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'''Cractus''' is a character in the ''[[Wario (franchise)|Wario]]'' franchise. It is a large, drooling {{wp|Venus flytrap}} with leaf-like appendages, in spite of its name being a play on "{{wp|cactus}}".
'''Cractus''' is a large, drooling {{wp|Venus flytrap}} with leaf-like appendages, in spite of its name being a portmanteau of "{{wp|crocodile}}" and "{{wp|cactus}}." It first appears in ''[[Wario Land 4]]''.


==History==
==History==
===''Wario Land 4''===
===''Wario Land 4''===
[[File:WL4-Cractus Battle.png|frame|left|[[Wario]] battling Cractus]]
[[File:WL4-Cractus Battle.png|thumb|left|Boss battle in ''Wario Land 4'']]
Cractus is the second boss in ''[[Wario Land 4]]''. It is the guardian of the [[Emerald Passage]].  
Cractus is the guardian of the [[Emerald Passage]] and the second boss in ''Wario Land 4''. Upon starting the battle, Cractus is sleeping, and the battle can only start when [[Wario]] rams the vase holding Cractus, waking it up. The time given to defeat the boss varies on the [[Wario Land 4#Game mode|game mode]]: Normal mode has the time at 4:00, Hard has the time at 3:00, and S-Hard has the time at 2:00. Initially, Cractus will position itself extremely low, where Wario can damage it with a simple jump followed by a ground pound. Cractus can be damaged from [[Ground Pound|ground pounding]] its head. It gaping mouth or spiky arms damages Wario on contact. As it takes damage, Cractus will increase the height of its patrols, the range of its attacks, and the speed of its attacks. If Wario is climbing the vines before Cractus begins its patrol, it will glide across the top of the room while dropping drool in set intervals. Each time Cractus is damaged, it becomes enraged while briefly letting out drool that turns Wario into [[Zombie Wario]] on contact. [[Hotaru]] will appear from the east whenever Wario is turned into a zombie to help him resume the fight. If the drool is avoided, Cractus will follow Wario and attack with homing jabs, and will only be relieved when it successfully damages him or if Wario manages to go behind it. It is possible to damage Cractus in this state, but it requires precise timing. After enough hits, Cractus is defeated and Wario is rewarded with the creature's [[legendary treasure|Crown]].
 
Upon starting the battle, Cractus is sleeping, ignoring Wario's presence. To force it to battle, Wario must simply ram the vase holding it. This will cause Cractus to wake up.
 
To damage Cractus, Wario must [[Wario Land 4#Wario's moves|ground pound]] its head. Touching its gaping mouth or spiky arms will damage Wario. Initially, Cractus will position itself extremely low, where Wario can damage it with a simple jump followed by a ground pound. As Cractus is damaged, it will increase the height of its patrols (also increasing the range of its attacks) and the speed of its attacks. If Wario is climbing the vines before Cractus begins its patrol, it will glide across the top of the room while dropping drool in set intervals.
 
Each time Cractus is damaged, it becomes enraged while drooling for a brief moment of time. If Wario touches this drool, he will turn into [[Zombie Wario]], which relieves it. [[Hotaru]] will appear from the east whenever Wario is turned into a zombie to help him resume the fight. If the drool is avoided, Cractus will follow Wario and attack with homing jabs, and will only be relieved when it successfully damages him or if Wario manages to go behind it. It is possible to damage Cractus in this state, but it requires precise timing. After enough hits, Cractus is defeated and Wario is rewarded with the creature's [[legendary treasure|Crown]].


Sprites also exist in the game to show Cractus without the crown around its body. This may only be seen through hacking.
Sprites also exist in the game to show Cractus without the crown around its body. This may only be seen through hacking.
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====Time given in different modes====
The time given to defeat the boss varies on the [[Wario Land 4#Game mode|game mode]].
*[[File:WL4-Normal Mode Sprite.png]]: the time given is 4:00.
*[[File:WL4-Hard Mode Sprite.png]]: the time given is 3:00.
*[[File:WL4-S-Hard Mode Sprite.png]] (unlockable): the time given is 2:00.


