SSB4 Moveset: Takamaru

Takamaru  

• Series: Nazo no Murasamejō
• First Game: Nazo no Murasamejō (Famicom Disk System, 1986)
• Latest Game: Samurai Warriors 3 (Wii, 2010)
• Home Stage: Castle Murasame
• Symbol: A Tanooki
• Intro: Takamaru appears kneeling on his right knee in a small burst of grey smoke, then he stands up unsheathing his katana with left hand, and then he finally moves into his battle position
• Wiimote Choice: Takamaru quickly yells "Tatakae!" ("Fight!")
• Selection Pose: Gripping his sheath, Takamaru draws his sword with one hand and points it towards the camera, leaning forward. He then flicks his sword to the side, returning to a standing position with his sword held at his side.
• Credits Theme: Nazo no Murasamejo
• Crowd Cheer: "Banzai, Takamaru"

Taunts

• Up: Takamaru sheaths his sword and looks off into the distance as an unseen wind blows his Haori behind him.
• Side: Takamaru moves his sword so that he holds it in his right hand behind himself and raises his left hand motioning for his opponent to come while saying "Tatakae!" ("Fight!")
• Down: Takamaru sheaths his sword, then turns towards the player, standing straight with his arms at his side, and then finally bows to the player before returning to his normal stance.

Victory Poses

• Pose 1: Takamaru is sitting in a Seiza sitting position with his katana sheathed and lying on the ground next to him. Takamaru bows down while placing his hands on opposite sides of himself touching the ground, curled into fists, and says "Arigato" ("Thank you")
• Pose 2: Takamaru whips his sword out, diagonally down and to the right, using only his right hand. Takamaru then spins his sword once before sheathing it. Through this motion Takamaru says "Shōri wa watashi nodesu" ("Victory is mine")
• Pose 3: Takamaru stands with his eyes closed, his right hand gripping his sword sheath, and his left hand held straight at his side. Takamaru says "Watashi ga kakutoku shite iru" ("I have won") before vanishing in a small burst of gray smoke.
• Victory Fanfare: A shamisen remix of the music that plays when you defeat a Daimyo.
• Losing Pose: Takamaru has his sword stabbed into the ground to his right while he claps by hitting the fingers of his right hand into the palm of his left hand.

Character Copy

• Kirby Hat: Kirby gets Takamaru's hair and ponytail
• Kirby Ability: Kirby gets Takamaru's Kunai attack

Idle Movements

• Movement 1: Takamaru will inhale and exhale in a deep breath which causes his shoulders to lift noticeably.
• Movement 2: Takamaru drum his fingers on his katana hilt.

Colors/Costumes

• Default [Red] (Red Haori, Light Blue Kimono, and White Hakama)
• Blue (Navy Blue Haori, Black Kimono, and Sky Blue Hakama)
• Green (Dark Green Haori, White Kimono, and Light Green Hakama)
• Yellow (Dark Golden Haori, Rust Kimono, and Bright Yellow Hakama)
• Black (Jet Black Haori, Crimson Kimono, and Gray Hakama)

Normal Attacks

• A, A: Takamaru quickly swings his katana down from his starting point and then when he gets to the lowest point of his slash he turns his hands so that his katana blade points diagonally down only to swing his katana back up and return to his normal position.
• ←→A: Takamaru turns his hands so that his katana blade points to left and then he swings it from left to right in a quick slice.
• ↑A: Takamaru turns his katana so that its blade faces down and then quickly stands up on one foot, raising his right knee, while simultaneously bashing his katana hilt up into the air.
• ↓A: While crouched down, Takamaru swings his katana with one hand low to the ground diagonally downward from his right side.
• Running A: Takamaru pulls his body back while beginning to slide to a stop and swings his katana diagonally up to the left from his right side using only his right side.

