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 the Slimy Spring Galaxy

A bat[1][2] is a Swoop-like enemy from Super Mario Galaxy and Super Mario Galaxy 2. They resemble brown bats with pig-like noses and bulging, glowing eyes with faint rings on them, causing them to resemble Keese from 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 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 will release either three Star Bits or one coin, respectively, depending of 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 if he makes contact with it, and can only be defeated with a Fire Flower.

Gallery[edit]

  • Data-rendered model of a bat

Names in other languages[edit]

Language Name Meaning
Japanese Basa Basa[3]
(internal)
バットン[4]
Batton		 Swoop

Variation on the English word "bat"
Spanish Vampílago From murciélago vampiro, Spanish name of the vampire bat
German Flappflapp Flutterflutter (same German name as Swoop)
Italian Pippy From pipistrello, Italian name of bats.

Trivia[edit]

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. ^ a b Super Mario Galaxy / Super Mario Galaxy 2 internal filename (BasaBasa)
  4. ^ Shogakukan. 2015. Super Mario Bros. Hyakka: Nintendo Kōshiki Guidebook, pages 128 and 160.
Swoops
Characters Count Fang • Sir Swoop • Wings of Night
Species Bat (Super Mario Galaxy) • Fang • Glad Fang • Ice bat • Paper Swoop • Slave Basa • Swampire • Swoop • Swoopula
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 • Stink Bug Parent • 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 • Assembly Block • Banandelion • Beacon • Bob-omb Dispenser • Bolt Lift • Bowser Statue • Brick Block • Bubble • Cannon • Coconut • Coin Block • Conveyor Belt • Crate • Crystal • Empty Block • Flip Tile • Flipswitch Panel • Floaty Fluff • Gold Shell • Gold Treasure Box • Gravity arrow • Gravity field • Gravity spotlight • Green Shell • Ground Pound Switch • Honeycomb Wall • Key Door • Launch Star • Leaf pile • Lever Switch • Nail • Pull Star • Red Shell • Rubbery bulb • Semisolid Platform • Shock Wave Generator • Shrinking Tile • Sling Pod • Sling Star • Snowman • Springboard • Sproutle Vine • Star Ball • Star Piece Cluster • Star Sphere • Starshroom • Stone Wheel • Tornado • Trash • Treasure Chest • UFO • Warp Pad • Warp Pipe • Watermelon • Wind
Enemies Amp • Ball Beamer • Banzai Bill • Bat • Big Amp • Big Goomba • Big Pokey • Blooper • Bob-omb • Bomb Boo • Bomp • Boo • Bullet Bill • Cheep Cheep • Chomp • Clampy • Cluckboom • Crabber • Dry Bones • Electrogoomba • Flipbug • Floating Mine • Gold Chomp • Goomba • Goombeetle • Gringill • Ice bat • Ice Bubble • Jammyfish • Jellyfish • Jump Beamer • Jump Guarder • Koopa Troopa • Lava Bubble • Li'l Cinder • Magikoopa • Mandibug • Mecha-Bowser • Micro Goomba • Mini Wanwan • Monty • Octoguy • Octopus • Petapeta • Piranha Plant • Pokey • Pokey Head • Pumpkinhead Goomba • Ring Beamer • Sentry Beam • Skeletal Fish Guard • Slurple • Spiky Topman • Spiny Cheep-Cheep • Spiny Piranha Plant • Spoing • Sprangler • Spring Topman • Thwomp • Topmini • Torpedo Ted • Tox Box • Tweester • Undergrunt • Urchin • Urchin (land) • Wiggler
Obstacles Banekiti • Banzai Bill Cannon • Bill Blaster • Black hole • Boulder • Bramble • Burner • Cannon • Cannonball • Dark matter • Electric rail • Eye Beamer • Fire Bar • Fire Pressure • Fireball • Floating Mine • Freezing water • Giant prickly plant • Honey • Lava • Lava Geyser • Meteor • Poison • Prickly plant • Quicksand • Spike Trap • Steam jet • Torpedo tube • Water Shooter • Whirlpool
Moves Backward Somersault • Crawl • Crouch • Dash • Double Kick • Double Jump • Ground Pound • Long Jump • Jump • Side Somersault • Spin • Triple Jump • Wall Jump
Minigames Bob-omb Blasting • Ray surfing
