Ganchan

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Ganchan
Artwork of Ganchan from Super Mario Land.
Artwork from Super Mario Land
First appearance Super Mario Land (1989)
Latest appearance Super Mario-kun Special Selection (2023)
Relatives

Ganchans[1][2] are rock-like enemies from Super Mario Land that are found in the mountainous areas of the Easton Kingdom of Sarasaland. They are large, indestructible boulders that bound around unceasingly, bouncing in the other direction when hitting a wall. They can be used as platforms to get across floors with poison needles or pits, or to reach high areas out of reach. In World 3-1 and World 3-2, Ganchans periodically fall from behind certain clouds and waterfalls, respectively, ensuring that Mario can use one to cross the terrain even if he misses jumping on one; in World 3-3, Ganchans are scrolled onscreen and do not continuously spawn except in the boss room, where Hiyoihoi is shown using them as projectile weapons.

Ganchans are depicted as both sentient and non-sentient rocks in the Super Mario Land manga: the sentient Ganchans let Mario cross the spikes, after Mecha Kuribō stretches his face to resemble one of a moai, tricking them into helping them cross; and the non-senient ones are the boulders tossed by Hiyoihoi.

In Super Mario-kun, faceless Ganchans appear in volume 3 being tossed by Hiyoihoi. Mario uses Yoshi as a shield, making him eat the boulders, then tosses him like a bowling ball at the moai, striking them down.

Profiles[edit]

Super Mario Land[edit]

  • Instruction booklet: Rocks that fall suddenly from the sky. They are terrible if they hit and squash you, but useful because you can jump on one and let it take you for a ride. Ganchans can't be beaten.
  • Game Boy Player's Guide description: You can ride these boulders over spike pits.
  • 3DS Virtual Console manual: These rocks fall from the sky. They can squash Mario, but he could also jump on one and take it for a ride. They can't be destroyed.

Perfect Ban Mario Character Daijiten[edit]

ガンチャン (JP) / Ganchan (EN)
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Original text (Japanese) Translation
種族しゅぞく 岩石族がんせきぞく Tribe Rock clan
性格せいかく お人好ひとよし Disposition Good-natured
登場とうじょうゲーム ランド１ Game appearances Land 1
利用りょうできるなら大歓迎だいかんげい

どこからともなく、急きゅうに落ちてくる大おきな岩いわ。やっつけることはできないし、下敷したじきになるとワンミスに。上うえに乗のることができるので、下したが危あぶないところで移動いどうに使つかうと便利べんりだ。[3]

You're welcome to use it if you can

A large rock suddenly falls out of nowhere. You can't defeat it, and if you get trapped under it, you lose a life. You can ride on top of it, so it is useful to use it to move around in places where the ground below is hazardous.

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Names in other languages[edit]

Language Name Meaning Notes
Japanese ガンチャン[4][5]
Ganchan 		「岩」(gan, "rock" in on'yomi reading) with the honorific「~ちゃん」(-chan)
Dutch Ganchan[6]:33[7] -
French Ganchan[6]:15 -
German Gantschan[8] Ganchan
Italian Ganchan[9][10] -
Spanish Ganchan[11][12] -

References[edit]

