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|image=[[File:Bull's-Eye Bill SMR.png | |image=[[File:Bull's-Eye Bill SMR.png]] | ||
|caption=A Bull's-Eye Bill as seen in ''Captain Toad: Treasure Tracker''. | |caption=A Bull's-Eye Bill as seen in ''Captain Toad: Treasure Tracker''. | ||
|first_appearance=''[[Super Mario Bros. 3]]'' ([[List of games by date#1988|1988]]) | |first_appearance=''[[Super Mario Bros. 3]]'' ([[List of games by date#1988|1988]]) | ||
|latest_appearance=''[[Super Mario | |latest_appearance=''[[Super Mario 3D All-Stars]]'' ([[List of games by date#2020|2020]]) | ||
| | |parent_species=[[Bullet Bill]] | ||
| | |derived_species=[[Bull's-Eye Banzai]]<br>[[Guided Bullet Bill]]<br>[[Targeting Ted]] | ||
| | |related=[[Cat Bullet Bill]] | ||
}} | }} | ||
'''Bull's-Eye Bills''', formerly known as '''Missile Bills'''<ref> | '''Bull's-Eye Bills''', formerly known as '''Missile Bills'''<ref>''Nintendo Power'' Volume 13, page 9.</ref><ref>Bueno, Fernando. ''New Super Mario Bros. Wii'' PRIMA Official Game Guide. Page 16.</ref>, are heat-seeking variants of [[Bullet Bill]]s typically fired from [[Bull's-Eye Blaster]]s. They attack by homing in on the player. Prior to ''[[New Super Mario Bros. Wii]]''<nowiki>'</nowiki>s introduction of the current '''Search Killer''' (サーチキラー), which eventually became known in English as Bull's-Eye Bill, earlier games gave the homing abilities to normal Bullet Bills or their behavioral or color variations, as various sources treat them as.<ref name="SMCE">Page 192 of 「スーパーマリオ<span class=explain title=オールひゃっか>全百科</span>」 (''Super Mario Zen Hyakka'', or "''Super Mario Complete Encyclopedia''"). 「おなじみの<span class=explain title="ほうだん">砲弾</span>。<span class=explain title="ふつう">普通</span>のキラーは、1<span class=explain title="ほうこう">方向</span>にまっすぐ<span class=explain title="すす">進</span>むだけ、『マリオ3』<span class=explain title="しんとうじょう">新登場</span>の「<span class=explain title="おうふく">往復</span>キラー」は、いったん<span class=explain title="はっしゃ">発射</span>されると、<span class=explain title="さゆう">左右</span>にいったりきたりを<span class=explain title="く">繰</span>り<span class=explain title="かえ">返</span>す。」</ref><ref name="SMBH p.36">「キラー砲台から発射され、まっすぐに飛んでくる。Uターンするタイプもいる。」 ("Fired from Killer Cannons, they fly straight ahead. There is also a U-turning type.") - Shogakukan. 2015. Super Mario Bros. Hyakka: Nintendo Kōshiki Guidebook, Super Mario Bros. 3 section, page 36.</ref><ref name="SMA3>「<span class="explain" title="みどり">緑</span>と<span class="explain" title="あか">赤</span>の<span class="explain" title="ほうだい">砲台</span>は<span class="explain" title="こていしき">固定式</span>で、<span class="explain" title="きいろ">黄色</span>の<span class="explain" title="ほうだい">砲台</span>は<span class="explain" title="かいてんしき">回転式</span>。<span class="explain" title="あか">赤</span>いキラーは ヨッシーを<span class="explain" title="お">追</span>いかけ、<span class="explain" title="きいろ">黄色</span>いキ ラーはかべに<span class="explain" title="あ">当</span>たるとはね<span class="explain" title="かえ">返</span>る。<span class="explain" title="ほうだい">砲台</span>を<span class="explain" title="たお">倒</span>すならアイス<span class="explain" title="こうげき">攻撃</span>で。」 ("''Green and red cannons are a fixed type, while yellow cannons are a rotatable type. Red Killers pursue Yoshi, and yellow Killers bounce off walls. The cannons can be defeated by an ice attack.''") - [[Media:Advance 3 Shogakukan P15.png|「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 15.]]</ref><ref name="SMBH p.99">Shogakukan. 2015. ''Super Mario Bros. Hyakka: Nintendo Kōshiki Guidebook'', ''Super Mario Sunshine'' section, page 99.</ref> Following the introduction of their modern iteration, whenever Bullet Bills do not home in on Mario, Bull's-Eye Bills usually appear along them for that purpose. | ||
==History== | ==History== | ||
===''Super Mario'' series=== | ===''Super Mario'' series=== | ||
====''Super Mario Bros. 3''==== | ====''Super Mario Bros. 3''==== | ||
