeah no I play real fighting games like SF5, GG and tekken 7.
I still don’t get the rationale of that anyway: “We don’t want a killing weapon in the game. So instead we’ll have him use the weapons designed for killing people en masse.”
The level editor and a set up for everyone to drop their own levels in is dope. You give people a sandbox to fiddel with when there is already a player base, and things take care of themselves.
This is what I love about smash. Sakurai puts so much love and attention into the character designs. I don’t think any character shows this as much as joker has.
Massive congratulations on reaching 1 Million subscribers Max, you deserve it so much!! I love your content and personality l too. You've got the whole package. You rock dude x
Sucks it's been 4 months, but this is a practice that needs to come back as opposed to big devs holding back content and selling it to us a week later. At least here we know Sakurai put as much as he could into the launch version before going full swing into paid DLC. Granted they did offer the season pass up front, it's hard to turn down when the base game is as incredible as it is.
Sakurai: Here the new Smash. Everyone and Everything is here. Everyone sensible: Omg thank you! Sakurai on drips: Oh, and we're working on DLC plans. here's the 1st! Everyone: SLEEP YOU MADMAN!!
Note: that when Arsene is out, Joker's Dair becomes a spike. And his All out attack instantly kills at high percents rather than knocking them back like certain other final smashes.
9:42 It's really not that weird Max, Nintendo might not have lots of Persona on their systems but they _love_ ATLAS. Persona is one of the few IPs from ATLAS not on Nintendo products much actually.
I don't know what I like better. The fact that Persona 3 and 4 is represented in the game as well or is it that Stage builder is much better and can be downloaded by others. I don't know but this is all cool
“And know this, these are not even their final forms” that line seriously makes me think they are foreshadowing to a Goku announcement 👀 I know I’m reaching but at this point I wouldn’t be surprised!
I'm guessing that, because Joker already took up about a 3rd/4th of the way til February, a couple of the middle DLC fighters will be announced side by side
Piraña Plant was released on february, so one fighter every two months, the next one will probably be out on E3 and they will reveal the next one there.
i think reggie said in the game awards last year when joker was introduced that the nature of the future dlc fighters is that they are something like not in the norms or unusual characters that you would not really expect them to join the roster of smash bros...i mean i did not really expect joker to join the roster and then later found out that sakurai is a big fan of persona 5 which maybe made the collaboration possible...
we came along way from "It's so weird having Joker in Smash. His game isn't even on a nintendo system" to "Halo, Dante, Sora, Monster Hunter for Smash or we Riot"
and we got sora
Funny that they are all in there, even if not all characters
As a fan of Persona series I loved every second of the video. The effort that Sakurai and the team put in making Joker is amazing. I'm truly hyped for playing as him. The (great) music added from Persona series and his stage are amazing too, I never expected to see a Persona character in Smash a few months ago but it is totally deserved. Joker seems truly unique and fun to play and his moveset looks promising.
I'm very grateful to Sakurai and the development team!
Couldn't have said it better myself I feel the exact same way about everything. I truly never felt so excited for a game before even a chhlaracter no less
@@staffangarcia8182 I was seeing the video with a smile in my face and really happy if I'm honest, they put everything I asked for Joker and Persona!
Welp, except I wanted 'Life Will Change' and 'Whims of Fate' to be included in the soundtrack, but with all the effort they made and the love in the details that we saw, I can't complain. :P
Dude...the amount of love that went into this character, with the stage referencing P3 and 4, remixing Jokers theme, giving him the all out attack...hes the best character ever.
Yeah. My only complaint is, that Life will change isn't a music option.
I wish they added" break in to break out " to the soundtrack. Other then that great DLC
Max: "This is gonna be a 15 minute video of just references!"
Sakurai: "Hold my beer."
*releases 45 min Terry video*
48 minutes *
Smash Bros has become a celebration of gaming history, not just Nintendo.
Luiswagula when will it become a celebration of *everything*
GoldenXP never
Too bad Final Fantasy was too stingy to lend more of their songs. At this point, Smash is an entire compendium of iconic gaming history and it sucks that iconic FF songs like One Winged Angel is not on it.
