Blockhopper
- Not to be confused with Pile Driver Micro-Goomba or Blockstopper!
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| Appears in | New Super Mario Bros. (2006) | ||
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Blockhoppers[1] are enemies encountered in New Super Mario Bros. They are found only in World 2-5. Each of them disguises itself as a ? Block with bricks on top of it, which can be distinguished by the fact that the question mark on it is motionless. Once Mario or Luigi approaches a Blockhopper, it reveals a black body with blue feet. Blockhoppers hop at every vocal "paah" in the background music, and if Mario or Luigi is standing on top of a Blockhopper, it will move in the direction that he is facing. Blockhoppers are harmless when touched from the side due to them being disguised as blocks, but they will damage one of the Mario Bros. if they land on him. Blockhoppers can be defeated with a thrown Koopa Shell or a Ground Pound or by running into them using the shell dash ability using the Blue Shell. Mini Mario cannot defeat Blockhoppers due to his very small size. If the ? Block on a Blockhopper is ground-pounded, Mario or Luigi receives a coin or an item like with an ordinary ? Block.
Blockhoppers are similar to the Pile Driver Micro-Goombas that disguise themselves as blocks from Super Mario Bros. 3 and the hopping Fake Blocks and segmented Blokkabloks from Super Mario 3D Land.
Blockhoppers were originally going to appear in Mario & Luigi: Bowser's Inside Story, but they are not in the final game.[2]
Gallery[edit]
New Super Mario Bros.
Mario & Luigi: Bowser's Inside Story (unused)
Naming[edit]
Internal names[edit]
| Game | File | Name | Meaning
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|---|---|---|---|
| New Super Mario Bros. | data/enemy/gorem.nsbca | gorem | From "golem" |
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 | ブロックン[3][4][5] Burokkun |
A contraction of "block" with the honorific suffix「くん」(-kun); shared with Brickman and similar to Burokkun | |
| Chinese (simplified) | 伪砖杀手[6] Wěizhuān Shāshǒu (Mandarin) Ngaihjyūn Saatsáu (Cantonese) |
Literally "Masquerade-Brick Killer," with "伪砖" also derived from "伪装" (wěizhuāng, "camouflage") | |
| French | Bloc sauteur[7] | Jumping Block | |
| Blockhopper[8] | - | Super Mario Bros. Encyclopedia | |
| German | Blockhüpfer[9] | Blockhopper | |
| Italian | Finto blocco salterino[10] | Jumpy fake block | |
| Blockhopper[11] | - | Super Mario Bros. Encyclopedia | |
| Korean | 댄스블록[12] Daenseu Beullok |
Dance Block | |
| Spanish | Blockhopper[13] | - |
References[edit]
- ^ Loe, Casey (May 15, 2006). New Super Mario Bros. Player's Guide. Nintendo of America (American English). ISBN 1-59812-009-3. Page 13.
- ^ Mario & Luigi: Bowser’s Inside Story Bonus Video
- ^ Watanabe, Takashi, Geesen Ueno, Noriko Oketani, Tatsuhiko Mizutani, Yoshimori Kato, Mizuho Nitta, Chie Maruyama, Junko Fukuda, and Kunio Takayama, editors (2006). 『ニュー・スーパーマリオブラザーズ: 任天堂公式ガイドブック』. Tokyo: Shogakukan (Japanese). ISBN 4-091063-07-1. Page 16.
- ^ Kashima, Aya, Daisuke Kitayama, Itaru Nakatani, Seishiro Fuwa, Isamu Horie, and Yoji Watanabe (2006). 『ニュー・スーパーマリオブラザーズ』. Tokyo: ambit (Japanese). ISBN 4-8399-2000-1. Page 17.
- ^ Sakai, Kazuya (ambit), kikai, Akinori Sao, Junko Fukuda, Kunio Takayama, and Ko Nakahara (Shogakukan), editors (2015). "New Super Mario Bros." 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. Page 115.
- ^ New 超级马力欧兄弟. iQue (Simplified Chinese). Retrieved June 3, 2024.
- ^ Loe, Casey (2006). New Super Mario Bros., le guide de stratégie officiel. Hamburg: Future Press (French). ISBN 3-937336-61-3. Page 13.
- ^ Ardaillon, Joanna, and Victoria Juillard-Huberty, editors (2018). "New Super Mario Bros." in Super Mario Encyclopedia. Translated by Fabien Nabhan. Toulon: Soleil Productions (French). ISBN 978-2-3020-7004-2. Page 115.
- ^ Scholz, Sabine, and Benjamin Spinrath, editors (2017). "New Super Mario Bros." in Super Mario Encyclopedia - Die ersten 30 Jahre : 1985-2015. Translated by Yamada Hirofumi. Hamburg: Tokyopop (German). ISBN 978-3-8420-3653-6. Page 115.
- ^ Andrea Minini Saldini (July 2006). Nintendo La Rivista Ufficiale Numero 54. Milan: Future Media Italy SpA (Italian). Page 53.
- ^ Sakai, Kazuya (ambit), kikai, Akinori Sao, Junko Fukuda, Kunio Takayama, Ko Nakahara (Shogakukan), and Marco Figini, editors (2018). "New Super Mario Bros." in Super Mario Bros. Enciclopedia. Translated by Marco Amerighi. Milan: Magazzini Salani (Italian). ISBN 889367436X. Page 115.
- ^ NINTENDO DS. Nintendo Korea (Korean). Archived April 16, 2008, 12:12:21 UTC from the original via Wayback Machine. Retrieved June 3, 2024.
- ^ Sakai, Kazuya (ambit), kikai, Akinori Sao, Junko Fukuda, Kunio Takayama, and Ko Nakahara (Shogakukan), editors (2017). "New Super Mario Bros." 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 115.
