Ostro
- This article is about Ostro, the ostrich creature in Super Mario Bros. 2. For the boss character mistakenly labeled as "Ostro" in the Super Mario Bros. 2 cast roll, see Birdo.
| Ostro | |
|---|---|
 Artwork from Super Mario Advance of Ostro being ridden by a Shyguy | |
| First appearance | Yume Kōjō: Doki Doki Panic (1987, overall) Super Mario Bros. 2 (1988, Super Mario franchise) |
| Latest appearance | Super Mario All-Stars Limited Edition (2010) |
Ostros are large, flightless birds in Super Mario Bros. 2, and are a mode of transportation in Subcon.[1]
History[edit]
Yume Kōjō: Doki Doki Panic / Super Mario Bros. 2 / Super Mario Advance[edit]
In Yume Kōjō: Doki Doki Panic and Super Mario Bros. 2, Ostros are ridden by red Shyguys that try to steer them towards the player. If their rider is dislodged, the Ostro travels in a straight line. Players can jump on top of an Ostro and ride it across obstacles even if it still has a Shyguy rider. Ostros can be picked up, but they do not bounce when thrown. In Super Mario Advance, they drop hearts when defeated.
While Ostros are black with white wings and legs and red eyes in the NES version of the game, subsequent remakes have depicted them as being pink with a white belly, wings that are the same color as their body, orange legs, black eyes and a pink feather on their heads. The original artwork's attributes are mostly true to the original sprites, though they have yellow beaks and legs, as well as a white tuft on their heads. The artwork for the Japanese release of Super Mario USA lacks the feather on the head the original artwork had, and depicts it as having three toes on each foot, unlike the original artwork and real ostriches, which have two. This artwork was retouched for Super Mario Advance, coloring it pink, but retaining the lack of feather and white wings.
In the cast roll of Super Mario Bros. 2, Ostros' and Birdo's names are mistakenly swapped; this mistake is fixed in Super Mario Advance.
The Super Mario Bros. Super Show![edit]
- “Hi-ho, Ostro, away!”
- —Mario, "The Provolone Ranger"
Several Ostros, though usually referred to as ostriches, appear in several episodes of The Super Mario Bros. Super Show!, where they are usually ridden and used to haul motorless vehicles, much like horses. Due to their role, Ostros never have any speaking lines, and usually make honking noises. They first appear in the episode "Butch Mario & The Luigi Kid", where several Ostros are used by Mario, Luigi, Snifits and several other characters as steeds to travel through the Wild West. A wild ostrich appears in "Too Hot to Handle" on the island of Waki-Waki. Mario, Luigi, and Toad ride it to reach Princess Toadstool faster. Like in the game, they are black, but can also be a dark brown color. Additionally, their wings are orange, have pink feathers on their head, and possess a purple saddle and bridle.
Ostros are featured in the following episodes:
Super Mario Bros. (film)[edit]
Ostros are given homage in the Super Mario Bros. film, which features a sign with the word "Ostro" on it.
Profiles[edit]
Super Mario series[edit]
Super Mario Bros. 2[edit]
- Instruction booklet description: "He serves as a means of transportation in the world of dreams. Shyguys often ride him."[1]
Super Mario Advance[edit]
- Instruction booklet description: "You've nothing to fear if you can separate Ostros from their riders. Their tremendous speed is something to beware. If you knock them out of action, hearts will appear."[2]
Perfect Ban Mario Character Daijiten[edit]
| ダウチョ (JP) / Daucho (EN) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| |||
| Original text (Japanese) | Translation | ||
| フライ族 | Tribe | Fly clan | |
| 警戒心が強く従順 | Disposition | Alert and obedient | |
| USA | Game appearances | USA | |
| 高速で走り回るダチョウ？ マリオUSAに登場するダチョウのようなキャラ。ヘイホーレッドを背中に乗せたまま、猛スピードで走り回る。特に攻撃はしてこないのでこわくはない。アメリカ名をバードーと呼ぶ。[3] |
Ostriches running around at high speed? An ostrich-like character in Mario USA. He runs around at high speed with a red Shyguy on his back. It is not particularly scary as it does not attack. His American name is Birdo. | ||
Gallery[edit]
Artwork[edit]
Yume Kōjō: Doki Doki Panic Hisshō Kōryakuhō
Yume Kōjō: Doki Doki Panic Hisshō Kōryakuhō
Super Mario USA
Sprites[edit]
Super Mario Bros. 2
Super Mario Bros. 2
Super Mario Bros. 2
Screenshots[edit]
Animation[edit]
The Super Mario Bros. Super Show! ("The Provolone Ranger")
The Super Mario Bros. Super Show! ("The Mark of Zero")
The Super Mario Bros. Super Show! ("The Unzappables")
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.
