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{{quote|Good afternoon. The Lakitu Bros., here reporting live from just outside the [[Princess Peach's Castle|Princess's castle]]. [[Mario]] has just arrived on the scene, and we'll be filming the action live as he enters the castle and pursues the missing [[Power Stars]]. As seasoned cameramen, we'll be shooting from the recommended angle, but you can change the angle by pressing the *{{button|n64|Cup}} {{button|n64|Cright}} {{button|n64|Cdown}} {{button|n64|Cleft}} Buttons. If we can't adjust any further, we'll buzz. To take a look at the surroundings, stop and press *{{button|n64|Cup}}. Press *{{button|n64|A}} to resume play. Switch camera modes with the *{{button|n64|R}}. Signs along the way will review these instructions. For now, reporting live, this has been the Lakitu Bros.  
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|full_name=Lakitu Brothers
|first_appearance=''[[Super Mario 64]]'' ([[List of games by date#1996|1996]])
|species=[[Lakitu]]
|latest_appearance=''[[Super Mario 3D All-Stars]]'' ([[List of games by date#2020|2020]])
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{{quote|Good afternoon. The Lakitu Bros., here, reporting live from just outside the [[Peach's Castle|Princess's castle]]. [[Mario]] has just arrived on the scene, and we'll be filming the action live as he enters the castle and pursues the missing [[Power Star]]s. As seasoned cameramen, we'll be shooting from the recommended angle, but you can change the camera angle by pressing the {{button|n64|Cup}} {{button|n64|Cright}} {{button|n64|Cdown}} {{button|n64|Cleft}} Buttons. If we can't adjust the view any further, we'll buzz. To take a look at the surroundings, stop and press {{button|n64|Cup}}. Press {{button|n64|A}} to resume play. Switch camera modes with the {{button|n64|R}}. Signs along the way will review these instructions. For now, reporting live, this has been the Lakitu Bros.|Lakitu Bro|[[Super Mario 64]]}}


[[Image: LakituBroSM64.png|thumb|right|One of the '''Lakitu Bros.''']]
'''Lakitu Bros.''', also named '''Lakitus''',<ref>{{cite|title=''Official Nintendo Magazine'' (UK) issue 54|page=22|date=March 1997}}</ref> are [[Lakitu]]s first appearing in ''[[Super Mario 64]]''. These characters have cameras hooked at the ends of their fishing poles instead of items. According to the ''Super Mario 64'' [[Nintendo]] Player's Guide, they are employed by the [[List of implied organizations#Kingdom News Network|Kingdom News Network]].
'''Lakitu Bros.''' are actually [[Fishin' Lakitu]] Brothers that are found in ''[[Super Mario 64]]'' and then reappeared in ''[[Super Mario 64 DS]]''. These characters have Cameras hooked with their fishing poles instead of items.
One of the Lakitu Bros. first appeared in the sky after [[Princess Peach]]'s message to Mario. One Lakitu Brother starts to fly around [[Princess Peach's Castle|Peach's Castle]], then when the Lakitu goes close to the [[Warp Pipe]] after that scene, [[Mario]] pops out from the Warp Pipe as the adventure starts. When attempts to go to the entrance to Peach's Castle, another [[Lakitu]] appears from the sky. The Lakitu introduces to Mario as the two Lakitus that the player sees are actually the Lakitu Bros. One of the Lakitu Bros. mentioned that they are cameramen reporters and they attempt to film Mario and his adventure live as Mario attempts to get the [[Power Star]]s.


