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|nationality=[[Lycia]]n ([[Pherae]]n) | |nationality=[[Lycia]]n ([[Pherae]]n) | ||
|startingclass=[[Lord]] <small>({{title|The Binding Blade}})</small><br>[[Mercenary]] <small>({{title|Awakening}} [[Downloadable content in Fire Emblem: Awakening|DLC]])</small><br>[[Hero]] <small>({{title|Awakening}} [[SpotPass]])</small> | |startingclass=[[Lord]] <small>({{title|The Binding Blade}})</small><br>[[Mercenary]] <small>({{title|Awakening}} [[Downloadable content in Fire Emblem: Awakening|DLC]])</small><br>[[Hero]] <small>({{title|Awakening}} [[SpotPass]])</small> | ||
|voice=[[wikipedia:Jun Fukuyama|Jun Fukuyama]] <small>(All versions of {{SSBM}})</small><ref> | |voice=[[wikipedia:Jun Fukuyama|Jun Fukuyama]] <small>(All versions of {{SSBM}})</small><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/encyclopedia/people.php?id=337|title=Jun FUKUYAMA|site=Anime News Network|retrieved=2015-03-16}}</ref> | ||
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{{SmashWiki|Roy (SSBM)}} | {{SmashWiki|Roy (SSBM)}} | ||
In his debut appearance in any game, Roy is [[smashwiki:Roy (SSBM)|an unlockable playable character]] in {{SSBM}}, wielding the Binding Blade. Roy was originally placed in ''Melee'' at the request of [[Intelligent Systems]] in order to act as a promotion for the then-upcoming {{FE6}}. | In his debut appearance in any game, Roy is [[smashwiki:Roy (SSBM)|an unlockable playable character]] in {{SSBM}}, wielding the Binding Blade. Roy was originally placed in ''Melee'' at the request of [[Intelligent Systems]] in order to act as a promotion for the then-upcoming {{FE6}}. Roy is unlocked through using [[Marth]] to complete Classic Mode without using a continue, or by playing 900 matches in VS Mode. He is a [[smashwiki:Clone|clone]] of Marth, meaning that he was created by reusing Marth's animations and assets with several modifications, and as a result the two have nearly identical animations and motions while also having very different physics and play styles; compared to Marth, Roy is lighter but slower, some of his attacks uniquely possess fire effects, and his sword blows are [[smashwiki:Sweet spot (hitbox)|much more powerful]] when landed with the center of Roy's blade, encouraging a close-quarters play style. In competitive environments, Roy is viewed as drastically inferior to Marth with the differences between them considered to severely hamper Roy's effectiveness in comparison, and he is currently ranked in twentieth place in the current widely accepted ''Melee'' [[smashwiki:Tier list|tier list]]. | ||
Roy | 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.<ref name="leif">{{cite web|url=http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showpost.php?p=37915502&postcount=7506|title=View Single Post - Next Super Smash Bros. discussion thread, Community Edition|author=cednym|site=NeoGAF|published=2012-05-16|retrieved=2015-01-10}}</ref> 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=ロイ|author=[[smashwiki:Masahiro Sakurai|Sakurai, Masahiro]]|site=速報スマブラ拳!!|published=2001-12-4|retrieved=2015-02-20}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.nintendo.co.jp/n01/n64/software/nus_p_nalj/smash/flash/1204/index.html|title=マルス|author=[[smashwiki:Masahiro Sakurai|Sakurai, Masahiro]]|site=速報スマブラ拳!!|published=2001-12-4|retrieved=2015-02-20}}</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}} in the United States, Europe and other nations. | ||
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* Roy is the only ''Fire Emblem'' character to appear in non-''Fire Emblem'' media before his own ''Fire Emblem'' game debuted, as ''Super Smash Bros. Melee'' was released four months prior to ''The Binding Blade''. | * Roy is the only ''Fire Emblem'' character to appear in non-''Fire Emblem'' media before his own ''Fire Emblem'' game debuted, as ''Super Smash Bros. Melee'' was released four months prior to ''The Binding Blade''. | ||
* At [[Fire Emblem: The Binding Blade pre-release information|an earlier stage in the development]] of ''The Binding Blade'', Roy had a significantly different and more youthful design. Although his current design replaced this one by the time ''Super Smash Bros. Melee'' was released, remnants of the old design can still be seen in his battle and map sprites in the finished version of ''The Binding Blade'', both of which sport his old design's large and distinct hair style. | * At [[Fire Emblem: The Binding Blade pre-release information|an earlier stage in the development]] of ''The Binding Blade'', Roy had a significantly different and more youthful design. Although his current design replaced this one by the time ''Super Smash Bros. Melee'' was released, remnants of the old design can still be seen in his battle and map sprites in the finished version of ''The Binding Blade'', both of which sport his old design's large and distinct hair style. | ||
* Originally, in the development of ''Super Smash Bros. Melee'', Roy was not [[smashwiki:Masahiro Sakurai|Masahiro Sakurai]]'s initial plan for Marth's clone character, as he was considering using [[Leif]] instead. This changed when, on consulting with Intelligent Systems for permission to use their characters, he was given a preview of ''The Binding Blade'' and decided that Roy would provide a greater visual contrast to Marth.<ref name="leif" /> A side effect of this initial indecision is that the names of Roy's files and debug menu listings in ''Melee'', unlike every other character, do not reference him specifically: he is instead referred to generically as "EMBLEM" in many places, most prominently the debug menu<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://tcrf.net/Super_Smash_Bros._Melee/Master_Debug_Menu#CHAR_SELECT|title=Super Smash Bros. Melee/Master Debug Menu|site=The Cutting Room Floor|published=2015-03-09|retrieved=2015-03-16}}</ref> and his texture files refer to him with the two-letter codename "Fe", an obvious abbreviation of "Fire Emblem".<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://smashboards.com/threads/melee-hacks-and-you-updated-1-7-11.247119/page-2#post-8291198|author=Steelia|title=Guide - Melee, Hacks, and You -- *UPDATED 1/7/11*|site=Smashboards|published=2009-09-03|retrieved=2015-03-16}}</ref> | |||
==Gallery== | ==Gallery== | ||
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{{Names | {{Names | ||
|eng-name=Roy | |eng-name=Roy | ||
|eng-mean=A masculine given name of Scottish origin, derived from the Irish and Gaelic ''ruadh'', "red". It is often connected to the French ''roi'', "king".<ref | |eng-mean=A masculine given name of Scottish origin, derived from the Irish and Gaelic ''ruadh'', "red". It is often connected to the French ''roi'', "king".<ref>{{Cite web|retrieved=2015-3-16|url=http://www.behindthename.com/name/roy|title=Meaning, Origin and History of the Name Roy|site=Behind the Name}}</ref> | ||
|jap-name={{hover|ロイ|Roi}} | |jap-name={{hover|ロイ|Roi}} | ||
|jap-mean=Officially romanized as '''Roy'''; as above. | |jap-mean=Officially romanized as '''Roy'''; as above. | ||
