Sorbetti
| Sorbetti | |
|---|---|
 Artwork from Super Mario Galaxy 2 | |
| Species | Snowman |
| First appearance | Super Mario Galaxy 2 (2010) |
| Latest appearance | Super Mario Galaxy + Super Mario Galaxy 2 (2025) |
- “Someone said there's a snow monster with a red nose out there! I can't go outside with that thing on the loose!”
- —Star Bunny, Super Mario Galaxy 2
Sorbetti is a boss that appears in the game Super Mario Galaxy 2 in the Freezy Flake Galaxy. It appears in the mission Sorbetti's Chilly Reception. Sorbetti shares its boss theme music with Peewee Piranha, Rollodillo, and Prince Pikante. Sorbetti is a gigantic, living spiked snowball, with two crystals for eyes and an evil grin. It also has a bulbous red nose that serves as its weak point. Sorbetti bears a resemblance to Tap-Taps from the Yoshi's Island series, especially Tap-Tap the Red Nose. Combined with the planet it is fought on, it resembles a snowman, as seen in its artwork.
Battle
In the Freezy Flake Galaxy, before Mario fights Sorbetti, he takes a Launch Star from the previous planet and lands on a small planetoid, which is actually Sorbetti itself, though its eyes, nose, and mouth are missing (though one of the lumps appears to be its nose covered with snow). Once Mario uses the Sling Star to reach the slightly larger spherical planetoid below (internally named the Yukkina Body Planet), the above planetoid will reveal itself as a monster, fall down onto the lower planetoid and start rolling around it to attack Mario. As this is Sorbetti's only form of attack, Mario must damage its sole weak spot by spinning its nose as it rolls around the planetoid, much in the same way he would defeat a Ruby Rock. Snow pillars positioned at various intervals around the planetoid serve as obstacles and hinder Mario's movement.
If Sorbetti runs into a pillar of snow, the pillar will be destroyed, and Sorbetti will bounce away from it slightly before continuing its attack (the same will happen if it runs into one of the trees on the planetoid). This may be better or worse for the player, depending on how Mario's location changes during the battle. Mario can also destroy a pillar with a spin, which will occasionally reveal a coin. These pillars cannot be fully cleared from the planetoid, since a new one will pop up after a few are destroyed. If Sorbetti hits Mario, it will laugh and start rolling in the opposite direction. When Mario hits Sorbetti, it will be knocked backward, pause briefly, and then continue its attack. After Sorbetti is hit twice, it will become angry and roll around the planetoid faster and more erratically. When Mario finally hits Sorbetti a third time, the boss is knocked backward and explodes, rewarding Mario with the mission's Power Star.
Statistics
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| World | World 3 | Galaxy | Freezy Flake Galaxy |
| Mission | Sorbetti's Chilly Reception | Reward | 
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Gallery
Sorbetti before the battle, resembling a snowman
Mario fighting an enraged Sorbetti in the Freezy Flake Galaxy
Sorbetti upon defeat
Sorbetti disguised as a planet
Sorbetti in the E3 2009 trailer
Naming
Etymology
"Sorbetti" is a portmanteau between "sorbet," a cold dessert and either "Yeti" or the Italian suffix "-etti."
Internal names
| Game | File | Name | Meaning
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|---|---|---|---|
| Super Mario Galaxy 2 | ObjectData/Yukkina.arc | Yukkina | Transliteration of below |
| SystemData/ObjNameTable.arc/ObjNameTable.tbl | ユッキーナ (Yukkīna) | From「雪」(yuki, "snow" in Japanese) and possibly spina ("thorn" in Italian) due to its appearance |
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 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 | スノーキー[1][2] Sunōkī |
From「スノー」(sunō, "snow") and potentially「 |
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| Chinese (simplified) | 雪奇[3] Xuěqí (Mandarin) Syutkèih (Cantonese) |
Strange Snow | |
| Chinese (traditional) | 雪奇[4][3] Xuěqí (Mandarin) Syutkèih (Cantonese) |
Strange Snow | |
| Dutch | Sorbetti[3] | - | |
| French | Sorbetti[4][5] | - | |
| German | Sorbetti[6][7] | - | |
| Italian | Brinello[4][8][9] | Portmanteau between brina ("frost") and the Italian given name "Nello" | |
| Brinello Naso Rosso[10] | Red Nose Sorbetti, shared with "Sorbetti's Chilly Reception" | Super Mario Bros. Encyclopedia | |
| Korean | 스노키[4] Seunoki |
Transliteration of the Japanese name | |
| Portuguese | Sorbetti[3] | - | |
| Spanish | Sorbetti[4][11][12] | - |
References
- ^ Tachibana, Tadashi, Isamu Horie, Shinji Kutsuzawa, Itaru Nakatani, Seishiro Fuwa, Kimihara Hongo, and Toshimune Suzuki (2010). 『スーパーマリオギャラクシー2 任天堂ゲーム攻略本』. Tokyo: ambit (Japanese). ISBN 978-4-8399-3630-3. Page 21.
- ^ 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 160.
- ^ a b c d In-game name for "Sorbetti's Chilly Reception" from the Nintendo Switch version of Super Mario Galaxy 2.
- ^ a b c d e In-game name for "Sorbetti's Chilly Reception" from the Wii version of Super Mario Galaxy 2.
- ^ 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 160.
- ^ Browne, Catherine (2010). Super Mario Galaxy 2 Das offizielle Lösungsbuch. Translated by Andreas Kasprzak. Lübbecke: Grinning Cat Productions, Prima Games (German). ISBN 402-0-628-08787-6. Page 128.
- ^ 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 160.
- ^ 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 130.
- ^ «Ma prima deve affrontare il boss, che si chiama Brinello.» – NintendoItalia (December 24, 2015). Il Mario Gatto Show - Episodio 19 (video, 6:55). Italian. Retrieved from YouTube.
- ^ 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 160.
- ^ Guías Nintendo (2010). La nariz roja de Sorbetti. Guía Super Mario Galaxy 2 (European Spanish). (Archived January 18, 2024, 09:40:57 UTC via Wayback Machine.)
- ^ 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 160.
