Little Skull Mouser

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Little Skull Mouser
Official art of a Little Skull Mouser for Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island
Artwork of a Little Skull Mouser from Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island
First appearance Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island (1995)
Latest appearance Yoshi's New Island (2014)
Variant of Little Mouser
Comparable

A Little Skull Mouser[1], also known as a Little Skull Monster[2], is an enemy found only in Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island, Yoshi's Island: Super Mario Advance 3, and Yoshi's New Island that is similar to Little Mouser. It jumps aimlessly and, like most enemies in the game, can knock Baby Mario off a Yoshi's back. Unlike regular Little Mousers, Little Skull Mousers are unable to steal eggs.

When a Yoshi jumps on a Little Skull Mouser's head, hits it with an egg, or spits an enemy at it, the skull it is wearing crumbles, turning the creature into a normal Little Mouser. Unlike many other small enemies, a Little Skull Mouser cannot be defeated immediately by a Ground Pound; instead, the attack has the same effect on it as a normal jump, merely destroying the skull on its head.

In Yoshi's New Island, Little Skull Mousers appear in Bandit Valley.

Profiles[edit]

Yoshi's Island series[edit]

Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island[edit]

  • Shogakukan guide: ガイコツのマスクをかぶったチューさん。踏んだり、タマゴを当てると、マスクがとれて正体がバレる。[3](A Little Mouser wearing a skeleton mask. When you step on it or hit it with an egg, its mask comes off and reveals its true identity.)
  • Player's Guide: Oh, clever disguise. And that trick of hopping, instead of running? No one will ever believe you're a Mouser.[1]

Yoshi's Island: Super Mario Advance 3[edit]

  • Shogakukan guide: ガイコツのマスクをかぶったチューさん。ふんだりタマゴを当てたりすれば、マスクが取れる。[4](A Little Mouser wearing a skeleton mask. If you step on it or hit it with an egg, the mask will come off.)

Yoshi's New Island[edit]

  • Shogakukan guide: ガイコツをかぶったチューさん。地面を飛びはねるように近づいてくるが、タマゴはねらわない。ただし、踏むとチューさんになり、タマゴをねらうようになる。[5](A Little Mouser wearing a skull. He approaches by jumping and bouncing on the ground, but he does not seek eggs. However, if you step on it, it turns into Little Mouser and begins targeting eggs.)

Gallery[edit]

Names in other languages[edit]

Language Name Meaning
Japanese ほねチュー[3][4]
Hone Chū
From「骨」(hone, bone) and「チューさん」(Chū-san, Little Mouser)

German Skull Rat
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References[edit]

  1. ^ a b Miller, Kent, and Terry Munson. Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island Player's Guide. Page 127.
  2. ^ Williams, Drew. Yoshi's Island: Super Mario Advance 3 Player's Guide. Page 104. "Jump and hover over to a ledge above a Little Skull Monster."
  3. ^ a b 「スーパーマリオヨッシーアイランド任天堂公式ガイドブック」 (Super Mario: Yossy Island Nintendo Kōshiki Guidebook), page 7.
  4. ^ a b 「スーパーマリオアドバンス3任天堂公式ガイドブック」 (Super Mario Advance 3 Nintendo Kōshiki Guidebook), page 23.
  5. ^ 「ヨッシー New アイランド 任天堂公式ガイドブック」 (Yoshi's New Island Nintendo Kōshiki Guidebook), page 25Media:Yoshi New Island Shogakukan P25.jpg.