Bomubomu
| Bomubomu | |||
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 Artwork from Super Mario Land 2: 6 Golden Coins | |||
| Appears in | Super Mario Land 2: 6 Golden Coins (1992) | ||
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Bomubomu,[1] generically referred to as cannonball-spitting creatures,[2] are enemies in Super Mario Land 2: 6 Golden Coins. These pig-like creatures walk left and right, shooting cannonballs from their cannon-shaped snouts, which are aimed horizontally or diagonally upwards, depending on where Mario is when it stops. Mario can jump on these cannonballs to destroy them. Bomubomu can be defeated with a jump or a fireball. The color of Bomubomu and the cannonballs they fire have three different sets depending on the stage they are encountered, but they otherwise share completely identical behavior. They have light bodies and light cannonballs in the Space Zone's first stage, light bodies and dark cannonballs in the Mario Zone's second stage, and dark bodies and dark cannonballs in the Mario Zone's final stage.
Profiles[edit]
Perfect Ban Mario Character Daijiten[edit]
| ボムボム (JP) / Bomubomu (EN) | |||
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| Original text (Japanese) | Translation | ||
| ビースト |
Tribe | Beast clan | |
| おおらか | Disposition | Composed | |
| ランド２ | Game appearances | Land 2 | |
| He's going to burst out a cannon ball. A cannon pig that shoots out balls from its large mouth. It shoots bowling ball-like heavy balls left, right, and diagonally upward at Mario. There are three different colors of Bomubomu, called Bomubomu 1, 2, and 3, respectively. | |||
Gallery[edit]
Sprite from Super Mario Land 2: 6 Golden Coins
Sprite from Super Mario Land 2: 6 Golden Coins
Sprite from Super Mario Land 2: 6 Golden Coins
Sprite from Super Mario Land 2: 6 Golden Coins
Sprite from Super Mario Land 2: 6 Golden Coins
Screenshot from Super Mario Land 2: 6 Golden Coins
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Naming[edit]
Etymology[edit]
The Shogakukan guidebook for Super Mario Land 2: 6 Golden Coins and the Perfect Ban Mario Character Daijiten recognize three different colors of Bombubomu that are denoted by number. While Bomubomu 1 refers to the pale ones that launch pale cannonballs in the Space Zone, it is not apparent which one is supposed to be 2 and 3 because the guidebook applies both numbers to the same ones in the Gumball Course.[4]:72, 73 However, because this is the second course in the Mario Zone and a third Bomubomu is encountered in a different one later in this zone, this Bomubomu is likely supposed to be Bomubomu 2. It has a pale body, but launches dark cannonballs. The other Bomubomu from the subsequent Block Course, most likely Bomubomu 3, is dark-colored and fires dark cannonballs.
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.
Names in other languages[edit]
| Language | Name | Meaning | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Japanese | ボムボム[4]:12[5] Bomubomu |
Repetition of「ボム」(bomu, "bomb"); potentially an allusion to「ブー」(bū, "oink") | |
| ボムボム1・2・3[4]:12 Bomubomu 1・2・3 | |||
| French | Groin Groin[6] | Snout Snout | |
| German | Das Kanonen-Schwein[7] | The Cannon Pig | |
| Italian | Bomubomu[8] | - | |
| Spanish | Bomubomu[9] | - |
References[edit]
- ^ 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.)
- ^ "Cannonball-spitting creatures cause havoc here. Jump out of the way." – December 1992. Nintendo Power Volume 43. Nintendo of America (American English). Page 48.
- ^ 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). Page 208.
- ^ a b c 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.
- ^ 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.
- ^ Kämmerer, Andreas G. (1992). "Super Mario Land II - 6 Golden Coins" in Club Nintendo vol. 4, is. 6. Nintendo of Europe GmbH (German). Page 43.
- ^ 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 76.
