Dokanto
| Dokanto | |
|---|---|
 Artwork | |
| First appearance | Super Mario Land 2 - 6 Golden Coins (1992) |
| Latest appearance | Super Mario Kodansha manga (""Let's go" Wario's castle!!") (1993) |
| Variant of | Ant |
Dokanto[1] are enemies in Super Mario Land 2 - 6 Golden Coins. They are a variety of ants with head-mounted cannons that shoot small deadly pellets out.
History[edit]
Super Mario Land 2 - 6 Golden Coins[edit]
They make their only appearance in Super Mario Land 2 - 6 Golden Coins, encountered in only one course: the Manhole Course of the Macro Zone. They act as a normal ant, but upon seeing Mario, they stop and shoot at him, before continuing walking. Dokanto can be defeated either from being jumped on or from a fireball.
Super Mario Kodansha manga[edit]
In the third chapter of the Super Mario Land 2 - 6-tsu no Kinka 1 volume of the Super Mario Kodansha manga, a group of Dokanto attempt to shoot Mario, Princess Peach, and the collector as they escape in the Manhole Course after witnessing Mario and the princess hurting two ants.
In Super Mario Land 2 - 6-tsu no Kinka 3, a Dokanto can be seen as one of the several enemies that Mario and Luigi quickly pass by inside Wario's Castle.
Super Mario-kun[edit]
In chapter 10 and volume 7 of Super Mario-kun, an old mustachioed Dokanto acts as the ants leader, ordering them to attack Mario, Carrot, and the collector when they sneak inside their nest. A running gag, sees the head cannon shooting anything but actual pellets or cannonballs, shooting instead harmless flags, party balls, and hanging laundry. After being chased by the ants, collector swipes Dokanto's cannon and gives it to Mario, who ties it to the head with his bunny ears, also giving him explosive ammunition. With that, Mario defeats the ants, but also accidentally causes a cave-in that blocks the exit.
Profiles[edit]
Perfect Ban Mario Character Daijiten[edit]
| ドカント (JP) / Dokanto (EN) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| |||
| Original text (Japanese) | Translation | ||
| クリープ族 | Tribe | Creep clan | |
| 働き者 | Disposition | Hard worker | |
| ランド2 | Game appearances | Land 2 | |
| 大砲を積んだ兵隊アリ アリの一族アントット一家の兵隊アリ。背中に大砲を積んでいる。一定の間隔で大砲を撃ってくるが、動きはそれほど速くないので、踏みつけて、やっつけてしまおう。[2] |
Soldier ants with cannons A soldier ant of the ant family, a family of ants. They carry cannons on their backs. They fire their cannons at regular intervals, but they do not move very fast, so stomp on them and eliminate them. | ||
Gallery[edit]
Sprite
Names in other languages[edit]
Unlike most mainline Super Mario titles, Super Mario Land 2 - 6 Golden Coins did not receive officially localized enemy indexes at the time of its release on the Game Boy and not all enemies are listed in its instruction booklets. Consequentially, most available non-Japanese names come from localizations of the Super Mario Bros. Encyclopedia.
| Language | Name | Meaning | Note(s) | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Japanese | ドカント Dokanto |
Portmanteau of「ドカン」(dokan, "kaboom") and「アントット」(Antotto) | [3][4] | |
| French | Badaboom | Kaboom | [5] | |
| Italian | Dokanto | - | [6][7] | |
| Spanish | Dokanto | - | [8] |
References[edit]
- ^ Super Mario Land 2 - 6 Golden Coins entry on the official Mario Portal. nintendo.co.jp (English). Retrieved August 13, 2022. (Archived December 21, 2025, 19:32:03 UTC via Wayback Machine.)
- ^ November 20, 1994. 「パーフェクト版 マリオキャラクター大事典」 (Perfect Ban Mario Character Daijiten). Shogakukan (Japanese). ISBN 4-09-259067-9. Page 121.
- ^ Itoi, Shigesato, Takashi Watanabe, Hiroyuki Jinnai (APE), Jin Kobayashi, Ryuji Osawa, and Shigeo Tanabe, editors (1992). 『スーパーマリオランド2: 6つの金貨任天堂公式ガイドブック』. Tokyo: Shogakukan. ISBN 4-09-102413-0. Page 13.
- ^ Motoyama, Kazuki (6 July 1993). Super Mario Land 2 - 6-tsu no Kinka 1, Super Mario, vol. 18. Tokyo: Kodansha (Japanese). ISBN 4-06-319398-5. Page 7.
- ^ Ardaillon, Joanna, and Victoria Juillard-Huberty, editors (2018). "Super Mario Land 2 - 6 Golden Coins" in Super Mario Encyclopedia. Translated by Fabien Nabhan. Toulon: Soleil Productions (French). ISBN 978-2-3020-7004-2. Page 75.
- ^ Sakai, Kazuya (ambit), kikai, Akinori Sao, Junko Fukuda, Kunio Takayama, Ko Nakahara (Shogakukan), and Marco Figini, editors (2018). "Super Mario Land 2 - 6 Golden Coins" in Super Mario Bros. Enciclopedia. Translated by Marco Amerighi. Milan: Magazzini Salani (Italian). ISBN 889367436X. Page 75.
- ^ Sakai, Kazuya (ambit), kikai, Akinori Sao, Junko Fukuda, Kunio Takayama, Ko Nakahara (Shogakukan), and Marco Figini, editors (2025). "Super Mario Land 2 - 6 Golden Coins" in Super Mario Bros. Enciclopedia (2nd ed.). Translated by Alessandro Apreda. Milan: Magazzini Salani (Italian). ISBN 979-1259575760. Page 75.
- ^ Sakai, Kazuya (ambit), kikai, Akinori Sao, Junko Fukuda, Kunio Takayama, and Ko Nakahara (Shogakukan), editors (2017). "Super Mario Land 2 - 6 Golden Coins" 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 75.
