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Marth was introduced in the first ''Fire Emblem'' game, ''[[Fire Emblem: Shadow Dragon and the Blade of Light]]'' for the Famicom console, which was later remade for Nintendo DS as ''{{s|fireemblemwiki|Fire Emblem: Shadow Dragon}}''. While he was absent from the tangentially-related second game in the series, ''{{s|fireemblem|Fire Emblem Gaiden}}'', Marth's role and place in the story of Archanea was later expanded on in the third game, ''[[Fire Emblem: Mystery of the Emblem]]'', released on the Super Famicom in early 1994. ''Mystery of the Emblem'' featured both a remake of the original game and a continuation of that game's story, and the continued story was itself later remade for Nintendo DS as ''{{s|fireemblemwiki|Fire Emblem: New Mystery of the Emblem: Heroes of Light and Shadow}}''. | Marth was introduced in the first ''Fire Emblem'' game, ''[[Fire Emblem: Shadow Dragon and the Blade of Light]]'' for the Famicom console, which was later remade for Nintendo DS as ''{{s|fireemblemwiki|Fire Emblem: Shadow Dragon}}''. While he was absent from the tangentially-related second game in the series, ''{{s|fireemblem|Fire Emblem Gaiden}}'', Marth's role and place in the story of Archanea was later expanded on in the third game, ''[[Fire Emblem: Mystery of the Emblem]]'', released on the Super Famicom in early 1994. ''Mystery of the Emblem'' featured both a remake of the original game and a continuation of that game's story, and the continued story was itself later remade for Nintendo DS as ''{{s|fireemblemwiki|Fire Emblem: New Mystery of the Emblem: Heroes of Light and Shadow}}''. ''Mystery of the Emblem'' was adapted into a [[fireemblemwiki:Fire Emblem (anime)|direct-to-video anime]], which was released in Japan in 1996. It starred {{s|wikipedia|Hikaru Midorikawa}} as the voice of Marth, and he would reprise the role in ''Super Smash Bros. Melee''. The anime was dubbed in English and released in the U.S. in 1998, and it starred {{s|wikipedia|Spike Spencer}} as the voice of Marth. Marth's name is translated as "Mars" in the anime's English release; it is an alternate reading of his Japanese name. | ||
Marth is the prince of {{s|fireemblem|Altea}}, one of the Seven Kingdoms of the continent of {{iw|fireemblemwiki|Archanea|continent}}. He is descended from the family of a legendary hero, {{s|fireemblem|Anri}}, who once used the "blade of light", [[List of swords#Falchion|Falchion]]<!--In Fire Emblem, it has always been "Falchion", not "THE Falchion"-->, to defeat the sinister dragon-emperor {{s|fireemblem|Medeus}}. Marth is characterized as a courageous, good-natured, and honorable man. He takes his royal responsibilities to his people very seriously, always putting their needs first, no matter how troubled he is by developments in his own personal life. As a leader, he not only cares deeply about his friends and comrades but believes that he could not have achieved anything himself without their support. Later appearances tend to emphasize Marth's determination to save as many people as possible and ensure that none of his comrades die, even in seemingly hopeless situations. | Marth is the prince of {{s|fireemblem|Altea}}, one of the Seven Kingdoms of the continent of {{iw|fireemblemwiki|Archanea|continent}}. He is descended from the family of a legendary hero, {{s|fireemblem|Anri}}, who once used the "blade of light", [[List of swords#Falchion|Falchion]]<!--In Fire Emblem, it has always been "Falchion", not "THE Falchion"-->, to defeat the sinister dragon-emperor {{s|fireemblem|Medeus}}. Marth is characterized as a courageous, good-natured, and honorable man. He takes his royal responsibilities to his people very seriously, always putting their needs first, no matter how troubled he is by developments in his own personal life. As a leader, he not only cares deeply about his friends and comrades but believes that he could not have achieved anything himself without their support. Later appearances tend to emphasize Marth's determination to save as many people as possible and ensure that none of his comrades die, even in seemingly hopeless situations. | ||