@@goldenxp9404 when they had existential animals from the game "Everything"
Video Games: The Video Game
Rivers in the Desert as a music track!? Well I guess no other music is needed anymore.
No 'Blooming Villain'
Sad face.
Still super excited tho.
Rip no Blooming Villain
I wanted the music from the Casino but im happy with the other choices.
Im very very happy Mass Destruction is a choice too.
@@RasenRendanX I wanted the stage to be Casino, but this is aight I guess. At least the hazards are fun
@@webbowser8834 I wanted the Casino or the big ass Ship lmao. Im not surprised its Mementos tho tbh. Its kinda like the Hub world for P5
"He's got a JoJo"
Oh Max. Thats soo cute.
Joker persona: Giorno Giovanna
Jojo influences Persona
And accurate.
@@erichernandez1958 thats putting it very lightly
Gioker Giovanna
BATTLE HYMN OF THE SOUL
That is all.
Best song in the series imo. Is so damn good!
Yes
The Arcana is the means by which all is revealed...
My biggest takeaway is that he literally has Dante’s Rain Dance
Dom Slime ikr
Clearly Joker modeled his gun skills after a video game, I'm not joking, he actually does gain his gun skills from a social link involving playing a game, only difference is that it was a gun game
Thats good, more references to me
Nightxx9199
You’re right but he never did that spinning move in the game though.
@@Karmalu when he spins around is the knock down shot, the rain dance was I think in the anime
It's crazy; I've seen the transition from All Out Attack to the victory screen hundreds of times but it still looks absolutely amazing. Especially in Smash form.
The way Stage Builder looks hella reminds me of LittleBigPlanet
Dude same. LBP deserved alot better honestly.
LittleBigSmash
&Knuckles
vesaii bruh I said the same thing. The way the stages can move gives off little big planet vibes.
I remember those days haha.
Lbp4 or SKREEEEEE
I'm ready for Smash to get Kiryu before Tekken 7, and the salt associated with such an occurrence.
I want Kiryu in Smash because at this point he's the only big name modern Sega character that isn't I smash yet lol
If snake made it, he’s definitely a shoe-in
I would not mind that at all. But we just got this joker guy who I believe is Sega. So I don’t think we make get another one sadly.
@@williamsmith4563 snake made it because he was in smash before dude... ultimate got everyone back
HenriqueRJchiki I meant snake being added to the series in general
“He’s got a JoJo”
I appreciate this
Not me, a Jojo is the person who has the thing. Arsene is technically his Stand.
CloudBomb3r technically? you know those are two different video games
Actually Joker being in Smash does make some sense because Sakurai himself went on record saying that much of Smash Ultimate's design was heavily influenced by Persona 5. While I know Nintendo themselves chose the characters to begin with, I wouldn't be surprised if Sakurai had influenced Nintendo to make a push for him to be in the game in the first place.
Plus, let's not forget about the 25th, there's still that chance that Persona 5S is a Switch release.
Yes, I can't wait to build my stages again!
Persona series: this is my Persona
JoJo Series: So it's a Stand
I love hearing max in just the dead silence saying
“....That’s cute.”
_"Very weird considering that it's a game that's not even on Switch yet."_
Cloud. Snake.
Metal Gear. The NES. Twin Snakes. The Gamecube.
@@Solidus_Edge *switch*
@@thefuzzypickle8277 A huge chunk of characters in the game don't have a game on Switch. When max says switch he means "nintendo console." Cloud actually has two games on Switch, BTW.
backup368 EVERY guest character that’s in smash has a game on a Nintendo console which is the reason why they’re in the game in the first place, Joker included with Persona Q on the 3ds
"Lookin cool Joker" I'm so glad that's there!!!
I was expecting Max to say "GET OVER HERE!" when Joker used the grappling hook.
I lost it when Mass Destruction started playing lol.
Also...Rate the Stages!
Looking back it's crazy we did actually get P5 for Switch after 4 years.
the joestar family would welcome joker (Jojo mods gonna hit joker)
JOJOKER
You thought Joker would be the first DLC character. But it was me, DIO!
derpywaffle 247 nice Xd xd
STANDO PAWA!
