Megabite

Super Paper Mario Enemy
Megabite
Location(s)	Yold Desert (1-3), Yold Ruins (1-4), Gloam Valley (2-1), Merlee's Mansion (2-2), The Bitlands (3-1), Fort Francis (3-4), Planet Blobule (4-2), Downtown of Crag (5-1), Gap of Crag (5-2), The Overthere (7-4)
Max HP	4
Attack	1
Defense	?? (Reduces all damage to 1)
Score	800
Items	Ghost Shroom, Catch Card SP
Card Type	Uncommon
Card Location(s)	Card Shop; Catch Card/SP
Card Description Only takes 1 point of damage. This disembodied head really knows how to ruin a picnic. Lay low until it finds someone else to terrorize.
Tattle That's a Megabite. It's an evil skull that soars through the skies... Max HP is 4 and Attack is 1. It will only take 1 damage per attack... It will eventually fly off, so don’t worry about defeating it every time... No one knows where they come from or where they go...
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Megabites are evil skulls that appear in Super Paper Mario, and can be found in various locations. The waving purple tails coming out of their skulls gives them a vaguely fish-like appearance. Their name is a portmanteau of "megabyte," a measurement in computing, and "bite."

Description

In at least one stage within each world, if the player remains in certain areas too long, the game will play an eerie sound cue after 3 to 5 minutes and Megabites will begin to spawn. They swoop down from the sky at the player, dealing 1 damage with each hit. Megabites have 4 HP, and will only take 1 damage per hit from any attack. If the player does not defeat a Megabite after about seven swoops, they will eventually flee without leaving any reward. Megabites appear in the following areas:

• Yold Desert
• Yold Ruins
• Gloam Valley
• Merlee's Mansion
• The Bitlands
• Fort Francis
• Planet Blobule
• Downtown of Crag
• Gap of Crag
• The Overthere

Megabites have a chance of dropping items such as a Shooting Star, a Thunder Rage, or, more rarely, a Catch Card SP upon defeat, as well as lots of coins.

Related species

• Gigabite
• Dark Megabite

Names in other languages

Language	Name	Meaning
Japanese	デスデス Desudesu	Pun on English word "death" and polite suffix「です」(desu)
French	Mégaoctête	Pun on mégaoctet (megabyte) and tête (head)
German	Megabiss	Combination of mega and Biss (bite)
Italian	Megabite	-
Spanish	Megabite	-