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In his starring games, Marth has given the unique {{s|fireemblem|lord}} [[fireemblemwiki:Class|character class]]: as the commander of his army, it is necessary for him to [[fireemblemwiki:Objectives#Seize|seize castles and thrones]] held by enemy armies to complete chapters and progress in his quest, but if he is defeated in battle, the game is over and the player must restart from their last save point. He is also the only unit who is able to visit villages to receive the items, money, or new recruits that they offer. In battle, he plays as a jack-of-all-trades who lacks the greater statistical advantages of other classes, but has a unique advantage in his relatively powerful exclusive weapons, including {{s|fireemblemwiki|rapier}}s (lightweight and effective against both heavy armor and cavalry) and Falchion (effective against dragons and cannot be broken, among various other abilities in specific games). | In his starring games, Marth has given the unique {{s|fireemblem|lord}} [[fireemblemwiki:Class|character class]]: as the commander of his army, it is necessary for him to [[fireemblemwiki:Objectives#Seize|seize castles and thrones]] held by enemy armies to complete chapters and progress in his quest, but if he is defeated in battle, the game is over and the player must restart from their last save point. He is also the only unit who is able to visit villages to receive the items, money, or new recruits that they offer. In battle, he plays as a jack-of-all-trades who lacks the greater statistical advantages of other classes, but has a unique advantage in his relatively powerful exclusive weapons, including {{s|fireemblemwiki|rapier}}s (lightweight and effective against both heavy armor and cavalry) and Falchion (effective against dragons and cannot be broken, among various other abilities in specific games). | ||
As the first lord in the ''Fire Emblem'' series, Marth established many trends in both narrative and gameplay roles that later series protagonists, such as [[Roy]] and [[Chrom]], would closely follow. The majority of ''Fire Emblem'' protagonists share the lord class with Marth, with only a few notable exceptions, such as [[Ike]] and [[Corrin]]. Despite only being the star of four out of the series' sixteen games, Marth is treated by Intelligent Systems as the | As the first lord in the ''Fire Emblem'' series, Marth established many trends in both narrative and gameplay roles that later series protagonists, such as [[Roy]] and [[Chrom]], would closely follow. The majority of ''Fire Emblem'' protagonists share the lord class with Marth, with only a few notable exceptions, such as [[Ike]] and [[Corrin]]. Despite only being the star of four out of the series' sixteen games, Marth is treated by Intelligent Systems as the face of the entire ''Fire Emblem'' series. | ||
Outside of his own games, Marth is also a notable part of the backstory of ''{{s|fireemblemwiki|Fire Emblem: Awakening}}'', and two of its protagonists, [[Chrom]] and [[Lucina]], are his distant descendants. He has made frequent appearances as an optional bonus character, unrelated to the main story, in many ''Fire Emblem'' games from ''Awakening'' onward; he is available in ''Awakening'' via SpotPass and DLC, ''{{s|fireemblemwiki|Fire Emblem Fates}}'' via [[amiibo]] as a recruitable unit, and ''{{s|fireemblemwiki|Fire Emblem Echoes: Shadows of Valentia}}'' via amiibo as an illusory unit. He features prominently in ''Fire Emblem'' crossover | Outside of his own games, Marth is also a notable part of the backstory of ''{{s|fireemblemwiki|Fire Emblem: Awakening}}'', and two of its protagonists, [[Chrom]] and [[Lucina]], are his distant descendants. He has made frequent appearances as an optional bonus character, unrelated to the main story, in many ''Fire Emblem'' games from ''Awakening'' onward; he is available in ''Awakening'' via SpotPass and DLC, ''{{s|fireemblemwiki|Fire Emblem Fates}}'' via [[amiibo]] as a recruitable unit, and ''{{s|fireemblemwiki|Fire Emblem Echoes: Shadows of Valentia}}'' via amiibo as an illusory unit. He features prominently in ''Fire Emblem'' crossover media, including the video games ''{{s|fireemblemwiki|Fire Emblem Heroes}},'' and ''{{s|fireemblemwiki|Fire Emblem Warriors}}'' as one of their many playable characters, and the series' two trading card games. Most recently, ''{{s|fireemblemwiki|Fire Emblem Engage}}'' features Marth as one of the game's numerous Emblems, ethereal clones of protagonists from various other ''Fire Emblem'' games who dwell within special rings. | ||
