Karakara
| Karakara | |
|---|---|
 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 ("Donkey Kong returns!") (1994) |
Karakara[1] are enemies in Super Mario Land 2 - 6 Golden Coins. They are one-eyed umbrellas with a human leg wearing a geta, and are based on the karakasa-obake, a yōkai spirit from Japanese mythology.
History[edit]
Super Mario Land 2 - 6 Golden Coins[edit]
In Super Mario Land 2 - 6 Golden Coins, they can be found in the Pumpkin Zone's Graveyard Course. They will unfold and launch into the air, then float downwards while moving back and forth. A Karakara can be defeated by a jump or a fireball.
Super Mario Kodansha manga[edit]
In the Super Mario Kodansha manga, two Karakara, a male and a female, appear in the last chapter of Super Mario Land 2 - 6-tsu no Kinka 1. They try to scare Mario and Princess Peach, but they instead fake fashination for the Easter umbrellas. When Peach opens one the male one, she takes a peek under the canopy, causing the Karakara to flee in embarrassment, while the female one, fearing for Mario to do the same, hops away.
In Super Mario Land 2 - 6-tsu no Kinka 3, a Karakara can be seen as one of the several enemies that Mario and Luigi quickly pass by inside Wario's Castle.
A Karakara can also be seen as one of the acrobats or clowns in Momo-hime Dai Circus in Super Mario: Donkey Kong 1.
Super Mario-kun[edit]
Karakara make minor appearances in Super Mario-kun, one appearing in a side image, being held by Mario like a regular umbrella, and a group of them in a panel in chapter 9 of volume 8, where Witch fries them to give Wario something to eat, but since they are still alive, he refuses to eat them.
Profiles and statistics[edit]
Perfect Ban Mario Character Daijiten[edit]
| カラカラ (JP) / Karakara (EN) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| |||
| Original text (Japanese) | Translation | ||
| ゴースト族 | Tribe | Ghost clan | |
| 陽気 | Disposition | Cheerful | |
| ランド2 | Game appearances | Land 2 | |
| 出会っても無視無視 上空から左右に大きくゆれながら降りてくるカラカサお化け。非常に踏みにくい動きをしているので、ファイアマリオでなければ、倒すことを考えずに先に進んだ方がいい。[2] |
Ignore and disregard when you meet them. Karakasa ghosts descend from the sky above, swinging from side to side. It is very difficult to step on, so unless you are Fire Mario, you should proceed onward without thinking about defeating it. | ||
Gallery[edit]
Sprite
An image of Karakara from the enemy list of Super Mario Land 2 - 6-tsu no Kinka 1
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Names in other languages[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.
| Language | Name | Meaning | Note(s) | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Japanese | カラカラ Karakara |
Play on「唐傘」(karakasa) and possibly「からから」(karakara, "rattling") | [3][4] | |
| French | Karakara | - | [5] | |
| Italian | Karakara | - | [6][7] | |
| Spanish | Karakara | - | [8] |
References[edit]
- ^ English Super Mario Land 2 - 6 Golden Coins entry on the official Mario Portal. nintendo.co.jp (English). Retrieved May 26, 2024. (Archived December 21, 2025, 19:32:03 UTC via Wayback Machine.)
- ^ 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 56.
- ^ 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 7.
- ^ 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.
- ^ 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. Page 75.
- ^ 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. Page 75.
- ^ 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.
