Bat (Mario Kart 64)
| Bat | |||
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| First appearance | Mario Kart 64 (1996) | ||
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Bats,[1] also referred to as Mad Bats,[2] appear in Mario Kart 64 as obstacles on Banshee Boardwalk. They are encountered in the abandoned house area in particular, where clouds of them fly out from a coffin and a fireplace. Unlike with other obstacles in the game, hitting bats simply causes the racer to slow down rather than spin out, while the bats disappear in a star-like effect. They are not present in time trials of the course, likely due to the fact that time trials in the game are invalidated by hitting walls or obstacles, with the bat cloud being so thick as to be fairly difficult to avoid the bats.
In the Mario Kart DS iteration of the course, the bats are replaced by Swoops. Unlike the generic bats, the Swoops are present in the Time Trial mode, likely due to this game not having the issue of hitting obstacles negating record-keeping.
Names in other languages[edit]
| Language | Name | Meaning |
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| Japanese | コウモリ[3] Kōmori |
Bat |
| Chinese | 蝙蝠[4] Biānfú |
Bat |
References[edit]
- ^ 1997. Mario Kart 64 instruction booklet (PDF). Nintendo of America (American English). Page 33.
- ^ July 1997. Nintendo Magazine System (AU) Issue #52. Page 41.
- ^ Nintendo (1996). マリオカート
64 (Mario Kāto Rokujūyon) instruction booklet (PDF). Nintendo (Japanese). Page 33. - ^ 2003. 瑪利歐賽車64 (Mǎlì'ōu Sàichē 64) instruction booklet. iQue (Simplified Chinese). Page 32.
