How FIRE EMBLEM characters are portrayed in Smash 

Its intresting seeing someone who's actually played Fire Emblem talking about each character rather than generalizing them as anime swordswordsmen.

I only have two Gripes about Byleth's representation in smash: 1. No God-Shattering Star 2. His final smash doesn't have him say his best Crit Line "HERE IS SOMETHING TO BELIEVE IN!"

“Playing as Byleth makes you feel like a teacher. If they make a mistake, they get punished.”

Technycally Aether does heal Ike, its his recovery after all

The fact that Byleth doesn't say "here is something to believe in!" in Smash is a goddamn crime

It's neat to note Byleth using Aymr against most other FE characters isn't ideal since it's slow and that you should use Areadbhar cause of its range, representing the weapon triangle.

I think one of the coolest things about Marth's tipper mechanic is that it promotes a playstyle in smash similar to a common strategy in Fire Emblem. The best way to take advantage of Marth's tipper in smash is to stay just outside of the enemy's range and then punish a whiffed attack. This is comparable to the strategy in Fire Emblem where you put your units one tile outside of the enemy range, and then after they use their turn to move closer, finish them off now that they're in your range. All sword characters can do this, but I think Marth shows it off best with his tipper. Also imho they should bring back Marth's old dancing blade. It was really cool trying to time each input and it would be another way to differentiate Marth and Roy. Marth having the elegant, methodical dancing blade, while Roy has the explosive, powerful dancing blade.

"A fast sword character with projectiles would be pretty annoying to fight" Toon Link and Young Link: *Allow us to introduce ourselves*

It always bothered me how Chrom and Lucina fight differently in smash when un Awakening Lucina said she learned from him.

Fun fact: Ike's side B animation is similar to Ike's critical animation in PoR.

It should also be mentioned that Ike can also use Axes, Chrom/Lucina can also use Spears, and Byleth has budding talents in Brawling and Faith magic.

I always thought Robin had Nosferatu in Smash because of backstory reasons...yanno, considering the reasons they were born and later (accidentally) made an amnesiac. Picking a specific option at the end of Awakening even lets them unleash a dark magic spell without any tome whatsoever in order to kill the final boss for good.

“There’s no type of parry or engirding mechanics in fe” There is literally one ability called counter that returns the damage taken

THANK YOU for addressing Lucina’s off characterization. It bothers me so much.

I'm not sure if this was on purpose or not, but Failnaught being used for neutral attacks fits well with how Claude and the Alliance are neutral in the war.

Wait, i thaught Byleth's Final Smash was called Sothis.png! At least me and my friends call it that.

Byleth’s dash attack animation being ripped straight from Three Houses is great. Also rapid jab is Ruptured Heaven... kinda

Also one thing that nobody ever points out but it's always bugging me: Lucina and chrom canonically have an identical fighting style. In fact, during the arena ferox cutscene in awakening, where they fight, chrom is surprised to see someone who matches perfectly his combat style, so much that he also asks her who taught her to fight. To which she replies "My father" (of course). So yeah, I feel it would've been better to keep roy as an echo of marth and chrom as an echo of lucina

I think the low speed stat for Byleth is somewhat explained by how equipment has weight in 3 Houses. So carrying 4 heavy weapons should slow Byleth down, though probably not to this extent.

byleth's speed is slow due to them carrying many weapons at once,

I always consider the Chrom that appears from Robin's Final Smash being someone who came from the Outrealm Gate like how you can battle in StreetPass in Awakening.

Because of Smash, I thought Marth was a vain pretty boy, Ike was an emotionless badass and Roy was an energetic boy. I was so wrong.

It’s nice hearing someone not just generalize the characters from my favorite nintendo series

The fun thing about Roy in Smash is that, both in his Fire Emblem and Smash debut, he sucked. So that's actually something he had in common with his Smash portrayal. He does get a lot better once he gets The Bidning Blade and he promotes, and he did get also a lot better in Smash 4 (not quite to make him top tier, but a far cry of the meme he was in Melee) So perhaps unintentionally Sakurai also reflected his late-budding performance

It's nice to see someone talk about Fire Emblem in Smash while actually being a Fire Emblem fan because that's rare. Most talk about the series in Smash is just " they stole my favorite characters slot ", or " too many Fire Emblem characters" and etc. While FE in Smash is overrepresented with so much filler clone characters Sakuari did do a pretty decent job making them accurate to there game's in a lot of ways. Although I do wish Byleth had brawling in his moveset tho.