[[Image:LakituSM64DS.png|thumb|left|A Lakitu Bro in ''Super Mario 64 DS''.]]
==History==
One of the Lakitu Bros. mentioned that they will record at a recommend angle but they also mentioned that the player can change the camera angle by using the C Buttons. The characters also mentioned that they can't adjust the view as the player can look at the surroundings by pressing {{button|n64|Cup}} when Mario stops, then press {{button|n64|A}} to resume playing the adventure and switch camera modes with the {{button|n64|R}} button. Lastly, they mentioned about that there are signs that can tell the player these instructions. After the Lakitu Bros. tell the instructions of using the camera, one of the Lakitu Bros. leaves as the other Lakitu Bros. will continue to record Mario's adventure.
===''Super Mario 64'' / ''Super Mario 64 DS''===
{{quote|[[Yoshi]], Yoshi... Listen... Mario hasn't returned yet...|Lakitu Bro|''[[Super Mario 64 DS]]''}}
[[File:LakituBroSM64.png|thumb|left|A Lakitu Bro in ''Super Mario 64'']]
At the start of the game, one of the Lakitu Bros. first appears in the sky after [[Princess Peach]]'s [[letter]] to [[Mario]]. The Lakitu Bro circles the [[Peach's Castle|Mushroom Castle]], then approaches a nearby [[Warp Pipe]], from which Mario emerges, starting the adventure. Mario attempts to head inside the Mushroom Castle but is stopped by another Lakitu, who introduces himself and his partner as the Lakitu Bros. One of the Lakitu Bros. mentions that they are cameraman reporters and will film Mario throughout his adventure as he attempts to retrieve the [[Power Star]]s and rescue the princess, the castle servants, and the world.


When Mario enters [[Whomp's Fortress]] for the first time, the Lakitu Bros. don't appear but talked in as they mentioned that there is a update on Mario's adventure as Mario enters Whomp's Fortress. They mentioned that Mario will attempt to learn a special move on sneaking up enemies; the trick of using the special move is by walking very slowly near to the enemy as the enemy stays unnoticed from Mario. The Lakitu Bros. also mentioned that they told to Mario earlier techniques about using the camera. Also, if the player can't move the camera farther, a buzzer sound is played. Lastly, the Lakitu Bros. leave by message.
It is also mentioned that the Lakitu Bros. will record Mario at a recommended angle, though this angle can be changed through the use of {{button|n64|C}}; that pressing {{button|n64|Cup}} while stationary enables the player to enter first-person view, which can be negated by pressing {{button|n64|A}}; that camera modes can be toggled via the {{button|n64|R}} button; and that there are signs scattered in and around the castle that contain this information. Their explanation finished, one of the Lakitu Bros. leaves, and the other remains to record Mario's adventure.


The Lakitu Bro. stays with Mario throughout his adventure, and can be seen in the big mirror in the room that leads to [[Snowman's Land]].
When Mario enters [[Whomp's Fortress]] for the first time, the Lakitu Bro following him issues an update to Mario's adventure. From him, Mario learns that he can sneak up on sleeping enemies by moving slowly past them. The Lakitu Bro then reiterates his instructions from earlier before leaving Mario to his task. The Lakitu Bro stays with Mario for the remainder of his adventure and can be seen in the big mirror in the room that leads to [[Snowman's Land]].


== Trivia ==
[[File:LakituSM64DS.png|thumb|One of the Lakitu Bros. in ''Super Mario 64 DS'']]
*In ''[[Mario & Luigi: Partners in Time]]'', a camera-toting Fishin' Lakitu almost identical to members of the Lakitu Bros. appears as a reporter in the game's beginning; as a matter of fact, it is possible that this Lakitu reporter actually was an unnamed depiction of a Lakitu Bro. On a semi-related note, certain Lakitus also used cameras in ''[[Mario Golf (Nintendo 64)|Mario Golf]]'' and ''[[Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door]]''.
In ''[[Super Mario 64 DS]]'', the opening is slightly different. Shortly after Mario, [[Luigi]], and [[Wario]] go missing, [[Yoshi]] is seen sleeping on the [[Castle Grounds]], and one of the Lakitu Bros. pops the bubble Yoshi is blowing out of his nose to wake him up and tells him the heroes have gone missing. After hearing the news, Yoshi tries to enter the castle, but the doors are locked. As Yoshi turns around, the Lakitu Bro reappears and tells him that a [[rabbit]] took the [[key]] and that Yoshi should find it, and gives him a map to use on his adventure. After catching the rabbit, Yoshi enters the castle. In this game, the camera is controlled by the {{button|DS|L}} and {{button|DS|X}} buttons on the [[Nintendo DS]].
*Also of note is that the prequel, ''[[Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga]]'', appears to have been filmed, as it is revealed to have been viewed in the [[Yoshi Theater]] after the credits.
 
