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'''Syrens''' (セイレン ''Seiren'') are enemies in ''[[Kid Icarus]]'' and ''[[Kid Icarus: Uprising]]''. They fly in from the right, in groups of two to four, and following a slight wave-like [[Enemy Tactics#Swarm|attack pattern]]. | '''Syrens''' (セイレン ''Seiren'') are enemies in ''[[Kid Icarus]]'' and ''[[Kid Icarus: Uprising]]''. They fly in from the right, in groups of two to four, and following a slight wave-like [[Enemy Tactics#Swarm|attack pattern]]. | ||
==Appearances== | ==Appearances== | ||
===''[[Kid Icarus]]''=== | ===''[[Kid Icarus]]''=== | ||
Syrens appear as enemies exclusive to the final level in the [[Palace in the Sky]]. | |||
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==Trivia== | ==Trivia== | ||
[[File:Syren_otherdesign.png|thumb|180px|An illustration for ''Uprising'' showing a different design for the Syren where it appears to be topless like in the original NES game.]] | |||
*Although this monster borrows the name of the Sirens from Greek mythology, its depiction is closer to one of a Harpy. | *Although this monster borrows the name of the Sirens from Greek mythology, its depiction is closer to one of a Harpy. | ||
*In one of the exceedingly rare cases of [[Nintendo]] nudity, the Syren is naked in the original ''Kid Icarus'' manual. This trait is remedied in ''Uprising'', as the Syren now wears a breastplate. | *In one of the exceedingly rare cases of [[Nintendo]] nudity, the Syren is naked in the original ''Kid Icarus'' manual. This trait is remedied in ''Uprising'', as the Syren now wears a breastplate. | ||
**However, one of the [http://www.kidicaruswiki.org/File:Pitagainstunderworld.jpg illustrations] for ''Uprising'' depict a Syren with a design that appears to make it nude, which may have been the original planned design before it was altered for obvious reasons. | |||
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