The 8 Best Video Game Forest Spirits
Without these little animals, forests wouldn’t be the same.
In video games, a forest is usually associated with newbies, which is a bit odd. Still, for people who aren’t used to them, woods can be scary and dangerous places. Characters in games who have to face them are usually at least a little bit ready for them, but that doesn’t mean they don’t need help.
In games, forests have always been full of ghosts and other ethereal beings who are ready to help a hero in need or just add to the story. Still, we remember some forest ghosts more clearly than others.
Koroks
Since Link started going on adventures in the 1980s, The Legend of Zelda has added a lot of new characters. The Great Deku Tree was the biggest wild thing in this world for a long time, but that all changed when the Koroks came along. It turned out that the Kokiri kids eventually turned into these cute little tree friends, who we all finally got to meet in The Wind Waker.
They became very famous very quickly, so much so that you can find them all over Hyrule in Breath of the Wild and Tears of the Kingdom. It’s always fun to find them, and when you do, they’ll give you important Korok Seeds.
Ori
Ori and the Blind Forest caught people’s attention before it came out with its beautiful and mysterious graphics. It lived up to the hype by putting you in a strange place called the Blind Forest, where a dark force was threatening you. The main tree uses its last bit of power to make Ori, a being made of light and energy.
As a young spirit, Ori needs to learn a lot of new skills and get special powers so he can see all of the forest. Plus, Ori gets extra points for making one animal that is a mix of cats, foxes, rabbits, and monkeys.
Celebi
Most people didn’t even believe Mew was real in Gen 1 of Pokemon until they saw how hard it was to get the fabled Pokemon. Celebi, a small creature that looks like a fairy, was the new legendary Pokemon in Generation 2.
As you play Doodle Baseball, you’ll find out about tales about the Voice of the Forest, who is said to be hiding in Ilex Forest. In fact, Celebi is a forest watchdog whose job is to heal and keep the peace. It does this by traveling through time. The shrine gives hints about where it is, and you were able to get it during a special event. If you did that, the Grass/Psychic Forest Legend would join your team.
Concord
There is a practice that comes and goes of giving plants and other plants human-like traits to make them into citizens and main characters. You have the strange Holy Potatoes series, the funny Turnip Boy Commits Tax Evasion, and the good Garden Story.
In the third, you play the part of Concord, a purple fruit fighter who is probably a grape. He just got a new job taking care of the nature around him, and it’s your job to lead him. You can take up arms against the dangers around you or help the cute little garden town grow and thrive.
Junimos
Stardew Valley is still one of the most popular and amazing games to come out in the last ten years. It feeds a dream that many of us have had of running away from the big city and living in the country. When you get to the farm you inherited, you’ll finally find the Community Center, where little creatures that look like boxes are running around.
The Wizard will tell you that they are Junimos and that it’s very rare that you can see them. They are spirits that live in all parts of the land, and if you help the Community Center, the Junimos will give you and the town their power.
Betilla The Fairy
Rayman is a strange main character who was popular in the late 1990s and occasionally in the early 2000s. In Rayman Origins and Rayman Legends, he came back with a vengeance. In these fast-paced, funny, and difficult multiplayer adventures, you play through a number of worlds that are all about the surroundings.
In the forest one, you meet Betilla the Fairy, one of the Brave Nymphs of the Glade. Betilla has been with Rayman since the beginning. She has strong magic that protects Rayman, is wise and happy, and can give Rayman new abilities.
Alvina
In Dark Souls, nothing feels safe because even the “friendly” NPCs talk in scary, sad, or ominous ways. The most important people in the group are the ones who can bring you into one of the Covenants. In the game’s forest area, you’ll run into Rangers and Alvina the Cat, who is in charge of them.
With that big smile, she might be connected to the Cheshire Cat, but when you talk to her, she is very calm and to the point. If you follow her, you can become one of her Rangers, whose job it is to protect the forest realm. This is a good thing to do.
The Ghost In The Tree
One of The Witcher 3‘s best parts is how it deals with morals by giving choices that aren’t just black or white. This is shown wonderfully by the mission where the Witches of the Bog tell Geralt to cut down a certain tree.
When you get to the tree, it asks for freedom in a way that is both vague and desperate. Even though it’s a small part, it stays with you, and no matter what you do, you won’t be happy with it. At the very least, this ghost is scary, strange, and frightening.
