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|Jap=Wackun<ref>''Super Mario 3D World'' internal filename (<tt>Wackun6x6M</tt>)</ref><br>(internal)<br>ガッチン<ref>Shogakukan. 2015. ''Super Mario Bros. Hyakka: Nintendo Kōshiki Guidebook'', ''Super Mario 3D World'' section, page 225.</ref><br>''Gacchin''
|Jap=Wackun<ref>''Super Mario 3D World'' internal filename (<tt>Wackun6x6M</tt>)</ref><br>(internal)<br>ガッチン<ref>Shogakukan. 2015. ''Super Mario Bros. Hyakka: Nintendo Kōshiki Guidebook'', ''Super Mario 3D World'' section, page 225.</ref><br>''Gacchin''
|JapM=A romanization of「ワックン」(''Wakkun''); a contraction of「枠」(''waku'', frame) and possibly「くん」(''{{wp|Japanese honorifics#Kun|-kun}}'')<br><br>Corruption of「がちん」(''gachin'', onomatopoeia for clanking)
|JapM=A romanization of「ワックン」(''Wakkun''); play on「枠」(''waku'', frame) and possibly a reference to「ドッスン」(''Dossun'', [[Thwomp]])<br><br>Pun on「ガチン」(''gachin'', onomatopoeia for slamming noise) and possibly a reference to「ドッスン」(''Dossun'', Thwomp)
|Ger=Klonk
|Ger=Klonk
|GerM=Same as French name
|GerM=Same as French name

Revision as of 22:07, September 14, 2023

Ka-thunk
A Ka-thunk from Super Mario 3D World.
First appearance Super Mario 3D World (2013)
Latest appearance Super Mario 3D World + Bowser's Fury (2021)
Comparable
Rosalina near two Ka-thunks

Ka-thunks[1] are obstacles that appear only in the courses King Ka-thunk's Castle and Bowser's Lava Lake Keep in Super Mario 3D World and its Nintendo Switch port Super Mario 3D World + Bowser's Fury. Ka-thunks resemble metal blue square frames covered in spikes which hurt the player upon contact. They either spawn in small crevices and move along a set path until they fall into an abyss, or appear moving in a looping path. Some simply flip side to side. They function similarly to Tox Boxes, as they move along paths, and the player must avoid them by using the hollow space in the middle. They cannot be destroyed by any means, including invincibility, excluding a pair of Ka-thunks in Bowser's Lava Lake Keep which disappear upon defeating a pair of Hammer Bros.

King Ka-thunk holds onto a larger Ka-thunk during his battle.

Names in other languages

Language Name Meaning
Japanese Wackun[2]
(internal)
ガッチン[3]
Gacchin

A romanization of「ワックン」(Wakkun); play on「枠」(waku, frame) and possibly a reference to「ドッスン」(Dossun, Thwomp)

Pun on「ガチン」(gachin, onomatopoeia for slamming noise) and possibly a reference to「ドッスン」(Dossun, Thwomp)

German Klonk
Same as French name
Italian Clompo
Masculine form of "clomp" (the sound of a crushing object)
Spanish Marcoplás
Portmanteau of "marco" (frame) and "plás" (sound of a crushing object)

References

  1. ^ Musa, Alexander, and Geson Hatchett. Super Mario 3D World PRIMA Official Game Guide. Page 27.
  2. ^ Super Mario 3D World internal filename (Wackun6x6M)
  3. ^ Shogakukan. 2015. Super Mario Bros. Hyakka: Nintendo Kōshiki Guidebook, Super Mario 3D World section, page 225.