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|image=[[File:PMCS Big Spiny.png|200px]]<br>The Big Spiny in ''[[Paper Mario: Color Splash]]''
|image=[[File:PMCS Big Spiny.png|200px]]<br>Sprite of the Big Spiny from ''[[Paper Mario: Color Splash]]''
|parent_species=[[Spiny]]
|variant_of=[[Spiny]]
|first_appearance=''[[Super Mario Bros.: Peach-hime Kyushutsu Dai Sakusen!]]'' (1986)
|first_appearance=''[[Super Mario Bros.: Peach-hime Kyūshutsu Dai Sakusen!]]'' (1986)
|latest_appearance=''[[Super Mario Maker 2]]'' ([[List of games by date#2019|2019]])
|latest_appearance=''[[Super Mario Maker 2]]'' ([[List of games by date#2019|2019]])
|notable=[[Kyodai Togemetto]]
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'''Big Spinies''' are larger variants of [[Spiny|Spinies]] that appear throughout the [[Mario (franchise)|''Mario'' franchise]].
{{quote|This sharp enemy is no good for hugs. [[Spinies]] in the desert are a bit bigger too...|Notebook bio (Spiny)|''[[Super Mario Run]]''}}
 
'''Big Spinies''' are larger variants of [[Spiny|Spinies]] that appear throughout the [[Super Mario (franchise)|''Super Mario'' franchise]].
==History==
==History==
===''Super Mario Bros.: Peach-hime Kyushutsu Dai Sakusen!''===
===''Super Mario Bros.: Peach-hime Kyūshutsu Dai Sakusen!''===
[[File:Spinies.png|thumb|left|Big Spinies about to start attacking Mario, Luigi, and Kibidango]]
[[File:Spinies.png|thumb|left|Big Spinies about to start attacking Mario, Luigi, and Kibidango]]
Big-sized Spinies appear in the 1986 anime movie ''[[Super Mario Bros.: Peach-hime Kyushutsu Dai Sakusen!]]''. A [[Lakitu]] appears right after [[Mario]], [[Luigi]], and [[Haru-ōji|Kibidango]] escape from a field of [[Piranha Plant]]s. This Lakitu starts throwing [[Spiny Egg|Spiny's egg]]s at the ground surrounding the trio. The three laugh at the Lakitu for its poor aim. However, Lakitu pulls a lever in its cloud that emits rain and turns the eggs into fully-fledged Spinies. They close in on the group. However, this surrounding does not last long; a [[beanstalk]] grows beneath Mario, allowing Mario and his companions to escape. Before the Lakitu can escape, Mario grabs a piece of its cloud and makes it snow on the large Spinies, freezing them. When Mario returns to the earth, the Spiny group is gone.
Big-sized Spinies appear in the 1986 anime movie ''[[Super Mario Bros.: Peach-hime Kyūshutsu Dai Sakusen!]]''. A [[Lakitu]] appears right after [[Mario]], [[Luigi]], and [[Haru-ōji|Kibidango]] escape from a field of [[Piranha Plant]]s. This Lakitu starts throwing [[Spiny Egg|Spiny's egg]]s at the ground surrounding the trio. The three laugh at the Lakitu for its poor aim. However, Lakitu pulls a lever in its cloud that emits rain and turns the eggs into fully-fledged Spinies. They close in on the group. However, this surrounding does not last long; a [[beanstalk]] grows beneath Mario, allowing Mario and his companions to escape. Before the Lakitu can escape, Mario grabs a piece of its cloud and makes it snow on the large Spinies, freezing them. When Mario returns to the earth, the Spiny group is gone.


===''Mario Party 9''===
===''Mario Party 9''===
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====''Super Mario Run''====
====''Super Mario Run''====
Big Spinies are also found in ''[[Super Mario Run]]'', first appearing in World 3-1: [[Big Spiny Blitz]]. They behave like regular Spinies from 2D ''Mario'' platformers.
Big Spinies are also found in ''[[Super Mario Run]]'', first appearing in World 3-1: [[Big Spiny Blitz]]. They behave like regular Spinies from 2D ''Super Mario'' platformers. Big Spinies lack an entry in the Notebook menu, and are considered to be regular Spinies in regards to [[level up|enemy leveling]]. The Notebook's description of Spiny references Spinies being larger in the [[:Category:Deserts|desert]], alluding to Big Spiny Blitz.