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===''Super Smash Bros.''===
{{Lakitu}}
The Lakitu Bro makes a cameo appearance in ''[[Super Smash Bros.]]'' He appears flying in the right direction of the background in [[Peach's Castle (Super Smash Bros.)|Peach's Castle]] after a few minutes. He is absent for the stage's return in subsequent titles.
 
==Gallery==
<gallery>
SM64 Artwork Lakitu Bro.png|''[[Super Mario 64]]'' artwork
SM64LakituSprite.png|''Super Mario 64'' sprite
Ssb lakitubro.png|''[[Super Smash Bros.]]'' sprite
SM3DAS-SM64-LakituBro.png|''[[Super Mario 3D All-Stars]]'' render
Super Mario 64 Puzzle.jpg|Artwork used for a ''Super Mario 64'' puzzle
LEGO Super Mario 64 Question Mark Block.png|[[LEGO Super Mario|LEGO ''Super Mario'']]
</gallery>
 
==Names in other languages==
{{foreign names
|Jap=ジュゲムブラザーズ
|JapR=Jugemu Burazāzu
|JapM=Lakitu Brothers
|Fre=Frères Lakitu
|FreM=Lakitu Brothers
|Ger=Lakita-AG
|Ger2=Lakito
|GerM=Short for "Lakita-Aktiengesellschaft" (Lakita Corporation)
|Ger2M="Lakito" is the camera-holding Lakitu's name.
|Kor=김수한무 형제
|KorR=Kimsuhanmu Hyeongje
|KorM=Lakitu Brothers (김수한무 is Lakitu's Korean name.)
|Chi=朱盖木兄弟 <!-- from iQue's localization of Super Mario 64 DS -->
|ChiR=Zhūgàimù Xiōngdì
|ChiM=Lakitu Brothers
|Ita=Lakitu Bros.<ref>{{cite|title=''[[Super Mario 64]]'' European manual|page=39}}</ref>
|Spa=Hermanos Lakitu
|SpaM=Lakitu Brothers
}}
 
==Trivia==
*Certain Lakitus also use cameras in ''[[Mario Golf (Nintendo 64)|Mario Golf]]'' and [[Mario Tennis (Nintendo 64)|''Mario Tennis'']] for the [[Nintendo 64]], ''[[Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door]]'', and ''[[Mario & Luigi: Partners in Time]]'', just like Lakitu Bros.
**Additionally, a Lakitu with a camera appears hiding behind a tree in concept art from [[Nintendo]] for ''[[The Super Mario Bros. Movie]]'', referencing the Lakitus' role.<ref>{{cite|author=@Rezrospect|date=May 28, 2023|url=x.com/Rezrospect/status/1662648676890574849|publisher=X|accessdate=June 2, 2023|archive=web.archive.org/web/20230528233257/https://twitter.com/Rezrospect/status/1662648676890574849}}</ref>
*Although their artwork shows it, [[Lakitu's Cloud]] has no given face in ''[[Super Mario 64]]''. It is given one in the remake. The texture file for the face can still be found in the files of ''Super Mario 64'', however.<ref>{{cite|title=[[tcrf:Super Mario 64 (Nintendo 64)/Unused Textures#cloud_face_txt|''Super Mario 64'' (Nintendo 64)/Unused Textures]]|publisher=The Cutting Room Floor|accessdate=September 21, 2020}}</ref>
 
==References==
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Latest revision as of 10:03, May 22, 2024

