Hero

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For fighter info, see Hero (SSBU).

Hero
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Universe	Dragon Quest
Debut	Dragon Quest (1986) (Hero) Dragon Quest XI (2017) (Eleven the Luminary) Dragon Quest III (1988) (Erdrick) Dragon Quest IV (1990) (Solo) Dragon Quest VIII (2004) (Eight)
Smash Bros. appearances	Ultimate
Console/platform of origin	Nintendo Entertainment System (Hero, Erdrick, Solo) PlayStation 2 (Eight) Nintendo 3DS, PlayStation 4 (Eleven the Luminary)
Species	Human
Gender	Male
Designed by	Akira Toriyama
Article on Dragon Quest Wiki	Hero

The Hero (勇者, Hero) is a name given to the protagonists from the Dragon Quest franchise.

Origin

In the Hero's appearances in Smash, there are currently four different protagonists represented:

• Eleven the Luminary: The protagonist of Dragon Quest XI, and the basis for their default costume in Super Smash Bros. Ultimate.
• Erdrick: The male protagonist from Dragon Quest III.
• Solo: The male protagonist from Dragon Quest IV.
• Eight: The protagonist of Dragon Quest VIII.

In Super Smash Bros. Ultimate

As a playable character

The Hero, as he appears in Super Smash Bros. Ultimate.

During the E3 2019 Nintendo Direct, the Hero was confirmed to be included into Super Smash Bros. Ultimate as a DLC Fighter alongside Banjo & Kazooie. The Hero is planned to be released during summer 2019.

Trivia

• Due to Dragon Quest XI being released in July 2017, the Hero is the most recently debuted character in the Super Smash Bros. series.
• The Hero is the second playable third-party character owned by Square Enix, the first being Cloud.
  • Also, Cloud and the Hero, each represents each of the two companies that merged in Square Enix, as Cloud was from Square Soft and the Hero was from Enix.
• The Hero is the first and only character in the Super Smash Bros. series to simultaneously originate from both a Nintendo console (Nintendo 3DS) and a non-Nintendo console (PlayStation 4).
• He is the first playable third-party character whose alternate costumes replace his model with a different character.
• While several characters are given generic names (namely, Villager, Pokémon Trainer, and Inkling) because of the ambiguity of their name in their own universe (owing to the fact that the player can decide their name), The Hero instead chooses not to use any given name (despite three of them having official names in Dragon Quest media) and use the generic title of "Hero" instead, unlike Bowser Jr..
  • This makes them the only third party characters with this trait.
• The Hero is the second known third-party avatar-based character in Super Smash Bros., the first being Joker.
• The Hero is the first and only playable character in the Super Smash Bros. series whose Japanese name is written with kanji.