===''Mario Golf: World Tour''===
===''Mario Golf: World Tour''===
In the ''[[Mario Golf: World Tour]] course [[Wiggler Park]], several Big Spinies appear as obstacles on Hole 8.
In the ''[[Mario Golf: World Tour]]'' course [[Wiggler Park]], several Big Spinies appear as obstacles on Hole 5.


===''Paper Mario: Color Splash''===
===''Paper Mario: Color Splash''===
{{Quote|Can it, [[Huey|can man]]! This [[Mini Paint Star|shiny, painty thing]] is property of the Spiny tribe of [[Kiwano Temple]]. It's not going anywhere. Now, you gonna throw yourselves in the lava, or do I gotta do it for you?|Big Spiny|Paper Mario: Color Splash}}
{{Quote|Can it, [[Huey|can man]]! This [[Mini Paint Star|shiny, painty thing]] is property of the Spiny tribe of [[Kiwano Temple]]. It's not going anywhere. Now, you gonna throw yourselves in the lava, or do I gotta do it for you?|Big Spiny|Paper Mario: Color Splash}}
A single Big Spiny appears in ''[[Paper Mario: Color Splash]]'' as a mini boss in [[Kiwano Temple]], where it guards a [[Mini Paint Star]]. In battle, it can charge up its attacks and fly at Mario to do damage. [[Swoop]]s can assist the Big Spiny in battle if it is not flipped over.
A single Big Spiny appears in ''[[Paper Mario: Color Splash]]'' as a mini boss in [[Kiwano Temple]], where it guards a [[Mini Paint Star]]. In battle, it can charge up its attacks and fly at Mario to do damage. [[Swoop]]s can assist the Big Spiny in battle if it is not flipped over. The charged attack can be jumped over with the Frog Suit. However, if it is flipped over with a POW Block, it will retaliate with a jumping slam based on Mario's own [[Spin Jump]] that can't be dodged in any way.
 
If the player flees successfully, the Big Spiny will remain in front of the Yellow Mini Paint Star. The player can bypass the Big Spiny; however, it will challenge Mario once again should he return.
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==Stats==
==Statistics==
{{:Paper Mario: Color Splash bestiary|transcludesection=Big Spiny|align=horizontal}}
{{:Paper Mario: Color Splash bestiary|transcludesection=Big Spiny|align=horizontal}}


==Gallery==
==Gallery==
<gallery>
<gallery>
Big Spiny.jpg|A Big Spiny from ''Mario Party 9''.
Big Spiny.png|A Big Spiny from ''Mario Party 9''.
SMMSpinies.jpg|A normal Spiny and a Big Spiny in ''Super Mario Maker''.
SMMSpinies.jpg|A normal Spiny and a Big Spiny in ''Super Mario Maker''.
SMRBigSpinyBlitz.png|A Big Spiny from ''Super Mario Run''.
SMRBigSpinyBlitz.png|A Big Spiny from ''Super Mario Run''.
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|Por=Piquinhos Gigante
|Por=Piquinhos Gigante
|PorM=Huge Spiny
|PorM=Huge Spiny
|Ita=Koopistrice gigante
|ItaM=Giant Spiny
|Fre=Maxi-Hériss
|FreM=Maxi-Spiny
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[[Category:Super Mario Bros.: Peach-hime Kyūshutsu Dai Sakusen!]]
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Latest revision as of 12:20, September 6, 2024

Big Spiny
Big Spiny sprite from Paper Mario: Color Splash
Sprite of the Big Spiny from Paper Mario: Color Splash
First appearance Super Mario Bros.: Peach-hime Kyūshutsu Dai Sakusen! (1986)
Latest appearance Super Mario Maker 2 (2019)
Variant of Spiny
Notable members
“This sharp enemy is no good for hugs. Spinies in the desert are a bit bigger too...”
Notebook bio (Spiny), Super Mario Run

Big Spinies are larger variants of Spinies that appear throughout the Super Mario franchise.

