Takamaru

Takamaru (, Takamaru) is the protagonist of .
==Origin==
Takamaru is the protagonist of the 1986 Famicom game : he is an apprentice samurai who must protect Edo Japan and four neighboring castle towns from an evil alien menace, residing in the titular Murasame Castle. Armed with only a katana and his wit, he sets off to rescue the people from the extraterrestrial's influence. The game worked similarly to The Legend of Zelda - being based on the same engine - and had several power-ups for Takamaru to use, including sandals that let him walk on water, fireballs, throwing knives, and windmill swords.
Takamaru and his game became rather obscure, owing to the lack of an overseas release; prior to the Famicom disc for the game making a cameo in Pikmin 2, Takamaru was effectively unknown in the Western world. The character made his first international appearance in Samurai Warriors 3 as a playable character, with an English voice track by accompanying the appearance. After being featured in his own mini-game in the Wii U game , his own game received an international (albeit untranslated) release for the Nintendo 3DS in the eShop.
==In Super Smash Bros. Melee==
While he does not make any appearance in Melee, Sakurai stated that Takamaru was at least considered for a playable role during development, but the idea was later scrapped, likely due to low relevance.http://www.sourcegaming.info/2015/04/10/smash-reader-response-page-25-beam-sword-takamaru/
==In Super Smash Bros. Brawl==
Takamaru's only appearance in Brawl is as a sticker.
===Sticker===
Name 	Game	Effect 	Character(s)
Takamaru	 	Attack +11	
==In Super Smash Bros. 4==
===As an Assist Trophy===
Takamaru appears as an Assist Trophy in Super Smash Bros. 4. When summoned, he moves around swiftly with dashes and jumps, mimicking the animations of his original game with choppy body movements. He attacks either by throwing Windmill Swords that travel in an "X" shape and deal 3% damage to characters on contact, or with a flurry of repeated slashes using his katana, which traps opponents and deals up to 40% damage, with high knockback on the final hit. He can be defeated if he takes enough hits. Takamaru is voiced by Tomokazu Sugita, who also voiced Chrom in the same game's Japanese version. He is one of five characters in Smash 4 that only speak Japanese in every version, with the others being , the Prince of Sablé, , and .
In an interview, Masahiro Sakurai stated that he briefly considered Takamaru as a playable character for Super Smash Bros. 4, but just like how Takamaru was scrapped in Melee, he felt that Takamaru's popularity was too low to make the cut, relegating him to Assist Trophy status.
===As a costume===
Takamaru is also the basis of a downloadable costume for s. Nintendo also released a QR code for those who wish to have the exact Mii used in the costume's advertising.
===Trophy===
Takamaru's trophy appears in both versions. In it is part of the Memorabilia .
==In Super Smash Bros. Ultimate==
===As an Assist Trophy===
Takamaru returns as an Assist Trophy, acting like how he did in Smash 4. KOing him now earns a point, and he cannot appear on Boxing Ring, Mute City SNES, and Norfair. His voice clips from Smash 4 are reused in Ultimate and he is one of seven characters in the game that only speak Japanese; the others are the Prince of Sablé, , Yuri Kozukata, Akira Yuki, , and .
===As a costume===
Takamaru's wig and outfit also return as part of the base game.
===Spirit===
No. 	Image	Name	Type	Class	Slots	Base	Max 	Base	Max 	Base	Max 	Ability 	Series
1,128	 	 	★★★ 	2 	2948 	8869	1541	4636	1139	3427	Sword Attack ↑	The Mysterious Murasame Castle	
==Gallery==
SSB4 - Falco Screen-3.jpg|Takamaru fighting along side , , and against .
SSB4-WiiU - Takamaru and Palutena.png|Takamaru and 
SSB4-WiiU - Takamaru and Ganondorf.png|Takamaru and 
SSB4-3DS - Nikki and Takamaru.png|Takamaru and Nikki as a .
SSB4-3DS - Takamaru and Duck Hunt.png|Takamaru attacking .
SSB4 Mii Fighter Takamaru.jpg|Takamaru as a Mii Swordfighter costume
Takamaru Assist Trophy (SSBU).png|Takamaru as an assist Trophy in Ultimate.
==Names in other languages==
==Trivia==
*Despite being depicted as a in all of his appearances before being an Assist Trophy in Super Smash Bros. 4, Takamaru is mislabeled as being a in the English translations of his character Trophy. He is even shown wielding a , a weapon associated with ninjas, rather than wielding the like his previous incarnations.
*In the Wii U version, the "Game Releases" section of the trophy description only mentions The Mysterious Murasame Castles international debut on the Virtual Console in 2014, and not its original Japanese release on the Famicom Disk System in 1986.
*In Ultimate, Takamaru's first line does not appear on Sound Test, despite the line being played out after getting summoned out of the Assist Trophy.
*Takamaru's kimono is a much paler shade of blue, almost gray, on his Assist Trophy model compared to how it appears in the official artwork used for his Spirit. This appears to be due to the model being based on a version of Takamaru's official artwork with inaccurate colors; it more closely matches the colors seen in his Sticker in Super Smash Bros. Brawl.
==References==
Category:Trophies (SSB4-3DS)
Category:Trophies (SSB4-Wii U)
Category:Stickers
Category:The Mysterious Murasame Castle universe
Category:Spirits
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