Spikester
| Spikester | |
|---|---|
 Spikester from Super Mario RPG (Nintendo Switch) | |
| First appearance | Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars (1996) |
| Latest appearance | Super Mario RPG (Nintendo Switch) (2023) |
| Variant of | Spikey |
Spikesters are stronger, green-shelled relatives of Spikeys that appear in Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars and its remake. Spikesters are common in Booster Pass; most of them are dropped by a Lakitu. They do not appear anywhere else in the game. In battle they are joined by Carroboscis and Artichokers.
Profiles and statisticsEdit
Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven StarsEdit
| Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars enemy | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Spikester | |||||||||
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HP | 50 | FP | 100 | Speed | 19 | |||
| Location(s) | Booster Pass | Attack | 48 | Magic attack | 12 | ||||
| Role | Common | Defense | 60 | Magic defense | 4 | ||||
| Bonus Flower | Once Again (50%) | Yoshi Cookie | Bracer | Morph rate | 75% | ||||
| Evade | 0% | Magic evade | 0% | Spells | None | ||||
| Weak | Ice | Strong | Jump | Sp. attacks | Thornet, Funguspike | ||||
| Coins | 2 | Exp. points | 6 | Items | None | ||||
| Psychopath | "Why, you're AFRAID of me!" | ||||||||
Japanese thoughtEdit
- こいつ、おれに ビビってるぜ！[1] (This guy's scared of me!)
Super Mario RPG (Nintendo Switch)Edit
| Spikester
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|---|---|
| HP | 50 |
| Exp. | 6 |
| Weak Elements | 
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| Weak Statuses |    
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| Drops | N/A |
| Rare Drops | N/A |
| Found In | Booster Pass |
| Monster List profile | |
| Apparently the Spikeys living in Booster Pass turned green from the health drinks they subsist on, which are made from fresh grass. | |
| Thought Peek | |
| Whoa...this guy's scared of me! | |
| Animations | |
Names in other languagesEdit
| Language | Name | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| Japanese | イガへい Igahei |
Portmanteau of「イガイガ」(iga-iga, "thorny") and「兵」(hei, "soldier"); following the format of「トゲへい」(Togehei, "Spikey") |
| Chinese (simplified) | 荆棘兵 Jīngjí Bīng |
Thorn Soldier |
| Chinese (traditional) | 荊棘兵 Jīngjí Bīng |
Thorn Soldier |
| Dutch | Spikester |
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| French (NOA) | Harissard |
From Hérissard ("Spikey") and possibly "harissa" or haricot ("bean") |
| French (NOE) | Pointard |
From pointe (point of a spike) and the pejorative suffix -ard or possibly dard ("sting"); compare Picotard ("Spikey") |
| German | Dornister |
From Dorni ("Spikey") and the English name |
| Italian | Koopapungo |
Koopa-sting; compare Koopaspino ("Spikey") |
| Korean | 삐죽병 Ppijuk Byeong |
Portmanteau of "삐죽삐죽" (ppijuk-ppijuk, a Korean ideophonic word for spiky things) and "兵" (byeong, Hanja form of "soldier") |
| Spanish | Spikester |
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ReferencesEdit
| Spinies | |
|---|---|
| Characters | Kyodai Togemetto • Spike Storm |
| Species | Big Spiny • Dark Spiny • Paper Spiny • Piranha Pod • Sad Spiny • Sharpea • Sky-Blue Spiny • Spike Blop • Spike Koopa • Spikester • Spikey • Spiny • Spiny Egg • Spiny R • Spiny Shroopa • Thorny • Urspike |
| Related items | Giant Spiny Shell • Spiny Orb • Spiny Shell (blue) • Spiny Shell (red) |