Editing Kurokyura

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|image=[[File:Kurokyura SML2.png|140px]]
|first_appearance=''[[Super Mario Land 2: 6 Golden Coins]]'' ([[List of games by date#1992|1992]])
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'''Kurokyura'''<ref>[https://www.nintendo.co.jp/character/mario/archives/land2/?lang=en English ''Super Mario Land 2: 6 Golden Coins'' entry on the official Mario Portal]. ''nintendo.co.jp''. Retrieved August 13, 2022. ([https://archive.ph/xw7hA Archived] August 13, 2022, 13:51:45 UTC via archive.today.)</ref> is a vampire enemy in ''[[Super Mario Land 2: 6 Golden Coins]]''.
==History==
===''Super Mario Land 2: 6 Golden Coins''===
Kurokyura appears near the [[Goal (Super Mario Land 2: 6 Golden Coins)|Goal]] of the [[Bat Course|first stage]] of the [[Pumpkin Zone]]. To attack, it sends small bats known as [[Minikyura]] towards [[Mario]]. Mario gets hurt if he touches Kurokyura from the sides, but can defeat it by jumping on its head or shooting a [[fireball]] at it as [[Fire Mario]]. According to the ''[[Perfect Ban Mario Character Daijiten]]'', Kurokyura is the master of the building of this stage long before the events of ''Super Mario Land 2''.<ref name=Daijiten/>

===''Super Mario'' (Kodansha manga)===
Kurokyura also appears in the [[Super Mario (Kodansha manga)|Kodansha ''Super Mario'' manga]] in the ''Super Mario Land 2'' arc, where it takes the role of [[Wario]]'s right-hand man. Instead of summoning Minikyura bats, Kurokyura takes the form of one, which is first seen when he flies in through a window of [[Mario's castle]] to report to Wario after Mario and friends retrieve the [[Golden Coin]] of the Pumpkin Zone. Shortly after Mario and [[Luigi]] enter Mario's castle and defeat hoards of enemies, Kurokyura appears as a Minikyura and steals their sack of [[Carrot]]s. The brothers give chase, and eventually find it in Wario's throne room, where it returns to its vampire form and aids Wario in handling Luigi. After Mario is quick to defeat Wario, Kurokyura tosses him a Carrot so he will [[Bunny Mario|power up]]. It is eventually defeated when Luigi prepares garlic soup and forcefully feeds it to it. 

Later on, however, it reappears, aiding Wario in framing Mario by disguising as Luigi and robbing a bank. Their plan goes wrong, and they get arrested alongside the true counterparts, however, [[Princess Peach|Peach]] claims that Wario's group (still disguised as the heroes) are the innocent party. After Mario and co escape, they are able to save Peach and defeat Wario's gang again.

==Profiles and statistics==
===''[[Perfect Ban Mario Character Daijiten]]''===
'''<big>クロキュラ</big><br>
'''{{ruby|種族|しゅぞく}}'''　ゴースト族<br>
'''{{ruby|性格|せいかく}}'''　お人好し<br>
'''{{ruby|登場|とうじょう}}ゲーム'''　ランド2<br>
'''<big>戦うの好きじゃないんです</big></b><br>
マリオランドに人が住む前から建っていた謎の西洋館。ここの主人がクロキュラだ。手下のミニキュラ（P214）を飛ばして戦うが、自分では攻撃しない。踏むだけで倒せる。<ref name=Daijiten>Shogakukan. 1994.「パーフェクト版 マリオキャラクター大事典」 (''Perfect Ban Mario Character Daijiten''), [https://i.imgur.com/Jr5Go9J.jpeg page 75.]</ref>

'''''<big>Kurokyura</big>'''''<br>
''Tribe: Ghost clan''<br>
''Disposition: Good-natured''<br>
''Game appearances: Land 2''<br>
'''''<big>I don't like fighting.</big><br>
''The mysterious western pavilion was built before people lived in Mario Land. The master of this place is Kurokyura. He fights by sending his minion Minikyura (P214) to fight, but he does not attack himself. They can be defeated by simply stepping on them.''

===''[[Encyclopedia Super Mario Bros.]]''===
'''Bio:''' その場から動かず、ミニキュラを次々と出してくる。<ref>Shogakukan. 2015. ''Super Mario Bros. Hyakka: Nintendo Kōshiki Guidebook'', ''Super Mario Land 2'' section, page 75.</ref> (''He does not move from his spot and brings out one Minikyura after another.'')

==Gallery==
<gallery>
Kurokyura.png|Sprites of Kurokyura
Super Mario Land 2 Shogakukan P5.jpg|''Super Mario Land 2: 6 Golden Coins''
Kurokyura SuperMarioKun 8.jpg|''[[Super Mario-kun]]''
Kurokyura KC.jpg|''KC Deluxe'' manga
Kurokyura bat.jpg|''KC Deluxe'' manga
</gallery>

==Names in other languages==
{{foreign names
|Jap=クロキュラ<ref>「任天堂公式ガイドブック　スーパーマリオランド２ ６つの金貨」 (''Nintendo Kōshiki Guidebook – Super Mario Land 2: 6 Golden Coins''), page 14.</ref><ref>Kazuki, Motoyama. ''KC Mario Vol. 18: Super Mario Land 2 Part 1''. [[Media:KC Mario Super Mario Land 2 Enemies.jpg|Page 7]].</ref>
|JapR=Kurokyura
|JapM=Portmanteau of「黒」(''kuro'', black) and "{{wp|Count Dracula|Dracula}}"
|Jap2=ドラキュラ<ref>Kazuki, Motoyama. [[Super Mario (Kodansha manga)|KC Deluxe]] vol. 19 - ''Super Mario Land 2: 6-tsu no Kinka 1''. Page 7.</ref>
|Jap2R=Dorakyura
|Jap2M=Dracula
|Ger=Kurocula
|GerM=From Japanese
|Ita=Dracula<ref>''Club Nintendo'' (Italy) Numero 1 - 1993, page 24. "''Devi distruggere i mostri psicotici con la maschera da hockey, gli amichetti "BOO" e anche lo stesso Dracula che si mette tra te e lo showdown finale con la strego.''" (''You must destroy the psychotic monsters with hockey masks, the "BOO" buddies, and even Dracula himself who stands between you and the final showdown with the witch.'')</ref><br>Kurokyura<ref>''[[Super Mario Bros. Encyclopedia|Super Mario Bros. Enciclopedia]]''; pag. 75</ref>
|ItaM=Dracula<br>-
}}

==References==
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