Bulber
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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.

HistoryEdit

Super Mario seriesEdit

New Super Mario Bros. WiiEdit

 
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. UEdit

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 seriesEdit

Mario Kart Arcade GP DXEdit

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

Mario Kart TourEdit

 
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 DeluxeEdit

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

GalleryEdit

Additional namesEdit

Internal namesEdit

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 languagesEdit

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[4]
Lamp Fish
Light Fish
Spanish (NOE) Besulbo
Portmanteau of besugo ("seabream") and bulbo ("bulb")

ReferencesEdit

  1. ^ Bueno, Fernando (2009). New Super Mario Bros. Wii Prima Official Game Guide. Prima Games. ISBN 978-0307465924. Page 160.
  2. ^ Stratton, Steve (2012). New Super Mario Bros. U Prima Official Game Guide. Prima Games. ISBN 978-0307896902. Page 30.
  3. ^ New Super Mario Bros. U actor name in executable
  4. ^ a b (2018). Super Mario Bros. Enciclopedia. Magazzini Salani (Italian). ISBN 978-8893674362. Page 145, 210.