Goonie

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Template:Species-infobox Goonies are white birds that are most prominently found in the games Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island, Yoshi's Story, Yoshi's Island DS, and Yoshi's New Island. They are probably based on the Wandering albatross, which is also called a "goonie" or "gooney bird". Some Goonies carry green Shy Guys, similar to how Albatosses carry Bob-ombs in Super Mario Bros. 2.

History

Yoshi franchise

Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island / Yoshi's Island: Super Mario Advance 3

Different varieties of Goonies from Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island.
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Goonies made their debut appearance in Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island. They appear in most mountain levels and are always found in groups. There are many different varieties of Goonies. There are Flightless Goonies which, as the name implies, are Goonies that cannot fly and run on the ground. There is a Dry Bones-like variety of Goonie, known as the Skeleton Goonie, which usually carries bombs. Bowling Goonies are fat Goonies that roll along the ground. Hefty Goonies are the flying versions of Bowling Goonies, and if Yoshi swallowed one of these and spat it out, it would turn into their flightless counterparts. Additionally, Goonies can be seen flying in the background in some levels (as seen in the image on the right).

Tetris Attack

Lakitu stage

A Goonie appeared in Tetris Attack. It was allied with Lakitu.

Yoshi's Story

Sprite of a Goonie from Yoshi's Story

In Yoshi's Story, Goonies appear in Stage 3-3: Poochy and Nippy, where some held bombs. Gray Goonies also appeared in Stage 5-4: Shy Guy's Ship. They can't hurt the Yoshis directly in this game, and constantly make an "Aa-ho!" noise.

Yoshi Touch & Go

In Yoshi Touch & Go, Goonies are occasionally seen flying in the sky in some parts during the ground part of the Marathon mode. Yoshi can hit them with eggs to earn points. Skeleton Goonies also appear.

Yoshi's Island DS

Goonie
Yoshi's Island DS.

Goonies also appeared in Yoshi's Island DS, along with their flightless and skeletal counterparts. This game has two levels named after Goonies: Goonie Heights and The Goonie Coast Isn't Clear! A Hefty Goonie boss named Moltz the Very Goonie also appears as the fort boss of World 5. Also after The Fort of Moltz the Very Goonie is completed, all the later levels will have Skeleton Goonies.

Yoshi's New Island

Goonies reappear in Yoshi's New Island, acting exactly as they did in past games. Skeleton Goonies, Flightless Goonies, Flightless Skeleton Goonies and Hefty Goonies also return. They prevail in the level, Fine Feathered Friends or Foes?.

Yoshi's Woolly World

In Yoshi's Woolly World, Goonies can only be encountered flying from right to left and can harm Yoshi upon usual contact with him. However, the bird enemies can be quickly unraveled and turned into white yarn balls if Yoshi eats them. Provided Yoshi jumps and stays on them, Goonies fly upwards, occasionally allowing Yoshi to reach items previously out of reach. Any Goonie, if struck with a yarn ball, loses its wings and becomes a Flightless Goonie.

As with almost all characters in the game, Goonies have a knitted, amigurumi appearance. They first show up in one of the levels in World 3, Fanciful Fluff and Feathers.

Yoshi's Crafted World

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Goonies are set to reappear in Yoshi's Crafted World as enemies.

Game & Watch Gallery 3

In Game & Watch Gallery 3, Goonies appear in the game Turtle Bridge. They are used for relaying packages between Toad and Mario. Sometimes the Goonies will dive at passing balloons.

Paper Mario

A Goonie in Paper Mario

In Paper Mario, during the cutscene where Mario rides the Whale to Lavalava Island, a Goonie can be seen flying over the ocean. Unlike most characters in Paper Mario (one of the few other exceptions being the Whale himself), this Goonie was three-dimensional.

Mario Kart: Super Circuit

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Mario Kart: Super Circuit

Goonies (here called Little Birdies[1]) made a cameo appearance in Cheep-Cheep Island in Mario Kart: Super Circuit. They don't serve as obstacles to slow down the racers - they simply fly away temporarily if the player drives into one.

Super Smash Bros. series

Goonies appear in Super Smash Bros. Melee and Super Smash Bros. Brawl in the background of two Yoshi stages: Yoshi's Story from Super Smash Bros. Melee and Yoshi's Island from Super Smash Bros. Brawl. Goonies also appear as a Sticker in Super Smash Bros. Brawl.

Mario & Luigi: Bowser's Inside Story

Goonies have a very minor appearance in Mario & Luigi: Bowser's Inside Story during the Bowser's Castle and Tower of Yikk fight. When Bowser attacks, Goonies occasionally fly out from under the castle, and appear in the opening sequence of the giant battle.

Notable Goonies

Types of Goonies

Names in other languages

Language Name Meaning
Japanese あほーどり
Ahōdori
Albatross (literally, "fool-bird", from 「阿房」 ahō, "fool/silly person" and 「鳥」 tori, "bird"[2]), but flipping the spelling to be in hiragana with the elongated "o" written with 「ー」, which is more typical of katakana, but is not present in the typically katakana spelling of ahōdori (albatross), 「アホウドリ」, which uses a second vowel kana to elongate the "o", like most hiragana words, rather than a 「ー」.

German Birdie
Pun on "bird"
Italian Gabby
From "gabbiano" (seagull)
Korean 멍충멍충
Meongchungmeongchung
From 멍충이 (fool)

Russian Гуни[3]
Guni
Transcription of English name

References

  1. ^ Stratton, Bryan, and Steve Stratton. (2001) Mario Kart: Super Circuit Prima Official Game Guide. Page 37.
  2. ^ Sibaku. "Diomedeidae of Japan". Retrieved November 12, 2015.
  3. ^ Интервью с разработчиками Nintendo Classic Mini: SNES. Часть 5: Super Mario World и Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island