Reznor

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Reznor
Reznor
A Reznor in New Super Mario Bros. 2
First appearance Super Mario World (1990)
Latest appearance Minecraft: Bedrock Edition
(Village & Pillage) (2019)

Reznors (alternatively pluralized as Reznor),[1] also called Reznor Rhinos[2] or Rhino Dinos,[3] are mini-bosses introduced in Super Mario World. They are grey fire-breathing dinosaurs that resemble triceratops and were cursed by Bowser to work under him.[1]

History

Super Mario series

Super Mario World

Reznor artwork from Super Mario World
A Reznor, as first depicted for Super Mario World

A group of four Reznors are fought as bosses in Vanilla Fortress, the Forest Fortress, the Chocolate Fortress, and the Valley Fortress in Super Mario World. They are faced in a room with a bridge over lava, standing on four platforms mounted on a suspended, rotating set of wooden planks bearing their name, spitting fireballs in the direction of the player, who can dissipate these projectiles with the swipe of a cape in caped form. To defeat the Reznors, the player must knock them off their platforms either by hitting their platforms from underneath or by striking them with fireballs. Once two of the Reznors are defeated, the bridge below gradually breaks away starting from the sides, leaving the player to either try and defeat the other two Reznors before the entire bridge collapses, otherwise, the player can jump on one of the vacated platforms to continue the fight from there.

Prototype assets reveal "Bunbun" as a tentative phrase on Reznor's sign, possibly indicating that it was Boom Boom earlier in development.[4]

New Super Mario Bros. 2

Reznors
A group of four Reznors as depicted in New Super Mario Bros. 2

Reznors reappear in New Super Mario Bros. 2, serving as the game's tower bosses. Their appearance has changed slightly, with their lower jaws and belly having a lighter tone, and their heads redesigned to better resemble those of Triceratops. The platforms they stand on are now coin-giving Long ? Blocks with a width of three blocks rather than two, and the word "REZNOR" on the boards behind the wheel is gone. Reznors roar when the player character enters the boss room, and the battle starts. Their theme is now a cover of the Super Mario World boss battle theme. Unlike in Super Mario World, which only features a group of four on a single four-platform wheel, Reznors can appear either in groups of two or four, and their wheel and bridge setups can also vary. They do not attack as frequently as before, the fireballs they spit move slower, they roar and stomp their blocks when half of them are defeated to force the bridges in their room to collapse, and the bridges do not collapse as quickly. While they can still be knocked off by striking their platforms from below, it now takes six fireballs to defeat one Reznor. They can also be taken out by one gold fireball (which yields 30 coins), or contact with a player under the effects of the Invincibility Leaf.

Level appearances
  • World 1-Tower: Two Reznors on one wheel with four Long ? Blocks.
  • World 2-Tower: Four Reznors on one wheel with four Long ? Blocks.
  • World 3-Tower: Same as World 2-Tower.
  • World 4-Tower: Four Reznors on two wheels; two Reznors per wheel, each having four Long ? Blocks. One bridge is positioned to the left of one wheel, while another is positioned to the right of the other wheel.
  • World 5-Tower: Four Reznors on two wheels; two Reznors per wheel, with each wheel having four Long ? Blocks. One bridge is positioned between the two wheels.
  • World 6-Tower: Four Reznors on one giant wheel with eight Long ? Blocks.

Mario Golf: World Tour

Although Reznors themselves do not appear in Mario Golf: World Tour, a Reznor costume is available for Miis to wear, and they can also use a ball and set of golf clubs that are based on a Reznor.

Super Mario Adventures

In Super Mario Adventures, several Reznors are shown to inhabit the basement of the Koopalings' Tower, attacking anyone who is dumped into the basement. These Reznor were apparently destroyed when, after attacking Princess Toadstool, Friendly Floyd, Mario, Luigi, Toad, and Yoshi, the Reznor ignited a bomb held by Princess Toadstool, blowing up the Koopalings' Tower.

Later in Super Mario Adventures, several Reznors, riding their spinning platforms, can be seen at Bowser's wedding to Princess Toadstool.

