Super Smash Bros. Ultimate x Tales of Vesperia

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Super Smash Bros. Ultimate x Tales of Vesperia is a collaboration between Nintendo's crossover fighting game with Namco's RPG franchise called the Tales of series. Other than Pac-Man himself, a Tales of series would work well in Smash as a second Namco rep can work. This would mainly focus on Tales of Vesperia mainly because of it's Definative Edition.
==Reveal Trailer==
Of course it typically starts off with the usual Smash Bros. opening logo. This is a CGI trailer. It takes place in a library that features a ton of books on shelves. A book appears and then opens which shows images that depict various Tales of games on the books pages. But wait, it turns out that the book also shows a Smash symbol. The Smash symbol makes the screen fade white. The Smash envelope appears and flies. A montage of various (if not all) tales characters appear staring at the flying envelope. The characters that only appear are Cress Albane, Lloyd Irving, Luke fon Farbe, Luca Milda, and Kor Meteor. It cuts to the final scene where the envelope lands on the hands of Yuri Lowell appering on screen saying "Let's get this over with!". The splash card appears and says "Yuri Howls!". Gameplay trailer appears and we get to see the title card (this time it be a dark blue) saying "Super Smash Bros. Ultimate x Tales of Vesperia: Definative Edition". The ("Tales of Vesperia logo will appear in a fading light").
==Franchise Overview: What is the ?==
The Tales series is a franchise of JRPGs created by Bandai Namco. The first game in the series was released in 1995 in the form of Tales of Phantasia for the Super Famicom. Much like games including Earthbound and Fire Emblem, the series often has different characters and settings in each installment so there are multiple main characters and settings to see. The series is characterized by its art style, which draws from Japanese manga and anime, and its action-based fighting system called the "Linear Motion Battle System". Despite it's "niche" state in the English speaking regions, Tales in considerd a high-profile property in Japan as it's one of the biggest RPG series behind Final Fantasy and Dragon Quest. To be fair, Tales has gotten popularity in the West since Tales of Symphonia.
==What is ?==
Tales of Vesperia is the tenth mainline entry in the Tales series. It was released for the Xbox 360. An expanded port of the game for the PlayStation 3 was released in 2009 in Japan. An enhanced version, subtitled Definitive Edition, was released for the Xbox One, PlayStation 4, Nintendo Switch and Microsoft Windows in January 2019. 
The game is set in the world of Terca Lumireis, which uses an energy souce called blastia for all its needs including creating protective barriers around its cities. The story involves Yuri Lowell who is a former Imperial soldier who forms a guild called Brave Vesperia to aid Estelle, a noble woman he ecounters on a mission. As exploring the world, Brave Vesperia are challenged by factions who have different plans related to the abuse of blastia resources thus forces Yuri to confront his friend and former comrade Flynn. It has gotten a generally positive reception and this game was a best selling game for the Xbox 360 in Japan.
==As Part of Challenger Pack ???, Yuri joins the battle==
Yuriin Super Smash Bros. Ultimate	Yuriin Super Smash Bros. Ultimate
 	
Universe 	Tales of Series
Availability 	Downloadable
Boxing Ring Title 	Young Wolf
Final Smash 	Savage Wolf Fury
Member of Brave Vesperia, Yuri joins the battle!. He is the main character of the Tales of Vesperia. A young man from the Imperial Capital, Zaphias, Yuri originally leaves his life in the lower quarter in order to pursue the thief who stole the blastia core required for regulating the area's water supply. After being imprisoned in the castle dungeon for trespassing, Yuri escapes continues his journey with Estelle and his faithful dog Repede for the sake of the common people. His journeys have him crossing paths with many new people, places and thrilling adventures, eventually escalating into a quest to save the planet. Compared to most protagonist of the Tales of Series, he's designed as a young adult.
Yuri is equpied with the Second Star sword, but he's more than just as swordsman as he can also use his fists and feet to attack as well.