===''Super Mario-kun''===
===''Super Mario-kun''===
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{{rewrite|section=y|The information regarding Ko Takeuchi's "mind map" is derived from a machine translation of the interview cited below and may not be entirely accurate. Someone proficient in Japanese should check what is actually stated in the interview and correct any mistakes here.}}
{{rewrite|section=y|The information regarding Ko Takeuchi's "mind map" is derived from a machine translation of the interview cited below and may not be entirely accurate. Someone proficient in Japanese should check what is actually stated in the interview and correct any mistakes here.}}
[[File:WWMI Screenshot Cractus.png|thumb|left|230px|Cractus in ''WarioWare: Move It!'']]
[[File:WWMI Screenshot Cractus.png|thumb|left|230px|Cractus in ''WarioWare: Move It!'']]
Cractus appears in ''[[WarioWare: Move It!]]'', making it the first character originating from the ''[[Wario Land (series)|Wario Land]]'' series to cross over to the ''[[WarioWare (series)|WarioWare]]'' series, not counting microgames based on the former series.<ref>[https://youtu.be/PTLJOPT93Rc?t=3006 WarioWare: Move It! - Full Game Walkthrough (HD)]</ref> Its appearance here is noticeably different; its ruff of leaves protrudes from behind its head instead of below, while its arm-like appendages and ability to fly are both absent, bringing its anatomy closer to an ordinary plant. It is the main antagonist of [[Kat & Ana]]'s story, in which it eats [[Leo]] along with a parchment he had stolen from the pair. Cractus here is accompanied by several smaller carnivorous plants. After Kat & Ana defeat one, Cractus is enraged and attacks the pair alongside its allies. The two ninjas manage to defeat them all, causing Cractus to regurgitate Leo and the parchment.
Cractus appears in ''[[WarioWare: Move It!]]'', making it the first character originating from the ''[[Wario Land (series)|Wario Land]]'' series to cross over to the ''[[WarioWare (series)|WarioWare]]'' series, not counting microgames based on the former series.<ref>{{cite|url=youtu.be/PTLJOPT93Rc?t=3006|title=''WarioWare: Move It!'' - Full Game Walkthrough (HD)|publisher=YouTube|accessdate=June 1, 2024|date=November 2, 2023|author=Sirloin|timestamp=50:06|language=en}}</ref> Its appearance here is noticeably different; its ruff of leaves protrudes from behind its head instead of below, while its arm-like appendages and ability to fly are both absent, bringing its anatomy closer to an ordinary plant. It is the main antagonist of [[Kat & Ana]]'s story, in which it eats [[Leo]] along with a parchment he had stolen from the pair. Cractus here is accompanied by several smaller carnivorous plants. After Kat & Ana defeat one, Cractus is enraged and attacks the pair alongside its allies. The two ninjas manage to defeat them all, causing Cractus to regurgitate Leo and the parchment.


[[Ko Takeuchi]], character designer for ''WarioWare: Move It!'' and the original designer of Cractus, states that he included the character in the game according to his own "mind map" philosophy, whereby he first conceives a character's backstory and then uses it to decide where in a game to introduce said character.<ref>December 22, 2023. [https://www.ndw.jp/wario-interview-231222/ シリーズ20周年を迎えた『超おどる メイド イン ワリオ』開発者インタビュー]. ''[[Nintendo DREAM|Nintendo DREAM WEB]]''. Retrieved January 14, 2024.</ref>
[[Ko Takeuchi]], character designer for ''WarioWare: Move It!'' and the original designer of Cractus, states that he included the character in the game according to his own "mind map" philosophy, whereby he first conceives a character's backstory and then uses it to decide where in a game to introduce said character.<ref>{{cite|date=December 22, 2023|url=www.ndw.jp/wario-interview-231222|language=ja|title=シリーズ20周年を迎えた『超おどる メイド イン ワリオ』開発者インタビュー|publisher=[[Nintendo DREAM|Nintendo DREAM WEB]]|accessdate=January 14, 2024}}</ref>
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|Jap2R=Furawani
|Jap2R=Furawani
|Jap2M=Pun on "flower" and「{{ruby|鰐|ワニ}}」(''wani'', "crocodile") or <br>「フラワナ」(''Furawana'', "Cractus") and 「二」(''Ni'', "two")
|Jap2M=Pun on "flower" and「{{ruby|鰐|ワニ}}」(''wani'', "crocodile"), or portmanteau of「フラワナ」(''Furawana'', "Cractus") and「二」(''ni'', "two")
|ChiS=刺拳花 <small>(''Wario Land 4'')</small>
|ChiS=刺拳花 <small>(''Wario Land 4'')</small>
|ChiSR=Cìquán Huā
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|ChiTM=From「鰐」(''è'', "crocodile"),「貳」(''èr'', capitalized form of the "number two", pronunciation similar to「鰐」) and「花」(''huā'', "flower")
|ChiTM=From「鰐」(''è'', "crocodile"),「貳」(''èr'', capitalized form of the "number two", pronunciation similar to「鰐」) and「花」(''huā'', "flower")
|Dut=Cractus
|Dut=Cractus
|Fre=Cractus <small>(''Wario Land 4'')</small><ref>''Wario Land 4'' European booklet. Page 49.</ref>
|Fre=Cractus <small>(''Wario Land 4'')</small><ref>{{cite|title=''Wario Land 4'' instruction booklet|page=49|language=fr|date=2001|publisher=Nintendo of Europe|author=Nintendo}}</ref>
|Fre2=Croctus <small>(''WarioWare: Move It!'')</small>
|Fre2=Croctus <small>(''WarioWare: Move It!'')</small>
|Fre2M=From ''croquer'' ("to crunch") and ''cactus''
|Fre2M=From ''croquer'' ("to crunch") and ''cactus''
|Ger=Cractus <small>(''Wario Land 4'')</small><ref>''Wario Land 4'' European booklet. Page 29.</ref>
|Ger=Cractus <small>(''Wario Land 4'')</small><ref>{{cite|title=''Wario Land 4'' instruction booklet|page=29|language=de|date=2001|publisher=Nintendo of Europe|author=Nintendo}}</ref>
|Ger2=Blumodil <small>(''WarioWare: Move It!'')</small>
|Ger2=Blumodil <small>(''WarioWare: Move It!'')</small>
|Ger2M=From ''Blume'' ("flower") and ''Krokodil'' ("crocodile")
|Ger2M=From ''Blume'' ("flower") and ''Krokodil'' ("crocodile")
|Ita=Cactus<ref>''Wario Land 4'' European booklet. Page 109.</ref> <small>(''Wario Land 4'')</small>
|Ita=Cactus<ref>{{cite|title=''Wario Land 4'' instruction booklet|page=109|language=it|date=2001|publisher=Nintendo of Europe|author=Nintendo}}</ref> <small>(''Wario Land 4'')</small>
|Ita2=Coccactus <small>(''WarioWare: Move It!'')</small>
|Ita2=Coccactus <small>(''WarioWare: Move It!'')</small>
|Ita2M=Portmanteau of ''coccodrillo'' ("crocodile") and ''cactus''
|Ita2M=Portmanteau of ''coccodrillo'' ("crocodile") and ''cactus''

