Rivals of Aether(Universe)

The **Rivals of Aether** universe (オードのライバル, *Ōdo no raibaru*), referred to as the Rivals, or RoE universe in game, refers to the *Smash Bros'* collection of characters, stages, and properties that hail from the Rivals Of Aether game developed and published by Dan Fornace. This series was introduced due to the connections of Dan Fornace, Smash Switch's main developer, and it's similarities to Super Smash Bros. Melee. It's logo is a remade version of it's twitter page icon, a mixture of multiple elements with the initials, "AE" on the logo.

## Franchise Description

Dan Fornace was a game designer who started coding using the program, Game Maker. His first game was named Blackfoot, and has been working on many other games seen on the Xbox 360's Live Arcade. However, he wouldn't gain much recognition until he created the fangame, Super Smash Land, a demake of the Super Smash Bros series as if it was on the Nintendo Gameboy. Together with Flashygoodness, and Akiisoft, the creators of the Tower Of Heaven franchise, he created Rivals of Aether.

Rivals of Aether is meant to be a successor to Super Smash Bros. Melee, and focus on the competitive aspect of the game as Dan Fornace was a fan of it. The game has gotten much positive phrase, mostly for the gameplay and diverse characters. It was first released on the PC on March 2017, but got a exclusive Xbox One re-release. As a third party, it's main protagonist, Zetterburn, was included in the roster of Super Smash Bros. For Nintendo Switch as a DLC character, due to him not being finished for the final product.

## In Super Smash Bros. For Nintendo Switch

Since the Rivals Of Aether universe only has two games to draw material from, it has somewhat minimal representation: it features one character, one assist trophy, several music tracks, and 2 stages. Zetterburn doesn't have a place in the Story Mode, and oddly, his home stage in Tower of Smash is Norfair X, even though he has his own home stages.

### Characters

* Zetterburn: Zetterburn is the only character in the Rivals Of Aether Universe. His moveset is very similar   to his moveset in his home game, due to it being similar to Smash, with additional new attacks to account for the ones he's missing in the translation from RoE to Smash Switch. In turn, he can be considered as a semi-clone of Fox, and Wolf. He has a unique quirk, in that he can burn his opponents with certain attacks, causing them to take continuous damage for some time, and strengthen his KO power. He is a balanced, easy to learn fighter with strong sweet spots. He shares the same spot as the other DLC character on the character select screen.

### Assist Trophies

* Wrastor: Tosses a tornado across the screen, causing a wind to push opponents in a certain direction for a little while. This will also increase the player who summoned him's speed.

### Stages

* Fire Capitol: Based off of the stage with the same name in RoE, and Zetterburn's home stage. It's design is based off a mixture of the beta and final versions of the stage in RoE. It's a stage with a plat form, and a wall on the right side,
* Tower Of Heaven: Even though it came from a different game, Super Smash Bros. For Nintendo Switch refers it to be a part of the Rivals Of Aether series. It looks similar to it's Rivals Of Aether appearance, with a special book of laws mechanic.

### Music

* Fiery Ambitions - A theme from RoE, from Zetterburn's stage. Used in the Fire Capitol stage.
* Flight or Fight - A theme from RoE, from Wrastor's stage. Used in the Fire Capitol stage.
* The Earthen Division - A theme from RoE. Used in the Fire Capitol stage.
* Moonlight Inferno - A theme from RoE. Used in the Fire Capitol stage.