Super Mario-kun

Reznor from page 84, volume 4 of Super Mario-kun.
Reznors as featured in Super Mario-Kun

Reznors appear in the Super Mario World adaption of the Japanese manga Super Mario-kun.

In the second 4-koma of the first volume, they attempt to spin very quickly in order to make it harder to hit them, but due to the speed, they fall off their platforms from dizziness.

They reappear in volume 4, where Mario tosses Yoshi to their contraption, making three of them fall. The remaining Reznor attacks Mario directly by charging at him, knocking Mario onto a Switch Palace. Inside, there are many Spinies and a Gray P Switch. Mario uses the switch to turn the enemies into Gray Coins, score multiple lives, and clone himself into Mario x99, who then defeat the Reznor.

Minecraft

In the Super Mario Mash-Up Pack in Minecraft, Ravagers are replaced by Reznors.

LEGO Super Mario

Reznors appear in the LEGO Super Mario set 71390: Reznor Knockdown.

Profiles and statistics

Super Mario World

  • Instruction booklet: There are dinosaurs called Reznor waiting in all four fortresses. No doubt they've been put under a terrible spell by Koopa. They'll do anything for him, so watch out![1]
  • Mario Mania: Dwelling deep within a dark fortress, Reznor feeds on fire and rests on rotating platforms. Avoid the fireballs he spews and bump him from below.[5]

Nintendo Kōshiki Guidebook – Yoshi's Egg

★ブイブイ
クッパのもとで砦のボスとして働いている恐竜系キャラクター。悪に身を売った世措て恐竜で、ヨッシーとの関係を語りたがからない。[6]

Reznor
A dinosaurian character who works as the boss of Koopa's fortresses. A reclusive dinosaur who sold itself to evil, it doesn't want to talk about its relationship with Yoshi.

Perfect Ban Mario Character Daijiten

ブイブイ (JP) / Reznor (EN)
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Original text (Japanese) Translation
種族しゅぞく 恐竜族 Tribe Dinosaur clan
性格せいかく おおちゃく者 Disposition First person to arrive
登場とうじょうゲーム ワールド Game appearances World
火を吹いて砦を守る恐竜

頭にツノがついたサイのような恐竜。間の抜けた顔をしてるのだが、観覧車のようにグルグル回るリフトに乗って、炎を次か次へとはいてくる。いつも4匹一緒に攻撃してくるぞ。[7]

Fire-breathing dinosaurs guarding the fort

A rhinoceros-like dinosaur with a horned head. It has a silly face, but it rides on a lift that whirls around like a Ferris wheel and shoots flames one after the other. Four of them always attack together.

Gallery

For this subject's image gallery, see Gallery:Reznor.

Naming

Etymology

The name "Reznor" is in reference to Trent Reznor, the lead vocalist and singer-songwriter of American rock band Nine Inch Nails.[8] The boss was named by former Nintendo of America employee Dayvv Brooks, who similarly named most of the Koopalings after musicians during his tenure.

Names in other languages

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 ブイブイ[9][10][11]
Buibui
An expression meaning "to make a peace sign," and a potential allusion to Boom Boom; officially romanized as "Buibui"
Chinese (simplified) 布伊布伊[12]
Bùyībùyī
Transliteration of the Japanese name
布伊[13]
Bùyī
Truncation of the Japanese name Super Mario World: Super Mario Advance 2
Chinese (traditional) 布伊布伊[14]
Bùyībùyī
Transliteration of the Japanese name
Dutch Reznor[15]:49 -
French Reznor[15]:19[16] -
German Reznor[17][18] -
Rhino Grossmaul[19] Rhino Bigmouth; potentially in reference to Dino Rhino Der offizielle Nintendo Spieleberater "Super Mario World"
Italian Reznor[20] -
Korean 뿌리뿌리[21]
Ppulippuli
Transliteration of the Japanese name
Portuguese Reznor[22] -
Russian Резнор[23]
Reznor
Reznor
Spanish Reznor[24][25] -

