Ganchan
| Ganchan | |
|---|---|
 Artwork from Super Mario Land | |
| First appearance | Super Mario Land (1989) |
| Latest appearance | Super Mario-kun Special Selection (2023) |
Ganchans[1][2] are rock-like enemies from Super Mario Land that are found in the mountainous and spike-filled areas of the Easton Kingdom of Sarasaland. They are large, indestructible boulders that bound around unceasingly. They can be used as convenient platforms to get across long stretches of spikes or to reach high areas out of reach, mostly in World 3-1. Hiyoihoi also uses Ganchans as projectile weapons in World 3-3. Although Ganchans appear as generic boulders, they are living beings.
Ganchans are depicted as both sentient and non-sentient rocks in the Super Mario Land manga: the sentient Ganchans let Mario cross the spikes, after Mecha Kuribō stretches his face to resemble one of a moai, tricking them into helping them cross; and the non-senient ones are the boulders tossed by Hiyoihoi.
In Super Mario-kun, faceless Ganchans appear in volume 3 being tossed by Hiyoihoi. Mario uses Yoshi as a shield, making him eat the boulders, then tosses him like a bowling ball at the moai, striking them down.
Profiles[edit]
Super Mario Land[edit]
- Instruction booklet: Rocks that fall suddenly from the sky. They are terrible if they hit and squash you, but useful because you can jump on one and let it take you for a ride. Ganchans can't be beaten.
- 3DS Virtual Console manual: These rocks fall from the sky. They can squash Mario, but he could also jump on one and take it for a ride. They can't be destroyed.
Perfect Ban Mario Character Daijiten[edit]
| ガンチャン (JP) / Ganchan (EN) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
 | |||
| Original text (Japanese) | Translation | ||
| 岩石族 | Tribe | Rock clan | |
| お人好し | Disposition | Good-natured | |
| ランド1 | Game appearances | Land 1 | |
| 利用できるなら大歓迎 どこからともなく、急に落ちてくる大きな岩。やっつけることはできないし、下敷きになるとワンミスに。上に乗ることができるので、下が危ないところで移動に使うと便利だ。[3] |
You're welcome to use it if you can A large rock suddenly falls out of nowhere. You can't defeat it, and if you get trapped under it, you lose a life. You can ride on top of it, so it is useful to use it to move around in places where the ground below is hazardous. | ||
Gallery[edit]
Artwork of a red colored Ganchan from Super Mario Land
Sprite from Super Mario Land
Screenshot from Super Mario Land
Names in other languages[edit]
| Language | Name | Meaning | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Japanese | ガンチャン[4] Ganchan |
From「岩」(gan, "rock" in on'yomi reading) and the Japanese honorific「~ちゃん」(-chan) | |
| Dutch | Ganchan[5] | - | |
| French | Ganchan[9] | - | |
| German | Gantschan[?] | Japanese/English name adapted to German spelling | |
| Italian | Ganchan[6][7][8] | - | |
| Spanish | Ganchan[?] | - |
References[edit]
- ^ Super Mario Land instruction booklet. Nintendo of America (American English). Page 15.
- ^ 1991. Nintendo Game Boy Player's Guide. Nintendo of America (American English). Page 5.
- ^ 1994. 「パーフェクト版 マリオキャラクター大事典」 (Perfect Ban Mario Character Daijiten). Shogakukan (Japanese). Page 59.
- ^ 1989. スーパーマリオランド (Sūpā Mario Rando) instruction booklet. Nintendo (Japanese). Page 16.
- ^ Club Nintendo (Netherlands) Classic. Page 8.
- ^ Super Mario Land Italian manual. Page 15.
- ^ Super Mario Land (3DS - Virtual Console) Italian e-manual. Page 14.
- ^ November 15, 2018. Super Mario Bros. Enciclopedia. Magazzini Salani (Italian). ISBN 889367436X. Page 47.
- ^ Super Mario Land French instruction booklet. Page 15.
| Super Mario Land | |
|---|---|
| Protagonists | Mario • Princess Daisy |
| Bosses | King Totomesu • Dragonzamasu (Tamao) • Hiyoihoi • Biokinton (Chicken) • Tatanga (Pagosu) |
| Locations | Sarasaland (Birabuto Kingdom • Muda Kingdom • Easton Kingdom • Chai Kingdom) |
| Levels | World 1-1 • World 1-2 • World 1-3 • World 2-1 • World 2-2 • World 2-3 • World 3-1 • World 3-2 • World 3-3 • World 4-1 • World 4-2 • World 4-3 • Expert Level |
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| Enemies & obstacles | Batadon • Bombshell Koopa • Bullet Biff • Bunbun • Chikako • Dropping lift • Falling block • Falling spike • Fly • Ganchan • Gao • Gunion • Goombo • Honen • Kumo • Mekabon • Nyololin • Pionpi • Pipe Fist • Piranha Plant • Pompon Flower • Roketon • Roto Disc • Suu • Tokotoko • Torion • Yurarin • Yurarin Boo |
| Other | Brick • Bonus game • Das Super Mario Spiel • Gallery • Glitches • Goal • Media • Mystery Block • Sub-area • Soundtrack |