Smash Attacks

• Up: While charging Takamaru stands up straight with his feet at shoulder length apart and holds his katana in both hands behind his right shoulder so that the blade points downward. When the charge is released, Takamaru pulls his sword over his shoulder while slightly bending his right knee and turning to the side causing him to slash down, but directing most of the damage to targets above him.
• Side: While charging Takamaru raises his katana over his head with both hands and bends his right knee lifting his right leg up. When the charge is released Takamaru swings his katana down while simultaneously stomping down his right foot putting his weight into a katana slash which brings the blade down to the ground causing Takamaru lean forward with the slash.
• Down: While charging Takamaru faces the screen with his legs shoulder length apart; he holds his katana at eyelevel with both hands holding the grip to the right and the blade pointing slightly downward to the left. When the charge is released Takamaru twists the katana around so that diagonally up to the right and he slashes diagonally down to his left side, Takamaru quickly follows up by bringing his katana up and swinging it down diagonally to his right side.

Aerial Attacks

• A: Takamaru spins himself to the left and swings his katana in a diagonally upward-moving slash using his right hand. Takamaru then follows up by swinging his right foot in from the right and impacting with the top of his foot. Takamaru finally finishes the attack by continuing to turn and thrusting his left foot forward before moving back to his normal position.
• →A: Takamaru pulls both legs back behind his body by bending his knees and brings the katana over his head with both hands before then swinging it down in a powerful crescent shaped slash.
• ←A: Takamaru quickly turns his entire body to the right and swings his katana from right to left in a straight horizontal cut as he turns back around.
• ↑A: Takamaru twists his body to the side while bending backwards causing himself to spin to the left while lying horizontally. Takamaru uses the momentum from his spin to thrust his left heel up into the air.
• ↓A: Takamaru pulls his right leg up for a second and then thrusts his right foot straight down, slamming his sandal into anyone below him. This attack is also a meteor smash.

Other Attacks

• Ledge Attack: Takamaru nimbly pulls himself up with his left hand and swings his katana down using just his right hand as clears the ledge.
• 100% Ledge Attack: Takamaru slowly pulls himself up so that his elbow rests on the platform. Takamaru then swings his sword down onto the platform using his right hand before he finally struggles to pull himself all the way onto the platform.
• Prat Fall: Takamaru bends his back pulling himself off of the ground while slashing his katana down using only his right hand. Takamaru then quickly moves to a kneeling position on his right knee while slashing upward behind himself, before he finally stands up.
• Face Plant: Takamaru pushes himself up and back with his left hand into a Seiza sitting position and slashes downward behind, circling his arm around to slash in front of himself with his katana using only his right hand before standing back up.

Throws

• Grab: Takamaru leans forward moving out of his normal stance and extends his left hand forward to grab while moving his left hand, which holds his katana, back behind his body at waist level.
• Running Grab: Takamaru pulls his body back while coming to a sliding stop and thrusts his left and forward attempting to grab while his right hand, holding his katana, moves down and behind his body.
• Forward Throw: Takamaru pulls his arm and his body back for a split second before leaning forward and extending his arm forward while releasing the opponent, pushing them forward.
• Reverse Throw: Takamaru swings his left hand to the left while turning his waist slightly and releases the opponent, pushing them behind him.
• Up Throw: Takamaru tosses his opponent up and then twists his right arm around so that his katana blade points down while he simultaneously swings it up to eyelevel to slash at his opponent.
• Down Throw: Takamaru pulls his arm down and slightly to the right while releasing the opponent causing him to pull them down to the ground.
• Pummel: Takamaru swings his katana hilt down to hit the held opponent in the head.

*Note: All attacks assume that the character faces to the right.

