Para-Beetle: Difference between revisions

'''Para-Beetles''' (known as '''Parabuzzies''' in the ''[[Paper Mario (series)|Paper Mario]]'' series and ''[[Mario & Luigi: Bowser's Inside Story + Bowser Jr.'s Journey]]'') are flying [[Buzzy Beetle]]s that first appeared in ''[[Super Mario Bros. 3]]''.

In ''[[Super Mario Bros. 3]]'', [[Mario]] and [[Luigi]] can hop on their back for a ride, allowing them to traverse air levels and making them one of the very few enemies that cannot be defeated by jumping on them. They are immune to fireballs, but vulnerable to [[Raccoon Mario]]'s tail attacks, [[Super Star]]s and [[hammer]]s. They are found only in [[Sky Land]]'s [[World 5-6 (Super Mario Bros. 3)|World 5-6]], as well as in the e-reader level [[Para Beetle Challenge]] in the GBA remake.

[[Jump]]ing on a stationary Para-Beetle will slightly lower it, though it will gradually rise upwards again, somewhat making a zig-zag. The mobile Para-Beetles soar quickly through the skies, forcing the player to jump from Para-Beetle to Para-Beetle. Green Para-Beetles were [[List of Super Mario Bros. 3 pre-release and unused content|originally]] going to appear in the game (as well as in the [[Super Mario Advance 4: Super Mario Bros. 3|Game Boy Advance remake]]), where they were shown to be faster than normal Para-Beetles.

Para-Beetles (here known as Parabuzzies) appear in ''Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door''. They can be found in the [[Pirate's Grotto]] and in the [[Pit of 100 Trials (Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door)|Pit of 100 Trials]]. Like other Buzzy Beetles, they have high Defense and are immune to fire attacks, and flying allows them to evade ground attacks from [[Mario]] and his party. If hit with a single [[jump]], however, their wings will be knocked off and the Parabuzzy will become a normal Buzzy Beetle. Additionally, a fountain in [[Rogueport Sewers]] has two statues of Para-Beetles with their traditional platformer design. Unlike in their other appearances, Parabuzzies are portrayed here as basically resembling regular Buzzies with wings.

In ''Super Paper Mario'', Parabuzzies can be found in [[The Overthere]] and [[Castle Bleck]]. They behave the same way as in their previous appearance, losing their wings and reverting to a Buzzy Beetle upon being jumped on, but as with other Buzzy Beetles, their stats are much weaker than in the previous ''Paper Mario'' games; likely due to the fact they can no longer be flipped onto their backs to bypass their Defense and make them vulnerable to attacks once grounded, instead retreating into their shells like Buzzy Beetles do in other platforming appearances.

Sprites found in prototype revisions of ''[[Super Mario World]]'' include sprites for Para-Beetle, but it is not included in the final game.<ref>[https://twitter.com/IsoFrieze/status/1286734775458422785 Twitter post showing early SMW tiles]. Retrieved July 25, 2020.</ref>

'''<big>パタメット</big><br>

'''{{hover|種族|しゅぞく}}'''　カメ族<br>

'''{{hover|性格|せいかく}}'''　忍耐強い<br>

'''{{hover|登場|とうじょう}}ゲーム'''　3<br>

'''<big>足場として活用せよ</big><br>

メット（P218）に翼が生えたもの。踏みつけやファイアでは倒せない。しかし、足場の少ない空中面では、パタメットがジャンプ台として重要な役割を果してくれる。<ref name=Daijiten>Shogakukan. 1994.「パーフェクト版 マリオキャラクター大事典」 (''Perfect Ban Mario Character Daijiten''), [https://i.imgur.com/FZL4q70.jpeg page 157].</ref>

 

''Tribe: Turtle clan''<br>

''Disposition: Persevering''<br>

''Game appearances: 3''<br>

'''''<big>Use it as a platform</big><br>

==Game appearances==

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SMB3_Parabeetle.jpg|Artwork of two Para-Beetles flying from ''[[Super Mario Bros. 3]]''

|PorE=Parabesouro<br>Para-besouro

|FraA=Parablindule

|FraAM=From Para and Blindule (Buzzy Beetle).

|FraE=Parabruyinsecte<br>Parabruy. (''Paper Mario'' series)<br>Para-scarabée (''Super Mario Bros. 3'' instruction booklet)

|FraEM=From Para and Bruyinsecte (Buzzy Beetle).<br>Shortened version of Parabruyinsecte.<br>Para-Beetle