Blindfold Boo
| Blindfold Boo | |||
|---|---|---|---|
 Artwork from Yoshi's Story | |||
| First appearance | Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island (1995) | ||
| Latest appearance | Super Princess Peach (2005) | ||
| Variant of | Boo | ||
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- “Walk softly around this ghost. He won't find you if you're quiet.”
- —Message Block in the Ghost Castle, Yoshi's Story
A Blindfold Boo,[1] also known as a Blindfolded Boo[2] or Boo Man Bluff,[3] is a species of Boo encountered in Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island (and its reissue) and Yoshi's Story. As their name suggests, Blindfold Boos are blindfolded. They were originally depicted as mid-sized peach-colored Boos with green mouths, but they were depicted as normal-sized white Boos with pink mouths in later appearances. Since it cannot see, a Blindfold Boo relies on sound to guide it. When it hears a sound, such as a Yoshi gathering coins, it homes in on the sound. In Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island, only one Blindfold Boo is found in Bigger Boo's Fort, while in the reissue, some are found in Endless World of Yoshis.
In Yoshi's Story, Blindfold Boos were redesigned to have light-blue blindfolds, rather than black, and have large pink ears rather than arms. Blindfold Boos appear only in the Ghost Castle, where four of them (three in the beginning and one in the tower climb) appear and act just as they do in their first appearance. Much like in the previous game, they are invulnerable to attacks, and when pursuing a Yoshi, they can move faster than a Yoshi can run. If a Yoshi touches a Blindfold Boo or receives any attack by one, he loses three petals from the Smile Meter.
In Super Princess Peach, a group variant called Teresa no Taigun appears. The appearance of the Boos was changed once again to more closely resemble the Blindfold Boos' original sprite, but they come only as an advancing swarm wall this time.
The name "Boo Man Bluff" is derived from the name of the tag-related game blind man's bluff, which also involves blindfolds.
Profiles[edit]
Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island / Yoshi's Island: Super Mario Advance 3[edit]
- Shogakukan guide: 目が見えないから、むかい合っても動じない。[4] (Because they can't see, they are unfazed even when you face them.)
- Player's Guide: Another Boo who goes bump in the night in Bigger Boo's Castle. Found near the Blue Boos.[3]
- Shogakukan guide (Game Boy Advance version): めかくしをしているが、ヨッシーのジャンプやヒップドロップの音に反応する。ヨッシーと目が合う心配がないので、向かい合っていても近づいてくるぞ。[5] (It wears a blindfold, but reacts to the sound of Yoshi's jumps and Hip Drops. It doesn't have to worry about eye contact with Yoshi, so it will approach you even if you're facing him.)
Yoshi's Story[edit]
- Shogakukan guide: 目隠しされて耳がダンボ。気づかれないように、めき足、さし足。[6] (Blindfolded with Dumbo ears. To not let them notice you, take stealthy footsteps.)
- Nintendo 64 Spieleberater: Wer nix sieht, der kann mir auch nicht gefährlich werden... Aber nur wenn ich nichts mache und warte, bis er weg schwebt! [7] (The one who doesn't see anything can't be dangerous to me... But only if I do nothing and wait until he floats away!)
Gallery[edit]
Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island
Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island
Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island
Yoshi's Story
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 they are associated with in the "notes" column.
| Language | Name | Meaning | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Japanese | めかくしテレサ[4][6][5] Mekakushi Teresa |
Blindfold Boo | |
| 目かくしテレサ[8] Mekakushi Teresa |
Yoshi's Story | ||
| German | Blinde-Buu[7] | Blind Boo, in reference to Blinde Kuh ("blind man's bluff") | |
| Gruft Buu[9] | Crypt Boo | Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island |
References[edit]
- ^ Yoshi's Story official website. Nintendo of America (American English). Archived May 11, 2000, 08:01:14 UTC from the original via Wayback Machine. Retrieved June 6, 2024.
- ^ "Blindfolded Boos: These ghosts are undefeatable and can track you by movement. Walk very slowly and try to avoid their attacks." – Prima Bath (April 7, 1999). Nintendo 64 Game Secrets, 1999 Edition Prima's Official Strategy Guide. Prima Games (American English). ISBN 0-7615-2103-8. Page 105.
- ^ a b Miller, Kent and Terry Munson (1995). Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island Player's Guide. Nintendo Power (American English). 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 7.
- ^ 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 23.
- ^ a b 「ヨッシーストーリー 任天堂公式ガイドブック」 (Yoshi's Story Nintendo Kōshiki Guidebook). Shogakukan (Japanese). Page 7.
- ^ a b Hein, Marko, John D. Kraft, and Thomas Rinke, editors (1998). Der offizielle Nintendo Spieleberater „Yoshi's Story“. Großostheim: Nintendo of Europe GmbH (German). Page 19.
- ^ Yoshioka, Seino (Muse Staff) (1998). 『ヨッシー全百科: カラースペシャル版』. Tokyo: Shogakukan (Japanese). ISBN 4-09-281158-6. Page 139.
- ^ 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.
Interwiki links[edit]
- de:Gruft Buu
- de:Blinde-Buu – Yoshi's Story
