Draggadon
Draggadons are dragons first appearing in the game Captain Toad: Treasure Tracker. Although in said game only Draggadon, the king of an isolated volcano called Pyropuff Peak, and Gold Draggadon, the king of the Golden Realm, were introduced, thus making it ambiguous whether Draggadon was the name of the character or of a species, in Paper Mario: Color Splash, some character dialogue revealed that Draggadons are indeed a species.[1]
History
Captain Toad: Treasure Tracker
Template:Character-infobox Two Draggadons appear as bosses in Captain Toad: Treasure Tracker. The first, named Draggadon, is fought in Episode 1-10: The King of Pyropuff Peak, Episode 2-9: Draggadon's Revenge, and Bonus Episode-11: Mummy-Me at Pyropuff Peak. When Captain Toad is chasing Wingo who kidnapped Toadette, he accidentally comes across Pyropuff Peak. Draggadon attacks him, thinking him to be an intruder, but after the fight realizes that he was innocent, and allows him to ride on his head as the two conquer hordes of enemies. Toadette in her pursuit of Wingo also ends up at Pyropuff Peak, which results in the same situation playing. Once again, Toadette befriends him, and they conquer even more enemies.
Unlike Wingo, Draggadon is not battled directly. Captain Toad and Toadette must avoid his attacks to the end of the level by hiding behind walls, and at the end, knock a pillar on his head. He is then knocked unconscious, and the Toads collect the Power Star.
As an ally, the player is able to control Draggadon in an interstitial page. Toadette will ride on him and command him to do various moves. By pressing 
, Draggadon will breathe fire that can break blocks and destroy enemies. He can also roar with 
that can shatter Used Blocks which are normally unaffected by flames. He raises and lowers by moving the left analog stick.
Another Draggadon, named Gold Draggadon, also appears in a later episode, as the king of the Golden Realm. Like Draggadon, Captain Toad must also fight Gold Draggadon as boss, although fireballs will move faster and the lava will rise quicker, and after defeating him, he lets Captain Toad ride him.
Paper Mario: Color Splash
A Draggadon is featured in Paper Mario: Color Splash. He appears as a fossil on a mountain in Marmalade Valley; however, after Mario retrieves the orange Big Paint Star from Larry, the fossil is covered with a coat of orange paint, causing it to come to life. It's found later in Redpepper Volcano, where the Basin Thing needs to be used in order to stop him being hostile. The Basin hits his head leaving a bump, just like in Captain Toad: Treasure Tracker after a rock falls on it. Before Mario can stun him, Draggadon tries to chase and eat him, then attack him with a massive fire breath. If Mario cannot dodge it hiding behind a column or leaving the level, the attack knocks him out in a single hit.
Like Captain Toad in Captain Toad: Treasure Tracker, Mario is also able to ride and control the Draggadon over lava, this time by suspending a Magma Burger attached to a Fishing Pole in front of him as bait. While controlling him, he can destroy small platforms, and if Mario swings the rod upwards, he will leap up from the lava, allowing Mario to collect any items that are out of reach.
Just like Iggy and unlike most paper characters, the paper version of the Draggadon retains colored circle-like irises.
General information
Physical appearance
Draggadons are huge winged dragons with a mostly bipedal stance. Most of their body, with the exception of the belly, the hands, the feet, the wings, the lower part of the muzzle and the tip of the higher part of the muzzle, is covered by scales grouped in stripes of two scales having the same color, alternating magenta and purple, while the belly and the lower part of the muzzle are beige and the rest of the body is magenta. The belly itself is formed by various soft plates organized in a single row. His feet feature each three white claws, the hands feature each three fingers plus a thumb, all having white claws as well, while each of the two small wings presents three fingers forming three membranes of a lighter magenta color (although in Paper Mario: Color Splash only two fingers and two membranes in the wings can be seen). The head presents a muzzle having four yellow-colored molar-like protruding teeth that stay on its sides, with the upper teeth staying in front of the lower teeth. The back of the lower part of the muzzle is apparently separated from its front, while the upper part of the muzzle also presents two big nostrils on the sides and, below them, two long whiskers that are purple-colored at the tip. The eyes feature a white sclera and an orange pupil surrounded by an iris formed by three orange circles having slightly different shades of orange each (only one being shown in Paper Mario: Color Splash and two being shown in hand-drawn artwork). The back of the head features on each side a white horn, with an orange circle at the base, and three triangular plates. A row of triangular plates is also present in the whole back of the body until the tip of the tail.
Gold Draggadon has a similar appearance, the main difference being that the scales alternate gold and orange, while the rest of the body is gold-colored, with the exception of the lower part of the muzzle and the belly, which are still beige, as well as the triangular plates, which are mostly purple just like those of the other Draggadons. Furthermore, the eyes are blue instead of being orange, and the tips of the whiskers are darker, although still gold colored.
