Malboro
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| Appears in | Final Fantasy II (1988, overall) Mario Hoops 3-on-3 (2006, Super Mario-related media) |
Malboros are plant-like enemies in the Final Fantasy games that debuted in Final Fantasy II. They appear in Mario Hoops 3-on-3 on the Malboro Garden stage, one positioned behind both baskets. The Malboros in this game have a unique appearance from most other titles, with five huge orange eyes and a long mouth. In other games, Malboros usually have dozens of small eyes on stalks and tentacles, rather than the five large eyes and three tentacles in this game. When a player gets too close to one, it will use its signature attack, Bad Breath, a toxic purple gas that will knock any player who touches it down and make them slower.
Names in other languagesEdit
| Language | Name | Meaning | Notes |
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| Japanese | モルボル[?] Moruboru |
Possibly derived from the prefix mal- ("bad") and 「マールボロ」 (Māruboro, "Marlboro") due to their toxic gas | |
| French | Xylomid[?] | Possibly from "Xylomyidae" | |
| German | Morbol[?] | From the Japanese name; also possibly from morbus ("disease" in Latin) | |
| Italian | Molboro[?] | From the Japanese name |