Ground Urchin

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Ground Urchin
Ground Urchin in Freezeflame Galaxy
A Ground Urchin in Super Mario Galaxy
First appearance Super Mario Galaxy (2007)
Latest appearance Super Mario 3D All-Stars (2020)
Variant of Urchin

Ground Urchins[1] are enemies in Super Mario Galaxy and Super Mario Galaxy 2. Ground Urchins look and act much like normal Urchins, except they are red and appear to be covered in some sort of fuzz, unlike the solid skin of normal Urchins. When defeated by fire, they burn into black chalk before disintegrating into dust.

History[edit]

Super Mario Galaxy[edit]

In Super Mario Galaxy, Ground Urchins appear in the Freezeflame Galaxy, where they are found in the lava area and act as the primary enemy. The player can defeat them by either shooting them with fireballs or luring them into the lava. One also appears in the mission Boo in a Box of the Deep Dark Galaxy.

Super Mario Galaxy 2[edit]

In Super Mario Galaxy 2, Ground Urchins are named Hot Urchins.[2] They behave exactly like how they did previously. They are found on only a single planet in the Battle Belt Galaxy.

Profiles[edit]

Super Mario Galaxy[edit]

  • Trading card description: Urchins are spiky blue fish that Mario must face in an underwater challenge in the Beach Bowl Galaxy and a land mission in the Freezeflame Galaxy. They roll along the seafloor or ground trying to poke Mario with their spikes. There are also red Urchins in lava areas that Mario can hit with a fireball or trick into falling into the lava.

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Additional names[edit]

Internal names[edit]

Game File Name Meaning

Super Mario Galaxy
Super Mario Galaxy 2
ObjectData/UnizoLand.arc UnizoLand Land Urchin

Names in other languages[edit]

Language Name Meaning
Japanese 陸ウニゾー[3]
Riku Unizō
陸ウニラ[4]
Riku Unira

Land Urchin

French Oursin Terrestre[7]
Land Urchin
German Lava-Igluck
Lava Urchin
Italian Ricciospino (SMG)[5]
Riccioterrestre (SMG2)[6]
Urchin
Landurchin
Spanish (NOE) Erincho Terrestre
Land Urchin

References[edit]

  1. ^ English Super Mario Galaxy entry on the official Mario Portal. nintendo.co.jp. Retrieved August 13, 2022. (Archived August 12, 2022, 23:39:09 UTC via archive.today.)
  2. ^ English Super Mario Galaxy 2 entry on the official Mario Portal. nintendo.co.jp. Retrieved August 13, 2022. (Archived August 12, 2022, 23:39:46 UTC via archive.today.)
  3. ^ Shogakukan. 2015. Super Mario Bros. Hyakka: Nintendo Kōshiki Guidebook, Super Mario Galaxy section, page 128.
  4. ^ Shogakukan. 2015. Super Mario Bros. Hyakka: Nintendo Kōshiki Guidebook, Super Mario Galaxy 2 section, page 161.
  5. ^ Super Mario Bros. Enciclopedia, pag 128
  6. ^ Super Mario Bros. Enciclopedia; pag. 161
  7. ^ Super Mario Encyclopedia; pag. 128