History[edit]

Super Mario Bros.: Peach-hime Kyūshutsu Dai Sakusen![edit]

Spinies.
Big Spinies about to start attacking Mario, Luigi, and Kibidango

Big-sized Spinies appear in the 1986 anime movie Super Mario Bros.: Peach-hime Kyūshutsu Dai Sakusen!. A Lakitu appears right after Mario, Luigi, and Kibidango escape from a field of Piranha Plants. This Lakitu starts throwing Spiny's eggs at the ground surrounding the trio. The three laugh at the Lakitu for its poor aim. However, Lakitu pulls a lever in its cloud that emits rain and turns the eggs into fully-fledged Spinies. They close in on the group. However, this surrounding does not last long; a beanstalk grows beneath Mario, allowing Mario and his companions to escape. Before the Lakitu can escape, Mario grabs a piece of its cloud and makes it snow on the large Spinies, freezing them. When Mario returns to the earth, the Spiny group is gone.

Mario Party 9[edit]

Big Spinies appear in a single minigame, Sock it to Lakitu, once Lakitu's health is reduced by half. Lakitu will start throwing Big Spinies, which act the same way as normal Spinies in the boss fight, except that players hit by them will lose two points.

Super Mario series[edit]

Super Mario Maker / Super Mario Maker for Nintendo 3DS / Super Mario Maker 2[edit]

They reappear in Super Mario Maker, Super Mario Maker for Nintendo 3DS, and Super Mario Maker 2; the player can enlarge a normal Spiny by using a Super Mushroom. Winged Big Spinies will act the same as their smaller counterparts.

Super Mario Run[edit]

Big Spinies are also found in Super Mario Run, first appearing in World 3-1: Big Spiny Blitz. They behave like regular Spinies from 2D Super Mario platformers. Big Spinies lack an entry in the Notebook menu, and are considered to be regular Spinies in regards to enemy leveling. The Notebook's description of Spiny references Spinies being larger in the desert, alluding to Big Spiny Blitz.

Mario Golf: World Tour[edit]

In the Mario Golf: World Tour course Wiggler Park, several Big Spinies appear as obstacles on Hole 5.

Paper Mario: Color Splash[edit]

“Can it, can man! This shiny, painty thing is property of the Spiny tribe of Kiwano Temple. It's not going anywhere. Now, you gonna throw yourselves in the lava, or do I gotta do it for you?”
Big Spiny, Paper Mario: Color Splash

A single Big Spiny appears in Paper Mario: Color Splash as a mini boss in Kiwano Temple, where it guards a Mini Paint Star. In battle, it can charge up its attacks and fly at Mario to do damage. Swoops can assist the Big Spiny in battle if it is not flipped over. The charged attack can be jumped over with the Frog Suit. However, if it is flipped over with a POW Block, it will retaliate with a jumping slam based on Mario's own Spin Jump that can't be dodged in any way.

If the player flees successfully, the Big Spiny will remain in front of the Yellow Mini Paint Star. The player can bypass the Big Spiny; however, it will challenge Mario once again should he return.

Statistics[edit]

Paper Mario: Color Splash enemy
Big Spiny
Big Spiny sprite from Paper Mario: Color Splash HP 130 Type Spiny, Shelled Role Boss Card
Strong None Weak None Card drop rate 3 A Spiny card from Paper Mario: Color Splash
Moves Attack (7), Stomped-on Attack (15), Charge Attack (50), Spin Jump Attack (24), Line Attack (3), Group Attack (20), Blowback Attack (36)
Location(s) Kiwano Temple
Quotes N/A
Enemy class
ENEMY_RANDAM_1_5
Dropped items
Hammer Scraps 50 Red paint 250 Yellow paint 120 Blue paint 0 Orange paint 0 Green paint 0 Purple paint 0

Gallery[edit]

Names in other languages[edit]

Language Name Meaning Notes
Japanese でかトゲゾー[?]
Deka Togezō
Huge Spiny
French Maxi-Hériss[?] Maxi-Spiny
German Großer Stachi[?] Big Spiny
Italian Koopistrice gigante[?] Giant Spiny
Portuguese Piquinhos Gigante[?] Huge Spiny
Russian Огромный Колючкин[?]
Ogromnyy Kolyuchkin
Huge Spiny
Spanish (NOA) Gran Picudo
Picudote (Paper Mario: Color Splash)
[?]
Big Spiny
Picudo (Spiny) + -ote, a suffix denoting a large size
Spanish (NOE) Gran Pinchón[?] Big Spiny