Nuru
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 Floran Tribes
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| "Though smaller and friendlier than most Floran, looks are deceptive, and Nuru is a lethal warrior, capable to taking down far larger opponents." | |
| Unit Details | |
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| Bio | |
| Age: | 17 (Wargroove 1) 20 (Wargroove 2) |
| Height: | 152 cm (4'9") |
| Favorite Thing: | Travel |
| Least Favorite Thing: | Kidney beans. They sound like meat, but they're NOT MEAT. |
| Unit Type | |
 Most powerful unit type. Able to use a special ability. If they fall the battle is lost. | |
| Information | |
| Movement: | 4 
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| Range: | 1 |
| Sight: | 4 |
| Effective: |         |
| Vulnerable: | |
| Capture: | yes |
| “ | “A young Floran, but a talented hunter and fighter. Nuru is a lively, intelligent and courageous commander whose skills are out of this world.” |
| — Official website |
Nuru is a commander in the Floran Tribe.
Background[edit]
A young Floran, and a talented hunter and fighter. Nuru is a lively, intelligent and courageous commander whose skills are out of this world.
If there's something in between a Greenfinger and a normal Floran, it's Nuru. A highly skilled and enthusiastic hunter, this feisty teenager is nonetheless significantly less destructive than your average Floran. Clever and quick-witted, Nuru excels as a commander, and is highly valued by Greenfinger Zawan. However, when they first met, Nuru let Zawan know that this wouldn't be a long visit. Greenfinger is still not exactly sure where the youngster travelled to Aurania from, only that it was on a ship that had, to quote, 'travelled a massively, ridiculously long way'. Wherever home is, the Floran leader will be sad to see Nuru go when the time comes.[1]
Groove[edit]
Nuru's Groove is Teleport Beam, which can immediately beam down any unit adjacent to Nuru. The purchase window appears and the player selects which unit to purchase. The teleported unit costs twice as much gold. The unit activates immediately.
You need to control at least one structure that can recruit the unit in order to recruit it with Teleport Beam.
Soldiers, Spearman, and Dogs can be summoned even if you don't control any Barracks.
Nuru's Teleport Beam allows an extra unit to be quickly called up when a map is short on recruitment buildings, allowing enemies that might otherwise cause trouble to be swiftly countered.
| Animation | Groove Name | Description | Range | Charge Speed |
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Teleport Beam | Nuru beams down a friendly unit in the heat of battle. You pay double for the unit. | ☐☐☐▧☐☐☐ ☐☐▧☒▧☐☐ ☐☐☐▧☐☐☐ |
Medium |
Trivia[edit]
- Nuru is voiced by Elsie Lovelock.[2]
- Nuru first appeared in Starbound, another game developed by Chucklefish, and was first revealed as a commander in Wargroove in the game's announcement trailer.[3]
- According to Chucklefish's official tweet, Starbound and Wargroove share the same universe, with Wargroove set after the events of Starbound. Except for Nuru, nobody else has any knowledge of the events of Starbound.[4] This explains Nuru's vague reference to their ship that traveled long ways, which most likely is their spaceship in Starbound.
- Another nod to Nuru being from "Starbound" universe is the groove ability, which looks like a teleport beam a unit from their ship, identically how you would beam yourself to a planet surface in "Starbound".
- Nuru also talks to Esther at the end of their Arcade run, Esther being one of the main characters of Starbound.
- Contrary to popular belief, Nuru is ungendered. They are never referred with a gender in any official context, and Florans as a single-sex race[5] are unlikely to express gender in the same way as humans.
- In past versions of Wargroove, all Floran characters have been referred to with gendered pronouns. However, these have been removed in patches and according to a developer are caused by oversights due to complications in the translation process.
References[edit]
- ↑ In Game Codex Entry
- ↑ https://wargroove.com/role-call/
- ↑ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=62nqJxq3E-4
- ↑ twitter.com/StarboundGame/status/1092741002501259264
- ↑ Starbound Dev Log - Meet The Florans