  1. ^ Super Mario Land instruction booklet. Nintendo of America (American English). Page 15.
  2. ^ 1991. Nintendo Game Boy Player's Guide. Nintendo of America (American English). Page 5.
  3. ^ 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). Page 59.
  4. ^ 1989. 『スーパーマリオランド取扱説明書』. Kyoto: Nintendo Co., Ltd. (Japanese). Page 16.
  5. ^ Sakai, Kazuya (ambit), kikai, Akinori Sao, Junko Fukuda, Kunio Takayama, and Ko Nakahara (Shogakukan), editors (2015). "Super Mario Land" 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 46.
  6. ^ a b 1990. Super Mario Land mode d'emploi / Handleiding. Nederland, Brussels: Nintendo (French, Dutch).
  7. ^ Club Nintendo, editors (1990). "Super Mario Land" in Club Nintendo Classic. Großostheim: Nintendo of Europe GmbH (Dutch). Page 8.
  8. ^ 1990. Super Mario Land Spielanleitung. Großostheim: Nintendo of Europe GmbH (German). Page 15.
  9. ^ 1990. Super Mario Land Manuale di Instuzioni. Florence: Nintendo (Italian). Page 15.
  10. ^ 2011. Super Mario Land (Electronic Manual). Nintendo of Europe GmbH (Italian). Page 14.
  11. ^ Club Nintendo, editors (1990). "Super Mario Land" in Club Nintendo Classic. Großostheim: Nintendo of Europe GmbH (European Spanish). Page 8.
  12. ^ 2011. Super Mario Land (Electronic Manual). Nintendo of America (Mexican Spanish). Page 14.
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Platforms
Solid platforms Accordion-like platform • Automated elevator • Ball on chains • Balloon Elevator • Beach Ball • Bike Pads • Boat (Delfino Plaza) • Bocci Ball • Bone • Bone bridge • Bucket (Yoshi series) • Cactus • Cactus box • Clock hand • Cascading Stone • Clockwork Block • Cog • Coin Volcano • Conveyor Belt • Coral • Cosmic block • Crumble Block • Cymbals • Daikon • Drawbridge • Drum • Escalator • Falling Platform • Ferris wheel • Flip Panel • Flipswitch Panel • Floating corn • Floating couch • Floating crate • Fossilized dragon • Flower Road • Floor • Gear (Super Mario Odyssey) • Giant Swing • Goo • Grate • Green panel • Green platform • Ground • Hammer Pendulum • Hard Block • Heavy Zed • Hexagon • Hill • Ice • Icicle (Huge Icicle) • Invisible walkway • Iron Block • Island • Jelly • Kanaami road • Keyhole Pedestal • Large shell • Launch Fit • Leaf Platform • Lift Block • Light-Up-Lift • Log • Magnet Ground • Magnet Platform • Magnet Rod • Makeshift surfboard • Mienai Ashiba • Mirror • Moon platform • Movable cover • Moving Rail • Oseru Ashiba • Pan Platform • Picture block • Propeller Pillar • Push-Block • Pyramid platform • Puzzle piece • Raft • Rainbow Cruiser • Red and blue blocks • Red balloon • Red-and-yellow bridge • Red-Blue Panel • Rhythm Floor • Rippling Floor • Rising pillar • Rising Stone Pillar • Rolling log • Rotating bar • Rotating bridge • Rotating building • Rotating disc • Rotating platform (Super Mario Odyssey) • Rotating square • Rough platform • Sand tide • Seesaw Fit • Seesaw Log Bridge • Shifting wall • Slingshroom • Snow • Snowball • Spinning block • Spinning disc • Spinning Log • Spinning saucepan • Spring Platform • Square • Squid Fit • Squishy block • Starshroom • Stove • Stump • Swaying platform • Swing (Super Mario Sunshine) • Swinging Scaffolding • Swirly Slab • Switchboard • Tapering platform • Teeter-totter • Teeter-totter moon • Tile • Tumbling barrel • Turning Floor • Ugoku Ashiba • Unbreakable block • Vanishing platform • Venus Trap Platform • Wheel • Wobble Rock • Wobbly platform • Xylophone • Yellow square • Yoshi Platform
Semisolid Platforms 15-Piece Puzzle • Balloon • Bean Platform • Bridge • Bouncy Cloud • Chandelier (platform) • Cloud Block • Cliff • Countdown Platform • Downpour Cloud • Dropping lift • Elevator Platform • Floating island platform • Floor (Wrecking Crew series) • Flower • Girder • Hip Tree • Hot Air Balloon • Jump-over cloud • Manhole • Magic carpet • Mobile • One-Way Wall • Purple Conveyor • Red Girder • Rising note • Rocking Platform • Rocky wall • Rolled-up carpet • Sand Geyser • Shrinking platform • Seesaw • Soft sand • Spine Coaster • Spinning Platform • Spring platform • Totchī • White Block • Yellow ledge
