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Madame Fanadi is a character in Twilight Princess.[1]

Biography[]

Madame Fanadi is a Fortune-Teller who lives in Hyrule Castle Town. She resides in Fanadi's Palace, she tells Link his fortune on either "Career" or "Love" for 10 Rupees.[3][4] Choosing "Career" makes Madame Fanadi reveal how Link must advance in the story, while selecting "Love" leads the Fortune-Teller to show Link the location of a Piece of Heart he hasn't discovered.

Trivia[]

  • Whenever Madame Fanadi tells Link his fortune, she chants some magical words, which are English sentences written backwards. These are "elihwa sekat gnidaol tiaw" ("wait loading takes awhile") and "tuoba gniklat I ma tahw" ("what am I talking about").
  • The eye symbol on Madame Fanadi's forehead is the Crest of the Sheikah. As well as that, Madame Fanadi has red eyes, a hallmark of the Sheikah in previous installments.
  • Madame Fanadi was originally able to communicate with Wolf Link. Is posibble to see this dialogues via a cheat code to turn into Wolf Link without using Midna.[5][6][7][8]

Nomenclature[]

Madame Fanadi's name consists of the first two letters of the names of the three Golden Goddesses: Farore, Nayru, and Din. Her Japanese name combines "Impa" with "Palace."


TMC Forest Minish Artwork Names in Other Regions TMC Jabber Nut Sprite
Language Name Meaning
Japan Japanese 占い師インパレス (Uranaishi Inparesu) Imparess the Fortuneteller
French Republic FrenchEU Irimpa
Federal Republic of Germany German Magicana
Italian Republic Italian Divina l'indovina
Kingdom of Spain SpanishEU Fanadi

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References

  1. 1.0 1.1 Encyclopedia, Dark Horse Books, pg. 276
  2. "Fortune will smile upon believers. You, too, should visit the fortune-teller like she says." — N/A (Twilight Princess)
  3. The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess HD — PRIMA Official Game Guide, Prima Games, pg. 15
  4. The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess HD — PRIMA Official Game Guide, Prima Games, pg. 203
  5. "A beast should aaaact like a beast. Don't worry about huuuuumans... Harbor the power of the aaanimals." — Madame Fanadi (Twilight Princess)
  6. "Hmm... This wolf stinks of human..." — Madame Fanadi (Twilight Princess)
  7. "Baaaack to the forest with you..." — Madame Fanadi (Twilight Princess)
  8. "If you waaant the attention of people in town, you must become huuuman..." — Madame Fanadi (Twilight Princess)
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