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Revision as of 23:35, August 23, 2014 by ScizorSteelix (talk | contribs) (→‎Origin: Actually, not quite right. In Gaiden it was a generic offensive spell (called black magic) and (New) Mystery of the Emblem it is simply a tome, albeit depicted as a holy one.)
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Nosferatu
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Nosferatu in Super Smash Bros. for Wii U
User Robin
Universe Fire Emblem
Article on Fire Emblem Wiki Nosferatu

Nosferatu (リザイア, Resire) is Robin's down special move in Super Smash Bros. 4. If Robin is near an opponent, he can use this special to curse the opponent and drain health from them, damaging them while healing himself. How much is recovered per percentage point of damage is not known, although Robin will heal more percentage if he curses an opponent from behind[1]. It changes Robin's active Tome to Nosferatu if not already in use.

Origin

Nosferatu is a special Dark tome from the Fire Emblem series (except for in the first five games and the Tellius series, in which Nosferatu is instead a generic tome or a Light tome). When the unit casts Nosferatu, whichever damage he or she inflicts will return to the caster in the form of healing. This effect carries over into Smash 4.

As a Tactician, Robin cannot use dark magic in Fire Emblem: Awakening unless he is promoted to a class that can; however, Sakurai gave Robin the ability to use Nosferatu as a tactician in order to "capture certain aspects of the original title".[2] This could mean that one of Robin's skills is Shadowgift, so it allows him to use dark magic.

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Trivia

  • Nosferatu is the first down special move to belong to a Fire Emblem representative that is not Counter.
  • This is the first attack in the Smash Bros. series that both damages opponents and heals the user.
    • This is also the first potentially reliable healing attack in the series, able to be used on every opponent (non-absorption) and doesn't require luck.

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