Editing Takamaru

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Official artwork of Takamaru from ''The Mysterious Murasame Castle''.

|universe=''{{uv|The Mysterious Murasame Castle}}''

|games= ''[[SSB4]]''<br>''[[Ultimate]]''

|lastappearance=''{{s|wikipedia|Nintendo Land}}'' (Referenced, 2012)

'''Takamaru''' ({{ja|鷹丸}}, ''Takamaru'') is the protagonist of ''{{s|wikipedia|The Mysterious Murasame Castle}}''.

Takamaru is the protagonist of the 1986 Famicom game ''{{s|wikipedia|The Mysterious Murasame Castle}}'': he is an apprentice samurai who must protect Edo Japan and four neighboring castle towns from an evil alien menace, residing in the titular Murasame Castle. Armed with only a katana and his wit, he sets off to rescue the people from the extraterrestrial's influence. The game worked similarly to ''[[The Legend of Zelda]]'' - being based on the same engine - and had several power-ups for Takamaru to use, including sandals that let him walk on water, fireballs, throwing knives and windmill swords. Takamaru and his game became rather obscure, owing to the lack of a worldwide release; prior to the Famicom disc for the game making a cameo in ''Pikmin 2'', Takamaru was effectively unknown in the Western world. The character would later make his first international appearance in ''[http://koei.wikia.com/wiki/Samurai_Warriors_3 Samurai Warriors 3]'' for the [[Wii]] as a playable character, and after being featured in his own mini-game in the [[Wii U]] game ''{{s|mariowiki|Nintendo Land}}'', his own game received an international release for the [[Nintendo 3DS]] via the eShop.

While he does not make any appearance in ''Melee'', Sakurai stated that Takamaru [[Unused content (SSBM)#Characters|was at least considered]] for a playable role during developement, but the idea was later scrapped, likely due to low current relevance.<ref>http://www.sourcegaming.info/2015/04/10/smash-reader-response-page-25-beam-sword-takamaru/</ref>

! Name  

! Game  

! Effect  

! Character(s)  

| Takamaru  

| ''{{s|wikipedia|Nazo no Murasame Jō}}''  

| {{TypeIcon|Weapon}} Attack +11  

| {{AllChars|SSBB|s=16}}  

Takamaru appears as an [[Assist Trophy]] in ''Super Smash Bros. 4''. When summoned, he moves around swiftly with dashes and jumps, mimicking the animations of his original game with choppy body movements. He attacks either by throwing Windmill Swords that travel in an "X" shape and deal 3% damage to characters on contact, or with a flurry of repeated slashes using his katana, which traps opponents and deals up to 40% damage, with high knockback on the final hit. He can be defeated if he takes enough hits.

He is also the basis of a [[Downloadable content|downloadable]] {{SSB4|Mii Fighter}} [[Alternate costume (SSB4)#Wave 6|costume]] for {{SSB4|Mii Swordfighter}}s. Nintendo also released a [http://www.smashbros.com/images/dlc/image/qr_sample16.jpg QR code] for those who wish to have the exact Mii used in the costume's advertising.

===Trophy information===

Takamaru's trophy appears in both versions. In {{forwiiu}} it is part of the ''Memorabilia'' [[Trophy Box]].

[[File:TakamaruTrophy3DS.png|left|thumb|100px|Trophy in ''for 3DS''.]]

[[File:TakamaruTrophyWiiU.png|right|thumb|100px|Trophy in ''for Wii U''.]]

''The main character of The Mysterious Murasame Castle. In this game, he dashes and jumps straight to the nearest opponent and shows off his swift sword skills. If he's got a bit of distance, he uses his special ninja techniques, based on the rock and the bishop in Japanese chess, to send projectiles spinning through the air.''

{{Trophy games|console1=3DS|game1=The Mysterious Murasame Castle (08/2014)}}

[[File:Takamaru Assist Trophy (SSBU).png|thumb|Takamaru as an assist Trophy in ''Ultimate'']]

{{future release}}

Takamaru returns as an [[Assist Trophy]].

SSB4 - Falco Screen-3.jpg|Takamaru fighting along side Diddy Kong, Fox, and Falco against Bowser.

SSB4-3DS - Nikki and Takamaru.png|Takamaru and a {{SSB4|Mii Gunner}}.

*Despite being depicted as a {{s|wikipedia|samurai}} in all of his appearances before being an Assist Trophy in ''Super Smash Bros. 4'', Takamaru is mislabeled as being a {{s|wikipedia|ninja}} in the English translations of his character Trophy. He is even shown wielding a {{s|wikipedia|ninjatō}}, a weapon associated with ninja, rather than wielding the {{s|wikipedia|katana}} like his previous incarnations.

*In the Wii U version, the "Game Releases" section of the trophy description only mentions ''The Mysterious Murasame Castle'''s international debut on the [[Virtual Console]] in 2014, and not its original Japanese release on the Famicom in 1986.