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|image= Viridi_artwork.png|150px | |image= Viridi_artwork.png|150px | ||
|firstappearance= ''[[Kid Icarus: Uprising]]'' (2012) | |firstappearance= ''[[Kid Icarus: Uprising]]'' (2012) | ||
|latestappearance= '' | |latestappearance= ''[[Super Smash Bros. for Nintendo 3DS/Wii U|Super Smash Bros. 4]]'' (2014) | ||
|gender= Female | |gender= Female | ||
|homeland= [[Overworld]] | |homeland= [[Overworld]] | ||
|affiliations= [[Forces of Nature]], [[Pit]] | |affiliations= [[Forces of Nature]], [[Pit]] | ||
|race= Goddess/Deity | |race= Goddess/Deity | ||
|voicedby= '''English:''' <br />[[wikipedia:Hynden Walch|Hynden Walch]] | |voicedby= '''English:''' <br /> | ||
[[wikipedia:Hynden Walch|Hynden Walch]] | |||
*''[[Kid Icarus: Uprising]]'' | |||
*''[[Super Smash Bros. 4]]''<br /> | |||
'''Japanese:''' <br /> | |||
[[wikipedia:Makiko Ohmoto|Makiko Ohmoto]] | |||
*''Kid Icarus: Uprising'' | |||
*''Super Smash Bros. 4 | |||
}} | }} | ||
[[File:FoNEmblem.png|60px|left]] | [[File:FoNEmblem.png|60px|left]] | ||
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== Characteristics == | == Characteristics == | ||
=== Appearance === | === Appearance === | ||
Viridi is a young-looking goddess, resembling an 8-year old human girl<ref>https://twitter.com/sora_sakurai/status/186441951845949441</ref> who wears a shin-length dress colored in purple, red and pink, and decorated with numerous vines and branches. She also wields a large, wooden scythe-like staff. Her long blonde hair is also tied up in a ponytail using vines. Although she is a major character, Viridi's in-game model is only ever seen once during the story mode. | Viridi is a young-looking goddess, resembling an 8-year old human girl<ref>https://twitter.com/sora_sakurai/status/186441951845949441</ref> who is around 140 cm (4'7") tall<ref>http://www.kidicaruswiki.org/File:KIUCharacterHeightChart.png</ref>. The goddess wears a shin-length dress colored in purple, red and pink, and decorated with numerous vines and branches. She also wields a large, wooden scythe-like staff. Her long blonde hair is also tied up in a ponytail using vines. Although she is a major character, Viridi's in-game model is only ever seen once during the story mode. | ||
=== Personality === | === Personality === | ||
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===Abilities=== | ===Abilities=== | ||
As a goddess, Viridi is immortal and possesses unimaginable power over nature. She can manipulate plant life and create countless new lifeforms out of natural materials to fight for her. She can also create weapons out of plant life, such as her most powerful weapon, the [[Reset Bomb]] which can easily annihilate anything in its path like a meteor and grow forests wherever it lands. She can also use some of the spells known by Palutena such as the [[Power of Flight]] and use it on Pit or the ability to teleport Pit out of dangerous situations. According to Phosphora, Viridi is also capable of reading fortunes, which could also mean she may have the ability to predict the future. In [[Chapter 19]], Viridi showcases the ability to create hot springs. Like all the other gods she can communicate telepathically with others to relay information and astral project herself as a giant figure. | As a goddess, Viridi is immortal and possesses unimaginable power over nature. She can manipulate plant life and create countless new lifeforms out of natural materials to fight for her. She can also create weapons out of plant life, such as her most powerful weapon, the [[Reset Bomb]] which can easily annihilate anything in its path like a meteor and grow forests wherever it lands. | ||
As Viridi is never fought in-game, her combat prowess, if any, is largely unknown. But she is implied to be just as powerful as the other gods, having defeated and imprisoned the [[Chaos Kin]], a being whose power is said to rival that of the gods, prior to the events of the game. | |||
She can also use some of the spells known by Palutena such as the [[Power of Flight]] and use it on Pit or the ability to teleport Pit out of dangerous situations. According to Phosphora, Viridi is also capable of reading fortunes, which could also mean she may have the ability to predict the future. In [[Chapter 19]], Viridi showcases the ability to create hot springs. Like all the other gods she can communicate telepathically with others to relay information and astral project herself as a giant figure. | |||
==In ''[[Kid Icarus: Uprising]]''== | ==In ''[[Kid Icarus: Uprising]]''== | ||
{{spoiler}} | {{spoiler}} | ||
[[File: | [[File:Viridi_ConceptArt.png|230px|thumb|right|Concept art of Viridi.]] | ||
Viridi first appears during her [[Chapter 11|eponymous chapter]] after Pit's defeats the [[Phoenix]], where she suddenly projects an image of herself in the sky and wipes out multiple armies of humans with a [[Reset Bomb]], all the while laughing wickedly and declaring humanity as "scum". Soon after, a twisted forest of thorns arise from the destroyed area and Palutena orders Pit to explore it in case any humans survived. Throughout their trek in the forest, they encounter Viridi's army, the Forces of Nature. Meanwhile, Palutena tries to reason with Viridi to no avail, as her beliefs are deeply cemented that humans are evil beings who mistreat and take advantage of nature. Seeing no other choice, Pit heads to the forest's center where he comes face to face with its stone guardian, [[Cragalanche]]. Despite it being a tough battle, Pit comes out victorious, but Viridi remains calm and mockingly asks the angel on where she should dispatch her next Reset Bomb. | Viridi first appears during her [[Chapter 11|eponymous chapter]] after Pit's defeats the [[Phoenix]], where she suddenly projects an image of herself in the sky and wipes out multiple armies of humans with a [[Reset Bomb]], all the while laughing wickedly and declaring humanity as "scum". Soon after, a twisted forest of thorns arise from the destroyed area and Palutena orders Pit to explore it in case any humans survived. Throughout their trek in the forest, they encounter Viridi's army, the Forces of Nature. Meanwhile, Palutena tries to reason with Viridi to no avail, as her beliefs are deeply cemented that humans are evil beings who mistreat and take advantage of nature. Seeing no other choice, Pit heads to the forest's center where he comes face to face with its stone guardian, [[Cragalanche]]. Despite it being a tough battle, Pit comes out victorious, but Viridi remains calm and mockingly asks the angel on where she should dispatch her next Reset Bomb. | ||
