Despite the harsh reviews that the game has received on release, Suicide Squad: Kill the Justice League still plans to go full throttle into its Season 1 events, missions, and characters. The clown prince of crime is the first fully playable character that will be available in the game post-launch. Recently, we just got more details about this version of the clown prince of crime’s origins and history of villainy.
In our interview with JP Karliak, the voice behind Mr. J, he detailed what makes this version different from others, such as Mark Hamil’s famous Arkham interpretation of the character. Obviously, since the developers behind this game also happen to be the masterminds behind the Arkham series, there are comparisons being made by fans.
Nonetheless, the voice behind the character assures that this is a completely different and new take on DC’s and Batman’s most infamous villain.
Suicide Squad KTJL’s Elseworld Version is Much Different than Arkham’s
Arkham City marked the departure of the clown prince of crime’s tyranny from his world. But that’s not where this story ends. The Elseworld version that we will be getting in SS is merely a villain that is starting out. Someone who doesn’t yet know what exactly they want to pursue.
According to Karliak, this version of the character is amazed by the history left behind by his ‘predecessor‘, if you can even call him that. The Arkhamverse version is thus a source of inspiration for the up-and-coming Elseworld iteration.
what I love about this version of the Joker is that he is making those comparisons. He is coming in from an Elseworld and hearing about this giant version of the Joker that existed for many years and was a megalomaniac.
It seems that this version is much more open to openly admiring other people, and just judging by his appearance, he seems much less hardcore as compared to Arkham‘s version.
This Clown is Just Starting Out
Karliak continues to describe more about his character and how, despite being the clown prince of crime, he’s only really got the clown part down right now.
I play a younger Joker sort of starting out, and still figuring out what his Joker brand is going to be.
The version that we get in the Arkham games has a very established presence in the verse when we get introduced to him.
From the sounds of it, it seems like a Batman: Year One kind of situation, where the bat still made mistakes and didn’t have the whole process down yet.
According to Karliak, this Elseworld version of the character is ‘taking notes’ from his predecessor. Who knows? Despite this Joker being vastly different, we may just be in for another iteration of the beloved Mark Hamil-Arkham version of the clown prince of crime.
Excited for the upcoming season? Will you be hopping back into the live-service title? Let us know in the comments.
