Ground Urchin

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Ground Urchin
Ground Urchin in Freezeflame Galaxy
Screenshot from Super Mario Galaxy
First appearance Super Mario Galaxy (2007)
Latest appearance Super Mario 3D All-Stars (2020)
Variant of Urchin

Ground Urchins,[1] also named Hot Urchins,[2] are enemies introduced in Super Mario Galaxy. They look and act much like normal Urchins, except they are red and appear to be covered in some sort of fuzz, unlike the solid skin of normal Urchins. When defeated by fire, Ground Urchins burn into black chalk before disintegrating into dust.

History[edit]

Super Mario Galaxy[edit]

Ground Urchins are enemies in Super Mario Galaxy. They are encountered in the Freezeflame Galaxy, being the primary enemy encountered in the lava area. Ground Urchins can be defeated either from fireballs or being lured into the lava. One also appears in the mission Boo in a Box of the Deep Dark Galaxy.

Super Mario Galaxy 2[edit]

Hot Urchins are enemies in Super Mario Galaxy 2. They behave exactly like how they did previously. They are found on only a single planet in the Battle Belt Galaxy.

Profiles[edit]

Super Mario Galaxy[edit]

  • Trading card description: Urchins are spiky blue fish that Mario must face in an underwater challenge in the Beach Bowl Galaxy and a land mission in the Freezeflame Galaxy. They roll along the seafloor or ground trying to poke Mario with their spikes. There are also red Urchins in lava areas that Mario can hit with a fireball or trick into falling into the lava.

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Additional names[edit]

Internal names[edit]

Game File Name Meaning

Super Mario Galaxy
Super Mario Galaxy 2
ObjectData/UnizoLand.arc UnizoLand Land Urchin

Names in other languages[edit]

Language Name Meaning Notes
Japanese 陸ウニゾー[3]
Riku Unizō
Land Urchin
陸ウニラ[4]
Riku Unira
French Oursin Terrestre[5] Land Urchin
German Lava-Igluck[?] Lava Urchin
Italian Ricciospino (SMG)[6] Urchin
Landurchin
Riccioterrestre (SMG2)November 15, 2018. Super Mario Bros. Enciclopedia. Magazzini Salani (Italian). ISBN 889367436X. Page 161.</ref> -
Spanish (NOE) Erincho Terrestre[?] Land Urchin

References[edit]

  1. ^ English Super Mario Galaxy entry on the official Mario Portal. nintendo.co.jp (English). Retrieved August 13, 2022. (Archived August 12, 2022, 23:39:09 UTC via archive.today.)
  2. ^ English Super Mario Galaxy 2 entry on the official Mario Portal. nintendo.co.jp (English). Retrieved August 13, 2022. (Archived August 12, 2022, 23:39:46 UTC via archive.today.)
  3. ^ Sakai, Kazuya (Ambit), et al. (October 19, 2015). 『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』 (Super Mario Bros. Hyakka: Nintendo Kōshiki Guidebook). Tokyo: Shogakukan (Japanese). ISBN 978-4-09-106569-8. Page 128.
  4. ^ Sakai, Kazuya (Ambit), et al. (October 19, 2015). 『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』 (Super Mario Bros. Hyakka: Nintendo Kōshiki Guidebook). Tokyo: Shogakukan (Japanese). ISBN 978-4-09-106569-8. Page 161.
  5. ^ July 4, 2018. Super Mario Encyclopedia. Soleil Productions (French). ISBN 2302070046. Page 128.
  6. ^ November 15, 2018. Super Mario Bros. Enciclopedia. Magazzini Salani (Italian). ISBN 889367436X. Page 128.