Hello again everyone! The next newcomers for Super Smash Bros. are the Perfect Partners from Tales of Symphonia: Dawn of the New World, Emil Castagnier and Marta Lualdi!
It is rather unfortunate that NO Tales characters became playable in Smash with there being a Lloyd Irving Costume for the Mii Swordfighter. People generally want either Lloyd Irving from Symphonia or Yuri Lowell from Vesperia in Smash, but I decided to implement Emil and Marta, the most underated protagonists in here instead.
Credit for the Moveset goes to my friend, a fellow Fanfic writer known as Naekane. My friend was the one to make the moveset and special attacks for them along with taunts and specific animals. The only things that are made by me are the statistics, the 'Trailer' and the Palutena's Guidance segments. Naekane even helped me set up how the movesets even work and flow here.
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With that, let's see how our wonderful couple will handle Smash...
Emil Castagnier
Origin: Tales of Symphonia: Dawn of the New World
Description: A young boy who lost both of his parents to the "Blood Purge" which is said to have been caused by Lloyd. With Tenebrae's guidance, Emil pledges himself as a "Knight of Ratatosk" in order to protect Marta from the Vanguard, including his mentor Richter Abend, as they seek the Centurion Cores. However, he is eventually revealed to be the Summon Spirit Ratatosk, the protector of the Great Kharlan Tree who once bore a grudge against humanity.
Thankfully, after reconciling with both sides of himself, which in turn restored him and his faith in mankind, Emil currently lives his life with Marta, who he fell in love with during their journey, as they strive to bring peace to Sylvarant and Tethe'alla.
English VA: Johnny Yong Bosch
Japanese VA: Hiro Shimono
Statistics
Number of Jumps: 2
Wall Jump: Yes
Wall Cling: No
Crawl: No
Weight Class: Medium
Intro Animation: Lands onto the stage as he unsheathes his sword, twirling it and flashing it before getting into his fighting stance.
Series Logo: The World Tree.
Home Stage: Palmacosta
Assist Trophy: Richter Abend - Once Richter is summoned, he'll draw his sword and axe before moving around the stage. He'll attack the opponent with five different Artes (Mortal Summer, Mortal Spring, Mortal Equinox, Mortal Autumn and Mortal Winter) depending on the situation.
Special Attacks
Neutral Special: Demon Fang - Launches a projectile that moves along the ground. It cuase slight knockback upon hitting an opponent. Using the move in the air will make the projectile fly down in a diagonal arc and continue on the ground when it lands.
Side Special: Sword Rain Alpha - Performs a rapid piercing attack at the opponent. Effective on the ground, but can be used in the air to a lesser degree. Also functions as a horizontal recovery move to get back on the stage.
Up Special: Heavenly Tempest - Emil slashes in a diagonal upward arc twice, jumping into the air if used on the ground. If it hits an opponent, Emil follows up with a somersault slash attack. Also functions as a vertical recovery move to get back on the stage.
Down Special: Raining Fangs - Emil will hop into the air and unleash a couple of slashes toward the ground at an angle, launching several shock waves that take the appearance of rain streaks until they strike the ground.
Final Smash: Devil's Hellfire - If Emil lands a hit on one or more opponents, a cutscene plays with Emil holding his sword pointed toward the ground with both hands clasped around its hilt while he closes his eyes to focus his thoughts, with several flower petals falling around him. After he opens his eyes, he creates a field of dark energy around himself, granting himself with a large burst of strength. He begins a mad dash to the opponents, striking them down before performing a combo of several slashes. At the end of the combo, he rises into the air and slams the ground with his sword, causing pillars of fire to rise from the ground and incinerate the foe. This will deal heavy damage and knockback or will instant kill an opponent if they're over 100% Damage.
Standard Attacks
Jab: Does a slash with his sword, followed up by a six-hit sword combo, last one in a particularly powerful slam, which is reminiscent of Blade Fury.
Forward Tilt: Performs a forward thrust with his sword.
Up Tilt: Uppercuts the opponent with his sword.
Down Tilt: Slashes inward toward the ground.
Dash Attack: Performs a running sword slash.
Aerial Attacks
Neutral: Slashes the opponent. Pressing the button rapidly will cause Emil to hit the opponent with a rapid slash, guaranteed for 6 additional hits.
Forward: Slashes in a downward arc.
Back: Slashes in an upward arc.
Up: Uses Phoenix Rush, which has Emil lift the enemy further into the air with a jump and then slash at them again while moving forward.
