Robin (Fire Emblem)
Robin, also known in the game as Avatar, is a player avatar from Nintendo's Fire Emblem video game series, who first appeared in Fire Emblem Awakening as its lead character. In the story of Fire Emblem Awakening, the Avatar awakens in a grassy field and is found by Chrom and his sister Lissa, but suffers from amnesia. Despite this, Robin is a skilled fighter and serves as the main tactician in the army. Robin is the eventual parent of Morgan and the child of Validar. Following their appearance in Awakening, Robin received more widespread attention from their playable appearances, including the Super Smash Bros. series. Development Robin was designed by Kusakihara and Yūsuke Kozaki. Two key story themes while developing Fire Emblem Awakening were the love for the characters and the bonds between characters developing over the course of the story, with the latter expressed in gameplay through the cooperative behavior of adjacent characters. While voice acting was included, it was limited to snappy lines meant to evoke a certain feeling because the team had concerns about the amount of content in the game, which would increase with full voice acting, and its effect on pacing. Special voice-overs and visuals were created for the character "confession" sequences. All the main characters, including Robin, had a personalized backstory, and appropriate personalities were chosen for them. A large team of writers were employed to create the character dialogue, and a story bible containing the character's personality traits was created for them to work from. While developing the playable and enemy characters, the team factored in feedback from fans saying that they should name all characters, even foot soldiers. Wanting to give the impression of every character having their own lives, they created full artwork for all characters. Creating the characters proved to be one of the hardest parts of development. Kozaki was also responsible for creating the 2D artwork which represented the characters during conversations. The concept for the character's graphics on the map underwent changes. Initially, some of the team felt that accurately displaying a character's equipment and class would be enough, but later it was decided to give them all individual characteristics. They were also able to add more unique character expressions than previous Fire Emblem games, enabling a greater emotional range during dramatic scenes. Robin was announced for Super Smash Bros. for Nintendo 3DS and Wii U as a new character in July 2014, and promoted as a character who is unlike any other sword fighter due to their mastery of magical tomes and the Levin sword. Robin also appears in Super Smash Bros. Ultimate. In response to complaints from fans that there are too many Fire Emblem characters, Sakurai assured that the development team would ensure each of the game's characters would be balanced properly. Appearances In Fire Emblem: Awakening Robin is an avatar character whose name, gender, and appearance can be customized by the player. In the original timeline, after Robin and Chrom defeat Validar at The