Shiva is a recurring summon and boss in the Chocobo series.
Appearances[]
Chocobo no Fushigina Dungeon[]
In Chocobo's Mysterious Dungeon, Shiva can be summoned with the Shiva Spirit Stone. She does Ice-elemental damage.
Chocobo's Mysterious Dungeon 2[]
In Chocobo's Mysterious Dungeon 2, Shiva can be summoned with a Summon Stone and can partner up with Chocobo when a Shiva Summon feather is used. Her attacks as a partner are Slap and Blizzard. She is able to block moves with ice shards and is vulnerable to fire spells.
Final Fantasy Fables: Chocobo's Dungeon[]
Shiva in Final Fantasy Fables: Chocobo's Dungeon.
In Final Fantasy Fables: Chocobo's Dungeon, Shiva appears as a boss in the Guardian of the Dark's Dungeon Floor 30 and as one of the Duel Trap opponents in the Guardian of the Water 21-30. Defeating her rewards Chocobo with the Shiva Magicite. A summoning stone that does a low-damage ice attack in a 3-grid radius and casts Sleep spell.
Chocobo Racing[]
Shiva in Chocobo Racing.
In Chocobo Racing, Shiva appears as a scenery element in the Fantasia track.
Final Fantasy Fables: Chocobo Tales[]
Shiva microgame Blizzardy Blocks.
In Final Fantasy Fables: Chocobo Tales, Shiva appears as six cards, in the tale Shiva and Ifrit, and a microgame. Her cards are water element.
Her microgame, Blizzardy Blocks is unlocked by beating Shiva and Ifrit - Vol.2 Battle Mode level 5 and The Three Little Piggies - Vol.1 Battle Mode level 5. This will cause a staircase to rise and rainbow path to open in the Under Sea Temple to a statue of Shiva. The #051 and #050 Shiva cards are won in this game.
Cards[]
Shiva lacks defense, but makes up for it in power and CP crushing.
| Shiva | |||
|---|---|---|---|
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| #049 | ★ | Blue | |
| None | None | Attack | None |
| Chilling Whisper | |||
| Deal 3 damage and causes Freeze. | |||
| Shiva | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| |||
| #050 | ★ | Blue | |
| Defend | None | Attack | None |
| Extinguish | |||
| Crystal Ability (*)
Deal 3 damage. CP Crush Destroy 3 of opponent's * crystals. | |||
| Shiva | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| |||
| #051 | ★★★ | Blue | |
| Defend | None | Attack | None |
| Extinguish+ | |||
| Crystal Ability (**)
Deal 3 damage. CP Crush Destroy all of opponent's * crystals. | |||
| Shiva | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| |||
| #052 | ★★ | Blue | |
| Defend | None | Defend | None |
| Snow Veil | |||
| Color Boost
Deal 4 damage if opponent's card is red. | |||
| Shiva | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| |||
| #053 | ★★★ | Blue | |
| Defend | None | Attack | None |
| Diamond Dust | |||
| Crystal Ability (***)
Deal 8 damage. | |||
| Shiva | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| |||
| #054 | ★★★ | Blue | |
| Defend | None | Attack | None |
| Heavenly Strike | |||
| Crystal Ability (***)
Deal 3 damage for each * in opponent's CP gauge. | |||
Voice[]
In Chocobo GP, Shiva is voiced by Salli Saffioti in English and Satomi Arai in Japanese.
Etymology[]
Shiva (also spelled Śiva) is a Hindu god. The Hindu Shiva once saved the world by consuming poison, giving him blue skin around the area of the neck and throat. Shiva is a male god, but can merge with his consort Parvati to become Ardhanari, an androgynous Hindu god of duality. Shiva is the god of destruction along with Vishnu, who is the god of preservation, and Brahma, the god of creation. Together they are the three principle deities of the Trimurti (Hindu Triad). It is believed he periodically destroys the world, then recreates it.
Shiva has different human forms, males and females. When he was in his avatar form, he spent most of his times in the Himalayan snow mountain. Shiva in the Final Fantasy series is likely inspired by one of his female avatars.
The Japanese pronunciation "Shiba" could refer to the English word "shiver", which in Japanese would sound like "shi-ba" or "shi-va".