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Who is Jason?
I feel like I don't need to explain what Power Rangers to anyone but in any event Jason Lee Scott, portrayed by Austin St. John, is the leader of the Mighty Morphin' Power Rangers, pretty much the big hit show of children's television in 1993. Using a magic that grants him the strength of a T-Rex, Jason fought evil aliens on a weekly basis for approximately 1.5 seasons while teaching martial arts classes & participating in dozens of charity events on the side.
Why a power rangers rep?
The franchise was HUGE back in the day & had an 11 year run on Nickelodeon (admittedly, the weakest of the 3 big "eras" of the show IMO). Additionally, there's an undeniable dream match factor with Ninja Turtles already being in the game, as MMPR pretty much took TMNT's place as the most popular kids brand in the 90s.
How does Jason fight?
Well aside from MMPR being a very fight-scene heavy series, NASB2 could curb a lot from PR's own fighting game, Battle for the Grid. While BftG was more of a MVC type of fighter, it had SSB-like specials mapped to a designated button+directional or air inputs. This provides an existing template that they could copy. Martial arts moves, sword as his main weapon, a side arm that changes from short sword to laser gun, & optional summoning of the Megazord to stomp his opponents.
Why Jason over any other ranger?
Well yes, I'm sure everyone and their grandmother would sooner expect Tommy (MMPR Green amongst other colors) to be the go to guy, but with the passing of his actor Jason David Frank last year, it's perhaps for the best to let Tommy rest for now. At least with Jason there's still the chance of Austin reprising the role (as he did in BftG). The only other ranger I really considered was Troy, the red ranger of Mega Force. Not only is Troy from 2 of the Nick-era seasons, but he can morph into any past red ranger, including MMPR Red. Certainly that would make for a much more interesting moveset, but if the '87 turtles are any indication, then Gen 1 nostalgia wins hard & again, the dream match factor of Jason vs. Leo shoots down any other PR team getting in.
What are Jason's chances?
Slim to nil, frankly. 1. Nick doesn't own PR and never did. & 2. it no longer airs on the channel anymore. My thinking is Jason could be NASB's version of a guest fighter: shows that were on Nickelodeon at some point that weren't an owned IP. Such shows are still a part of Nickelodeon history & thus IMO worth having a place in these games. But until we get an actual example of a guest fighter coughDangerMousecough Jason will remain unlikely.