In the English version, Yuri will be voiced by Troy Baker who some of you perceive him as Joel from The Last of Us, Kanji Tatsumi from Persona 4, Vincent Brooks from Catherine, the Boss from Saints Row, Joker from Batman Arkham Origins, and Revolver Ocelot from Metal Gear. In the Japanese version, Yuri is voiced by Kohsuke Toriumi who some of you may perceive him as the Japanese voice actor of Junpei Iori from Persona 3, Hong Yun-seong from Soulcalibur, Guido Mista from JoJo's Bizzare Adventure, Inuzuka Kiba from Naruto, and even Little Mac from Punch Out.
==Alternate Costumes==
#Default
#Gets a pink apperance based on Estelle along with pink hair. A smart girl who was taught to use swords
#Gets a dark turquoise apperance with blond hair that is basaed on Flynn Scifo. A knight who would solve the larger problem before the smaller ones.
#Gets a green apperance and brown hair based on Karol Capel. A young boy who wields a giant hammer and various other large weapons in battle. He states he is from the Hunting Blades guild
#Gets a red apperance and brunette hair based on Rita Mordio. A researcher who studies blastia.
#Gets a purple apperance and grey hair based on Raven. A frivolous and shady-looking man.
#Gets a blue apperance and blue hair that is based on Judith. A beautiful woman who is from the Kritya tribe.
#Gets a orange apperance with white hair that is based on Alexei Dinoia. A major antagonist who represents his country's government as the Commandant of the Imperial Knights
==Moveset==
===Gimmick===
Over Limit: Over Limit is a mechanic that was introduced in Tales of Symphonia. The mechanic was still used in Vesperia. In the series, it allows a characterto go into greater capabilities than normal. What exact effects occur vary from game to game, but one of the most common features is the ability to prevent stagger as well as use artes normally unavailable. 
In Vesperia, the mechanic introduces multiple levels of Over Limit as well as a shared Over Limit gauge. As player characters deal and receive damage, the Over Limit gauge fills until it reaches its maximum. In Smash, there will be a meter that will fill everytime Yuri takes or inflict damage, it will fill. Once it's full, press Shield + Neutral Special together to activate the state. This may not buff Yuri's stats, but it reaches new heights by doing combo extentions. Once in play, the meter will deplet until empty. When he activates this state, Yuri will burst into aura that knocks enemies away from him and allows him unlimited use of his specials and attacks with no penalty for up to 15 seconds. This temporary shaves off half of the end-lag on all of his moves as well, but his speed and attack power doesn't change to balance this effect out. Either way, watch out when he is in this state! Yuri will also have access to his Divine Wolf moves which are his Burst Arte. A Burst Arte move will activate when Yuri is in his Over Limit state. TBH, the meter itself would be balanced.
===Basic Attacks===
*Jab Combo: Cerberus Strike/Brutal Fang: This is a combo attack. Yuri will punch his opponents three times with the press of the button. The final hit will end the jab combo. If players button mash the combo, Yuri's rapid jab will be Brutal Fang which is Yuri doing a series of punches.
*Side Tilt: A downwards sword slash. Just like Piranha Plant's and Hero's side tilts, Yuri can also do another sword slash.
*Up Tilt: Yuri will just do an upwards slash that can juggle with his victim up to 3 times with the press of a button. The last hit will launch foes.
*Down Tilt: Just a sweeping attack that has a chance to trip foes. This can be attacked twice with a press of a button.
*Dash Attack: Yuri will take a run-up then he will make a wide range cut, a slow but decent dash attack that could have a decent range since Yuri will lean forward when making it
*Side Smash: Lone Wolf Charge: Yuri will shoulder bash toward his opponent before punching the ground unleashing a gigantic wolf shaped energy blast.
*Up Smash: Shining Eagle: Yuri does a slash that creates a blast of energy to launch foes.
*Down Smash: Crushing Eagle: Yuri stabs the ground with his sword to create a burst around him.
