Bull's-Eye Banzai
- This article is about the red variant of Bomber Bills. For the kart in Mario Kart Tour, see Bull's-Eye Banzai (kart).
| Bull's-Eye Banzai | |||
|---|---|---|---|
 Sprite from the New Super Mario Bros. U style in Super Mario Maker 2 | |||
| First appearance | New Super Mario Bros. Wii (2009) | ||
| Latest appearance | Super Mario Maker 2 (2019) | ||
| Variant of | Bull's-Eye Bill Bomber Bill | ||
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- “The red ones have a homing function. Watch out!”
- —Narrator, Super Mario Maker 2 Direct 5.15.2019
Bull's-Eye Banzais, referred to as Bull's-Eye Bomber Bills on the Mario Portal website,[1] are red Banzai Bills and a larger variety of Bull's-Eye Bills that debuted in New Super Mario Bros. Wii. They attack by homing in on the player character.
Similarly-behaving Banzai Bills called Cat Bomber Bills appear in Super Mario 3D World and Super Mario 3D World + Bowser's Fury.
History[edit]
Super Mario series[edit]
New Super Mario Bros. Wii[edit]
In their debut game, Bull's-Eye Banzais only appear in World 9-3. Unlike Missile Bills, they only have a limited homing ability where they will track their target's vertical position and then continue forward once they reach that height. Their animation is very limited as well, always maintaining a horizontal position and never turning to point at their target. The player can defeat one by simply jumping on it or by running into it while under the effects of a Star. Like other large enemies in the game, when hit with an ice ball, a Bull's-Eye Banzai freezes very briefly before breaking out of the ice by itself. Likewise, POW Blocks are useless against them.
Bull's-Eye Banzais are never seen being fired from a Banzai Bill Cannon during gameplay. However, an unfinished setting exists suggesting some cannons would have fired them.
The Bull's-Eye Banzai and Ghost Vase are the only enemies introduced in New Super Mario Bros. Wii to not appear in New Super Mario Bros. U.
Super Mario Maker 2[edit]
Bull's-Eye Banzais appear in Super Mario Maker 2. Unlike previously, they can move a full 360° to track players like the Bull's-Eye Bill, and the marks on their eyes are red, like the normal Banzai Bill, instead of black. In a vein similar to Banzai Bills, Bull's-Eye Banzais also receive new designs for all of the present game styles, consisting of a solid red coloration of the original designs. They are replaced by Cat Bomber Bills in the Super Mario 3D World style. Additionally, Bull's-Eye Banzais in the Super Mario Bros. 3 style have extremely subtle differences in their sprites between day and night, with the night ones having one less vertical line of outline pixels behind the domed area.[2]
Mario Kart Tour[edit]
While no actual Bull's-Eye Banzais appear in Mario Kart Tour, the game introduces a red variant of the Bullet Blaster also named the Bull's-Eye Banzai.
Gallery[edit]
New Super Mario Bros. Wii
New Super Mario Bros. Wii
Super Mario Maker 2 (Super Mario Bros. style)
Super Mario Maker 2 (Super Mario Bros. 3 style)
Super Mario Maker 2 (Super Mario World style)
Naming[edit]
In the Prima Games guidebook produced for New Super Mario Bros. Wii, neither of the Banzai Bills—including the returning black ones[3]:16, 138, 142
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 with which they are associated in the "notes" column. Names exclusive to localizations of the Super Mario Bros. Encyclopedia are not prioritized due to concerns about circular reporting, and are only listed first for their respective languages if they are the only ones available.
