Blow Hard
- This article is about an enemy from Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island. For the similarly named Duel Board from Mario Party 3, see Blowhard.
| Blow Hard | |||
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 Artwork from Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island | |||
| First appearance | Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island (1995) | ||
| Latest appearance | Yoshi's New Island (2014) | ||
| Variant of | Pokey | ||
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A Blow Hard[1] is a Pokey that fires smaller yellow Pokeys at a Yoshi in Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island (and its reissue), Yoshi's Island DS, and Yoshi's New Island. Blow Hards are named after the slang term "blowhard," meaning "someone who exaggerates about themselves," and referencing their method of attack of spitting Pokeys. Despite being a Pokey, a Blow Hard more closely resembles a Piranha Plant due to its spherical spotted head and large lips. It always faces a Yoshi and has a blinking crosshair to tell where it is firing. Any solid objects and platforms can stop its projectiles. It is nearly invincible, but a Yoshi can pound the ground nearby or throw an egg at it to temporarily knock it out; however, it wakes up a few seconds later. It can be defeated entirely in the first game with a blue watermelon or red watermelon.
Although Blow Hards spit yellow Pokeys, their artwork for Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island depicts them spitting green ones instead.
ProfilesEdit
Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island / Yoshi's Island: Super Mario Advance 3Edit
- Shogakukan guide: サボテンを吐き出すが、命中率はいまひとつ。タマゴをぶつけたり、近くでヒップドロップをすれば気絶する。[2] (It spits out cacti, but the hit rate is poor. If you hit it with an egg or do a Hip Drop near it, it will faint.)
- Player's Guide: They spit prickly seeds with painful accuracy. Stun them with an egg, then dash before they can revive.[1]
- Shogakukan guide (Game Boy Advance version):
近 づくと×印 の照準 が現 れ、サンボをはき出 して攻撃 してくる。倒 すことはできないが、タマゴを当 てたり、近 くでヒップドロップすれば気絶 する。[3] (When you approach it, an X-shaped target appears, and it attacks by spewing out Needlenoses. It cannot be defeated, but if you hit it with an egg or Hip Drop it nearby, it will be stunned.)
Yoshi's New IslandEdit
- Shogakukan guide:
水玉模様 のサンボ。こちらにカーソルを合 わせてから、爆弾 を飛 ばしてくる。ヒップドロップの衝擊 やタマゴを当 てることで、数秒間気絶 させることができる。[4] (A Pokey with polka dots. After placing its cursor on you, it will send bombs at you. You can stun it for a few seconds by striking it with a Hip Drop shock or an egg.)
GalleryEdit
Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island
Yoshi's New Island
Super Mario-kun
Names in other languagesEdit
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 they are associated with in the "notes" column.
| Language | Name | Meaning | Notes |
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| Japanese | ほうだいサンボ[4] Hōdai Sanbo |
Cannon Pokey | |
| 砲台サンボ[2][3] Hōdai Sanbo |
Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island | ||
| German | Spuck-Piranha[5] | Spit Piranha Plant |
ReferencesEdit
- ^ a b Miller, Kent, and Terry Munson. Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island Player's Guide. Page 126.
- ^ a b Okeya, Noriko, Mitsuharu Orihara, and Yuji Kigen, editors (1995). 『スーパーマリオヨッシーアイランド任天堂公式ガイドブック』. Tokyo: Shogakukan (Japanese). ISBN 4-09-1025-234. Page 5.
- ^ a b Watanabe, Takashi, Noriko Oketani, Mitsuharu Orihara, Tatsuhiko Mizutani, and Yasushi Nakahara, editors (2002). 『スーパーマリオアドバンス3任天堂公式ガイドブック』. Tokyo: Shogakukan (Japanese). ISBN 4-09-106071-4. Page 22.
- ^ a b Iwaya, Kiyotaka, Tatsuhiko Mizutani, Yasuyuki Kato, Junko Fukuda, Kunio Takayama, and Yasushi Nakahara (Shogakukan), editors (2014). 『ヨッシー New アイランド 任天堂公式ガイドブック』. Tokyo: Shogakukan (Japanese). ISBN 978-4-09-106542-1. Page 25.
- ^ Menold, Marcus, John D. Kraft, and Thomas Görg, editors (1995). Der offizielle Nintendo Spieleberater "Super Mario World 2 – Yoshi's Island". Großostheim: Nintendo of Europe GmbH (German). Page 17.
| Pokeys | |
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| Characters | Mega Paper Macho Pokey • Mummipokey • Punkey the Pokey Prince • The Pokey Triplets • Tower Power Pokey |
| Species | Big Pokey • Blow Hard • Cactus Jack • Dark Pokey • Drool Hard • Green Pokey • Hanging Blow Hard • Mad Pokey • Poison Pokey • Pokey • Pokey (heading) • Pokey (projectile) • Pokey Head • Pokey Mummy • Pokey Pom • Pokeynut • Pokeyplant • Seedy Pod • Skellokey • Snow Pokey • Spiked Fun Guy (Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island) • Spiky Snifit • Toothy |