Richter (SSBU)

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This article is about Richter's appearances in Super Smash Bros. Ultimate. For the characters in other contexts, see Richter Belmont.

Richter in Super Smash Bros. Ultimate
Universe	Castlevania
Availability	Unlockable
Final Smash	Grand Cross

“	Richter Crosses Over!	”
—Introduction Tagline

“	Richter from the Castlevania series joins the battle as Simon's Echo Fighter! His basic attacks are the same as Simon's, but with subtle variations. In addition to that, his holy water is a different color.	”
—Super Smash Blog, Super Smash Bros. Ultimate Official Site

Richter (リヒター, Richter) is a playable character in Super Smash Bros. Ultimate. He was announced as a newcomer alongside Simon, Chrom, Dark Samus, and King K. Rool during a Nintendo Direct on August 8th, 2018. He is an Echo Fighter of Simon. Richter's design is based on his look from Castlevania: Rondo of Blood and Dracula X, with some adjustments inspired by Symphony of the Night, such as the design of his boots and how his pants are tucked into them, and in the buttons on his tunic. Much like how Simon borrows moves originally from Richter, Richter borrows moves from Simon, such as the ability to whip upwards and diagonally, as well as using his whip to hang from certain surfaces. David Vincent, Richter's voice actor from Portrait of Ruin, The Dracula X Chronicles, and Harmony of Despair, confirmed on Twitter that he would be reprising his role as Richter in English versions of the game.

Differences from Simon

It was officially confirmed that Simon and Richter do not have any tangible gameplay differences

Aesthetics

• Richter moves more in his idle animation.
• Richter has different taunts and victory animations from Simon.
  • One of his victory animations is taken from his idle stance in Symphony of the Night and the cutscene where he rescues Tera in Rondo of Blood. Another victory animation has him jump and whip the ground, before making a pose similar to his official render.
  • One of his taunts is based on the animation used for the Hydro Storm Item Crash, with an open hand instead of a finger point, leading into his pose on the boxart and his render. Another taunt shows him pulling his glove while smiling, referencing the intro to Rondo of Blood. His third taunt has him pull out his whip and straighten the chain, a reference to artwork shown in the official guide for Rondo of Blood.
• Richter's Holy Water emits blue flames instead of red ones.

Alternate costumes

Reveal trailer

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Gallery

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  Richter's splash art.

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  Richter on Gaur Plain.

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  Richter straightening his whip on the Bridge of Eldin.

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  Performing his down tilt on Kalos Pokémon League.

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  Richter pummeling Lucas on Skyloft.

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  Holding a Lip's Stick next to a Red Pikmin on Distant Planet.

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  In his red alternate costume on Yoshi's Story.

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  Richter posing next to Simon on Coliseum.

Character Showcase Video

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Trivia

• Richter is the first and only clone character in the entire series to have a seperate character slot, whilst not having any gameplay differences.
• With the playable appearance of Richter and Simon, Castlevania is the first third-party franchise to have more than one playable representative.
• Richter is the first third-party Echo Fighter, and the first Echo Fighter to debut in the same game as their base character since Roy in Super Smash Bros. Melee with the first being Luigi in Super Smash Bros.
• Richter's render is based on the boxart for Rondo of Blood, modified to face forward rather than straight up.
• His line in the English trailer delivered at Dracula, "Begone! You don't belong in this world, monster!", is a reference to the prologue of the original English release of Symphony of the Night, which became infamous for its over-the-top writing and poor voice acting. The first line Richter delivers is "Die monster, you don't belong in this world!".
• Richter's red outfit is a reference to a character that was cut from Rondo of Blood, often mistaken for appearing in a cancelled Castlevania project for the Sega 32X. Said character used a modified version of Richter's sprite from Rondo of Blood.
  • It also resembles Christopher Belmont as he appeared in the WiiWare title Castlevania: The Adventure ReBirth.
• When Richter's Smash Blog article was uploaded on August 12th, 2018, Richter's name was erroneously labeled as "RICHITER" in English variants of his fighter page. The typo was later corrected.
  • This is not the first time this misspelling has appeared. Castlevania: Portrait of Ruin had a similar error whenever a save file is in Richter Mode.
• Richter is the first character in Super Smash Bros. history whose first game appeared on the TurboGrafx-16, known as the PC Engine in Japan.
• Richter and Ken are the only Echo Fighter newcomers with a CGI trailer as well as the only one with CGI footage for their splash art. Daisy did not have either, Chrom and Dark Samus had only gameplay footage for their trailers and their official artwork for their splash arts.