Down: Uses Havoc Strike, which has Emil spinning in the air and slams onto the ground at an angle, striking the enemy with the full force of his weight.
Smash Attacks
Forward Smash: Unleashes a powerful overhead swing.
Up Smash: Does Savage Reaper, in which Emil will knock the enemy into the air as hard as he can.
Down Smash: Performs a powerful downward slash.
Grab and Throws
Pummel: Knees his opponent repeatedly.
Forward Throw: Throws the opponent outward.
Back Throw: Slams his opponent into the ground behind him.
Up Throw: Throws the opponent upward, then jumps automatically up to slash. Emil can use this to start an aerial combo, provided the opponent is still within reasonable range.
Down Throw: Slams the opponent onto the ground in front of him.
Taunts
Up Taunt: Spins his sword around.
Side Taunt: A random small monster (Imp, Baby Dragon or Gunna) climbs onto his shoulder and Emil pets it before the monster leaves.
Down Taunt: Does pratice sword-swinging, then sheathes his blade. He then unsheathes it.
Colors
Appearance: Wears a blue shirt that goes up to his upper chest with black pants with yellow patterns and a black scarf with detached sleeves. Since this is Emil post game, his eyes are permanently green.
Color 1: Default Colors
Color 2: Lloyd Irving (Shirt turns red, scarf and patterns on pants turn white and his hair turns brown)
Color 3: Genis Sage (Shirt turns light blue, pants and scarf turn dark blue and his hair turns silver)
Color 4: Zelos Wilder (Shirt turns pink, pants turn white with pink patterns and turns red)
Color 5: Regal Bryant (Shirt turns white, pants turn green with brown patterns and hair turns light blue)
Color 6: Decus (Shirt turns black, pants turn white with purple patterns and hair turns purple)
Costume 2: Knight Outfit - Wears a red knight outfit accented with a white undershirt, a blue neck pendant, black pants and thigh high brown boots. The back of his hair is tied into a small ponytail.
Color 1: Default
Color 2: Richter Abend (Outfit turns black with a gold pendant, pants turn gray and boots become black with his hair turning red)
Victory Poses
Victory Theme: Battle Victory Theme from Tales of Symphonia: Dawn of the New World.
Victory Pose 1: Twirls his sword in place around before placing it back in it's sheath before Emil smiles at the screen.
Emil: "Let's keep on going!"
Emil Vs. Marta: "Looks like this win's mine, Marta!"
Victory Pose 2: Twirls his sword side to side before putting it over his shoulder in a crouching position.
Emil: "That was pretty easy!"
Victory Pose 3: Does a few practice swings before doing a Heavenly Tempest and striking a pose afterward.
Emil: "Cool! I won that match!"
Team Victory Pose with Marta: Emil turns his sword as Marta lands right next to him before they stirke a pose side by side, smiling at each other.
Emil: "We did it Marta!"
Marta: "I knew we could do it Emil!"
Marta Lualdi
Origin: Tales of Symphonia: Dawn of the New World
Description: Marta is young girl who lost her mother during the Giant Tree Rampage. Strongly determined, she insists on taking a black and white view of matters. She is being pursued because Ratatosk, the Lord of All Monsters is sealed in the Ratatosk's core embedded in her forehead after she took it from Brute, her father and leader of the Vanguard. She and Emil traveled the world together, growing and learning the truth about Ratatosk. Despite her doubts about his fate, the two remain close.
Currently, she lives with Emil, the love of her life, as they work together to unify the two worlds of Sylvarant and Tethe'alla with an expanded point of view.
English VA: Laura Bailey
Japanese VA: Rie Kugimiya
Statistics
Number of Jumps: 2
Wall Jump: Yes
Wall Cling: No
Crawl: Yes
Weight Class: Medium
Intro Animation: Lands onto the stage, pulling out her Spinner and uncurls the weapon. She does a small pirouette before bpgetting into her fighting stance.
Series Logo: The World Tree.
Assist Trophy: Tenebrae and Aqua - Once Tenebrae and Aqua are summoned, they take to the background and start summoning Imps and Polwigles to move around the arena and attack the opponents. While the monsters can be defeated, it won't give the players points as the Centurion's can't be defeated.
Special Attacks
Neutral Special: Crescent Dance - Marta twirls and performs an overhead slash with her spinner before spinning around and performing a horizontal slash.
Side Special: Remnant Strike - Marta slides into the enemy and performs an uppercut slash before slamming the enemy to the ground with her palms, which are infused with Chi. If Marta does this in the air, she will do the Chi infused slam immediately, useful for sending the opponent down the stage.
