NAOFUMI RISES TO THE CHALLENGE!

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I only made this for fun. I don't actually want non Video Game characters in Smash.

:rainbow: : Sales are going down, this is bad!

:large_blue_diamond: : Huh!? I thought Yuri would do great!

:rainbow: : Let's read some of the Comments on their Reveal Trailer.

"Another Fire Emblem character!? No way I'm buying that!"

~Emoji Adrian

"Boo! Edelgard would be way better!"

~EdelGang Cetral- Fortnite and more!

"This was a great inclusion! I loved Three Houses!"

~ToasterFricker249

:rainbow: : Uh, skip that one.

"Great, another sword swinger, how original. Disliked."

~CheeseSandwichLover420

:rainbow: : See what you've done, Azure!?

:large_blue_diamond: : Oh no.

:rainbow: : This is your last chance to fix our Fighter , or else!

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《Challenger Pack 5- Naofumi》

Puppet fighters of darkness are attacking in Waves. Uncaptured fighters are barely keeping up the resistance when a Puppet Samus shoots a Charge Shot toward them, until a man with a shield jumps in and pushes back against the shot, managing to dissipate it. He hits the opponent with a death glare and his splash screen appears.

NAOFUMI RISES TO THE CHALLENGE!

《Table Of Contents》

:black_small_square: Fighter :black_small_square:

:black_small_square: Neutral Attacks :black_small_square:

:black_small_square: Special Attacks :black_small_square:

:black_small_square: Stage and Music :black_small_square:

:black_small_square: Spirit Board :black_small_square:

:black_small_square: Conclusion :black_small_square:

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《Fighter》

Naofumi is from the isekai series 'The Rising of the Shield Hero', and he's actually not a video game character. This version of Naofumi will be based off of the Shield Hero anime (which you should watch if you haven't already). Naofumi is one of the 4 legendary heroes, expect the King of Melromarc, where the heroes were summoned to, have strong prejudice against the Shield Hero, which happened to be Naofumi. He was falsely accused of crimes and had to work past this prejudice to fight the Waves alongside the other heroes and his party so that he can return home. You'd expect that only being able to use a shield would make your attacks pretty weak, but Naofumi has a lot of skills that outmatch even the other legendary heroes.

Speed Value: 1.604

Weight Value: 107

Boxing Ring Title: The Shield Hero

Naofumi's alternate colours are mostly based on other characters from The Rising of the Shield Hero. One of them is his 'casual' outfit from before he was brought to Melromarc, more than just a standard colour swap.

Default Costume: Standard Outfit

Second Costume: Raphtalia Colours

Third Costume: Filo Colours

Fourth Costume: Melty Colours

Fifth Costume: Motoyasu Colours

Sixth Costume: Itsuki Colours

Seventh Costume: Ren Colours

Eigth Costume: Casual Gear

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《Neutral Attacks》

Before we get to the actual attacks, I'd like to bring up a visual change for when Naofumi shields. He will lock himself in a 'Shield Prison'. In Smash it will be slightly transparent and you can still see its durability go down for convenience sake, looking at you Yoshi. Naofumi also has a ive shield ability, which like Link or Hero, blocks incoming projectiles in his idle stance. Here is Naofumi's Shield Prison in the anime:

:black_small_square: Jabs and Tilts :black_small_square:

Naofumi's jab is fairly simple. He starts with a punch, which follows into a kick, and ending the attack with a shield bash to the opponent. Naofumi does not have a rapid jab.

For Naofumi's Dash Attack, he holds his shield in front of him and charges forward. This attack can block projectiles as a way of using his ive Shield on command.

Forward Tilt has Naofumi bash his shield to the side, essentially the same as Hero's. Like Dash Attack, this move also uses Naofumi's ive shield and blocks projecitles.

Down Tilt is a low kick which knocks the opponent up into the air, perfect for a combo follow up. Likewise, his get-up attack is also a low kick.

As for Naofumi's Up Tilt, he raises his shield up as an anti-air attack. This can also hit grounded opponents to set up for aerial combos or juggles.