References

  1. ^ a b c 1991. Super Mario World instruction booklet. Nintendo of America (American English). Page 19.
  2. ^ Tilden, Gail, et al. (September 1991). Nintendo Power Volume 28. Nintendo of America (American English). Page 19.
  3. ^ 1991. Mario Mania. Nintendo of America (American English). Page 113.
  4. ^ Frieze (July 24, 2020). X post featuring prototype Super Mario World assets. Retrieved July 25, 2020.
  5. ^ August 1991. Mario Mania. Nintendo of America (American English). Page 51.
  6. ^ 「任天堂公式ガイドブック ヨッシーのたまご」 (Nintendo Kōshiki Guidebook – Yoshi's Egg). Page 61.
  7. ^ 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 182.
  8. ^ As explained by Dayvv Brooks (former Nintendo of America employee), on July 18, 2012.
  9. ^ 1990. 『Super Mario World 取扱説明書』 (PDF). Kyoto: Nintendo Co., Ltd. (Japanese). Page 23.
  10. ^ Kagawa, Ryo (APE/Shigesato Itoi), Koichi Toda (100 Percent), Masaki Kuramochi (100 Percent), Shigeo Tanabe, Naomaru Asao, and Ryuji Osawa, editors (1991). "UNIT 2 CHARACTER" in『任天堂公式ガイドブック スーパーマリオワールド』. Tokyo: Shogakukan (Japanese). ISBN 4-09-104117-5. Page 31.
  11. ^ Sakai, Kazuya (ambit), kikai, Akinori Sao, Junko Fukuda, Kunio Takayama, and Ko Nakahara (Shogakukan), editors (2015). 『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 56, 196.
  12. ^ 2021. 击落布伊布伊扩展关卡 #71390. LEGO (Simplified Chinese). Archived October 25, 2021, 15:08:00 UTC from the original via Wayback Machine. Retrieved 24 Jun. 2021.
  13. ^ In-game name from the ending of the iQue version of Super Mario World: Super Mario Advance 2. (Archived 28 Aug. 2013 via Baidu Teiba by 无敌阿尔宙斯.)
  14. ^ 2021. 布伊布伊擊倒戰 #71390. LEGO (Traditional Chinese). Archived May 29, 2023, 12:32:09 UTC from the original via Wayback Machine. Retrieved 24 Jun. 2021.
  15. ^ a b 1992. Super Mario World mode d'emploi / Handleiding. Nederland, Brussels: Nintendo (French, Dutch).
  16. ^ In-game name from the ending of Super Mario World: Super Mario Advance 2 (French). (Archived 19 Nov. 2010 via YouTube by Diddy64wii.)
  17. ^ 1992. Super Mario World Spielanleitung. Großostheim: Nintendo (German). Page 19.
  18. ^ In-game name from the ending of Super Mario World: Super Mario Advance 2 (German). (Archived 15 Oct. 2011 via YouTube by Spendem.)
  19. ^ Menold, Marcus, Claude M. Moyse, and Andreas G. Kämmerer, editors (1993). Der offizielle Nintendo Spieleberater "Super Mario World". Großostheim: Nintendo of Europe GmbH (German). Page 19.
  20. ^ 1992. Super Mario World Libretto di Intruzioni. Großostheim: Nintendo (Italian). Page 19.
  21. ^ 2021. 뿌리뿌리 녹다운 확장팩 #71390. LEGO (Korean). (Archived June 29, 2022, 09:11:08 UTC via Wayback Machine.)
  22. ^ 1991. Super Mario World Manual de Instruções. Redmond: Nintendo of America (Brazilian Portuguese). Page 19.
  23. ^ 2021. Дополнительный набор «Нокдаун резноров» #71390. LEGO (Russian). Archived September 21, 2021, 10:55:18 UTC from the original via Wayback Machine.
  24. ^ 1992. Super Mario World Manual de Instrucciones. Madrid: Nintendo (European Spanish). Page 19.
  25. ^ In-game name from the ending of Super Mario World: Super Mario Advance 2 (European Spanish). (Archived 12 Sept. 2021 via YouTube by El Tiempo Es Ahora.)