Pouncer
- “This sturdy creature drops down and pursues Wario. Wario can get a lift on its flat top”
- —Wario Land: Super Mario Land 3 instruction booklet, page 19
| Pouncer | |||
|---|---|---|---|
 Artwork of a Pouncer | |||
| First appearance | Wario Land: Super Mario Land 3 (1994) | ||
| Latest appearance | Wario Land II (1998) | ||
| Variant of | Thwomp | ||
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Pouncers[1] are stone creatures from Wario Land: Super Mario Land 3. They look and behave almost exactly like Thwomps, except they have no spikes on their tops. Wario can hop up on them as a platform to cross gaps. In some cases, instead of acting like Thwomps, they slowly follow a path, such as moving through a cramped hall after Wario. If a Pouncer lands on an enemy, it turns into a 10 Gold Coin for Wario to collect. On the other hand, contact with a Pouncer's spikes instantly causes the loss of a life.
In Wario Land II, redesigned Pouncers make an appearance, referred to as weights[2][3] or blocks.[4] They have no spikes and are carried and routinely dropped by D-Bats. They are no longer harmful, transforming Wario into Flat Wario if it lands on him.
Profiles[edit]
Wario Land: Super Mario Land 3[edit]
- Japanese Virtual Console manual: 天井から落ちてきたり、追いかけてきたりします。頭の上に乗れます。[5](They can fall from the ceiling or chase you. You can ride on their heads.)
Perfect Ban Mario Character Daijiten[edit]
ドドン
種族 岸石族
性格 頑固一徹
登場ゲーム ランド3
上に乗って移動することも
トゲの生えた岩の固まり。侵入者が接近すると落下したり、左右に移動して押しつぶそうとする。上に乗ることができるので、場所によっては、乗り物としても利用できる。[6]
Pouncer
Tribe: Rock clan
Disposition: Stubborn
Game appearances: Land 3
You can even get on top of it and move around.
A mass of spiny rocks. When an intruder approaches, it falls or moves to the left or right in an attempt to crush the intruder. Since it can be ridden on top, it can be used as a vehicle in some places.
Gallery[edit]
Sprite
Wario standing on a Pouncer
A Pouncer as depicted in the Kodansha manga
Wario being flattened by a weight in Wario Land II
Names in other languages[edit]
| Language | Name | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| Japanese | ドドン[7][8][6] Dodon |
From「ドッスン」(Dossun, Thwomp) and「どん」(don, a Japanese onomatopoeia for crashing sound) |
| German | Pouncer | - |
| Italian | Assalitore Improvviso[9] Saltatore[10] Thowmp[11] |
Sudden Attacker Jumper Misspelling/Variation of Thwomp |
References[edit]
- ^ Wario Land: Super Mario Land 3 English instruction booklet, page 19.
- ^ Nintendo Power Volume 106, page 63. "One bat drops a lead weight that flattens Wario; the other picks him up and steals coins."
- ^ Official American Wario Land II website (Internet Archive)
- ^ Nintendo Power Volume 106, page 64. "These bats have nothing better to do all day than drop blocks. If you jump on a block, you can jump from the top to reach more coins."
- ^ Japanese Wario Land: Super Mario Land 3 Virtual Console manual, section 15.
- ^ a b 「パーフェクト版 マリオキャラクター大事典」 (Perfect Ban Mario Character Daijiten), page 132.
- ^ Super Mario Land 3: Wario Land Japanese instruction booklet, page 19.
- ^ Wario Land 2: Nusumareta Zaihō Shogakukan guide, page 92.
