Stilt Guy
| Stilt Guy | |||
|---|---|---|---|
 Artwork from Yoshi's Story | |||
| First appearance | Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island (1995) | ||
| Latest appearance | Mario Kart Tour (Yoshi Tour) (2023) | ||
| Variant of | Shy Guy | ||
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- “He's tough and high, but you can hurt him if you're sly.”
- —Message Block in Rail Lift, Yoshi's Story
Stilt Guys, also known as Shy-Guys on Stilts[1] (alternatively Shy Guys On Stilts or Shy Guys on Stilts[2]) or Stilted Shy Guys,[3] are a variant of Shy Guy that walks on stilts, which are mostly shoed with what look like large Shy Guy boots.
History[edit]
Yoshi's Island series[edit]
Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island / Yoshi's Island: Super Mario Advance 3[edit]
Shy-Guys on Stilts first appear in Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island and reappear in its enhanced port. World 1-6 is named after them and contains color variations. A Shy-Guys on Stilts walks along before changing direction upon encountering an edge or a wall. A Yoshi's tongue can only push the Shy-Guy on Stilts a bit further. They become regular Shy-Guys when jumped on. A Shy-Guy on Stilts can be defeated directly by throwing an egg at it. Bumping Shy-Guys on Stilts into water causes them to sink, but if the water is shallow enough, they can slowly walk back to shore.
Yoshi's Island DS[edit]
Shy Guys on Stilts return as enemies in Yoshi's Island DS. The length of the stilts varies, like in Yoshi's Story, with the longest taking up both screens. Stilts were made into a usable item, and the game adds a giant mechanical version named Big Guy the Stilted. Baby Bowser can spit a fireball at the stilts of a Shy Guys on Stilts to bump the Shy Guy down to the midway of the stilts' length.
Yoshi's New Island[edit]
Stilt Guys retain their role of being enemies in Yoshi's New Island. Unlike before, Yoshi can eat a Stilt Guy from behind. Stilt Guys' pink counterparts from Yoshi's Story also appear, now with a design that matches regular pink Shy Guys.
Yoshi's Story[edit]
Shy Guys On Stilts ride stilts of three different lengths in Yoshi's Story. Like before, landing on a Shy Guy On Stilts causes it to fall off and become a regular Shy Guy. The blue-robed variation appears for the first time.
Paper Mario[edit]
- “Go! Attack, Stilt Guys! Fight! Fight! Fight!”
- —General Guy, Paper Mario
Two Stilt Guys are the second wave of Shy Guys fought before the boss battle with General Guy in Paper Mario. Upon being ordered into battle, the Stilt Guys walk towards Mario and his partner and attempt to bounce on them with their long stilts, with a chance of missing. A Stilt Guy can fall off of its stilts and become a regular Shy Guy from either Mario's jump or Quake Hammer. The tattle contains a nod to their original name.[4]
Yoshi's Woolly World / Poochy & Yoshi's Woolly World[edit]
Stilt Guys return in Yoshi's Woolly World and its remake, behaving the same as before. They are crafted out of wool strings and walk on two long, thin weaving sticks that resemble stilts, with their design being consistent with the game's aesthetics. Stilt Guys have the same shoe color as Shy Guys, unlike Yoshi's New Island. The stilts serve as a shield: Yoshi can only eat a Stilt Guy from behind. Eating its stills or trying to eat the Stilt Guy from the front only pushes it away. If Yoshi throws a yarn ball at a Stilt Guy from the back, it becomes caged inside the string of the yarn, It drops its stilts and is defeated in short order in the same way normal Shy Guys are. A Stilt Guy can be temporarily immobilized by a throwing a yarn ball at their stilts or at the Stilt Guy from the front which makes the yarn wraps around its stilts. Further yarn balls reset the duration, whereas this does not happen for every other enemy and obstacle that can be tied up. Yoshi can lick away the yarn around the stilts to free the Stilt Guy early, but this does not re-create the yarn ball.
Minecraft[edit]
In Minecraft, the Super Mario Mash-Up Pack replaces the skins of the Endermen to skins of Stilt Guys. The Stilt Guys also have stilt-like arms, to fit the model of an Enderman.
Mario Kart series[edit]
Stilt Guys appear in the Yoshi's Island course in the Booster Course Pass for Mario Kart 8 Deluxe as well as the course's appearance in Mario Kart Tour. They function as obstacles near the start, walking back and forth. The Stilt Guys are featured in a variety of colors, though the regular red-robed Stilt Guys' stilt shoes are now yellow, while the green Stilt Guys' stilt shoes are still green.[5]
Unused appearances[edit]
Super Paper Mario contains unused graphical data of a Stilt Guy.
Profiles and statistics[edit]
Yoshi's Island series[edit]
Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island / Yoshi's Island: Super Mario Advance 3[edit]
- Shogakukan guide: 舌でつっつくと、竹馬でバックするところはさすが。タマゴやヒップドロップで倒せるが、頭を踏んで竹馬から落とさないと食べられない。[6] (Poking him with your tongue and pushing him back on stilts is as good as it gets. You can defeat him with an egg or a hip drop, but you can't eat him unless you step on his head and drop him off the stilts.)