:black_small_square: Aerial Attacks :black_small_square:

Naofumi's Neutral Air is an active hitbox kick in a similar to Link's. This can be used as a landing option and as a way to gimp opponents.

Naofumi's Forward Air has him shield bash in midair, this time in a downward-diagonal arc. Unfortunately it wouldn't make sense to spike, so he doesn't have the epic gamer Forward Aerial move.

His Back Air is a backward shield bash like Palutena's. It comes out a bit slower but is stronger and more reliable as a KO option. It also still has the invincibility effect that Palutena's does.

Up Air is an overhead kickflip. Many characters do a similar thing, however Naofumi's is fairly strong. While not the fastest of these moves, Naofumi can still use it to juggle.

And finally the Down Air. It's wrong to not give a character at least one spiking move, so for this Naofumi will thrust his shield straight down, spiking at the sweetspot.

:black_small_square: Grab And Throws :black_small_square:

When Naofumi grabs an opponent, he pulls his cape up to reveal several low level Balloon Monsters underneath. Naofumi's base defence stat was so high he didn't take any damage from these monsters, so he just lets them chill under his cape and uses them if necessary. His pummel makes them chomp on the opponent.

For Naofumi's Forward Throw, he fires a horizontal Air Strike Shield forward through the opponent. Air Strike Shield is one of Naofumi's signature shield abilities and this isn't the last you'll see of it.

Up Throw has his shield transform into the leaf shield, and he'll thrust it up to stab through opponents. Though stabbing isn't what the leaf shield was designed for, it at least has some use.

Down Throw has him use the Two-Headed Dog shield with the skill Dog Bite. Two monster dog heads appear and bite at the opponent in a similar vain to Piranha Plant's Down Throw attack.

And finally, Back Throw utilises the Rope Shield. Naofumi will uncoil the shield and strike the opponent with the rope after turning them around. The way he swings it is almost like a whip, but it uncoils from his arm in the animation if that makes sense, as he isn't holding the rope, it comes from his arm movement as the shield is on his wrist.

:black_small_square: Smash Attacks :black_small_square:

For his Forward Smash, Naofumi uses the Meteor Shield or Shooting Star Shield as it is sometimes called. Though normally used as a barrier, this time Naofumi will thrust it forward with great force, sending opponents flying.

Down Smash is once again the Two-Headed Dog Shield, Naofumi will activate the skill Dog Bite. One head will appear on each side of Naofumi and chomp before returning into his shield.

Up Smash is the Soul Eater Shield, which Naofumi didn't use much until the fight against Glass, when he discovered her weakness. The shield takes the shape of a white mask and will grow in size, opening its jaws wide and biting upwards. Inside its mouth you can see energy effects.

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《Special Attacks》

:black_small_square: Neutral Special- Air Strike Shield :black_small_square:

Naofumi creates a large, semi-transparent shield in front of him. This can block attacks before disappearing, but if you press B again while it's out, it'll turn on its side and fly forward as a projectile. If you leave it out to block attacks, it'll stay around in the same spot for about 5 seconds, but it can be broken if enough damage is dealt to it. The Air Strike Shield is probably Naofumi's most used shield skill in the anime, and it's even appeared in this moveset earlier during the forward throw. When Naofumi activates this move, his shield will briefly switch to the Rope Shield, as it's the one with the Air Strike Shield skill. The same holds true for his Forward Throw as well, though not mentioned earlier.

:black_small_square: Side Special- Filo :black_small_square:

Filo, one of Naofumi's most vital companions, will appear as Naofumi jumps on her back. She'll be in her bird form of course, and will charge forward, hitting enemies like Wario's Bike. To get off, simply press Side Special again and Naofumi will get off before Filo warps away, she won't stike around like Wario's bike. Filo is a filolial queen, she has the ability to transform between a more human like form, and a large bird form. The bird form has been especially useful in battles, where Naofumi needs to travel around at high speeds, which is where I got the idea from.

