Editing Big Buzzy Beetle

{{species infobox
|image=[[File:PMCS Big Buzzy Beetle.png]]<br>A Big Buzzy Beetle from ''[[Paper Mario: Color Splash]]''
|first_appearance=''[[Super Mario Bros.: Peach-hime Kyūshutsu Dai Sakusen!]]'' (1986)
|latest_appearance=''[[Super Mario Maker 2]]'' ([[List of games by date#2019|2019]])
|variant_of=[[Buzzy Beetle]]
|variants=[[Big Bony Beetle]]<br>[[Buzzy Beetle Tower]]<br>[[Heavy Para-Beetle]]
}}
'''Big Buzzy Beetles''' are [[List of enemies|enemies]] introduced in ''[[Super Mario Bros.: Peach-hime Kyūshutsu Dai Sakusen!]]''. Aside from being larger, Big Buzzy Beetles have no discernable differences from regular [[Buzzy Beetle]]s.

==History==
===''Super Mario Bros.: Peach-hime Kyūshutsu Dai Sakusen!''===
[[File:Big Buzzies SMB Anime.png|thumb|left|A large and small [[Buzzy Beetle]] walking in ''Super Mario Bros.: Peach-hime Kyūshutsu Dai Sakusen!'']]
In ''Super Mario Bros.: Peach-hime Kyūshutsu Dai Sakusen!'', a large Buzzy Beetle appears during a walking montage scene. It walks forward with a smaller Buzzy Beetle behind it. However, [[Mario]] uses the power of the [[Fire Flower|flower]] he had recently acquired to throw a [[fireball]] at it. This defeats the Buzzy Beetle, although Buzzy Beetles are impervious to fireballs in the games.
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===''Paper Mario'' series===
====''Paper Mario: Sticker Star''====
{{:Paper Mario: Sticker Star bestiary|transcludesection=Big Buzzy Beetle}}
[[File:PMSS Big Buzzy Beetle.png|thumb|left|The Big Buzzy Beetle in ''Paper Mario: Sticker Star'']]
Making their game debut in ''[[Paper Mario: Sticker Star]]'', one Big Buzzy Beetle acts as a mini-boss of [[Hither Thither Hill]], the third boss battle of [[World 1 (Paper Mario: Sticker Star)|World 1]]. [[Mario]] must defeat it to continue his adventure. In battle, the Big Buzzy Beetle can go into its shell and ram into Mario, just like normal Buzzy Beetles. However, the Big Buzzy Beetle is impervious to all attacks (except for [[Ice Flower]]s, which will damage it), with its only weak spot being its underbelly. The boss must be flipped over by either successfully jumping on it or by using a [[POW Block]] [[Sticker (Paper Mario: Sticker Star)|sticker]]. When it is upside-down, the Big Buzzy Beetle can ram into Mario again and bring itself up. It has 40 [[Heart Point|HP]], and drops an [[MAX UP Heart|HP-Up Heart]] upon defeat. It is also the only optional boss in the game.
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====''Paper Mario: Color Splash''====
A single Big Buzzy Beetle appears in ''[[Paper Mario: Color Splash]]'', serving as the [[Buzzy Beetle Tower]] base in [[The Emerald Circus]]. It can be flipped over by using a POW Block [[Battle Card (Paper Mario: Color Splash)|card]].

===''Super Mario'' series===
====''New Super Mario Bros. U''====
[[File:NSMBURisingTidesofLava.png|thumb|250px|Three Big Buzzy Beetles from ''New Super Mario Bros. U'']]
Big Buzzy Beetles are enemies in ''[[New Super Mario Bros. U]]''. They act as both enemies and platforms. Mario can jump and stand on top of a Big Buzzy Beetle's shell while it is floating on [[lava]] when it rises, showing them to be immune to lava. When not floating on lava and when it is not stomped on, it just retreats into the shell. Big Buzzy Beetles are encountered in [[Rising Tides of Lava]], and they are one of the few enemies that do not reappear in ''[[New Super Luigi U]]''.
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====''Super Mario Maker'' / ''Super Mario Maker for Nintendo 3DS'' / ''Super Mario Maker 2''====
Big Buzzy Beetles are present yet again in ''[[Super Mario Maker]]'', ''[[Super Mario Maker for Nintendo 3DS]]'', and ''[[Super Mario Maker 2]]''. The player can enlarge a normal Buzzy Beetle with a [[Super Mushroom]], and thus the implication of Big Buzzy Beetles within the game. Big Buzzy Beetles are no longer immune to lava like in ''New Super Mario Bros. U''; they simply sink into the lava to be consistent with other enemies.

