Mad
- This article is about a boss in Wario's Woods. For the Vibe in Super Princess Peach, see Rage.
| Mad | |
|---|---|
 Artwork from Wario's Woods (NES) | |
| Species | Mermaid Water sprite (in Super Mario-kun) |
| First appearance | Wario's Woods (NES) (1994) |
| Latest appearance | NES Remix 2 (2014) |
Mad[1] is a boss in the Famicom/NES version of Wario's Woods. She is a green-haired, red-tailed mermaid with a crown and pearl necklace.
History[edit]
Wario's Woods[edit]
Mad is encountered in round 29, as the third boss faced by Toad. Mad can create more enemies and teleport around, like other bosses. She can temporarily freeze Toad's sprite helper. If Mad lands on Toad, she instantly KOs him.
Super Mario Kodansha manga[edit]
Mad appears in two chapters in Super Mario: Wario no Mori of the Super Mario Kodansha manga. She is summoned with Boom and Seizer by Fauster, after Wario reawakens him. Wario initially tries to hit on her, getting immediately slapped by her fishtail. Later, she is sent to stop Mario and his friends following Goro's defeat. After the heroes split up, Mario encounters Mad, disguised as a beautiful human woman. Using her mermaid magic, she manages to hypnotize Mario into carrying her outside the forest, leading him away from the path. Wanda, who failed to stop Mario, goes to create a potion with the intent of waking him up, but (as always) her potion explodes. Hearing the explosion, however, frees Mario from the hypnotic mermaid voice, so Mad regains her true form and strangles Mario with her tail and tries to bite his head off. Just then, Kinopio-kun, followed by some of his friends, tosses him the Yūsha Kinopio Kamen, which he quickly wears, causing Mad's fangs to shatter as she bites the iron mask. In pain, Mad releases Mario, and the Toads toss rocks at her until she is overwhelmed by them and buried in stones.
Super Mario-kun[edit]
Mad appears in Super Mario-kun in chapter 11 of volume 12, where she is stated to be the water sprite of Peaceful Woods corrupted by Wario polluting the river. Mad is seen once in her mermaid form (which Wanda confirms is not her real form) as she assumes her witch form for most of the chapter, being the water itself, forming an evil grin with some waves resembling her bangs and crown, capable to also change between liquid, solid, and gaseous state at will. None of Mario, Luigi, Toad, Birdo, and Yoshi's attacks do anything to her, until Yoshi drinks her up and urinates her out. Now free from Wario's evil toxin, Mad is reverted to her true form: an anthropomorphic fish in a dress.
Gallery[edit]
Sprite
Sprite (powered-up)
Mad fish-smacking Wario in Super Mario: Wario no Mori
Mad's human form in Super Mario: Wario no Mori
Mario and the Toads defeat Mad in Super Mario: Wario no Mori
Mad's mermaid form in Super Mario-kun
Mad's water form in Super Mario-kun
Mad's real form in Super Mario-kun
Names in other languages[edit]
| Language | Name | Meaning | Note(s) | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Japanese | メイドー Meidō |
Derived from「マーメイド」(māmeido, "mermaid") | [2] | |
| Dutch | Mad | - | [3]:41 | |
| French | Mad | - | [3]:15 | |
| Italian | Mad | - | [4] | |
| Spanish | Mad | - | [5] |
References[edit]
- ^ 1994. Wario's Woods NES instruction booklet. Nintendo of America. Page 15.
- ^ 1994. 『ワリオの森 取扱説明書』(Family Computer). Kyoto: Nintendo Co., Ltd. (Japanese). Page 13.
- ^ a b 1995. Wario's Woods mode d'emploi / Handleiding (Nintendo Entertainment System). Nederland, Brussels: Nintendo (French, Dutch).
- ^ 1995. Wario's Woods Libretto d'Intruzioni (Nintendo Entertainment System). Großostheim: Nintendo of Europe GmbH (Italian). Page 15.
- ^ 1995. Wario's Woods Manual de Instrucciones (Nintendo Entertainment System). Madrid: Nintendo (European Spanish). Page 19.
| Wario's Woods (NES version, SNES version) | |
|---|---|
| Protagonists | Toad • Birdo • Sprite • Abataa • Satebôa |
| NES bosses | Fauster • Boom • Mad • Goro • Seizer • Drago • Fake Wario • Wario |
| SNES bosses | Katsini • Galrog • Harley Q • SamSpook • Sven • Parrotor • Mssr Boo • Aqualea • Razor • Tad Rock • Thak • Lizardon • Sarissa • Mangylox • Dedar • Carlton • Harry H • Wario |
| Enemies | Monster (Fuzz • Spud • Squeak • Beaker • Scram • Spook • Dovo) • Thwomp • Pidgit |
| Items | Bomb • Coin • Diamond • Egg |
| Locations | Wario Castle • Wario's Woods |
| Satellaview versions | Wario no Mori Bakushō Version • Wario no Mori Event Version • Wario no Mori Futatabi |
| Adaptations | Super Mario (Super Mario: Wario no Mori · Super Mario 4-koma Daikōshin) • Super Mario-kun (Volumes: 11 · 12 · 13) |
| Miscellaneous | Gallery • Quotes • Staff |
