Sprixie Princesses: Difference between revisions

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|image=[[File:Fairy Group Artwork - Super Mario 3D World.png|200px]]<br>The seven Sprixie Princesses from ''Super Mario 3D World''.

|latest_appearance=''[[Super Smash Bros. Ultimate]]'' ([[List of games by date#2018|2018]])

|species=[[Sprixie]]

|latest_portrayal=[[Zoe Nelson]] ([[List of games by date#2013|2013]]-present)

The '''Sprixie Princesses''' are a group of seven characters from ''[[Super Mario 3D World]]''. They act as the rulers of the [[Sprixie Kingdom]] and the [[Sprixie]]s, a race of fairies who play a major role in the story. The British English release of ''[[Super Mario 3D World Original Soundtrack]]'' refers to the green Sprixie Princess as the sole Sprixie Princess and refers to the others as her followers.<ref>[http://www.gamefaqs.com/boards/718915-super-mario-3d-world/69189908 A GameFAQs topic that shows the developer's comments for the soundtrack.] The comment for the track '[[World 1 (Super Mario 3D World)|World 1]]' reads: "''The Sprixie Princess and her followers have been captured by Bowser! But before you get round to rescuing them, you'll want to spend a bit of time exploring the opening World. This laid back tune is just perfect for getting your bearings.''"</ref> Due to [[Yoshiaki Koizumi]] deciding to make [[Princess Peach]] a playable character as opposed to having her reprise her usual damsel-in-distress role as how [[Koichi Hayashida]] and [[Kenta Motokura]] initially intended it to be, the Sprixie Princesses became the damsels in distress getting captured by Bowser in lieu of Peach.<ref>[http://www.polygon.com/2013/6/12/4421244/nintendo-thinking-on-a-different-frequency-with-playable-princess Nintendo thinking on a different frequency with playable Princess Peach]</ref>

[[File:Sprixie Princess Victory.jpg|thumb|200px|right|Cat Mario poses with the Sprixie Princesses after the defeat of Meowser in World Bowser (World 8).]]

The group eventually manages to rescue the last of the seven Sprixie Princesses after defeating Bowser in his [[Koopa Chase|car]] for the second time in [[World Castle]] (World 7), seemingly the last stage of the game. However, Bowser promptly reappears, stuffs all seven princesses into a larger bottle, and flees to [[World Bowser]] (World 8), a Bowser-themed carnival area that serves as the true final world of the main game. Here, Bowser confronts the heroes after transforming into [[Meowser]] and is defeated, dropping the Sprixie Princesses in the process. The princesses then use their powers to undo all the harm done to their land before waving goodbye to the heroes as they return to the Mushroom Kingdom via a Clear Pipe.

[[File:Sprixie3 - MTUS.jpg|thumb|right|The green Sprixie Princess winning a point in ''Mario Tennis: Ultra Smash''.]]

Only the green Sprixie Princess appears in her first playable role in ''[[Mario Tennis: Ultra Smash]]'', where she is an unlockable character. Like Peach, she is classified as a Technical character, meaning that she has good ball control, but below average power. Green Sprixie Princess is the only unlockable character in ''Mario Tennis: Ultra Smash'' to have this classification. Two methods are available to unlock the Green Sprixie Princess: she can be unlocked either upon hitting at least 100 consecutive shots in Mega Ball Rally, or by purchasing her from the rewards menu for 5000 [[coin]]s. Regardless of the method used, upon unlocking Green Sprixie Princess, her star version (which improves her stats) is unlocked as well. The emblem on her racket is a picture of her head (excluding mouth), and like [[Boo]], [[Rosalina]], and [[Bowser Jr.]], she flies to move instead of running.

After DLC, the Sprixie Princess is the only character in ''Mario Tennis: Ultra Smash'' not to return in ''[[Mario Tennis Aces]]''.

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