- ^ European Wario Land: Super Mario Land 3 instruction booklet, page 117
- ^ Italian Wario Land: Super Mario Land 3 Electronic manual, section 15
- ^ Club Nintendo (Italy) Numero 4 - 1994, page 20. "I THOWMPS possono fornire il modo di trasporto di cui ha bisogno." (THE THOWMPS can provide the mode of transportation he needs.)
| Thwomps and relatives |
|---|
| Thwomp characters |
| Akuiwagumi (leader) • Chō Dossun • Gattai monster • Head Thwomp • Mr. Thwomp • Mrs. Thwomp • Sphinx Zō • Thwomp Bros. • Thwomp Elevator |
| Thwomp species |
| Big Thwomp • Bone Thwomp • Grindel • Omodon • Mega Thwomp • Pouncer • Security Thwomp • Sniffle Thwomp • Spiked Thwomp • Star Thwomp • Stone Elevator • Tail Thwomp • Thwimp • Thwomp |
| Relatives |
| Whomps |
| Big Whomp • Whimp • Whomp • Whomp King |
| Other |
| Bomp • Flomp • Grrrol • Grumblump • Ka-thunk (King Ka-thunk) • Mega Grrrol • Rhomp • Spiky Tromp • Spindel • Spiny Tromp • Stairface Ogre • Stone-Eye • Thwack • Thwack Totem • Tox Box • Tsuboshi • Walking Block • Walleye • Wallop • Wonder Thwack |
| Wario Land: Super Mario Land 3 | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Characters | Wario • Brown Sugar Pirates • Mario | ||
| Bosses | Spiked Koopa • Minotaur • Penguin • Devil's Head • Bobo • Ghost • Captain Syrup • Genie | ||
| Worlds | Rice Beach • Mt. Teapot • Sherbet Land • Stove Canyon • SS Tea Cup • Parsley Woods • Syrup Castle | ||
| Power-ups | Bull Pot • Dragon Pot • Garlic Pot • Jet Pot • Star | ||
| Collectibles | ? Block • 1 Gold Coin • 10 Gold Coin • 100 Coin • 3-Up Heart • Heart • Key • Treasure | ||
| Enemies and obstacles | Batto Shuruken • Bee Fly • Big • Bō • Bucket Head • Chicken Duck • D.D. • Demon Bat • Dropper • Floater • Gaugau • Goboten • Guragura • Harisu • Helmut • Knight • Konotako • Kōmori Missile • Lance • Maizō • Mine • Muncher • Paidan • Pecan • Penkoon • Pikkarikun • Pinwheel • Piranha Plant • Pirate Goom • Pouncer • Skewer • Sparky • Spiked ball • Togemaru • Ukiwani • Wanderin' Goom • Watch • White puff • Yadorā • Yarikuri Obake | ||
| Wario Land II | |
|---|---|
| Main characters | Wario • Captain Syrup |
| Supporters | Gull • Hen • Owl • Turtle |
| Bosses | Awabō • Big Kamukamu • Bobo • Cave master • Dunk • Ghost • Giant bee • Giant snake • Giant spear man • Mecha Kuri |
| Chapters | Chapter 1 • Chapter 2 • Chapter 2* • Chapter 2** • Chapter 3 • Chapter 3* • Chapter 4 • Final Chapter • Final Chapter* • Final Chapter** • The Really Final Chapter |
| Conditions | Ball • Bouncy Wario • Bubble Wario • Crazy Wario • Fat Wario • Flat Wario • Frozen Wario • Hot Wario • Puffy Wario • Tiny Wario • Zombie Wario |
| Enemies | Bee • Bird • Chūta • Cook • D-Bat • D.D. • Drill • Flame • Gaugau • Ghost • Grunt • Gugi • Inamazu • Kamukamu • Pecan • Penguin • Pirate Goom • Pogo Guy • Punch • Rooster • Tobī • Togemen • Tsuriuo • Utsutsubo • Weight • White puff • Wizard • Yukimaru • Zombie |
| Objects | 10 Gold Coin • 100 Coin • Alarm clock • Big Block • Bonfire Block • Brick • Coin • Doughnut block • Enemy Block • Glass Block • Kotsuheri • Lance • Spike • Stove • Switch |