Lifts Akatō Lift • Arrow Lift (New Super Mario Bros. series • Super Mario 64) • Arrow wheel • Bell-shaped contraption • Blarggwich (sandwich) • Bolt Lift • Bone lift (Super Mario Land 2: 6 Golden Coins • Super Mario Bros. Wonder) • Cloud Lift • Count-Lift • Cross Lift • Diagonal platform • Directional Lift • Disappearing platform • Donut Block • Dropdown Countdown Lift • Elevator block • Elevator lift • Eye Beamer • Flimsy Lift • Floating barrel • Floating platform • Flying Platform • Ghost-coaster • Hinged device • Hip Drop Move Lift • Ice platform • Lava Lift • Limited Lift (Remote-Control) • Linking Lift • Liquid lift • Moving block • Multi-Vator • Paddle Platform • Pendulum Platform • Pinwheel • Platform wheel • Propeller Lift (Super Mario Land 2: 6 Golden Coins) • Propeller Platform • Puffy Lift • Pump Lift • Remote-Control Platform • Remote-Controlled Lift • Raft (New Super Mario Bros. 2) • Rotary Lift • Rotating Panel • Scale Lift • Screwtop Lift • Segmented platform • Single Swing Lift • Ski Lift • Sky Move Lift • Slide Lift • Star Lift • Switch-Lift • Tilt Lift • Transparent Platform • Triple Swing Lift • White box • Wire Net Platform • Work Elevator • Zipline lift
Mushroom Platforms Moving Mushroom • Mushroom Trampoline • ON/OFF Trampoline • Piston Lift • Screwtop Shroom • Seesaw Shroom (blue) • Sinking and Rising Mushrooms • Stretch Shroom • Tilting mushroom
Trampolines Blue Spring • Bouncy Cloud • High Spring • Jump-over cloud • Long Spring • Sankaku Trampoline • Shikaku Trampoline • Super Spring
Living platforms Ancient Dragon • Balloon Bully • Bloopad • Bomp • Darkmess Manta • Dolphin • Dorrie • Dragon • Fairy Board • Flomp • Futamogu • Ganchan • Ghost Rider • Ghost Stream • Giant sunflower • Goonie • Jumbo Ray • Konk (Wonder Konk) • Liftoglobin • Mega Mole • Mega Wiggler • Neuron • Para-Beetle (Heavy Para-Beetle) • Robot turtle • Sand Bird • Seagull • Shoomp • Snake (Wario Land 3 • Yoshi's Story) • Stumper • Togēba • Turtle (Wario Land series) • Whale • Whomp • Worm (Super Mario Galaxy)
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Super Mario Land
Protagonists Mario • Princess Daisy
Bosses King Totomesu • Dragonzamasu (Tamao) • Hiyoihoi • Biokinton (Chicken) • Tatanga (Pagosu)
Locations Sarasaland (Birabuto Kingdom • Muda Kingdom • Easton Kingdom • Chai Kingdom)
Levels World 1-1 • World 1-2 • World 1-3 • World 2-1 • World 2-2 • World 2-3 • World 3-1 • World 3-2 • World 3-3 • World 4-1 • World 4-2 • World 4-3 • Expert Level
Items & vehicles Super Mushroom • Superball Flower • Star • 1UP heart • Coin • Marine Pop • Sky Pop • Switch • Lift Block
Enemies & obstacles Batadon • Bombshell Koopa • Bullet Biff • Bunbun • Chikako • Dropping lift • Falling block • Falling spike • Fly • Ganchan • Gao • Gunion • Goombo • Honen • Kumo • Mekabon • Nyololin • Pionpi • Pipe Cannon • Pipe Fist • Piranha Plant • Poison needle • Pompon Flower • Roketon • Roto Disc • Suu • Tokotoko • Torion • Yurarin • Yurarin Boo
Music "Chai Kingdom BGM" • "Main Theme" • "Underground Theme"
Other Brick • Bonus game • Das Super Mario Spiel • Gallery • Glitches • Goal • Island • Multimedia • Mystery Block • Sub-area • Soundtrack
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Game Boy comics
Issues Issue 1: In the Palm of Your Hand... • Issue 2: It's a Small World After All • Issue 3: Team Play • Issue 4: Pipes is Pipes
Characters Attila • Eliana • Greg Campbell • Herman Smirch • Jonathan • Jose • Josh Campbell • Mario • Melody-Ann and Rena • Michael Hallis • Mr. Levison • Mr. Petrov • Mrs. Smirch • Nanette Hallis • Pionpi • Princess Daisy • Rebecca Rhodes • Rick • Sheila Pontoons • Tannis Rhodes • Tatanga
Enemies Batadon • Biokinton • Bullet Biff • Bunbun • Chicken • Chikako • Dragonzamasu • Fly • Ganchan • Gao • Goombo • Gunion • Hiyoihoi • Mekabon • Nyololin • Nokobon • Piranha Plant • Roketon • Suu • Tamao • Tokotoko
Locations Cape Canaveral • Clam Creek Nuclear Reactor • Disney World • Fortress Tatanga • Jerky's Burger Bar • Lev's 'Lectronics • New York City • Newark Airport • Piscataway • Samson's Electronics • Sarasaland • Seaside Heights • USS Nimitz • Wonder World Mall • Windows on the World • World Trade Center • World Trade Center station
Releases The Best of the Nintendo Comics System • Game Boy No. 1 • Game Boy No. 2 • Game Boy No. 3 • Game Boy No. 4 • La BD de Game Boy • Le Journal Nintendo №3 • Le Journal Nintendo №4 • Nintendo Comics System featuring Game Boy No. 1 • Nintendo Comics System featuring Game Boy No. 2 • Nintendo Comics System featuring Game Boy No. 3 • Nintendo Comics System featuring Game Boy No. 4 • Super Mario №9 • Super Mario: Tatanga Invades Earth
Miscellaneous ? Block • Brick Block • Elevator • Gallery • Game Boy • Gem of Aicheizi • International Enquisitor • Invincible Mario • Nintendo Comics System • Pagosu • Sky Pop • Star • Warp Zone
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