Lakitu Bros.
Artwork of one of the Lakitu Bros. from Super Mario 64
Artwork of one of the Lakitu Bros. from Super Mario 64
Full name Lakitu Brothers
Species Lakitu
First appearance Super Mario 64 (1996)
Latest appearance Super Mario 3D All-Stars (2020)
“Good afternoon. The Lakitu Bros., here, reporting live from just outside the Princess's castle. Mario has just arrived on the scene, and we'll be filming the action live as he enters the castle and pursues the missing Power Stars. As seasoned cameramen, we'll be shooting from the recommended angle, but you can change the camera angle by pressing the Up C Button Right C Button Down C Button Left C Button Buttons. If we can't adjust the view any further, we'll buzz. To take a look at the surroundings, stop and press Up C Button. Press A Button to resume play. Switch camera modes with the R Button. Signs along the way will review these instructions. For now, reporting live, this has been the Lakitu Bros.”
—Lakitu Bro, Super Mario 64

Lakitu Bros., also named Lakitus,[1] are Lakitus first appearing in Super Mario 64. These characters have cameras hooked at the ends of their fishing poles instead of items. According to the Super Mario 64 Nintendo Player's Guide, they are employed by the Kingdom News Network.

History[edit]

Super Mario 64 / Super Mario 64 DS[edit]

“Yoshi, Yoshi... Listen... Mario hasn't returned yet...”
—Lakitu Bro, Super Mario 64 DS
Lakitu
A Lakitu Bro in Super Mario 64

At the start of the game, one of the Lakitu Bros. first appears in the sky after Princess Peach's letter to Mario. The Lakitu Bro circles the Mushroom Castle, then approaches a nearby Warp Pipe, from which Mario emerges, starting the adventure. Mario attempts to head inside the Mushroom Castle but is stopped by another Lakitu, who introduces himself and his partner as the Lakitu Bros. One of the Lakitu Bros. mentions that they are cameraman reporters and will film Mario throughout his adventure as he attempts to retrieve the Power Stars and rescue the princess, the castle servants, and the world.

It is also mentioned that the Lakitu Bros. will record Mario at a recommended angle, though this angle can be changed through the use of C Buttons; that pressing Up C Button while stationary enables the player to enter first-person view, which can be negated by pressing A Button; that camera modes can be toggled via the R Button button; and that there are signs scattered in and around the castle that contain this information. Their explanation finished, one of the Lakitu Bros. leaves, and the other remains to record Mario's adventure.

When Mario enters Whomp's Fortress for the first time, the Lakitu Bro following him issues an update to Mario's adventure. From him, Mario learns that he can sneak up on sleeping enemies by moving slowly past them. The Lakitu Bro then reiterates his instructions from earlier before leaving Mario to his task. The Lakitu Bro stays with Mario for the remainder of his adventure and can be seen in the big mirror in the room that leads to Snowman's Land.

A screenshot of a Lakitu Bro. as seen in Super Mario 64 DS.
One of the Lakitu Bros. in Super Mario 64 DS

In Super Mario 64 DS, the opening is slightly different. Shortly after Mario, Luigi, and Wario go missing, Yoshi is seen sleeping on the Castle Grounds, and one of the Lakitu Bros. pops the bubble Yoshi is blowing out of his nose to wake him up and tells him the heroes have gone missing. After hearing the news, Yoshi tries to enter the castle, but the doors are locked. As Yoshi turns around, the Lakitu Bro reappears and tells him that a rabbit took the key and that Yoshi should find it, and gives him a map to use on his adventure. After catching the rabbit, Yoshi enters the castle. In this game, the camera is controlled by the L Button and X Button buttons on the Nintendo DS.

Super Smash Bros.[edit]

The Lakitu Bro makes a cameo appearance in Super Smash Bros. He appears flying in the right direction of the background in Peach's Castle after a few minutes. He is absent for the stage's return in subsequent titles.

