King Kaliente



King Kaliente is a boss in Super Mario Galaxy. He is fought on the left route in the demo at E3. Although his Japanese name suggests he is a Blooper, he more closely resembles an octopus than a squid. He appears on the cover of Super Mario Galaxy. He seems to be in league with Bowser as he was leading a portion of his fleet, was called upon by Bowser Jr. to fight Mario, and guarded a grand star. He is fought twice: once in the Good Egg Galaxy and again in Bowser Jr.'s Lava Reactor. The second battle is for a Grand Star.

Relatives

 * Blooper - Super Mario Bros.
 * Gooper Blooper - Super Mario Sunshine

Appearance
The King Kaliente is like a gigantic orange Blooper crossed with an octopus, sitting in lava. More clearly, he is a mega-sized Cosmic Blooper. He has a crown on his head and a white moustache. When he is battled a second time, his whole body has a much darker, blacker hue and his eyes are red. His attacks include shooting fireballs and coconuts at Mario and summoning lesser enemies.

Full Battle
Once Mario comes up to the top of Magma Planet, the king will emerge from the lava pool and shake his head, angered that Mario has awakened him, then the battle will begin. He will first spit out three fireballs, followed by a coconut. Mario must perform a Star Spin or a Spin Jump to whack it back at him, then the king will throw it back at Mario. If Mario whacks it at him three times in a row without letting the coconut fly past him, he will knock the king's crown off. If it is missed, the attack pattern will repeat until Mario knocks the crown off.

King Kaliente will get very angered after his crown falls and sinks into the lava, then unleash a big roar of wind, blowing the lava around and sprouting little bouncing Lava Bouncers, that will bounce on the lava or on the ground toward Mario for the rest of the battle. If they touch Mario, they will burn him and cause him to lose up to two HP.

The King must be hit the king three times in a row with the coconut. Afterward, a big bang will hit King Kaliente, and he will be knocked out and will collapse back into his lava hot tub-home. A Star will sprout out of the lava and appear next to Mario, and the Lava Bouncers will vanish.

Path
To fight King Kaliente in the demo, Mario must take the left route from the Origin Planet. (Where the Toad House is settled.) Then when he reaches its planet, the Magma Planet, he must run up to its pool of lava and battle it.

Trivia

 * His name probably comes from the Spanish word "Caliente" which means hot.