Yes, the title’s right. We’ve had returning characters from Melee, we’ve had profiles of characters from the trailers, now we’ve been shown a brand new character for Brawl, from an already existing franchise. If you want to keep it a secret, read no futher.
<img src="http://www.smashbros.com/en_us/characters/images/ike/ike_070801e.jpg" alt="No need to fight him to know who he is though." />
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<img src="http://www.smashbros.com/en_us/characters/images/ike/ike.jpg" alt="You call that a sword? THIS is a sword!" />
Ike is the son of Commander Greil of the Greil Mercenaries. The storyline begins with Ike’s last day as a trainee in his father’s mercenary company, and follows him as he grows in power to lead a military force for the purpose of restoring an entire nation.
<img src="http://www.smashbros.com/en_us/characters/images/ike/ike_070801a-l.jpg" alt="Another blue-haired swordsman joins the fray!" />
Ike was the main character in the Gamecube Fire Emblem game, Path of Radiance, and is our new Smasher. He wields a 2 handed sword, often with just 1 hand, which hints he’s going to be one hard hitter.
<img src="http://www.smashbros.com/en_us/characters/images/ike/ike_070801c-l.jpg" alt="Links Glowing Crotch = Falcon confirmed!" />
The only other thing we know about him in Brawl is that one of his attacks is called Aether, which I believe is one of his attacks in Path of Radiance. Also Sakurai offers this tip; “Try for a single-stroke finishing blow with his mighty blade!”
<img src="http://www.smashbros.com/en_us/characters/images/ike/ike_070801b-l.jpg" alt="No Samus, wrong Aether." />
<img src="http://www.smashbros.com/en_us/characters/images/ike/ike_070801d-l.jpg" alt="aaand bad-ass pose to finish the blog....and we're done. See you for the special moves update later, Ike!" />
<img src="http://www.smashbros.com/en_us/characters/images/ike/ike_070801e.jpg" alt="No need to fight him to know who he is though." />
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<img src="http://www.smashbros.com/en_us/characters/images/ike/ike.jpg" alt="You call that a sword? THIS is a sword!" />
Ike is the son of Commander Greil of the Greil Mercenaries. The storyline begins with Ike’s last day as a trainee in his father’s mercenary company, and follows him as he grows in power to lead a military force for the purpose of restoring an entire nation.
<img src="http://www.smashbros.com/en_us/characters/images/ike/ike_070801a-l.jpg" alt="Another blue-haired swordsman joins the fray!" />
Ike was the main character in the Gamecube Fire Emblem game, Path of Radiance, and is our new Smasher. He wields a 2 handed sword, often with just 1 hand, which hints he’s going to be one hard hitter.
<img src="http://www.smashbros.com/en_us/characters/images/ike/ike_070801c-l.jpg" alt="Links Glowing Crotch = Falcon confirmed!" />
The only other thing we know about him in Brawl is that one of his attacks is called Aether, which I believe is one of his attacks in Path of Radiance. Also Sakurai offers this tip; “Try for a single-stroke finishing blow with his mighty blade!”
<img src="http://www.smashbros.com/en_us/characters/images/ike/ike_070801b-l.jpg" alt="No Samus, wrong Aether." />
<img src="http://www.smashbros.com/en_us/characters/images/ike/ike_070801d-l.jpg" alt="aaand bad-ass pose to finish the blog....and we're done. See you for the special moves update later, Ike!" />