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Missile Bills are introduced in ''[[Super Mario Bros. 3]]''. In this game, a Missile Bill turns around once if it misses its target, but continues going forward without turning around after missing twice. In the original version, the colors a Missile Bill flashes are dependent on the palette the player character uses, as they cycle between all four palettes currently used on their graphical layer.<ref>[https://www.spriters-resource.com/resources/sheets/23/25685.png The Spriters Resource]</ref> As such | Missile Bills are introduced in ''[[Super Mario Bros. 3]]''. In this game, a Missile Bill turns around once if it misses its target, but continues going forward without turning around after missing twice. In the original version, the colors a Missile Bill flashes are dependent on the palette the player character uses, as they cycle between all four palettes currently used on their graphical layer.<ref>[https://www.spriters-resource.com/resources/sheets/23/25685.png The Spriters Resource]</ref> As such, playing as [[Frog Mario]] or any of the normal-colored versions of [[Luigi]] causes them to flash green, while playing as [[Hammer Mario]] or Luigi causes them to flash white with bright orange arms. In the remakes, they consistently flash between black, orange, and red, while having tan-tinted arms unlike the Bullet Bill's yellow-tinted ones. Missile Bills only appear in [[World 4-5 (Super Mario Bros. 3)|World 4-5]]. | ||
====''Super Mario Sunshine''==== | |||
[[File:MissileBillSMS.png|thumb|left|150px|A Purple Bullet Bill from ''Super Mario Sunshine'']] | |||
Mario-seeking Bullet Bills known as '''Purple Bullet Bills'''<ref>Hodgson, David S J, Bryan Stratton, and Stephen Stratton. ''Super Mario Sunshine'' Prima's Official Strategy Guide. Page 19.</ref> appear in ''[[Super Mario Sunshine]]'' at [[Pinna Park]]'s beach. As their name implies, they are purple with a blinking red nose, and are shot from the [[Monty Mole]]'s [[cannon]]. They always home in, meaning that [[Mario]] must dodge out of their way to outrun them, since they often take several seconds to turn around. They are required to break open the baskets on the beach which hold [[Blue Coin]]s. Purple Bullet Bills explode when they make contact with an object, or if Mario squirts water at them. During the final battle, [[Bowser Jr.]] sends a derivative known as [[Guided Bullet Bill]]s. | |||
====''New Super Mario Bros. Wii''==== | ====''New Super Mario Bros. Wii''==== | ||
[[File:NSMBW World 9-3 Screenshot.png|thumb|250px|Missile Bills from ''New Super Mario Bros Wii'']] | [[File:NSMBW World 9-3 Screenshot.png|thumb|250px|Missile Bills from ''New Super Mario Bros Wii'']] | ||
Missile Bills appear in ''[[New Super Mario Bros. Wii]]''. Despite having the same name of the flashing Bullet Bills of ''Super Mario Bros. 3'' in the [[Prima Games]] guide, their Japanese name indicates that this game is the first one to use its modern iteration. They resemble normal Bullet Bills, but when one sees Mario, it will make a beeping noise and start flashing red. Here, they have a similar attack pattern to the one they had in ''Super Mario Bros. 3''; however, in this game | Missile Bills appear in ''[[New Super Mario Bros. Wii]]''. Despite having the same name of the flashing Bullet Bills of ''Super Mario Bros. 3'' in the [[Prima Games]] guide, their Japanese name indicates that this game is the first one to use its modern iteration. They resemble normal Bullet Bills, but when one sees Mario, it will make a beeping noise and start flashing red. Here, they have a similar attack pattern to the one they had in ''Super Mario Bros. 3''; however, in this game they can change the angle they are flying at and will not stop pursuing the player until they are defeated, or the player has gotten far enough away. They can be defeated the same way as normal Bullet Bills. They only appear in [[World 9-3 (New Super Mario Bros. Wii)|World 9-3]], alongside [[Bull's-Eye Banzai|Mario-seeking Banzai Bills referred to as King Bill]]s. | ||
