Bulber

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Bulber
BulberNSMBU.png
A Bulber from New Super Mario Bros. U
First appearance New Super Mario Bros. Wii (2009)
Latest appearance Mario Kart 8 Deluxe (Booster Course Pass, Wave 6) (2023)

Bulbers[1][2] are anglerfish-like enemies that first appear in New Super Mario Bros. Wii. Like real anglerfish, their bulbs illuminate any darkness around them, similarly to Jellybeams.

History[edit]

Super Mario series[edit]

New Super Mario Bros. Wii[edit]

A school of Bulbers in New Super Mario Bros. Wii

In New Super Mario Bros. Wii, Bulbers only appear in World 8-4. They swim freely in the water, illuminating the area around them. They can be defeated by attacking them with a fireball, by freezing them, or by running into them with a Star, although this is not necessary and perhaps even detrimental due to loss of illumination. Bulbers are passive, hurting Mario only if he touches them.

New Super Mario Bros. U[edit]

Bulbers reappear in New Super Mario Bros. U where they act exactly as they did in New Super Mario Bros. Wii, appearing alongside Jellybeams in Deepsea Ruins of Soda Jungle. They do not reappear in New Super Luigi U.

Mario Kart series[edit]

Mario Kart Arcade GP DX[edit]

Although Bulbers are absent from Mario Kart Arcade GP DX, there exists model data for one in the game files.[citation needed]

Mario Kart Tour[edit]

View of Piranha Plant Cove in Mario Kart Tour
Bulbers in Mario Kart Tour

Bulbers return in Mario Kart Tour, marking their first appearance in over ten years. They appear in Piranha Plant Cove across its variants, visible above the pillars of the first and third route's starting line and in Piranha Plant Cove 3's subterranean ruin section.

Mario Kart 8 Deluxe[edit]

Bulbers appear in the final wave of the Mario Kart 8 Deluxe – Booster Course Pass, appearing in the background of Piranha Plant Cove.

Gallery[edit]

Additional names[edit]

Internal names[edit]

Game File Name Meaning

New Super Mario Bros. Wii
New Super Mario Bros. U
Mario Kart Arcade GP DX
1 Data/files/Object/ankou.arc
content/Common/actor/ankou.szs
Data/Model/Object/ankou
ankou anglerfish

Names in other languages[edit]

Language Name Meaning
Japanese チョーチン[3]
Chōchin
Clipping of「提灯鮟鱇」(chōchin-ankō, footballfish).「提灯」(chōchin) also literally means "paper lantern".

German Anglerfisch
Frogfish
Italian Pesce Lampada[4]
Pesce Luce[5]
Lamp Fish
Light Fish
Spanish (NOE) Besulbo
Portmanteau of "besugo" (seabream) and "bulbo" (bulb)

References[edit]

  1. ^ Bueno, Fernando. New Super Mario Bros. Wii PRIMA Official Game Guide. Page 160.
  2. ^ Stratton, Steve. New Super Mario Bros. U PRIMA Official Game Guide. Page 30.
  3. ^ New Super Mario Bros. U actor name in executable
  4. ^ Super Mario Bros. Enciclopedia, page 145.
  5. ^ Super Mario Bros. Enciclopedia, page 210.