Editing Bulber

{{species infobox
|image=[[File:BulberNSMBU.png|148px]]<br>A Bulber from ''[[New Super Mario Bros. U]]''
|first_appearance=''[[New Super Mario Bros. Wii]]'' ([[List of games by date#2009|2009]])
|latest_appearance=''[[Mario Kart 8 Deluxe]]'' (''[[Mario Kart 8 Deluxe – Booster Course Pass|Booster Course Pass]]'', Wave 6) (2023)
}}
'''Bulbers'''<ref>{{cite|author=Bueno, Fernando|date=2009|title=New Super Mario Bros. Wii Prima Official Game Guide|publisher=[[Prima Games]]|isbn=978-0307465924|page=160}}</ref><ref>{{cite|author=Stratton, Steve|date=2012|title=New Super Mario Bros. U Prima Official Game Guide|publisher=Prima Games|isbn=978-0307896902|page=30}}</ref> are anglerfish-like enemies that first appear in ''[[New Super Mario Bros. Wii]]''. Like real anglerfish, their bulbs illuminate any darkness around them, similarly to [[Jellybeam]]s.

==History==
===''Super Mario'' series===
====''New Super Mario Bros. Wii''====
[[File:NSMBW Bulber Screenshot.png|220px|thumb|A school of Bulbers in ''New Super Mario Bros. Wii'']]
In ''New Super Mario Bros. Wii'', Bulbers only appear in [[World 8-4 (New Super Mario Bros. Wii)|World 8-4]]. They swim freely in the water, illuminating the area around them. They can be defeated by attacking them with a [[fireball]], by freezing them, or by running into them with a [[Super Star|Star]], although this is not necessary and perhaps even detrimental due to loss of illumination. Bulbers are passive, hurting [[Mario]] only if he touches them.

====''New Super Mario Bros. U''====
Bulbers reappear in ''[[New Super Mario Bros. U]]'' where they act exactly as they did in ''New Super Mario Bros. Wii'', appearing alongside Jellybeams in [[Deepsea Ruins]] of [[Soda Jungle]]. They do not reappear in ''[[New Super Luigi U]]''.

===''Mario Kart'' series===
====''Mario Kart Arcade GP DX''====
Although Bulbers are absent from ''[[Mario Kart Arcade GP DX]]'', there exists model data for one in the game files.{{ref needed}}

====''Mario Kart Tour''====
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[[File:MKT Piranha Plant Cove Scene.jpg|thumb|left|Bulbers in ''Mario Kart Tour'']]
Bulbers return in ''[[Mario Kart Tour]]'', marking their first appearance in over ten years. They appear in [[Piranha Plant Cove]] across its variants, visible above the pillars of the first and third route's starting line and in [[Piranha Plant Cove 3]]'s subterranean ruin section.
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====''Mario Kart 8 Deluxe''====
Bulbers appear in the final wave of the ''[[Mario Kart 8 Deluxe – Booster Course Pass]]'', appearing in the background of Piranha Plant Cove.

==Gallery==
<gallery>
NSMBW Bulber Model.png|''New Super Mario Bros. Wii''
</gallery>

==Additional names==
===Internal names===
{{internal names
|game1=''[[New Super Mario Bros. Wii]]''<br>''[[New Super Mario Bros. U]]''<br>''[[Mario Kart Arcade GP DX]]''
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|name1=ankou
|meaning1=anglerfish
}}

===Names in other languages===
{{foreign names
|Jap=チョーチン<ref>''New Super Mario Bros. U'' actor name in executable</ref>
|JapR=Chōchin
|JapM=Clipping of「提灯鮟鱇」(''chōchin-ankō'', "{{wp|footballfish}}").「提灯」(''chōchin'') also literally means "paper lantern".
|Ger=Anglerfisch
|GerM=Frogfish
|Ita=Pesce Lampada<ref name=SMEit>{{cite|date=2018|title=''[[Super Mario Bros. Encyclopedia|Super Mario Bros. Enciclopedia]]''|publisher=Magazzini Salani|language=it|isbn=978-8893674362|page=145, 210}}</ref>
|ItaM=Lamp Fish
|Ita2=Pesce Luce<ref name=SMEit/>
|Ita2M=Light Fish
|SpaE=Besulbo
|SpaEM=Portmanteau of ''besugo'' ("seabream") and ''bulbo'' ("bulb")
}}

==References==
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[[Category:Fish]]
[[Category:New Super Mario Bros. U enemies]]
[[Category:New Super Mario Bros. Wii enemies]]
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