Smeech
| Smeech | |
|---|---|
 Artwork from Super Mario Galaxy 2 | |
| First appearance | Super Mario Galaxy 2 (2010) |
| Latest appearance | Super Mario Galaxy + Super Mario Galaxy 2 (2025) |
| Variant of | Poink |
Smeeches[1] are flying enemies in Super Mario Galaxy 2, appearing only in missions featuring Yoshi. They are pink spherical creatures with a pair of beady eyes and plump lips, and they are based on the Poink enemy from Super Mario Sunshine. Smeeches flee from Mario and Luigi if they encounter them. However, if either player character is riding Yoshi, they float towards him, eventually kissing Yoshi and attaching to his mouth; they will also automatically attach if Yoshi tries to eat one.
Having a Smeech attached to him prevents Yoshi from using his tongue or eating fruits. A Smeech remains attached to Yoshi's mouth for as long as it can: they will stay attached if the player uses a Launch Star; if the player collects a Power Star while riding Yoshi with a Smeech on his mouth, it appears in the ensuing star collection cutscene; it will also remain attached if first-person mode is entered, letting the player see inside its model.
The Smeech can be defeated with a spin or a jump from the unmounted Mario or Luigi; Yoshi can also perform a Head Shake to remove the Smeech, causing it to vanish and drop Star Bits. If Mario or Luigi dismounts or is knocked off Yoshi, the Smeech detaches from Yoshi's mouth and begins to hover away.
Smeeches appear in the following list of galaxies and missions:
- Yoshi Star Galaxy ("Saddle Up with Yoshi")
- Hightail Falls Galaxy ("Hightail Falls Speed Run")
- Haunty Halls Galaxy ("A Glimmer of Bulb Berry")
- Starshine Beach Galaxy ("Purple Coin Beach Dash")
- Sweet Mystery Galaxy ("Bulb Berry's Mysterious Glow")
Smeeches behave similarly to the Leaps from the Kirby series, which they also closely resemble, and Bucculus from Super Smash Bros. Brawl.
Gallery[edit]
A Smeech kissing Yoshi
Naming[edit]
"Smeech" is a portmanteau of "smooch" and "leech", alluding to a leech's behavior of sticking to the skin with their mouth.
Internal names[edit]
| Game | File | Name | Meaning
|
|---|---|---|---|
| Super Mario Galaxy 2 | ObjectData/Popo.arc | Popo | Transliteration of below |
| SystemData/ObjNameTable.arc/ObjNameTable.tbl | ポポ (Popo) | Poink |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Japanese | ブッチュン[2] Butchun |
Corruption of the the mimetic「プチュッ」(puchu, "smooching") | |
| French | Podkol[3][4] | From the idiom pot de colle ("gluepot"), referring to someone who leeches off of others | |
| German | Knutsch-Poink[5] | Smooch Poink; the German name for Poink itself is Oink | |
| Italian | Sbaciotto[6] | From sbaciucchiare ("to smooch") and the diminutive suffix -otto | |
| Baciotto[sic][7] | Super Mario Bros. Encyclopedia | ||
| Spanish | Ventusito[8] | From ventosa ("suction cup") and besito ("little kiss") |
References[edit]
- ^ Browne, Catherine (May 23, 2010). Super Mario Galaxy 2: PRIMA Official Game Guide. Roseville: Random House Inc. ISBN 978-0-30746-907-6. Page 29.
- ^ Sakai, Kazuya (ambit), kikai, Akinori Sao, Junko Fukuda, Kunio Takayama, and Ko Nakahara (Shogakukan), editors (2015). "Super Mario Galaxy 2" 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 161.
- ^ Browne, Catherine (2010). Super Mario Galaxy 2 Prima le Guide Officiel. Translated by Yellow Media. Ligugé: Prima Games (French). ISBN 978-2-952-67394-5. Page 31.
- ^ Ardaillon, Joanna, and Victoria Juillard-Huberty, editors (2018). "Super Mario Galaxy 2" in Super Mario Encyclopedia. Translated by Fabien Nabhan. Toulon: Soleil Productions (French). ISBN 978-2-3020-7004-2. Page 161.
- ^ Scholz, Sabine, and Benjamin Spinrath, editors (2017). "Super Mario Galaxy 2" in Super Mario Encyclopedia - Die ersten 30 Jahre : 1985-2015. Translated by Yamada Hirofumi. Hamburg: Tokyopop (German). ISBN 978-3-8420-3653-6. Page 161.
- ^ Browne, Catherine (2010). Super Mario Galaxy 2 Guida Strategica Ufficiale (Multiplayer.it Edizioni). Translated by Christian La Via Colli, Francesca Noto, and Virgina Petrarca. Terni: Multiplayer Edizioni, Prima Games (Italian). ISBN 9788863551198. Page 29.
- ^ Sakai, Kazuya (ambit), kikai, Akinori Sao, Junko Fukuda, Kunio Takayama, Ko Nakahara (Shogakukan), and Marco Figini, editors (2018). "Super Mario Galaxy 2" in Super Mario Bros. Enciclopedia. Translated by Marco Amerighi. Milan: Magazzini Salani (Italian). ISBN 889367436X. Page 161.
- ^ Sakai, Kazuya (ambit), kikai, Akinori Sao, Junko Fukuda, Kunio Takayama, and Ko Nakahara (Shogakukan), editors (2017). "Super Mario Galaxy 2" 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 161.