:black_small_square: Down Special- Raphtalia :black_small_square:

Raphtalia will jump in and hold her sword in front of Naofumi in a counter stance. If an attack connects with this, you can see where I'm going. Raphtalia will counter with a powerful sword swing. However it doesn't stop there, if you try to use this against an energy projectile, Raphtalia will pull out her Mana Sword and absorb the attack, negating it completely. Raphtalia is a Demi-Human and Naofumi's main companion in the Shield Hero series. Naofumi originally bought her as a fighting slave, but over time he realised he could trust Raphtalia and they became close allies alongside Flio once she ed the gang.

:black_small_square: Up Special- Portal Shield :black_small_square:

This is actually an ability all of the legendary heroes have in the series, tied to their respective weapons. It allows them to teleport to other places so they can fight the waves whenever from whereever. This will be utilised in Naofumi's Up Special. He uses the Portal Shield to disappear and then reappear in a chosen direction. It won't be as broken as in the source material though, it'll be your average Mewtwo or Palutena style teleport recovery. The way Filo and Raphtalia disappear after their appearances in this moveset are also the same as the Portal Shield effect.

:black_small_square: FINAL SMASH- IRON MAIDEN :black_small_square:

Naofumi's Final Smash is the extremely devastating Iron Maiden skill. He'll summon a Shield Prison, encasing foes in a range in front of him inside of it. If someone is trapped by it, the cutscene will trigger. Naofumi will shout with rage and the Iron Maiden will descend from the sky. The Shield Prison will go inside of the contraption and its spiked doors will shut, ending the cutscene after foes take massive damage. If the opponent is at 100% or higher by the end of the cutscene, they will be instantly KOd, otherwise they will just be sent flying as normal. Iron Maiden would normally drain all of Naofumi's SP, but since this is Smash and Naofumi won't have SP here, it's all good. I considered having the Rage Shield itself be here, but since it's meant to be something Naofumi shouldn't use, I decided to not use the actual Wrath skill. Iron Maiden works fine.

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《Stage And Music》

Naofumi's Stage is the Melromarc Dragon Hourglass. It's a large area which counts down toward the coming of the Wave attacks, and is also where the legendary heroes could receive class upgrades. Well, except for Naofumi, since the King of Melromarc hated him. However once that was brought to justice, that issue was solved. Now where was I? Oh yeah, the stage. Well first, here's what it looks like.

Unfortunately not the best image quality, but you get the gist, a large surface plaform with a giant hourglass in the centre. The omega and battlefield forms of the stage will have the hourglass in the back so though, so it won't disrupt the match. Instead of the sand dripping to tell the coming of the wave attacks, it'll instead count down to the end of the match, glowing red once time is up. The stage isn't a walk off, it has standard blast zones where the walls of the room would be. You can also see some cameo characters in the background. These are Motoyasu, Ren, Itsuki, Queen Mirellia, Melty and Malty will all be in the background. Well, it's more random like King Of Fighters Stadium really. As for the music, the Shield Hero series will have 8 songs:

Rise

Faith

GameStart

Rising

Catch Me

Waves

Three Heroes Church

Crystalline

As good as the OST of the anime is, a lot of it isn't really suited for combat like Smash. The ones I chose should fit quite well both on the Dragon Hourglass stage and as a Smash track in general.

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《Spirit Board》

And of course, the Spirit battles. The Rising of the Shield Hero has a large cast of characters, but these ones (in my opinion) would work best as Spirits.

Novice ☆- Malty

Grab Type Spirit

Originally under the alias Myne, Malty is the fiest princess of Melromarc, however due to her attitude problems she isn't next in line to the throne. Malty betrayed Naofumi and set a false charge against him, which essentially put most a lot the story into action. Her puppet fighter is a 2nd alt Palutena with no battle conditions. The stage is Omega Princess Peach's Castle with Three Heroes Church playing.

