Bear
- This article is about the enemies from Super Mario Land 2: 6 Golden Coins. For the group of characters from Donkey Kong Country 3: Dixie Kong's Double Trouble! that are known as the "Bears" in Donkey Kong Land III, see Brothers Bear. For other bears in the Super Mario franchise, see Category:Bears.
| Bear | |
|---|---|
 Artwork from Super Mario Land 2: 6 Golden Coins | |
| First appearance | Super Mario Land 2: 6 Golden Coins (1992) |
A Bear[1] (also formatted as bear)[2] is an enemy in the Mario Zone's second stage in Super Mario Land 2: 6 Golden Coins. Bears resemble teddy bears and are found riding atop Beach Balls, which they can use to traverse spiky and dangerous floors. Mario can jump or throw a fireball to defeat a Bear and control its ball. Mario can use the ball to safely cross spiked floors and get to previously unreachable areas.
A Bear also appears on the "Printing" screen of the Game Boy Camera.
Profiles and statistics
Super Mario Land 2: 6 Golden Coins
- Japanese website bio: ゴムボールコースで登場。プ－をやっつければ、マリオはタマノリにのって移動することができる。利用価値大。[3]
(Translation: It appears on the rubber ball course. If you beat the Pū, Mario can move around on the tamanori. Very useful.)
Perfect Ban Mario Character Daijiten
| タマノリプー (JP) / Bear (EN) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
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| Original text (Japanese) | Translation | ||
| ビースト族 | Tribe | Beast clan | |
| 目立ちたがり | Disposition | Show-off | |
| ランド2 | Game appearances | Land 2 | |
| クマのボールを奪い取れ 大きなボールに乗った熊のようなキャラ。上に乗ったプーを倒して、ボールを奪い取ろう。ボールに乗っていれば、トゲの生えた地 面の上もダメージ無しで進むことができる。[4] |
Take the bear's ball. A bear-like character on a big ball. Defeat Bear on top of the ball and take it away from him. If you are on the ball, you can go over the spiky ground without damage. | ||
Gallery
Game Boy Camera
Alternate artwork
Names in other languages
Unlike most mainline Super Mario titles, Super Mario Land 2: 6 Golden Coins did not receive officially localized enemy indexes at the time of its release on the Game Boy and not all enemies are listed in its instruction booklets. Consequentially, most available non-Japanese names come from localizations of the Super Mario Bros. Encyclopedia.
| Language | Name | Meaning | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Japanese | タマノリプー[5][3][6] Tamanori Pū |
Ball-riding Pooh;「プー」(Pū) is used as the name for the bear specifically[3] and may be derived from「クマのプーさん」(Kuma no Pū-san, "Winnie-the-Pooh") | |
| French | Ballourson[7] | Portmanteau of balle ("ball") and ourson ("bear cub") | |
| Italian | Orso equilibrista[8]:75 | Acrobat bear | |
| Orso giocoliere[8]:77 | Juggler bear | ||
| Spanish | Oso[9] | Bear |
References
- ^ "Knock the Bear off its Ball and ride over the spikes" – Tilden, Gail, et al. (December 1992). Nintendo Power Volume 43. Nintendo of America (English). Page 48.
- ^ Super Mario Land 2: 6 Golden Coins entry on the official Mario Portal. nintendo.co.jp (English). Retrieved August 13, 2022. (Archived August 13, 2022, 13:51:45 UTC via archive.today.)
- ^ a b c スーパーマリオランド２ ６つの金貨／敵キャラクター. nintendo.co.jp (Japanese). Retrieved May 16, 2024. (Archived May 27, 2000, 07:22:33 UTC via Wayback Machine.)
- ^ November 20, 1994. 「パーフェクト版 マリオキャラクター大事典」 (Perfect Ban Mario Character Daijiten). Shogakukan (Japanese). ISBN 4-09-259067-9. Page 105. Retrieved May 23, 2022 from Imgur.
- ^ Itoi, Shigesato, Takashi Watanabe, Hiroyuki Jinnai (APE), Jin Kobayashi, Ryuji Osawa, and Shigeo Tanabe, editors (1992). 『スーパーマリオランド2: 6つの金貨任天堂公式ガイドブック』. Tokyo: Shogakukan. ISBN 4-09-102413-0. Page 15.
- ^ Motoyama, Kazuki (6 Jul. 1993). Super Mario Land 2 - 6-tsu no Kinka 1, Super Mario, vol. 18. Kodansha (Japanese). Page 7.
- ^ Ardaillon, Joanna, and Victoria Juillard-Huberty, editors (2018). "Super Mario Land 2: 6 Golden Coins" in Super Mario Encyclopedia. Translated by Fabien Nabhan. Toulon: Soleil Productions (French). ISBN 978-2-3020-7004-2. Page 75.
- ^ a b Sakai, Kazuya (ambit), kikai, Akinori Sao, Junko Fukuda, Kunio Takayama, Ko Nakahara (Shogakukan), and Marco Figini, editors (2018). "Super Mario Land 2: 6 Golden Coins" in Super Mario Bros. Enciclopedia. Translated by Marco Amerighi. Milan: Magazzini Salani (Italian). ISBN 889367436X.
- ^ Sakai, Kazuya (ambit), kikai, Akinori Sao, Junko Fukuda, Kunio Takayama, and Ko Nakahara (Shogakukan), editors (2017). "Super Mario Land 2: 6 Golden Coins" in Enciclopedia Super Mario Bros. 30ª Aniversario. Translated by Gemma Tarrés. Barcelona: Editorial Planeta, S.A. (European Spanish). ISBN 978-84-9146-223-1. Page 75.