Further info Glitches • Mario Galaxy Orchestra • Prankster Comet • Pre-release and unused content • Rosalina's Story • Staff • Super Mario Galaxy Original Soundtrack • Trading cards
Super Mario Galaxy 2
Playable characters Mario • Luigi • Yoshi
Non-playable characters Bill Board • Black Jibberjay • Bob-omb Buddies • Bowser • Bowser Jr. • Co-Star Luma • Coach • Cosmic Spirit • Fluzzard • Gearmo • Giant Lumas • Gold Gearmo • Honeybees • Hungry Lumas • Jibberjays • Lubba • Luma • Lumalee • Lumas • Penguin • Penguru • Piantas • Princess Peach • Queen Bee • Rosalina • Silver Gearmo • Star Bunny • The Chimp • Toad Brigade • Toads • Whittle
Items and objects + Clock • ? Block • ? Coin • 1-Up Mushroom • Assembly Block • Balloon • Banandelion • Beat Block • Bee Mushroom • Berries • Big Block • Black hole • Blimp Fruit • Blue switch • Boo Mushroom • Brick Block • Bronze Star • Bubble • Bulb Berry • Cannon • Chance Cube • Checkpoint Flag • 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 Grapple • Flying ? Block • Grand Star • Grate • Gravity arrow • Gravity field • Green Shell • Green Star • Ground-Pound Switch • Key • Launch Star • Leaf Raft • Lever Switch • Life Mushroom • Lift • Mega ? Block • Meteorite • Millstone • Nail • Note • Portal • Power Star • Pull Star • Purple Coin • Purple Coin Ball • Rainbow Star • Ramp • Red-Blue Panel • Reversible wall • Rock Mushroom • Rubbery bulb • Sand Bird • Shrinking Tile • Silver Star • Sling Star • Snake Block • Snowball • Spin Drill • Spring • Spring Mushroom • Sproutle Vine • Star Ball • Star Bit • Star Chip • Star Piece Cluster • 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 • Ground Pound • Long Jump • Jump • Side Somersault • Spin • Triple Jump • Wall Jump
Enemies Amp • Banzai Bill • Banzai Bill Cannon • Bat • Bee Eater • Big Amp • Big Paragoomba • Big Thwomp • Big Wiggler • Bill Blaster • Blooper • Bob-omb • Bomb Boo • Bomp • Boo • Boulder • Boomerang Bro • Bowser Statue • Bullet Bill • Cheep Cheep • Chomp • Choppah • Clampy • Cluckboom • Cosmic Clone • Crabber • Digga • Dry Bones • Electric Pressure • Elite Octoomba • Fire Bar • Fire Chain • Fire Pressure • Fizzlit • Flaptack • Flipbug • Flomp • Flower Mimic • Fuzzy • Giant Goomba • Giant Koopa • Gold Chomp • Golden Gummit • Goomba • Goombeetle • Grinder • Gringill • Gummit • Hammer Bro • Jack O'Goomba • Jammyfish • Jellyfish • Jump Beamer • Kleptoad • Koopa Troopa • Lakitu • Lava Bubble • Lava Bubble (blue) • Lava Geyser • Ledge Hammer • Li'l Brr • Li'l Cinder • Magikoopa • Magmaargh • Magmaw • Mandibug • Mattermouth • Mega Boo • Micro Mecha-Bowser • Mini Goomba • Mini Wanwan • Octoboo • Octoguy • Octoomba • Octopus • Paragoomba • Pattan • Petapeta • Pinhead • Piranha Plant • Pokey Head • Prickly Piranha Plant • Pupdozer • Rhomp • Ring Beamer • Sentry Beam • Silver Chomp • Skeeter • Slurple • Smeech • Snoodle • Spiky Gummit • Spiky Topman • Spiny • Spiny Cheep Cheep • Spiny Egg • Spiny Piranha Plant • Spoing • Sprangler • Super Piranha Plant • Spring Topman • Swaphopper • Thorny flower • Thwomp • Tongari • Topman • Topmini • Tox Box • Twirlip • Undergrunt • Undergrunt Gunner • Urchin • Urchin (land) • Water Shooter • Whomp • Wiggler
Bosses Peewee Piranha • King Lakitu • Digga-Leg • Gobblegut • Stink Bug Parent • Bugaboom • Rollodillo • Sorbetti • Megahammer • Glamdozer • Squizzard • Prince Pikante • Boomsday Machine • Whomp King • Gobblegut (fiery) • Giant Bowser • Dino Piranha • King Kaliente • Major Burrows • Bouldergeist • Fiery Dino Piranha
Minigames Crate Burning • Fluzzard Gliding
Further info Staff • Glitches • Pre-release and unused content • Mario Galaxy Orchestra • Super Mario Galaxy 2 Original Soundtrack • Quotes
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