Commonalities between Joker and Erdrick
- They come from third-party licenses with Japanese origins whose first episode was released on Nintendo before 1988.
- They come from third-party licenses with at least 24 different games (46 for
Megami Tensei).
- They come from third-party licenses adapted in manga and animes.
- They come from third-party licenses where no character was been in the ballot for
Smash4, nor existing forecasts in the
Rate Their Chances thread for
Smash 4.
> "Who never saw it coming forward", "new to the series", just like Joker from Persona 5" : "this gives you a flavor of how we are approaching the DLC." - Reggie
- They come from opus sold at least 2 million units.
- According to Famitsū, they are exactly the two representatives at
the top of preferences in Japan.
- According Famitsū, they come from third-party licenses appearing at least 9 times in
the preferences of Japanese by consoles.
Above them, there is only Mario (15 appearances) and Final Fantasy (17 appearances). Just below them, there is only Monster Hunter, Resident Evil and Sakura Wars, (6 appearances each, counting Project X Zone).
- They are RPG male human heroes.
This would leave little chance for a new RPG male human hero to occupy a 3rd slot.
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