Deku Baba
| Deku Baba | |||
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 A Deku Baba, as it appears in Mario Kart 8 | |||
| First appearance | The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time (1998, The Legend of Zelda series) Super Smash Bros. Brawl (2008, sticker cameo, Super Mario–related media) | ||
| Latest appearance | The Legend of Zelda: Echoes of Wisdom (2024, The Legend of Zelda series) Mario Kart 8 Deluxe (2017, Super Mario–related media) | ||
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Deku Babas are a crossover species from The Legend of Zelda series. They attack the player character by lunging at them from a fixed spot, a behavior displayed in Mario Kart 8 and Mario Kart 8 Deluxe, where they prominently appear with Super Mario characters. Deku Babas are a Venus flytrap–like species, like Piranha Plants, although Shigeru Miyamoto has once mentioned that Deku Babas were designed by crossing a dog with the Super Mario 64 enemy clam;[1] their original behavior of lunging while being restrained by their stem is highly similar to Chain Chomps, also inspired by dogs, while their original model's head shape resembles a more cylindrical, front-tapering version of the clam's model.
History[edit]
Super Smash Bros. Brawl[edit]
A collectible sticker depicting a Deku Baba in its appearance from The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time appears in Super Smash Bros. Brawl. In The Subspace Emissary, it can be applied to any fighter to increase the amount of damage they can deal with their arm- and leg-based attacks.
Mario Kart 8 / Mario Kart 8 Deluxe[edit]
Deku Babas are obstacles in Mario Kart 8's The Legend of Zelda x Mario Kart 8 downloadable pack and the base game of Mario Kart 8 Deluxe. Here, two Deku Babas appear as enemies in a section of Hyrule Circuit, after the exit of Hyrule Castle near the end of the course; they are designed after their appearance in The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword, and they behave the same as Piranha Plants do in GCN Yoshi Circuit. If a racer drives near a Deku Baba, it lunges at them, attempting to bite them, knocking them over should they be hit. The Deku Babas periodically switch between four different positions.
Profiles[edit]
Super Smash Bros. Brawl[edit]
| Sticker Deku Baba | ||
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| Artwork from: Zelda: Ocarina of Time | ||
| Effects in The Subspace Emissary: [Arm, Leg] - Attack +4 | ||
| Usable by: Anyone | ||
Names in other languages[edit]
| Language | Name | Meaning | Notes |
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| Japanese | デクババ[?] Deku Baba |
Deku Baba | |
| Chinese | 德庫巴巴[?] Dékù Bābā |
Deku Baba | |
| Dutch | Deku-baba[?] | - | |
| French | Baba Mojo[2] | Baba Deku "Mojo" is the French name for "Deku" due to the latter being possibly mispronounced as "de cul" (meaning "of the ass").[3] |
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| French (NOE) | Baba mojo[?] | see above | |
| German | Dekuranha[?] | Probably a play on Piranha Plant | |
| Italian | Deku baba[?] | - | |
| Korean | 데크바바[?] Dekeu Baba |
Deku Baba | |
| Portuguese | Papa deko[?] | Deko papa | |
| Spanish | Baba deku[?] | Deku baba |
References[edit]
- ^ IGN Staff (December 2, 1997). The Z-Files. IGN. Retrieved July 2, 2024.
- ^ Diddy64wii (September 26, 2017). Super Smash Bros. Brawl - Toutes les 700 vignettes (03:05). YouTube (French). Retrieved July 2, 2024.
- ^ DidYouKnowGaming (December 17, 2020). Ocarina of Time Ft. Seth Everman - Did You Know Gaming? (The Legend of Zelda) (06:37). YouTube (English). Retrieved July 2, 2024.