*Neutral Air: A simple sex kick much like the neutral airs of Mario and Link.
*F-Air: Wailing Havoc: Yuri will do a spin kick before slashing. Like Bayonetta's the forward air needs to be pressed for the full move. For Yuri's case, he would press 2 times
*B-Air: A simple kick behind the opponent so what else there.
*Up-Air: Just a simple round swinging upwards strike.
*Down-Air: Yuri kicks the opponent twice before slashing downwards.
===Throws===
*Grab: Grabs with one arm.
*Pummel: Knees the opponent much like Marth's pummel.
*F-throw: Yuri punches them away before throwing the opponent.
*B-throw: Yuri will throw his enemy away following with a back kick sending them away
*Up-throw: Yuri throws them in the air and uppercuts the opponent.
*Down Throw: Yuri will throw his enemy on the ground then he'll directly stab them sending him away
===Specials===
Neutral Special: Azure Edge/Azure Storm: Sends in a wave of energy from his sword. It's a projectile move that travels forwards. If you press again, Yuri will do Azure Stone which makes him send in another projectile.
Side Special: Ghost Wolf: Dashs forward in a blue streak much like Fox's Fox Illusion. If you press again while hitting an opponent, Yuri will suddenly appear behind the opponent doing a wide slash launching the target.
Up Special: Tiger Blade: This is basically his version of Shulk's Air Slash albeit different since Yuri will attack with this move 3 times rather than 2 times. Yuri will do a rising slash that rises him into the air. Press again to do a simple slash. The third time you press again will have Yuri uses his fist to crash downwards. While useful, becareful with that 3rd hit because Yuri would go off stage if he uses that 3rd hit by accident. Seriously, Tiger Blade is a classic move in the Tales series so why not?
Down Special: Guardian Field/Destruction Field: On the ground, Yuri will stab the sword to the ground thus creating a magical circle around him. Like Robin's Nosferatu, Yuri would heal if he damages an opponent with that move. He can also heal his teammates in team battl if they are near Yuri since he's the one creating a circle. On the air, Yuri will do a ground pound move that allows Yuri to create a shockwave when he strikes to the stage.
Now this is where his Burst Artes comes to play since we have his Over Limit as a gimmick. These moves can only be done when he is in his Over Limit state. This is how they would be imputed.
Shield + Neutral Special: Crush: Once in Over Limit form, Yuri will punch the ground to create a fair sized cluster of rocks to appear on stage. If he does it in the air, he would just punch on the air that can easily meteor smash airbone foes and burry grounded foes if and only he's on the air. Think of this as his version of Terry's Power Wave
Shield + Side Special: Storm: Once in Over Limit form, Yuri will send in a small stormy projectile that can hit multiple times.
Shield + Up Special: Blaze: Once in Over Limit form, Yuri will do a series of 2 slashes that would have Yuri's sword ignite with fire. First he will rise for recovery and then he will crash down at the same angle and Captain Falcon's Falcon Kick with the sword flaming.
Shield + Down Special: Flood: On his Over Limit state, Yuri punches the ground creating a ripple around him. Then he proceeds to summon a gush of water that surronds Yuri. Useless on ground.
Final Smash: Savage Wolf Fury: Yuri will flash in a white light. Anyone who comes in contact will be sent to a cutsene that is just abstract blue and black backgroud. Yuri will give the opponents a series of slashes from the opponent back and fourth Vesperia style. Boy it does look beautiful.
==Miscellaneous Animations==
*Entrance: Ba'ul swoops in from above the stage and Yuri shows up on stage and prepares to fight.
*Idle 1: Stands upright with his sword in his left hand and hung over his left shoulder.
*Idle 2: Messes with his fists as if he's ready to do some fist damage.
*Up Taunt: He will fan himself while sighing.
*Side Taunt: Spins his sword behind him and points with his sword afterwards. Yuri says "Come on, bring it".
