Talk:Bear (enemy)

How did you get "Bear" out of "Tamanoripū"? Unshy Guy 14:09, 22 June 2015 (EDT)
 * It's not a literal translation: as the article shows, the name comes from an issue of Nintendo Power.

Ball-riding Pooh
The official website specifically refers to the bear itself as プー (Pū/Pooh). Roughly; "After defeating Pooh, Mario can ride on its ball." This indicates to me that タマノリプー is meant to be parsed as Ball-riding Pooh, rather than "Tamanoripū" being a name as such.