Nexus Heroes / Jacket

Jacket is a playable character in Nexus Heroes, hailing from the Hotline Miami series. His design is primarily based around Hotline Miami, however the character takes a few elements from his guest appearance in PAYDAY 2, such as the Recorded Messages he uses to communicate.
==Who is Jacket?==
===THE SOCIOPATH===
Tasked with carrying out dangerous and violent jobs by an anonymous source, Jacket's ethics and mental sanity are ambiguous enough that he is willing to accept these missions without a clear idea of who is employers are or the reason behind the slaughters he is tasked with committing. Once his answering machine rings and the next objective is presented to him, Jacket drives to the place, wears a mask for the occasion, and only leaves when no one but him is left standing.
==Gameplay==
===Overview===
A lightweight fighter with poor endurance but strong attacks, Jacket starts the match as a pretty straightforward character, with decent mobility and some disjointed and powerful Normals, mostly consisting of ranged weapons or firearms. His Specials are also quite simple to use, as they allow him to shoot his gun or punish opponents with a command grab, and he is also granted a pretty strong recovery, which allows him to travel upwards while remaining relatively safe.
The real meat of Jacket's moveset, however, is in his Down Special, which allows him to choose and wear a different mask than the standard one. Each mask has unique properties, granting advantages and drawbacks of its own, making Jacket a pretty dynamic character, whose opponents need to be ready to adapt to what playstyle his currently equipped mask favors. These can enhance certain types of attacks while nerfing others, make him faster but lighter, or have stronger throws but make him slower. The effects of each mask lasts up to ten seconds, and after that, Jacket will have to wait before he can use the same Mask again.
===Movelist===
  	Name  	Description
Neutral Attack, 	Batter Up 	Swings a Baseball Bat twice in front of himself. It's pretty quick, and has decent power, with the last hit causing knockback.
Dash AttackDash, 	Know the Drill 	Thrusts a Drill forward, dealing multiple hits and causing big damage.
Side Tilt 	Out of the Park 	A powerful swing of his Baseball Bat, with very high knockback and damage. This attack can also deflect incoming projectiles.
Up Tilt 	Machete Kill 	Swings a large Machete upwards.
Down Tilt 	Silenced 	Fires a Silenced Pistol at the ground in front of himself twice.
Forward Strong+ 	Knock Knock 	A door spawns in front of Jacket, and he'll bust it open with a kick, causing extremely high damage and knockback to whoever he hits with the door frame.
Up Strong+ 	Fish in a Barrel 	Points a Double Barrel upward and fires. It has very high damage and knockback, though it's a bit laggy.
Down Strong+ 	Hit the Mark 	Fires two MP5s at a downward angle at both sides. Weaker than most of his attacks, but each MP5 hits multiple times.
Neutral AerialAirborne	Hammer Time 	Swings a Sledgehammer around himself, hitting at all sides.
Forward AerialAirborne	Magnum Opus 	Fires a Magnum in front of himself, which has a disjointed hitbox which causes big damage and knockback.
Back AerialAirborne 	Into the Frying Pan	Turns around and swings a Frying Pain behind himself.
Up AerialAirborne 	M16 Assault 	Fires an M16 above himself. Has low launch power, but the bullets hit multiple times.
Down AerialAirborne 	Vandalism 	Tosses a Brick below himself, which travels a good distance and has good power.
Grab 	Grab 	Holds the opponent with both hands.
Pummel, 	Knuckle Sandwich 	Punches the opponent in the face.
Forward Throw, 	Bat Strike 	Brings the opponent to their knees with a punch, then knocks them away with his Baseball Bat.
Back Throw, 	Execution 	Swings his Baseball Bat, bringing the opponent on their knees and behind Jacket, who then fires his Shotgun into their head, knocking them away.
Up Throw, 	Hole in One 	Swings a Golf Club in an arch upward, sending the opponent flying.
Down Throw, 	Booted Up 	Downs the opponent with a punch, then stomps their face with his foot.
Floor AttackGrounded >	Bat Sweep 	Sweeps his Baseball Bat low to the ground, then gets up.
Edge AttackLedge > 	Low Shot 	Climbs up and kneels, firing a short ranged shot from his Pistol.
NEUTRAL SPECIAL 	Jacket's Piece 	Fires his custom SMG from PAYDAY 2. It's a quick barrage of bullets, fired at a steady rate, and Jacket can move back and forth while firing, although at a slow pace.
SIDE SPECIAL 	Beatdown 	Swings his Baseball Bat downward. If he hits an opponent, they will be downed, and Jacket will proceed to beat them down with the Bat several times, while a text displaying "1000pts" appears over Jacket with each hit, as a purely aesthetic nod to Hotline Miami. If any attack button is mashed during the move, Jacket will inflict more hits, though he'll be exposed for longer. This move acts like a command grab, and it therefore goes through shields.
UP SPECIAL 	Fireaxe Carousel 	Rises diagonally upward while spinning a large Fireaxe around himself. The metal blade of the Fireaxe acts as a sweetspot which can spike opponents if caught at the right angle, as well as having more power.
