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{{species infobox

|first_appearance=''[[Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars]]'' ([[List of games by date#1996|1996]])

|latest_appearance=''[[Super Mario RPG (Nintendo Switch)|Super Mario RPG]]'' ([[Nintendo Switch]]) ([[List of games by date#2023|2023]])

'''Snifsters''' (originally known as '''Snifits''') are characters in ''[[Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars]]'' and [[Super Mario RPG (Nintendo Switch)|its Nintendo Switch remake]], dark-robed [[Snifit]]s who serve as both minions and playpals to [[Booster]]. The three primary Snifsters are aptly named '''Snifster No. 1''' (originally '''Snifit 1''' or '''No.1'''), '''Snifster No. 2''' (originally '''Snifit 2''' or '''No.2'''), and '''Snifster No. 3''' (originally '''Snifit 3''').

Later, in Booster Tower, Mario, [[Mallow]], [[Geno]], and [[Bowser]] can battle the three Snifsters. Initially, each of them can be encountered individually. After entering Booster's playroom, Mario must attempt to hide from the Snifsters behind curtains as they search for Booster's lost [[Mario doll]]. If Mario is found behind these curtains three times by a Snifster, he is forced to battle Booster and the Snifster trio. If he remains hidden, Booster eventually joins in and finds his Mario doll. However, because it is too high for him, he is convinced by Snifster No. 2 to guilt Mario into knocking it down, subsequently rewarding him with [[Booster's Charm]].

Subsequenlty, in [[Marrymore]], after Booster barges into the wedding hall, interrupting the wedding of [[Raz]] and [[Raini]], the three Snifsters act as guards, ensuring no one interrupts Booster's forced wedding to Princess Peach. After breaking into the wedding hall, the Snifsters learn that Princess Peach has lost her accessories, begin to search for them, and rely on Mario to bring the accessories they found to Princess Peach.

An unnamed Snifster possibly affiliated with Booster can later be seen in [[Seaside Town]], acting as the manager of [[Beetles Are Us]]. Some Snifsters, known as [[Apprentice (Snifit)|Apprentices]], train on a hidden obstacle course at [[Booster Pass]], which can be unveiled by jumping on a green switch in Booster Tower. Apprentices can be promoted to '''Snifster No. 4''', '''Snifster No. 5''', '''Snifster No. 6''', and '''Snifster No. 7''' if Mario and his team are defeated by them, as opposed to a [[Game Over]]. The fifth Apprentice cannot be promoted due to Booster only wanting seven Snifsters. However, eight Snifsters make a small cameo in the ending, composing the audience of Booster's wedding to [[Valentina]], though it is unknown if the eighth Snifster is the shop manager or not.

Snifsters are among the few enemies in the game that can be permanently removed from the map; Booster's Snifsters can no longer be challenged after Booster Tower is cleared, Snifsters disappear permanently if they are defeated, and there are no more Apprentices at Booster Pass after the eighth one.

==Statistics==

===''Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars''===

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==Names in other languages==

|Jap=ブッカー

|JapR=Bukkā

|Chi=武卡

|ChiR=Wǔkǎ

|ChiM=Transliteration of the Japanese name

|Ger=Snifster

|Ita=Snifster

|Kor=부카

|KorM=Transliteration of the Japanese name

|Spa=Olfitero

}}

===Strong Snifster===

{{foreign names

|JapR=Bukkā (Tsuyo)

|Ita=Snifster (forte)

|ItaM=Snifster (strong)

}}

{{Snifits}}

{{SMRPG}}

[[Category:Snifits]]

[[Category:Shopkeepers]]

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