Riki

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Riki
File:Riki Artwork.png Official artwork of Riki from Xenoblade Chronicles.
Universe	Xenoblade
Debut	Xenoblade Chronicles (2010)
Smash Bros. appearances	SSB4
Most recent non-Smash appearance	Xenoblade Chronicles 3D (2015)
Console/platform of origin	Wii
Species	Nopon
Gender	Male
Place of origin	Bionis
English voice actor	Wayne Forester
Japanese voice actor	Yuki Kaida

Riki (リキ, Riki) is a character from the Xenoblade universe.

Character description

Riki is the resident Heropon of Frontier Village. The Elder, Dunga, reveals that this position has very little to do with Riki's worth, but as payment for a large number of debts Riki and his family have accrued. He is forced into Shulk's party as a matter of helping him and Melia fight the Telethia. His fighting style is based on Arts capable of inflicting several negative status conditions to the opponents.

Riki is a very childish character. He speaks in a largely childish matter, and has very little bearing on the plot at large. However, he is a devoted follower of Shulk and Melia, and is a competent fighter when he needs to be. A conversation in Xenoblade Chronicles reveals that he is actually 40 years old, and has a wife and eleven children.

When he actually participates in combat, Riki plays as a thief-mage combination, with the main ability of being able to occasionally steal stats, health or even experience from opponents, along with being able to cause status affects quickly against many opponents. As a result, he deals less damage head-on, but much more damage over time, and he is able to use his many status-inducing moves to interrupt enemy Arts in order to keep his team safe while softening tougher foes with damage over time. He also has the ability to keep the party healthy, possessing a healing move, a skill to increase the party gauge, along with one to keep the group's tension high, which gives him a very good role as a supporting character to make battles easier.

In Super Smash Bros. 4

Riki appears both as an Assist Trophy and part of Shulk's Final Smash. All of his voice clips are directly ripped from Xenoblade Chronicles.

As an Assist Trophy

Riki stands in place and randomly uses the following Arts:

• Happy Happy raises the launch and attack power of all fighters;
• Freezinate can freeze opponents;
• Yoink! pulls items close to Riki;
• Bedtime puts opponents to sleep;
• You Can Do It heals all fighters;
• Roly Poly trips opponents if they're on the ground.

In Shulk's Final Smash

Riki appears in Shulk's Final Smash. He is summoned alongside Dunban to use a Chain Attack on the trapped opponent, before Shulk sends the foe flying. In this Chain Attack, Riki's appears to use his Lurgy Art.

In Smash Tour

Riki appears as a blue item: when selected, it draws all nearby items to the user as they walk.

As a costume

Shulk's yellow costume is based on Riki's color scheme.

Trophy information

Riki trophy in for Wii U.

Riki trophy in for 3DS.

A Nopon from Frontier Village in Xenoblade Chronicles. Despite appearances, this year's legendary Heropon is actually a middle-aged father of 11. If you summon him in this game, he'll use Arts to knock over your foes, freeze them, and even send them to sleep. Riki can also heal you, but if he does, he'll heal everyone else too!

A Nopon from Frontier Village in Xenoblade Chronicles. Despite appearances, the current legendary Heropon is actually a middle-aged father to 11. Summon him in this game and he'll use arts to knock your foes over, freeze them, and even send them to sleep. Riki can also heal you, but if he does, he'll heal everyone else too!

: Xenoblade Chronicles (04/2012)

Gallery

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  Riki's cameo on Shulk's poster.

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  Riki, along side Shulk, in the Wii U version.

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  Riki in the 3DS version.

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  Riki, alongside Shulk and Dunban.

Trivia

• Riki is one of six Assist Trophies to appear in a second capacity within the game he appears, appearing in Shulk's Chain Attack. The others are the Hammer Bro., the Starman, Lakitu & Spinies, the Chain Chomp, and the Metroid, all of which appeared in Smash Run, and the former in the Subspace Emissary.
  • Riki is also the only such Assist Trophy to not appear as an enemy in Smash Run.

External links

• Article on the Xenoblade Wiki