*Down Taunt: Yuri will tease his foes with a "come on" sign saying "Don't just stand there"
*Victory Animation: Yuri does a series of swings from his sword before placing it on the ground before posing dramatically. He would say "I'll cut down any enemy who gets in our way" or "Now that's what I call a real fight...".
*Victory Animation 2: Yuri swirls his sword like a hellicopter propeller around him and putting it in his shoulder. He will say "That wasn't so bad."or "Man, I was just getting warmed up" or "Man, I wanted more."
*Victory Animation 3: He'll throws his sword with his legs sending it in the air then he'll get it back saying:"Yiah! Easy win !" or "Now that's skill"
*Loss Animation: Claps for the opponent. So what else?
*Victory Theme: This one is a unique victory theme like Cloud. Victory Cry plays in Yuri's victory theme as a unique victory for Yuri.
==Stage==
Tales of VesperiaHalure	Tales of VesperiaHalure
 	
Universe 	Tales of Series
Home Stage 	Yuri
Availability 	Downloadable
Max. Players 	8
For Yuri's stage of choice will be the city of blossoms, Halure.
Halure is a small scenic town located in the central part of Ilyccia. The town is famous for having a barrier blastia fused together with three blossoming trees that protect it from monsters. Its name is derived from those three trees: Harmonea, Luluria, and Renen.
The stage will take place at the bottom where it would be a stage will some hills and a bridge. Blossom leaves can be seen flying around the stage as a visual part of the stage. Some generic NPCs appear in the stage, but it's nothing comepared to some of the stage cameos who happen to be Yuri's party memebers. To be fair, only one of them will get to appear. Anyways, why don't we meet the colleagues Yuri has made during his exploit. It's a beautiful stage anyways with visually stunning enviorment.
1618502626299.png|Estelle
1618502682320.png|Flynn Scifo
1618502812792.png|Repede
1618502872244.png|Karol Capel
1618502919025.png|Rita Morido
1618502971967.png|Raven
Judith.png|Judith
1618503274690.png|Patty Fleur
1618503466550.png|Duke Pantarei
==Music==
Comes with these tracks. The tracks will focus on Vesperia, but there would be some tracks related to other Tales games as well.
Title 	Artist 	Source
Ring a Bell 	Bonnie Pink 	Tales of Vesperia
Kane wo Narashite 	Bonnie Pink 	Tales of Vesperia
Furnance of War 	Taken from game 	Tales of Vesperia
Go Repede 	Taken from game 	Tales of Vesperia
A Bet on This Bout (Remix) 	ACE 	Tales of Vesperia
Burning Fighting Spirit 	Taken from game 	Tales of Vesperia
A Formidable Foe Stands in the Way 	Taken from game 	Tales of Vesperia
Chance for a Big Reversal 	Taken from game 	Tales of Vesperia
Bathed in Light and Darkness 	Taken from game 	Tales of Vesperia
Cutting Off the Dark 	Taken from game 	Tales of Vesperia
Tenacity 	Taken from game 	Tales of Vesperia
Undying Resolve 	Taken from game 	Tales of Vesperia
The Decisive Moment 	Taken from game 	Tales of Vesperia
Moment of Ruin That Shakes the Heaven	Taken from game 	Tales of Vesperia
Fury Sparks (New Remix) 	Yusuke Yamauchi 	Tales of Vesperia
Aim for the Top 	Taken from game 	Tales of Vesperia
The Final Showdown 	Taken from game 	Tales of Vesperia
A Once-In-A-Lifetime Duel 	Taken from game 	Tales of Vesperia
A Bet On The Bout (Remix) 	Nobuko Toda 	Tales of Vesperia
