Big Gringill

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This article is about the extra-large cave-dwelling eel enemies. For the smaller eel enemies capable of freely swimming called "giant Gringills" by a Penguin, see Gringill.
Big Gringill
Artwork of a Big Gringill from Super Mario Galaxy 2
Artwork from Super Mario Galaxy 2
First appearance Super Mario Galaxy (2007)
Latest appearance Super Mario 3D All-Stars (2020)
Variant of Gringill
Comparable

Big Gringills,[1] also known as Giant Gringills,[2] are king-sized Gringills in Super Mario Galaxy and Super Mario Galaxy 2. Unlike their smaller relatives, these massive eels are found only hiding in caves, usually themselves in dark areas. Compared to normal Gringills, they are a much darker brown in color, have dark stripes along their bodies, and have two feelers on their lower lips. Big Gringills move slower and make a straining noise when coming out of their holes, and they give a 1-Up Mushroom when defeated.

History[edit]

Super Mario Galaxy[edit]

In Super Mario Galaxy, Giant Gringills are rare, with only one each appearing in each galaxy they inhabit. They are usually found in close proximity to other, smaller Gringills. Like normal Gringills, some appear and attack only when Mario approaches, while others constantly attack regardless of where Mario is.

Appearances[edit]

  • Baseline sprite of the Star Pointer in Super Mario Galaxy. marks missions where Giant Gringills are completely absent.
  • Mission icon from Super Mario Galaxy marks missions where Giant Gringills are loaded and may be visible but cannot be encountered directly.
Emerges when approached
Domes Galaxies Missions
Kitchen Beach Bowl Galaxy Sunken Treasure Passing the Swim Test The Secret Undersea Cavern Fast Foes on the Cyclone Stone Beachcombing for Purple Coins Wall Jumping up Waterfalls
Garden Deep Dark Galaxy The Underground Ghost Ship Bubble Blastoff Guppy and the Underground Lake Ghost Ship Daredevil Run Plunder the Purple Coins Boo in a Box
Emerges constantly
Domes Galaxies Missions
Engine Room Sea Slide Galaxy Going after Guppy Faster Than a Speeding Penguin The Silver Stars of Sea Slide Underwater Cosmic Mario Race Purple Coins by the Seaside Hurry, He's Hungry

Super Mario Galaxy 2[edit]

Big Gringills from Super Mario Galaxy 2
The Big Gringills in Super Mario Galaxy 2

In Super Mario Galaxy 2, only two Big Gringills appear, both being across from one another in a cave in the Starshine Beach Galaxy. They emerge only when approached.

Appearances[edit]

  • Baseline sprite of the Star Pointer in Super Mario Galaxy. marks missions where Big Gringills are completely absent.
  • Mission icon from Super Mario Galaxy marks missions where Big Gringills are loaded and may be visible but cannot be encountered directly.
Worlds Galaxies Missions
World 4 Starshine Beach Galaxy Surf, Sand, and Silver Stars Climbing the Cloudy Tower Purple Coin Beach Dash

Gallery[edit]

Naming[edit]

Internal names[edit]

Game File Name Meaning

Super Mario Galaxy
Super Mario Galaxy 2
ObjectData/Snakehead.arc Snakehead -
SystemData/ObjNameTable.arc/ObjNameTable.tbl 雷魚(大) (Raigyo (dai)) Snakehead (big)

Names in other languages[edit]

The contemporaneous name for each language is listed first. Subsequent names are listed in chronological order for each language, from oldest to newest, and have the media with which they are associated in the "Notes" column. Names exclusive to localizations of the Super Mario Bros. Encyclopedia are not prioritized due to concerns about circular reporting, and are only listed first for their respective languages if they are the only ones available.

Language Name Meaning Notes
Japanese でかアナゴン[3]:160
Deka Anagon
Big Gringill
大アナゴン[4][3]:127
Dai Anagon
Super Mario Galaxy
French Méga Anguillon[5] Mega Gringill
German Riesenaal[6] Giant Eel
Italian Pescione Boa[7] Big Gringill
Mega Pesce Boa[8]:127 Mega Gringill Super Mario Bros. Encyclopedia
Mega Mordorena[8]:160 Mega Maw-Ray
Spanish Gran Anagorn[9] Giant Gringill

References[edit]

  1. ^ English Super Mario Galaxy 2 entry on the official Mario Portal. nintendo.co.jp. Retrieved August 13, 2022. (Archived August 12, 2022, 23:39:46 UTC via archive.today.)
  2. ^ English Super Mario Galaxy entry on the official Mario Portal. nintendo.co.jp. Retrieved August 13, 2022. (Archived August 12, 2022, 23:39:09 UTC via archive.today.)
  3. ^ a b Sakai, Kazuya (ambit), kikai, Akinori Sao, Junko Fukuda, Kunio Takayama, and Ko Nakahara (Shogakukan), editors (2015). "Super Mario Galaxy" in『スーパーマリオブラザーズ百科: 任天堂公式ガイドブック』. Tokyo: Shogakukan (Japanese). ISBN 978-4-09-106569-8.
  4. ^ Watanabe, Takashi, Noriko Oketani, Geasen Ueno, Kiyotaka Iwaya, Tatsuhiko Mizutani, Kensaku Tanaka, Mizuho Nitta, Junko Fukuda, and Kunio Takayama, editors (2007). 『スーパーマリオギャラクシー: 任天堂公式ガイドブック』. Tokyo: Shogakukan (Japanese). ISBN 978-4-09-227115-9. Page 407.
  5. ^ Ardaillon, Joanna, and Victoria Juillard-Huberty, editors (2018). Super Mario Encyclopedia. Translated by Fabien Nabhan. Toulon: Soleil Productions (French). ISBN 978-2-3020-7004-2. Page 127, 160.
  6. ^ Scholz, Sabine, and Benjamin Spinrath, editors (2017). "Super Mario Galaxy" in Super Mario Encyclopedia - Die ersten 30 Jahre : 1985-2015. Translated by Yamada Hirofumi. Hamburg: Tokyopop (German). ISBN 978-3-8420-3653-6. Page 127.
  7. ^ Black, Fletcher (2007). Super Mario Galaxy - la Guida Ufficiale (Premiere Edition). Roseville: Prima Games (Italian). ISBN 978-1-906064-03-7. Page 228.
  8. ^ a b Sakai, Kazuya (ambit), kikai, Akinori Sao, Junko Fukuda, Kunio Takayama, Ko Nakahara (Shogakukan), and Marco Figini, editors (2018). Super Mario Bros. Enciclopedia. Translated by Marco Amerighi. Milan: Magazzini Salani (Italian). ISBN 889367436X.
  9. ^ Sakai, Kazuya (ambit), kikai, Akinori Sao, Junko Fukuda, Kunio Takayama, and Ko Nakahara (Shogakukan), editors (2017). Enciclopedia Super Mario Bros. 30ª Aniversario. Translated by Gemma Tarrés. Barcelona: Editorial Planeta, S.A. (European Spanish). ISBN 978-84-9146-223-1. Page 127, 160.