And Capitan falcon. Cause Jonathan Joestar.
Nintendo: What are we adding, you ask?
Me: TELL ME!
Nintendo: Oh you'll find out! I'm about to summon it.
WAS HE JUST DOING A RAINSTORM FROM DEVIL MAY CRY
Joker is just Edgier, Pre-Teen Dante.
@@Segvent The same as Nero in DmC 4?
I mean Dante has canonically been in the shin megami tensei games
BANG BANG BANG
raze thedragon Lmfao I doubt most people will get that reference... SMT is underrated
Anyone gonna say anything about how Joker kinda looks like Dante's gameplay?
Rebel's Guard is just Royal Guard
Gunslinger bois
Oof
I was thinking the exact same
I'm just more surprised that they are letting you guard with a persona, since in p4 arena/Arena ultimax you actually lose your abilities for a bit if your persona is hit lol
@@Nightxx9199 maybe because they aren't persona-users, in ultimax everyone have a persona or the power to fight one, but since we have a bunch of weeabos with some sacred sword I think that rule can go to hell
@@azurestar-ch1 Actually, everyone in Ultimax is a user, each character is the cast from p3 and 4, minus the red haired kid and Labras which is a arena exclusive character, Junpei, Aigis, Mitsuru, Ken and Korumaru, Yukari and Akihiko is from persona 3 and the others is from 4
Welp. *We never saw that much coming.*
If only they didnt waste their time creating the spirits mode, this game would have had more dlc characters or an even biggger roster
If only they didnt waste their time creating the spirits mode, this game would have had more dlc characters or an even biggger roster
K Cuse you act as if it’s easy to get characters from multiple third party companies. Like Sakurai spent a kong ass time trying to everyone from the previous games back as well.
@@MDErik_ ikr! Idiots
@@MDErik_ true. licensing is a big issue and of course what would these 3rd party companies would benefit from it besides promoting their character. Brand awareness and hopefully more gamers would buy their IPs. and $$$. Not a big task since it needs approval from those CEOs and funding from Big N top executives as well. Glad Sakurai is able to pull it off. And of course, us gamers, wanted all characters to be in Smash. The fighting game for everyone. :)
dam im more surprised of the prices of the items in the video 😢 why cant everyone be like this
ohoh, my god, Last Surprise included as a song... the memes are gonna flow endlessly
Persona 3, 4, and 5 are some of the best JRPGs ever made.
The stage turning blue was it turning into Persona 3, yellow for Persona 4.
The music is always good so its almost worth playing the games just for that!
getting close to a year later, and I'm still amazed he's in the game.
It’s amazing we have a whole other fighter pass to get through. I love Smash so much!
"it might as well be a blazblue cross tag"
me: I swear to God if max just predicted the next DLC...
Actually just hit me in that moment that Ragna and Hyde are feasible options for smash bros characters now lol
"He's got a jojo" COMMENT OF THE YEAR! XD
2:51 OH MY GOD. HOW MANY MONTHS DID IT TAKE FOR ME TO GET THIS REFERENCE WITH PIRANHA PLANT? For those that don't know, in P5 you have social stats that can level up to unlock new interactions. One is kindness. In your room, (which is an attic) you have this fucking plant that you can fertilize to increase kindness and grow it. What an obscure fucking reference.
What makes funnier in hindsight. Kirby can now fire an actual gun again
Looking back on this 4 years later, it's quite wild that we had no idea about any Persona game on Switch, when they announced Joker; and yet this collaboration celebrated Persona 3, 4, and 5 in Smash..leading up to having all 3 of those games on the system. Including all of P5s iterations (save the Pre-Royal version of P5).
“He’s got a jojo” love you max
I love how Joker is JUST a Devil May Cry character, I mean, he's got Gunslinger and Royal Guard style moves and abilities, A "Rebellion" gauge, A Nero-like Devil Stand, Charge Shot and Wire Snatch, A fly ass Trench Coat, Long pretty black hair, LOTS of cheek and LOTS of style, and looks that women just adore. Seriously, Dante must be his dad or something.
