Sherm
Sherms are tank enemies that appear in Super Mario Odyssey. They are green with a white Bowser's emblem printed on them, fire pearlescent blue explosives, and can be found in the Wooded Kingdom, the Metro Kingdom at nighttime, the Underground Moon Caverns in the Moon Kingdom, and the Mechawiggler rematch in the Mushroom Kingdom. They can be beaten with a ground pound or a shot fired by a captured Sherm. When captured with and controlled by Cappy, the player can aim its cannon with the right Control Stick (as well as by tilting the Joy-Con/Pro Controller), and fire explosives with . The explosives can also be used to collect items. They are used to defeat Mechawiggler.
The name "Sherm" is a reference to the famous American M4 Sherman tank, which was one of the most common tanks in World War II - the hat they wear in the Metro Kingdom even resembles the Ascot top hat worn in depictions of Uncle Sam.
Gallery
A Sherm while under the control of Mario
A photo in Nintendo E3 2017 from Nintendo's Instagram account
Names in other languages
| Language | Name | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| Japanese | Tank[1] (internal) タンクロー[2] Tankurō |
Tank From Tank and ＊九郎(-kurō)(where ＊ is typically a kanji), an old-fashioned male given name pattern. e.g. 三宅 藤九郎(Miyake tōkurō), 宮藤 官九郎(Kudō Kankurō) (More generally, the pattern is "＊{N}郎", where {N} is a number up to ten, namely 一(ichi), 二 or 次(ji), 三(sabu/zabu), 四(shi), 五(go), 六(roku), 七(shichi), 八(hachi), 九(ku) or 十(jū). e.g. 小泉 純一郎(Koizumi Jun'ichirō), 市川 團十郎(Ichikawa Danjūrō)) |
| Chinese | 坦克仔 Tǎnkè Zǎi |
Tank Guy |
| Dutch | Sherm |
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| German | Shermützler |
From Sherm (transliteration of the English name), Mütze (cap) and Scharmützel (skirmish) |
| Italian | Carlo Armato[3] |
From the name Carlo and carro armato (tank). |
| Korean | 탱크로 Taengkeuro |
From the Japanese name. |
| Russian | Шерм[4] Sherm |
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| Spanish | Sherm |
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References
- ^ Super Mario Odyssey internal filename (Tank)
- ^ Official Japanese Super Mario Odyssey Twitter
- ^ Official Italian Super Mario Odyssey Twitter
- ^ Official Russian Super Mario Odyssey Twitter
