Editing Lucas

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The in-game sprite of Lucas from ''Mother 3'' from {{s|wikibound|Chapter 4}} onwards.

'''Lucas''' ({{ja|リュカ|Ryuka}}, ''Lucas'') is a character in the {{uv|EarthBound}} universe. He is the protagonist of the Japan-only ''[[Mother 3]]'' for the Game Boy Advance.

==Origin==

Lucas' existence had been documented long before ''Mother 3'' was actually finished and given a proper release. A design for the character was first revealed in January 1997 through magazines<ref>Weekly Famitsu 1/31/1997 page 108</ref> and a Satellaview broadcast, and a redesign that looks more like his final design was revealed the following June through magazines<ref>Weekly Famitsu 6/27/1997 page 103</ref> and E3. The design he ended up having was unveiled with the game's release in April 2006.

The son of {{s|wikibound|Flint}} and {{s|wikibound|Hinawa}}, Lucas is characterized as more timid than his twin brother, {{s|wikibound|Claus}}. Despite being young, however, he was forced to face a broken family following the death of Hinawa and the disappearance of Claus. While playable briefly during the {{s|wikibound|prologue}} of ''Mother 3'', he is an NPC for the first three chapters of the game, with Flint, {{s|wikibound|Duster}}, and {{s|wikibound|Salsa}} being the main characters of those chapters. After reappearing in the climax of {{s|wikibound|Chapter 3}} against the {{s|wikibound|Pork Tank}}, he becomes the main playable character after the three-year time skip to {{s|wikibound|Chapter 4}}, and retains this role for the remainder of the game.

 

In battle, Lucas fills the same archetype as his predecessor [[Ness]] did in ''EarthBound'', being somewhat slow, but having a strong basic attack and access to a variety of PSI techniques such as stat boosts, {{s|wikibound|Lifeup}}, [[PK Flash]], and the aforementioned PK Love. Whereas the previous ''Mother'' protagonists wielded {{s|wikibound|baseball bat}}s, Lucas generally wields {{s|wikibound|stick}}s.

 

Lucas' appearances in the ''Super Smash Bros.'' series have helped considerably boost his public image but not to the same extent as Ness, though this can be attributed to Lucas appearing only since ''Brawl''. Despite this fact, Lucas became more or less of a mainstream character in gaming culture rather than remaining a curious cult character who would be known only to the highly devoted Nintendo fandom.

[[Masahiro Sakurai]] planned to replace {{SSBM|Ness}} with Lucas in ''Super Smash Bros. Melee''. This did not happen since ''Mother 3'' for the Nintendo 64 was cancelled, and Ness was retained in ''Melee'' instead.

Lucas makes his [[Super Smash Bros. (series)|''Super Smash Bros.'' series]] debut, and by extension his international debut, in ''Brawl''. His [[special move]]s are similar to {{SSBB|Ness}}, but with some key differences. For example, Lucas' [[PK Thunder]] goes through opponents and can deal multiple hits, whereas Ness' version disappears on contact. Lucas' [[Final Smash]] is [[PK Starstorm]], which he shares with Ness. Lucas also has near-identical physics to Ness. However, the majority of Lucas' moves completely differ from Ness, thus rendering him as a pseudo-[[clone]] of his fellow ''EarthBound'' series fighter.

Lucas is ranked 30th out of 38 on the [[tier list]], placing him in the E tier. His lower mid-tier placing is primarily due to the additional 10 frames he gets when grab released (a trait he shares with Ness), which makes him vulnerable to [[grab release]] follow-ups from every character, including [[zero-death]] [[chain grab]]s from {{SSBB|Marth}} and {{SSBB|Donkey Kong}}.

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|desc-ntsc=The younger of twin brothers living in Tazumili Village in the Nowhere Islands. He's a kind boy who can communicate with animals, but he's shy and never really got over the tragedy that struck his mother. He fights a warped dictatorship, hunts the Seven Needles, and crosses swords with his missing brother, Claus. In the end, the young boy with psychic PSI powers grows up.

|desc-pal=The younger of twin brothers living in Tazmily Village in the Nowhere Islands. He's a kind boy who can communicate with animals, but he's shy and never really got over the tragedy that struck his mother. He fights a warped dictatorship, hunts the Seven Needles, and crosses swords with his missing brother, Claus. In the end, the young boy with psychic PSI powers grows up.

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[[File:Lucas SSB4.png|thumb|200px|Lucas, as he appears in ''Super Smash Bros. 4''.]]

