Sniper Bill

Sniper Bill
First appearance	Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga (2003)
Latest appearance	Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga + Bowser's Minions (2017)
Variant of	Bullet Bill

A Sniper Bill and Magikoopa battle in the original game

A Sniper Bill is a large, flexible Bullet Bill that appears in Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga and its remake, Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga + Bowser's Minions. They wear brown fingerless gloves and wield Super Scopes, holding them in a manner akin to a sniper's positioning while wearing a grimace on their faces. Sniper Bills are found in Bowser's Castle, where they do not appear in the overworld, and are fought alongside Boos and Magikoopas.

Sniper Bills attack Mario and Luigi by firing smaller Bullet Bills from their Super Scope at the Bros., then flying at them like a regular Bullet Bill. If the scope on Mario or Luigi is small, the bullet hits before the Sniper Bill; if the scope is large, the Sniper Bill will hit first. The attack can be avoided and countered by jumping, though the Sniper Bill will take no damage if hit and simply "walk" back to its original position. They are healed by fire, but are weak to thunder.

In Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga + Bowser's Minions, they no longer have a mouth nor brown fingerless gloves, and more resemble a standard Bullet Bill. Their attack pattern remains the same as in the original, though they will now take damage if countered.

Statistics

Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga

Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga enemy
Sniper Bill
	HP	80	POW	120	Defense	145	Speed	110	Experience	80 (100)
	Fire	Heal	Thunder	Critical	Jump	Normal	Hammer	Normal	Coins	10 (8)
	Stat down?	100%	Stun?	30%	Burn?	0%	Hand	Normal	Item drop	Ultrasyrup Jar – 12.90% Ultrasyrup Jar – 25.81% (32.26%)
Level           40 (33)	Location(s)	Bowser's Castle	Notice	Stats in parentheses are from the Japanese version (if they differ from the original American and European stats). Stats in gray are only found in the game's coding and are not available during "normal" gameplay.

Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga + Bowser's Minions

Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga + Bowser's Minions enemy
Sniper Bill
	HP:	110	POW:	108	DEF:	110	SPEED:	112	Experience:	100
	Fire:	Heal	Thunder:	Critical	Jump:	Normal	Hammer:	Normal	Coins:	30
	Stat down:	30%	Dizzy:	30%	Burn:	0%	Speed down:	30%	Item drop:	Ultra Syrup (20%) Max Syrup (18%) Max Syrup (60%)
Level:           32	Location(s):	Bowser's Castle

Names in other languages

Language	Name	Meaning
Japanese	スナイパーキラー (Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga) Sunaipā Kirā シャテキラー (Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga + Bowser's Minions) Shatekirā	Sniper Bullet Bill Pun on「射的」(shateki, target practice) and「キラー」(Kirā, Bullet Bill)
Chinese	狙击弹头杀手 Jūjī Dàntóu Shāshǒu	Snipe Bullet Bill
French	Tiraillas Bill Sniper	Pun on "tirailler" (to fire at random) and "as" (ace) Sniper Bill
German	Ultra-Willi	Ultra Bill
Italian	Bill Cecchino	Sniper Bill
Spanish	Bill Bala Experto	Expert Bullet Bill