- Player's Guide: What'll those smarties think of next? Watch for them wading in water and climbing rocks.[1]
- Shogakukan guide (remake): 舌でつっついても、バックするだけ。頭をふみ、竹馬から落ちたところを食べよう。タマゴやヒップドロップで倒すこともできる。[7] (Poke them with your tongue and they will just go back. Step on their heads and eat them as they fall from their stilts. You can also defeat them with an egg or hip drop.)
Yoshi's New Island[edit]
- Shogakukan guide: 足の長い竹馬に乗ったヘイホー。舌を伸ばしても正面からは食べることができない。タマゴにするときは、敵の背後に回りこんでから食べる必要がある。[8] (A Shy Guy on long-legged stilts. They cannot be eaten from the front, even with your tongue outstretched. When you want to turn it into an egg, you need to get behind the enemy before you eat it.)
Paper Mario[edit]
| Paper Mario enemy | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Stilt Guy | |||||||||
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Max HP | 7 | Attack | 4 | Defense | 0 | |||
| Role | Boss | Type | Elevated | Level | 1 | ||||
| Strong | None | Weak | None | Moves | Stick Stomp (4) | ||||
| Sleep? | 60%, 0 | Dizzy? | 60%, 0 | Shock? | 90%, 0 | ||||
| Shrink? | 75%, 0 | Stop? | 60%, 0 | Fright? | 0% | ||||
| Air Lift? | 0% | Hurricane? | 0% | Coins | N/A | ||||
| Items | N/A | Run | N/A | Location(s) | Shy Guy's Toy Box | ||||
| Tattle | This is Stilt Guy. Yes, as the name suggests, Stilt Guys are Shy Guys on Stilts. I mean, it seems pretty obvious to me... Max HP: 7, Attack Power: 4, Defense Power: 0 If you attack 'em by shaking the ground, they'll fall off their stilts and become normal Shy Guys. | ||||||||
Gallery[edit]
- For this subject's image gallery, see Gallery:Stilt Guy.
Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island
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 they are associated with in the "notes" column.
| Language | Name | Meaning | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Japanese | たけうまヘイホー[9][8][10] Takeuma Heihō |
Stilt Shy Guy | |
| 竹馬ヘイホー[6][7] Takeuma Heihō |
Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island | ||
| Chinese (simplified) | 踩高跷的嘿呵[11] Cǎigāoqiào de Hēihē |
Shy Guy on Stilts | |
| 高跷蛋蛋[12] Gāoqiào Dàndàn |
Stilt Egg Egg; compare with "嘿虎" (Hēihǔ, "Shy Guy") | Paper Mario | |
| Chinese (traditional) | 踩高蹺的嘿呵[11] Cǎigāoqiào de Hēihē |
Shy Guy on Stilts | |
| Dutch | Stilt Guy[13] | - | |
| French (NOA) | Maskéchasse[14] | Portmanteau of Maskache ("Shy Guy") and échasses ("stilts") | |
| French (NOE) | Maskéchass[15][16][11] | Portmanteau of Maskass ("Shy Guy") and échasses ("stilts") | |
| Mass'chasses[17] | Paper Mario | ||
| German | High Shy Guy[18][19][20][11] | - | |
| Italian | Tipo Trampoli[21][11] | Stilts Guy | |
| Tipo Timido sui trampoli[22] | Shy Guy on stilts | Yoshi's Island: Super Mario Advance 3 | |
| Tipo Trampolo1[15] | Stilt Guy | Yoshi's Island DS | |
| Korean | 죽마헤이호[15][23][11] Jukma Heiho |
Stilt Shy Guy | |
| Portuguese | Perna de pau Guy[11] | Stilt Guy | |
| Spanish (NOA) | Guy en zancos[24] | Guy on stilts | |
| Spanish (NOE) | ZancGuy[25][26][11] | Portmanteau of zanco ("stilt") and "Shy Guy" |
1 - Attribution of this specific name to Stilt Guy is an extrapolation derived form the localized name of Big Guy the Stilted.
References[edit]
- ^ a b Miller, Kent, and Terry Munson (1995). Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island Player's Guide. Nintendo of America (American English). Page 128.
- ^ Williams, Drew (2006). Yoshi's Island DS Player's Guide. Nintendo Power (American English). ISBN 1-59812-016-6. Page 55, 94, 103, 131.
- ^ "Stilted Shy Guys: These Shy Guys oversee their courses on stilts of various heights. You can knock them off or jump on top of them." – Prima Bath (April 7, 1999). Nintendo 64 Game Secrets, 1999 Edition Prima's Official Strategy Guide. Prima Games (American English). ISBN 0-7615-2103-8. Page 109.