Up Special: Radiant Gale - Marta performs a powerful roundhouse kick that knocks the enemy into the air, then performs a front flip and follows with a powerful axe-kick. While it mainly functions as a vertical recovery move to get back on the stage, be careful with the axe-kick as it will have Marta fly downward in a diagonal arc.
Down Special: Divine Saber - Marta will start casting the spell to activate the move. After ten seconds of charging, she creates a six-pointed glyph that calls forth lightning strikes at each corner before summoning a massive lightning bolt in the center of the pattern. Marta can cancel the charge and continue to charge at a later point, which is indicated by the spell charge meter above her portrait.
Final Smash: Radiant Roar - If Marta traps one or more opponents with her burst field, she stops the spinning movement of her weapon as she focuses her holy energy. After a short delay, she propels herself high into the air, reactivating her spinner to keep herself floating in place above the ground. A massive circle of energy forms on the field, moderately healing her damage percentage (or HP in Stamnia Mode) by 8% for each opponent caught and dealing a single burst of Light-elemental damage to all enemies, regardless of their positions on the battlefield. This will deal heavy damage and knockback or will instant kill an opponent if they're over 100% Damage. In a Team Battle, whoever's on Marta's team will also be healed by 8% damage percentage (or HP in Stamina Mode) for each opponent caught.
Standard Attacks
Jab: Performs a slashe with her spinner, then she slashes the opponent four more times and ends it by gathering chi in her palms and slamming it into the opponent.
Forward Tilt: Performs an overhead slash.
Up Tilt: Does an uppercut slash with her spinner.
Down Tilt: Does a low roundhouse kick.
Dash Attack: Does a sliding kick.
Aerial Attacks
Neutral: Does a mid-air kick.
Forward: Performs an overhead slash.
Back: Performs a Dropkick behind her.
Up: Does an uppercut slash with her spinner.
Down: Does a diagonal dive kick. Be careful not to use it when near the edge of the stage.
Smash Attacks
Forward Smash: A speed-cast Photon that strikes the opponent multiple times.
Up Smash: Does Swallow Waltz, which involves a back-flip before spinning and doing two spin-kicks and finishing it with an overhead slash..
Down Smash: Uses a heavy hitting slash with her spinner low to the ground.
Grab and Throws
Pummel: Knees her opponent repeatedly.
Forward Throw: Uses chi gathered in her palms to launch the opponent.
Back Throw: Launches her opponent with a roundhouse kick behind her.
Up Throw: Does a close range uppercuts with her spinner.
Down Throw: Throws the opponent onto the ground, then performs an ax kick while they're down.
Taunts
Up Taunt: Jumps upward excitedly and cheers.
Forward Taunt: Places one hand on her hip while teasing her opponent.
Down Taunt: Twirls spinner around.
Colors
Appearance: Marta wears a cream white shirt with brown accents with a four way brown collar resembling a flower, complete with a yellow ribbon and wears detached sleeves. She also wears a brown skirt along with stockings cut out on both sides near her uppersp theighs along with brown high-heel boots. Her most prominent feature is her white flower barrates in her hair.
Color 1: Default Colors.
Color 2: Colette Brunel (Shirt is light purple with dark purple accents, skirt turns black, boots turn white and her hair turns blonde)
Color 3: Raine Sage (Shirt is orange with white accents, skirt turns black, boots turn white and hair turns silver)
Color 4: Presea Combatir (Shirt is navy blue with black accents, skirt turns black, boots turn gray and hair turns pink)
Color 5: Alice (Shirt is pure white with yellow accents, skirt turns pink, boots turn pure white and hair turns platinum blonde)
Color 6: Aqua (Shirt is light blue with dark blue accents, skirt turns yellow, boots turn black and hair turns light blue)
Costume 2: Cheerleader Outfit - Wears a white midriff shirt and a white skirt with yellow and light blue accents. She has a silver pom-pom on one of her wrists, leaving the other free for her spinner. She wears white shows with calve high socks. She retains her white flower barrettes.
Color 1: Default Colors
Color 2: Tenebrae (The outfit turns black with gray and dark purple accents while the pom-pom turns yellow)
Victory Poses
Victory Theme: Battle Victory Theme from Tales of Symphonia: Dawn of the New World.
Victory Pose 1: Marta brushes her hair before turning to the screen and smiles at it.
Marta: "And that's that!"
Victory Pose 2: Does a pirouette spin in place before pointing her finger at the screen with a wink and a confident smile.
Marta: "That was easy!"
Marta: "Hehe! It's my win this time, Emil!"
