Moofish
| Moofish | |
|---|---|
 Artwork from Super Mario Land 2: 6 Golden Coins | |
| Appears in | Super Mario Land 2: 6 Golden Coins (1992) |
A Moofish[1] is an enemy in Super Mario Land 2: 6 Golden Coins. They are similar to the bitan, a cow-like yōkai with a fish-like body from Japanese mythology, and cowfishes. Moofish are located in only one course—the Tree Trunk Course, where they swim around in tree sap. Moofish attacks by charging at Mario, but either a jump or a fireball can defeat it.
Profiles[edit]
Perfect Ban Mario Character Daijiten[edit]
| モーギョ (JP) / Moofish (EN) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| |||
| Original text (Japanese) | Translation | ||
| アクア族 | Tribe | Aqua clan | |
| うちべんけい | Disposition | Haughty and boastful at home, but meek and reserved outside | |
| ランド2 | Game appearances | Land 2 | |
| 2本のツノをもつ化物 頭は牛なのに胴体は魚という変な生き物。樹液の中を泳ぎまわり、動きが鈍くなったマリオを恐い顔で追いかける。体は大きいし、ツノもあるけど、そんなに強い敵じゃない。[2] |
A monster with two horns A strange creature with the head of a cow but the body of a fish. It swims around in the sap and chases Mario, with a fearful look on its face, when he slows down. It has a large body and horns, but it is not a very strong enemy. | ||
Gallery[edit]
Artwork from Super Mario Land 2: 6 Golden Coins
Sprite from Super Mario Land 2: 6 Golden Coins
Naming[edit]
The English version of the Super Mario Bros. Encyclopedia erroneously refers to this enemy as "Mogyo",[3] based on its Japanese name "Mōgyo" (which had been used on the Super Mario Wiki fan website from 2013 to 2022).
Names in other languages[edit]
The contemporaneous name for each language is listed first. Subsequent names are listed in chronological order for each language, from oldest to newest, and have the media they are associated with in the "notes" column.
| Language | Name | Meaning | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Japanese | モーギョ[4][5] Mōgyo |
Play on「猛牛」(mōgyū, "bull") and「魚」(gyo), the on'yomi reading of "fish" | |
| French | Môgyo[6] | Romanization of the Japanese name | |
| Meuhguio[7] | Portmanteau of meuh ("moo") and a romanization of the Japanese name | Super Mario Bros. Encyclopedia | |
| German | Ochsenfisch[8] | Bullfish | |
| Ochsen-Fisch[9] | |||
| Italian | Mogyo[10] | Romanization of the Japanese name | |
| Spanish | Môgyo[11] | Romanization of the Japanese name |
References[edit]
- ^ Super Mario Land 2: 6 Golden Coins entry on the official Mario Portal. nintendo.co.jp (English). Retrieved August 13, 2022. (Archived August 13, 2022, 13:51:45 UTC via archive.today.)
- ^ November 20, 1994. 「パーフェクト版 マリオキャラクター大事典」 (Perfect Ban Mario Character Daijiten). Shogakukan (Japanese). ISBN 4-09-259067-9. Page 219.
- ^ October 23, 2018. Super Mario Bros. Encyclopedia: The Official Guide to the First 30 Years. Dark Horse Books (English). ISBN 978-1-50670-897-3. Page 76.
- ^ Itoi, Shigesato, Takashi Watanabe, Hiroyuki Jinnai (APE), Jin Kobayashi, Ryuji Osawa, and Shigeo Tanabe, editors (1992). 『スーパーマリオランド2: 6つの金貨任天堂公式ガイドブック』. Tokyo: Shogakukan. ISBN 4-09-102413-0. Page 11.
- ^ Motoyama, Kazuki (6 Jul. 1993). Super Mario Land 2 - 6-tsu no Kinka 1, Super Mario, vol. 18. Kodansha (Japanese). Page 7.
- ^ Super Mario-kun (French Edition). Page 27.
- ^ Ardaillon, Joanna, and Victoria Juillard-Huberty, editors (2018). "Super Mario Land 2: 6 Golden Coins" in Super Mario Encyclopedia. Translated by Fabien Nabhan. Toulon: Soleil Productions (French). ISBN 978-2-3020-7004-2. Page 76.
- ^ Moyes, Claude M., Andreas G. Kämmerer, and Marcus Menold, editors (1994). "Super Mario Land 2" in Offizielle Game Boy Spieleberater 2. Großostheim: Nintendo of Europe GmbH (German). Page 20.
- ^ Kämmerer, Andreas G. (1993). "Super Mario Land 2" in Club Nintendo, vol. 5, is. 1. Nintendo of Europe GmbH (German). Page 46.
- ^ Sakai, Kazuya (ambit), kikai, Akinori Sao, Junko Fukuda, Kunio Takayama, Ko Nakahara (Shogakukan), and Marco Figini, editors (2018). "Super Mario Land 2: 6 Golden Coins" in Super Mario Bros. Enciclopedia. Translated by Marco Amerighi. Milan: Magazzini Salani (Italian). ISBN 889367436X. Page 76.
- ^ Sakai, Kazuya (ambit), kikai, Akinori Sao, Junko Fukuda, Kunio Takayama, and Ko Nakahara (Shogakukan), editors (2017). "Super Mario Land 2: 6 Golden Coins" in Enciclopedia Super Mario Bros. 30ª Aniversario. Translated by Gemma Tarrés. Barcelona: Editorial Planeta, S.A. (European Spanish). ISBN 978-84-9146-223-1. Page 76.
