“Echo is not the next hero. Sojourn is not the next hero, that’s all I’m going to say” the Overwatch game director says in the Twitch clip. “I said we were never making Jetpack Cat. Never, ever, ever. It would be like adding a hamster, or something.”
For the unfamiliar, the Jetpack Cat character appears in some of Brigette’s sprays and a victory pose. Ever since players have been joking that the furry friend will become playable. It seems that even for Kaplan, that strays too far into meme territory.
Still, his statements put to bed some of the popular fan theories. Both characters have been referenced in one way or another, Echo in an animated short, and Sojourn in Storm Rising. Meanwhile, Kaplan says there are “big plans” for Junker Queen and Maximilien.