Latest revision as of 14:18, June 1, 2024

Cractus
Screenshot of Cractus from WarioWare: Move It!
Cractus in WarioWare: Move It!
Species Carnivorous plant
First appearance Wario Land 4 (2001)
Latest appearance WarioWare: Move It! (2023)

Cractus is a large, drooling Venus flytrap with leaf-like appendages, in spite of its name being a portmanteau of "crocodile" and "cactus." It first appears in Wario Land 4.

History[edit]

Wario Land 4[edit]

Wario battling Cractus.
Boss battle in Wario Land 4

Cractus is the guardian of the Emerald Passage and the second boss in Wario Land 4. Upon starting the battle, Cractus is sleeping, and the battle can only start when Wario rams the vase holding Cractus, waking it up. The time given to defeat the boss varies on the game mode: Normal mode has the time at 4:00, Hard has the time at 3:00, and S-Hard has the time at 2:00. Initially, Cractus will position itself extremely low, where Wario can damage it with a simple jump followed by a ground pound. Cractus can be damaged from ground pounding its head. It gaping mouth or spiky arms damages Wario on contact. As it takes damage, Cractus will increase the height of its patrols, the range of its attacks, and the speed of its attacks. If Wario is climbing the vines before Cractus begins its patrol, it will glide across the top of the room while dropping drool in set intervals. Each time Cractus is damaged, it becomes enraged while briefly letting out drool that turns Wario into Zombie Wario on contact. Hotaru will appear from the east whenever Wario is turned into a zombie to help him resume the fight. If the drool is avoided, Cractus will follow Wario and attack with homing jabs, and will only be relieved when it successfully damages him or if Wario manages to go behind it. It is possible to damage Cractus in this state, but it requires precise timing. After enough hits, Cractus is defeated and Wario is rewarded with the creature's Crown.

Sprites also exist in the game to show Cractus without the crown around its body. This may only be seen through hacking.

Super Mario-kun[edit]

Cractus. From page 142 of volume 28 of Super Mario-kun.
Cractus in Super Mario-kun

Cractus makes an appearance as a boss in the Wario Land 4 arc of volume 28 of Super Mario-kun. Wario sees the boss's crown, but he then notices Cractus sleeping next to it. Wario attempts to grab the crown, but the boss awakens and snaps it from Wario and then attacks him. After it drools on Wario, Wario becomes Zombie Wario. Cractus continues attacking Wario. Wario throws Arewo Shitain-hakase and causes light to shine on Wario, reverting him to normal. When Wario attacks Cractus by ground-pounding, Arewo Shitain-hakase throws fruit at him, transforming Wario into Fat Wario. Fat Wario then falls into Cractus's gaping mouth, crushing and defeating it.

