Mechanical fist
| Mechanical fist | |
|---|---|
 Artwork from Super Mario Land 2: 6 Golden Coins | |
| Appears in | Super Mario Land 2: 6 Golden Coins (1992) |
| Variant of | Pipe Fist |
Mechanical fists[1][2] are enemies in Super Mario Land 2: 6 Golden Coins. They are a variant of Pipe Fist. If Mario steps on the wrong trigger panel in the Mario's castle level, a giant fist trap in the resemblance of Wario's glove comes crashing down, pounding the floor with spiked brass knuckles at immense speed (although it is slower on Easy Mode). Mario has to get past three of these traps in total in order to reach Wario and rid him from Mario's castle.
In the Kodansha manga, a mechanical fist is depicted as the literal fist of a giant-sized Wario.
Profiles and statistics[edit]
Perfect Ban Mario Character Daijiten[edit]
| ゲンコッツ (JP) / Mechanical fist (EN) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
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| Original text (Japanese) | Translation | ||
| メカ族 | Tribe | Mecha clan | |
| いじわる | Disposition | Impatient | |
| ランド2 | Game appearances | Land 2 | |
| 床のスイッチに気をつけろ ワリオ城の中で、マリオを待ちかまえる巨大なワリオの手。ゲンコッツの3つ前にある床ブロックがスイッチになっていて、これを 踏むと出現する。[3] |
Watch out for the floor switches. A giant Wario hand awaits Mario in Wario Castle. The floor block three blocks in front of the mechanical fist is a switch, which you step on to make it appear. | ||
Gallery[edit]
Sprite from Super Mario Land 2: 6 Golden Coins
Screenshot from Super Mario Land 2: 6 Golden Coins
Naming[edit]
Etymology[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. The only exception is the German name listed below. The English edition of the encyclopedia refers to the enemy as "Genkottsu,"[4] a romanization of its Japanese name that was also the title of the enemy's article on the Super Mario Wiki from 2016 to 2022.
Names in other languages[edit]
| Language | Name | Meaning | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Japanese | ゲンコッツ[5][6] Genkottsu |
Derived from「ゲンコツ」(Genkotsu, "Pipe Fist") | |
| French | Poing géant[7] | Giant Fist | Super Mario-kun |
| Casse-tête[8] | Puzzle; potentially in reference to casse-tête mécanique ("mechanical puzzle") | Super Mario Bros. Encyclopedia | |
| German | Power-Faust[9] | Power Fist | |
| Italian | SchiacciaPugno[10] | Crush-Fist | |
| Spanish | Genkottsu[11] | Romanization of the Japanese name |
Notes[edit]
- If Mario jumps over the center trigger panels in the areas with these enemies, the trap is never triggered and he can walk on by. He must jump over the center trigger panel three consecutive times in order to avoid confrontation with all three of these fists outright.
References[edit]
- ^ "Jump over the trigger panels to keep Wario's mechanical fists from crashing down." – December 1992. Nintendo Power Volume 43. Nintendo of America (American English). Page 51.
- ^ Super Mario Land 2: 6 Golden Coins entry on the official Mario Portal. nintendo.co.jp (English). Retrieved August 13, 2022. (Archived August 13, 2022, 13:51:45 UTC via archive.today.)
- ^ 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 81.
- ^ Roberts, Rachel, and Cardner Clark, editors (2018). "Super Mario Land 2: 6 Golden Coins" in Super Mario Bros. Encyclopedia: The Official Guide to the First 30 Years (First English Edition). Translated by William Flanagan and Zack Davisson. Milwaukie: Dark Horse Books. ISBN 978-1-50670-897-3. Page 75.
- ^ 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 16.
- ^ Motoyama, Kazuki (6 Jul. 1993). Super Mario Land 2 - 6-tsu no Kinka 1, Super Mario, vol. 18. Kodansha (Japanese). Page 7.
- ^ Sawada, Yukio (2018). Super Mario Manga Adventures. Translated by Florent Gorges. Toulon: Soleil Productions (French). ISBN 978-2-30206-555-0.[page number needed]
- ^ 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.
- ^ Moyes, Claude M., Andreas G. Kämmerer, and Marcus Menold, editors (1994). "Super Mario Land 2" in Offizielle Game Boy Spieleberater 2. Großostheim: Nintendo of Europe GmbH (German). Page 23.
- ^ 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, 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.
