Bat (Super Mario Galaxy)

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Bat
SMG Bat Artwork.png
First appearance Super Mario Galaxy (2007)
Latest appearance Super Mario 3D All-Stars (2020)
Variant of Swoop
Variants
Ice bat
Two bats attacking Luigi in Slimy Spring Galaxy

A bat[1][2] is a Swoop-like enemy from Super Mario Galaxy and Super Mario Galaxy 2. Bats resemble brown bats with pig-like noses and bulging, glowing eyes with faint rings on them, causing them to resemble Keese from the The Legend of Zelda series, particularly a cartoonish version of their Twilight Princess incarnation; the two games were in development at overlapping times, so this may be intentional.

Initially, bats are found either hanging from the ceiling or flying around aimlessly. When Mario or Luigi approaches, they fly in close to him, before attempting to fly straight into him. If they succeed, they will laugh at him. They can be defeated with a spin or stomp, and they release either three Star Bits or one coin, respectively, depending on which way they are defeated. They can be found in many dark places, with the first being the cave in the Beach Bowl Galaxy. They are also found flying around the arm of Heavy Metal Mecha-Bowser. Icy locations such as the cold portion of the Freezeflame Galaxy sometimes contain an icy variant called an ice bat, which will freeze Mario or Luigi if he makes contact with it, and can be defeated only with a Fire Flower.

Gallery[edit]

  • Data-rendered model of a bat

Additional names[edit]

Internal names[edit]

Game File Name Meaning

Super Mario Galaxy
Super Mario Galaxy 2		 ObjectData/BasaBasa.arc BasaBasa Transliteration of below
Super Mario Galaxy
Super Mario Galaxy 2		 StageData/ObjNameTable.arc/ObjNameTable.tbl
SystemData/ObjNameTable.arc/ObjNameTable.tbl		 バサバサ (Basa Basa) Swoop

Names in other languages[edit]

Language Name Meaning
Japanese バットン[3]
Batton		 Derived from "bat" and possibly「豚」(ton, swine), most likely because of their pig-like nose; shared with Enigma's Japanese name
German Flappflapp Same as Swoop
Italian Pippy Diminutive of "pipistrello" (bat)
Spanish Vampílago Same as Swoop

References[edit]

