Digga-Leg: Difference between revisions

{{GBoss-infobox

|image=[[Image:Diggaleg.png|200px]]<br>'''Digga-Leg'''

|species=Robot

|level=Digga-Leg's Planet<br>Digga-Leg's Daredevil Run

|world=World 1

|star=[[Image:Smg2_icon_powerstar.png|20px]][[Image:Smg2_icon_prankstercomet.png|20px]]

'''Digga-Leg''' is a robotic boss from the game ''[[Super Mario Galaxy 2]]''. It is fought in the [[Spin-Dig Galaxy]] in the mission "Digga-Leg's Planet".

It resembles a smaller [[Megaleg]] with its weak spot being on its glass underside, containing a [[Power Star]]. However, it only has two legs and its eyes emanate a red glow. It lets off steam periodically. When the player first encounters it, it slowly activates, then massively lets off steam before starting to battle.

The only way to defeat Digga-Leg is for [[Mario]] to drill through the planet from the opposite position of its glass underside to puncture it, but it must be done from the right area of the planet at the right time. If the player misfires, Mario will either run into one of Digga-Leg's legs or his protected part of his head (with an accompanying clang sound). Digga-Leg attacks mainly by stomping around the planetoid. It will also summon [[Digga]]s. The player can defeat the yellow drill-creatures by stomping on their heads or by drilling under them.

[[File:Digga-Leg attacked.png|200px|right|thumb|Digga-Leg getting attacked.]]

When angered, Digga-Leg will jump high into the air and come plummeting down, damaging Mario if he was in the way. After being hit three times with the [[drill]] on the underside, the boss succumbs, explodes, and grants Mario the level's Power Star.

The player faces Digga-Leg twice, with the second fight being under the [[Prankster Comet|Daredevil Comet]] conditions.

==Trivia==

*Digga-Leg shares the same boss theme as [[Whomp King]].

*It is possible Digga-Leg is a rebuilt [[Megaleg]], as the two robots look similar.

*Digga-Leg's battle style is similar to [[Raphael the Raven]]'s from ''[[Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island]]''.

*Unlike most big enemies and the Whomp King, if Mario is hit by its legs, he simply gets knocked away and takes damage, instead of being crushed. This is so because the boss is quite early in the game.

*As well as [[Megaleg]], Digga-Leg resembles a [[Snifit]].

*Digga-Leg [[Super Mario Galaxy 2/Beta elements|was originally going to be called]] '''Digg-Leg''', but this was changed in the final version of the game.

*Mega-leg's level is called Mega-legs Moon but Digga-Leg's is Digga-Leg's Plantet.

==Names in Other Languages==

{{foreignname

|Jap=ホリホリレッグ <br>''Horihori Regu''

|JapM=Horihori Legs (''Horihori'' came from the Japanese verb ''horu'' which means ''to dig'')

|SpaM=Pun of ''pata'' (Leg) and ''taladro'' (Drill)

|GerM=Pun of "Stelze" (stilt) and "buddeln" (dig)

|FraE=Foropod

|FraEM=From "forer" (to dig) and the suffix "-pod" (related with legs)

|Ita=Duopodobot

|ItaM=Combination of ''duo'' (latin for "two"), ''podo'' (related with legs) and ''-bot'' (which indicates it's a robot)}}