Different franchises colliding in videogames has been a thing since some guy at Banpresto realised they could make Godzilla and a Gundam kick a football around an 8-bit pitch in 1992's Battle Soccer.
Sticking a familiar face in a sea of original characters is a solid marketing strategy, and something that I've been especially privy to as a lifelong fighting game player: Yoda in Soulcalibur, Negan in Tekken, a freakin' Halo Spartan in Dead or Alive. I am deep in the trenches of Kingdom Hearts' Disney fever dream.
