Richter (SSBU)

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 is classified as fighter #66ε.

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.

Attributes

• 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.

Differences from Simon

Unlike many other Echo Fighters, Richter is identical to his counterpart down to his attributes such as walk and run speed, knockback angles, damage numbers, and sweetspots on his weapon, the Vampire Killer. The several differences they have, if any, are minimal. As a result, he is essentially a cosmetic choice for players who prefer either of the Castlevania representatives.

Aesthetics

• Richter moves more than Simon in his idle animation.
• Richter has different taunts and victory animations from Simon.
• Richter's Holy Water emits blue flames instead of red ones.
• Richter is more talkative than Simon.

Ground attacks

• The animation of Richter's forward smash aims his whip higher compared to Simon, making it slightly harder for him to hit crouching opponents, but easier to hit an airborne opponent. However, the difference is very minimal.

Special Moves

• Richter's Holy Water does not use a flame hitbox.

Taunts

• Raises his hand in the air with an open palm, referencing his Grand Cross in the opening of Rondo of Blood, leading into the pose from his render while saying "It's time!".
• Tightens his glove while saying "Prepare Yourself!".
• Pulls out his whip and straightens the chain, a reference to a piece of artwork shown in the official guide for Rondo of Blood.

Victory poses

• Poses similarly to his idle stance in Symphony of the Night and makes a parting gesture saying "Farewell" which is from the cutscene where he rescues Tera in Rondo of Blood.
• Jumps and whips the ground before making a pose saying similar to his official render.
• Swings the Vampire Killer around himself while saying “You don’t belong in this world!” before striking the ground with it and then pulling the chain taut.

Classic Mode: Smash Echoes

Both the English and Japanese names refer to Echo Fighters, which make up all of Richter's opponents of this route.

Round	Opponent	Stage
1	Dark Samus	Norfair
2	Daisy	Golden Plains
3	Lucina	Coliseum
4	Chrom	Arena Ferox
5	Dark Pit	Reset Bomb Forest
6	Ken	Suzaku Castle (Ω form)
Bonus Stage
Final	Dracula	?

Role in World of Light

Although Richter does not appear in the World of Light opening cutscene, he was vaporized and later imprisoned alongside the rest of the fighters (sans Kirby) when Galeem unleashed his beams of light.

Alternate costumes

Reveal trailer

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Gallery

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  Simon and Richter artwork, as posted on the official Japanese Konami Twitter account.

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  Richter's splash art.

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  Richter's fighter card.

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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

• With the playable appearance of Richter and Simon, Castlevania was the first third-party franchise to have more than one playable representative.
• Richter is the first third-party Echo Fighter, and the first full clone 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.
• Like King Dedede, Lucina, King K. Rool, and Simon, Richter's name is pronounced differently between the different international versions of Ultimate. It is pronounced with a hard k and r in English ("Richter"), while using an h and and a in Japanese ("Rihtah").
• Richter is the only playable character whose first game appeared on the TurboGrafx-16, known as the PC Engine in Japan. He is also one of the only playable characters who made an appearance on the console, alongside Ryu, Ken, and Pac-Man.
• Richter and Ken are the only Echo Fighter newcomers with a CGI trailer as well as the only ones with CGI footage for their splash art. Daisy did not have either, while Chrom and Dark Samus had only gameplay footage for their trailers and their official artwork for their splash arts.
• Richter is the only Echo Fighter to be based off of a character introduced in Ultimate.
• When Richter is asleep, he will mutter "Dracula..." as he dozes. This makes him the only character to speak while asleep.
• Richter is one of the few characters to speak during a KO: his alternate KO line has him yell "Why?!".
• Richter's Fighter Spirit is based off of his Dracula X Chronicles design as opposed to his Rondo of Blood design used for his actual character model.