DOWN SPECIAL 	Mask Selection 	A small selection menu pops up, from which Jacket can choose and wear a different mask. Each mask has advantages and drawbacks of its own, and he can wear the same Mask for about 10 seconds, after which he'll have to wait some time before he can put it on again. The Masks are :
 
*RICHARD : A rooster mask. It's the default mask of Jacket, and can be wore at any time with no cooldown.
*TONY : A tiger mask. Enhances the power of melee weapons, but nerfs firearms based attacks.
* AUBREY : A pig mask. Enhances the power of firearms based attacks, but nerfs other attacks.
*GRAHAM : A rabbit mask. Makes Jacket faster, but lighter and floatier.
*JAKE : A cobra mask. Makes Jacket's grab and throws more powerful, but makes him slower.
FINISHER 	Gratuitous Violence	A large bomb appears in front of Jacket, who will shoot it with an MP5, triggering a powerful explosion. Whoever is caught in the explosion will then be brought into a POV cutscene where they'll be beaten up by Jacket with a Baseball Bat. Then, statics will cut to a following scene, where Jacket is turning on a lighter. Statics again, cutting to Jacket tossing the lighter at the camera, ending the finisher by burning down the opponents. Confused and muffled recordings can be heard through the Finisher, including a recorded voice that says "Do you like hurting other people?".
===Intro Animation===
Jacket drives in with his car, then gets down. The car disappears with a statics effect.
===Taunt===
Pulls out a tape and plays a random trivia each time :
*"Did you know that 'Space Invaders' is the world's first blockbuster arcade video game?"
*"Did you know that 'Pac-Man' was designed after a pizza?"
*"Did you know that 'Civilization' was inspired by the board game Risk?"
*"Did you know that 'World of Warcraft' is the most played online videogame worldwide?"
*"Did you know that approximately two thirds of American households own a videogames console?"
===Idle Poses===
*Menacingly holds his Baseball Bat, bouncing it on his palm.
*Cracks his neck and twirls his Baseball Bat in his hand.
===Quotes===
All of Jacket's quotes are spoken by a pre-recorded voice on a tape.
====Selection Lines====
*" Do you know what time it is? "
*" Now enjoying the show. "
*" The following presentation is not intended for minors. "
===Victory Poses=== 
*UP : Knocks the camera down with a kick, then gets over it and slams his Baseball Bat into it.
*SIDE : Twirls his Baseball Bat in his hand, then swings it at the camera, causing a crack in it.
*DOWN : Kneels down and looks at the camera while menacingly playing a Tape which says "Do you like hurting other people?".
==Arcade Mode==
Jacket's Aracde route is themed around opponents based on animals, as a nod to the animal-themed masks which are used by many characters (especially Jacket) in the Hotline Miami series.
The first match is against Sonic the Hedgehog, whose design is based on his namesake, and the second round is against Sly, who is a raccoon. After this, Jacket faces a Bonus Stage.
The third encounter is against Snake, who is obviously named after a snake, while the following match sees Jacket facing two opponents at once : Crash and Spyro, with the first being a bandicoot and the other being a dragon (though not a real animal, it's still considered one).
After another Bonus Stage, Jacket fights Wolverine and Undyne. Wolverine is named and modeled after a wolverine, as his name implies, while Undyne is a fish-shaped monster from the Underground. After this battle, Jacket faces his Rival, Rick, in a battle titled Masked Bloodlust. This rivalry references the fact that both Jacket and Rick are masked men who are protagonists of very violent games, in which the objective is to slaughter either monsters or men.
Round 	Opponent 	Stage 	Music 	
1 	Sonic 	Boneyard Casino 	System Cracker 	
2 	Sly 	Empire City 	The Freaks Are Everywhere	
Bonus Stage 1	Bonus Stage 1	Bonus Stage 1 	Bonus Stage 1 	Bonus Stage 1
3 	Snake 	Temple Ruins 	Le Serpent Rouge 	
4 	Spyro
Crash 	Band Land 	Medieval Dragon 	
Bonus Stage 2	Bonus Stage 2	Bonus Stage 2 	Bonus Stage 2 	Bonus Stage 2
5 	Wolverine
 Undyne	Lake of Nine 	Minotaur Boss Battle 	
6 	Rick
(Rival Battle)	West Mansion 	Opening Theme 	
7 	Kerrigan 	Kerrigan's Leviathan	Conscience 	
==Alternates==
===Alternate Colors===
*BROWN : Default appearance, based on his appearance in PAYDAY 2.
*YELLOW : Based on the color scheme of his sprites in Hotline Miami.
*PINK : Based on Jacket's colors in the Hotline Miami Collection box art.
*RED : Based on the color scheme Hotline Miami takes when wearing the Bull Mask.
===Alternate Costume===
File:PN JACKET RENDER.png|"Default" Costume
File:PN JACKET ALT.png|"Biker Outfit" Costume
*Default : Based on his appearance in Payday 2 : The Heist.
*Biker Outfit : Based on Biker, an important and playable character in the Hotline Miami series.
==Trivia==
*Jacket is the only character to hail from an M Rated Indie game.
*He is the only character whose default costume hails from a game outside of his own series.
*Jacket's taunt references the trivia lines from PAYDAY 2, though they reference videogames to stay more in line with the theme of Nexus Heroes.
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