| Li'l Brr | |||
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| First appearance | Super Mario Galaxy (2007) | ||
| Latest appearance | Super Mario 3D All-Stars (2020) | ||
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Li'l Brrs,[1] originally known as Ice Bubbles,[2] are enemies in Super Mario Galaxy and Super Mario Galaxy 2. Their name is a direct reference to "brr," the common interjection used for being cold. They are the ice counterparts of Li'l Cinders. Li'l Brrs attempt to ram into Mario (or Luigi) and freeze him, inflicting damage.
HistoryEdit
Super Mario GalaxyEdit
Ice Bubbles first appear in Super Mario Galaxy, mainly appearing in the cold portion of the Freezeflame Galaxy, which is also the home of their leader Baron Brrr. To defeat an Ice Bubble, Mario must use a spin or shoot a Star Bit to put out the ice cloud surrounding the enemy, causing it to fall to the ground stunned and blackened and allowing the player to kick it, releasing one coin. If the player is not quick to hit the Ice Bubble while it is vulnerable, it starts to hop around, attempting to jump into freezing water and regenerate its ice cloud. If no freezing water is present, it takes several moments for them to revive. Ice Mario is immune to their freezing, though he can still take damage from them.
AppearancesEdit
marks missions where Ice Bubbles are completely absent.
marks missions where Ice Bubbles are loaded and may be visible but cannot be encountered directly.
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Super Mario Galaxy 2Edit
Li'l Brrs are slightly more common in Super Mario Galaxy 2. Since freezing water is absent from this game, they are unable to revive as quickly as they could in the previous game. A planetoid in the Battle Belt Galaxy is also shaped like a giant Li'l Brr.
AppearancesEdit
- marks missions where Li'l Brrs are completely absent.
- marks missions where Li'l Brrs are loaded and may be visible but cannot be encountered directly.
| Worlds | Galaxies | Missions | ||
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| World 2 | Cosmic Cove Galaxy | |
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| World 3 | Freezy Flake Galaxy | |
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| World 6 | Battle Belt Galaxy | |
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GalleryEdit
An Ice Bubble model
NamingEdit
Internal namesEdit
| Game | File | Name | Meaning
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| Super Mario Galaxy Super Mario Galaxy 2 |
ObjectData/IceMeramera.arc | IceMeramera | Transliteration of below |
| StageData/ObjNameTable.arc/ObjNameTable.tbl SystemData/ObjNameTable.arc/ObjNameTable.tbl |
アイスメラメラ (Aisu Meramera) | Ice Li’l Cinder |
Names in other languagesEdit
The contemporaneous name for each language is listed first. Subsequent names are listed in chronological order for each language, from oldest to newest, and have the media with which they are associated in the "notes" column. Names exclusive to localizations of the Super Mario Bros. Encyclopedia are not prioritized due to concerns about circular reporting, and are only listed first for their respective languages if they are the only ones available.
| Language | Name | Meaning | Notes |
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| Japanese | カチコチ[3][4] Kachikochi |
An onomatopoeic expression roughly meaning "frozen stiff" | |
| French | Kachikochi[5][6] | Romanization of the Japanese name | |
| German | Eis-Flamy[7][8] | Ice Li'l Cinder | |
| Italian | Congelotto[9][10] | From congelare ("to freeze") and the diminutive suffix -otto | |
| Bolla di Ghiaccio[11] | Ice Bubble | Super Mario Galaxy | |
| Spanish | Mera Helado[12] | Icy Li'l Cinder |
ReferencesEdit
- ^ Browne, Catherine (May 23, 2010). Super Mario Galaxy 2: PRIMA Official Game Guide. Roseville: Random House Inc. ISBN 978-0-30746-907-6. Page 27.
- ^ Black, Fletcher (November 9, 2007). Super Mario Galaxy PRIMA Official Game Guide. Prima Games (American English). ISBN 978-0-7615-5643-5. Page 180, 181, 188.
- ^ Tachibana, Tadashi, Isamu Horie, Shinji Kutsuzawa, Itaru Nakatani, Seishiro Fuwa, Kimihara Hongo, and Toshimune Suzuki (2010). 『スーパーマリオギャラクシー2 任天堂ゲーム攻略本』. Tokyo: ambit (Japanese). ISBN 978-4-8399-3630-3. Page 18.
- ^ Sakai, Kazuya (ambit), kikai, Akinori Sao, Junko Fukuda, Kunio Takayama, and Ko Nakahara (Shogakukan), editors (2015). 『スーパーマリオブラザーズ百科: 任天堂公式ガイドブック』. Tokyo: Shogakukan (Japanese). ISBN 978-4-09-106569-8. Page 127, 159.
- ^ Browne, Catherine (2010). Super Mario Galaxy 2 Prima le Guide Officiel. Translated by Yellow Media. Ligugé: Prima Games (French). ISBN 978-2-952-67394-5. Page 29.
- ^ Ardaillon, Joanna, and Victoria Juillard-Huberty, editors (2018). Super Mario Encyclopedia. Translated by Fabien Nabhan. Toulon: Soleil Productions (French). ISBN 978-2-3020-7004-2. Page 127, 159.
- ^ Browne, Catherine (2010). Super Mario Galaxy 2 Das offizielle Lösungsbuch. Translated by Andreas Kasprzak. Lübbecke: Grinning Cat Productions, Prima Games (German). ISBN 402-0-628-08787-6. Page 27.
- ^ Scholz, Sabine, and Benjamin Spinrath, editors (2017). "Super Mario Galaxy" in Super Mario Encyclopedia - Die ersten 30 Jahre : 1985-2015. Translated by Yamada Hirofumi. Hamburg: Tokyopop (German). ISBN 978-3-8420-3653-6. Page 127.
- ^ Browne, Catherine (2010). Super Mario Galaxy 2 Guida Strategica Ufficiale (Multiplayer.it Edizioni). Translated by Christian La Via Colli, Francesca Noto, and Virgina Petrarca. Terni: Multiplayer Edizioni, Prima Games (Italian). ISBN 9788863551198. Page 27.
- ^ Sakai, Kazuya (ambit), kikai, Akinori Sao, Junko Fukuda, Kunio Takayama, Ko Nakahara (Shogakukan), and Marco Figini, editors (2018). Super Mario Bros. Enciclopedia. Translated by Marco Amerighi. Milan: Magazzini Salani (Italian). ISBN 889367436X. Page 127, 159.
- ^ Black, Fletcher (2007). Super Mario Galaxy - la Guida Ufficiale (Premiere Edition). Roseville: Prima Games (Italian). ISBN 978-1-906064-03-7. Page 180-81.
- ^ Sakai, Kazuya (ambit), kikai, Akinori Sao, Junko Fukuda, Kunio Takayama, and Ko Nakahara (Shogakukan), editors (2017). "Super Mario Galaxy" 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 127.