Kyororo
| Kyororo | |
|---|---|
 Artwork from Super Mario Land 2 - 6 Golden Coins | |
| First appearance | Super Mario Land 2 - 6 Golden Coins (1992) |
| Latest appearance | Super Mario-kun ("Wario-kun the superhuman") (1995) |
A Kyororo[1] (generically referred to by Prima Games as one-eyed ghosts[2]) is a one-eyed enemy from Super Mario Land 2 - 6 Golden Coins
Like with many other enemies in the Pumpkin Zone, Kyororo are based on monsters from Japanese folklore. The Kyororo comes from hitotsume-kozō (one-eyed boys), troublesome one-eyed boys with large tongues that are said to run around frightening people.
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 usually wait in open spaces, repeatedly looking back and forth. If one spots Mario, they will charge at him at full speed. Kyororo can be defeated simply by jumping on their heads or shooting a fireball at them, but jumping on them can be difficult due to their speed.
Super Mario Kodansha manga[edit]
In the Super Mario Kodansha manga, they first appear in the last chapter of Super Mario Land 2 - 6-tsu no Kinka 1. They first pretend to be monks inside the Graveyard Course shrine, but they surprise first with their one eyes, then chase Mario and Princess Peach by posing various riddles before they can let them pass, but Mario discover they are making them solve a crossword puzzle, not riddles. As the Kyororo gather themselves to create a better riddle, Mario and Peach exit the scene.
In Super Mario Land 2 - 6-tsu no Kinka 3, Kyororo can be seen as some of the several enemies that Mario and Luigi quickly pass by inside Wario's Castle. They once again block Mario and his ally from continuing their journey by posing a seemingly easy riddle, while also fusing together to give a visual cue: "Which creature has 4 eyes, 2 arms, 6 legs, and 1 tail?" Mario guesses that it must be "Mario riding Yoshi", but they instead state the answer was "Luigi riding Yoshi", so they continue to block their path.
Super Mario-kun[edit]
In Super Mario-kun, Kyororo appear as enemies in chapter 10 of volume 8. They first disguise as eyeball monsters squashing Mario. Carrot manages to convince them to leave Mario alone, but they block their path. Mario first challenges them to Roshamboo, winning by making some of the eyes look at a different direction after winning the match. The eyeballs still refuse to let him go through and overwhelm him. Being tickled by Carrot's tuff of leaf/hair, Yokkī sneezes on them, revealing their nature as Kyororo, so Mario burns them in Fire form and Yokkī devours them as if they were sunny-side up eggs.
A Kyororo can be spotted in chapter 7 of volume 10, when Luigi brings all of the freed Mario Land's creatures to witness the final battle.
A Kyororo is turned into a spinning top by Wario in the second bonus chapter of volume 12.
Profiles and statistics[edit]
Perfect Ban Mario Character Daijiten[edit]
| キョロロ (JP) / Kyororo (EN) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| |||
| Original text (Japanese) | Translation | ||
| ゴースト族 | Tribe | Ghost clan | |
| あわてんぼう | Disposition | Hasty person | |
| ランド2 | Game appearances | Land 2 | |
| キョロキョロ一つ目小僧 大きな一つ目で、マリオを探すキョロロ。目玉の大きさの割に近眼なのか、近づこくまで動き出さない。しがし、一度マリオを見つけると猛ダッシュしてくるので気をつけたい。[3] |
One-eyed monster with a wandering gaze Kyororo looks for Mario with his big single eye. He may be short-sighted for the size of his eye ball, but he doesn't move until he gets close to Mario. But once he spots Mario, he makes a mad dash for him, so be careful. | ||
Gallery[edit]
Super Mario Land 2 - 6 Golden Coins
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 | キョロロ Kyororo |
From「キョロキョロ」(kyorokyoro, "look around") or「きょろり」(kyorori, "eyes wide open") | [4][5] | |
| French | Cyclopus | Nominative Latin version of cyclope ("cyclops") | [6] | |
| German | Der einäugige Kobold | The One-eyed Goblin | [7] | |
| Italian | Kyororo | - | [8][9] | |
| Spanish | Kyororo | - | [10] |
References[edit]
- ^ English Super Mario Land 2 - 6 Golden Coins entry on the official Mario Portal. nintendo.co.jp (English). Retrieved August 13, 2022. (Archived December 21, 2025, 19:32:03 UTC via Wayback Machine.)
- ^ "Head to the watery area beneath the one-eyed ghosts." – Campbell, Stuart (May 5, 1999). Game Boy Game Secrets, 1999 Edition Prima's Official Strategy Guide. Prima Games (American English). ISBN 0-7615-2085-6. Page 94.
- ^ 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 62.
- ^ 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 6.
- ^ 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.
- ^ Kämmerer, Andreas G. (1992). "Super Mario Land II - 6 Golden Coins" in Club Nintendo vol. 4, is. 6. Nintendo of Europe GmbH (German). Page 43.
- ^ 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.