===''Mario Golf: World Tour''===
Big Buzzy Beetles are non-playable characters in ''[[Mario Golf: World Tour]]'' They appear on Hole 8 of [[Wiggler Park]].

===Unused appearances===
[[File:MegaBuzzyBeetle NSMBW.png|thumb|The big, unused Buzzy Beetle in ''New Super Mario Bros. Wii'']]
Sprites found in prototype revisions of ''[[Super Mario World]]'' include sprites for large Buzzy Beetles, but it is not included in the final game in any way.<ref>{{cite|url=x.com/IsoFrieze/status/1286748794248462337|title=now that is a big buzzy<nowiki>[sic]</nowiki>|author=IsoFrieze|date=July 24, 2020|publisher=X|accessdate=August 6, 2024|language=en}}</ref>

A giant Buzzy Beetle appears as an [[List of New Super Mario Bros. Wii pre-release and unused content#Enemies_2|unused enemy]] in ''[[New Super Mario Bros. Wii]]'', suggesting that they were going to appear during gameplay, but were either never implemented into any level or removed before the final release.

==Names in other languages==
{{foreign names
|Jap=でかメット<ref>{{cite|author=Sakai, Kazuya (Ambit), kikai, Akinori Sao, Junko Fukuda, Kunio Takayama, and Ko Nakahara (Shogakukan), editors|title="New Super Mario Bros. U" in『[[Super Mario Bros. Encyclopedia|スーパーマリオブラザーズ百科: 任天堂公式ガイドブック]]』|language=ja|location=Tokyo|publisher=[[Shogakukan]]|date=2015|page=210|isbn=4-091065-69-4}}</ref>
|JapR=Deka Metto
|JapM=Big Buzzy Beetle
|FreA=Blindule Géant
|FreAM=Giant Buzzy Beetle
|FreE=Maxi-Bruyinsecte
|FreEM=Big Buzzy Beetle
|Ger=Maxi-Käfer
|GerM=Big Beetle
|ChiS=巨型钢盔甲虫
|ChiSR=Jùxíng Gāngkuī Jiǎchóng
|ChiSM=Giant Buzzy Beetle
|ChiT=大鋼盔龜
|ChiTR=Dà Gāngkuī Guī
|ChiTM=Big Buzzy Beetle
|Ita=Nella gigante
|ItaN=''Paper Mario'' series
|Ita2=Mega Nella<ref>{{cite|date=November 15, 2018|title=''[[Super Mario Bros. Encyclopedia|Super Mario Bros. Enciclopedia]]''|publisher=Magazzini Salani|language=it|isbn=889367436X|page=210}}</ref>
|Ita2N=''New Super Mario Bros. U''
|Ita3=Nella Gigante<ref>{{cite|title=''[[Super Mario Bros. Encyclopedia|Super Mario Bros. Enciclopedia]]''|page=214|language=it|publisher=Magazzini Salani}}</ref>
|Ita3N=''New Super Mario Bros. U''
|ItaM=Giant Buzzy Beetle
|Ita2M=Mega Buzzy Beetle
|Ita3M=Giant Buzzy Beetle
|SpaA=Gran Buzzy
|SpaAM=Big Buzzy Beetle
|SpaE=Gran Buzzy Beetle
|SpaEM=Big Buzzy Beetle
}}

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[[Category:Buzzy Beetles]]
[[Category:Mini-bosses]]
[[Category:Optional bosses]]
[[Category:New Super Mario Bros. U enemies]]
[[Category:Paper Mario: Sticker Star bosses]]
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