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Marth

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Marth
Series Fire Emblem series
First game Fire Emblem: Ankoku Ryū to Hikari no Tsurugi
Created by Shouzou Kaga
Voiced by (English) Spike Spencer
Voiced by (Japanese) Hikaru Midorikawa

Marth (マルス, Mărusu) is a character from the Fire Emblem series. More specifically, he is the central protagonist and Lord-class character of the original game, Fire Emblem: Ankoku Ryuu to Hikari no Tsurugi (The Dark Dragon and Sword of Light), the third game, Fire Emblem: Monshō no Nazo (Mystery of the Emblem), and the DS remake of the first game, Fire Emblem: Shadow Dragon. He is the only character in the history of the series to star as the central character in more than one Fire Emblem game.

Although Marth's Fire Emblem titles were released only in Japan, he has acquired more widespread international attention through his appearance in the Nintendo GameCube game Super Smash Bros. Melee. Nintendo of Japan had originally intended to make him playable only in the game's Japanese release, but when he garnered favorable attention during the game's North American localization, Nintendo of America decided to keep both him and fellow Fire Emblem protagonist Roy in the North American and European versions. The appearance of Marth and Roy sparked a greater level of western interest in the Fire Emblem series, and it was in part because of this that Nintendo began releasing the games internationally beginning with the seventh title in the series.


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