Editing Dancing Spear Guy

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|image=[[File:SMW2 Dancing Spear Guy.jpg]]<br>Artwork for a Dancing Spear Guy in ''[[Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island]]''

|related=[[Bamboo Dancers]]

|notable=[[Hulu]]

'''Dancing Spear Guys'''<ref>''Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island'' Nintendo Player's Guide. [[media:SMW2 Guide 126.jpg|Page 126]].</ref> are a shorter and more energetic variety of [[Spear Guy]]s that first appears in ''[[Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island]]''. They are generally orange or yellow in color and are commonly depicted as having green stripes on their cheeks, although sometimes they appear as red. Dancing Spear Guys lack the shield and the feather held by Spear Guys.

 

There are also similar dancing Spear Guy pairs, the [[Bamboo Dancers]], which made their appearance in ''[[Yoshi's Story]]''.

[[File:SPD.png|thumb|Differences between [[Spear Guy]]s and Dancing Spear Guys.]]

====''Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island''====

Dancing Spear Guys hold their spears permanently upward and attack by dancing around a designated spot. They move to the right while rotating around the spear, then jump back to the left, damaging [[Yoshi (species)|Yoshi]] at direct contact. They are edible, however, so Yoshi can simply swallow them. Unlike a normal Spear Guy, eating one and spitting it out will not change it into a normal Shy Guy and will also not cause it to roll down a path. However, they can still be tossed at other enemies this way to defeat them. Dancing Spear Guys can be defeated by turning them into a [[Yoshi Egg]] or by throwing a Yoshi Egg at them.

The enemies are first included in the level [[Jungle Rhythm...]] Their spears are taller than those of regular Spear Guys, which makes it more difficult for Yoshi to surpass them. This is also sometimes used to their advantage when they occupy spaces under platforms, from where they can poke their spears at Yoshi without being vulnerable to his attacks.

They reappear in ''[[Yoshi's Island DS]]''. They now have a greener shade on their masks (every other [[Shy Guy]] appearing in ''Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island'' had their palette changed to blue) and they move differently. They hop when moving, and after every hop, they make a circle and jump in height, then they hop again to move. They also grow in size.

====''Mario Party 3''====

Several torch-carrying Dancing Spear Guys appear in the ''[[Mario Party 3]]'' minigame [[The Beat Goes On]], and are led by a larger red one that plays a tune on drums. The players must follow the beat while adding their own continuation of it, or the Dancing Spear Guys will throw their torches at them. This minigame returns in ''[[Mario Party: The Top 100]]'', along with the Dancing Spear Guys.

====''Mario Party 4''====

[[File:TribalGuy-MP4.png|thumb|140px]]

Three Dancing Spear Guys appear in the 1-vs-3 minigame, [[Hide and Go BOOM!]] Each of the Dancing Spear Guys light the torch for the player to trigger one of the four cannons. In the minigame, they are orange and do not carry spears.

====''Mario Party Advance''====

In ''[[Mario Party Advance]]'' a Dancing Spear Guy named [[Hulu]] appears. She runs a dancing school in [[Shroom City]] and teaches the player to dance.

====''Mario Party: The Top 100''====

[[File:Top100HideandGoBOOM!.png|thumb|Dancing Spear Guys as they appear in ''Mario Party: The Top 100'']]

The Dancing Spear Guys return in ''[[Mario Party: The Top 100]]'' in the minigames Hide and Go BOOM! and The Beat Goes On.

MPAdance.png|''[[Mario Party Advance]]''

Don't Fear the Spear.png|''[[Yoshi's New Island]]''

YNI Dancing Spear Guy yellow.png|''Yoshi's New Island'' (yellow)

YNI Dancing Spear Guy pink.png|''Yoshi's New Island'' (pink)

|Jap=ヤリヤリダンサー<ref>[[media:Super Mario Yossy Island Shogakukan P4 P5.jpg|「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 5.]]</ref><ref>[[Media:Advance 3 Shogakukan P23.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 23.]]</ref><ref>[[media:Yoshi New Island Shogakukan P26.jpg|「ヨッシー New アイランド 任天堂公式ガイドブック」 (''Yoshi's New Island'' Nintendo Kōshiki Guidebook), page 26.]]</ref>

|JapR=Yariyari Dansā

|JapM=Spear Spear Dancer

|Ger=Kanibalo Guy{{ref needed}}

|GerM="Kanibalo" is derived from ''Kannibale'' (cannibal)

|Ita=Tipi Selva danzanti{{ref needed}}

|ItaM=Dancing Thicket Guy}}

[[Category:Mario Party 4 Species]]

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[[Category:Yoshi's Island: Super Mario Advance 3 Enemies]]

[[Category:Yoshi's Island DS Enemies]]

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