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Palutena is a playable character in the Super Smash Bros. series. She is from the Kid Icarus series, in which she is one of the main protagonists alongside Pit. Palutena's first appearance in a Mario-related game is Super Smash Bros. Brawl, although here she makes only a few minor appearances, but was introduced as a fighter in the Super Smash Bros. series with Super Smash Bros. for Nintendo 3DS and Super Smash Bros. for Wii U.

Biography[]

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Palutena's original appearance from Kid Icarus

Palutena is the Goddess of Light from Angel Land. Not much was known about Palutena's personality in the first two Kid Icarus games, aside the fact she was very wise. With the creation of Kid Icarus: Uprising, Nintendo was able to develop her more as a character, as she is in constant communication with Pit via psychic communications. It is shown that Palutena, while a goddess, is very dignified when she wants to be; however, most of the time, she is actually quite cheerful and playful. While being the leader of Angel Land, and ergo Pit's boss of sorts, she treats him more like a kid brother than an actual servant. She is very playful and mischievous when she wants to be as well. Often she will put Pit in very dangerous situations to complete missions she has assigned him just for laughs. During their psychic communications she is prone to speaking to Pit's adversaries, and is also known to use modern day quotes and phrases incorrectly due to her use of a large vocabulary that confuses Pit when conversing. She is shown having a huge appetite, to the point the mention of anything food related making her hungry, an example being the mention of eggs making her craving omelets. She is very touchy when it comes to her age despite her youthful appearance, and detests it to the point of becoming agitated when being called Ma'am.

As the Goddess of Light, she has great power over the element, and therefore is capable of performing powerful magical abilities with it. One of her most powerful attacks is a giant beam of vaporizing light that can disintegrate enemies. She is also the one who supplies Pit his Power of Flight and all his other powers. She is quite omniscient, and she demonstrates her godly insight to look into the pasts of total strangers. Palutena has typical abilities shared by other gods from the Kid Icarus series such as telepathic communication, as mentioned before, and summoning large projections of herself.

In the Super Smash Bros. series[]

Super Smash Bros. Brawl[]

Though Palutena does not appear in battle as a playable character, she does appear in Pit's Final Smash. An image of Palutena appears in the background when activated, and she summons many Centurions to help Pit in battle.

Palutena also appears in a cutscene of Adventure Mode: The Subspace Emissary. Pit is seen in Skyworld watching Kirby and Mario fighting in the Midair Stadium courtesy of a Reflecting Pool. When he sees the Subspace Bomb being detonated, Palutena appears. She gives Pit her sacred bow and sends Pit to help save the World of Trophies from the Subspace Army.

Super Smash Bros. for Nintendo 3DS / Wii U[]

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Super Smash Bros. for Nintendo 3DS / Wii U artwork

Palutena was announced as a playable character at E3 2014 during the Nintendo Digital Event. Prior to her announcement, in early 2014, rumors of Palutena being included as a playable character within the game had spread across the Internet, consisting of two images of her in the Nintendo 3DS version. However, the images were eventually proven false when it was revealed that they were created in an external program and digitally manipulated to resemble those from Super Smash Bros. for Nintendo 3DS.

Palutena's home is featured as an available stage in Super Smash Bros. for Wii U, called Palutena's Temple, which is designed to resemble its appearance in Kid Icarus: Uprising. A large, golden statue of Palutena appears on the stage.

Super Smash Bros. Ultimate[]

Palutena makes a reappearance as a playable fighter. Like most other fighters, Palutena is an unlockable character, being one of, if not the final character unlocked through every method. Her side special is now Explosive Flame.

In Yoshi's Woolly World / Poochy & Yoshi's Woolly World[]

In both versions, Palutena is featured as an unlockable skins for the Yoshis. It is specifically unlocked by using her amiibo.

In Super Mario Maker[]

Palutena appears as the 35th of the 153 amiibo costumes, and like them is exclusively available in the Super Mario Bros. style. Palutena's sprite is designed after her appearance from Kid Icarus: Uprising, although all of Palutena's sound effects, including the transformation, jumping, and fanfare, are from the Family Computer Disk System version of Kid Icarus. The player can press Up on the D-Pad to have Palutena face the screen.

Game data[]

Super Smash Bros. Brawl trophy[]

Palutena SSBB trophy
Palutena
The ruling goddess of Angel Land. Palutena showered the earth with rays of light, using her powers for the good of mankind. But Medusa, who in her hate for mankind was banished to the underworld, makes war on Palutena and wins, capturing and holding the goddess deep within a temple. Palutena entrusts Pit with a sacred bow and the task of defeating Medusa.
NES: Kid Icarus

Super Smash Bros. for Nintendo 3DS / Wii U trophy[]

Palutena SSBWU trophy
Palutena
NA In Kid Icarus: Uprising, the goddess of light uses telepathy to communicate and grants miracles to support Pit on his adventure. In Smash Bros., she has special moves like Warp and Heavenly Light at her disposal. She's very adaptable - you can customize her into a long- or close-range fighter!
EU Said to be able to perform miracles, this goddess supports Pit in battle, using telepathy to communicate with him. She's no slouch on her own, either. She has a huge variety of moves you can customise and use to your advantage. Short or long range, the sky's the limit! Or maybe not. After all, she can teleport.
NES: Kid Icarus
3DS: Kid Icarus: Uprising


Palutena (Alt) SSBWU trophy
Palutena (Alt.)
NA Palutena's Reflect Barrier side special deflects any attacks and projectiles that come at her from the front. Unlike other reflective moves, you can leave this barrier in place and it will keep reflecting. If you really want to ruin someone's day, you can push them over an edge using this move.
EU Palutena's Reflect Barrier special deflects any attacks and projectiles that come at her from the front. Unlike other fighters' reflective moves, you can deploy this barrier and then leave it to its own devices. You can also push opponents with it, so use it on someone who's teetering on the edge of the stage to push them off.
NES: Kid Icarus
3DS: Kid Icarus: Uprising

Super Smash Bros. Ultimate spirit[]

Fighter Spirit
705. Palutena
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Acquisition Clear Classic Mode as Palutena

Timeline[]

The following concerns Palutena's appearances in Mario-related games:


Game Role Year Console Notes
Super Smash Bros. Brawl Brief role, cameo 2008 Wii Brief appearance in an Adventure Mode: The Subspace Emissary cutscene; featured as a trophy as well as in Pit's Final Smash, Palutena's Army
Super Smash Bros. for Nintendo 3DS Playable character 2014 Nintendo 3DS
Super Smash Bros. for Wii U Playable character 2014 Wii U
Yoshi's Woolly World Unlockable skin 2015 Wii U Scanning the Palutena amiibo unlocks a Palutena skin for the Yoshis
Super Mario Maker Playable character 2015 Wii U Featured as one of Mario's costumes
Poochy & Yoshi's Woolly World Unlockable skin 2017 Nintendo 3DS Same as in Yoshi's Woolly World
Super Smash Bros. Ultimate Playable character 2018 Nintendo Switch

Nomenclature[]

Language Name Translation Notes
Chinese (Simplified) 帕露蒂娜
Pàlùdìnà
Palutena
French (American) Paluténa Palutena The European French name is identical to the English name, although the Canadian French name has an acute accent added to it.
Japanese パルテナ
Parutena
Palutena
Korean 파르테나
Pareutena
Palutena
Russian Палютена
Palyutena
Palutena

Trivia[]

  • Palutena is the only fighter in the Super Smash Bros. series who does not carry a passive shield.

Gallery[]

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