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|latest_appearance=''[[Mario Party Advance]]'' ([[List of games by date#2005|2005]])
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Revision as of 21:45, October 10, 2022

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Bamboo dancers
Artwork of a bamboo dancer from Yoshi's Story
A bamboo dancer without a stick, in Yoshi's Story
First appearance Yoshi's Story (1997)
Latest appearance Mario Party Advance (2005)
Variant of Dancing Spear Guy
Notable members

Bamboo dancers,[1] also referred to as limbo guys[2] or limbo Shy Guys,[3] are a subset of Spear Guys that do the Bamboo Dance.[4] While Dancing Spear Guys jump around with spears, bamboo dancers always come in color-coded pairs and dance with limbo sticks. Their stick can trip Yoshis and lower their happiness, so it must be jumped over to avoid damage. During gameplay, one dancer is in the foreground while the other is in the background, making them invincible.

Bamboo dancers only appear as enemies in Yoshi's Story, and only in Stage 5-3: Shy Guy Limbo. They also make a cameo appearance in both Mario Party and Mario Party 2.

The artwork and sprites for bamboo dancers appear quite differently, as the sprites appear to be wearing yellow face paint and grass skirts in the same manner as Spear Guys, while the artwork depicts one with an unpainted mask and a much less leafy skirt. In addition, their shoes are green in the artwork instead of blue.

In Mario Party Advance, a female bamboo dancer appears as a character, with the English localization giving her the name Hulu. Despite this, she looks much more like a Dancing Spear Guy.

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Names in other languages

Language Name Meaning
Japanese バンブーダンサーズ[5][6]
Banbū Dansāzu
バンブーヘイホー[7]
Banbū Heihō
Bamboo Dancers

Bamboo Shy Guy

German Limbostangen Guy
Limbo Stick Guy

References

  1. ^ Prima Bath. Nintendo 64 Game Secrets, 1999 Edition Prima's Official Strategy Guide. Page 113.
  2. ^ Leung, Jason, Terry Munson, and Scott Pelland. Yoshi's Story Player's Guide. Page 103. "Whenever you come across two pairs of limbo guys, avoid jumping over their poles one at a time."
  3. ^ "Out came the limbo Shy Guys, who kept the beat, while the Yoshis danced." - Yoshi's Story, Shy Guy Limbo ending quote.
  4. ^ Super Smash Bros. Melee, Shy Guys trophy (set to English). "There are many types of Shy Guys: they've been known to[...]do the Bamboo Dance[...]"
  5. ^ Yoshi's Story, Shy Guy Limbo Japanese name and ending quote.
  6. ^ Super Smash Bros. Melee, Shy Guys trophy (set to Japanese).
  7. ^ 「任天堂公式ガイドブック ヨッシーストーリー」 (Nintendo Kōshiki Guidebook – Yoshi's Story), pages 96 and 97. Based on the internal name actor_bamboo_heiho.