B-black hair? But nero has white hair.
@@foulXD Black hair like V, duh
@@AntanovOCEFGC oh yes i forgot V, lmao
13:50 LOL Max sees the video sequencer: "Oh Jesus, it's my life!"
lmfao :D
"He's got a JoJo" i love you.
Also I just noticed 5:25 Joker used Rock's and Terry's Rising Tackle. Joker must've ran into Terry at some point in the palaces.
Jaden Omega Maybe at some point he stopped by Geese’s palace.
@@gunchapred8933 That too. Maybe they changed Geese's heart.
I think the Stage Builder is legit going to be the biggest addition. It's like its own little social network thing
7:45 "I've got nothing for that one." He could have said Macarena for Makarakarn😂
Pimptagonist and Door-kun for echoes
Proswagonist
I had fun playing around with the video feature of FF Dissidia 012. It's great that Smash is doing this too!
Honestly it just sounds like another way for nintendo to try an corral creators and prevent them from making money on the platforms of their choosing, but maybe that's just the cynic in me.
Alicia Fraser Doesn't sound that cynic. At this point one can assume Nintendo wants those creators to make games exclusively for Switch.
i can smell the jealousy from max that his characters in smash isn't as dynamic as joker
Especially an anime fighter
I just realized Joker is an Stand user
Caesar Anthonio Zeppeli now we have 2 stand users in smash
As a huge persona fan, Im super glad they are also putting in music from P3 and P4
Smash is the besssst!!! except online... but it's still the best
the best party game...*Kappa*
Best?...its okay but not the best.
I don't play smash but im hype for the fans
@@mauryj.3415 Call Smash an ok game is clearly that you don't have any friends to play with, or just a total noob for get rekt so much
@@huyle-ob8rg
I have friends but the game isn't that great, me get rekt'd?...on a kiddie game easy game like smash?... yeah no I play real fighting games like SF5, GG and tekken 7.
Nintendo: "Snake can't use guns, it would be too violent. Explosives only."
Also Nintendo: "Joker's neutral special is Gun."
Actually, Joker's Gun is a toy
But due to cognition, it still works like a real gun.
I still don’t get the rationale of that anyway: “We don’t want a killing weapon in the game. So instead we’ll have him use the weapons designed for killing people en masse.”
Maybe videogame Logic
I will still say your cloud reaction is my favorite reaction on any video.
The team put a LOT of work for this character hats off to them
JOKER IS FORCING ME TO BUY A SWITCH!
11:40 " I'm the Actual Knuckles! *Trapped in the REAL WORLD!* "
WHO ELSE HEARS THE REMIX OF BENEATH THE MASK???
The level editor and a set up for everyone to drop their own levels in is dope. You give people a sandbox to fiddel with when there is already a player base, and things take care of themselves.
When you said it might as well be a BBTAG update, I’m like “Damn I wish. We need Season 2”
When he mentioned BBTAG my first thought was that one of the next fighter passes would be from RWBY. I can totally see that happening.
“What the heck is EIHA??”
I took me way longer than expected to find this reaction
Back when we thought this was as crazy as it could possibly get
“For his neutral special, he wields a *f**king gun”*
Joker’s coat is amazing. I need to have one of those haha.
VincentMusicGaming Let’s get one each ^^
This is what I love about smash. Sakurai puts so much love and attention into the character designs. I don’t think any character shows this as much as joker has.
"He's got a JoJo". You mean a stand? 😆
11:21 And with that comment, Max jinxed the next DLC character to be Ragna the Bloodedge.
Hahaha
I wouldn't even be mad.
Max: teriyaki and macaroni.
I'm dying to know how a Teriyaki Macaroni taste like now...
Massive congratulations on reaching 1 Million subscribers Max, you deserve it so much!! I love your content and personality l too. You've got the whole package. You rock dude x
Sucks it's been 4 months, but this is a practice that needs to come back as opposed to big devs holding back content and selling it to us a week later. At least here we know Sakurai put as much as he could into the launch version before going full swing into paid DLC. Granted they did offer the season pass up front, it's hard to turn down when the base game is as incredible as it is.