  1. ^ Black, Fletcher. Super Mario Galaxy PRIMA Official Game Guide. Pages 134 and 135.
  2. ^ Browne, Catherine. Super Mario Galaxy 2 PRIMA Official Game Guide. Page 237.
  3. ^ Shogakukan. 2015. Super Mario Bros. Hyakka: Nintendo Kōshiki Guidebook, pages 128 and 160.
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Swoops
Characters Count Fang • Sir Swoop • Wings of Night
Species Bat (Super Mario Galaxy) • Fang • Glad Fang • Ice bat • Monty Mole Swooper • Paper Swoop • Slave Basa • Swampire • Swoop • Swoopula
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Super Mario Galaxy
Main characters Mario • Luigi • Princess Peach • Rosalina • Bowser • Luma • Polari • Toad Brigade (Banktoad · Captain Toad · Hint Toad · Mailtoad · Yellow Toad)
Supporting characters Coach • Comet Tico • Cosmic Mario • Guppy • Lumalee • Penguru • Queen Bee • Ray • Spooky Speedster
Species Big Green Caterpillar • Board • Butterfly • Cataquack • Gearmo • Honeybee • Hungry Luma • Luma • Ocean Small Turtle • Penguin • Star Bunny • Toad
Bosses Dino Piranha • King Kaliente • Mandibug Stack • Bugaboom • Megaleg • Kamella • Tarantox • Topmaniac • Bouldergeist • Major Burrows • Baron Brrr • Undergrunt Gunner • Mecha-Bowser • Kingfin • Fiery Dino Piranha • Bowser Jr. • Bowser
Items 1-Up Mushroom • ? Coin • Bee Mushroom • Boo Mushroom • Coin • Fire Flower • Grand Star • Green Star • Ice Flower • Life Mushroom • Note • Power Star • Purple Coin • Rainbow Star • Red Power Star • Red Star • Silver Star • Spring Mushroom • Star Bit • Star Chip
Objects ? Block • Airship • Arrow Switch • Assembly Block • Banandelion • Beacon • Blue switch • Bob-omb dispenser • Bolt Lift • Bowser Statue • Brick • Bubble • Bubbler • Cannon • Coconut • Coin Block • Conveyor Belt • Crate • Crystal • Empty Block • Flip Tile • Flipswitch Panel • Floaty Fluff • Gold Shell • Gold Treasure Box • Gravity field • Gravity spotlight • Green Shell • Ground Pound Switch • Honey wall • Key Door • Launch Star • Leaf pile • Lever Switch • Nail • Pole • Pull Star • Red Shell • Ring • Rock spire • Rolling Ball • Rubbery bulb • Semisolid Platform • Shock Wave Generator • Shrinking platform • Sling Pod • Sling Star • Snowman • Springboard • Sproutle Vine • Star Piece Cluster • Starshroom • Stone Wheel • Swing • Tornado • Trash • Treasure chest • UFO • Vine • Warp Pad • Warp Pipe • Watermelon • Wind
Enemies Amp • Atomic Boo • Ball Beamer • Banzai Bill • Bat • Blooper • Bob-omb • Bomb Boo • Bomp • Bonefin • Boo • Bullet Bill • Cheep Cheep • Chomp • Clampy • Cluckboom • Crabber • Dry Bones • Electrogoomba • Flipbug • Gold Chomp • Goomba • Goombeetle • Grand Goomba • Gringill • Ground Urchin • Ice bat • Ice Bubble • Jam-o'-War • Jammyfish • Koopa Troopa • Lava Bubble • Li'l Cinder • Magikoopa • Mandibug • Mecha-Bowser • Micro Goomba • Mini Chomp • Monty • Octoguy • Piranha Plant • Pokey Head • Pokeynut • Pokeyplant • Pumpkinhead Goomba • Ring Beamer • Rocto • Sentry Beam • Sentry Garage • Slurple • Spiky Topman • Spiny Cheep-Cheep • Spiny Piranha Plant • Spoing • Sprangler • Spring Topman • Spring Vault • Thwomp • Topmini • Torpedo Ted • Tox Box • Tracks • Tweester • Undergrunt • Urchin • Wiggler • Zap Ball
Obstacles Banzai Bill Cannon • Bill Blaster • Black hole • Bramble • Burner • Cannon • Cannonball • Dark matter • Electric rail • Eye Beamer • Fire Bar • Fire Shooter • Fireball • Freezing water • Giant prickly plant • Honey • Lava • Lava Geyser • Lava Steam • Meteor • Mikey Mine • Mud • Poison • Ruby Rock • Prickly plant • Quicksand • Spike Trap • Spring • Torpedo tube • Water Shooter • Whirlpool
Moves Backward Somersault • Co-Star Super Jump • Crawl • Crouch • Dash • Double kick • Double Jump • Fly • Ground Pound • Long Jump • Jump • Side Somersault • Skate • Spin • Stomp • Swim • Triple Jump • Wall Jump
Minigames Bob-omb Blasting • Ray surfing
Further info Glitches • Life meter • Mario Galaxy Orchestra • Prankster Comet • Pre-release and unused content • Rosalina's Story • Staff • Star Cursor • Super Mario Galaxy Original Soundtrack • Trading cards
