Big Spiny
| Big Spiny | |||
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 Sprite of the Big Spiny from Paper Mario: Color Splash | |||
| First appearance | Super Mario Bros.: Peach-hime Kyūshutsu Dai Sakusen! (1986) | ||
| Latest appearance | Super Mario Maker 2 (2019) | ||
| Variant of | Spiny | ||
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- “This sharp enemy is no good for hugs. Spinies in the desert are a bit bigger too...”
- —Notebook bio (Spiny), Super Mario Run
Big Spinies are a larger variant of Spiny that appears throughout the Super Mario franchise.
History[edit]
Super Mario Bros.: Peach-hime Kyūshutsu Dai Sakusen![edit]
Big-sized Spinies appear in the 1986 anime movie Super Mario Bros.: Peach-hime Kyūshutsu Dai Sakusen!. A Lakitu appears right after Mario, Luigi, and Kibidango escape from a field of Piranha Plants. This Lakitu starts throwing Spiny's eggs at the ground surrounding the trio. The three laugh at the Lakitu for its poor aim. However, Lakitu pulls a lever in its cloud that emits rain and turns the eggs into fully-fledged Spinies. They close in on the group. However, this surrounding does not last long; a beanstalk grows beneath Mario, allowing Mario and his companions to escape. Before the Lakitu can escape, Mario grabs a piece of its cloud and makes it snow on the large Spinies, freezing them. When Mario returns to the earth, the Spiny group is gone.
Mario Party 9[edit]
Big Spinies appear in a single minigame, Sock It to Lakitu, once Lakitu's health is reduced by half. Lakitu starts throwing Big Spinies, which act the same way as normal Spinies in the boss fight, except that players hit by them lose two points.
Super Mario series[edit]
Super Mario Maker / Super Mario Maker for Nintendo 3DS / Super Mario Maker 2[edit]
They reappear in Super Mario Maker, Super Mario Maker for Nintendo 3DS, and Super Mario Maker 2; the player can enlarge a normal Spiny by using a Super Mushroom. Winged Big Spinies will act the same as their smaller counterparts.
Super Mario Run[edit]
Big Spinies are also found in Super Mario Run, first appearing in World 3-1: Big Spiny Blitz. They behave like regular Spinies from 2D Super Mario platformers. Big Spinies lack an entry in the Notebook menu, and are considered to be regular Spinies in regards to enemy leveling. The Notebook's description of Spiny references Spinies being larger in the desert, alluding to Big Spiny Blitz.
Mario Golf: World Tour[edit]
In the Mario Golf: World Tour course Wiggler Park, several Big Spinies appear as obstacles on Hole 5.
Paper Mario: Color Splash[edit]
- “Can it, can man! This shiny, painty thing is property of the Spiny tribe of Kiwano Temple. It's not going anywhere. Now, you gonna throw yourselves in the lava, or do I gotta do it for you?”
- —Big Spiny, Paper Mario: Color Splash
A single Big Spiny appears in Paper Mario: Color Splash as a mini boss in Kiwano Temple, where it guards a Mini Paint Star. In battle, it can charge up its attacks and fly at Mario to do damage. Swoops can assist the Big Spiny in battle if it is not flipped over. The charged attack can be jumped over with the Frog Suit. However, if it is flipped over with a POW Block, it will retaliate with a jumping slam based on Mario's own Spin Jump that can't be dodged in any way.
If the player flees successfully, the Big Spiny will remain in front of the Yellow Mini Paint Star. The player can bypass the Big Spiny; however, it will challenge Mario once again should he return.
Statistics[edit]
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HP | 130 | Type | Spiny, Shelled | Role | Boss | Card | ||||||||||||||
| Strong | None | Weak | None | Card drop rate | 3 | 
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| Moves | Attack (7), Stomped-on Attack (15), Charge Attack (50), Spin Jump Attack (24), Line Attack (3), Group Attack (20), Blowback Attack (36) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Location(s) | Kiwano Temple | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Quotes | N/A | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| ENEMY_RANDAM_1_5 | |||||||||||||||||||||
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Gallery[edit]
A Big Spiny from Mario Party 9.
A normal Spiny and a Big Spiny in Super Mario Maker.
A Big Spiny from Super Mario Run.
Names in other languages[edit]
| Language | Name | Meaning | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Japanese | でかトゲゾー[?] Deka Togezō |
Big Spiny | |
| French | Maxi-Hériss[?] | Maxi-Spiny | |
| German | Großer Stachi[?] | Big Spiny | |
| Italian | Koopistrice gigante[?] | Giant Spiny | |
| Portuguese | Piquinhos Gigante[?] | Huge Spiny | |
| Russian | Огромный Колючкин[?] Ogromnyy Kolyuchkin |
Huge Spiny | |
| Spanish (NOA) | Gran Picudo Picudote (Paper Mario: Color Splash)[?] |
Big Spiny Picudo (Spiny) + -ote, a suffix denoting a large size |
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| Spanish (NOE) | Gran Pinchón[?] | Big Spiny |
| Spinies | |
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| Characters | Kyodai Togemetto • Spike Storm |
| Species | Big Spiny • Dark Spiny • Paper Spiny • Piranha Pod • Sad Spiny • Sharpea • Sky-Blue Spiny • Spike Blop • Spike Koopa • Spikester • Spikey • Spiny • Spiny Egg • Spiny R • Spiny Shroopa • Thorny • Urspike |
| Related items | Giant Spiny Shell • Spiny Orb • Spiny Shell (blue) • Spiny Shell (red) |
