Editing Takamaru

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{{cquote|I, Takamaru, have waited many years to appear in ''Super Smash Bros.''! [[Link]], [[Samus]], [[Pit]], and I debuted in the same year! Multidirectional Pinwheel Knife Rook Attack!!|cite=[[Masahiro Sakurai]], portraying Takamaru on [[Miiverse]] in the "[[List of Director's Room Miiverse posts|Picture of the Day]]" caption of July 28, 2014}}

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Official artwork of Takamaru from ''[http://koei.wikia.com/wiki/Samurai_Warriors_3 Samurai Warriors 3]''.

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

|debut=''{{s|wikipedia|The Mysterious Murasame Castle}}'' (1986)

|games= ''[[SSB4]]''

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

|console= Nintendo Family Computer Disk System

|japanactor = Tomokazu Sugita

'''Takamaru''' ({{ja|鷹丸}}, ''Takamaru'') is the protagonist of ''The Mysterious Murasame Castle''. He appears in ''[[Super Smash Bros. Brawl]]'' as a sticker, and in ''[[Super Smash Bros. 4]]'' as an [[Assist Trophy]].

Takamaru is the protagonist of the 1986 Famicom game ''{{s|wikipedia|The Mysterious Murasame Castle}}''. In said game, 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]]'', 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 worldwide releases for it; 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 ''Samurai Warriors 3'' for the [[Wii]] as a playable character, and after being featured in his own mini-game in the [[Wii U]] game ''Nintendo Land'', his own game received an international release for the [[Nintendo 3DS]] via the eShop.

! Name  

! Game  

! Effect  

! Character(s)  

| Takamaru  

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

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Takamaru appears as an [[Assist Trophy]] in ''Super Smash Bros. 4''. When summoned, he attacks with his katana dealing up to 40% damage. He also throws Windmill Swords that travel in different directions and deal 3% damage to characters on contact. He can be defeated if he takes enough hits.

In an [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fo2h4DlDLcc interview], Masahiro Sakurai stated that he briefly considered Takamaru as a playable character for ''Super Smash Bros. 4'', but felt that Takamaru's popularity was too low to make the cut, relegating him to Assist Trophy status.

===Trophy Description===

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''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)}}

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.