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|firstappearance= ''[[Kid Icarus]]'' (1986) | |firstappearance= ''[[Kid Icarus]]'' (1986) | ||
|latestappearance= ''[[Kid Icarus: Uprising]]'' (2012) | |latestappearance= ''[[Kid Icarus: Uprising]]'' (2012) | ||
|affiliations= [[ | |affiliations= [[Underworld Army]] | ||
|type= Aerial | |type= Aerial | ||
}} | }} | ||
'''Syrens''' (セイレン ''Seiren'') are enemies in | '''Syrens''' (セイレン ''Seiren'') are harpy-like enemies in the [[Kid Icarus series]]. | ||
==Appearances== | ==Appearances== | ||
===''[[Kid Icarus]]''=== | ===''[[Kid Icarus]]''=== | ||
Syrens appear as enemies exclusive to the final level in the [[Palace in the Sky]]. They fly in from the right, in groups of two to four, and following a slight wave-like [[Enemy Tactics#Swarm|attack pattern]]. | |||
====Manual Description==== | |||
''The wicked creature of legend. If Pit is caught unaware by her beautiful female form she'll attack Pit with the steely claws on her feet.'' | |||
[[Image:Syren.gif|left]] | [[Image:Syren.gif|left]] | ||
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==Gallery== | ==Gallery== | ||
<gallery> | <gallery> | ||
Kid-Icarus Syren.jpg|Syren's artwork from ''[[Kid Icarus]]'' | |||
Syrens2 pict.png|Syrens on the boxart of ''[[Kid Icarus: Uprising]]'' | |||
</gallery> | </gallery> | ||
==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 [[: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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