Although Lucas was not present in the final roster upon ''Super Smash Bros. 4'''s initial worldwide release, he was later released as a [[DLC]] character on June 14th, 2015. Prior to this, his non-fighter trophy appeared in both versions of the game, while his special moves became available as [[character customization|custom variations]] for {{SSB4|Ness}}' respective specials.<ref>http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showpost.php?p=129810755&postcount=3317</ref>

 

 

However, Lucas received various nerfs to his damage output, knockback and range, while his useful [[Magnet Pull]] and [[Zap Jump]] techniques were removed. Overall, Lucas is considerably more viable than he was in ''Brawl'', and he has gained a dedicated playerbase and decent results in competitive play.

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|desc-ntsc=The younger of the twin brothers from Nowhere makes his triumphant return to the game of Smash. Hailing from the Japan-only game Mother 3, Lucas's specialty is psychic projectile attacks. He can use these PSI attacks to do things like absorb enemy projectiles and deal supernatural damage!

|desc-pal=Lucas, the younger of twin brothers from Tazmily, comes originally from the Japan-only game, Mother 3, and now makes his triumphant return to Super Smash Bros.! Here he makes great use of his PSI powers with lots of projectile attacks, and can use his faster attacks on anybody who gets too close.

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|desc-ntsc=Lucas's up special PK Thunder can hit enemies multiple times, but if you hit yourself with it, you can then tackle and launch opponents! Lucas's up smash has the strongest launch power of any fighter's up smash. The range for this attack is wide, and it's strongest right after Lucas unleashes the attack.

|desc-3ds-pal=Lucas's up special, PK Thunder, can either hit enemies multiple times, or hit Lucas himself to push him into a powerful charge attack. Meanwhile, his up smash attack is the most powerful launching move in the entire game, so make good use of it! It's a wide-range attack that has the most effect right after Lucas unleashes it.

|desc-wiiu-pal=Lucas's up special, PK Thunder, can either hit enemies multiple times, or hit Lucas himself to push him into a powerful charge attack. Meanwhile, his up smash attack is the most powerful launching move in the entire game, so make good use of it! It's a wide-range attack that is most effective right after Lucas unleashes it.

SSBU spirit Lucas.png|564. '''''Lucas'''''

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|ko={{rollover|류카|Ryuka|?}}, ''Lucas''

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*None of Lucas' special moves are used by him in ''Mother 3''. Rather, they are all learned by Kumatora instead. This is similar to Ness, who uses [[PK Fire|three]] [[PK Thunder|special]] [[PSI Magnet|moves]] that he could not learn in ''EarthBound'', but were instead learned by [[Paula]] and [[Poo]]. However, Lucas's up smash closely resembles the animation used in ''Mother 3'' for him pulling the Seven Needles, a skill associated with PK Love, his signature move.

*Lucas' normal PSI-based attacks emit hexagonal blasts of PSI, whereas [[Ness]]' emit circular blasts.

*Lucas is the only character to have been a [[starter character|starter]] (''Brawl''), [[DLC]] (''SSB4''), and an [[unlockable]] character (''Ultimate'').

**He, [[Pokémon Trainer]] and the [[Ice Climbers]] are also the only starter characters to have been cut, and additionally, he is the only character to have been cut from a roster without skipping an installment.

**Due to being a pseudo-[[clone]], he is also the first clone of any kind to be available by default, announced as DLC, and to not be added late in development prior to debuting in the ''Super Smash Bros.'' series.

*Lucas' home village is transcribed as Tazumili in the [[NTSC]] ''Brawl'', but ''Mother 3'' creator Shigesato Itoi stated that the village is Tazmily when written in the Latin alphabet. This was corrected in the [[PAL]] release of ''Brawl'' and its subsequent installments.

*In Japanese, Lucas' name is read "Ryuka", which is derived from the French pronunciation of the name, [lyka] ("Lu-ka"). However, the Japanese versions of each game consistently use the English pronunciation /ˈluːkəs/ ("Lu-kis"). This is unlike similar characters such as [[Lucina]] and [[Richter]], whose names use differing pronunciations in Japanese.

*Although ''Mother 3'' never released outside of Japan, Lucas is ironically voiced by Lani Minella, an American actress.

*Lucas, [[Ness]], [[Min Min]] and [[Kazuya]] are the only characters to have a [[Reflection|reflector]] outside of [[special move]]s. Coincidentally, all (except Kazuya's) are a [[smash attack]].

*In all of his playable appearances, Lucas is the only character so far with a move (Up smash) that grants both [[intangibility]] and [[invincibility]] frames.

*Lucas was the most recently debuted playable character at the time of ''Brawl''{{'}}s release, with a debut of April 2006.

*[http://www.smashbros.com/wii/en_us/characters/lucas.html Lucas' Smash Bros. DOJO!! (US) page]