0:59 Of course they don't "scream RPG from their design". They don't have any giant pointless orbs embedded in their clothing.

Watch Lucina & Female Robin’s support conversations and you’ll see that Female Robin’s victory quote against Lucina is in fact very in character

The reason why Lucina is so out of character in Smash is strictly so they could get sassy Laura Bailey into their game.

The Roy that best portrays his Smash character is his Legendary alt in FEH. Legendary Roy is still viable and competent, and his special lines are all delivered in an aggressive tone.

I just like this so much because it’s not someone who bases these characters after their looks and say “Oh He’s Just another aNiME sWoRDsmAn” This really goes into the states and makes me so happy that all the fire emblem characters in smash don’t just seem as an “anime swordsman” to everyone.

Awesome video!! I love how Byleth's victory animation is a reference to 3 Houses's Game Over screen (which I never actually saw since it's very difficult to get a full game over w/ Divine Pulse)

I think they could incorporate the “sword beams” into Ike’s down B. When he counters a projectile he sends out a blue flame sword beam back at the opponent. This would help his counter stand out more compared to Marth’s and would kind of represent the “distant counter” skill from FeH.

For Corrin it seemed like Sakurai basically revamped the character entirely, which honestly is pretty nice. Corrin...wasn't the most interesting character back in Fates, but both are really cute and awesome in Smash! Also Female Corrin's sassy as hell and I love it.

If they ever get around to remaking Binding Blade, I’d love for them to adjust Roy to match his Smash personality more

Ike's side B is his crit animation in PoR ^^

Strangers: So who do you main in Smash Me: Uh Fire Emblem Stranger: No single character? Me: Nope

This video is actually very well made and such a nice breath of fresh air to have an actual fire emblem fan analyze all of them! I really enjoyed the watch!

The Awakening characters' win quotes were translated badly from Japanese. In Japanese, Lucina's lines were more like "So this is the power of the hero king/radiant hero." As if speaking in awe.

Can we appreciate how except for the echoes, each character since Ike has been very unique?

Agh the disconnect with Lucina's character and her lines in Smash have always bothered me. She's my favorite FE character, and it really hurts to hear how the people who put her into this game had seemingly no concept of who she is. Lucina is VERY respectful, and would never say anything like that to... well anyone, really, but especially these two who are literal living legends. ESPECIALLY Marth, holy shit. In Awakening it's shown that Lucina learned sword fighting from her father, Chrom, but her actual in-combat fighting style is identical to that of the SpotPass version of Marth himself. They even use the same basic sprite. She even uses his name when trying to disguise herself! She has THE biggest case of Hero (king) worship, and the idea of her being this dismissive or even derisive towards him (or again, really anyone) simply does not mesh with her original portrayal. If the Lucina from Awakening could hear how the Lucina from Smash acts after beating Marth, she'd probably die of mortification.

Fun fact about Female Robin, she is very witty and will get into verbal fights with people. This can be seen with Chrom supports and her supports with Aversa, where she can get very verbose and insulting

Byleth and Sans are the only Smash characters who use bones as their weapons

One thing that gets overlooked frequently is that Lucina is supposed to have the same fighting style as Chrom. She uses his sword, his skills, aether, and even in one cutscene they visibly mirror each other's moves. Yet Chrom is a fast, brutal rush down character based on Roy and Lucina is the elegant duelist based on Marth. Not as faithful as I'd like it but whatever.

When you realize Roy is technically a smash bros original character.

Quick Draw's animation looks a lot like Ike's unpromoted crit animation in PoR

Holy crap this video actually got me into fire emblem

No counter? "vantage" is as close to a counter you can come to in fire emblem, allows your character to strike first when an enemy initiate an attack, with condition that you've taken damage beforehand.

I'm not that big into the FE series and was pretty salty about Byleth. But since then I've really grown to appreciate the series and it's characters. Both through trying the games and vids like this.

Fantastic editing as always. You obviously put a lot of effort into your videos, keep it up!

