Porcupuffer

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This article is about the spiked fish from Super Mario World. For the boss in Mario Pinball Land, see Porcupuffer (boss).

Template:Species-infobox Porcupuffers[1] (called Porcu-Puffers in Super Mario World) are a species of large, garishly-colored Cheep Cheeps that first debuted in Super Mario World. They resemble gigantic indigo Cheep Cheeps with magenta lips and blue, cyan, and yellow spikes all over their back. Their faces are nearly identical to those of Boss Bass, Big Berthas, and Cheep Chomps, but unlike them, they never try to eat Mario. Their name is a portmanteau of "porcupine" and "pufferfish".

History

Super Mario series

Super Mario World

Artwork of a Porcu-Puffer
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Porcupuffers appear in Super Mario World, where they follow Mario and Luigi in the water. The Mario Bros. can perform the Spin Jump on them to "ride" them, or use Yoshi. They appear in three levels: the third secret level on top of the Vanilla Dome, a secret area in the Cookie Mountain level, and a hidden area within Chocolate Island 1. Unlike the Floating Mines, they are vulnerable to Fireballs. The in-game sprite depicts them with magenta lips while the artwork depicts them with yellow lips.

New Super Mario Bros. Wii

Porcupuffer

After a long absence, Porcupuffers are featured again in New Super Mario Bros. Wii. Here, they attack exactly the same as the Spike Bass in the predecessor, swimming near the surface to pursue the plumber and his party or even leaping from the water to attack. Porcupuffers serve as obstacles for World 4, and they appear again in World 6 in level 6-5 and later in World 9 in level 9-2. They can only be defeated with a fireball, star or Koopa Shell; another one will come to take its place several seconds later. This also occurs in the Enemy Courses, although the replacement occurs much quicker. They can also be frozen, but they crack out almost instantly, much like a Spiny Cheep Cheep.

Super Mario 3D Land

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Porcupuffers later appear in Super Mario 3D Land, inhabiting underwater and beach levels. They retain their appearance from New Super Mario Bros. Wii. In this game, Porcupuffers swim back and forth while underwater, while in World 6-1, they jump out of the water in specific locations attempting to hurt Mario, and may even break some portions of the bridge he uses to reach the end of the level. Aside from the bridge-breaking, these behaviors are shared by this game's Cheep Cheeps, making them functionally similar to a Big Cheep Cheep in this game, albeit with spikes.

New Super Mario Bros. 2

Porcupuffers reappear in New Super Mario Bros. 2 , acting the same as they did in New Super Mario Bros. Wii. Here, they appear in World Flower-2 and World Star-4. They also appear in stage one of the Impossible Pack downloadable content. This game shows that Porcupuffers can survive swimming in poisonous water.

New Super Mario Bros. U

Porcupuffers once again appear in New Super Mario Bros. U, behaving the same way as in its predecessors. They only appear in Porcupuffer Falls in Rock-Candy Mines.

In New Super Luigi U, they appear in Porcupuffer Cavern in Rock-Candy Mines.

Super Mario 3D World

Porcupuffer in Pipeline Lagoon
Porcupuffer in Super Mario 3D World

Porcupuffers return in Super Mario 3D World. They behave the same way they do in Super Mario 3D Land. They only appear in Pipeline Lagoon.

Mario Kart series

Mario Kart Arcade GP

In Mario Kart Arcade GP, an item known as a Needle Bomb appears, which resembles a Porcupuffer.

Mario Kart Arcade GP DX

Porcupuffer from Mario Kart Arcade GP DX.

In Mario Kart Arcade GP DX, they appear as an item that can be placed on the course. They can come singularly, or in a group of three as an item dubbed "Triple Porcupuffer".

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Mario & Sonic at the London 2012 Olympic Games

Porcupuffers also appear in Mario & Sonic at the London 2012 Olympic Games. During the Dream Rafting event, the second task a team is required to do is defeat some Porcupuffers. To defeat these Porcupuffers, the participants must Ground Pound the raft at the same time when they're beneath it. They also appear during the Highway Tally game in London Party mode.

Mario + Rabbids Kingdom Battle

In Mario + Rabbids Kingdom Battle, four Porcupuffers make cameo appearances as fountain statues in Gallery mode.

Super Mario Party

Porcupuffers appear in Super Mario Party as non-playable characters. A Porcupuffer can appear along with a Blooper and a Cheep Cheep in the minigame Rattle and Hmmm.

Gallery

Names in other languages

Language Name Meaning
Japanese フグマンネン
Fugumannen
From Fugu, the Japanese name for pufferfish, and 「万年」 mannen, meaning "ten thousand years". May possibly be a reference to Harimannen.

Chinese 刺河豚[2]
Cì Hétún
Spiky Puffer

German Stachelfisch
Spike Fish
Italian Pesce Spino
Spike Fish
Portuguese (NOE) Balão Cheep
From Cheep Cheep and "peixe-balão" (puffer fish)
Russian Иглорыба-толстяк
Igloryba-tolstyak
Fatso needle fish

Spanish (NOA) Cheep globo
Balloon Cheep
Spanish (NOE) Porcu-Puffer
Porcupuffer

Trivia

References

  1. ^ von Esmarch, Nick. 2012. New Super Mario Bros. 2 Prima Official Game Guide. Page 25.
  2. ^ 无敌阿尔宙斯 (August 28, 2013). 神游 超级马力欧世界 敌人官译. Baidu Tieba. Retrieved February 2, 2017.
  3. ^ Bueno, Fernando. New Super Mario Bros. Wii PRIMA Official Game Guide, pages 82 and 176.
  4. ^ Bueno, Fernando. New Super Mario Bros. Wii PRIMA Official Game Guide, page 14.
  5. ^ Browne, Catherine. Super Mario Galaxy 2 PRIMA Official Game Guide, pages 28 and 90.