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|image=[[File:Bigscorpers.jpg|200px]]<br>Wario Picking up a '''Big Scorper'''.
|first_appearance=''[[Wario World]]'' ([[List of games by date#2003|2003]])
|first_appearance=''[[Wario World]]'' ([[List of games by date#2003|2003]])
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'''Big Scorpers'''<ref>''Wario World'' Nintendo Power Player's Guide, page 99.</ref><ref>Stratton, Steve. ''Wario World'' [[Prima Games|Prima]] Official Strategy Guide. Page 15.</ref> are enemies in ''[[Wario World]]'', found in [[Pecan Sands]]. They are big red scorpions with long tails. They will attempt to strike at [[Wario]] with their tails if he stands on their heads.
{{quote|The {{color|Big Scorpers|blue}} are so annoying when they burrow into the sand! I hate those things! Use a {{color|Ground Pound move to force 'em out|red}}!|Spriteling|Wario World}}
'''Big Scorpers''' are enemies in ''[[Wario World]]'', found in [[Pecan Sands]]. They are big red scorpions with long tails, blue eyes, no claws, and small legs. They will attempt to strike at [[Wario]] with their tails if he stands on or near their heads.


The only way to attack Big Scorpers is to use a [[Ground Pound]] on their heads, which will knock them out of the sand and become vulnerable to Wario's attacks.  
The only way to attack Big Scorpers is to use a [[Ground Pound]] on their heads. After doing so three times, they will be knocked out of the sand and become vulnerable to Wario's attacks.  
==Names in other languages==
{{foreign names
|Jap=おおサソリ
|JapR=Ō Sasori
|JapM=Big Scorpion
|Jap2=スカルゴ<ref>「ワリオワールド任天堂公式ガイドブック」 (''Wario World Nintendo Kōshiki Guidebook''), [[media:WW Shogakukan P157.jpg|page 157]].</ref>
|Jap2R=Sukarugo
|Jap2M=Possibly derived from "scarlet" and「御」(''-go'', an honorific suffix)
|Ita=Scoprione Scarlatto
|ItaM=Scarlet Scorpion
}}


==Names in other languages==
==Trivia==
{{foreignname
*The game's official European website erroneously gives the name "Big Scorper" to the [[Sandworm]] boss, despite it clearly not being a scorpion. Presumably, the writer of that section misinterpreted the [[Spriteling]]'s hint as referring to the boss instead of the enemy.
|Jap=スカルゴ
|JapR=Sukarugo
|JapM=}}


==References==
==References==
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Latest revision as of 01:27, October 10, 2023

Big Scorper
A Big Scorper from Wario World
Wario picking up a Big Scorper
First appearance Wario World (2003)
Comparable
“The Big Scorpers are so annoying when they burrow into the sand! I hate those things! Use a Ground Pound move to force 'em out!”
Spriteling, Wario World

Big Scorpers are enemies in Wario World, found in Pecan Sands. They are big red scorpions with long tails, blue eyes, no claws, and small legs. They will attempt to strike at Wario with their tails if he stands on or near their heads.

The only way to attack Big Scorpers is to use a Ground Pound on their heads. After doing so three times, they will be knocked out of the sand and become vulnerable to Wario's attacks.

Names in other languages[edit]

Language Name Meaning
Japanese おおサソリ
Ō Sasori
スカルゴ[1]
Sukarugo
Big Scorpion

Possibly derived from "scarlet" and「御」(-go, an honorific suffix)

Italian Scoprione Scarlatto
Scarlet Scorpion

Trivia[edit]

  • The game's official European website erroneously gives the name "Big Scorper" to the Sandworm boss, despite it clearly not being a scorpion. Presumably, the writer of that section misinterpreted the Spriteling's hint as referring to the boss instead of the enemy.

References[edit]

  1. ^ 「ワリオワールド任天堂公式ガイドブック」 (Wario World Nintendo Kōshiki Guidebook), page 157.