Pepper
- Not to be confused with Peeper.
- This article is about the item. For the obstacle in Super Mario Odyssey, see Pepper (obstacle).
| Pepper | |
|---|---|
 Model in Super Mario Sunshine | |
| First appearance | Yoshi's Story (1997) |
| Latest appearance | Yoshi and the Mysterious Book (2026) |
- “Try these fresh red peppers! ...Oh, who am I kidding? In this haze, these peppers look totally unappetizing!”
- —Pianta, Super Mario Sunshine
Peppers, also called Chili Peppers[1] (or chili peppers),[2] appear in the Super Mario franchise as interactive spicy fruits.
History[edit]
Yoshi series[edit]
Yoshi's Story[edit]
Peppers in Yoshi's Story are fruits generally disliked by Yoshis due to their spicy properties. If a pepper is consumed by a Yoshi, it sticks its tongue out in disgust and loses a petal from its Smile Meter. If the player Yoshi is Super Happy and performs a Ground Pound while a pepper is onscreen, the fruit turns into a single coin, though the effect ends prematurely if a Yoshi eats a pepper while in this state. The Black Yoshi and White Yoshi seem to be fond of peppers, since they do not take damage from them.
Yoshi and the Mysterious Book[edit]
Peppers appear in Yoshi and the Mysterious Book known as Hot Pepper and are one of the types of fruit that Yoshi can eat or feed to creatures. When Yoshi eats a pepper, he sticks his tongue out in distress similarly to in Yoshi's Story, although it does not harm him due to the game's lack of a health system. Additionally, Yoshi is able to briefly run atop bodies of water after consuming a pepper. Several creatures also react to consuming a pepper, often indicated by their body becoming red:
- Crazee Dayzees turn red and cause peppers to grow when blooming flowers.
- Bunchabees gain the ability to break rocks with their attacks.
- Croakaokes scream in shock and hop around.
- Glubbits blow red bubbles that do damage upon bursting.
- Peckadees gain more force while thrown, being able to smash through targets.
- Bafloonders gain spikes that let them break objects.
- Nep-Enuts turn pink upon ingesting one pepper, and eventually become red after ingesting three. Swimming inside the body of one in this state will have Yoshi react as if he ate a pepper himself.
- Little Mousers faint and won't move again until they are revived with water.
- Mawstalks grow larger and gain the ability to slash through foliage.
- Wooshwings glide much faster and leave a red vapor trail.
- Huffin Puffins gain the ability to slash through foliage.
- Yu Ef Ohs start spinning wildly and gain the ability to break through concrete barriers.
Super Mario Sunshine[edit]
Peppers in Super Mario Sunshine are among the types of the fruit located in Delfino Plaza. If a Yoshi eats one, it turns purple, allowing it to spit juice of the same color that turns enemies into forward-moving purple Yoshi Platforms. Peppers are the only fruit that Yoshis never ask for to hatch out of their eggs. Peppers have an essential role while King Boo is being battled in that throwing a pepper at his tongue stuns him, allowing Mario to damage him with another fruit.
Gallery[edit]
Yoshi's Story
Yoshi's Story
Super Mario Sunshine
Yoshi and the Mysterious Book
Names in other languages[edit]
| Language | Name | Meaning | Note(s) | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Japanese | とうがらし Tōgarashi |
Chili pepper | [3] | |
| French | Piment rouge | Red pepper | [4] | |
| German | Pfeffer | Pepper | [?] | |
| Italian | Peperoncino | Pepper | [5][6] |
References[edit]
- ^ Yoshi's Story official website. Nintendo of America (American English). Archived December 2, 1998, 10:41:37 UTC from the original via Wayback Machine. Retrieved April 14, 2020.
- ^ Leung, Jason, Terry Munson, and Scott Pelland (1998). Yoshi's Story Player's Guide. Nintendo of America (American English). Page 16.
- ^ 1998. 「ヨッシー全百科」(Yoshi All Hyakka). Shogakukan (Japanese). ISBN 4-09-281158-6. Page 40. Retrieved from Internet Archive. (Archived via Ragey0.)
- ^ Yoshi Story instruction booklet, French segment. Nintendo of Europe (French). Page 65.
- ^ «peperoncino -1 petalo di fiore» – Yoshi's Story European manual. Nintendo of Europe (Italian). Page 129.
- ^ 2002. Mario Sunshine. Guida strategica. Prima Games (Italian). ISBN 8890092211. Page 23.