Advanced ☆☆- Melty

Defense Type Spirit

Melty is the younger sister of Malty and heir to the throne of Melromarc. She is skilled in water magic despite her young age. Her Puppet Fighter is a 4th alt Peach with an invisible Mario ally that prefers Down Specials. The stage is Omega Gaur Plain with Faith playing.

Advanced ☆☆- Itsuki

Grab Type Spirit

Despite being legendary heroes, the other three are actually well... really incompetent. Itsuki is the Bow Hero, and his Puppet Fighter will reflect that, being a 2nd alt Dark Pit who prefers Neutral Specials. The stage is Melromarc Dragon Hourglass with Faith playing.

Advanced ☆☆- Ren

Attack Type Spirit

Ren is the Sword Hero, and we have plenty of those to work with. However my choice for his puppet fighter was Chrom in his 8th alt. His sword attacks have increased power. The stage is Melromarc Dragon Hourglass with Rise playing.

Advanced ☆☆- Motoyasu

Attack Type Spirit

Motoyasu is the Spear Hero, and the most plot relevant one other than Naofumi, as he seems to hate Naofumi's actions and is basically being manipulated by Myne. Motoyasu's Puppet Fighter is a 3rd alt corrin which prefers certain moves. These moves are Forward Smash and Side Special, as they utilise Corrin's dragon arm like a spear. The stage is Melromarc Dragon Hourglass with GameStart playing.

Ace ☆☆☆- Raphtalia and Filo

Defense Type Spirit

Raphtalia and Filo are Naofumi's main two party . While Melty is technically one, she was more temporary. Raphtalia's Puppet Fighter is a 2nd alt Zelda, whereas Filo's is a default Female Corrin They are ed by a default Naofumi who prefers Side and Down Specials. Zelda has a Tanooki Leaf and Killing Edge equipped, and Corrin has boosted speed. The stage is Omega Melromarc Dragon Hourglass with Catch Me playing.

Legend ☆☆☆☆- Glass

Neutral Type Spirit

Glass is the final antagonist of The Rising of the Shield Hero. Well, in Season 1 at least. She's responsible for the Waves, but she does have her reasons for doing so. Her puppet fighter is Lucina in her 7th alt. The fight takes place on Pirate Ship with heavy winds to represent her Four Seasons attack and how she's fought on a ship. You have an ally, being a default Naofumi, and you lose if he is defeated. The song playing is Waves.

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《Conclusion》

:rainbow: : Azure, this is great and all, but...

:large_blue_diamond: : But what?

:rainbow: : This... IS... ANIME!

:diamonds: : Azure, quick!

:innocent: : Come on, we gotta out of here!

:large_blue_diamond: : Wait, how did you guys get out?

:diamonds: : We... don't have time to explain.

:innocent: : Now quick, let's get to the portal!

:large_blue_diamond: : Right, let's move!

:diamonds: : But first... let's see who Captain Rainbow REALLY is!

:rainbow: : Huh, what are you doi- AAAAAAA!

:diamonds: : Well well well, if it isnt my archnemesis... Skeletor!

:skull: :rainbow: : THAT WAS MY FACE!

:diamonds: : Welp, gotta go, Bye!

:large_blue_diamond: : Hey, wait up!

:innocent: : Quick, before he gets to us!

We run through the portal.

:large_blue_diamond: : Close it off!

:innocent: : Chrono, throw the trash at it, stop Rainbow from coming through!

:diamonds: : All right, here goes!

:skull: :rainbow: : YOU HAVEN'T SEEN THE LAST OF ----

The portal closes.

:innocent: : Sora, Crash...

:diamonds: : BEGONE TRASH!

:large_blue_diamond: : Poggers, we finally got rid of the trash.

:innocent: : Well... at least Kos-Mos is gone...

:sunglasses: : What's with all the noise, window lickers?

🥚: Uwu, you aren't going to question that they're back?

:coffee: : You guys took your time! What were you doing? Edelgang missed u Chrono :(

:large_blue_diamond: : It's... a long story.

:diamonds: : Best we leave it at that.

The End.

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