Sakurai: Here the new Smash. Everyone and Everything is here.
Everyone sensible: Omg thank you!
Sakurai on drips: Oh, and we're working on DLC plans. here's the 1st!
Everyone: SLEEP YOU MADMAN!!
@@Azmodeus87 haha! 😂
I hope this guy ended up playing Persona 5 since he loves Final Fantasy VII. Persona 5 is just as amazing.
14:45
I'm a fan of that KONG ISLAND video thumbnail.
I’m on spring break so I got all the time in the world to check out Max’s stream! Can’t wait!
Never owned smash.. But this update alone makes me want to get the switch and smash
If only he knew just how crazy it would get....
Everyone forgets Persona Q. Persona Q2 comes out in June.
Cuz ppl want P5 on switch
Persona 3-5 Fans: Wow I love the Persona games.
Persona 1-2 Fans: BUT WHAT ABOUT OUR FAVORITE GAMES
PQ2 which was released on the 3ds has characters from P3, P4 & P5. So, I guess it counts.
>"He's got a Jojo"
Do u not understando?
He still says it wrong too lol
Max. You don’t understand just how dope it is. Not only is his ultimate the exact same from the game, but his after battle screen is the same too
Joker got in the game? This must be the work of an enemy Stand
Hory shit!
Note: that when Arsene is out, Joker's Dair becomes a spike. And his All out attack instantly kills at high percents rather than knocking them back like certain other final smashes.
9:42 It's really not that weird Max, Nintendo might not have lots of Persona on their systems but they _love_ ATLAS.
Persona is one of the few IPs from ATLAS not on Nintendo products much actually.
There's Persona Q on 3DS. Lots of franchises goes on the portable console unnoticied so it's a good place to start bets for the others DLC characters
They also do a lot with Shin Megami Tensei, Persona's parent series.
He fights like Dante. Yoooooo
I don't know what I like better. The fact that Persona 3 and 4 is represented in the game as well or is it that Stage builder is much better and can be downloaded by others. I don't know but this is all cool
God dam this feels like old school features that are missing from new games and smash are killing it
the reason they can add persona 3,4 and 5 is because the full cast of all 3 games are all on the persona Q series on 3ds
They would not put full theme shifts on stage from original games if that was the case
“And know this, these are not even their final forms” that line seriously makes me think they are foreshadowing to a Goku announcement 👀 I know I’m reaching but at this point I wouldn’t be surprised!
I love the soundtrack for joker
I'm most excited about the video editing and sharing. I just hope that you can fast forward and rewind when you're trying to record a small clip
“He’s got a JoJo”
dead
11:41 "I'M THE ACTUAL KNUCKLES TRAPPED IN THE REAL WORLD"
I'm guessing that, because Joker already took up about a 3rd/4th of the way til February, a couple of the middle DLC fighters will be announced side by side
Arsene is named after Lupin Arsene, the modern archetype of the gentleman master thief.
man, dlc is lookin pretty good.
That heartfelt scream of "please" was awesome.
"A counter that is also a reflect? Is that even allowed!?" That's a good question.
Palutena: *Am I a joke to you!?*
5 Volt K.Rool : “What am I chopped liver?”
I’ll never get tired of that intro
The stage editor is like literally Little Big Planet! :o
true
Piraña Plant was released on february, so one fighter every two months, the next one will probably be out on E3 and they will reveal the next one there.
Omg. They made a dbz ref. Goku confirmed.
I didn't catch it, where at?
@@davidhudgin "isn't his final form"
5:46
I love when he talks over the announcer and then ask questions he just answered XD
Did we get P5 on Reggie's last week at Nintendo? He left more than his Master sword behind for us? 😂🖒
i think reggie said in the game awards last year when joker was introduced that the nature of the future dlc fighters is that they are something like not in the norms or unusual characters that you would not really expect them to join the roster of smash bros...i mean i did not really expect joker to join the roster and then later found out that sakurai is a big fan of persona 5 which maybe made the collaboration possible...
SCORPION SUBZERO FOR SMASH
No joke before watching this I thought “ they should make an s tier character with another deflect” and sure enough..