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[[File:Ike SSBB.jpg|200px|thumb|Ike, as he appears in ''Super Smash Bros. Brawl''.]]
[[File:Ike SSBB.jpg|200px|thumb|Ike, as he appears in ''Super Smash Bros. Brawl''.]]
Ike was the first ''Fire Emblem'' character to be revealed as a playable character in ''Super Smash Bros. Brawl''.<ref name=Dojo>[https://www.smashbros.com/wii/en_us/characters/ike.html Ike - Smash Bros. DOJO!!]</ref> Despite ''Fire Emblem: Radiant Dawn'' being released a year before ''Brawl'', Ike instead sports his {{iw|fireemblemwiki|Ranger|Path of Radiance}} design from ''Fire Emblem: Path of Radiance''.
Ike was the first ''Fire Emblem'' character to be revealed as a playable character in ''Super Smash Bros. Brawl''.<ref name=Dojo>[https://www.smashbros.com/wii/en_us/characters/ike.html Ike - Smash Bros. DOJO!!]</ref> Despite ''Fire Emblem: Radiant Dawn'' being released nearly a year before ''Brawl'', Ike instead sports his {{iw|fireemblemwiki|Ranger|Path of Radiance}} design from ''Fire Emblem: Path of Radiance''.


According to [[Masahiro Sakurai]], Ike was not intended to be on the roster early on. Rather, Sakurai devised a blank character template of a slow and very powerful swordsman, and wanted a new ''Fire Emblem'' character in ''Brawl''. When discussing the potential new ''Fire Emblem'' character with [[Intelligent Systems]], it was suggested he use Ike, owing to his status as the protagonist of the then-latest two games in the series. Upon this suggestion, Sakurai considered Ike, and saw him to be a perfect fit for the aforementioned character template, leading to his inclusion as the new playable ''Fire Emblem'' fighter.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20120621110302/http://www.geocities.jp/bgrtype/gsl/words2/dairantosmabrax/smashbrothersx.html Great Fray Smash Brothers X 2008 blog post]</ref>
According to [[Masahiro Sakurai]], Ike was not intended to be on the roster early on. Rather, Sakurai devised a blank character template of a slow and very powerful swordsman, and wanted a new ''Fire Emblem'' character in ''Brawl''. When discussing the potential new ''Fire Emblem'' character with [[Intelligent Systems]], it was suggested he use Ike, owing to his status as the protagonist of the then-latest two games in the series. Upon this suggestion, Sakurai considered Ike, and saw him to be a perfect fit for the aforementioned character template, leading to his inclusion as the new playable ''Fire Emblem'' fighter.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20120621110302/http://www.geocities.jp/bgrtype/gsl/words2/dairantosmabrax/smashbrothersx.html Great Fray Smash Brothers X 2008 blog post]</ref>
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