Nexus Heroes / Thor

Thor was a planned, but later cancelled DLC character in Nexus Heroes, hailing from the God of War series. He was revealed as the first DLC character of Season 2 in a Blog Post on February 12th 2023, alongside Cerebella, but plans to release him and the other characters were then scrapped.
== Gameplay ==
While Thor was never released or finished, a few details are known about how he would have played like, as well as some additional features :
* Thor was going to be a "stance" character, as he would have had access to two different movesets : one with his hammer, Mjölnir, and the other bare-handed. His Neutral Special would have served to toss the hammer as a powerful boomerang-like projectile, but a second press of the button while the hammer still hadn't returned to him would have made Thor stop Mjölnir and make it drop to the ground, making him switch to a bare-handed fighting style. His attacks with Mjölnir would have been slow but tremendous in power, while his hand to hand attacks were going to be quicker, and also gave him access to a few unique command grabs. Thor has been described by game director AlwaysDREGOL as a powerful grappler with a few unique mix-ups and combos thanks to his control over Mjölnir. 
* His Specials (aside from the aforementioned Neutral Special) aren't fully known, but it was stated that they were all going to interact in unique ways with Mjölnir, whether Thor would be wielding it or not. One example involves his supposed recovery, which would have made Thor zip to the hammer's location if he wasn't wielding it, regardless of its distance.
* There were a few easter egg which referenced the Marvel Comics version of the character ; every character in the roster would have been able to try and lift Mjölnir off the ground if Thor wasn't wielding it, leading to a funny animation for every fighter failing to pick it up. While clearly not everyone in the God of War universe can lift the hammer (Kratos was not able to move it on a few occasions) the concept of needing to be "worthy" to lift the hammer was born from Marvel Comics. Another reference was in Thor's taunt, which saw him drop the hammer to the ground as if it was a microphone, and then saying " 'Nuff said". This was one of Stan Lee's catchphrases, the man who co-created the Marvel Comics version of the character.
==Trivia==
*He was going to be the second fighter in the game to hail from an already represented series, after Akuma. They both were planned as DLC characters and, coincidentally, both are antagonists.
*Other versions of Thor were also considered, according to game director AlwaysDREGOL, such as the Marvel Comics version or from his appearance in Smite, but the God of War version was ultimately chosen.