Restless Blade 	Taken from game 	Tales of Vesperia
Lost Memories 	Taken from game 	Tales of Vesperia
Take Up the Cross (Remix) 	Kenji Ito 	Tales of Phantasia
Conclusion (Remix) 	Masafumi Takada 	Tales of Phantasia
Bared Fangs (Remix) 	MASAKI 	Tales of Destiny
Blue Dragon (Remix) 	Noriyuki Iwadare	Tales of Destiny
~Victim of Fate~ (Remix) 	Motoi Sakuraba 	Tales of Destiny
Resoulution (Remix) 	Hirokazu Tanaka 	Tales of Destiny 2
Future (Remix) 	Hiroki Hashimoto	Tales of Destiny 2
Full Force 	Taken from game 	Tales of Symphonia
Fighting of the Spirit 	Taken from game 	Tales of Symphonia
Keep your guard up! 	Taken from game 	Tales of Symphonia
Keen-Edged blade 	Taken from game 	Tales of Symphonia
Like a glint of light 	Taken from game 	Tales of Symphonia
The arrow was shot 	Taken from game 	Tales of the Abyss
Never Surrender 	Taken from game 	Tales of the Abyss
Time for Farewell 	Taken from game 	Tales of the Abyss
Everlasting Fight 	Taken from game 	Tales of the Abyss
Break Through With the Sword (Remix) 	Michiko Naruke 	Tales of Innocence
Mysterious arms, Soma 	Taken from game 	Tales of Hearts R
Sword-Drawing! Grind! 	Taken from game 	Tales of Graces
==Classic Mode==
Yuri's classic mode will be fighting against characters who have disobey law for a reason. In the game he comes from, Yuri has stated that taking the law into his own hands is the only way to ensure that the villains of the world are punished despite being a risky situation. Anti-heroes may count as well. Base roster only
Enforcing One's "Justice"	Enforcing One's "Justice"	Enforcing One's "Justice" 	Enforcing One's "Justice"	
Round 	Opponent 	Stage 	Music 	Reference
1 	Sonic 	Green Hill Zone 	Escape from the City 	Sonic fought against the government trying to capture him and use him as a patsy for Shadow's crimes in Sonic Adventure 2.
2 	King Dedede 	Fountain of Dreams 	Gourmet Race (Melee) 	Despite Dedede being seen as an antagonist in the Kirby series, he has reasons to do questionable things such a breaking the Star Rod in Kirby's Adventure to prevent Nightmare's inhabitants from trouble. He also stole the trophies of Luigi and Ness in the Subspace Emisarry just to take them to his castle and the two mentioned characters get revived due to the badges Dedede put in the characters.
3 	Pit 	Palutena's Temple 	Destroyed Skyworld 	In Kid Icarus: Uprising, Pit had to fight against Palutena who was under the influence of Chaos Kin.
4 	Mario 	3D Land 	Tough Guy Alert! 	Mario had teamed up with Bowser before despite Mario and Bowser being on different sides of the alignment such as Super Mario RPG and Mario and Luigi: Bowser's Inside Story. To be fair, he had to do it for a reason.
5 	Pac-Man 	Pac-Land 	Pac-Man (Club Mix) 	In Pac-Man World 3, he had a simiar reason as to why Mario is on this classic mode route. Pac-Man in that game agreed to work alongside the 4 main ghosts despite Pac and the ghosts showing rivaly against each other and being on a different affliction.
6 	Bayonetta 	Umbra Clock Tower 	Let's Dance, Boys! 	She's an anti-hero. Wherherever she goes, collateral damage follows and she doesn't seem to care too much about it.
Bonus Stage 	Bonus Stage 	Bonus Stage 	Bonus Stage 	
Boss 	Roy (5th alt) 	Halure (Stamina battle and final destination form for Halure)	Fury Sparks 	Refrences to Flynn Scifo who is Yuri's friend and rival.
