Boo Blah
| Boo Blah | |||
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 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: Echoes of Wisdom (2024, overall) Yoshi's New Island (2014, Super Mario franchise) | ||
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A Boo Blah[1] is a type 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. Green Goo Specters appear in The Legend of Zelda: Echoes of Wisdom, and can be copied as an echo.
Profiles[edit]
Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island / Yoshi's Island: Super Mario Advance 3[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]
- Shogakukan guide (Game Boy Advance version): 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.)
Gallery[edit]
Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island
Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island
A Yellow Yoshi jumping over a Boo Blah in Bigger Boo's Fort
The unused enemy combo
The Legend of Zelda: Link's Awakening DX
The Legend of Zelda: Link's Awakening DX
Artwork used for a puzzle based on Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island
Names in other languages[edit]
| Language | Name | Meaning | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Japanese | びよ～んおばけ[5][6] Biyo~n Obake |
Stretchy Ghost | Yoshi's Island series |
| ビヨーンおばけ[8][9] Biyōn Obake |
The Legend of Zelda: Link's Awakening | ||
| びよーんオバケ[?] Biyōn Obake |
The Legend of Zelda: Echoes of Wisdom | ||
| Chinese (simplified) | 吓吓怪[10] Xià xià guài |
Scary Monster | The Legend of Zelda series |
| Chinese (traditional) | 嚇嚇怪[10] Xià xià guài |
Scary Monster | The Legend of Zelda series |
| Dutch | Goo Specter[10] | - | The Legend of Zelda series |
| French | Spectre gluant[?] | Sticky spectre | The Legend of Zelda series |
| German | Schleimspuk[10] | Slime-spook | The Legend of Zelda series |
| Italian | melmospettro[10] | slime-spectre | The Legend of Zelda: Link's Awakening |
| Korean | 쑤욱[10] ssuug |
to pop out of nowhere | The Legend of Zelda series |
| Portuguese | Flantasma[?] | From fantasma ("ghost") and "flan" | The Legend of Zelda series |
| Russian | слизедух[10] slizeduh |
Slime-spirit | The Legend of Zelda: Link's Awakening |
| Spanish | flantasma[10] | From fantasma ("ghost") and "flan" | The Legend of Zelda: Link's Awakening |
References[edit]
- ^ a b Miller, Kent; Munson, Terry (1995). Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island Player's Guide. Nintendo of America (American English). Page 126.
- ^ potatoTeto (July 24, 2020). A post featuring gameplay of a Yoshi's Island prototype. X. Retrieved July 24, 2020.
- ^ Hollinger, Elizabeth M., and James M. Ratkos. The Legend of Zelda: Link's Awakening DX Prima's Official Strategy Guide. Page 106.
- ^ The Legend of Zelda: Link's Awakening Dreamer Art Book
- ^ 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). Shogakukan (Japanese). Page 7.
- ^ 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). Shogakukan (Japanese). Page 20.
- ^ 「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). Shogakukan (Japanese). Page 23.
- ^ 「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 DX). Shogakukan (Japanese). Page 101.
- ^ 「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). Nintendo DREAM (Japanese). Page 130.
- ^ a b c d e f g h The Legend of Zelda: Link's Awakening (Nintendo Switch) enemy glossary
