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The '''Kaboomba'''<ref name=guide>Miller, Kent, and Terry Munson. ''Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island'' Player's Guide. [[media:SMW2 Guide 127.jpg|Page 127]].</ref> is a walking cannon enemy that first appears in ''[[Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island]]''. Its name is supposedly a portmanteau of "kaboom" and "[[Goomba]]", despite Kaboombas having no relation to Goombas other than being walking enemies.
The '''Kaboomba'''<ref name=guide>Miller, Kent, and Terry Munson. ''Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island'' Player's Guide. [[media:SMW2 Guide 127.jpg|Page 127]].</ref> is a walking cannon enemy that first appears in ''[[Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island]]''. Its name is supposedly a portmanteau of "kaboom" and "[[Goomba]]", despite Kaboombas having no relation to Goombas other than being walking enemies.
==History==
==History==
===[[Yoshi's Island (series)|''Yoshi's Island'' series]]===
===[[Yoshi's Island (series)|''Yoshi's Island'' series]]===

Revision as of 11:07, September 1, 2022

This article is about the enemy known as "Cannon" in Super Princess Peach. For other uses, see Cannon (disambiguation).
Kaboomba
Kaboomba Official art
First appearance Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island (1995)
Latest appearance Yoshi's New Island (2014)
Variants
Comparable

The Kaboomba[1] is a walking cannon enemy that first appears in Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island. Its name is supposedly a portmanteau of "kaboom" and "Goomba", despite Kaboombas having no relation to Goombas other than being walking enemies.

History

Yoshi's Island series

Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island

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Kaboombas only appear in The Cave Of The Mystery Maze and Raphael The Raven's Castle. They attack by shooting heavy cannonballs that fall to the ground and explode after a few seconds. Yoshi can safely stand on them, and eating them does nothing. An egg or Ground Pound disposes of them.

Yoshi's Island: Super Mario Advance 3

Kaboomba

Kaboombas retain their role in the Game Boy Advance port, Yoshi's Island: Super Mario Advance 3.

Yoshi's New Island

Kaboombas make a return appearance in Yoshi's New Island.

Super Princess Peach

A Cannon from Super Princess Peach

Kaboombas also appear in Super Princess Peach, where they are named Cannons. The Calm Cannon, a sleeping variety, also appeared.

Other appearances

Kaboombas and an unused big variant were originally designed during the development of Super Mario World,[2] where they would have shot Green Shells.[3] They would have had white shoes, which also appear in early assets of Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island.[4]

Profiles and statistics

Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island

  • Player's Guide: He strolls slowly, but unleashes a painful payload. It's pretty easy to avoid this cantering cannon.[1]

Gallery

Names in other languages

Language Name Meaning
Japanese 大砲くん[5]
Taihō-kun
「大砲」(taihō, cannon) + Japanese honorific「くん」(-kun)

Italian Cannone Jr.
Cannon Jr.

Trivia

  • The Player's Guide description for the Kaboomba is erroneously accompanied by an image of a cannonball fired from a Kaboomba, instead of the enemy itself.

References

  1. ^ a b Miller, Kent, and Terry Munson. Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island Player's Guide. Page 127.
  2. ^ Frieze (July 24, 2020). Twitter post showing pre-release Super Mario World assets. Twitter. Retrieved July 25, 2020.
  3. ^ lx5 (July 24, 2020). Twitter post showing an object viewer for pre-release Super Mario World tiles. Twitter. Retrieved July 25, 2020.
  4. ^ Development:Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island/Sprites#Kaboomba. The Cutting Room Floor. Retrieved October 30, 2021.
  5. ^ 「スーパーマリオアドバンス3任天堂公式ガイドブック」 (Super Mario Advance 3 Nintendo Kōshiki Guidebook), page 17.