Spiny


 * For other uses, see Spiny (disambiguation).



Spinies are four-legged creatures, first appearing in Super Mario Bros.. They are thrown by Lakitus in unlimited supplies. They both are weapons, and enemies, since they also move. The only way to defeat them was to shoot a Fireball at them, or run into them while being invincible from a Starman. Spinies are related to Buzzy Beetles, which are very similar, but do not have the spikes that the spinies have. Spinies do not always come from Lakitus, however.

Mario Bros.
Although they never actually appeared in the original Mario Bros. arcade game, they replaced the original Shellcreepers in all of the remakes, excluding the E-Reader one. In the game, they had to be hit from underneath, which would flip them over, onto their shell. Then the player would have to touch them, which would defeat the Spiny. If the player failed to hit the Spiny, it would flip itself over and its shell would turn green, making it faster. If a green-shelled Spiny flipped itself over, it would turn blue, making ti even faster. Blue Spinies would also appear when a normal Spiny was the last one left.

Super Mario Bros.
In Super Mario Bros., there was an unlimited amount of Spinies. They were thrown by Lakitus, and this is the first game where they were affiliated with them. These Spinies were only beatable by a Fire Flower or a Star. If they were hit from below, they would be instantly be defeated, instead of being flipped over, like a Koopa or a Buzzy Beetle. Most levels that had a Lakitu/Spiny combination had many long staightaways with very few places to hide. These levels also usually had one or more very high blocks to Jump on the Lakitu, thus stopping the Spinies for a time. Eventually, a new Lakitu would appear.

Super Mario Bros. 3
In Super Mario Bros. 3, they are defeated by numerous power-ups and are spawned the same way as before. Also since this game featured the first bonus Mario Bros. game, it also made a couple of changes to the original version, including replacing Shellcreepers with Spinies.

Super Mario World
Spinies reappeared in Super Mario World.

Super Mario 64
They made a rare appearance in Super Mario 64 and 7 years later in Super Mario 64 DS. It could only be found thrown by Lakitu in Tiny-Huge Island and Rainbow Ride. This was the only game in which Spinies were impossible to defeat. In the DS version, Yoshi could defeat them.

Paper Mario
Spinies reappear in Paper Mario. The best method to defeat them is to use a POW Block, although a Hammer could do the job.

Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga
In Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga, Spinies and their sub-species Sharpeas, along with Lakipeas, infested the sewers of Beanbean Castle. However, instead of their traditional appearance, they had green shells, yellow spikes, and very high defense (at that point in the game). It's main weakness was Luigi's Thunderhand

Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door
Spinies reappeared in Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door. Just like in Paper Mario, an effective way of defeating them is to use a Hammer or an item. Spinies and a Lakitu were a fighting team in the Glitz Pit, known as Spike Storm. Also, the Dark Lakitus found in the Pit of 100 Trials threw Sky-Blue Spinies, apparently a cross between Spinies and Buzzy Beetles.

New Super Mario Bros.
Spinies made an appearance in New Super Mario Bros. They are treated the same way as in their older side-scrolling games such as Super Mario Bros. or Super Mario Bros. 3. They have a new added ability to float in the water by transforming into a Spiny Egg.

Appearances in Other Games
Dance Dance Revolution: Mario Mix, had Spinies, but it also introduced Ice Spinies. Spinies have also made several appearances in the Mario Party series and the Mario Sport series.

Spinies will appear in Super Smash Bros. Brawl, where Lakitu, as an Assist Trophy, will throw them to the ground in their 8-bit form. They will walk around and hurt players.

Appearances in Other Media


Spinies also made a very brief appearance on the The Super Mario Bros. Super Show!, in the episode "Mario and the Red Baron Koopa". King Koopa had ordered Lakitu to throw several Spiny Eggs down to the people of Pasta Land, which hatched into Spinies, and terrorized the people for a short time. The Spinies seen in this episode were fairly similar to their game appearance.

A single Spiny later appeared very briefly in The Adventures of Super Mario Bros. 3 episode "Life's Ruff. A Lakitu tossed a Spiny Egg next to a dog-turned Luigi, which hatched into a Spiny and bit Luigi. This Spiny looked more or less like the ones seen on The Super Mario Bros. Super Show!.

Paper Mario Stats and Tattle Information

 * HP: 5
 * Attack: 4
 * Defense: 3
 * Location: Flower Fields
 * Tattle:This is a Spiny. Spinies have spikes on their shells that are pretty sharp. They'll roll into Spiny Eggs and slam into you. It'll be much easier to fight them if you can flip them over. Their defense power falls to 0.

Trivia

 * A cry of "Enjoy your Spiny Burgers here!" can be heard during a certain scene in the Super Mario Bros. movie; a Spiny Burger is thought to be a hamburger-like, edible form of the unseen film equivalent of Spinys.


 * Although Super Paper Mario has most recently pluralized the word "Spiny" as "Spinys" (a pluralization also used in the comic Super Mario Adventures), most games (such as Super Smash Bros. Melee) tend to use "Spinies".