Burrbert
| Burrbert | |||
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| First appearance | Yoshi's Woolly World (2015) | ||
| Latest appearance | Poochy & Yoshi's Woolly World (2017) | ||
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A Burrbert is an orange ball with a face and white spots. Burrberts appear in Yoshi's Woolly World and Poochy & Yoshi's Woolly World. These enemies are only found in World 6-6, Feel Fuzzy, Get Clingy. Burrberts constantly open and close their mouths, but do not fully close their mouth before beginning to open it again. They have a number of different movement patterns. They initially appear stuck to Velcro conveyor belts in the course, being carried along them. Instead of looping around a single conveyor belt, some Burrberts are carried out of a purple pipe by a conveyor belt and then carried back into a different purple pipe, at which point they are warped back to the first first pipe. Later on, Burrberts appearing from and disappearing into purple pipes can be found rolling against the direction of conveyor belts as they move between the two points. The end of the course adds two other specific behaviors: Burrberts that roll against a conveyor belt at the exact speed of that conveyor belt, such that the enemy stays in one place, and Burrberts that roll in the air, floating back and forth between two points on a horizontal line. Burrberts have spikes surrounding them, so Yoshi takes damage upon touching them and therefore cannot stomp them. If a Burrbert is hit by a yarn ball, it gets wrapped in the yarn temporarily. As with all enemies that are tied up, Burrbert loses the ability to damage Yoshi on contact and instead only pushes Yoshi away.
Unlike most enemies, Burrberts cannot be eaten, stomped, or destroyed by a yarn ball or even Poochy. This makes them completely invincible without the use of Power Badges. Burrbert can be defeated by being hit by three seeds from a watermelon or with fire breath from an fire watermelon. Ice breath from an ice watermelon produces inconsistent results: Burrberts statically clinging to conveyor belts immediately shatter when frozen. Burrberts that roll behave normally, in that they can be frozen normally and are defeated in the same way normal frozen enemies can be. However, freezing rolling Burrberts reveals Burrberts are always considered to be "airborne" even when they are rolling on a conveyor belt, as they will always drop down on contact rather than sliding away if touched from the side. Additionally, unfrozen Burrberts do not cause frozen Burrbrrts to shatter when they collide.
Naming[edit]
"Burrbert" comes from "burr", the spiked seeds that inspired Velcro, and the English name "Bert".
Names in other languages[edit]
| Language | Name | Meaning | Notes |
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| Japanese | くっつきむし[1] Kuttsuki Mushi |
Lit. "sticky-bug", or "burr" | |
| French | Skratchopode[?] | From scratch ("Velcro") and -pode ("-pod", Greek suffix meaning "foot" used in some animal names) | |
| German | Klettkäfer[?] | Velcro Beetle | |
| Italian | Appiccispino[?] | Sticky-spike | |
| Spanish (NOA) | Peluspina[2] | Portmanteau of pelusa ("fluff") and espina ("spike") |
References[edit]
- ^ Omoide Theatre, Yoshi Wool World (Japanese)
- ^ Carpa de los recuerdos (3 Feb. 2017). Poochy & Yoshi's Woolly World by Good-Feel. Nintendo of America (Latin American Spanish).