- ^ "Yes, as the name suggests, Stilt Guys are Shy Guys on Stilts." – Goombario (2000). Paper Mario. Nintendo (English).
- ^ Nintendo of America (February 8, 2023). Nintendo Direct 2.8.2023 - Nintendo Switch. YouTube (English). Retrieved February 8, 2023.
- ^ a b Okeya, Noriko, Mitsuharu Orihara, and Yuji Kigen, editors (1995). 『スーパーマリオヨッシーアイランド任天堂公式ガイドブック』. Tokyo: Shogakukan (Japanese). ISBN 4-09-1025-234. Page 5.
- ^ a b Watanabe, Takashi, Noriko Oketani, Mitsuharu Orihara, Tatsuhiko Mizutani, and Yasushi Nakahara, editors (2002). 『スーパーマリオアドバンス3任天堂公式ガイドブック』. Tokyo: Shogakukan (Japanese). ISBN 4-09-106071-4. Page 17.
- ^ a b Iwaya, Kiyotaka, Tatsuhiko Mizutani, Yasuyuki Kato, Junko Fukuda, Kunio Takayama, and Yasushi Nakahara (Shogakukan), editors (2014). 『ヨッシー New アイランド 任天堂公式ガイドブック』. Tokyo: Shogakukan (Japanese). ISBN 978-4-09-106542-1. Page 21.
- ^ Yoshioka, Seino (Muse Staff) (1998). 『ヨッシー全百科: カラースペシャル版』. Tokyo: Shogakukan (Japanese). ISBN 4-09-281158-6. Page 69.
- ^ Kataoka, Michiaki, Hideyuki Yoshizawa, Hiroshi Shibano, Satoru Watanabe, and Tomoya Sato (2017). 『ポチと！ ヨッシー ウールワールドオフィシャルガイド』. Tokyo: Kadokawa (Japanese). ISBN 978-4-04-892795-6. Page 257.
- ^ a b c d e f g h In-game name displayed in an action from Mario Kart Tour.
- ^ In-game name displayed during battle in Paper Mario (Simplified Chinese). (Archived 7 Jan. 2023 via Bilibili by 游乐熊趣玩.)
- ^ Herinneringentent (3 Feb. 2017). Poochy & Yoshi's Woolly World by Good-Feel. Nintendo of Europe GmbH (Dutch).
- ^ Théâtre des souvenirs (3 Feb. 2017). Poochy & Yoshi's Woolly World by Good-Feel. Nintendo of America (Canadian French).
- ^ a b c In-game name for Castle of Big Guy the Stilted from Yoshi's Island DS.
- ^ Théatre des souvenirs (26 Jun. 2015). Yoshi's Woolly World by Good-Feel. Nintendo of Europe GmbH (French). (Archived 27 Sept. 2015 via JeuxVideo by marye43.)
- ^ "C'est un Mass'feu. Ils sont en feu alors au moindre contact, tu jongles!" – Goombario tattling during battle (2001). Paper Mario by Intelligent Systems. Nintendo of Europe GmbH (French).
- ^ Menold, Marcus, John D. Kraft, and Thomas Görg, editors (1995). Der offizielle Nintendo Spieleberater "Super Mario World 2 – Yoshi's Island". Großostheim: Nintendo of Europe GmbH (German). Page 16.
- ^ "Das ist ein High Shy Guy. Richtig! Wie der Name schon andeutet, handelt es sich um Shy Guys auf Stelzen. Ich meine, für mich ist das ziemlich offensichtlich..." – Goombario tattling during battle (2001). Paper Mario by Intelligent Systems. Nintendo of Europe GmbH (German).
- ^ Museums-Pavillon (26 Jun. 2015). Yoshi's Woolly World by Good-Feel. Nintendo of Europe GmbH (German). (Archived via YouTube by Domtendo.)
- ^ Teatro dei ricordi (26 Jun. 2015). Yoshi's Woolly World by Good-Feel. Nintendo of Europe GmbH (Italian). (Archived via Mario's Castle.)
- ^ In-game name of Shy-Guys On Stilts from Yoshi's Island: Super Mario Advance 3.
- ^ 추억 극장 (4 Mar. 2017). Poochy & Yoshi's Woolly World by Good-Feel. Nintendo of Korea Co., Ltd. (Korean).
- ^ Carpa de los recuerdos (3 Feb. 2017). Poochy & Yoshi's Woolly World by Good-Feel. Nintendo of America (Latin American Spanish).
- ^ "Es un ZancGuy. Sí, como su nombre indica, los ZancGuy son Shy Guy con zancos. Es bastante obvio para mí...." – Goombario tattling during battle (2001). Paper Mario by Intelligent Systems. Nintendo of Europe GmbH (European Spanish).
- ^ Guías Nintendo (2015). Enemigos. Guía Yoshi’s Woolly World (European Spanish). (Archived April 18, 2024, 12:37:03 UTC via Wayback Machine.)