This is a wonderful video goodjob I really enjoyed it

As an FE player the things I have always appreciated most about each character is the 1 for 1 recreation of moves that the characters do in game. Such as Marth, Ike, and Byleth's side tilts just being there normal attack animations from their games and Corrin's dash attack being on of their critical hit animations. There are many more moves than this that are 1 for 1 recreations but those are just my favorites.

A tiny thing to note is that the four characters that have a fairly similar moveset all have the same base class, Lord. The remaining ones with different movesets start out as Ranger, Tactician, Nohr Princess, and Commoner. Of note for Lucina's meaner personality, this is mainly in the English version. In the original Japanese, the quotes are more meant to show reverence to the legends, but the localizers made her more cocky.

God bless you for using fates music. All this is a callback. Great video

Really good video, i really like how in depth you went into them. As a robin main it’s honestly nice just seeing people remember them

GREAT video, this was a lot of fun to watch!

Here's my theory on why Roy in Smash is so different from Roy in FE6: He's Roy post-FE6, with Ninian as his mom. For one, he has the Binding Blade, the absolute most broken sword in all of FE bar the Ragnell. Two, he's a LOT more confident and in your face than he was in FE6. My theory is that this is his dragon half coming through, making him more willing to charge in and shred your face.

I dont mind Lucy having the exact same moveset with Marth, but not having her iconic battle stance hurts me a little everytime

18:18 Technically that’s in character. I always think of that as Grima secretly pulling the strings.

19:51 I mean it’s good and all but I’d definitely say it’s more of a “ I hold on to this weapon forever because it gives me plus 2 Def/res while in inventory even though I’m a wyvern lord or something and I can’t use it”

Thank you so much for putting the music used in the discription!

I am not going to forget Byleth's power from the Sephiroth challenge. Only reason is Aymr. Admittedly I was on Normal, but hitting a full-charged Aymr on an unuspecting opponent is satisfying.

3:51 Marth used to be a REALLY good fighter (like in every iteration prior to ultimate). However, he took a massive nerf where all his tipper hitboxes are harder to hit.

This is the kind of video I’ve always wanted to see so massive thumbs up man!

I kind of wish you went more in depth about Marth's moveset and his origins. Many of his moves are inspired by animations from FE1, FE3, FE4, and FE5. Marth's slow walk animation is directly inspired from FE1 and FE3 where he walks towards his opponent before hitting them. A good number of his moves are inspired from FE1. F-tilt is inspired by his rapier animation, F-smash is taken from his "normal sword" animation, Up-smash is inspired by his Mercurius animation where it makes a spark as he twirls the sword upwards. and his final smash is taken from his FE1 crit animation. The hp bar used was taken from FE3 in Brawl and Awakening in Smash 4/Ultimate. I'm not so sure about his aerials, but the closest resemblance I can make to his fair and bair are the mercenary and armor knight sword animations respectively. His backflip animation when he double jumps is also taken from his Falchion animation from FE1. Shield Breaker is obviously taken from the fact that the rapier, Marth's personal starting weapon, deals effective damage on armored units as well as cavalry. The stabbing animation is most likely taken from FE3. Counter is also taken from Marth's dodge animation in FE3. His fast walk animation is most likely inspired by his crit animation in FE3 as well. Dancing blade is inspired by how brave weapons in FE4 and FE5 allow you to attack up to 4 times. The color of upward strikes are most likely taken from the Luna skill, which makes blue sparks before attacking. Downward strikes are taken from Astra, which make green sparks, and the last downward strike has 5 hits just like the skill itself. I'm not sure about the red color of forward strikes, but my best guess is either the Sol skill, or they just wanted another color to differentiate between the different attacks, and red made the best color. Dolphin slash is inspired by the swordmaster crit animation in FE4 and FE5 where they slash upwards and jump high into the air.

Really nice video! Btw your gameplay is really sick!

Yo this is a great video. I see a lot care that went into both research and editing. Good stuff.

Awesome video man! As a fan of both games I love how accurate is everything that you explained

Actually Marth and Lucina's Dolphin Slash could be a reference to FE 4's crit animation for the swordmasters, They're quite similar.