| Language | Name | Meaning | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Japanese | ダウチョ[4][5] Daucho |
Anagram of「 |
|
| バードー[6][5][7] Bādō |
Transliteration of the English name for Birdo | Super Mario USA, Super Mario All-Stars | |
| Chinese (simplified) | 鸵鸵鸟[8] Tuótuó Niǎo |
Partial repetition of「鸵鸟」(tuóniǎo, "ostrich") | |
| Dutch | Ostro[9] | - | |
| French | Ostro[9][10][11]:52 | - | |
| Autruche[12] | Ostrich | The Super Mario Bros. Super Show! | |
| German | Ostro[13][11]:32 | - | |
| Italian | Ostro[14][15] | - | |
| Struzzo[16] | Ostrich | The Super Mario Bros. Super Show! | |
| Strutzo[11]:112 | Derived from struzzo ("ostrich"); the plural form of Strutzo is "Strutzi," the Italian name of Birdo | Super Mario Advance | |
| Portuguese | Ostro[17] | - | |
| Spanish | Ostro[18][11]:92 | - | |
| Avestruz[19] | Ostrich | The Super Mario Bros. Super Show! | |
| Swedish | Strutso[20] | Male form of struts ("ostrich") |
Notes[edit]
- The Super Mario USA arc of the Super Mario Kodansha manga refers to Ostro as "Birdo" in Japanese, reflecting its erroneous name from the English credits of the game. This is possibly due to the enemy not being featured in the Japanese manual for Super Mario USA under its official Japanese name.
- Inversely, Birdo is referred to by her proper Japanese name of "Catherine" on the same page. To the left of her Japanese name, she is given the nickname 「キャシー」 (Kyashī, "Cathie") in parentheses.
References[edit]
- ^ a b "He serves as a means of transportation in the world of dreams. Shyguys often ride him." – 1988. Super Mario Bros. 2 instruction booklet. Nintendo of America (American English). Page 26.
- ^ 2001. Super Mario Advance instruction booklet (PDF). Nintendo of Europe (British English). Page 12.
- ^ November 20, 1994. Perfect Ban Mario Character Daijiten. Shogakukan (Japanese). ISBN 4-09-259067-9. Page 103.
- ^ 1987. Yume Kōjō: Doki Doki Panic instruction booklet. Nintendo (Japanese). Page 34.
- ^ a b 1994. Perfect Ban Mario Character Daijiten. Shogakukan (Japanese). Page 225.
- ^ Itoi, Shigesato, Ryo Kagawa (APE), Hideaki Nishitani, Masatoshi Watanabe, Koichi Sugiyama (Supersonic), Junichiro Okubo, and Shigeo Tanabe (Shogakukan), editors (1993). 『任天堂公式ガイドブック スーパーマリオコレクション』. Tokyo: Shogakukan (Japanese). ISBN 4-09-102444-0. Page 149.
- ^ Kazuki, Motoyama. Volume 18 of the KC Deluxe manga. Page 6.
- ^ From the ending scenes of Super Mario Advance as localized by iQue. 无敌阿尔宙斯 (August 28, 2013). 神游 超级马力欧2敌人官译. Baidu Tieba (Simplified Chinese). Archived February 26, 2017, 16:11:09 UTC from the original via Wayback Machine. Retrieved August 6, 2024.
- ^ a b 1989. Super Mario Bros. 2 Handleiding / mode d'emploi. Brussels: Nintendo (Dutch, French). Page 31.
- ^ Super Mario Bros 042 L'aventurier
- ^ a b c d 2001. Super Mario Advance Instruction Booklet (PDF). Großostheim: Nintendo of Europe GmbH (English, German, French, Spanish, Italian).
- ^ Super Mario Bros 031 La marque de zéro
- ^ Matsumoto, Atsuko, Rie Ishii, and Claude Moyse, editors (1992). Der Spieleberater Super Mario Power. Großostheim: Nintendo of Europe GmbH (German). ISBN 3-929034-02-6. Page 118.
- ^ 1989. Super Mario Bros. 2 Libretto di Istruzioni. Oleggio Castello: Nintendo (Italian). Page 27.
- ^ Sakai, Kazuya (ambit), kikai, Akinori Sao, Junko Fukuda, Kunio Takayama, Ko Nakahara (Shogakukan), and Marco Figini, editors (2018). Super Mario Bros. Enciclopedia. Translated by Marco Amerighi. Milan: Magazzini Salani (Italian). ISBN 889367436X. Page 67.
- ^ Super Mario bros super show ita 1x03 Nel selvaggio west
- ^ Gaglianone, Arthur, and Francisco Pellegrini Jr., directors (1991). Super Mario Bros. Livro Ilustrado. Rio de Janeiro: Multi Editora (Brazilian Portuguese). Page 9, 18.
- ^ Guardabosques Provolone | Dibujos Para Niños
- ^ Demasiado caliente para manejar | Dibujos Para Niños
- ^ Super Mario Bros Super Show - Episode 45 - Swedish
