Talk:Biting Bullet Bill

Is this an official name? These could just be Missile Bills. -- Son of Suns

There not Missile Bills because Missile Bills don't try and eat Mario.

YI 1
Are these also in the original Yoshi's Island? What level are they in?
 * They aren't in the original Yoshi's Island. I don't believe any form of Bullet Bill is, actually. Redstar 17:32, 9 December 2009 (EST)

Official Name?
This could just be Missile Bills. They act exactly the same... --Binarystep (talk) 02:33, 13 February 2015 (EST)
 * According to a comment above, they're different because "Missile Bills don't try and eat Mario". I'm not entirely sure how true that statement is (this is the best video that shows off the Bills, but they don't really get a chance to "bite"), but the distinction seems superficial.
 * From my experience, they're exactly the same. Binarystep (talk) 21:33, 4 April 2015 (EDT)
 * Is there even a Super Mario Advance 3 player's guide, Nintendo Power or Prima? It looks like there isn't which, if we're not considering these Missile Bills, should at the very least swap out that for a conjecture tag. LinkTheLefty (talk) 01:29, 6 May 2015 (EDT)

Merge Biting Bullet Bill with Bull's-Eye Bill
This enemy almost acts exactly as a Bull's-Eye Bill does in New Super Mario Bros. Wii (and evidently Super Mario Maker), being a slower version of a Bullet Bill that curves dynamically to home in on the player. The chomping "wakawaka" motion is an aesthetic (not an attack), and it has a similar red tinge; the only real difference is that when this version fatigues, it pops.

Proposer: Deadline: July 31, 2015, 23:59 GMT

Support

 * 1) Per.
 * 2) Per LTL.

Oppose

 * 1) Just because they act in a similar way doesn't mean that they're the same.

Comments
My two cents: I've recently bought the guide to SMA3, specifically to clear this up, and the guide barely even covers the last level. All it has is a full map and two paragraphs for the intro. Either that, or a page is missing (though there really doesn't seem to be any tears), and I'll have to contact the seller about that... In any case, the official guide doesn't seem to be much help.

@Time Tuner: I didn't even realize there was a guide (I would've left it as over the conjecture tag earlier if I knew)! It's too bad it doesn't have this enemy from what you can tell, but it'd still be useful here if there are any other spelling differences or naming updates (or potential clarifications) if it's from Nintendo Power, since the newer guide would supersede the names that are from the older SNES guide.

@TheHelper1000: You have to include a reason with your vote. I'll say this, though: it has more in common with the New Super Mario Bros. Bull's-Eye Bills than the original Missile Bill from Super Mario Bros. 3 (which only about-faced once if they missed Mario), but otherwise the behavior is spot-on. In New Super Mario Bros. U, the Bull's-Eye Bill also self-destructs, and like this enemy the blast radius isn't sufficient to take its target with it. LinkTheLefty (talk) 10:16, 17 July 2015 (EDT)

I'm iffy about this move because these appear to be mini Banzai Bills that home on you and are on a set timer rather than Bulls-Eye Bills. 15:24, 17 July 2015 (EDT)
 * Banzai Bills aren't in the game, so these are Bullet Bills in their limbless design. Apparently, some artists thought the arms looked like teeth in their original sprite, so that's why it varied earlier before settling on arms for Bullet Bill and teeth for Banzai Bill. LinkTheLefty (talk) 23:22, 17 July 2015 (EDT)

Don't normal bullet bills "chomp" and pop after a while - in this game? --Hiccup (talk) 05:19, 18 July 2015 (EDT)