Snifit



Snifit is a relative of Shy Guys with a black mask. The mask has an extended nozzle that can fire bullets, projectiles or other objects. Though Snifits first originated in Doki Doki Panic, a game unrelated to Mario, they have since become infrequent enemies in the Mario series of games.

Super Mario Bros. 2


In Super Mario Bros. 2, Snifits are rarer than Shy Guys, and usually come in three colors: red, gray and pink. In the second world and sixth world, Snifits were gray and green in color. Strangely, there is only one red Snifit in the entire game. In the Super Mario All-Stars version of Super Mario Bros. 2, the pink Snifits are blue.

Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island
In Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island, Snifits appear as semi-common enemies in the game's various castle levels; in Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island, Snifits would attack Yoshi and Baby Mario by shooting projectiles at them. Yoshi could defeat a Snifit in Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island by jumping on it, swallowing it with his tongue or by simply shooting it with an egg.

Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars
In Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars, three Snifits, aptly named Snifit #1, Snifit #2 and Snifit #3 appear as the minions and playpals of Booster, aiding him in his plan to marry the kidnapped Princess Toadstool. A blue and magic wielding sub-species of Snifits, known as Spookums also appear in in Booster Tower.

During the ending cinema of the game, several Snifits can also be seen attending the wedding of Booster and Valentina; additionally, if Mario loses to the Apprentices at Booster Pass several times, they will be honored by Booster by being allowed to become a Snifit. Also in Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars, Snifits will shoot Bullet Bills in battle, instead of simple, bullet-like orbs.

Super Mario 64 (DS)
In Super Mario 64 and it's enhanced remake, Super Mario 64 DS, a floating, red sub-species of Snifits, known as Snufits, appear in Hazy Maze Cave. Like Snifits, Snufits will attack by shooting projectiles from the nozzle on their masks.

Yoshi Touch & Go
The only type of Snifits seen in Yoshi Touch & Go are the conjecturely named "Aerial Snifits, a new type of flying Snifit with propellers attached to their heads, allowing them to fly like Fly Guys. What appear to be normal Snifits with sprites similar to Aerial Snifits do, however, appear on Yoshi Touch & Go high scores screen.

Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga
In Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga, three sub-species of Snifits appear as enemies; the first is Laser Snifit, which are Snifits wearing white lab coats and who are able to shoot circular lasers from the protrusionms on their masks. The Spiky Snifit is cactus-like being which lives in Teehee Valley wearing a Snifit mask that can shoot either spiked balls or helpful mushrooms. The Ice Snifit, a Snifit wearing a parka and who is capable of shooting ice also appears in Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga in Joke's End.

Gunner Guys, a type of Shy Guy found in Bowser's Castle in Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga are also similar to Snifits, wearing masks similar to them and being able to shoot projectiles from that mask.

Mario & Luigi: Partners in Time
A single, odd sub-species of Snifit appears Mario & Luigi: Partners in Time underneath Gritzy Desert nin the Gritzy Caves. This sub-species, known as the Snifaro wears a pharoah's head dress and rides on a rocket-powered sarcophagus, which has another, regular Snifit within it; who will occasionally attack by shooting speedy bullets. Interestingly, if players use a fire-related move on a Snifaro, it's sarcophogus will burn away, which will cause the Snifits riding it to attack by simply shooting projectiles while on the ground, like a regular Snifit.

Yoshi's Island DS
In Yoshi's Island DS, a rare type of Snifit, known as a Zeus Guy appears. Unlike other Snifits, Zeus Guys shoot flames from their masks, instead of projectiles.

Mario Party Series
Snifits appear in several installments of the Mario Party series, such as in Mario Party 3, where one appears as the partner of Princess Daisy in the game's Duel Mode. A Snufit law-enforcement agency, called the Snufit Police, also appears in Mario Party 2 in the Space Land board.

Mario Kart Series
Snifits have always been rare sights in Mario Kart games, and they did not debut in the series until Mario Kart: Super Circuit. In that game, they only made a minor cameo appearance in the Sunset Wilds course, where they could be viewed alongside other semi-obscure enemies on totem pole obstacles. Their next and last appearance in the series was Mario Kart: Double Dash!!, where they made another small cameo as characters in the audience of Waluigi Stadium.

Upcoming Appearances
In the upcoming game Super Mario Galaxy, a gigantic, tripedal robot resembling a Snifit and conjecturally named the Snifit Bot, appears as a boss.



Cartoons
Snifits made several appearances in The Super Mario Bros. Super Show!, where they were most often portrayed as the minions of King Koopa and as shock troops of the Koopa Pack. Interestingly, in some of their appearances in The Super Mario Bros. Super Show!, such as in "The Unzappables / George Washington Slept Here", Snifits were used in a manner similar to hand-held machine guns.

Comics
Snifits were also featured in several issues of Nintendo Comics System, where they appeared to be high-ranking minions of Bowser, as they are shown to command and train his Shy Guy troops. One particular, unnamed Snifit was featured prominantly in the Nintendo Comics System issue "Duh Stoopid Bomb!", where the Snifit, after accidentally becoming super-intelligent after being caught in the explosion of a Smart Bomb, usurps Bowser of his armies.

In Nintendo Power's Super Mario Adventures comic serial, a Snifit was seen among the attendees to Bowser's forced wedding to Princess Toadstool.

Movie


Snifits also appeared in the Super Mario Bros. movie, where they are shown to be the garbagemen of Dinohatten, instead of soldiers in King Koopa's army, cleaning sludge with the use of a vehicle referred to as a Sludge Gulper. In Super Mario Bros., only two Snifits are encountered by Mario and Luigi, in the Koopahari Desert; along with pummeling these two Snifits, Mario and Luigi also stole their Sludge Gulper and masks.

Sub-Species

 * Aerial Snifit – Snifits who wear propellers on their heads, allowing them to fly, like Fly Guys.


 * Apprentice – In-training Spookums who aspire to become Snifit minions of Booster.


 * Arachno Snifit – Large and black spiders who wear the masks of Snifits and who emit clicking sounds.


 * Ice Snifit – Snifits who wear brown parkas, they can shoot blasts of ice and can use a team-up style attack.


 * Laser Snifit – Snifits who wear white lab coats, a protrusion on their masks allow them to shoot circular laser beams.


 * Snifaro – A Snifit wearing a pharaoh's head dress that rides on a flying sarcophagus.


 * Snufit – Red colored Snifits who inhabit mines and space, they are capable of flying through the air.


 * Spiky Snifit – A cactus wearing a Snifit's mask, it lives in deserts and can shoot spike covered balls.


 * Spookum – Snifits who wear blue robes, they are also capable of using magical attacks, most of which are ice based.


 * Zeus Guy – Snifits wearing orange clothing who are capable of shooting a blast of fire from their masks.

Notable Snifits

 * Snifit #1 – Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars
 * Snifit #2 – Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars
 * Snifit #3 – Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars

Trivia

 * According to the manual of Super Mario Bros. 2, the bullets Snifits spit are comprised of solidified bad dreams; additionally, it states that the bullets come from the actual mouths of the Snifits, instead of their masks.


 * The Zeus Guys, a recently introduced, fire-spitting variant of Snifits from Yoshi's Island DS, originally didn't look like Snifits at all, looking more like a Bandit in Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island.