In Kid Icarus: Uprising there is the option to offer hearts to the goddess via the vault menu. The description for this option is just:

There's no reward for an offer, but it will bring the goddess closer in spirit!

To say this least, this is a terrible uninformative sentence. What affect does offering hearts to the Goddess have? Exactly what does bring the goddess closer entail?

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It really does nothing. Across the Internet, people have donated 999,999 hearts to Palutena and the only thing it verifiably does is make her walk closer.

Here's a list of what I've confirmed it does not do, having donated 60k near the start and nothing since:

• No shop sales. This is the most common rumor - people claiming things in the shop get cheaper. They don't.
• No better shop items. Shop item quality does seem to go up, but it's not connected to donations. My guess is average completion intensity, percentage complete, or maybe just time played.
• No additional dialogue. There's a lot of dialogue in the game, and it varies depending on where you are, your weapon, intensity, and probably just plain randomness.
• No treasure hunt squares. The full treasure hunt list is known (warning: contains lots of plot spoilers) and none of the items involve offering hearts.
• No effect on Idol Toss. Idol Toss chance is entirely proportional to how many idols you have and how many eggs you use.
• No better loot. Weapon / power quality depends on intensity and what you have unlocked in the treasure hunt.
• Fireworks don't do more damage.

Additionally, for those who have beaten the game:

Later in the game, the UI switches to Viridi instead of Palutena. After you beat the game, you can use the Hidden Options to switch between the two. They have different donation pools. Neither does anything.

Okay, I have finally gotten one million hearts, and i will be giving it all ot palutena in 50 thousand increments.

So after giving her 1 million hearts... she is pretty close to the screen. I can only see from the waist up. I checked the prices of the weapons that I can buy and sell, and there is no notable difference. Fusing weapons doesn't add anything new, either.

What I did find, however, is that when I played a chapter, I found a bit of new dialogue between Pit and Palutena. I was playing chapter three, and Pit randomly began to talk about his goldfish. This may or may not be related to the heart offering or the intensity of the level(I was playing it at 8.5).

Also, the amount of hearts I could get in a level did not change. However, when I obtained weapons from chests, they seemed to be better than they usually were, such as more frequent weapons in the 300 value range with good ranged, melee, and attributes. That is about all I can see at the moment. Hope this cleared things up a bit.

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My mistake on my previous answer. I guess it was just coincidence of when I bought weapons. However, having now finally donated one million+ hearts, I think I found what it REALLY does. Apparently, assuming my theory is correct, as you donate more hearts, better weapons can be found. For example, donating hearts can unlock effects on weapons, such as Petrification, or at least increase their likelihood. Plus, it seems to have an effect on the weapon's overall value, as well. For example, before I donated the million, I could only find weapons at 200 tops or so. But now, I can find weapons at 300 and above. Hope this helps!

More dialogue appear between Pit and Palutena! I found that out today(as of April 15, 2012) on Ch.6 or something(where you fight Dark Pit on the floating platforms) and when Pit is going up the rail, Pit and Palutena sing together which hasn't happened before offering hearts. It was really funny. And better value in weapons appear. I offered like 93,000 hearts and im definitely seeing something different every time I play on Solo. Hope this help you guys out. -Oscar

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Donating hearts give you a better "SALE" on the item. i went in to the store and saw an wolf claw for 75k i didnt buy it yet so i donated some hearts (i started with 0 hearts. I donated 50k hearts and my total hearts donated is 50k.) When i went back to the store, the claws were now 30k.

as far as I can tell, the closer she is, the lower the prices on her weapons are

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