Walleye
| Walleye | |
|---|---|
 Artwork from Super Mario Party | |
| First appearance | Super Mario 3D World (2013) |
| Latest appearance | Super Mario Party Jamboree – Nintendo Switch 2 Edition + Jamboree TV (2025) |
| Variant of | Wallop |
Walleyes are stone enemies that first appear in Super Mario 3D World. They are Wallops with spikes on their sides and tops.
History[edit]
Super Mario 3D World / Super Mario 3D World + Bowser's Fury[edit]
In Super Mario 3D World and Super Mario 3D World + Bowser's Fury, Walleyes appear as rare enemies, replacing Wallops from Super Mario 3D Land. Walleyes move from side to side in an attempt to keep the player from walking past them. Contact with the spikes on their sides and tops causes damage, but their fronts and backs are safe to touch. Walleyes can be temporarily dazed by a projectile or a claw attack, and they can only be destroyed by Lucky Cat Mario or White Tanooki Mario. However, in Super Mario 3D World + Bowser's Fury only, White Cat Mario can also defeat them. Walleyes appear in only three levels—the World 6 level Ty-Foo Flurries, the World Star level The Great Goal Pole, and the World Crown level Mystery House Marathon.
Captain Toad: Treasure Tracker[edit]
Walleyes return as somewhat uncommon enemies in Captain Toad: Treasure Tracker and its enhanced Nintendo Switch and Nintendo 3DS ports of the same name, serving the same purpose as in Super Mario 3D World. The only way to defeat them is by using an Invincibility Mushroom, and they provide the player three coins upon defeat. In the Captain Toad: Treasure Tracker for the Wii U and 3DS and the base game of Captain Toad: Treasure Tracker for the Switch, Walleyes appear in only three courses—the Episode 1 course Walleye Tumble Temple, the Episode 2 course Spinwheel Cog Ruins, and the Episode 3 course Razzle-Dazzle Slider. However, in the enhanced Switch port only, they also appear in the Special Episode, where they appear in only one course—Mine Cart Scalding Scaffold.
Minecraft[edit]
In the premade world for the Super Mario Mash-Up Pack in Minecraft, small 3D pixel art resembling a Walleye appears in the snow area.
Mario Party series[edit]
Super Mario Party[edit]
Walleyes appear in Super Mario Party as non-playable characters. They can appear in Follow the Money as obstacles, where they run back and forth constantly, and they can also be seen in Absent Minded.
Super Mario Party Jamboree[edit]
Walleyes reappear in Super Mario Party Jamboree as moving obstacles in the minigame Two-Axis Taxi, while one can also be found in the Album picture Watch the Eyes, sulking near Toad's Item Factory.
Gallery[edit]
Super Mario 3D World model
Super Mario 3D World artwork
Captain Toad: Treasure Tracker artwork
Naming[edit]
Walleyes' name is a portmanteau of "wall," due to how they look and behave like walls, and possibly "wall-eyed," a condition that causes a person's eyes to drift apart from each other.
Names in other languages[edit]
| Language | Name | Meaning | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Japanese | キョロへい[?] Kyoro Hei |
From「キョロキョロ」(kyoro-kyoro, onomatopoeia for glancing repeatedly) and "Kabehei" | |
| Dutch | Walleye[?] | - | |
| French | Passerapoint[?] | Won't go through; also a play off Passerapas ("Wallop") | |
| German | Guckiwummp[?] | From gucken ("to look") and wummps (a sound of heavy object falling on the ground) | |
| Italian | Wallokkio[?] | Portmanteau of "wall" and occhio ("eye") | |
| Portuguese | Paralolho[1] | From paralelo ("parallel") and olho ("eye"), and possibly a play on parede ("wall") | |
| Russian | Шарамс[?] Sharams |
Play on шарахаться (sharakhat' sya, a colloquialism for "to dash aside") and Бабамс (Babams, "Wallop") | |
| Spanish (NOA) | Don Estorbón[?] | From Don (Spanish honorific, shared with Whomp and Thwomp) and estorbar ("to hinder"), with the augmentative suffix -ón | |
| Spanish (NOE) | Muroestorbón[2] | From muro ("wall") and estorbar ("to impede"), with the augmentative suffix -ón |
References[edit]
- ^ Nintendo Portugal (July 9, 2015). O Programa do Mario Gato - Episódio 1 (4:32). YouTube (European Portuguese). Retrieved June 17, 2024.
- ^ 2017. "Super Mario 3D World" in Enciclopedia Super Mario Bros 30ª Aniversario. Madrid: Planeta Cómic (Spanish). ISBN 978-84-9146-223-1. Page 225.
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