| Language | Name | Meaning | Note(s) | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Japanese | マグナムサーチキラー Magunamu Sāchi Kirā |
Bomber Bull's-Eye Bill | [5][6][7] | |
| Chinese (Simplified) | 大追踪炮弹刺客 Dà Zhuīzōng Pàodàncìkè (Mandarin) Daaih Jēuijūng Paaudáanchi'haak (Cantonese) |
Big Bull's-Eye Bill | [7] | |
| Chinese (Traditional) | 大追蹤炮彈刺客 Dà Zhuīzōng Pàodàncìkè (Mandarin) Daaih Jēuijūng Paaudáanchi'haak (Cantonese) |
Big Bull's-Eye Bill | [7] | |
| Dutch | Bull's-Eye Banzai Bill | - | [7] | |
| French (Canada) | Bill Banzaï chercheur | Seeking Bomber Bill | [7] | |
| French (Europe) | Auto Bill Bourrin | Automatic Bomber Bill | [7] | |
| Auto Bill Balle Bourrin | Automatic Bomber Bullet Bill | Super Mario Bros. Encyclopedia | [8] | |
| German | Volltreffer-Willi | Bull's-Eye Bill; not to be confused with Treffer-Willi ("Bull's-Eye Bill") | [7] | |
| Italian | Pallottolo Banzai Segugio | Tracker Bullet Bomber, from Pallottolo Segugio ("Bull's-Eye Bill") | [7] | |
| Segugio Bill | Bull's-Eye Bill; ascribed in error | Super Mario Bros. Encyclopedia | [9]:146 | |
| Pallottolo Segugio Banzai | Tracker Bullet Bomber | [9]:149 | ||
| Korean | 매그넘추적킬러 Maegeuneom Chujeok Killeo |
Bomber Bull's-Eye Bill | [7] | |
| Russian | Билл-банзай-яблочко Bill-banzay-yablochko |
Bull's-eye bomber bill | [7] | |
| Spanish (Latin America) | Banzai buscablancos | Target-seeking Bomber | [7] | |
| Spanish (Europe) | Bill Banzai Buscador | Seeker Banzai Bill; Bill Banzai is the older name for Bill Balazo ("Bomber Bill") | [10][7] |
References[edit]
- ^ New Super Mario Bros. Wii entry on the official Mario Portal. Nintendo Co., Ltd. (English). Retrieved July 25, 2026 from nintendo.com (Japan). (Archived January 21, 2025, 10:47:18 UTC via Wayback Machine.),
- ^ Nintendo Switch - Super Mario Maker 2 - Enemies (SMB3). The Spriters Resource. Retrieved November 6, 2019.
- ^ a b c Bueno, Fernando (November 15, 2009). New Super Mario Bros. Wii PRIMA Official Game Guide. Prima Games (American English). ISBN 978-0-307-46592-4. Page 16, 138, 142, 179, 189.
- ^ October 23, 2018. Super Mario Bros. Encyclopedia: The Official Guide to the First 30 Years. Dark Horse Books (English). ISBN 978-1-50670-897-3. Page 145.
- ^ Ito, Shota, Tomomi Seki, Kei Narita, Izumi Sasaki, Ryosuke Ito, Mio Yuasa, and Masakazu Kodaira, editors (2009). 『ニュー・スーパーマリオブラザーズ・Ｗｉｉパーフェクトガイド』. Tokyo: Enterbrain (Japanese). ISBN 978-4-04-726295-9. Page 29.
- ^ Sakai, Kazuya (ambit), kikai, Akinori Sao, Junko Fukuda, Kunio Takayama, and Ko Nakahara (Shogakukan), editors (2015). "New Super Mario Bros. Wii" in『スーパーマリオブラザーズ百科: 任天堂公式ガイドブック』. Tokyo: Shogakukan (Japanese). ISBN 978-4-09-106569-8. Page 146.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l Enemies table (2019). Super Mario Maker 2 by Nintendo EPD. Nintendo. (Stored internally as the string
MagnumKiller_01withinReferenceMsg_[language code]/PartsIconName.msbt.) - ^ Ardaillon, Joanna, and Victoria Juillard-Huberty, editors (2018). "New Super Mario Bros. Wii" in Super Mario Encyclopedia. Translated by Fabien Nabhan. Toulon: Soleil Productions (French). ISBN 978-2-3020-7004-2. Page 146.
- ^ a b Sakai, Kazuya (ambit), kikai, Akinori Sao, Junko Fukuda, Kunio Takayama, Ko Nakahara (Shogakukan), and Marco Figini, editors (2018). "New Super Mario Bros. Wii" in Super Mario Bros. Enciclopedia. Translated by Marco Amerighi. Milan: Magazzini Salani (Italian). ISBN 889367436X.
- ^ Sakai, Kazuya (ambit), kikai, Akinori Sao, Junko Fukuda, Kunio Takayama, and Ko Nakahara (Shogakukan), editors (2017). "New Super Mario Bros. Wii" 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 146.