Gallery[edit]

Names in other languages[edit]

Language Name Meaning
Japanese ジュゲムブラザーズ
Jugemu Burazāzu
 Lakitu Brothers

Chinese 朱盖木兄弟
Zhūgàimù Xiōngdì
 Lakitu Brothers

French Frères Lakitu
 Lakitu Brothers
German Lakita-AG
Lakito
 Short for "Lakita-Aktiengesellschaft" (Lakita Corporation)
"Lakito" is the camera-holding Lakitu's name.
Italian Lakitu Bros.[2]
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Korean 김수한무 형제
Kimsuhanmu Hyeongje
 Lakitu Brothers (김수한무 is Lakitu's Korean name.)

Spanish Hermanos Lakitu
 Lakitu Brothers

Trivia[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ March 1997. Official Nintendo Magazine (UK) issue 54. Page 22.
  2. ^ Super Mario 64 European manual. Page 39.
  3. ^ @Rezrospect (May 28, 2023). X. Retrieved June 2, 2023. (Archived May 28, 2023, 23:32:57 UTC via Wayback Machine.)
  4. ^ Super Mario 64 (Nintendo 64)/Unused Textures. The Cutting Room Floor. Retrieved September 21, 2020.
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Lakitus
Characters Flight • King Lakitu • Laki • Lakilester • Lakilulu • Lakithunder • Lakitu • Lakitu Bros. • Royal bus driver • Spike Storm
Species Aqua Lakitu • C. Fishing Boo • Calm Lakitu • Commander Lakitu • Dark Lakitu • Fishing Boo • Fishin' Lakitu • Glam Lakitu • Gold Lakitu • Lakipea • Lakitufo • Lakitu • Lakitu in a Pipe • Lakitu King • Lakitu R • Thunder Lakitu • Wall Lakitu
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Super Mario 64 / Super Mario 64 DS
Playable characters Mario • Yoshib • Luigic • Warioc • Red Yoshic • Blue Yoshic • Yellow Yoshic
Forms Wing Mario • Metal Mario/Metal Wario • Vanish Mario/Vanish Luigi • Fire Powerc • Balloon Marioc • Mega Marioc
Non-playable characters Lakitu Bros. • Princess Peach • Toad • Toads • Bob-omb Buddies • Koopa the Quick • Hoot • Penguins • Baby Penguins • Mother Penguin • Big Penguin • Snowman • Rabbits • MIPSa • Glowing rabbitsc • Dorrie • Ukkikis
Enemies Amp • Beach Koopa • Bob-omb • Boo • Bookend • Bub • Bubba • Bullet Bill • Bully • Chain Chomp • Chair • Chuckya • Clam shell • Flame thrower • Fly Guy • Fwoosh • Goomba • Goombette • Grand Goomba • Grindel • Heave-Ho • Klepto • Koopa Troopa • Lakitu • Mad Piano • Manta Ray • Money Bags • Monty Mole • Moving Bar • Mr. Blizzard • Mr. I. • Piranha Flower • Piranha Plant • Pokey • Scuttle Bug • Skeeter • Small Koopa Troopa • Small Piranha • Snufit • Sparky • Spindel • Spindrift • Spiny • Spiny bomb • Sushi • Swoop • Thwomp • Tox Box • Unagi • Whomp
Obstacles Blaster • Casket • Cold water • Current • Endless stairs • Falling pillar • Fire bar • Fireball • Flamethrower • Hidden smasher • Ice block • Iron ball • Lava • Moving sand • Pendulum • Pit • Quicksand • Rolling rock • Slide Box • Spiked orb • Strange toxic cloud • Tornado • Water bomb • Water tide • Whirlpool • Wind
Bosses Big Bob-omb • Whomp King • Bowser • Big Boo • Big Mr. I. • Big Bully • Eyerok • Chill Bully • Wiggler • Goombossc • King Booc • Chief Chillyc
