Bigbee
- Not to be confused with Big Bee.
| Bigbee | |||
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| First appearance | Super Mario Land 2: 6 Golden Coins (1992) | ||
| Variant of | Beebee | ||
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A Bigbee[1] (generically referred to by Nintendo Power as a big bee)[2] is an enemy in Super Mario Land 2: 6 Golden Coins. These Beebees are found exclusively in the Tree Zone (Bee Hive Course only). They act like Suu from Super Mario Land, dropping when Mario is nearby before slowly flying back up. Only a Star can defeat a Bigbee.
Profiles
Perfect Ban Mario Character Daijiten
| ブーイチ (JP) / Bigbee (EN) | |||
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| Original text (Japanese) | Translation | ||
| クーリプ |
Tribe | Creep clan | |
| なまけもの | Disposition | Lazy fellow | |
| ランド２ | Game appearances | Land 2 | |
| くいしん ビービーたちの |
Fat person who loves to eat They are friends of the Beebees, but they love to eat and hate to be physically active. They are always lurking on the ceiling, trying to crush intruders who enter the beehive with their heavy weight. | ||
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Etymology
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. The only exception is the German name listed below. The English edition of the encyclopedia refers to the enemy as "Buichi,"[4] a romanization of its Japanese name and comparable to the name of its article on Super Mario Wiki from 2013 to 2022, "Būichi."
Names in other languages
| Language | Name | Meaning | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Japanese | ブーイチ[5][6] Būichi |
Possibly from「ブーン」(būn, "buzz") and the name-ending「~イチ」(-ichi); may incorporate「デブ」(debu, "fat") and「 |
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| French | Bouboule[7] | From bouboule (slang for fat person); possibly evoking abeille ("bee") | |
| German | Große Biene[8] | Large Bee | |
| Italian | Calabrone[9] | Bumblebee | |
| Spanish | Bûichi[10] | Romanization of the Japanese name |
References
- ^ English 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.)
- ^ "When Mario makes his way into the honeycomb, he should be careful to avoid the big bees that fall down from the ceiling onto Mario. With a little patience, Mario can get around this annoying problem." – Hamm & Rudolf GmbH, Frankfurt (1994). Super Game Boy Player's Guide. Nintendo of America (American English). Page 22.
- ^ 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 184.
- ^ Roberts, Rachel, and Cardner Clark, editors (2018). "Super Mario Land 2: 6 Golden Coins" in Super Mario Bros. Encyclopedia: The Official Guide to the First 30 Years (First English Edition). Translated by William Flanagan and Zack Davisson. Milwaukie: Dark Horse Books. ISBN 978-1-50670-897-3. Page 75.
- ^ 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 12.
- ^ 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.
- ^ Moyes, Claude M., Andreas G. Kämmerer, and Marcus Menold, editors (1994). "Super Mario Land 2" in Der Offizielle Nintendo Super Game Boy-Spieleberater. Großostheim: Nintendo of Europe GmbH (German). Page 22.
- ^ 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. Page 76.
- ^ 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.
