Bandit



Bandits are a tall, larceny-loving sub-species of Shy Guy. Bandits originated from the Yoshi series, although they have gone on to appear in the Paper Mario series as well. In addition to this, Bandits also cameo in Pyramid Park in Mario Party 7.

On Yoshi's Island
Bandits, along with Shy Guys, were two of the most common enemies in Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island. In mini-games, such as Gather Coins and Seed Spit, Yoshi would also face off against a Bandit to win items. If the player uses a secret mini-game code, the second player can use the second controller to play as the Bandit (thus making Bandit, in an obscure way, a playable character). Also, they reappear in Yoshi's Island ' s runner-up, Yoshi's Island DS, although they are less common in that game.

Mario Party 8


In Shy Guy's Perplex Express of Mario Party 8, a Bandit is seen in one of the train wagons walking around. When a character lands on a ? Space above the train a Shy Guy will appear, revealing that a Bandit has robbed Holly Koopa's candy.

The character must now remember which wagon Bandit was in. If the character remember correctly, Bandit will return the candy and the character will receive a handfull of coins.

A Bandit also appears in Koopa's Tycoon Town. If a certain ? Space is landed on, a Bandit will appear in an alley and steal coins from an opponent's investment in the nearest hotel.

Sub-Species

 * Coin Bandit: Bandits that carry red coins around.
 * Big Bandit: Bandits that steal items.
 * Badge Bandit: Bandits that steal badges.

Notable Bandits

 * Bandy Andy – Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door
 * Eddy the Mask – Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door
 * Larson – Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door

Paper Mario Stats and Tattle Information

 * HP: 5
 * Attack: 2
 * Defense: 0
 * Location: Dry Dry Desert
 * Tattle: This is a Bandit. Bandits bump into you hard and shake up your pockets. They can steal up to 10 coins. They'll slyly approach and then slam into you all of the sudden. If you can damage them in an attack, you can get your stolen coins back. Let's beat 'em before they can make off with our loot!

Trivia

 * At the end of World 4 in Yoshi's Island DS, a group of Bandits take a willing Baby Wario away with them.


 * In the Yoshi's Island games, Bandits are colored blue. In the Paper Mario series, however, they are red (a color eerily similar to the Coin Bandits).


 * It seems to be easy for a Bandit to move the "face" on its mask. As a matter of fact, this so-called mask may very well may be a Bandit's face.