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Super Mario Galaxy 2
Playable characters Mario • Luigi • Yoshi
Non-playable characters Baby Luma • Bill Board • Bob-omb Buddies • Bowser • Bowser Jr. • Co-Star Luma • Coach • Cosmic Spirit • Fluzzard • Gearmos (Gold · Silver) • Honeybees • Hungry Lumas • Jibberjays (black) • Lubba • Lumalee • Lumas • Penguin • Penguru • Piantas • Princess Peach • Queen Bee • Rosalina • Star Bunnies • The Chimp • Toad Brigade • Toads • Whittles
Items and objects ? Block • ? Coin • 1-Up Mushroom • Arrow Switch • Assembly Block • Balloon • Banandelion • Beat Block • Bee Mushroom • Big Block • Black hole • Blimp Fruit • Blue switch • Bob-omb dispenser • Boo Mushroom • Brick • Bronze Star • Bubble • Bubbler • Bulb Berry • Cannon • Chance Cube • Checkpoint Flag • Clock • Cloud Flower • Coconut • Coin • Comet Medal • Crate • Crystal • Dark matter • Dash Pepper • Electric rail • Empty Block • Fire Flower • Flipswitch Panel • Floating Mine • Floaty Fluff • Flower • Flying ? Block • Fruit • Gate • Grand Star • Grate • Gravity field • Green Shell • Green Star • Ground-Pound Switch • Honeycomb wall • Ice Meteor • Key • Launch Star • Leaf raft • Lever Switch • Life Mushroom • Lift • Mega ? Block • Meteorite • Millstone • Nail • Note • Pole • Portal • Power Star • Pull Star • Purple Coin • Purple Coin Ball • Rainbow Star • Ramp • Red and blue blocks • Red-Blue Panel • Ring • Rock Mushroom • Rubbery bulb • Sand Bird • Shrinking platform • Silver Star • Sling Star • Snake Block • Snowball • Spin Drill • Spring Mushroom • Springboard • Sproutle Vine • Star Ball • Star Bit • Star Chip • Star Piece Cluster • Starship Mario • Starshroom • Stone Wheel • Stump • Teleporter • Tip Network • Tornado • Treasure chest • Warp Pad • Warp Pipe • Watermelon • Yoshi egg
Moves Backward Somersault • Crawl • Crouch • Dash • Double kick • Double Jump • Fly • Ground Pound • Head Shake • Long Jump • Jump • Side Somersault • Skate • Spin • Stomp • Swim • Triple Jump • Wall Jump
Enemies and obstacles Amp • Banzai Bill • Banzai Bill Cannon • Bat • Big Paragoomba • Big Thwomp • Big Wiggler • Bill Blaster • Blooper • Bob-omb • Bomb Boo • Bomp • Boo • Boomerang Bro • Bowser Statue • Bullet Bill • Cheep Cheep • Chomp • Choppah • Clampy • Cluckboom • Cosmic Clone • Crabber • Digga • Dry Bones • Elite Octoomba • Fire Bar • Fire Chain • Fire Shooter • Fizzlit • Flaptack • Flipbug • Flomp • Fuzzy • Giant Goomba • Giant Koopa • Gold Chomp • Golden Gummit • Goomba • Goombeetle • Grinder • Gringill • Gummit • Hammer Bro • Homing Chomp • Hot Urchin • Jack O'Goomba • Jam-o'-War • Jammyfish • Kleptoad • Koopa Troopa • Lakitu • Lava Bubble • Lava Geyser • Ledge Hammer • Li'l Brr • Li'l Cinder • Magikoopa • Magmaargh • Magmaw • Mandibug • Mattermouth • Mega Boo • Micro Mecha-Bowser • Mikey Mine • Mini Goomba • Octoboo • Octoguy • Octoomba • Paragoomba • Pinhead • Piranha Plant • Pokey Head • Prickly Piranha Plant • Prickly plant • Pupdozer • Rhomp • Ring Beamer • Rocto • Ruby Rock • Sentry Beam • Skeeter • Slurple • Small Chomp • Smeech • Snoodle • Spiky Gummit • Spiky Topman • Spindleburr • Spinecone • Spiny • Spiny Cheep Cheep • Spiny Egg • Spiny Piranha Plant • Spoing • Sprangler • Spring Topman • Spring Vault • Super Piranha Plant • Swaphopper • Thwomp • Topman • Topmini • Tox Box • Tracks • Trapdragon • Twirlip • Undergrunt • Undergrunt Gunner • Urchin • Water Shooter • Whimp • Whomp • Wiggler • Zap Ball • Zap Nozzle
Bosses Peewee Piranha • King Lakitu • Digga-Leg • Gobblegut • Mandibug Stack • Bugaboom • Rollodillo • Sorbetti • Megahammer • Glamdozer • Squizzard • Prince Pikante • Boomsday Machine • Whomp King • Gobblegut (Black) • Giant Bowser • Dino Piranha • King Kaliente • Major Burrows • Bouldergeist • Fiery Dino Piranha
Minigames Crate Burning • Fluzzard gliding
Further info Glitches • Life meter • Mario Galaxy Orchestra • Pre-release and unused content • Quotes • Staff • Star Cursor • Super Mario Galaxy 2 Original Soundtrack
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