Victory Pose 3: Does a couple of backflips before jumping and landing on the ground, striking a cute pose.
Marta: "WAHOO! Victory is mine!"
Team Victory Pose with Emil: The two stand next to each other before they strike a pose with Marta in front with Emil behind her as the two smile in acknowledgement of each other.
Marta: "You were great Emil!"
Emil: "You're amazing too Marta!"
Trailer
There's a special tag-team tournament occurring around Smashville as the residents are cheering in excitement of the upcoming competition. One by one, seven different pairs jump down to enter the tournament officially!
The first pair are the Mayor of Smashville, Villager, and his assistant, Isabelle as they wave to the audience.
The second pair are Mario and his brother Luigi as they pump their fists up.
The third pair are Link and Princess Zelda as Link pulls out his blade whil Zelda waves to the audience.
The fourth pair are Chrom and his daughter Lucina as they pull thier sword out with confidence.
The fifth pair are Fox and Falco as they jump out of their Arwings, making a spectacular landing.
The sixth pair are Kirby and King Dedede as they eat a bunch of food as soon as they land.
The seventh pair are Pikachu and Pichu, with the two electric mouse Pokémon charging up their electricity.
With that and a ring of the gong, the pairs are about to fight until a random Imp appears before them, causing the seven pairs to stop in their steps. The Imp then points up to the stands with it's sword with everyone looking in it's direction to see two figures, a boy and a girl, on the stadium. The boy jumps down in front of everyone as he pulls out his sword, revealing himself to be Emil Castagnier.
Emil: "Whew! Looks like we made it to the fight!"
EMIL COURAGEOUSLY JOINS THE FIGHT!
Afterward, the girl jumps down with the elegance of a dancer before pulling out a bladed saw-like spinner. The girl is Emil's girlfriend, Marta Lualdi!
Marta: "Yup! We wouldn't miss the chance to participate in Smash!"
MARTA WALTZES INTO BATTLE!
The seven pairs shocked expressions change to looks of smiles and confidence as they prepare to start the tournament proper.
Marta: "Let's show them our teamwork Emil!"
Emil: "I got your back Marta!"
The two then charge the other teams as the cutscene transitions to gameplay with Emil and Marta landing by each other as Link and Zelda face Emil while Marta is facing Chrom and Lucina.
Emil: "A warrior protecing a princess and a father with his daughter?"
Marta: "We're quite the pair too! Let's do our best!"
Emil charges Link and Zelda while Marta fights Chrom and Lucina, using a wide range of regular attacks along with using their standard special moves, with Emil attacking Zelda and Marta hitting Chrom.
Emil: "Sorry about this! Demon Fang!"
Marta: "Hope you like it! Cresent Dance!"
The area changes from Smashville to Palmacosta as they're now foghting the Mario Bros. and the Pokémon.
Emil: "Those Plumbers are really famous! It's an honor to face them!"
Emil says as he uses Sword Rain Alpha and Heavenly Tempest on each of the Bros. while avoiding Mario's fireball and Luigi's Green Missile.
Marta: "Oooo! Those Pokémon are SO cute! But, I gotta keep my guard up!"
Marta follows up as she proceeds to use Remnant Strike and Radiant Gale on them after avoiding both of their Tackle moves.
It cuts to the cinematic as Emil and Marta knock the previous opponents along with Kirby, King Dedede, Fox and Falco into the air before jumping up and sending them flying before landing back into the gameplay section.
Emil: "We can do this together!"
Marta: "Always and forever!"
The two then proceed to fight Villager and Isabelle individually as Emil used Raining Fangs to hold them down while Marta charges up a Divine Saber. After enough time, Marta shouts "Divine Saber" as she strikes the two. Afterward Emil grabs the Smash Ball on the Smashville stage while Marta grabs one on the Palmacosta stage.
Emil: "Let's end this Marta!
Marta: "I'm right behind you!"
Emil attacks the Villager and Marta attacks Isabelle as they use Devil's Hellfire and Radiant Roar respectively.
Emil: "I'm not gonna end here! Seeeyyyaaaa! I'm not gonna lose!"
Marta: "I am... the Knight of Ratatosk! Grant me the righteous power to repel evil! Radiant Roar!"
Super Smash Bros. Ultimate X Tales of Symphonia: Dawn of the New World
The Villager is waving a white flag while Isabelle gives a respectful bow to the winners as Marta jumps into Emil's arms as they spin around before embracing each other in a hug, laughing joyfully over their first Smash Bros. victory.
