Denden

Artwork of a denden from Final Fantasy Adventure

The Denden, also known as Denden Tezla, is a recurring enemy in the Mana series. They are snail-like creature with wings on their shell. They only appear in a few installments.

General Information

Physical Description

In Final Fantasy Adventure, Dendens were depicted as blue snails with conical shells on their back. They solidified their design in subsequent releases by making their shell a spiral alternating with blue and yellow spots and by adding fin-like wings on either sides. The Denden was merely crawling in its first installment, but quickly gained the ability to hover afterward.

Attributes

Dendens will often be seen in abandoned temples and places with high foliage, such as forests. They also seem to favor elevated places, like towers or mountains. They are seldom seen near water.

The Denden's strengths and weaknesses vary between games, and there isn't a true concensus about which magical attack seems to be effective against them. Some games will make them strong against Dryad and while others will make them fear it. In some other games, the Denden will have poor defense against Wisp and Undine spells.

Variants

There is only one variant of the Denden and it is found in Sword of Mana.

• The Dark Denden Tezla is a dark version of the regular enemy. Like any dark enemy, the player must kill 1,000 of the normal species to make it appear.

Appearances

Final Fantasy Adventure/Adventures of Mana

“I'll blind you with my slime!”

—Translated Quote

Main article: Denden (Adventures of Mana)

The Denden is a regular enemy found in the Buried Ruins and Dime Tower. It can inflict the Dark status effect on collision. Other than that, it is mostly an unremarkable foe.

Legend of Mana

“Morph -- STR: Dryad ; WK: Aura -- A winged snail that can move faster than its ground-crawling kin.”

—In-Game Encyclopedia

Main article: Denden (Legend of Mana)

Dendens are morph-type enemies located in Luon Highway, the White Forest, the Bejeweled City. They attack by charging or by spewing mucus at their opponent. They might drop the Seashell item upon defeat. Enemy Dendens are darker in color than their friendly pet counterpart.

Pet Dendens can be obtained after befriending a morph-type monster egg at Gato Grottoes or Madora Beach. Their Synchro ability allows the player to do increased damage to Aerial monsters.

Sword of Mana

Main article: Denden Tezla (Sword of Mana)

The Denden Tezla is an amorph-type enemy with smell as their only sense. They can be located at the Rocky Wilds during the day. One common move they use it releasing electricity from their body, Stunning their opponent. They are weak to piercing weapons and Dryad, Undine and Wisp magic attacks. {{-}

Children of Mana

Main article: Denden Tezla (Children of Mana)

Heroes of Mana

“A snail with wings growing out of its shell. Sensitive about its inability to fly.”

—In-game description

Main article: Denden (Heroes of Mana)

Dendens are misile units in Heroes of Mana. They attack enemy units by spitting out mucus.

Gallery

For this subject's image gallery, see Gallery:Denden.

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  Adventures of Mana 3D model

Names in other languages

Language	Name	Meaning
Japanese	デンデン (FFA) でんでんどぐれる (SwoM) Denden (FFA) Dendendogureru (SwoM)	Denden (FFA) Denden Grell (SwoM)
Italian	Denden Tezla

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