In [[Wrath of the Reset Bomb|Chapter 12]], Pit and Palutena witness Viridi's army in conflict with [[Hades]]'s and they hear Viridi's protests about the [[Underworld Army]] being worse than humans. Viridi then launches another Reset Bomb at a nearby town full of humans and Pit quickly takes action to defuse the bomb and luckily succeeds. Pit then discovers Viridi's [[Reset Bomb Depot]], where she creates all her Reset Bombs and he heads in to shut it down. Viridi continues to send out countless soldiers to defeat Pit but to no avail and he soon makes it to the Depot's core where the [[Reset Bomb Pod|pod]] that grows the Reset Bombs lies. Pit then makes quick work of it and the [[Forces of Nature Guard|guards]], causing the Depot to explode and fall apart. A furious Viridi then appears and tells Pit that he's made it on her "to-kill list". | In [[Wrath of the Reset Bomb|Chapter 12]], Pit and Palutena witness Viridi's army in conflict with [[Hades]]'s and they hear Viridi's protests about the [[Underworld Army]] being worse than humans. Viridi then launches another Reset Bomb at a nearby town full of humans and Pit quickly takes action to defuse the bomb and luckily succeeds. Pit then discovers Viridi's [[Reset Bomb Depot]], where she creates all her Reset Bombs and he heads in to shut it down. Viridi continues to send out countless soldiers to defeat Pit but to no avail and he soon makes it to the Depot's core where the [[Reset Bomb Pod|pod]] that grows the Reset Bombs lies. Pit then makes quick work of it and the [[Forces of Nature Guard|guards]], causing the Depot to explode and fall apart. A furious Viridi then appears and tells Pit that he's made it on her "to-kill list". | ||
[[File:Viridi.png|200px|thumb|left|Viridi's in-game sprite, only seen this once throughout the game.]] | |||
At [[Chapter 14]], Viridi and her Forces of Nature engage in an intense battle against the Underworld forces with her commander, [[Lightning Flash Phosphora]] go against the revived [[Thanatos]]. With the commanders locked in battle Pit follows the two opposing forces so as to take down the remaining commander once one wins. During the chapter, Viridi is mostly absent. She later observes the exciting and fast-paced boss fight between Pit and Phosphora, but the lightning warrior quickly falls to the angel. This causes the nature goddess to become frustrated due to the fact that one of her best commanders lost to the enemy. | At [[Chapter 14]], Viridi and her Forces of Nature engage in an intense battle against the Underworld forces with her commander, [[Lightning Flash Phosphora]] go against the revived [[Thanatos]]. With the commanders locked in battle Pit follows the two opposing forces so as to take down the remaining commander once one wins. During the chapter, Viridi is mostly absent. She later observes the exciting and fast-paced boss fight between Pit and Phosphora, but the lightning warrior quickly falls to the angel. This causes the nature goddess to become frustrated due to the fact that one of her best commanders lost to the enemy. | ||
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[[File:Viridi_ssb4.jpg|thumb|left|230px|Viridi as seen in the background of the ''Uprising''-inspired stage.]] | [[File:Viridi_ssb4.jpg|thumb|left|230px|Viridi as seen in the background of the ''Uprising''-inspired stage.]] | ||
Viridi is confirmed to appear in | Viridi is confirmed to appear in ''[[Super Smash Bros. 4|Super Smash Bros. for Nintendo 3DS]]'' in the background of the [[Reset Bomb Forest]] stage. A static image of her projection will appear in the background while she laughs sinisterly just moments before the [[Reset Bomb]] hits the stage. Interestingly, she can be heard talking in [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xqTW13AYniY#t Palutena's trailer], possibly indicating some kind of speaking role. | ||
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== Trivia == | == Trivia == | ||
*Viridi could be based on any number of Greek goddesses of nature such as [[wikipedia:Gaia (mythology)|Gaia]], [[wikipedia:Artemis|Artemis]], and [[wikipedia:Demeter|Demeter]]. Her name however comes from the Latin word, ''viridis'', which means "green" and/or "youthful", which fits her character quite well. Given that she calls her soldiers, "children", and the fact that her Japanese name comes from the English word, "nature", she may be inspired by the concept of Mother Nature, the personification of nature itself. | *Viridi could be based on any number of Greek goddesses of nature such as [[wikipedia:Gaia (mythology)|Gaia]], [[wikipedia:Artemis|Artemis]], and [[wikipedia:Demeter|Demeter]]. Her name however comes from the Latin word, ''viridis'', which means "green" and/or "youthful", which fits her character quite well. Given that she calls her soldiers, "children", and the fact that her Japanese name comes from the English word, "nature", she may be inspired by the concept of Mother Nature, the personification of nature itself. | ||