Powers and abilities
Draggadons are known to breathe fire, they also are resistant to lava and actually spontanously nest within volcanoes. Even though their wings are very small, Paper Mario: Color Splash showed that they are perfectly able to fly. Even just their roar is a very powerful weapon, able to defeat enemies and shatter blocks. Direct attacks against their body of enemies like Hammer Bros. and Bullet Bills are completely ineffective, their only weak point that the games showed so far is the top of their head, in both Captain Toad: Treasure Tracker and Paper Mario: Color Splash they only surrender after hitting their head, respectively with a pillar and with the Basin Thing. Paper Mario: Color Splash further elaborates on this weak point, indicating it as stemming from the shape of their skull.[2]
Gallery
Artwork
Captain Toad: Treasure Tracker
Captain Toad: Treasure Tracker
The Draggadon fossil in Paper Mario: Color Splash
Sprites
Paper Mario: Color Splash
Draggadon stunned after being hit in its head by the Basin Thing in Paper Mario: Color Splash.
Screenshots
Captain Toad: Treasure Tracker
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Captain Toad: Treasure Tracker
The Draggadon fossil in Paper Mario: Color Splash before coming to life
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Draggadon being ridden at Redpepper Volcano in Paper Mario: Color Splash
Names in other languages
| Language | Name | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| Japanese | ドラゴドン Doragodon |
Draggodon |
| French (NOA) | Draggadon |
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| Portuguese | Dragodon |
"Draggadon"'s Portuguese adaptation |
References
- ^ In Paper Mario: Color Splash, the Y3_Office4_Prof01 line of the Toad Professor states: Ah, my dear Mario. I hear you were witness to a rather magnificent event at my dig site! Yes, it appears that the Big Paint Star somehow revitalized our Draggadon fossil with paint. Which means, of course, that it was never really a fossil to begin with! It was merely de-colorized. Anyhow, if you wish to study that fascinating creature in more detail, you ought to track it to its home. In that regard, I may be of some assistance. Draggadons are known for nesting deep within volcanoes. They just love the heat! Good luck, Mario. And thank you. Its follow-up line, Y3_Office4_Prof02, states: Draggadons are known for nesting deep within volcanoes. Do be careful if you track our little Draggadon to its lair, OK? Huey himself says, in the Hint_Y3_14 line: Remember what the professor said? Draggadons love heat. Let's go see if it's hiding out in the volcano. The R3_RedRescue40_03 line, from a member of the red Rescue Squad V team, also says: Oh, please don't leave me here! Another Draggadon might come along and eat me!
- ^ The Y3_Office_Board05 message, shown on the billboard of the Professor's house, states Excavation Report Based on skull shape, Draggadon likely vulnerable on top of head.
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| Enemies | Blooper (10-Stack · Poison) • Bob-omb • Boo (10-Stack) • Buzzy Beetle (Big · Gang · Small (Gang) · Spike Top · Tower) • Cheep Cheep (Small) • Dino Rhino (Wild) • Dry Bones (5-Stack) • Fuzzy (Stack) • Goomba (Accordion · Bone · Mega · Paper-Cone · Para · Small (Gang · Wheel)) • Hammer Bro (Boomerang · Chariot · Circus · Fire (8-Stack) · Ice · Juggler · Sledge (Shady) · Small) • Koopa Troopa (6-Stack · Para (10-Stack)) • Lava Bubble (Black) • Ninji • Piranha Plant (Fire · Ptooie) • Pokey (Green) • Rocky Wrench • Scaredy Rat (10-Stack) • Shy Guy (4-Stack · 5-Stack · Animal Trainer · Coal · Gold · Laundry · Paint · Pry · Roller · Shield · Shunned · Silver · Slurp · Soggy · Sombrero · Spike · Trampoline · Unicycle) • Snifit (Chariot · Slurp · Spike · Whistle) • Spike • Spiny • Swoop | |
| Locations | Red courses | Ruddy Road • Cherry Lake • Redpepper Volcano • Redpepper Crater • The Crimson Tower |
| Yellow courses | Daffodil Peak • Sunglow Ridge • Château Chanterelle • Mustard Café • The Golden Coliseum | |
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| Other | Roshambo Temples | |
| Items | Battle Card • Card Max Up • Coins • Heart • Hearty Latte • Paint • Prisma Juice • Roshambo Cards | |
| Key items | Birdcage • Blissful Beach Key • Café Key • Caged "Bird" • Excavation Site Permit • Fishing Pole • Fresh Sheets • Hero's Journal • Holo-Peach • "It" • Journal Entries • Letter from Chest • Magma Burger • Mountain Climbing Permit • Paint Star Pieces • Sharp Spike • Snifit's Card Key • Tea Recipe Book • Toad's Pants • Toad's Shoes • Toad's Vest • Trunk Key | |
| Objects | ? Block • Big Paint Star • Brick Block • Colorless spot • Empty Block • Invisible Block • Mamma Mia Pizza • Mini Paint Star • POW Block • Prisma Times • Save Block • Science Claw • Super Ludship • Super Ludsub • Super Star • Unfurl Block • Volcanic debris • Warp Pipe | |
| Status effects | Blue • Crumpled • Dizzy • Poison • Rage • Rhythm • Self-conscious • Unmotivated | |
| Miscellaneous | Bestiary • Flip • Gallery • Glitches • Huey's advice • Pre-release and unused content • Quotes • Rescue V: Fearless Color Defenders • Snifit or Whiffit • Staff • Super Flag • Super Roshambo | |