===Fighter Spirit===
Spirit	Origin 	Acquisition
 	Tales of Vesperia	
*Clear Classic Mode with Yuri
*Purchase in the Vault Shop for 300G (after downloading Yuri)
===Spirit Board===
Spirit 	Fighter + Condition 	Stage 	Rank + Type
 	Roy (5th alt) 	Halure 	★★★☆Ace
Flynn Scifo 	
*Stamina battle
*The enemy starts the battle with an enhanced Black Shield
*The enemy's fire attacks have increased power	Fire Attack ↑ 	Attack
 	Palutena (2nd alt) Captain Falcon (3rd alt), Ivysaur (2nd alt), Pit (4th alt), and Corrin (5th alt)	Castle Siege (Inside the castle) 	★★★☆Ace
Estelle 	
*The enemy is healed significantly when the enemy's at high damage
*The enemy has increased defense
*Defeat the main fighter to win	Critical-Health Healing 	Support
 	Wolf (4th alt) 	Gaur Plains 	★☆☆☆Novice
Repede 	
*The enemy has increased move speed
*The enemy can deal damage by dashing into you
*The enemy is equiped with a killing edge	Impact Run 	Support
 	Toon Link (5th alt) Giant R.O.B (NES Alt) 	Garden of Hope 	★★☆☆Advanced
Karol Capel 	
*The enemy is slow but has increased defense and attack
*The enemy can swing the hammer for a long time
*Defeat the main figher to win (Toon Link)	Battering Items ↑ 	Support
 	Robin (4nd alt) 	Fourside 	★☆☆☆Novice
Rita Mordio 	
*The enemy’s magic attacks have increased power
*Certain items will appear in large numbers (Black Hole)	Magic Attack ↑ 	Neutral
 	Dark Pit (3rd alt) Daisy (4th alt) 	Skyloft 	★★☆☆Advanced
Raven 	
*Defeat the main fighter to win.
*Dangerously high winds are in effect
*Certain items will appear in large numbers (Motion Sensor bomb and heart container)	can be enhanced to level 99 	Grab
 	N/A 	N/A 	★★★☆Ace
Schwann Oltorain	
*Enhanced spirit 	Sword Attack ↑ 	Grab
 	Zero Suit Samus (8th alt) 	Gerudo Valley 	★★☆☆Advanced
Judith 	
*The enemy favors aerial attacks
*The enemy's kicks have increased power
*Hostile assist trophies will appear on stage (The Moon)	Air Attack ↑ 	Support
 	Peach (8th alt) 	Pirate Ship 	★☆☆☆Novice
Patty Fleur 	
*Certain items will appear in large numbers (Bob-Omb, Super Scope, Hammer, Assist Trophy and Food)
*The enemy is healed when the enemy's at high damage
*The enemy's FS Meter charges quickly	Weight ↑ 	Shield
 	Mewtwo (5th alt) Ridley (3rd alt) 	Spear Pillar 	★★★★Legend
Duke Pantarei 	
*The enemy is equiped with an enhanced Beam Sword
*The enemy is healed significantly when the enemy's at high damage
*You have decreased attack power	Transformation Heal (When you transform such as getting a Metal Box or getting a Super Mushroom, you will heal once you get those items.)	Support
==Mii Costumes==
The Mii Costumes will be featured as DLC for Yuri. So here they are. 
Image	Name 	Series 	Mii
 	Lloyd Outfit	Tales of Symphonia	Swordfighter
 	Cress Outfit	Tales of Phantasia	Swordfighter
 	Luke Outfit 	Tales of the Abyss	Swordfighter
 	Kor Outfit 	Tales of Hearts 	Swordfighter
 	Asbel Outfit	Tales of Graces 	Swordfighter
 	Stahn Outfit	Tales of Destiny 	Swordfighter
==Trivia==
*Lloyd has yet to get his Mii Costume from Smash 4 so it be updated if Lloyd gets his Mii Costume
**If the Lloyd costume does not appear in SSBU, Lloyd (or any other Tales character) could be comming to SSBU.
*Serving Fang was going to appear in Yuri's Up Special, but was scrapped because the creator felt that Tiger Blade would be a more classic and iconic choice.
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