Editing Blindfold Boo

{{species infobox
|image=[[File:BlindBoo.PNG|200px]]<br>A Blindfold Boo in ''[[Yoshi's Story]]''
|first_appearance=''[[Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island]]'' ([[List of games by date#1995|1995]])
|latest_appearance=''[[Super Princess Peach]]'' ([[List of games by date#2005|2005]])
|variant_of=[[Boo]]
|comparable=[[Wonder Gnawsher]]
}}
{{quote|Walk softly around this ghost. He won't find you if you're quiet.|[[Message Block]] in the [[Ghost Castle]]|''[[Yoshi's Story]]''}}
A '''Blindfold Boo''',<ref>{{cite|deadlink=y|archive=web.archive.org/web/20000511080114/http://www.yoshisstory.com:80/6-3.html|title=''Yoshi's Story'' official website|publisher=Nintendo of America|language=en-us|accessdate=June 6, 2024}}</ref> also known as a '''Blindfolded Boo'''<ref>{{cite|quote='''Blindfolded Boos''': These ghosts are undefeatable and can track you by movement. Walk very slowly and try to avoid their attacks.|author=Prima Bath|title=''Nintendo 64 Game Secrets, 1999 Edition'' Prima's Official Strategy Guide|page=105|date=April 7, 1999|publisher=[[Prima Games]]|language=en-us|isbn=0-7615-2103-8}}</ref> or '''Boo Man Bluff''',<ref name=YI>{{cite|author=Miller, Kent and Terry Munson|title=''Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island'' Player's Guide|language=en-us|publisher=[[Nintendo Power]]|date=1995|page={{file link|SMW2 Guide 126.jpg|126}}}}</ref> is a species of [[Boo]] encountered in ''[[Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island]]'' (and [[Yoshi's Island: Super Mario Advance 3|its reissue]]), ''[[Yoshi's Story]]'', and ''[[Super Princess Peach]]''. As their name suggests, Blindfold Boos are blindfolded. They were originally depicted as mid-sized peach-colored Boos with green mouths, but they were depicted as normal-sized white Boos with pink mouths in later appearances. Since it cannot see, a Blindfold Boo relies on sound to guide it. When it hears a sound, such as a [[Yoshi (species)|Yoshi]] gathering [[coin]]s, it homes in on the sound. In ''Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island'', only one Blindfold Boo is found in [[Bigger Boo's Fort]], while in the [[reissue]], some are found in [[Endless World of Yoshis]].

In ''Yoshi's Story'', Blindfold Boos were redesigned to have light-blue blindfolds, rather than black, and have large pink ears rather than arms. Blindfold Boos appear only in the [[Ghost Castle]], where four of them (three in the beginning and one in the tower climb) appear and act just as they do in their first appearance. Much like in the previous game, they are invulnerable to attacks, and when pursuing a Yoshi, they can move faster than a Yoshi can [[dash|run]]. If a Yoshi touches a Blindfold Boo or receives any attack by one, he loses three petals from the [[Health Meter#Yoshi's Story|Smile Meter]].

In ''Super Princess Peach'', the Blindfold Boos' appearance was changed once again to more closely resemble their original sprite, but they come only as an advancing swarm wall this time. If [[Princess Peach|Peach]] is hit by the swarm, she has to go back to the start of the room she is in. The chase ends when she leads the Blindfold Boos into light, causing them to vanish. They first appear in [[Shriek Mansion]]. Fast versions are introduced in [[Bowser's Villa]], and they can be outrun only through the use of the [[Gloom]] vibe. Like [[Unshelled Koopa Troopa|unshelled Koopa]]s, blue [[Lava Bubble|Podoboo]]s, and [[Security Thwomp]]s, they do not appear in the in-game glossary.

The name "Boo Man Bluff" is derived from the name of the tag-related game {{wp|blind man's bluff}}, which also involves blindfolds.

