Rammerhead
| Rammerhead | |||
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 Artwork from Super Mario 3D World | |||
| First appearance | Super Mario 3D World (2013) | ||
| Latest appearance | Super Mario 3D World + Bowser's Fury (2021) | ||
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Rammerheads are shark enemies that appear in Super Mario 3D World and Super Mario 3D World + Bowser's Fury. They resemble hammerhead sharks with wide, studded heads similar to spiked rollers, with their eyes on the farthest ends of them. They are a drab purple and typically swim in circles, emulating Fire Bars. In dimly lit areas, their bodies appear luminescent.
Only the heads of Rammerheads cause damage. They are defeated when struck by the player character in their Invincible form or if Ground Pounded in their Lucky Cat form. In the original Super Mario 3D World campaign, Rammerheads appear in three courses: Captain Toad Makes a Splash, Rammerhead Reef, and Pipeline Boom Lagoon. While most Rammerheads are large sharks, the one in the foremost course is about the same size as Captain Toad. It is also the only normal Rammerhead in the game that breaches from water, and Captain Toad has no means of defeating it.
Gallery[edit]
Super Mario 3D World
Naming[edit]
The English name "Rammerhead" is a portmanteau of "hammerhead" and "ram". On the Mario Portal Game Archive for the original Super Mario 3D World, the one from Captain Toad Makes a Splash is referred to as the "Small Rammerhead",[1] whereas that name is applied to the more recurring pink ones in the Super Mario Bros. Encyclopedia and the Mario Portal Game Archive for Super Mario 3D World + Bowser's Fury.[2]
Internal names[edit]
| Game | File | Name | Meaning
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|---|---|---|---|
| Super Mario 3D World | content/ObjectData/Syumock.szs | Syumock | Romanization of Japanese name. |
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 with which they are associated in the "Notes" column. Names exclusive to localizations of the Super Mario Bros. Encyclopedia are not prioritized due to concerns about circular reporting, and are only listed first for their respective languages if they are the only ones available.
| Language | Name | Meaning | Notes |
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| Japanese | シュモック[3][2] Shumokku |
Partial corruption of「 |
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| シュモック（小）[2] Shumokku (Shō) |
Rammerhead (Small); ascribed in error | Super Mario Bros. Encyclopedia, Mario Portal | |
| Chinese (simplified) | 撞木鲨[4] Zhuàngmùshā (Mandarin) Johngmuhksā (Cantonese) |
From Japanese「 |
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| Chinese (traditional) | 撞木鯊[4] Zhuàngmùshā (Mandarin) Johngmuhksā (Cantonese) |
From Japanese「 |
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| Dutch | Rammerhead[3] | - | |
| French (NOA) | Requin-marto[3] | Homophone of requin-marteau ("hammerhead shark") | |
| French (NOE) | Requin-barjo[3] | From requin-marteau ("hammerhead shark") and barjo ("bonkers"); marteau ("hammer") is also a synonym for barjo | |
| Requin-Barjo[5] | Super Mario Bros. Encyclopedia | ||
| German | Rammerhai[3][6] | Portmanteau between rammen ("to ram") and Hammerhai ("hammerhead shark") | |
| Italian | Squalo Martesto[3] | Portmanteau between squalo martello (hammerhead shark) and testa ("head") | |
| Korean | 귀상이[4] Gwisang'i |
From "귀상어" (gwisang'eo, "hammerhead shark") and the noun-forming suffix "~이" (-i) | |
| Russian | Рыб-таранов[3] Ryba-taran |
Fish-ram | |
| Spanish (NOA) | Pez martillo[3] | Hammerhead shark | |
| Spanish (NOE) | Tibumartillo[3][7] | Contraction of tiburón martillo ("hammerhead shark"; lit. "hammer shark") |
References[edit]
- ^ English Super Mario 3D World entry on the official Mario Portal. nintendo.co.jp. Retrieved August 13, 2022. (Archived August 12, 2022, 23:46:25 UTC via archive.today.)
- ^ a b c Sakai, Kazuya (ambit), kikai, Akinori Sao, Junko Fukuda, Kunio Takayama, and Ko Nakahara (Shogakukan), editors (2015). "Super Mario 3D World" in『スーパーマリオブラザーズ百科: 任天堂公式ガイドブック』. Tokyo: Shogakukan (Japanese). ISBN 978-4-09-106569-8. Page 226.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i In-game name for Rammerhead Reef from Super Mario 3D World (stored internally under
SystemMessage/StageName/SyumockSpotStage). - ^ a b c In-game name for Rammerhead Reef from Super Mario 3D World + Bowser's Fury.
- ^ Ardaillon, Joanna, and Victoria Juillard-Huberty, editors (2018). "Super Mario 3D World" in Super Mario Encyclopedia. Translated by Fabien Nabhan. Toulon: Soleil Productions (French). ISBN 978-2-3020-7004-2. Page 226.
- ^ Scholz, Sabine, and Benjamin Spinrath, editors (2017). "Super Mario 3D World" in Super Mario Encyclopedia - Die ersten 30 Jahre : 1985-2015. Translated by Yamada Hirofumi. Hamburg: Tokyopop (German). ISBN 978-3-8420-3653-6. Page 226.
- ^ Sakai, Kazuya (ambit), kikai, Akinori Sao, Junko Fukuda, Kunio Takayama, and Ko Nakahara (Shogakukan), editors (2017). "Super Mario 3D World" 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 226.
