Ghost Goomba
| Ghost Goomba | |||
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 Artwork from Super Mario Land 2 - 6 Golden Coins | |||
| First appearance | Super Mario Land 2 - 6 Golden Coins (1992) | ||
| Latest appearance | Super Mario Kodansha manga (""The final battle" Mario vs. Wario!!") (1993) | ||
| Variant of | Goomba Boo | ||
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Ghost Goombas[1] (generically referred to by Nintendo Power as ghosts)[2] are enemies in Super Mario Land 2 - 6 Golden Coins. They are Boo-like ghosts of Goombas, with a ghost tail instead of their torso and legs.
History[edit]
Super Mario Land 2 - 6 Golden Coins[edit]
They make their only appearance in Super Mario Land 2 - 6 Golden Coins, encountered in only one course, the Haunted House Course of the Pumpkin Zone. A Ghost Goomba is invincible and floats wavily like a Boo, but it moves faster and forward like a Goomba. Green Shells and Stars are effective in defeating it.
Super Mario Kodansha manga[edit]
In the last chapter of the Super Mario Land 2 - 6-tsu no Kinka 1 volume of the Super Mario Kodansha manga, five Masked Ghouls are squashed by Mario and Princess Peach, so they come back as Ghost Goombas. To evade them, Mario and Peach try to employ the same trick they used on the Bero, claiming that since they are from a different culture (Japanese), they cannot comprehend the Western ghosts. However, the Ghost Goombas are not fooled by this excuse, prompting the two to flee inside the Witch's Hut.
In Super Mario Land 2 - 6-tsu no Kinka 3, a Ghost Goomba can be seen as one of the several enemies that Mario and Luigi quickly pass by inside Wario's Castle.
Profiles and statistics[edit]
Perfect Ban Mario Character Daijiten[edit]
| テレクリボー (JP) / Ghost Goomba (EN) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
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| Original text (Japanese) | Translation | ||
| ゴースト族 | Tribe | Ghost clan | |
| 未練がましい | Disposition | Regretful | |
| ランド2 | Game appearances | Land 2 | |
| クリボーのおばけだ！ あのクリボー（P72）がおばけになったもの。おばけは実体が無いので、マリオの攻撃を全く受け付けない。しかも、動きも銳いので、急いで走り抜けるようにしよう。[3] |
It's the spirit of Goomba! The Goomba (p. 72) has become a ghost. The ghost has no physical form and is totally immune to Mario's attacks. Mario must run through it quickly, as it moves in a very unpredictable manner. | ||
Gallery[edit]
Artwork from Super Mario Land 2 - 6 Golden Coins
Sprite from Super Mario Land 2 - 6 Golden Coins
A commercial for Game Boy introduced by Mani
Naming[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 English version of the book refers to this enemy as "Terekuribo",[4] based on its Japanese name "Terekuribō" (which had been used on the Super Mario Wiki fan website from 2011 to 2022).
Names in other languages[edit]
| Language | Name | Meaning | Note(s) | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Japanese | テレクリボー Terekuribō |
Portmanteau of「テレサ」(Teresa, "Boo") and「クリボー」(Kuribō, "Goomba") | [5][6][7] | |
| French | Goomba Boo | Boo Goomba | [8] | |
| Italian | Goomba Fantasma | Ghost Goomba | [9]:75 | |
| Goomba fantasma | [9]:77 | |||
| Spanish | Goomba fantasma | Ghost Goomba | [11] |
Notes[edit]
- Ghost Goombas have an unused sprite of them being squished, supposedly from being stomped.[12]
- In the walkthtough guide section of Super Mario Land 2 - 6-tsu no Kinka 1, Ghost Goombas are referred to as the ghost of Goombo.[13] In actuality, Ghost Goombas are approximately the size of regular Goombas and even slightly bigger than the game's Boos.
- A Ghost Goomba appears in the concept art of Super Mario Odyssey, suggesting Ghost Goombas may have been planned to appear in the game somewhere early in development.[14]
References[edit]
- ^ Super Mario Land 2 - 6 Golden Coins entry on the official Mario Portal. nintendo.co.jp (English). Retrieved August 13, 2022. (Archived December 21, 2025, 19:32:03 UTC via Wayback Machine.)
- ^ "An unbeatable ghost zig-zags at the beginning of the stage." – December 1992. Nintendo Power Volume 43. Nintendo of America (American English). Page 50.
- ^ 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 115.
- ^ October 23, 2018. Super Mario Bros. Encyclopedia: The Official Guide to the First 30 Years. Dark Horse Books (English). ISBN 978-1-50670-897-3. Page 76.
- ^ スーパーマリオランド２ ６つの金貨／敵キャラクター. Nintendo (Japanese). Retrieved July 8, 2024.
- ^ 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 14.
- ^ Motoyama, Kazuki (6 July 1993). Super Mario Land 2 - 6-tsu no Kinka 1, Super Mario, vol. 18. Tokyo: Kodansha (Japanese). ISBN 4-06-319398-5. Page 6.
- ^ 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.
- ^ a b 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.
- ^ a b Sakai, Kazuya (ambit), kikai, Akinori Sao, Junko Fukuda, Kunio Takayama, Ko Nakahara (Shogakukan), and Marco Figini, editors (2025). "Super Mario Land 2 - 6 Golden Coins" in Super Mario Bros. Enciclopedia (2nd ed.). Translated by Alessandro Apreda. Milan: Magazzini Salani (Italian). ISBN 979-1259575760.
- ^ 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.
- ^ A.J. Nitro. Game Boy / GBC - Super Mario Land 2 - 6 Golden Coins - Enemies. The Spriters Resource (English). Retrieved August 27, 2022.
- ^ 「チビボーのユウレイが、あらわれた‼ こわいよ～。」("Chibibo's ghost has materialized!! How scary!") – Motoyama, Kazuki (6 July 1993). Super Mario Land 2 - 6-tsu no Kinka 1, Super Mario, vol. 18. Tokyo: Kodansha (Japanese). ISBN 4-06-319398-5. Page 4.
- ^ October 3, 2018. New Super Mario Odyssey concept art shows a ton of scrapped costume ideas. Nintendo Everything (English). Retrieved July 8, 2024.
