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Flipruses are a type of enemy that first appear in New Super Mario Bros. U. They are pink walrus-like creatures with yellow goggles and blue-and-white striped tails.
History[edit]
New Super Mario Bros. U / New Super Luigi U / New Super Mario Bros. U Deluxe[edit]
Flipruses first appear in New Super Mario Bros. U and its Nintendo Switch port where they create snowballs and launch them at the players. They only appear in the secret level Fliprus Lake and World Coin-7. They behave similarly to Snow Spikes, but they launch their snowballs up much higher, their snowballs do not get bigger, and their snowballs can be jumped on without taking damage.
In New Super Luigi U, they appear as more common enemies. They appear in the levels Fliprus Floes and Hammerswing Hangout.
Mario Party 10[edit]
Flipruses reappear in Mario Party 10 in Ice Slide, You Slide as an obstacle needing to be slid under.
Names in other languages[edit]
| Language
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Name
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Meaning
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| Japanese |
セイドン
Seidon |
Probably from seiuchi, "walrus" or a pun on "Poseidon".
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| Spanish (NOA) |
Morsi |
From "morsa" (walrus)
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| Spanish (NOE) |
Morsik |
From "morsa" (walrus)
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| French |
Morsinet |
Portmanteau of "morse" (walrus) and "-inet", a suffix for small, cute things [somehow like "porcinet", a small pig ("porc" meaning pig)]
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| German |
Kahlross |
Pun on Walross (walrus) and kahl (bald)
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| Italian |
Tricherino |
From tricheco (walrus)
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| Portuguese |
Morsatana |
From "morsa" (walrus) and "barbatana" (flipper)
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| Korean |
물멍이
Mulmeongi |
from 물개(Mulgae, seal) and 멍멍이(Meongmeongi, a synonym of 개 [dog])
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| Chinese |
海象
Hǎixiàng |
Walrus
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