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[[File:MBShellcreeperIntro.png|thumb|Shellcreeper introduction screen in the arcade version]] | [[File:MBShellcreeperIntro.png|thumb|Shellcreeper introduction screen in the arcade version]] | ||
The Shellcreeper is the first enemy to appear in ''[[Mario Bros. (game)|Mario Bros.]]'' They walk out of the [[Warp Pipe|pipe]]s at the top of the screen and walk towards the pipes at the bottom of the screen. The player must hit it from below through the [[floor (Mario Bros.)|floor]] to flip it over and run into it to defeat it. If the player does not run into it, the Shellcreeper jumps out of its shell (revealing that it wears a white shirt and shorts), flips its shell over, changes color from green to purple and continues moving faster than before. If it flips its shell again, it will turn red, its fastest state. If a Shellcreeper is the last target for the phase, it will automatically turn red. Unlike the similar [[Koopa Troopa]], jumping on Shellcreeper will cause [[Mario]] or [[Luigi]] to lose | The Shellcreeper is the first enemy to appear in ''[[Mario Bros. (game)|Mario Bros.]]'' They walk out of the [[Warp Pipe|pipe]]s at the top of the screen and walk towards the pipes at the bottom of the screen. The player must hit it from below through the [[floor (Mario Bros.)|floor]] to flip it over and then run into it to defeat it. If the player does not run into it, the Shellcreeper jumps out of its shell (revealing that it wears a white shirt and shorts), flips its shell over, changes color from green to purple and continues moving faster than before. If it flips its shell again, it will turn red, its fastest state. If a Shellcreeper is the last target for the phase, it will automatically turn red. Unlike the similar [[Koopa Troopa]], jumping on Shellcreeper will cause [[Mario]] or [[Luigi]] to lose an [[extra life|life]]. Also, Shellcreepers can attack by biting Mario or Luigi with their teeth. | ||
In the NES version, Shellcreepers lack an animation for changing shell colors, and the colors now go from green to red to pink, the last of which also has blue skin. Additionally, in the initial NES release they are smaller than in the original arcade version, though this is no longer the case in later editions. | In the NES version, Shellcreepers lack an animation for changing shell colors, and the colors now go from green to red to pink, the last of which also has blue skin. Additionally, in the initial NES release they are smaller than in the original arcade version, though this is no longer the case in later editions. | ||
Starting with the ''Mario Bros.''-style battle mode in ''[[Super Mario Bros. 3]]'', Shellcreepers have been replaced by [[Spiny|Spinies]] in all subsequent versions, so they would not be mistaken for Koopa Troopas, which | Starting with the ''Mario Bros.''-style battle mode in ''[[Super Mario Bros. 3]]'', Shellcreepers have been replaced by [[Spiny|Spinies]] in all subsequent versions, so they would not be mistaken for Koopa Troopas, which can be jumped on. Despite this, a lone Shellcreeper still makes a cameo alongside a [[Sidestepper]] and [[Fighter Fly]] on the title screen of the [[Game Boy Advance]] remakes of ''Mario Bros.'' In ''[[Mario Clash]]'', Koopa Troopas are given a similar sprite design to Shellcreepers, and even do the same tooth-baring pose. | ||
====''Mario Bros. Special''==== | ====''Mario Bros. Special''==== | ||