I glad I watched this, I main Ike and 2 other characters in Smash, but I’ve never played any Fire Emblem game. 😅

Cool vid man, you just gained yourself a sub!

I like to think Roy is different in Smash due to character development. He's still very much Roy, but he's gained confidence over the course of his journey, which has translated into him being more willing to rush in. And it's good to see a Smash video that doesn't just slander FE or its characters in Smash. It's refreshing.

Excellent video man! Informative and very well edited.

The one thing I think you missed about Dancing blade is that it is essentially the representation of the hero/brave weapons. and it's down angled variation also references Astra, where he glows green and strikes with 5 quick but weak hits.

Next video: How smash fans portray the fire emblem characters in Smash Bros Answer: Marth=Marth Lucina=Girl Marth Roy=Red Marth Chrom=Daddy Marth Ike=Buff Marth Robin=Wizard Marth Corrin=Dragon Marth Byleth=Professor Marth

I love how in Roy's footage you fail to connect a lot of combos which makes it a great reference to the bad hit rates in FE6 Chrom struggling at the ledge is a great reference to what happened to his sister.

Ike's side special, Quick Draw, was actually based on his crit animation as a Ranger in Path of Radiance. That wasn't mentioned in the video, but is a nice fun fact. I wish he had Ragnell sword beams in Smash, that would be great to give him a ranged option.

Loved this video! Just subscribed and wish you a merry christmas 💖

Marth, Roy, Lucina and Chrom being as similar as what they are is why people have a problem with FE characters in Smash. When over half of them look and play that similar it really looks like having several of the same character

I just wanna say your music choices for this video are excellent

This video was way too well done for a small channel! I'll make sure to share and subscribe, you deserve it!

Hope we could get Ephraim in smash one day it’s a dream

For the Roy part, I like to think about his Melee appearance as his pre-promoted form (ie Garbage), and Ultimate is post-promoted (which is why his sword is so buff)

Very nice video and Merry Christmas to you!

Really well done video! I think that Marth side b and the like could also be a reference to the brave sword.

SEGA: Sakurai you can put Sonic The Hedgehog in Smash. Sakurai: Sweet, time for BALL... SEGA: You do know he has other moves... Sakurai: BALL and Super Sonic. SEGA: But... Sakurai: Hey! Whos the game expert here?!?!

Hehehe... "Most characters are represented well"... Being a Sonic fan is painful sometimes... Besides my suffering, I love to understand characters from an actual fans' perspective, either my own or others. And your dedication to the series is something I never see with Fire Emblem.

nice video. good comparisons, thanks.

Basically canon Roy is Melee Roy and the new version is basically a meme character based off of Shonen protags.

Road Taken, a song that should have been in Smash Edit: Hate Fates or not you can't deny we should have gotten more Fates music

I still think we could do without Chrom or Lucina, but the Fire Emblem cast is definitely overhated by the Smash fandom.

Awesome video

A few Voice Actor trivia things about some of these characters: Roy shares a VA (Ray Chase) with Bruno Bucciarati (Jojo’s Bizarre Adventure: Golden Wing - English Dub) Chrom shares a VA (Matthew Mercer) with the following: I don’t know his name but it’s a Persona 5 character who has Chrom as a fighter in his spirit battle and wields a sword. Jotaro Kujo (JJBA, Multiple parts being 3-6) And Jessie McCree (Overwatch) Edit: Fixed type in McCree and added VA names

Fantastic video, I really wish Ike had sword beam like Cloud and that Robin/Byleth were just a bit less slow. Balance is everything but that would make them so much more fun to play as

This channel is so underrated

The quality of this video is amazing. Congrats man, keep it up! You deserve more views

Just found your channel and loving the content. Looking forward to more videos.

Robin: The most broken character in Awakening, his Game. Smash: the worst Fire Emblem character. *I am a Robin Main*

I'd like to point out, although most probably know, that actually Marth's outfit from New Mystery of the Emblem is based off of his Smash outfit.

I saw this video in my recommended and decided to check it out, and just wow, it was great. I expected you to have WAY more uploads and subs than you do solely based on the quality of this video. It's well written, has engaging background footage and you have a noticable passion for the topic of discussion. I just subscribed, and I look forward to checking out the rest of your past videos, and any more in the future. Keep up the good work dude! 😁