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Along with the game's other five clone characters, Roy's presence in the game was not part of the original design plans, and he and the other clones was added late in development to help easily increase the roster's size. During the Japanese development, Marth and Roy were intended to remain exclusive to the Japanese version and be removed from international releases of the game, owing to their then irrelevance to international audiences; however, the localization teams came to like the two and instead chose to leave both characters in the game, both still speaking Japanese to reflect their Japan-only status.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.nintendo.co.jp/n01/n64/software/nus_p_nalj/smash/flash/0115/index.html|title={{lang|ja|ロイ}}|author=[[smashwiki:Masahiro Sakurai|Sakurai, Masahiro]]|site={{lang|ja|速報スマブラ拳!!}}|published=December 4, 2001|retrieved=February 20, 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.nintendo.co.jp/n01/n64/software/nus_p_nalj/smash/flash/1204/index.html|title={{lang|ja|マルス}}|author=[[smashwiki:Masahiro Sakurai|Sakurai, Masahiro]]|site={{lang|ja|速報スマブラ拳!!}}|published=December 4, 2001|retrieved=February 20, 2015}}</ref> In the international releases of the game, the positive reception of both characters among international audiences is widely credited as being the catalyst for [[Nintendo]]'s international subsidiaries to commence localizing and releasing future installments in the {{FES}} internationally.

===Special moves===

* '''[[smashwiki:Flare Blade|Flare Blade]]''' (Japanese: {{hl|エクスプロージョン|Ekusupurōjon}} ''Explosion''): Roy's [[smashwiki:Neutral special move|standard special move]]. A fire-channeling strike which can be charged for up to five seconds to deal a more powerful blow; if left to charge for too long, it will deal damage to Roy. A clone of Marth's [[smashwiki:Shield Breaker|Shield Breaker]] with added fire effects.

* '''[[Counter]]''' (Japanese: {{hl|カウンター|Kauntā}} ''Counter''): Roy's [[smashwiki:Down special move|down special move]]. Roy assumes a brief defensive stance and will retaliate if struck in this stance, cancelling the foe's attack and dealing to the foe 1.5x the damage Roy would have sustained. Roy shares this move with Marth and, in later games, [[Ike]] and [[Lucina]].

Roy returned to the ''Super Smash Bros.'' series in {{SSB4}} as [[smashwiki:Downloadable content|paid downloadable content]], released on June 14th 2015 alongside [[wikipedia:Ryu (Street Fighter)|Ryu]] from the [[wikipedia:Street Fighter|''Street Fighter'' series]] and [[wikibound:Lucas|Lucas]] from ''[[wikibound:Mother 3|Mother 3]]''. Prior to release, Roy and Ryu were inadvertently leaked when Nintendo uploaded version 1.0.8 of ''for Wii U'' to their eShop servers early and hackers extracted its contents.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.destructoid.com/street-fighter-s-ryu-and-fire-emblem-s-roy-leaked-for-super-smash-bros--293871.phtml|author=Whitaker, J.|title=Street Fighter's Ryu and Fire Emblem's Roy leaked for Super Smash Bros.|site=Destructoid|published=June 13, 2015|retrieved=June 13, 2015}}</ref> Prior to this, these two were leaked when sound files with their names on them were found in the data of version 1.0.6 of ''for Nintendo 3DS''.<ref>{{Cite web|published=April 16, 2015|retrieved=June 13, 2015|url=https://twitter.com/CuttingRoomWiki/status/588467223833882627|title=Our crack research team has confirmed the existence of the Ryu sound files in the #Smash4 3DS update.|site=Twitter|author=Cutting Room Floor}}</ref>

Like all playable characters in ''Super Smash Bros. for Nintendo 3DS and Wii U'', Roy has an [[amiibo]] figurine. This amiibo can be scanned by ''Smash Bros.'' to add a trainable AI Roy into matches, which can be ported between copies of the game.

Like the other DLC characters, Roy does not have any [[smashwiki:Character customization#List of Custom Specials|customizable special moves]] and can only use his pre-set default special moves, taken from ''Melee''.

* '''[[smashwiki:Blazer|Blazer]]''' (Japanese: {{hl|ブレイザー|Bureizā}} ''Blazer''): Roy's [[smashwiki:Up special move|up special move]]. A sweeping upward strike which carries Roy into the air with his sword ablaze; can be used as a recovery move to try and climb back onto a stage if Roy falls off. A clone of Marth's [[smashwiki:Dolphin Slash|Dolphin Slash]] with added fire effects.

* '''[[Counter]]''' (Japanese: {{hl|カウンター|Kauntā}} ''Counter''): Roy's [[smashwiki:Down special move|down special move]]. Roy assumes a brief defensive stance and will retaliate if struck in this stance, cancelling the foe's attack and dealing to the foe 1.35x the damage Roy would have sustained. Roy shares this move with Marth, [[Ike]] and [[Lucina]].

Roy returns in {{SSBU}} with the same design he had in ''Super Smash Bros. for Nintendo 3DS and Wii U''. During the transition, Roy has gained an Echo Fighter in the form of ''Awakening''{{'}}s protagonist [[Chrom]]. As with the other ''Smash 4'' DLC characters, Roy has a new Palutena's Guidance.

In the [[smashwiki:World of Light|World of Light]], Roy was vaporized along with everyone else except Kirby. Roy is one of the last characters that can be saved, and is encountered in [[smashwiki:Dharkon|Dharkon]]'s realm.

===Special moves===

* '''[[smashwiki:Flare Blade|Flare Blade]]''' (Japanese: {{hl|エクスプロージョン|Ekusupurōjon}} ''Explosion''): Roy's [[smashwiki:Neutral special move|standard special move]]. A fire-channeling strike which can be charged for up to five seconds to deal a more powerful blow; at maximum charge, it can one-hit KO most characters at 0% (with few exceptions), but will also damage Roy himself. Roy now shares this move with his echo fighter Chrom.

* '''[[smashwiki:Blazer|Blazer]]''' (Japanese: {{hl|ブレイザー|Bureizā}} ''Blazer''): Roy's [[smashwiki:Up special move|up special move]]. A sweeping upward strike which carries Roy into the air with his sword ablaze; can be used as a recovery move to try and climb back onto a stage if Roy falls off. Grants less vertical distance but more horizontal distance than Marth and Lucina's [[smashwiki:Dolphin Slash|Dolphin Slash]].

* '''[[Counter]]''' (Japanese: {{hl|カウンター|Kauntā}} ''Counter''): Roy's [[smashwiki:Down special move|down special move]]. Roy assumes a brief defensive stance and will retaliate if struck in this stance, cancelling the foe's attack and dealing to the foe 1.35x the damage Roy would have sustained.  

*In ''Super Smash Bros. Melee'', Roy does not have a sheath during gameplay and his "Challenger Approaching" screen like Marth does. Oddly, Roy has a sheath in his victory poses, official art, character select portrait and all three of his trophies, as well as his unused Classic Mode intro image.

**This also occurs in ''Smash 4'' and ''Ultimate'', but the sheath appears when he uses his Final Smash.

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