Bone Dragon
| Bone Dragon | |||
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 Artwork of a Bone Dragon from Yoshi's Story | |||
| First appearance | Yoshi's Story (1997) | ||
| Latest appearance | Super Smash Bros. Brawl (sticker cameo) (2008) | ||
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- “Bone Dragon hates a pounding headache as much as egg on his face.”
- —Message Block in the Bone Dragon Pit, Yoshi's Story
Bone Dragons are large hydra-like dragon skeletons that Yoshis encounter in the Bone Dragon Pit in Yoshi's Story. Bone Dragons usually block a Yoshi's way, and to get past one, the Yoshi has to either throw eggs at its head or ground-pound it, with either method taking two hits to defeat the Bone Dragon. Bone Dragons are not completely defenseless, however, as they can attack the Yoshis by occasionally spitting a fireball at them. In a couple of cases, a Yoshi encounters a three-headed Bone Dragon, complete with a body. Touching the body does not hurt the Yoshi. Each of the heads takes two hits, and defeating the Bone Dragon earns Yoshi three melons.
Super Smash Bros. Brawl has a sticker of a Bone Dragon that raises the strength of attacks that involve biting by thirteen. It can be used only by Yoshi, Wario, Pokémon Trainer, and Wolf.
Profiles and statistics
Yoshi's Story
- Shogakukan guide: 長~い首をのばして、火を吹くぞ！頭のホネは、ちょっともろい。[1](It will stretch out its long neck and blow fire! The skull is a bit fragile.)
- Nintendo 64 Spieleberater: Die Dr.Pepper-Diät hat gewirkt: Abgemagert bis auf die Knochen, aber immer noch feuriger Atem
Super Smash Bros. Brawl
| Sticker Bone Dragon |
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| Artwork from: Yoshi's Story | ||||||||
| Effects in The Subspace Emissary: [Bite] Attack +13 | ||||||||
| Usable by: Yoshi, Wario, Pokémon Trainer, Wolf | ||||||||
Gallery
Artwork of a Bone Dragon's head
A Bone Dragon
Bone Dragon Pit level icon
Names in other languages
| Language | Name | Meaning |
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| Japanese | ホネホネりゅう Hone-hone Ryū |
Repetition of「骨」(hone, "bone") +「竜」(ryū, "dragon" in an on'yomi reading) |
| Chinese | 骨骨龙 Gǔ Gǔ Lóng |
Bone Bone Dragon |
| French | Dragondos Dragon Osseux |
From dragon and d'os ("of bones") Bony Dragon |
| German | Knochen-drache[2] |
Bone dragon |
| Italian | Dragosso |
Portmanteau of drago ("dragon") and osso ("bone") |
| Korean | 뼈닥뼈닥용 Ppyeodak-ppyeodak Yong |
Repetition of "뼈닥" (ppyeodak), which is from a derivation of "뼈다귀" (ppyeodagwi, "bone"), combined with "용" (yong, "dragon") |
| Spanish | Dragón Huesudo |
Bony Dragon |
Trivia
- In pre-release builds of Yoshi's Story, Bone Dragons were not skeletal; they were purple-and-orange-colored and multi-headed and had only two big teeth.
- A Bone Dragon-like creature makes a cameo in Snowflake Lake in Mario Party 6 and Pyramid Park in Mario Party 7. Both of these, however, have horns and more rectangular faces.
References
- ^ 「ヨッシーストーリー 任天堂公式ガイドブック」 (Yoshi's Story Nintendo Kōshiki Guidebook). Page 4.
- ^ a b Nintendo 64 Yoshi's Story Spieleberater. Page 19.
