Boo Blah
| Boo Blah | |||
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 Artwork from Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island | |||
| First appearance | Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island (1995) | ||
| Latest appearance | The Legend of Zelda: Echoes of Wisdom (2024, overall) Yoshi's New Island (2014, Super Mario franchise) | ||
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A Boo Blah[1] is a type of ghost that appears in Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island (and its reissue) and Yoshi's New Island. This creature sticks to the ceiling or the floor and stretches out periodically, similarly to Stretches from Super Mario Bros. 3. Boo Blahs are generally invincible, though they hurt the player only if they make contact with them while they are extended. Stomping them stuns them for a brief period of time, and by holding the jump button, a Yoshi can bounce off them. They can be defeated by using a POW Block or a cloud item. Also, there is an unused variant that has a Piro Dangle on its head, which was used in an earlier build of the game.[2]
Colored Boo Blahs appear in both of the later versions of The Legend of Zelda: Link's Awakening in the optional Color Dungeon. For The Legend of Zelda: Link's Awakening DX, they are localized as Camo Goblins,[3] and for the Nintendo Switch remake, they are localized as Goo Specters.[4] They appear in red, green, and blue versions and disguise in their small forms against same-colored floors, pursuing Link before stretching out. Green Goo Specters appear in The Legend of Zelda: Echoes of Wisdom, and can be copied as an echo.
Profiles[edit]
Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island / Yoshi's Island: Super Mario Advance 3[edit]
- Shogakukan guide: 天井や床にはりついていて、ときどきからだをびよ～んとのばして驚かす。おばけはもう死んでいるので、倒せない。[5] (The ghosts are on the ceiling or floor, and sometimes startle people by stretching out their bodies. Since they are already dead, they cannot be defeated.)
- Player's Guide: Lurking in the stonework of Bigger Boo's castle, the Boo Blah's "Boo!" is worse than its bite.[1]
- Shogakukan guide (Game Boy Advance version): 天井や床にはりついていて、時々体をビヨーンとのばしておどろかす。倒すことはできないが、ゆかにいるものをふんでもダメージは受けない。[6] (They sometimes stretch out their bodies to scare you. They cannot be defeated, nor can they be harmed by stepping on them.)
Yoshi's New Island[edit]
- Shogakukan guide: 一定時間ごとに通路をふさぐように体や手を伸ばす。触れるとダメージを受けるが、踏んで上に乗れる。乗った状態で敵が体や手を伸ばすと、真上へ飛ばされる。[7] (At regular intervals, they extend their bodies and hands to block off passageways. Touching it causes damage, but you can step on it to get on top of it. If the enemy reaches out with his body or hand while you are on top of it, you will be sent high above it.)
Gallery[edit]
Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island
Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island
A Yellow Yoshi jumping over a Boo Blah in Bigger Boo's Fort
The unused enemy combo
The Legend of Zelda: Link's Awakening DX
The Legend of Zelda: Link's Awakening DX
Artwork used for a puzzle based on Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island
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, and have the media they are associated with in the "notes" column.
| Language | Name | Meaning | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Japanese | びよーんオバケ[8] Biyōn Obake |
Stretchy Ghost | |
| びよ～んおばけ[5][6][7] Biyōn Obake |
Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island, Yoshi's New Island | ||
| ビヨーンおばけ[9] Biyōn Obake |
The Legend of Zelda: Link's Awakening | ||
| Chinese (simplified) | 吓吓怪[9] Xiàxià Guài |
Scare Monster | |
| Chinese (traditional) | 嚇嚇怪[9] Xiàxià Guài |
Scare Monster | |
| Dutch | Goo Specter[9] | - | |
| French | Spectre gluant[9] | Slimy Specter | |
| German | Schleimspuk[9] | Slime Ghost | |
| Whoa-Whoa[10] | - | Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island | |
| Italian | Melmospettro[9][8] | From melma ("mud") in masculine form and spettro ("phantom") | |
| Camo Goblin[11] | - | The Legend of Zelda: Encyclopedia | |
| Korean | 쑤욱[9] Ssuug |
Swish | |
| Russian | Слизедух[9] Slizedukh |
Slime Spirit | |
| Spanish | Flantasma[9] | From flan ("crème caramel") and fantasma ("ghost") |
References[edit]
- ^ a b Miller, Kent; Munson, Terry (1995). Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island Player's Guide. Nintendo of America (American English). Page 126.
- ^ potatoTeto (July 24, 2020). A post featuring gameplay of a Yoshi's Island prototype. X. Retrieved July 24, 2020.
- ^ Hollinger, Elizabeth M., and James M. Ratkos. The Legend of Zelda: Link's Awakening DX Prima's Official Strategy Guide. Page 106.
- ^ The Legend of Zelda: Link's Awakening Dreamer Art Book
- ^ a b Okeya, Noriko, Mitsuharu Orihara, and Yuji Kigen, editors (1995). 『スーパーマリオヨッシーアイランド任天堂公式ガイドブック』. Tokyo: Shogakukan (Japanese). ISBN 4-09-1025-234. Page 7.
- ^ a b Watanabe, Takashi, Noriko Oketani, Mitsuharu Orihara, Tatsuhiko Mizutani, and Yasushi Nakahara, editors (2002). 『スーパーマリオアドバンス3任天堂公式ガイドブック』. Tokyo: Shogakukan (Japanese). ISBN 4-09-106071-4. Page 20.
- ^ a b Iwaya, Kiyotaka, Tatsuhiko Mizutani, Yasuyuki Kato, Junko Fukuda, Kunio Takayama, and Yasushi Nakahara (Shogakukan), editors (2014). 『ヨッシー New アイランド 任天堂公式ガイドブック』. Tokyo: Shogakukan (Japanese). ISBN 978-4-09-106542-1. Page 23.
- ^ a b Echoes list (26 Sept. 2024). The Legend of Zelda: Echoes of Wisdom by Grezzo. Nintendo.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j In-game name from The Legend of Zelda: Link's Awakening (Nintendo Switch) (stored internally under
glossary_enemy72/EnemyStretchyGhostBlue). Retrieved by LinkTheLefty (talk). - ^ Menold, Marcus, John D. Kraft, and Thomas Görg, editors (1995). Der offizielle Nintendo Spieleberater "Super Mario World 2 – Yoshi's Island". Großostheim: Nintendo of Europe GmbH (German). Page 18.
- ^ Akinori Sao, Ginko Tatsumi, and Chisato Mikame, editors (2018). The Legend of Zelda: Enciclopedia di Hyrule. Translated by Alessandro Apreda and Alberto Locca. Milan: Magazzini Salani (Italian). ISBN 978-88-9367-423-2. Page 170.
