Mecha-Chomp

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Mecha-Chomp
Mecha Chomp
First appearance Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga (2003)
Variant of Chain Chomp

Mecha-Chomps are Chain Chomp-like enemies that only appear in Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga. They are found at Woohoo Hooniversity, where they only appear during battles with Laser Snifits in the basement. Mecha-Chomps have a grey canine-like body, a retractable neck, a large LED display presumably used as an eye, and wheels for moving around. They appear to be based on real-life toy robotic dogs, such as Tekno the Robotic Puppy.

In Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga + Bowser's Minions, they are replaced by Mechakoopas.

Battle[edit]

The Mecha-Chomp wheels itself towards the Bros., then stops as the LED on its head cycles between red and green, eventually stopping on one of the two. The Mecha-Chomp then throws its head at the appropriate target: Mario if it is red, Luigi if it is green. Sometimes, if a Mecha-Chomp is damaged, it starts to malfunction, meaning that the colors it displays will be for the opposite targets (red for Luigi, green for Mario); using Thunderhand will always cause it to malfunction. Additionally, the item it drops while malfunctioning changes from a Nut to the School Emblem Badge; this makes the badge missable if Mario or Luigi's attack power gets high enough.

Statistics[edit]

Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga[edit]

Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga enemy
Mecha-Chomp
A Mecha-Chomp from Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga. HP 36 (46) POW 52 Defense 56
Speed 30 Experience 26 (35) Coins 6 (12)
Location Woohoo Hooniversity Jump Normal Hammer Normal
Hand Normal Fire Normal Thunder Critical
Stat down? 100% Stun? 0% Burn? 0%
Level 15 Role Common Item drop Nut – 12.9% (19.35%)
None – 0% (Super Nut - 9.68%)
Notice
  • Stats in parentheses are from the Japanese version (if they differ from the original American and European stats).
  • Stats in gray are only found in the game's coding and are not available during "normal" gameplay.
Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga enemy
Mecha-Chomp (Damaged)
A Mecha-Chomp (damaged) from Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga. HP 36 (46) POW 58 Defense 56
Speed 30 Experience 26 (35) Coins 6 (12)
Location Woohoo Hooniversity Jump Normal Hammer Normal
Hand Normal Fire Normal Thunder Critical
Stat down? 100% Stun? 0% Burn? 0%
Level 15 Role Common Item drop School Emblem – 16.13% (25.81%)
None – 0% (School Emblem - 3.23%)
Notice
  • Stats in parentheses are from the Japanese version (if they differ from the original American and European stats).
  • Stats in gray are only found in the game's coding and are not available during "normal" gameplay.

Names in other languages[edit]

Language Name Meaning
Japanese メカワンワン
Meka Wanwan
Mecha Chomp

Chinese 机械汪汪
Jīxiè Wāngwāng
Mecha Chomp

French Mecha-Chomp
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German Chomp-Hund
Chomp Dog
Italian Categnamatic
Chomp-o-matic (Categnaccio being the Italian name of Chain Chomp)
Spanish Mecachomp
Mecha Chomp