Richter Belmont

Richter Belmont is a vampire hunter from the ' series of games, and the descendant of Simon Belmont, who debuted as the main protagonist of '. Richter faces the resurrected Dracula in the year 1792, storming Castlevania after the town of Aljiba was burned by Dracula's forces and innocent maidens were kidnapped, including Richter's girlfriend. He is a playable fighter in Super Smash Bros. Ultimate.

Super Smash Bros. Ultimate
Richter makes his Super Smash Bros. debut in Super Smash Bros. Ultimate as a third-party character. He appears alongside fellow Konami characters Solid Snake and Simon Belmont, Sega's Sonic the Hedgehog, Bayonetta, and Joker, Capcom's Mega Man, Ryu, and Ken Masters, Bandai Namco's Pac-Man, Square Enix's Cloud Strife and Hero, Microsoft's Banjo & Kazooie, and SNK's Terry Bogard. He and Simon were confirmed to be in the game via a Nintendo Direct that took place on August 8th, 2018. Richter is voiced in English by, reprising his role from previous Castlevania titles, including ', ', and The Dracula X Chronicles ; and in Japanese by , his voice actor in .

Richter is classified as an Echo Fighter of Simon, with his moveset and animations being based directly on Simon's (although the two actually take inspiration from each other), making him the first third-party Echo Fighter and the only one of a newcomer instead of a veteran fighter. Richter's special attacks are Axe, an ax that is a powerful projectile; Holy Water, a multi-hitting projectile, with a blue flame that does aura damage instead of an orange burning one that does flame damage, meaning explosive items such as Bob-ombs and Bombers cannot be detonated by Richter's Holy Water; Cross, a projectile with boomerang-esque properties; and Uppercut, a powerful uppercut that functions as his recovery move. Richter's Final Smash, Grand Cross, is functionally identical to Simon's identically-named Final Smash.

In Simon's debut trailer, he saves his ancestor Simon from Dracula's attack, and shouts a variant of his famous line from  (quoted above), "Die monster. You don't belong in this world!"

Similar to King Dedede in Super Smash Bros. Brawl and Lucina in Super Smash Bros. for Nintendo 3DS / Wii U, Richter's name is announced differently in the Japanese version to reflect the pronunciation in that language. This trait is also shared with Simon and King K. Rool.

Classic Mode route
Richter's Classic Mode route has him fighting other Echo Fighters.

Axe


Axe is Richter's standard special move.


 * Names in other languages

Cross


Cross is Richter's side special move.


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Rising Uppercut


Rising Uppercut is Richter's up special move.


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Holy Water


Holy Water is Richter's down special move.


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Grand Cross


Grand Cross is Richter's Final Smash.


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Palutena's Guidance

 * Pit: Um... Who's this guy with the chain whip?
 * Palutena: That would be Richter Belmont.
 * Alucard: Pardon the interruption.
 * Pit: GAH! Don't sneak up on us like that!
 * Palutena: Ahh, Alucard. Hello! Pit, meet Alucard. He's the son of Count Dracula.
 * Pit: Dracula's your dad?! That's so cool! Hey, do you have fangs? Are they sharp?
 * Viridi: Pit! That's pretty personal. And do you really want to bring up blood-sucking fangs?
 * Pit: What are you... Oh no! You're not here to suck my blood, are you? I need it!
 * Alucard: No, I don't like the taste. And my mother taught me not to cause suffering. My father chose another path, and so I've sworn to stop him. Richter here is the descendant of a man who shared my burden. He has a strong sense of justice and is an honest man. But that in turn makes him easy to manipulate. He was once cursed by the dark priest Shaft who used him as a puppet to control Dracula's Castle.
 * Pit: So you're saying he's kind of...uh...simple?
 * Viridi: Don't throw stones if you live in a glass house, Pit. I very much doubt that YOU could effectively run a castle.
 * Alucard: In any case, Richter is a formidable opponent. Underestimating him would be your undoing.
 * Palutena: Alucard, do you also intend to participate?
 * Alucard: I am merely here to assist Richter...and anyone else who calls upon me.

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 * Richter from the Castlevania series joins the battle as Simon's echo fighter in the Super Smash Bros.™ Ultimate game ! His basic attacks are the same as Simon's, but with subtle variations. In addition to that, his holy water is a different color.

Quotes

 * "Take this!"
 * "It's time!"
 * "Prepare yourself."
 * "You don't belong in this world!"
 * "Farewell."
 * "Why?!"