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|title=Loch Nestor
|title=Loch Nestor
|image=[[File:Loch Nestor model.png|200px]]
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|first_appearance=''[[Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island]]'' ([[List of games by date#1995|1995]])
|first_appearance=''[[Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island]]'' ([[List of games by date#1995|1995]])
|latest_appearance=''[[Yoshi's New Island]]'' ([[List of games by date#2014|2014]])
|latest_appearance=''[[Yoshi's New Island]]'' ([[List of games by date#2014|2014]])
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'''Loch Nestor'''<ref>''Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island'' Nintendo Player's Guide. [[Media:SMW2 Guide 127.jpg|Page 127]].</ref> is a puffer fish enemy encountered in ''[[Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island]]'', its remake ''[[Yoshi's Island: Super Mario Advance 3]]'', and ''[[Yoshi's New Island]]''. It only appears in stages where [[Yoshi (species)|Yoshi]] must morph into a [[Submarine (form)|Submarine]]. It's the underwater counterpart of [[Boo Balloon]], but whereas the Boo always chases the player, Loch Nestor merely retaliates if struck first. If it is hit by a torpedo, it simply grows two times larger and chases Yoshi. After it is hit three times, it explodes.
'''Loch Nestor'''<ref>''Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island'' Nintendo Player's Guide. [[Media:SMW2 Guide 127.jpg|Page 127]].</ref> is a puffer fish enemy encountered in ''[[Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island]]'', its remake ''[[Yoshi's Island: Super Mario Advance 3]]'', and ''[[Yoshi's New Island]]''. It only appears in stages where [[Yoshi (species)|Yoshi]] must morph into a [[Submarine (form)|Submarine]]. It's the underwater counterpart of [[Boo Balloon]], but whereas the Boo always chases the player, Loch Nestor merely retaliates if struck first. If it is hit by a torpedo, it simply grows two times larger and chases Yoshi. After it is hit three times, it explodes.
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Loch Nestor derives its name from [[wikipedia:Nestor|Nestor]], a given name, and the Scottish lake Loch Ness, which is the home of the legendary [[wikipedia:Loch Ness Monster|Loch Ness Monster]].
Loch Nestor derives its name from [[wikipedia:Nestor|Nestor]], a given name, and the Scottish lake Loch Ness, which is the home of the legendary [[wikipedia:Loch Ness Monster|Loch Ness Monster]].
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Revision as of 20:40, April 11, 2018

Template:Species-infobox Loch Nestor[1] is a puffer fish enemy encountered in Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island, its remake Yoshi's Island: Super Mario Advance 3, and Yoshi's New Island. It only appears in stages where Yoshi must morph into a Submarine. It's the underwater counterpart of Boo Balloon, but whereas the Boo always chases the player, Loch Nestor merely retaliates if struck first. If it is hit by a torpedo, it simply grows two times larger and chases Yoshi. After it is hit three times, it explodes.

A Loch Nestor from Yoshi's New Island An angry Loch Nestor from Yoshi's New Island
Before and after hitting

Loch Nestor derives its name from Nestor, a given name, and the Scottish lake Loch Ness, which is the home of the legendary Loch Ness Monster.

Names in other languages

Language Name Meaning
Japanese ハリボンボン[2]
Haribonbon
 

German Feuer-Wiesel[citation needed]
Fire Weasel

References