Kingfin

This article is about the boss from Super Mario Galaxy referred to as Bonefin in certain materials. For the enemy from Super Mario Galaxy, see Bonefin.

Kingfin
Species	Bonefin
Galaxy	Bonefin Galaxy
Mission(s)	Kingfin's Fearsome Waters
Dome	Engine Room
Star given

Kingfin is a boss in Super Mario Galaxy. In the Prima Games guide, an issue of Nintendo Power, and in his Super Mario Galaxy trading card, he is called "the Bonefin", possibly because the name of his galaxy is Bonefin Galaxy. His name is a portmanteau of the word "kingpin," which refers to the most important person in an undertaking or organization, such as a galaxy boss, and "fin," which refers to a flattened appendage on various parts of fish and cetaceans. Kingfin is the only boss in the game to be fought underwater and the only one to be fought in a bonus galaxy.

Kingfin commands a legion of Bonefins and is himself a colossal skeletal shark, although he appears to consist of bone rather than cartilage like real sharks. Kingfin also has beams of light shining out of his eyes when battling Mario. However, if the player uses Luigi, his eyes do not shine (though this is possible with Mario through a glitch).

In battle, Kingfin has the power to summon large hordes of angry Bonefins from the craters in the center of the planet, which attack in the same way as Torpedo Teds, homing in on the player from all directions. The more damage Kingfin takes, the more guards he will summon to attack Mario. The theme music in the battle with Kingfin is the same with Bouldergeist. However, when Mario or Luigi comes closer to Kingfin, a percussion beat is added to the background music. The music speeds up once Kingfin has taken damage three times.

Battle

Mario fighting Kingfin

When Mario enters the waters of Kingfin's planet, Kingfin will appear with some Bonefins that track Mario down to attack him. There are only two ways for Mario or Luigi to defeat these Bonefins; they must lure them to the surface or into a wall, or throw a shell at them, which causes them to drop three Star Bits upon impact. If the fish touch the surface they will automatically explode. The only way to defeat Kingfin is to grab a Green Shell or a Red Shell from the seafloor of the planet and spin to launch it at Kingfin. After one hit, two Bonefins will attack Mario. After two more hits, four Bonefins appear to attack him. Kingfin's body starts sparking after he takes his fourth hit. Once Kingfin has been hit a total of five times with shells, he will explode and release a Power Star. The battle can be made easier with the help of a Life Mushroom hidden in a pillar, as well as a submerged treasure chest, which contains the only 1-Up Mushroom in the level. The pillars are destroyed by Kingfin ploughing through them; he destroys two shortly after getting hit once, and he destroys two more after taking another two hits.

Super Mario-kun

Kingfin appears in volume 40 of Super Mario-kun. Here, he eats several Toads that appear intact afterwards, much to his surprise.

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  Kingfin's defeat animation

Additional names

Internal names

Game	File	Name	Meaning
Super Mario Galaxy	ObjectData/SkeletalFishBoss.arc	SkeletalFishBoss	Skeletal Fish Boss
Super Mario Galaxy	StageData/ObjNameTable.arc/ObjNameTable.tbl	スカルシャーク (Sukaru Shāku)	Skull Shark

Names in other languages

Language	Name	Meaning
Japanese	キングボーネ Kingu Bōne	From "king" and "bone"; may also incorporate「骨」(hone, bone)
French	Requin Squelette	Skeleton Shark
German	Skeletthaie	From "skelett" (skeleton) and "hai" (shark)
Italian	Re Skelopesce	King Bonefin
Korean	해골상어 Haegol Sangeo	Skeleton Shark
Spanish (NOE)	Rey Hueso	King bone

Trivia

• During Kingfin's intro, the camera switches to his point of view for a short period of time, a shot similarly employed for the shark in the 1975 film Jaws.