====''New Super Mario Bros. U | ====''New Super Mario Bros. U / New Super Mario Bros. U Deluxe''==== | ||
In ''[[New Super Mario Bros. U]]'' and ''[[New Super | In ''[[New Super Mario Bros. U]]'' and ''[[New Super Mario Bros. U Deluxe]]'', the Missile Bills of ''New Super Mario Bros. Wii'' make a comeback, appearing only during the [[Roy Koopa]] battle at [[Rock-Candy Mines]]. They are seen being shot out of Roy's Bullet Bill cannon. In this case, though, after some time unsuccessfully chasing Mario, it self-destructs like a [[Flame Chomp]]. | ||
====''Super Mario Maker'' series==== | ====''Super Mario Maker'' series==== | ||
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====''Super Mario Run''==== | ====''Super Mario Run''==== | ||
Bull's-Eye Bills appear in ''[[Super Mario Run]]'', exclusively in [[Bullet Bill Barrage]]. Bull's-Eye Bills appear from the left of the screen | Bull's-Eye Bills appear in ''[[Super Mario Run]]'', exclusively in [[Bullet Bill Barrage]]. Bull's-Eye Bills appear from the left of the screen and position themselves behind Mario if they are level with him. After a few seconds they will charge forward, whether or not Mario is in front of them. Like the similar [[Bullet Bill]], they cannot be vaulted over. | ||
====''Super Mario | ===''Yoshi'' franchise=== | ||
====''Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island'' / ''Yoshi's Island: Super Mario Advance 3''==== | |||
[[File:BitingBulletBill SMW2.png|thumb]] | |||
Red Bullet Bills capable of following the player are [[List of Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island pre-release and unused content|unused]] in ''[[Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island]]''; however, they do appear in ''[[Yoshi's Island: Super Mario Advance 3]]'' in the final secret level, [[Endless World of Yoshis]]. They are fired from [[Bull's-Eye Blaster#Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island / Yoshi's Island: Super Mario Advance 3|red Turtle Cannon]]s and appear to make a biting motion as they fly, though this is purely for show. As they fly, they gradually slow down, eventually shrinking away in light blue and vanishing with a pop. They can be defeated by simply [[stomp]]ing or [[swallow]]ing them; they look like regular Bullet Bills if spat back out, but they fly downwards. | |||
===''Yoshi's | This is the first game to have them be able to follow the player at any angle, due to the ones in ''Super Mario Bros. 3'' and ''Super Mario Sunshine'' being restricted to lateral movement. | ||
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====''Yoshi's Woolly World'' / ''Poochy & Yoshi's Woolly World''==== | |||
[[File:WoollyBull's-EyeBillHQ.png|thumb|right|A Bull's-Eye Bill in Yoshi's Wooly World]] | |||
Bull's-Eye Bills make their non-[[reissue]] debut in the [[Yoshi (franchise)|''Yoshi'' franchise]] in ''[[Yoshi's Woolly World]]'' and ''[[Poochy & Yoshi's Woolly World]]''. They are made out of red wool. They can only be found in [[Knot-Wing the Koopa's Sky Fort]], where they are launched from [[Bull's-Eye Blaster#Yoshi's Woolly World / Poochy & Yoshi's Woolly World|red Bill Blaster]]s in the level itself, as well as during the boss fight with [[Knot-Wing the Koopa]], where they are launched from the boss's Bill Blaster in addition to Bullet Bills. | |||
===''Mario Party 9''=== | ===''Mario Party 9''=== | ||
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===''Captain Toad: Treasure Tracker''=== | ===''Captain Toad: Treasure Tracker''=== | ||
[[File:Bull's-Eye Bill CTTT.png|thumb|A Bull's-Eye Bill, as seen in ''Captain Toad: Treasure Tracker''.]] | [[File:Bull's-Eye Bill CTTT.png|thumb|A Bull's-Eye Bill, as seen in ''Captain Toad: Treasure Tracker''.]] | ||