Marta: "We did it Emil! We did it!"
Emil: "Because we have each other Marta.c
Suddenly, a shadow appears behind them and it's revealed to be Pac-Man!
Emil: "The legendary Pac-Man's here!?"
Marta: "Challenging us!?"
The two look at each other before smiling in acknowledgement and getting ready to face the most iconic mascot of all time.
Marta: "Courage is the magic that turns dreams into reality. Right Emil?"
Emil: "Wouldn't have it any other way Marta!"
The two charge at Pac-Man as the trailer ends.
Emil and Marta are then added to the Smash Mural.
Palutena's Guidance (Emil)
Pit: "Ugh! Yet another sword fighter! Come on!"
Palutena: "You might want to watch yourself! That young boy is full of surprises!
Pit: "In what way?"
Palutena: "His name is Emil Castagnier, a young boy from Palmacosta who lost his parents in a tragedy. But in actuality, he is the legendary Summon Spirit known as Ratatosk!"
Pit: "Huh? Those are two contradictory backstories! Which one is right?"
Viridi: "Well, he is Ratatosk! However, after he was killed for trying to destroy humanity for the previous World Tree's destruction, he was reborn under the form of the human he killed and took the Emil name for himself."
Pit: "So, he's a bad guy trying to destroy mankind and took someone else's form and name!?"
Palutena: "Well, he's not out to destory mankind anymore. After traveling with Marta Lualdi, who brough him into being, and with words of guidance from his mentor/frenemy Richter Abend, Emil was able to reconcile with his other half and now they seek to protect the world and heal it."
Viridi: "UGH! and here I thought I found a kindred spirit!"
Pit: "Okay, glad to hear that he's reformed! Now then, any idea of how to fight him?"
Palutena: "Emil's main strength is his incredible Ariel combat style. If he manages to get you into the air, he can deliver some deadly damage. So try to avoid being caught up in it."
Palutena: "You can also reflect his Demon Fang and his Raining Fangs with your Guardian Orbitars."
Pit: "Alright! I mean, Courage is the magic that turns dreams into reality, right?"
Viridi: "Wait, where did you hear that!?"
Pit: "Some man with red hair that wears glasses. He's an Assit Trophy. Why?"
Viridi: *Whispering to herself* "Damn it Ratatosk! You seriously lost to him of all people!?"
Palutena's Guidance (Marta)
Pit: "Whoa! Why am I fighting a cute girl like her?
Viridi: "TEAR HER APART! TEAR HER APART!"
Pit: "Hey! Why are you acting like that!?"
Palutena: "Ignore her Pit. This young lady is Marta Lualdi. She's a spiriti young girl from Palmacosta and is the reason the Summon Spirit Ratatosk A.K.A. Emil Castagnier had a change a heart about destroying mankind."
Viridi: "That is why you should take her out! If it wasn't for her, Ratatosk could've have done Aeslia a huge favor!"
Tenebrae: "I honestly expected much more from the Goddess of Nature."
Pit: "Who's that!? A talking dog!?"
Palutena: "Oh, Tenebrae! Pit, this is Tenebrae, the Centurion of Darkness! He's a loyal companion to Emil and Marta."
Tenebrae: "A simple explanation, but accurate."
Viridi: "Where do you get off telling me that!? You were going to help him eradicate the monkeys!"
Tenebrae: "I'd rather he didn't, which is what happened."
Tenebrae: "As for Lady Marta, she went through her trials and tribulations. After the death of her mother, her father Brute went insane due to the power of a Centurion's Core and took Lord Ratatosk's Core to prevent his dangerous plans."
Tenebrae: "She's the reason Lord Ratatosk, or Lord Emil if you prefer, became a better person. Currently, Lord Ratatosk now lives as Lord Emil to help Lady Marta in her goals to unify the words of Sylvarant and Tethe'alla, in addition to being Lord Emil's girlfriend."
Pit: "No way! She's dating a Summon Spirit!?"
Tenebrae: "We'll be here all day if I explain it in detail, but it was originally one sided until she saw Lord Emil for who he is."
Tenebrae: "As for Lady Marta herself, while she can use a wide range of acrobatic attacks along with using magic bestowed by Lord Ratatosk's power. Underestimating would prove ruinous for you."
Palutena: "And what will you do Tenebrae?"
Tenebrae: "Me and the Centurion of Water, Aqua, are here to assist anyone who summons us. Be prepared if we are your opposition."
Viridi: "Seriously!? Why can't the monkeys just die off already!"
With that, our Perfect Partner couple made it to Smash!
See you next time!