Items and power-ups 1-UP Mushroom • Blue Coin • Bubble • Crate • Crazed Crate • Jumbo Star • Key • Koopa Shell • Luigi Keyc • Luigi's capc • Mario's cap • Mario's Keyc • Metal Capa • Mushroomc • Power Flowerc • Power Star • Red Coin • Silver Starc • Spinning Heart • Vanish Capa • Wario Keyc • Wario's capc • Wing Capa • Wingsc • Yellow Coin • Yoshi Eggc
Objects ★ door • Arrow Lift • Arrow Sign • Big Star Door • Block • Blue Coin Block • Brick pillar • Bubble ring • Butterfly • Cannon • Cap Block • Cap Switch • Cloud House • Conveyor belt • Crystal Tap • Falling Block • Gondola • Key Door • Lift • Log • Magic carpet • Mushroom • Paddle wheel • Painting • Pole • Purple Switch • Pyramid platform • Rainbow Cruiser • Rotating bar • Secret • Seesaw • Semi-visible block • Shrinker Pipe • Sign • Square • Stake • Star Marker • Star Spherec • Star Switchc • Swing • Tapering platform • Track • Treasure Chest • Tree • Warp pipe • Warp Point • Wire net • Wire platform • Work Elevator • Yellow block
Locations First floor and mezzanine Bob-omb Battlefield • Whomp's Fortress • Jolly Roger Bay • Cool, Cool Mountain • Bowser in the Dark World • The Princess's Secret Slide • The Secret Aquarium • Tower of the Wing Cap • Sunshine Islesc • Goomboss Battlec
Basement and courtyard Big Boo's Haunt • Hazy Maze Cave • Lethal Lava Land • Shifting Sand Land • Dire, Dire Docks • Bowser in the Fire Sea • Cavern of the Metal Cap/Behind the Waterfall • Vanish Cap Under the Moat/The Secret Under the Moat • Big Boo Battlec • Battle Fortc
Upper floors and tower Snowman's Land • Wet-Dry World • Tall, Tall Mountain • Tiny-Huge Island • Tick Tock Clock • Rainbow Ride • Bowser in the Sky • Wing Mario Over the Rainbow/Over the Rainbows • Chief Chilly Challengec
Other Castle Grounds • Mushroom Castle • Princess's room • Courtyard • Rec Roomc
Moves Backward Somersault • Crawl • Crouch • Dive • Double Jump • Egg Throwc • Flutter Kickc • Fly • Jump • Kick • Long Jump • Pound the Ground • Punch • Scuttlec • Side Somersault • Slide • Slide Kick • Spin Jump • Stomp • Swallowc • Sweep Kick • Swim • Swing and Flingc • Triple Jump • Wall Kick
Gameplay elements Completion • Letter • Mario's face • Missions • Power Meter • Switch Cap Course
Minigamesc Luigi Lucky Stars • Mario Slot • Memory Master • Memory Match • Mushroom Roulette • Pair-a-Gone • Pair-a-Gone and On • Picture Poker • Super Mario Slot
Mario Bounce and Pounce • Bounce and Trounce • Connect the Characters • Mario's Slides • Shell Smash • Shuffle Shell • Sort or 'Splode • Trampoline Terror • Trampoline Time
Wario Bingo Ball • Bob-omb Squad • Coincentration • Giant Snowball Slalom • Intense Coincentration • Lakitu Launch • Psyche Out! • Slots Shot • Snowball Slalom
Yoshi Boom Box • Hide and Boo Seek • Loves Me...? • Mix-a-Mug • Puzzle Panel • Puzzle Panic • Tox Box Shuffle • Wanted! • Which Wiggler?
Musical compositions "Super Mario 64 Main Theme" • "Slider" • "Inside the Castle Walls" • "Koopa's Road" • "Koopa's Theme"
Further info Gallery (DS) • Glitches (DS) • Media (DS) • Original soundtrack • Pre-release and unused content (DS) • Quotes • Staff (DS)
a Exclusive to Super Mario 64
b Present in both games, but has different roles in each
c Exclusive to Super Mario 64 DS
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