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'''Melon Bugs'''<ref name=guide>Miller, Kent, and Terry Munson. ''Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island'' Player's Guide. [[Media:SMW2 Guide 128.jpg|Page 128]].</ref> are harmless, {{wp|Armadillidiidae|pill bug}}-like creatures that appear in ''[[Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island]]'' and ''[[Yoshi's Island: Super Mario Advance 3]]''.
'''Melon Bugs'''<ref name=guide>Miller, Kent, and Terry Munson. ''Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island'' Player's Guide. [[Media:SMW2 Guide 128.jpg|Page 128]].</ref> are harmless, {{wp|Armadillidiidae|pill bug}}-like creatures that appear in ''[[Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island]]'' and ''[[Yoshi's Island: Super Mario Advance 3]]''.


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==Profiles and statistics==
==Profiles and statistics==
===''Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island''===
===''Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island''===
*'''Official Nintendo Player's Guide:''' ''These feisty hoppers transform from bug to melon and back again. Eat them anytime to make an egg.''<ref name=guide/>
*'''[[Player's Guide]]:''' ''These feisty hoppers transform from bug to melon and back again. Eat them anytime to make an egg.''<ref name=guide/>
*'''Shogakukan guide:''' 近づくと、身を守ろうとして玉になる。転がして敵をやつつけたりできるので便利。<ref name=Roll/> ("''When you get close to it, it turns into a ball to protect itself. It is useful because you can roll it around and kill enemies with it.''")
*'''Shogakukan guide:''' 近づくと、身を守ろうとして玉になる。転がして敵をやつつけたりできるので便利。<ref name=Roll/>(''When you get close to it, it turns into a ball to protect itself. It is useful because you can roll it around and kill enemies with it.'')


===''Yoshi's Island: Super Mario Advance 3''===
===''Yoshi's Island: Super Mario Advance 3''===
*'''Shogakukan guide:''' 近づくと玉になって転がってくるが、ふれても痛くないし、タマゴで倒すこともできる。食べてはき出せば、敵を倒しながら転がって行くぞ。 (''When you get close to it, it turns into a ball and rolls around, but it doesn't hurt when you touch it, and you can knock it down with an egg. If you eat it and then expel it, it will roll away while defeating your enemies.'')<ref name=Sho/>
*'''Shogakukan guide:''' 近づくと玉になって転がってくるが、ふれても痛くないし、タマゴで倒すこともできる。食べてはき出せば、敵を倒しながら転がって行くぞ。<ref name=Sho/>(''When you get close to it, it turns into a ball and rolls around, but it doesn't hurt when you touch it, and you can knock it down with an egg. If you eat it and then expel it, it will roll away while defeating your enemies.'')


==Gallery==
==Gallery==
<gallery>
<gallery>
SMW2YI Puzzle Artwork.jpg|Artwork used for a puzzle based on ''[[Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island]]''
Melon Bug.png|''[[Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island]]''
SMW2 Melon Bug roll.png|''Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island''
SMW2YI Puzzle Artwork.jpg|Artwork used for a puzzle based on ''Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island''
SMA3-MelonBug.png|''[[Yoshi's Island: Super Mario Advance 3]]''
SMA3-MelonBugBall.png|''Yoshi's Island: Super Mario Advance 3''
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</gallery>


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|Jap=ころがりくん<ref name=Roll>「スーパーマリオヨッシーアイランド任天堂公式ガイドブック」 (''Super Mario: Yossy Island Nintendo Kōshiki Guidebook''), [[media:Super Mario Yossy Island Shogakukan P6.jpg|page 6]].</ref><ref name=Sho>「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''), [[media:Advance 3 Shogakukan P16.png|page 16]].</ref>
|Jap=ころがりくん<ref name=Roll>「スーパーマリオヨッシーアイランド任天堂公式ガイドブック」 (''Super Mario: Yossy Island Nintendo Kōshiki Guidebook''), [[media:Super Mario Yossy Island Shogakukan P6.jpg|page 6]].</ref><ref name=Sho>「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''), [[media:Advance 3 Shogakukan P16.png|page 16]].</ref>
|JapR=Korogari-kun
|JapR=Korogari-kun
|JapM=From「転がり」(''korogari'', roll) and「くん」(''{{wp|Japanese honorifics#Kun|kun}}'', Japanese honorific)
|JapM=Portmanteau of「転がり」(''korogari'', roll) and「くん」(''{{wp|Japanese honorifics#Kun|-kun}}'', Japanese honorific)
|Ger=Lotter Lisa
|Ger=Lotter Lisa
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}}