Bull's-Eye Bills first appear under their current name in ''[[Captain Toad: Treasure Tracker]]'' | Bull's-Eye Bills first appear under their current name in ''[[Captain Toad: Treasure Tracker]]''. Unlike standard Bullet Bills, Bull's-Eye Bills are fired from [[Bull's-Eye Blaster#Captain Toad: Treasure Tracker|red Bill Blaster]]s. They behave like in past games and similarly to the [[Cat Bullet Bill]]s in ''[[Super Mario 3D World]]'', homing in on [[Captain Toad]] or [[Toadette]] and chasing them. | ||
==Profiles== | ==Profiles== | ||
===''Super Mario Run''=== | ===''Super Mario Run''=== | ||
*'''Notebook bio:''' ''"A friend of [[Bullet Bill]], this foe will try to seek you out from behind. You can jump over it with careful timing."'' | *'''Notebook bio:''' ''"A friend of [[Bullet Bill]], this foe will try to seek you out from behind. You can jump over it with careful timing."'' | ||
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== | ==Game appearances== | ||
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|''[[Super Mario Bros. 3]]'' | |''[[Super Mario Bros. 3]]'' | ||
|Enemy | |Enemy | ||
|1988 | |1988 | ||
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|''[[Super Mario All-Stars]]'' | |''[[Super Mario All-Stars]]'' | ||
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|[[Super Nintendo Entertainment System|SNES]] | |[[Super Nintendo Entertainment System|SNES]] | ||
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|''[[Super Mario Sunshine]]'' | |||
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|''[[Yoshi's Island: Super Mario Advance 3]]'' | |''[[Yoshi's Island: Super Mario Advance 3]]'' | ||
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|[[Nintendo Switch|Switch]] | |[[Nintendo Switch|Switch]] | ||
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==Names in other languages== | ==Names in other languages== | ||
{{foreign names | {{foreign names | ||
|Jap= | |Jap=キラー<ref name="SMBH p.36"></ref><ref name="SMA3></ref><br>''Kirā''<br><span class=explain title="おうふく">往復</span>キラー<ref name="SMCE"/><br>''Ōfuku Kirā''<br>キラー(紫)<ref name="SMBH p.99"></ref><br>''Kirā (murasaki)''<br>サーチキラー<ref>Shogakukan. 2015. ''Super Mario Bros. Hyakka: Nintendo Kōshiki Guidebook'', ''New Super Mario Bros. Wii'' section, page 145.</ref><ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dSrk4JIW47U&t=3m41s Omoide Theatre, ''Yoshi Wool World'' (Japanese)]</ref><br>''Sāchi Kirā'' | ||
|JapM=Killer; same as [[Bullet Bill]] (''Super Mario Bros. 3'' and ''Yoshi's Island: Super Mario Advance 3'')<br><br>Roundtrip Killer (''Super Mario Bros. 3'')<br><br>Killer (purple) (''Super Mario Sunshine'')<br><br>Search Killer (''New Super Mario Bros. Wii'' onwards) | |||
|JapM= | |SpaA=Bill buscablancos | ||
|SpaAM=Target searcher Bill | |||
|SpaE=Bill Bala Buscador | |||
|SpaEM=Searcher Bullet Bill | |||
|Fra=Auto Bill Balle | |||
|FraM=Automatic Bullet Bill | |||
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|Dut=Bull's-Eye Bill | |Dut=Bull's-Eye Bill | ||
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|Ger=Vefolgungs-Willi<br>Treffer-Willi | |||
|Ger=Vefolgungs-Willi | |GerM=Pursuit Bill<br>Hit Bill | ||
|GerM=Pursuit Bill | |||
|Ita=Pallottolo Segugio | |Ita=Pallottolo Segugio | ||
|ItaM=Sleuth Bullet | |ItaM=Sleuth Bullet | ||
|PorA=Busca Bill | |PorA=Busca Bill | ||
|PorAM=Search Bill | |PorAM=Search Bill | ||
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|RusR=Bill-yablochko | |RusR=Bill-yablochko | ||
|RusM=Bull's-Eye Bill | |RusM=Bull's-Eye Bill | ||
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==Trivia== | |||
*In ''[[Super Mario 64]]'', ''[[Super Mario Galaxy]]'', ''[[Super Mario Odyssey]]'', Smash Run in ''[[Super Smash Bros. for Nintendo 3DS]]'', and sometimes in ''[[Super Mario Galaxy 2]]'', Bullet Bills take Bull's-Eye Bills' abilities. | |||
==References== | ==References== | ||
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