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'''Marth''' ({{ja|マルス|Marusu}}, ''Marth'') is the main protagonist of four games in the {{uv|Fire Emblem}} series of tactical role-playing games. He debuted in the first and third games, ''[[Fire Emblem: Shadow Dragon and the Blade of Light]]'' and ''[[Fire Emblem: Mystery of the Emblem]]'', and later reprised his role in the Nintendo DS remakes of these two games. He made his first appearance in the ''{{b|Super Smash Bros.|series}}'' series as a playable character in ''[[Super Smash Bros. Melee]]'' and has appeared in every proceeding game since. At the time, no ''Fire Emblem'' games had ever been released outside Japan, but his popularity in ''Melee'' (along with that of his counterpart [[Roy]]) is believed to have influenced Nintendo's decision to release almost all subsequent ''Fire Emblem'' games internationally. | '''Marth''' ({{ja|マルス|Marusu}}, ''Marth''; formerly translated as '''Mars''' prior to ''[[Super Smash Bros. Melee]]'') is the main protagonist of four games in the {{uv|Fire Emblem}} series of tactical role-playing games. He debuted in the first and third games, ''[[Fire Emblem: Shadow Dragon and the Blade of Light]]'' and ''[[Fire Emblem: Mystery of the Emblem]]'', and later reprised his role in the Nintendo DS remakes of these two games. He made his first appearance in the ''{{b|Super Smash Bros.|series}}'' series as a playable character in ''[[Super Smash Bros. Melee]]'' and has appeared in every proceeding game since. At the time, no ''Fire Emblem'' games had ever been released outside Japan, but his popularity in ''Melee'' (along with that of his counterpart [[Roy]]) is believed to have influenced Nintendo's decision to release almost all subsequent ''Fire Emblem'' games internationally. | ||
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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 mascot of the entire ''Fire Emblem'' series. | 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 mascot 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 productions, 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. He was also the star of a short-lived direct-to-video [[fireemblemwiki:Fire Emblem: Mystery of the Emblem (anime)|anime adaptation of ''Mystery of the Emblem'']] in 1997, which featured actor [[wikipedia:Hikaru Midorikawa|Hikaru Midorikawa]]'s first performance as the character, five years before he reprised that role in ''Super Smash Bros. Melee''. | 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 productions, 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. He was also the star of a short-lived direct-to-video [[fireemblemwiki:Fire Emblem: Mystery of the Emblem (anime)|anime adaptation of ''Mystery of the Emblem'']] in 1997, which featured actor [[wikipedia:Hikaru Midorikawa|Hikaru Midorikawa]]'s first performance as the character, five years before he reprised that role in ''Super Smash Bros. Melee''. This anime was notably the first appearance of Marth outside of Japan, as it was translated and released in English; his name was translated as "Mars", an alternate reading of his Japanese name. | ||
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