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Roketon
Character artwork of a Roketon.
Artwork from Super Mario Land
Appears in Super Mario Land (1989)
Relatives

Roketons,[1] also known as Rocketons,[2] are airborne enemies that are Tatanga's personal guards in his invasion of Sarasaland during the events of Super Mario Land. The only visible part of a Roketon's body is its head. Roketons fly planes; these aircraft are based on either the MiG-15 or the improved design, the MiG-17; both are jet fighters of the former USSR. Roketons appear only in World 4-3, guarding the path to both Biokinton and Tatanga, and successfully shooting the Roketons down before they leave the screen earns the player 400 points. If a Roketon makes its way past Mario in his Sky Pop, it fires a Bullet Biff backwards at him. The official artwork also depicts cannonballs being shot forward out of the nose of the plane, but this feature was never used in the actual game.

In the Super Mario Land manga, Roketons are the first enemies to appear, assaulting Princess Daisy's castle with Tatanga. They later reappear towards the end of the last chapter, in Chai Kingdom's sky. A Nyololin informs them via radio to take Mario down, but they are shot by the Sky Pop's missiles.

ProfilesEdit

Super Mario LandEdit

  • Instruction booklet: An attack plane piloted by Tatanga's soldier guards. It fires cannonballs at the Sky Pop. You can destroy it with a single missile.
  • 3DS Virtual Console manual: This attack plane is piloted by one of Tatanga's guards. Roketon fires cannonballs at the Sky Pop. Destroy it with a single missile.

Perfect Ban Mario Character DaijitenEdit

ロケトン (JP) / Roketon (EN)
 
Original text (Japanese) Translation
種族しゅぞく メカ族ぞく Tribe Mecha clan
性格せいかく 攻撃的こうげきてき Disposition Aggressive
登場とうじょうゲーム ランド１ Game appearances Land 1
スカイポップ号ごうで攻撃こうげき

チャイ王国おうこくの空中面くうちゅうめんに出現しゅつげん。タタンガ（Ｐ３２）の護衛兵ごえいへいがスカイポップに美のって、ミサイルを発射はっしゃする。よけずに突撃とつげきしてくるので、ミサイルで倒たおしてしまおう。[3]

Attack on the Sky Pop

They appear on the Chai Kingdom's aerial surface. Tatanga's (p.32) guards will fire missiles at Sky Pop. They charge at you without dodging, so use the missiles to take them out.

GalleryEdit

  • Artwork from Super Mario Land

  • Sprite from Super Mario Land

Names in other languagesEdit

Language Name Meaning Notes
Japanese ロケトン[4][5]
Roketon 		Derived from the English "rocket"
Dutch Roketon[6]:35[7] -
Finnish Raketan[8] Roketon
Raketin[9]
French Roketon[6]:17 -
German Roketon[10] -
Italian Roketon[11][12] -
Spanish Roketon[13][14] -
Swedish Roketon[15] -

ReferencesEdit

  1. ^ 1989. Super Mario Land English instruction booklet. Nintendo of America (American English). Page 17.
  2. ^ Nintendo Game Boy Player's Guide. Nintendo of America (American English). Page 5.
  3. ^ 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). Page 236.
  4. ^ 1989. 『スーパーマリオランド取扱説明書』. Kyoto: Nintendo Co., Ltd. (Japanese). Page 20.
  5. ^ Sakai, Kazuya (ambit), kikai, Akinori Sao, Junko Fukuda, Kunio Takayama, and Ko Nakahara (Shogakukan), editors (2015). "Super Mario Land" 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 47.
  6. ^ a b 1990. Super Mario Land mode d'emploi / Handleiding. Nederland, Brussels: Nintendo (French, Dutch).
  7. ^ Club Nintendo, editors (1990). "Super Mario Land" in Club Nintendo Classic. Großostheim: Nintendo of Europe GmbH (Dutch). Page 9.
  8. ^ Saarva, Petteri, Mikael Ekroos, Kieku Salo, and Markus Selin, editors (1991). "Piiput Ovat Piippuja" in Nintendo-lehti, no. 9. Translated by Laila Takolander. Semic (Finnish). Page 22.
  9. ^ Caragonne, George, and Todd Haedrich (1990). "Tiukasti Käsissäsi..." in Nintendo-lehti, no. 1. Translated by Laila Takolander. Semic (Finnish). Page 27.
  10. ^ 1990. Super Mario Land Spielanleitung. Großostheim: Nintendo of Europe GmbH (German). Page 17.
  11. ^ 1990. Super Mario Land Manuale di Instuzioni. Florence: Nintendo (Italian). Page 17.
  12. ^ 2011. Super Mario Land (Electronic Manual). Nintendo of Europe GmbH (Italian). Page 14.
  13. ^ Club Nintendo, editors (1990). "Super Mario Land" in Club Nintendo Classic. Großostheim: Nintendo of Europe GmbH (European Spanish). Page 9.
  14. ^ 2011. Super Mario Land (Electronic Manual). Nintendo of America (Mexican Spanish). Page 14.
  15. ^ Lindberg, Gunnar, and Lena Persson, editors (1991). "Raka Rör Del 1" in Nintendo-Magasinet, no. 9. Atlantic Förlags AB (Swedish). Page 22.
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