==Trivia==
==Trivia==
*Melon Bugs were originally designed for ''[[List of unreleased media#Super Donkey|Super Donkey]]'', a prototype game connected to ''Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island''.<ref>Salad Plain Zone (July 24, 2020). [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OuPAHU9qOT8 the d'onkey]. ''YouTube''. Retrieved July 24, 2020.</ref> An alternate version of their early sprites, with the final red shoes, also heavily resembles their appearance used in artwork.<ref>TCRF. [[tcrf:Development:Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island/Sprites#Melon Bug|Development:Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island/Sprites#Melon Bug]]. ''The Cutting Room Floor''. Retrieved November 12, 2021.</ref>
{{multiframe|[[File:Super Donkey Melon Bug.png]][[File:SMW2 proto Melon Bug.png]]}}
*Melon Bugs were originally designed for ''[[List of unreleased media#Super Donkey|Super Donkey]]'', a prototype game connected to ''Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island''. Their sprites in this prototype depict them with bright green skin, antennae, and shoes, as well as large eyes with visible sclerae.<ref>Salad Plain Zone (July 24, 2020). [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OuPAHU9qOT8 the d'onkey]. ''YouTube''. Retrieved July 24, 2020.</ref> Sprites later in development, found in a leaked build of ''Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island'' from December 6, 1994, retain the large eyes but feature the mint green skin and red antennae & shoes seen in the final game.<ref>TCRF. [[tcrf:Development:Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island/Sprites#Melon Bug|Development:Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island/Sprites#Melon Bug]]. ''The Cutting Room Floor''. Retrieved November 12, 2021.</ref> Official artwork for the Melon Bugs amalgamates elements of these two designs, being mostly similar to the December 6, 1994 prototype's sprites but retaining the more saturated skin color from the ''Super Donkey'' sprites.


==References==
==References==
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Latest revision as of 19:51, November 13, 2023

Melon Bug
A Melon Bug
First appearance Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island (1995)
Latest appearance Yoshi's Island: Super Mario Advance 3 (2002)
Variants

Melon Bugs[1] are harmless, pill bug-like creatures that appear in Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island and Yoshi's Island: Super Mario Advance 3.

They bounce up and down, but when Yoshi gets too close, they roll up into balls, which resemble melons, hence their name. If Yoshi gets close enough, he can eat them and then spit them out, causing them to roll across the ground, destroying any enemies in their path. Alternatively, they can be swallowed to create an egg.

Profiles and statistics[edit]

Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island[edit]

  • Player's Guide: These feisty hoppers transform from bug to melon and back again. Eat them anytime to make an egg.[1]
  • Shogakukan guide: 近づくと、身を守ろうとして玉になる。転がして敵をやつつけたりできるので便利。[2](When you get close to it, it turns into a ball to protect itself. It is useful because you can roll it around and kill enemies with it.)

Yoshi's Island: Super Mario Advance 3[edit]

  • Shogakukan guide: 近づくと玉になって転がってくるが、ふれても痛くないし、タマゴで倒すこともできる。食べてはき出せば、敵を倒しながら転がって行くぞ。[3](When you get close to it, it turns into a ball and rolls around, but it doesn't hurt when you touch it, and you can knock it down with an egg. If you eat it and then expel it, it will roll away while defeating your enemies.)

Gallery[edit]

Names in other languages[edit]

Language Name Meaning
Japanese ころがりくん[2][3]
Korogari-kun
Portmanteau of「転がり」(korogari, roll) and「くん」(-kun, Japanese honorific)

German Lotter Lisa
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Trivia[edit]

Sprite of a Melon Bug from the unreleased Super DonkeySprite of a Melon Bug from a prototype build of Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island
  • Melon Bugs were originally designed for Super Donkey, a prototype game connected to Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island. Their sprites in this prototype depict them with bright green skin, antennae, and shoes, as well as large eyes with visible sclerae.[4] Sprites later in development, found in a leaked build of Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island from December 6, 1994, retain the large eyes but feature the mint green skin and red antennae & shoes seen in the final game.[5] Official artwork for the Melon Bugs amalgamates elements of these two designs, being mostly similar to the December 6, 1994 prototype's sprites but retaining the more saturated skin color from the Super Donkey sprites.

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b Miller, Kent, and Terry Munson. Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island Player's Guide. Page 128.
  2. ^ a b 「スーパーマリオヨッシーアイランド任天堂公式ガイドブック」 (Super Mario: Yossy Island Nintendo Kōshiki Guidebook), page 6.
  3. ^ a b 「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 16.
  4. ^ Salad Plain Zone (July 24, 2020). the d'onkey. YouTube. Retrieved July 24, 2020.
  5. ^ TCRF. Development:Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island/Sprites#Melon Bug. The Cutting Room Floor. Retrieved November 12, 2021.