Special Moves

• Normal Special Move: Kunai
Takamaru throws a single kunai knife forward in a straight line with a leftward swing of his left hand; the kunai will disappear once it flies a certain distance. If the attack is charged for a short time than Takamaru instead shoots a much stronger orange fireball by thrusting his left palm forward, the fireball travels a little less distance though. If the attack is charged for still longer than Takamaru throws a powerful windmill shuriken forward by swinging his left hand to the left; the windmill shuriken scores multiple hits and flies much farther than the kunai. Takamaru can hold the charged weapon if he shields or dodges.
• Side Special Move: Deflect
Takamaru quickly swings his sword to the right with both hands so that the sword wide edge is facing to the side. If any projectiles are in front of Takamaru at that moment then they will be reversed, sending them back at who ever threw/shot the projectile. If the attack impacts an actual opponent then it will do a small amount of damage and stun the opponent.
• Up Special Move: Rising Sun
Takamaru will hold his katana downward with both hands and turn once before leaping straight into the air. As he jumps Takamaru will raise his katana up from the ground and hold it horizontally over his shoulder till the end of his jump at which point he will swing it up over his shoulder. Takamaru will swing the sword pushing himself into a single horizontal spin while his sword is on fire creating a ring of fire, before he moves out of his spin into his falling position.
• Down Special Move: Invisibility Technique
Takamaru raises his arms up to hold his sword horizontally in both hands with the blade pointing slightly downward. At this moment, Takamaru will briefly flicker; if he is attacked while flickering he will counter. Takamaru counters by turning invisible and then reappearing behind his opponent swinging his katana down with both hands without shifting his body.

Final Smash: Inazuma Lightning
Takamaru holds his katana in his right hand, resting it on his right shoulder, while he pulls out a scroll from within his Haori. Takamaru spins once unraveling the scroll to form a circle around him. Takamaru then lifts up his katana and flips it around so that the blade faces down before stabbing it into the ground with both hands. This causes a six lightning pillars made up of three bolts of silver and gold spiraling around each other to streak from the sky and impact the battlefield. Although the lightning bolts cannot go through platforms they create a small electrical shockwave upon impact. After the Final Smash ends, Takamaru's scroll, which floats in midair around Takamaru throughout the attack, dissipates into black ashes.

Snake Codec Conversation

• Snake: "Otacon, tell me about this samurai"
• Otacon: "That's Takamaru, a warrior from Japan"
• Snake: "Anything I should know about him?"
• Otacon: "He can attack from a distance using knives and throwing stars, additionally at close range he's deadly with a sword"
• Snake: "I'll watch myself, Snake out"

Other Animations

• Swim: Takamaru swims by sweeping his left hand through the water and pushing his right foot backwards with his right hand holding his katana level with the water and bending his left leg.

• 1st Jump: Takamaru pushes off of the ground with his right foot while raising his right knee up and leaving his combat stance to hold his hands at his sides with his katana being held.

• 2nd Jump: Takamaru jumps off of the air a second time turn to the side and straightening his legs as he cartwheels to the side with his arms still at his side and his sword in his right hand.

• Falling: Takamaru falls with his right foot extended towards the ground and his left leg bent; his arms are held behind his body with his katana still in his right hand. Additionally his Haori is blown up by the wind rushing past him as he falls.

• Hanging: Takamaru hangs down by his left hand with his katana held in his right hand which hangs down his right side; the rest of his body is straight.

• Run: Takamaru will bend forward as he runs ahead abandoning his attack stance and holding his katana in his right hand with both hands hanging back at his sides.

• Walk: Takamaru will alternating between extending his front foot forward and then following up by moving his back foot forward returning to his standing position.

• Stand: Takamaru will stand facing forward with both hands gripping his katana hilt in front of him and the katana blade pointing forward and up. His right foot will lead with his left foot behind him turned to the side.

• Defend: Takamaru will retain his normal stance but lean back and hold his sword up with both hands so that the hilt is at eyelevel and the blade points diagonally downward.

• Crouch: Takamaru kneels down on his right knee and pulls his body down with his left hand placed on the ground in front of him and his right hand holding his katana parallel to the ground behind him.

Special Abilities

• Wall Jump