Boo Blah

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Boo Blah
Booblah.png
Artwork of two Boo Blahs from Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island
First appearance Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island (1995)
Latest appearance The Legend of Zelda: Link's Awakening (Nintendo Switch, 2019, overall)
Yoshi's New Island (2014, extended Super Mario franchise)
Variants
Comparable

A Boo Blah[1] is a kind of ghost that appears in Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island (and its reissue) and Yoshi's New Island. This creature sticks to the ceiling or the floor and stretches out periodically, similarly to Stretches from Super Mario Bros. 3. Boo Blahs are generally invincible, though they hurt the player only if they make contact with them while they are extended. Stomping them stuns them for a brief period of time, and by holding the jump button, a Yoshi can bounce off them. They can be defeated by using a POW Block or a cloud item. Also, there is an unused variant that has a Piro Dangle on its head, which was used in an earlier build of the game.[2]

Colored Boo Blahs appear in both of the later versions of The Legend of Zelda: Link's Awakening in the optional Color Dungeon. For The Legend of Zelda: Link's Awakening DX, they are localized as Camo Goblins,[3] and for the Nintendo Switch remake, they are localized as Goo Specters.[4] They appear in red, green, and blue versions and disguise in their small forms against same-colored floors, pursuing Link before stretching out.

Profiles[edit]

Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island[edit]

  • Shogakukan guide: 天井や床にはりついていて、ときどきからだをびよ~んとのばして驚かす。おばけはもう死んでいるので、倒せない。[5] (The ghosts are on the ceiling or floor, and sometimes startle people by stretching out their bodies. Since they are already dead, they cannot be defeated.)
  • Player's Guide: Lurking in the stonework of Bigger Boo's castle, the Boo Blah's "Boo!" is worse than its bite.[1]

Yoshi's Island: Super Mario Advance 3[edit]

  • Shogakukan guide: 天井や床にはりついていて、時々体をビヨーンとのばしておどろかす。倒すことはできないが、ゆかにいるものをふんでもダメージは受けない。[6] (They sometimes stretch out their bodies to scare you. They cannot be defeated, nor can they be harmed by stepping on them.)

Yoshi's New Island[edit]

  • Shogakukan guide: 一定時間ごとに通路をふさぐように体や手を伸ばす。触れるとダメージを受けるが、踏んで上に乗れる。乗った状態で敵が体や手を伸ばすと、真上へ飛ばされる。[7](At regular intervals, they extend their bodies and hands to block off passageways. Touching it causes damage, but you can step on it to get on top of it. If the enemy reaches out with his body or hand while you are on top of it, you will be sent high above it.)

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Names in other languages[edit]

Language Name Meaning
Japanese びよ~んおばけ[5][6]
Biyo~n Obake
ビヨーンおばけ[8][9] (The Legend of Zelda: Link's Awakening)
Biyōn Obake
From「びよんびよん」(biyon-biyon, onomatopoeia for stretching) and「お化け」(obake)

Alternate spelling

Chinese (simplified) 吓吓怪 (The Legend of Zelda: Link's Awakening)
Xià xià guài
Scary Monster

Chinese (traditional) 嚇嚇怪 (The Legend of Zelda: Link's Awakening)
Xià xià guài
Scary Monster

Dutch Goo Specter (The Legend of Zelda: Link's Awakening)
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French Spectre gluant (The Legend of Zelda: Link's Awakening)
Sticky spectre
German Schleimspuk (The Legend of Zelda: Link's Awakening)
Slime-spook
Italian melmospettro (The Legend of Zelda: Link's Awakening)
Slime-spectre
Korean 쑤욱 (The Legend of Zelda: Link's Awakening)
ssuug
to pop out of nowhere

Russian слизедух (The Legend of Zelda: Link's Awakening)
slizeduh
Slime-spirit

Spanish flantasma (The Legend of Zelda: Link's Awakening)
From "fantasma" (ghost) and "flan"

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b Miller, Kent, and Terry Munson. Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island Player's Guide. Page 126.
  2. ^ potatoTeto (July 24, 2020). Twitter post featuring gameplay of a Yoshi's Island prototype. Twitter. Retrieved July 24, 2020.
  3. ^ Hollinger, Elizabeth M., and James M. Ratkos. The Legend of Zelda: Link's Awakening DX Prima's Official Strategy Guide. Page 106.
  4. ^ The Legend of Zelda: Link's Awakening Dreamer Art Book
  5. ^ a b 「任天堂公式ガイドブック スーパーマリオヨッシーアイランド」 (Nintendo Kōshiki Guidebook – Super Mario: Yossy Island), page 7.
  6. ^ a b 「任天堂公式ガイドブック スーパーマリオアドバンス3」 (Nintendo Kōshiki Guidebook – Super Mario Advance 3), page 20.
  7. ^ 「ヨッシー New アイランド 任天堂公式ガイドブック」 (Yoshi's New Island Nintendo Kōshiki Guidebook), page 23Media:Yoshi New Island Shogakukan P23.jpg.
  8. ^ 「任天堂公式ガイドブック ゼルダの伝説 夢をみる島DX」 (Nintendo Kōshiki Guidebook – Zelda no Densetsu: Yume o Miru Shima), page 101.
  9. ^ 「ゼルダの伝説 夢をみる島 完全攻略本」 (Zelda no Densetsu: Yume o Miru Shima – Kanzen Kōryakubon), page 130.

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