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| |image=[[File:Gira SML artwork.png]]<br>Artwork from ''Super Mario Land'' | | |image=[[File:Giraartwork.PNG]] |
| |first_appearance=''[[Super Mario Land]]'' ([[List of games by date#1989|1989]]) | | |species_origin=[[Bullet Bill]] |
| |latest_appearance=''[[Super Mario Bros. Print World]]'' ([[List of games by date#1991|1991]]) | | |affiliation=[[Tatanga]] |
| |variant_of=[[Bullet Bill]]
| | |first_appearance=''[[Super Mario Land]]'' ([[1989]]) |
| |relatives=[[Pipe Cannon (obstacle)]]<br>[[Roketon]]
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| '''Bullet Biffs'''<ref>{{cite|title=''Super Mario Land'' North American Virtual Console digital manual|page=14}}</ref> (originally known as '''Gira'''<ref>{{cite|date=1989|title=''Super Mario Land'' instruction booklet|publisher=Nintendo of America|language=en-us|page=16}}</ref> or '''Gina'''<ref name=pelland>{{cite|author=Pelland, Scott, George Sinfield, Dan Owsen, [[Leslie Swan]], Mike Frazier, Kevin Johnson, Frank Marrone, Chuck Booten, Pete Remine, Jane Hacker, and Fred Nava, editors|date=1991|title=''Nintendo Game Boy Player's Guide''|location=Redmond|publisher=Nintendo of America|page=5}}</ref>) are a species of [[Bullet Bill]] with rockets attached to their backs. They appear mainly in ''[[Super Mario Land]]''.
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| ==History==
| | '''Bullet Biffs''' are a species of [[Bullet Bill]]s found in [[Sarasaland]] in the game ''[[Super Mario Land]]''. In the original game, they were known as '''Gira''', with the "Bullet Biff" name only being introduced 22 years later in the [[Virtual Console]] port. Bullet Biffs look like ordinary Bullet Bills but have rockets on their backs. They can be defeated with a single stomp, earning [[Mario]] 400 points. They are only found in the last two kingdoms, [[Easton Kingdom|Easton]] and [[Chai Kingdom|Chai]]. |
| ===''Super Mario Land''===
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| Bullet Biffs appear only in [[level]]s of the [[Easton Kingdom]] and [[Chai Kingdom]] of ''Super Mario Land''. A Bullet Biff can be defeated from a [[stomp]], which gives the player 400 [[point]]s. Bullet Biffs are fired out of [[Bill Blaster|Turtle Cannon]]-like objects known as '''Pipe Cannons''',<ref name=pelland/> which pop out of [[Warp Pipe|pipe]]s in intervals much like a [[Piranha Plant]]. The Bullet Biff that comes from a launchpad travels with a perfectly straight trajectory as usual, but it also moves faster than a Bullet Bill. Pipe Cannons can be used as a platform to reach high areas. Bullet Biffs are also fired from [[Roketon]]s if they are passed by, and they are shot diagonally towards Mario. | |
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| ===''Super Mario Bros. Print World''===
| | The launchpads are harmless themselves, much like many other [[Bill Blasters]]; however, the Bullet Biff that comes from them travels at a dangerous speed, with a perfectly straight trajectory. If Mario stands directly in front of the blaster, it will be unable to shoot Bullet Biffs. Some blasters can be used as a stepping stone to reach high areas. |
| Bullet Biff is one of the printable graphics within ''[[Super Mario Bros. Print World]]''. | |
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| ===''Super Mario Land'' manga=== | | ==Names in Other Languages== |
| In the [[Super Mario Land (manga)|''Super Mario Land'' manga]], Bullet Biffs appear in the third and fourth chapters. In the third chapter, they are shot by a Gatling gun by [[Hiyoihoi]], in an attempt to kill Mario and the rivaling [[Kumo]]s and [[Sue]]. In the fourth chapter, Bullet Biffs are shot by Pipe Cannons, hitting [[Mecha Kuribō (character)|Mecha Kuribō]]'s propeller-antennas.
