Tatenoko
| Tatenoko | |||
|---|---|---|---|
 Artwork from Super Mario Land 2 - 6 Golden Coins | |||
| First appearance | Super Mario Land 2 - 6 Golden Coins (1992) | ||
| Latest appearance | Super Mario-kun ("Team VS Giant Robo!? Luigi's catastrophe!!") (1994) | ||
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Tatenoko[1] are hacksaw enemies in Super Mario Land 2 - 6 Golden Coins.
History[edit]
Super Mario Land 2 - 6 Golden Coins[edit]
In Super Mario Land 2 - 6 Golden Coins, Tatenoko are encountered in Block Course of the Mario Zone. Their attack pattern consists of moving around on a set path horizontally, harming Mario on contact. A Tatenoko can be defeated from a Koopa Shell or while invincible.
Super Mario Kodansha manga[edit]
In the Super Mario Kodansha manga, a Tatenoko can be seen in Super Mario Land 2 - 6-tsu no Kinka 3, being held by a Kyororo inside Wario's Castle.
Super Mario-kun[edit]
A Tatenoko appears in chapter 8 of volume 7 of Super Mario-kun. While Mario is having fun with the cogs and collecting coins, he backs up into a Tatenoko, getting hurt on the back of the head.
In chapter 1 of volume 10, the Komoringā flies around the Mario Zone robot, making it dizzy and causing it to puke its entire content onto the enemy robot, including a Tatenoko.
Profiles and statistics[edit]
Perfect Ban Mario Character Daijiten[edit]
| タテノコ (JP) / Tatenoko (EN) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
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| Original text (Japanese) | Translation | ||
| メカ族 | Tribe | Mecha clan | |
| せっかちで落ち着きがない | Disposition | Impatient and restless | |
| ランド2 | Game appearances | Land 2 | |
| ノコノコのこうらを投げろ ノコギリ型のキャラで、ジグザグに激しく動きながら、マりオの行く手をはばむ。ふんでも倒すことができないので、うまくよけるか、こうらをぶつけるかして、クリアしよう。[2] |
Throw the Koopa shells. The saw character moves violently in a zigzag pattern, blocking Mario's way. Since it cannot be defeated even if it is blocked by a saw, try to avoid it or hit it with a shell to clear the way. | ||
Gallery[edit]
Sprite from Super Mario Land 2 - 6 Golden Coins
Names in other languages[edit]
Unlike most mainline Super Mario titles, Super Mario Land 2 - 6 Golden Coins did not receive officially localized enemy indexes at the time of its release on the Game Boy and not all enemies are listed in its instruction booklets. Consequentially, most available non-Japanese names come from localizations of the Super Mario Bros. Encyclopedia.
| Language | Name | Meaning | Note(s) | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Japanese | タテノコ Tatenoko |
Portmanteau of「縦」(tate, "vertical"), referring to its movement pattern, and「鋸」(noko, "saw") | [3][4] | |
| French | Tatenoko | - | [5] | |
| Italian | Tatenoko | - | [6]:75 | |
| Seghetto/Tatenoko[sic] | Hacksaw/Tatenoko | Super Mario Bros. Encyclopedia (first edition) | [6]:77 | |
| Spanish | Tatenoko | - | [8] |
References[edit]
- ^ Super Mario Land 2 - 6 Golden Coins entry on the official Mario Portal. nintendo.co.jp (English). Retrieved August 13, 2022. (Archived December 21, 2025, 19:32:03 UTC via Wayback Machine.)
- ^ 1994. 「パーフェクト版 マリオキャラクター大事典」 (Perfect Ban Mario Character Daijiten). Shogakukan (Japanese). Page 104.
- ^ Itoi, Shigesato, Takashi Watanabe, Hiroyuki Jinnai (APE), Jin Kobayashi, Ryuji Osawa, and Shigeo Tanabe, editors (1992). 『スーパーマリオランド2 - 6つの金貨任天堂公式ガイドブック』. Tokyo: Shogakukan. ISBN 4-09-102413-0. Page 15.
- ^ Motoyama, Kazuki (6 July 1993). Super Mario Land 2 - 6-tsu no Kinka 1, Super Mario, vol. 18. Tokyo: Kodansha (Japanese). ISBN 4-06-319398-5. Page 6.
- ^ Ardaillon, Joanna, and Victoria Juillard-Huberty, editors (2018). "Super Mario Land 2 - 6 Golden Coins" in Super Mario Encyclopedia. Translated by Fabien Nabhan. Toulon: Soleil Productions (French). ISBN 978-2-3020-7004-2. Page 75.
- ^ a b Sakai, Kazuya (ambit), kikai, Akinori Sao, Junko Fukuda, Kunio Takayama, Ko Nakahara (Shogakukan), and Marco Figini, editors (2018). "Super Mario Land 2 - 6 Golden Coins" in Super Mario Bros. Enciclopedia. Translated by Marco Amerighi. Milan: Magazzini Salani (Italian). ISBN 889367436X.
- ^ Sakai, Kazuya (ambit), kikai, Akinori Sao, Junko Fukuda, Kunio Takayama, Ko Nakahara (Shogakukan), and Marco Figini, editors (2025). "Super Mario Land 2 - 6 Golden Coins" in Super Mario Bros. Enciclopedia (2nd ed.). Translated by Alessandro Apreda. Milan: Magazzini Salani (Italian). ISBN 979-1259575760. Page 75.
- ^ Sakai, Kazuya (ambit), kikai, Akinori Sao, Junko Fukuda, Kunio Takayama, and Ko Nakahara (Shogakukan), editors (2017). "Super Mario Land 2 - 6 Golden Coins" 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 75.
