Nob

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Nob
Nob
Sprite from Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door
Species Bob-omb
First appearance Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door (2004)
Latest appearance Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door (Nintendo Switch) (2024)
“This is Bob-omb village, DA-BLOOIE! There is nothing here, DA-BLAMMO!”
—Nob, Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door

Nob is a Bob-omb character that appears in Fahr Outpost in Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door. He resides in the northwest of the clearing in the village, or to the left side of the door to the rocket-launching station. Nob is a blue Bob-omb with a fur hat on top of his head, who assures Mario that there is nothing in the outpost.

Tattle[edit]

  • "That's Nob, of Fahr Outpost. He's a frank and refreshing little guy, huh? Y'know, it just struck me that only Bob-ombs live here, huh?? I THINK that's Nob..."

Names in other languages[edit]

LanguageNameMeaningNote(s)Ref.
Japaneseニトロ
Nitoro
Nitro; most likely a reference to nitroglycerin[1]
Chinese尼特洛
Nítèluò
Transliteration of the Japanese name[2][3]
DutchNitrovicFrom nitroglycerine ("nitroglycerin") and the Slavic surname suffix "-vic"[4]
FrenchNitrovarichFrom nitroglycérine ("nitroglycerin") and the Slavic surname suffix "-ich"/"-itch"[5][6]
GermanNitrovSimilar to the Japanese name[7]
ItalianNitroFrom Japanese name[8]
Korean니트로
Niteuro
Nitro; from the Japanese name[9]
SpanishBombaarPortmanteau of "bomb" and "bazaar"[10][11]

References[edit]

  1. ^ 「サイハテ村のボムへいの ニトロよ」– Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door (Nintendo Switch). Nintendo Co. (Japanese).
  2. ^ "这是边境之村的炸弹兵尼特洛哦。" – Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door (Nintendo Switch). Nintendo (Hong Kong) (Simplified Chinese).
  3. ^ 「他是邊境之村的炸彈兵,叫做尼特洛喔。」– Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door (Nintendo Switch). Nintendo (Hong Kong) (Traditional Chinese).
  4. ^ "Dit is Nitrovic uit Guurlanden." – Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door (Nintendo Switch). Nintendo of Europe (Dutch).
  5. ^ « C'est Nitrovarich, de Perduvostok. » – Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door (Nintendo Switch). Nintendo of America (Canadian French).
  6. ^ « Nitrovarich, de Perduvostok. » – Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door (Nintendo Switch). Nintendo of Europe (French).
  7. ^ „Nitrov aus Großfrostheim.“ – Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door (Nintendo Switch). Nintendo of Europe (German).
  8. ^ «Lui è Nitro, un abitante di Bomburgo.» – Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door (Nintendo Switch). Nintendo of Europe (Italian).
  9. ^ "땅끝 마을의 폭탄병 니트로야" – Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door (Nintendo Switch). Nintendo of Korea (Korean).
  10. ^ "Es Bombaar, un Bob-omba de carácter sincero que vive en Bomburgo." – Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door (Nintendo Switch). Nintendo of America (Latin American Spanish).
  11. ^ «Es Bombaar, un Bob-omb de carácter sincero.» – Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door (Nintendo Switch). Nintendo of Europe (European Spanish).