Big Bird
- This article is about the boss from Super Mario Land 2: 6 Golden Coins. For the enemy also referred to as "Big Bird", see Klepto.
| Big Bird | |
|---|---|
 Artwork for Super Mario Land 2: 6 Golden Coins | |
| First appearance | Super Mario Land 2: 6 Golden Coins (1992) |
| Latest appearance | Mario vs. Wario (1993) |
The Big Bird,[1] also referred to as the bird,[2][3] is the first boss found in Super Mario Land 2: 6 Golden Coins. It lives in its giant nest at the top of the Tree Zone and guards one of the six Golden Coins, which is hidden in a huge egg, in the Owl Course. The Big Bird attacks Mario by swooping at him. In order to defeat it, Mario has to jump on its head three times or hit it with six fireballs. After the Big Bird is defeated, the Golden Coin of the Tree Zone is revealed from the egg. Its swooping behavior is somewhat similar to Hoo from Super Princess Peach.
The Big Bird reappears in the comic Mario vs. Wario, where it gets hit by the Witch after she launches her fire and gets burnt.
Profiles[edit]
Perfect Ban Mario Character Daijiten[edit]
| クロス (JP) / Big Bird (EN) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
 | |||
| Original text (Japanese) | Translation | ||
| フライ族 | Tribe | Fly clan | |
| みえっぱり | Disposition | Ostentatious person | |
| ランド2 | Game appearances | Land 2 | |
| ランド2のボスの実力は？ ランド2で、マリオが初めて戦うボスキャラ。金貨をはじめ、光ものが大好き。ツリーゾーンの大木のてっぺんに巣を作って、マリオを待ち受けている。見かけの割に弱いぞ！[4] |
How strong are the bosses in Land 2? The first boss character Mario fights in Land 2. He loves gold coins and other shiny things. He has a nest at the top of a large tree in the Tree Zone, where he waits for Mario. He is weak in comparison to his appearance! | ||
Gallery[edit]
Sprite from Super Mario Land 2: 6 Golden Coins
Boss fight in Super Mario Land 2: 6 Golden Coins
Big Bird in a Japanese commercial for Super Mario Land 2: 6 Golden Coins
Kellogg's trading card
Names in other languages[edit]
Unless they are the only ones available, names unique to the Super Mario Bros. Encyclopedia are denoted as such in the "notes" column.
| Language | Name | Meaning | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Japanese | クロス[5][6] Kurosu |
Cross, a portmanteau of「黒」(kuro, "black") and「烏」(karasu, "crow") | |
| French | Cross[7] | Translation of the Japanese name | |
| Le grand oiseau[8] | The big bird | Club Nintendo | |
| German | Radonkel[9][10][11][12] | Likely from rabe ("raven") and dunkel ("dark") | |
| Italian | Uccello[13] | Bird | |
| Uccellaccio[14] | Bad Bird; from uccello ("bird") and the pejorative suffix -accio; shared with Bird | Super Mario Bros. Encyclopedia | |
| Spanish | Pájaro[15] | Bird |
References[edit]
- ^ Hamm & Rudolf GmbH, Frankfurt (1994). Super Game Boy Player's Guide. Nintendo of America (American English). Page 22.
- ^ August 1993. Nintendo Magazine System (AU) Issue #5. Page 54.
- ^ English 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.)
- ^ 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 76.
- ^ 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 8.
- ^ Motoyama, Kazuki (6 Jul. 1993). Super Mario Land 2 - 6-tsu no Kinka 1, Super Mario, vol. 18. Kodansha (Japanese). Page 6.
- ^ French version of Super Mario-Kun seventh volume. Page 44.
- ^ Smith, Mark, editor (1993). "Super Mairo Land 2" in Club Nintendo, vol. 1, ed. 7. Nintendo Co., Ltd. (French). Page 28.
- ^ Kämmerer, Andreas G. (1993). "Super Mario Land 2" in Club Nintendo, vol. 5, is. 1. Nintendo of Europe GmbH (German). Page 48.
- ^ Moyes, Claude M., Andreas G. Kämmerer, and Marcus Menold, editors (1994). "Super Mario Land 2" in Der Offizielle Nintendo Super Game Boy-Spieleberater. Großostheim: Nintendo of Europe GmbH (German). Page 22.
- ^ Pohlmann, Susanne (1994). "Super Mario Land 2" in Club Nintendo, vol. 6, is. 1. Nintendo of Europe GmbH (German). Page 54.
- ^ 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 23.
- ^ 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.