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| | | |Jap=ギラー |
| ==Profiles==
| | |JapR=girā |
| ===''Super Mario Land''===
| | |JapM=Derived from Bullet Bill's Japanese name 「キラー」 ''kirā'' ("Killer"). |
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| |Eng=Gira is a missile that takes off straight from a launch pad. Mario can defeat it by stepping on it.}} | |
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| |Eng=Bullet Biff is a determined missile that launches in a straight line. Defeat it by stomping on it from above.}} | |
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| ===''[[Perfect Ban Mario Character Daijiten]]''===
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| |name=ギラー (JP) / Bullet Biff (EN)
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| |artwork=[[File:Bullet Biff Perfect.png|200px]]
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| |shuzoku=ウエポン{{ruby|族|ぞく}}
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| |seikaku=おばれんぼう
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| |tojo_gemu=ランド１
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| |desc='''<big>{{ruby|初代|しょだい}}キラーのそっくりさん</big><br>
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| ギラーの{{ruby|動|うご}}きは、マりオ1のキラーの{{ruby|動|うご}}きにそっくり。{{ruby|発射台|はっしゃだい}}から{{ruby|打|う}}ち{{ruby|出|だ}}されると、{{ruby|一直線|いつちょくせん}}に{{ruby|飛|と}}んでいく。もちろんキラーの{{ruby|一族|いちぞく}}らしく、{{ruby|上|うえ}}から{{ruby|踏|ふ}}めば{{ruby|倒|た}}すことができるぞ。<ref name=Daijiten>{{cite|date=November 20, 1994|title=「パーフェクト版 マリオキャラクター大事典」 (''Perfect Ban Mario Character Daijiten'')|publisher=[[Shogakukan]]|language=ja|isbn=4-09-259067-9|page=[https://i.imgur.com/tGH1CHW.jpeg 64]}}</ref>
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| |tribe=Weapon clan
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| |disposition=Good-for-nothing
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| |game_appearances=Land 1
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| |eng_desc='''''<big>First Bullet Bill look-alike</big><br>
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| ''Bullet Biff's movement resembles that of the Bullet Bill in Mario 1. When launched from the launching pad, they fly in a straight line. Of course, like the Bullet Bill family, they can be defeated by stepping on them from above.''
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| ==Gallery==
| | {{Bullet Bill}} |
| <gallery style="--darkbg1:white"> | |
| SML Bullet Biff Sprite.png|Sprite from ''Super Mario Land''{{class|darkbg1}}
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| SML Sprite Pipe Cannon.png|Sprite of a Pipe Cannon from ''Super Mario Land''{{class|darkbg1}}
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| SML Bullet Biff Artwork.png|Artwork from ''Super Mario Land''
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| SMBPW Gira.png|''[[Super Mario Bros. Print World]]''
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| Mani Game Boy Ad Screenshot.jpg|A commercial for [[Game Boy]] introduced by Mani
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| </gallery>
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| ==Names in other languages==
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| |Jpn=ギラー
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| |JpnC=<ref>{{cite|date=1989|title=スーパーマリオランド (''Sūpā Mario Rando'') instruction booklet|publisher=Nintendo|language=ja|page=20}}</ref>
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| |JpnR=Girā
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| |JpnM=The voiced version of「キラー」(''Kirā'', "[[Bullet Bill#Names in other languages|Bullet Bill]]")
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| |Dut=Gira
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| |DutC=<ref>{{cite|title=''Club Nintendo'' (Netherlands) ''Classic''|page=8}}</ref>
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| |Fre=Gira
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| |FreC=<ref>{{cite|title=''Super Mario Land'' French instruction booklet|page=[https://i.imgur.com/gPnJRrH.jpg 16]}}</ref>
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| |Ger=Gira
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| |GerC=<ref>{{cite|author=[[Nintendo|Nintendo of Europe]]|date=1990|title=''Super Mario Land Spielanleitung''|location=Großostheim|publisher=Nintendo of Europe|language=de|page=16}}</ref>
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| |Ita=Gira
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| |ItaC=<ref>{{cite|title=''[[Super Mario Land]]'' Italian manual|page=13}}</ref><ref>{{cite|title=''Super Mario Land'' (3DS - [[Virtual Console]]) Italian e-manual|page=14}}</ref><ref>{{cite|date=November 15, 2018|title=''[[Super Mario Bros. Encyclopedia|Super Mario Bros. Enciclopedia]]''|publisher=Magazzini Salani|language=it|isbn=889367436X|page=46}}</ref>
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| |Spa=Bullet Biff
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| }}
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| ==References==
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| {{Game Boy comics}}
| | [[Category:Enemies]] |
| [[Category:Bullet Bills]] | | [[Category:Sub-Species]] |
| [[Category:Animate objects]] | | [[Category:Explosives]] |
| [[Category:Game Boy (comic)]] | | [[Category:Animate Objects]] |
| [[Category:Super Mario Land enemies]] | | [[Category:Super Mario Land]] |
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