Prongo

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Not to be confused with Pronto.

Prongos[1] are Goombeetle-like enemies that appear in Super Mario 3D Land, named after the word prong. These enemies have a large, metallic blue box object with golden spikes sticking out along the sides and the top. The spikes have orange markings surrounding them. The metallic blue box covers the majority of their body, except their green feet and yellow underside. Prongos have small red eyes that peer through a hole in the metal box covering them.

History

Super Mario 3D Land

The new enemies.
Two Prongos about to jump on Mario
A Prongo in Super Mario 3D Land
A Prongo

Prongos appear in later levels of normal worlds, but become common enemies in the Special Worlds. When a Prongo spots Mario or Luigi, it will run after them like a Goomba. If the Prongo gets close enough, it will dive and try to headbump the player, similar to Spiked Goombas from the Paper Mario series. If the Prongo misses, it will become stuck in the ground due to its spikes, leaving it open for attack. This also makes it the only possible time to defeat it with a fireball from Fire Mario or a boomerang from Boomerang Mario. After a few seconds, the Prongo will free itself from the ground and continue its pursuit of the player.

Prongos cannot be defeated when they are upright, except with the use of a Super Star. Tail whips will flip a Prongo over, making it vulnerable to any attack.

Official profiles

Super Mario 3D Land

  • European Website Bio: "Prongos have a spike growing out of their head, so don't jump on them whatever you do! You'll just have to find other ways of dealing with them..."

Names in other languages

Language Name Meaning
Japanese Toge Metbo[2]
(internal)
ツノへい
Tsuno Hei

 Spiked Goombeetle

Horned Soldier

Chinese 刺角兵[3][4]
Cì Jiǎo Bīng
 Spike Horn Soldier

Dutch Prongo
 -
German Stachelrekrut
 Spike Recruit
Italian Soldaspino
 Portmanteau of "soldato" (soldier) and "spino" (spine).
Korean 뿔뿔병
Ppulppul-Byeong
 Horned Soldier

Portuguese Soldado Espinho
 Spike Soldier
Russian Шипоносец
Shiponosets
 From Шип (Spike) and -носец (suffix for carrying)

Spanish Guardaespín
 Pun on guardia (guard) and espín (spike)

Gallery

  • Super Mario 3D Land Japanese trading card

    Super Mario 3D Land Japanese trading card

  • A keychain of Prongo

    A keychain of Prongo

  • Model of a Prongo

    Model of a Prongo

References

  1. ^ Super Mario 3D Land Prima eGuide, Enemies tab.
  2. ^ Super Mario 3D Land internal filename (TogeMetbo)
  3. ^ https://www.ique.com/3ds/arej/adventure/index.html
  4. ^ https://www.nintendo.com.hk/3dland/adventure/index.html
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