==Profiles==
===''Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island'' / ''Yoshi's Island: Super Mario Advance 3''===
*'''Shogakukan guide:''' 目が見えないから、むかい合っても動じない。<ref name=Sho/> (''Because they are blind, they do not move when confronted.'')
*'''[[Player's Guide]]:''' ''Another Boo who goes bump in the night in Bigger Boo's Castle. Found near the Blue Boos.''<ref name=YI/>
*'''Shogakukan guide ([[Yoshi's Island: Super Mario Advance 3|Game Boy Advance version]]):''' めかくしをしているが、ヨッシーのジャンプやヒップドロップの音に反応する。ヨッシーと目が合う心配がないので、向かい合っていても近づいてくるぞ。<ref name=Advance/> (''He is wearing a blindfold, but reacts to the sound of Yoshi's jumps and Hip Drops. You don't have to worry about eye contact with Yoshi, he will approach you even if you are facing him.'')

===''Yoshi's Story''===
*'''Shogakukan guide:''' 目隠しされて耳がダンボ。気づかれないように、めき足、さし足。<ref name=YS/> (''Blindfolded with {{wp|Dumbo}} ears. To not let them notice you, take stealthy footsteps.'')
*'''Nintendo 64 Spieleberater:''' ''Wer nix sieht, der kann mir auch nicht gefährlich werden... Aber nur wenn ich nichts mache und warte, bis er weg schwebt!'' <ref name=German/> (''The one who doesn't see anything can't be dangerous to me... But only if I do nothing and wait until he floats away!'')

==Gallery==
<gallery>
SMW2YI - Boo Man Bluff.png|''[[Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island]]''
SMW2 Boo Man Bluff chase.png|''Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island''
SMW2YI Boo with Blindfold screenshot.png|''Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island''
YSBlindfoldBoo.png|''[[Yoshi's Story]]''
YS-GhostCastle-Icon.png|''Yoshi's Story''
BooManBluff SMW2.png|''[[Yoshi's Island: Super Mario Advance 3]]''
SPP Blindfold Boo.png|''[[Super Princess Peach]]''
Shriek Mansion 3-9.png|''Super Princess Peach''
</gallery>

==Names in other languages==
{{foreign names
|Jpn=めかくしテレサ<ref name=Sho>{{cite|language=Japanese|publisher=Shogakukan|title=「スーパーマリオヨッシーアイランド任天堂公式ガイドブック」 (''Super Mario: Yossy Island Nintendo Kōshiki Guidebook'')|page=[[media:Super Mario Yossy Island Shogakukan P7.jpg|7]]}}</ref><ref name=Advance>{{cite|language=Japanese|publisher=Shogakukan|title=「スーパーマリオアドバンス3任天堂公式ガイドブック」 (''Super Mario Advance 3 Nintendo Kōshiki Guidebook'')|page=[[media:Advance 3 Shogakukan P23.png|23]]}}</ref><ref name=YS>{{cite|language=Japanese|publisher=Shogakukan|title=「ヨッシーストーリー 任天堂公式ガイドブック」 (''Yoshi's Story Nintendo Kōshiki Guidebook'')|page=[[media:Yoshi Story Shogakukan P7.jpg|7]]}}</ref>
|JpnR=Mekakushi Teresa
|JpnM=Blindfold Boo
|Ger=Gruft Buu (''Yoshi's Island'')
|Ger2=Blinde-Buu<ref name=German>{{cite|language=de|title=Nintendo 64 ''Yoshi's Story'' Spieleberater|publisher=Nintendo of Europe|page={{file link|Yoshi's Story German Guide Enemies.png|19}}}}</ref> (''Yoshi's Story'')
|GerM=Crypt Boo
|Ger2M=Blind Boo. Pun on the game name ''Blinde Kuh'' (lit. "blind cow", German name for Blind man's buff)
|Spa=Boo Ciego
|SpaM=Blind Boo
}}

==Names in other languages==
{{foreignname
|Jap=めかくしテレサ{{refneeded}}
|JapR=Mekakushi Teresa
|JapM=Blindfolded Boo}}

==References==
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==Interwiki links==
*[[:de:Gruft Buu]]
*[[:de:Blinde-Buu]] – ''Yoshi's Story''
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