Star Cruster
| Star Cruster | |
|---|---|
 A Star Cruster in Super Mario RPG (Nintendo Switch) | |
| First appearance | Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars (1996) |
| Latest appearance | Super Mario RPG (Nintendo Switch) (2023) |
| Variant of | Crusty |
- “Where's the crustacean station?”
- —Star Cruster, Super Mario RPG (Nintendo Switch)
Star Crusters are a stronger variant of Crusty in Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars and its remake. Their name is a pun on "star cluster." They appear in Bowser's Keep the second time it is visited, alongside much weaker creatures. Like Crusties, Star Crusters have extremely high physical attack and defense but low magic stats. In battle, a Star Cruster uses its normal attack on its own turns; if hit with a normal attack, however, the Star Cruster immediately counters with a projectile that puts the attacker to sleep. In the original game, Star Crusters deny being crabs in their thought, which appears to be a misunderstood reference to the 1987 Famicom game Sanma no Meitantei, joking about the game's use of a crab for its cursor.[1]
Profiles and statistics
Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars
| Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars enemy | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Star Cruster | |||||||||
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HP | 72 | FP | 100 | Speed | 11 | |||
| Location(s) | Bowser's Keep (second visit), The Trial Course | Attack | 135 | Magic attack | 16 | ||||
| Role | Common | Defense | 145 | Magic defense | 53 | ||||
| Bonus Flower | Attack Up! (30%) | Yoshi Cookie | Crystalline | Morph rate | 25% | ||||
| Evade | 0% | Magic evade | 10% | Spells | None | ||||
| Weak | Ice | Strong | Jump | Sp. attacks | Mini Light Beam (CP) | ||||
| Coins | 30 | Exp. points | 36 | Items | Crystalline (5%) | ||||
| Psychopath | "I'M NOT A CRAB!!" | ||||||||
Super Mario RPG (Nintendo Switch)
| Super Mario RPG enemy | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Star Cruster | |||||||||
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HP | 72 | Weak Elements | 
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Drops | N/A | |||
| Exp. | 36 | Weak Statuses |    
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Rare Drops | N/A | ||||
| Found in | Bowser's Keep | ||||||||
| Monster List profile | The "star" part has nothing to do with the Star Road or Star Pieces. We just thought it was a nice-sounding name. Is that so wrong? | ||||||||
| Thought Peek | "Where's the crustacean station?" | ||||||||
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Gallery
Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars
Names in other languages
| Language | Name | Meaning | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Japanese | スターカーニィ[?] Sutā Kānī |
Star Crusty | |
| Chinese (simplified) | 星星硬壳蟹[?] Xīngxīng Yìngké Xiè |
Star Crusty | |
| Chinese (traditional) | 星星硬殼蟹[?] Xīngxīng Yìngké Xiè |
Star Crusty | |
| Dutch | Sterscharia[?] | Star Crusty | |
| French | Crustelle[?] | From crustacé ("crustacean") and female given name ending -stelle, derived from the Latin word stella ("star") | |
| German | Brachizwack[?] | From Brachizang ("Crusty") and the German surname "Zwack" | |
| Italian | Crustella[?] | Portmanteau of Crustavo ("Crusty") and stella ("star") | |
| Korean | 스타투구게[?] Seuta Tuguge |
Star Crusty | |
| Spanish | Crustrella[?] | From "Crusty" and estrella ("star") |
References
- ^ Clyde Mandelin (June 29, 2020). The Pop Culture-Obsessed Monsters in Japanese Super Mario RPG. Legends of Localization. Retrieved July 31, 2021.