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Marth returns as a playable character in ''Super Smash Bros. 4''. Marth is now a starter character, as opposed to being an unlockable character as he was in ''Melee'' and ''Brawl''. He has been visually updated to closely match his design from ''{{s|fireemblemwiki|Fire Emblem: New Mystery of the Emblem: Heroes of Light and Shadow}}'', although Falchion retains its design from the original ''Fire Emblem: Mystery of the Emblem''. | Marth returns as a playable character in ''Super Smash Bros. 4''. Marth is now a starter character, as opposed to being an unlockable character as he was in ''Melee'' and ''Brawl''. He has been visually updated to closely match his design from ''{{s|fireemblemwiki|Fire Emblem: New Mystery of the Emblem: Heroes of Light and Shadow}}'', although Falchion retains its design from the original ''Fire Emblem: Mystery of the Emblem''. | ||
During the initial release of ''SSB4'', Marth was considerably nerfed, with few noteworthy buffs. These nerfs left him with less mobility and range relative to the cast (though his own range had been improved from Brawl), weakening his neutral game and depriving him of his potent comboing and punishing capabilities from previous games. Because of this, he had previously seen a huge drop in his tier placement. However, he has since received multiple buffs in update patches, with the most notable patch, [[1.1.4]], granting him improvements to his aerial combos and juggling game, as well as granting bigger tipper [[hitbox]]es, and higher damage output on several attacks. As a result, Marth is reasonably better than he was during the initial release of ''SSB4'', and has since seen significantly improved tournament results. Overall, although he's still considered fairly nerfed from ''Brawl'', he ranks highly on the ''SSB4'' tier list, ranking 11th out of | During the initial release of ''SSB4'', Marth was considerably nerfed, with few noteworthy buffs. These nerfs left him with less mobility and range relative to the cast (though his own range had been improved from Brawl), weakening his neutral game and depriving him of his potent comboing and punishing capabilities from previous games. Because of this, he had previously seen a huge drop in his tier placement. However, he has since received multiple buffs in update patches, with the most notable patch, [[1.1.4]], granting him improvements to his aerial combos and juggling game, as well as granting bigger tipper [[hitbox]]es, and higher damage output on several attacks. As a result, Marth is reasonably better than he was during the initial release of ''SSB4'', and has since seen significantly improved tournament results. Overall, although he's still considered fairly nerfed from ''Brawl'', he ranks highly on the ''SSB4'' tier list, ranking 11th out of 54 characters (tying with {{SSB4|Ryu}}). | ||
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**In ''Super Smash Bros. 4'', both Marth and Mario each have one full clone ({{SSB4|Lucina}} and {{SSB4|Dr. Mario}}, respectively) and one semi-clone ({{SSB4|Roy}} and {{SSB4|Luigi}}, respectively). | **In ''Super Smash Bros. 4'', both Marth and Mario each have one full clone ({{SSB4|Lucina}} and {{SSB4|Dr. Mario}}, respectively) and one semi-clone ({{SSB4|Roy}} and {{SSB4|Luigi}}, respectively). | ||
**Counting {{SSBU|Chrom}} as an indirect semi-clone, Marth has the most combined clones and semi-clones of any character at three. | **Counting {{SSBU|Chrom}} as an indirect semi-clone, Marth has the most combined clones and semi-clones of any character at three. | ||
* | *Marth was one of three characters that spoke Japanese in all regional versions of ''Smash'' games (a trait he shared with Roy and {{SSB4|Cloud}}). The first game to give him English voice lines (by {{s|wikipedia|Yuri Lowenthal}}) was ''{{s|fireemblemwiki|Code Name: S.T.E.A.M.}}'', which was released after ''Smash 4''. Lowenthal's first ''Smash'' performance as Marth was in ''Ultimate''. | ||
*Marth is the only playable {{uv|Fire Emblem}} character to appear in every ''Super Smash Bros.'' game since the debut of his universe in ''Melee''. | |||
*Marth is | *Marth is the only playable {{uv|Fire Emblem}} character created by Shouzou Kaga, who stopped working on ''Fire Emblem'' games in 1999. | ||
*Despite wearing armor, Marth has always been somewhat light since his debut, being tied with Lucina for the lightest [[weight]] among all of the ''Fire Emblem'' fighters. | *Despite wearing armor, Marth has always been somewhat light since his debut, being tied with Lucina for the lightest [[weight]] among all of the ''Fire Emblem'' fighters. | ||
*Not counting [[Final Smash]] transformations, Marth has the fastest [[walking]] speed in every game: he is tied with [[Fox]] in ''Melee'', and Lucina in ''SSB4'' and ''Ultimate''. | *Not counting [[Final Smash]] transformations, Marth has the fastest [[walking]] speed in every game: he is tied with [[Fox]] in ''Melee'', and Lucina in ''SSB4'' and ''Ultimate''. | ||