Kurokyura
| Kurokyura | |
|---|---|
 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 (Super Mario Land 2 - 6-tsu no Kinka 3, 1994) |
Kurokyura[1] is an enemy in Super Mario Land 2: 6 Golden Coins. They are only encountered near the Goal of the first stage of the Pumpkin Zone. To attack, it sends small bats known as Minikyura towards Mario. Mario gets hurt if he touches Kurokyura from the sides, but can defeat it by jumping on its head or shooting a fireball at it as Fire Mario. According to the Perfect Ban Mario Character Daijiten, Kurokyura is the master of the building of this stage long before the events of Super Mario Land 2.[2]
Kurokyura is twice depicted as Wario's right-hand man: first in the Nintendo Kōshiki Guidebook Super Mario Land 2 - 6-tsu no Kinka guide, pampering Wario with the aid of other minions, and then in the Kodansha manga, first acting as an informant, flying from a zone to the castle by transforming into a Minikyura. In the first volume, he reports Witch's defeat. In the second volume, he asks Wario if they should be worried that Tatanga is boasting to his people about being the mastermind behind his scheme. In the third and final volume, Kurokyura steals Mario and Luigi's sack of Carrots in bat form. During the final battle, after Mario is quick to defeat Wario, Kurokyura tosses him a Carrot he cursed to power him up. After a few attempts, Luigi reaches him and, after paralyzing him with a made-up cross, makes a garlic soup and forcefully pours it into his mouth, apparently killing him. However, he reappears alive during the after-story: he helps his master into framing the heroes of a bank robbery, where he disguises as Luigi. Their plan goes wrong, and they are arrested alongside the true counterparts; however, Peach claims that Wario's group (still disguised as the heroes) are the innocent party. After Mario and co. escape, they are able to save Peach and defeat Wario's gang again.
In Super Mario-kun, Kurokyura appears in Stage 8 of volume 8 as the cowardly owner of the Bat Course. Scared by humans (and carrots), Mario uses it to his advantage to interrogate him on where to find the Golden Coin of the zone. He then demands some juice and, when he returns with two glasses, offers one to Kurokyura. Being tomato juice, it drives Kurokyura insane, turning him into a bat monster. No longer scared, Kurokyura orders a flock of Minikyura to suck Mario's blood; scared by Yokkī, however, they turn against their master. After biting a Carrot and becoming stronger, Mario burns Kurokyura up with a Fire Flower, leaving behind his still-moving fangs. Using a Super Scope, Mario shoots at the fangs, but since the weapon was charged by a 1 UP Heart, they fall in love with Mario, following him around.
Profiles and statistics[edit]
Perfect Ban Mario Character Daijiten[edit]
| クロキュラ (JP) / Kurokyura (EN) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| |||
| Original text (Japanese) | Translation | ||
| ゴースト族 | Tribe | Ghost clan | |
| お人好し | Disposition | Good-natured | |
| ランド2 | Game appearances | Land 2 | |
| 戦うの好きじゃないんです マリオランドに人が住む前から建っていた謎の西洋館。ここの主人がクロキュラだ。手下のミニキュラ（P214）を飛ばして戦うが、自分では攻撃しない。踏むだけで倒せる。[2] |
I don't like fighting. The mysterious western pavilion was built before people lived in Mario Land. The master of this place is Kurokyura. He fights by sending his minion Minikyura (P214) to fight, but he does not attack himself. He can be defeated by simply stepping on him. | ||
Gallery[edit]
Sprite from Super Mario Land 2: 6 Golden Coins
A Kurokyura throwing a Minikyura
Names in other languages[edit]
Unless they are the only name available, names unique to the Super Mario Bros. Encyclopedia are denoted as such in the "notes" column.
| Language | Name | Meaning | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Japanese | クロキュラ[3][4] Kurokyura |
Portmanteau of「黒」(kuro, "black") and「ドラキュラ」(Dorakyura, "Dracula") | |
| French | Crocula[5] | Portmanteau of croc ("fang") and Dracula | |
| German | Crocura[6] | Romanization of the Japanese name | |
| Italian | Dracula[7] | - | |
| Kurokyura[8] | Super Mario Bros. Encyclopedia | ||
| Spanish | Kurokyura[9] | - |
References[edit]
- ^ Super Mario Land 2: 6 Golden Coins entry on the official Mario Portal. nintendo.co.jp (English). Retrieved August 13, 2022. (Archived August 13, 2022, 13:51:45 UTC via archive.today.)
- ^ a b 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 75.
- ^ 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 Jul. 1993). Super Mario Land 2 - 6-tsu no Kinka 1, Super Mario, vol. 18. Kodansha (Japanese). 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.
- ^ Moyes, Claude M., Andreas G. Kämmerer, and Marcus Menold, editors (1994). "Super Mario Land 2" in Offizielle Game Boy Spieleberater 2. Großostheim: Nintendo of Europe GmbH (German). Page 20.
- ^ Fletcher, John, editor in chief (1993). "Super Mario Land 2" in Club Nintendo, vol. 1. Linea Gig S.p.a., Nintendo Co., Ltd. (Italian). Page 24.
- ^ 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, 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.
