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| |image=[[File:Ganchanartwork.png]]<br>Artwork from ''Super Mario Land'' | | |image=[[File:Ganchanartwork.png]] |
| |first_appearance=''[[Super Mario Land]]'' ([[List of games by date#1989|1989]]) | | |first_appearance=''[[Super Mario Land]]'' ([[List of games by date#1989|1989]]) |
| |latest_appearance=''[[Super Mario-kun Special Selection]]'' (2023)
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| '''Ganchans'''<ref>{{cite|title=''Super Mario Land'' instruction booklet|page=15|language=en-us|publisher=Nintendo of America}}</ref><ref>{{cite|language=en-us|publisher=Nintendo of America|title=Nintendo ''Game Boy'' Player's Guide|page=5|date=1991}}</ref> 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 [[Spike Trap|spikes]] or to reach high areas out of reach, mostly in [[World 3-1 (Super Mario Land)|World 3-1]]. [[Hiyoihoi]] also uses Ganchans as projectile weapons in [[World 3-3 (Super Mario Land)|World 3-3]]. Although Ganchans appear as generic boulders, they are living beings.
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| Ganchans are depicted as both sentient and non-sentient rocks in the [[Super Mario Land (manga)|''Super Mario Land'' manga]]: the sentient Ganchans let [[Mario]] cross the spikes, after [[Mecha Kuribō (character)|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.
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| In ''[[Super Mario-kun]]'', faceless Ganchans appear in [[Super Mario-kun Volume 3|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.
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| ==Profiles==
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| ===''Super Mario Land''===
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| *'''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.''
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| *'''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.''
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| ===''[[Perfect Ban Mario Character Daijiten]]''===
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| |name=ガンチャン (JP) / Ganchan (EN)
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| |shuzoku=岩石族
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| |seikaku=お人好し
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| |tojo_gemu=ランド1
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| |desc='''<big>利用できるなら大歓迎</big><br>
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| 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。<ref name=Daijiten>{{cite|language=ja|publisher=[[Shogakukan]]|date=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'')|page=[https://i.imgur.com/tMxXKGi.jpeg 59]}}</ref>
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| |tribe=Rock clan
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| |disposition=Good-natured
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| |game_appearances=Land 1
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| |eng_desc='''''<big>You're welcome to use it if you can</big><br>
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| ''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.''
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| | '''Ganchan'''<ref>''Super Mario Land'' English instruction booklet, page 15.</ref><ref>''Nintendo Power'' Game Boy Player's Guide, page 5</ref> are rock-like enemies from ''[[Super Mario Land]]'' that are found in the mountainous and spike-filled areas of the [[Easton Kingdom]] of [[Sarasaland]]. Ganchan is simply a large boulder that bounds 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 (Super Mario Land)|World 3-1]]. [[Hiyoihoi]] also uses Ganchan as projectile weapons in [[World 3-3 (Super Mario Land)|World 3-3]]. Ganchan are indestructible and should typically be avoided. Although Ganchan appear as generic boulders, they are in fact living beings. Ganchan have also been noted for having some relation to [[Tokotoko]] as they are thrown by Hiyoihoi, the Tokotoko boss, and are rock-based creatures. |
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| ==Gallery== | | ==Gallery== |
| <gallery> | | <gallery> |
| Ganchanartwork2.png|Artwork of a red colored Ganchan from ''Super Mario Land'' | | Ganchanartwork2.png|A red colored Ganchan |
| Ganchan.png|Sprite from ''Super Mario Land'' | | Ganchan.png|An in-game sprite of a Ganchan |
| World 3-1 SML screenshot.png|Screenshot from ''Super Mario Land''
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| </gallery> | | </gallery> |
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| ==Names in other languages== | | ==Names in other languages== |
| {{foreign names | | {{foreign names |
| |Jpn=ガンチャン<ref>{{cite|title=スーパーマリオランド (''Sūpā Mario Rando'') instruction booklet|page=16|language=ja|date=1989|publisher=Nintendo}}</ref> | | |Jap=ガンチャン<ref>''Super Mario Land'' Japanese instruction booklet, page 16.</ref> |
| |JpnR=Ganchan | | |JapR=Ganchan |
| |JpnM=From「岩」(''gan'', "rock" in on'yomi reading) and the Japanese honorific「~ちゃん」(''-chan'') | | |JapM="Rock Kid", ''gan'' meaning "rock". |
| |Dut=Ganchan<ref>{{cite|title=''Club Nintendo'' (Netherlands) ''Classic''|page=8}}</ref> | | |Spa=Ganchan |
| |Ita=Ganchan<ref>{{cite|title=''[[Super Mario Land]]'' Italian manual|page=15}}</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=47}}</ref> | | |SpaM=- |
| |Fre=Ganchan<ref>{{cite|title=''Super Mario Land'' French instruction booklet|page=[https://i.imgur.com/LxqpYxR.jpg 15]}}</ref>
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| |Ger=Gantschan | | |Ger=Gantschan |
| |GerM=Japanese/English name adapted to German spelling | | |GerM=Japanese/English name adapted to German spelling}} |
| |GerC=<ref>{{cite|author=[[Nintendo|Nintendo of Europe]]|date=1990|title=''Super Mario Land Spielanleitung''|language=de|location=Großostheim|publisher=Nintendo of Europe|page=15}}</ref>
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| |Spa=Ganchan
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| ==References== | | ==References== |
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| {{SML}} | | {{SML}} |
| [[Category:Animate objects]] | | [[Category:Species]] |
| [[Category:Platforms]] | | [[Category:Super Mario Land Enemies]] |
| [[Category:Super Mario Land enemies]] | | [[Category:Animate Objects]] |
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