Grunt (Yoshi series)
| Grunt | |||
|---|---|---|---|
 Screenshot from Yoshi's New Island | |||
| First appearance | Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island (1995) | ||
| Latest appearance | Yoshi's New Island (2014) | ||
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Grunts[1] are red-colored Bandit-like enemies that have Spiny Shell-like crowns on their heads, and appear to wear yellow masks that take up the entire head instead of a white mask that only takes up the face, appearing in Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island, Yoshi's Island: Super Mario Advance 3 and Yoshi's New Island. In the former two, Grunts are only encountered in Marching Milde's Fort, a bonus arena in Scary Skeleton Goonies! and in Ultimate Castle Challenge. They do not actively seek Yoshi to attack him, instead simply wandering on the platform they are on. However, they can damage Yoshi if they touch him. When hit with an egg, Grunts lose their crowns, resulting in them looking embarrassed and frantically running back and forth, away from the character. A Yoshi can also consume a Grunt and turn it into an egg. If spat out, the Grunt will adopt a curled position and make flips in the air before landing. When a Grunt is spat back out, it will always be wearing a crown.
In Yoshi's New Island, if the player puts one in their mouth while it has its crown, the Grunt's crown will be removed. The player can no longer swallow them altogether, and the Grunt no longer has its crown back when spat out.
Profiles[edit]
Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island / Yoshi's Island: Super Mario Advance 3[edit]
- Shogakukan guide: 王冠の先がとがっているので、上からの攻撃はダメ。タマゴを当てて王冠を脱がすと、顔を赤らめるテレ屋さん。[2] (The tips of the crown are pointy, so attacking from above is no good. When the crown is removed by hitting it with an egg, it blushes with embarrassment.)
- Player's Guide: Throw an egg to relieve these guards of their spiked headgear, then eat them to make new eggs.[1]
- Shogakukan guide (Game Boy Advance version):
王冠 の先 がトゲトゲになっているので、ふむならタマゴを当 てて王冠 を脱 がしておこう。食 べるなら王冠 がついたままでもＯＫだ。[3] (The crown has spiky tips, so if you want to step on it, you should remove the crown by hitting it with an egg. If you want to eat it, you can leave the crown on.)
Yoshi's New Island[edit]
- Shogakukan guide: タマゴや
伸 ばした舌 を当 てると、トゲつきの王冠 がはずれ、ダメージを与 えられるようになる。王冠 がはずれた状態 になると、食 べて口 に含 むことができる。[4] (When an egg or an extended tongue is applied, the spiked crown can be removed and damage can be inflicted. When the crown is removed, it can then be eaten and put into the mouth.)
Gallery[edit]
Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island (walking type)
Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island (running type)
Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island
Yoshi's Island: Super Mario Advance 3
Yoshi's Island: Super Mario Advance 3
Yoshi's New 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 | Note(s) | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Japanese | おうさま Ōsama |
King (referring to its crown) | [4] | |
| 王様 Ōsama |
Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island | [2] | ||
Ōsama |
[5][3] | |||
| German | Hallas | Likely from Walhalla ("Valhalla"), as the cited source likens Grunts to vikings | [6] |
References[edit]
- ^ a b Miller, Kent and Terry Munson (1995). Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island Player's Guide. Nintendo of America (American English). Page 127.
- ^ 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 8.
- ^ 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 14.
- ^ 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 18.
- ^ Takahashi, Kotaro, editor (1995). 『スーパーマリオヨッシーアイランド全百科 オールカラー版』. Tokyo: Shogakukan (Japanese). ISBN 4-09-281140-3. Page 76. Retrieved from Internet Archive. (Archived via Ragey0.)
- ^ 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.
