Spear Guy

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Template:Species-infobox Spear Guys, sometimes known as Jungle Guys, are tribal Shy Guys found in the jungles of various games. Spear Guys are identical to typical Shy Guys, though they wear grass skirts, wield a shield and spear, and paint their masks. When confronted with danger, they will attack with spears. A similar enemy, known as Chuck Guys, appear in the Beanbean Kingdom in the game Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga.

History

Yoshi series

Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island

Spear Guys in Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island and Yoshi's Island DS.

Spear Guys made their debut in Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island as enemies of several levels, mainly jungle levels. They could only be defeated by being hit with an egg or eaten with Yoshi's tongue from behind because their shields will block attacks from the front. Spear Guys sometimes have long spears that can make an obstacle for Yoshi to jump over or avoid, as touching any part of the spear can cause Baby Mario to fall off of him and get kidnapped. Other times, Spear Guys stand somewhere off the side of the level where Yoshi travels and quickly poke their spear at him, hurting the dinosaur.

A variant called Dancing Spear Guy also appears alongside the regular Spear Guys, and are known for their dancing in a fixed place. They differ by their yellow robes and lack of a shield, though still hold onto their spear while dancing.

Yoshi's Island DS

Both Spear Guys and Dancing Spear Guys returned in the sequel, Yoshi's Island DS, though their appearance was subtly changed. A slight blue shade was added to Spear Guy masks, and a green shade to Dancing Spear Guy masks. An entire level of the fifth world, titled Spear Guys' Village Found!, features these enemies and their supposed village.

Paper Mario series

Paper Mario

Template:Pmenemybox Spear Guys returned in Paper Mario as enemies on Lavalava Island. They can only be found in Jade Jungle, near Yoshi's Village. These Spear Guys lack feathers and shields, and have a different spear, but serve the same purpose as their predecessors and act in much the same way.

When Mario first enters the jungle, he comes upon several Spear Guys attacking Kolorado. He must then save the adventurer in a short battle, which makes Spear Guys a sort of mini-boss at that point in this game.

Mario cannot Jump on these Spear Guys when they hold their spear vertically, or use his Hammer while their spear faces him. They sometimes switch the position of their spear, indicating which attack they will do next and forcing Mario to change his battle strategy.

They may either poke Mario with their spears, or throw them at him. After throwing them, they become normal Shy Guys and continue the remainder of the battle as a Shy Guy would.

Super Paper Mario

Spear Guys along with Shy Guys, Stilt Guys, and Fly Guys were originally going to appear in Super Paper Mario but were taken out for unknown reasons.

Mario Power Tennis

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Shy Guy using the Lightning Spear in Mario Power Tennis.

Spear Guy makes short appearances in Mario Power Tennis. Here, for his offensive and defensive power shots, Shy Guy will momentarily transform into Spear Guy and use his spear to hit the ball.

Mario Hoops 3-on-3

Though an official Spear Guy does not appear, Fly Guy's Special Shot in Mario Hoops 3-on-3 is wielding a spear that turns the basketball yellow with electricity. This move is made by tapping an S shape on the touch screen and is called the Thunder Shot.

Mario Party series

Mario Party

Spear Guys make a short appearance in the mini-game Paddle Battle from the original Mario Party, which attack the characters with their spears if the character(s) on one side get too close to a Spear Guy. The Spear Guys make the single character lose three coins to the other team of three, and make the team lose one coin each to the single character.

Mario Party Advance

A Spear Guy in Mario Party Advance.

The Jungle Area in Mario Party Advance has several places where players interact with various Spear Guy characters. The Spear Thicket contains a Spear Guy warrior that will challenge either Mario or Luigi to the Tank-Down mini-game. Winning gives the player the mini-game. The ending says that he still continues to look for one bearing a mustache.

On the Dance Stage, a female Spear Guy named Hulu will challenge players to synchronized dancing.

Mario Party 7

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The Shy Guy Orb from Mario Party 7.

The Spear Guy Orb is an item appearing in Mario Party 7 that makes a Spear Guy appear that forces anyone landing on a particular space to grant the item-user a certain amount of coins. Spear Guy does this by poking the player several times with his spear. In addition, several Spear Guys appear in the game King of the River.

Mario Party 8

A Spear Guy functions as the shop owner in DK's Treetop Temple from Mario Party 8.

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Trivia

The grass skirt and spear-wielding Shy Guys from The Super Mario Bros. Super Show! episode "Jungle Fever".


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