WarioWare: Move It![edit]

It has been requested that this section be rewritten. Reason: The information regarding Ko Takeuchi's "mind map" is derived from a machine translation of the interview cited below and may not be entirely accurate. Someone proficient in Japanese should check what is actually stated in the interview and correct any mistakes here.

Screenshot of Cractus from WarioWare: Move It!
Cractus in WarioWare: Move It!

Cractus appears in WarioWare: Move It!, making it the first character originating from the Wario Land series to cross over to the WarioWare series, not counting microgames based on the former series.[1] Its appearance here is noticeably different; its ruff of leaves protrudes from behind its head instead of below, while its arm-like appendages and ability to fly are both absent, bringing its anatomy closer to an ordinary plant. It is the main antagonist of Kat & Ana's story, in which it eats Leo along with a parchment he had stolen from the pair. Cractus here is accompanied by several smaller carnivorous plants. After Kat & Ana defeat one, Cractus is enraged and attacks the pair alongside its allies. The two ninjas manage to defeat them all, causing Cractus to regurgitate Leo and the parchment.

Ko Takeuchi, character designer for WarioWare: Move It! and the original designer of Cractus, states that he included the character in the game according to his own "mind map" philosophy, whereby he first conceives a character's backstory and then uses it to decide where in a game to introduce said character.[2]

Names in other languages[edit]

Language Name Meaning
Japanese フラワナ (Wario Land 4)
Furawana
フラワニ (WarioWare: Move It!)
Furawani
 Pun on "flower" and「罠わな」(wana, "trap")

Pun on "flower" and「鰐ワニ」(wani, "crocodile"), or portmanteau of「フラワナ」(Furawana, "Cractus") and「二」(ni, "two")

Chinese (simplified) 刺拳花 (Wario Land 4)
Cìquán Huā
鳄贰花 (WarioWare: Move It!)
È Èr Huā
 Spiky-Fist Flower

From「鳄」(è, "crocodile"),「贰」(èr, capitalized form of the "number two", pronunciation similar to「鳄」) and「花」(huā, "flower")

Chinese (traditional) 鰐貳花
È Èr Huā
 From「鰐」(è, "crocodile"),「貳」(èr, capitalized form of the "number two", pronunciation similar to「鰐」) and「花」(huā, "flower")

Dutch Cractus
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French Cractus (Wario Land 4)[3]
Croctus (WarioWare: Move It!)
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From croquer ("to crunch") and cactus
German Cractus (Wario Land 4)[4]
Blumodil (WarioWare: Move It!)
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From Blume ("flower") and Krokodil ("crocodile")
Italian Cactus[5] (Wario Land 4)
Coccactus (WarioWare: Move It!)
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Portmanteau of coccodrillo ("crocodile") and cactus
Korean 플라커
Peullakeo
 Derived from "플라워" (peullawo, "flower") and "크로커다일" (keulokeodail, "crocodile")

Spanish Cractus
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Media[edit]

Audio.svg Cractus - Music heard in a normal boss battle in Wario Land 4
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Gallery[edit]

  • Sprite from Wario Land 4

    Sprite from Wario Land 4

  • Cractus level icon

    Cractus level icon

  • Hotaru entering the battle

    Hotaru entering the battle

  • Pre-release screenshot of the Cractus boss battle

    Pre-release screenshot of the Cractus boss battle

  • Appearance of Cractus without the crown around his body, which may only be seen through game hacking.

    Appearance of Cractus without the crown around his body, which may only be seen through game hacking.

  • A flashback that shows Wario running from Cractus in a forest

    A flashback that shows Wario running from Cractus in a forest

  • Cractus among the cast of non-playable characters in WarioWare: Move It!

    Cractus among the cast of non-playable characters in WarioWare: Move It!

References[edit]

  1. ^ Sirloin (November 2, 2023). WarioWare: Move It! - Full Game Walkthrough (HD) (50:06). YouTube (English). Retrieved June 1, 2024.
  2. ^ (December 22, 2023). シリーズ20周年を迎えた『超おどる メイド イン ワリオ』開発者インタビュー. Nintendo DREAM WEB (Japanese). Retrieved January 14, 2024.
  3. ^ Nintendo (2001). Wario Land 4 instruction booklet. Nintendo of Europe (French). Page 49.
  4. ^ Nintendo (2001). Wario Land 4 instruction booklet. Nintendo of Europe (German). Page 29.
  5. ^ Nintendo (2001). Wario Land 4 instruction booklet. Nintendo of Europe (Italian). Page 109.
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