Editing Salvo the Slime

|image=[[File:SMW2 SalvotheSlime.jpg|200px]]<br>Artwork from ''[[Yoshi's Island: Super Mario Advance 3]]''

|first_appearance=''[[Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island]]'' ([[List of games by date#1995|1995]])

|latest_appearance=''[[Yoshi's Island DS]]'' ([[List of games by date#2006|2006]])

{{quote|Chaaaarge! I'm Salvo, duelist extraordinaire! Let's have us a little battle!|'''Salvo'''|[[Mario Party Advance]]}}

'''Salvo the Slime''' is a [[Slime Drop|Lemon Drop]] that was enlarged by [[Kamek]] during the events of ''[[Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island]]'' and [[Yoshi's Island: Super Mario Advance 3|its remake]].  

Salvo the Slime is the castle boss of [[World 1 (Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island)|World 1]] in ''[[Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island]]'' and ''[[Yoshi's Island: Super Mario Advance 3]]''. Upon entering the boss room, the [[Yoshi (species)|Blue Yoshi]] witnesses a Lemon Drop be enlarged by Kamek, turning it into Salvo the Slime. Salvo jumps at the player, trying to push them into a [[lava]] pit below his arena, though unlike with most enemies, the player is not hurt by Salvo's touch. Instead, Blue Yoshi is hurt by the Lemon Drops that Salvo summons. Because Salvo was a Lemon Drop before his transformation, Lemon Drops break off Salvo when he is hit by either an [[Yoshi's Egg|egg]] or a spat-out Lemon Drop. The more Salvo is hit, the smaller he gets, until he disappears altogether.

An alternate variant of him appears later as a non-boss enemy in the game, known in English simply as [[Slime]]. It can disguise itself as a block, and it is defeated the same way. The ''Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island'' [[Nintendo Power|Player's Guide]] considers this enemy to be Salvo the Slime.<ref>{{cite|author=Miller, Kent, and Terry Munson|title=''Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island'' Player's Guide|page=116|quote='''SLIMY KEY''' If you entered Door Two in King Bowser's Castle, you need to find a key to continue on your journey. The key is being held by Salvo the Slime, the guardian of the first world. Load up on eggs prior to entering Salvo's chamber. The slime surrenders after six hits.|date=1995|publisher=Nintendo of America|language=en-us}}</ref> This was changed in the ''Yoshi's Island: Super Mario Advance 3'' Player's Guide, which deems it a separate entity.<ref name=Slime>{{cite|publisher=Nintendo of America|author=Williams, Drew|title=''Yoshi's Island: Super Mario Advance 3'' Player's Guide|date=2002|language=en-us|isbn=1-930206-25-9|page=106-107, 115}}</ref>

In his artwork for ''Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island'', Salvo is beige, while in-game, he is green. This artwork was slightly changed in ''Yoshi's Island: Super Mario Advance 3'', as his back is now light blue.

Salvo makes a brief cameo alongside all the other ''Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island'' bosses in the opening to ''[[Yoshi's Island DS]]''.

 

 

Going only by his first name, '''Salvo''' makes an appearance as the boss of the second floor of the [[Duel Tower]] in ''[[Mario Party Advance]]''. This game shows that he is capable of speech. Salvo challenges the player to a game of [[Volleybomb (minigame)|Volleybomb]] and rewards the player with the [[minigame]] upon defeat.

==Profiles==

*'''Official Nintendo Player's Guide:''' ''Yoshi's last stop in World 1 is a castle, but the greeting he gets there isn't exactly chivalrous! Before checking out, Yoshi will have to cope with this enormously icky enemy. The slow-moving Salvo skedaddles faster and faster the more he's hit with dino eggs, but he also throws off lots of Lemon Drops. Besides tasting great, these make excellent eggs!''<ref>{{cite|date=1995|publisher=Nintendo of America|language=en-us|author=Miller, Kent, and Terry Munson|title=''Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island'' Player's Guide|page=16}}</ref>

*'''Shogakukan guide:''' プルプルしていて、ぶつかるとバネのようにはじかれる。タマゴを当てると小さなスライムに分裂する。<ref>{{cite|language=ja|publisher=[[Shogakukan]]|title=「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={{file link|Super Mario Yossy Island Shogakukan P8.jpg|8}}}}</ref> (''It pulls and springs back when bumped into. When you hit it with an egg, it splits into smaller Slime Drops.'')

*'''Shogakukan guide:''' ワールド1-8のボス。ぶつかってもダメージは受けないが、バネのようにはじかれる。タマゴを当てると小さなスライムに分裂。何度か当てて倒そう。<ref>{{cite|language=ja|publisher=Shogakukan|title=「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={{file link|Advance 3 Shogakukan P20.png|20}}}}</ref><br>

*''"Don't underestimate me because I'm beefy! I've got skills you've never even heard of!"''

*''"If you beat me, you can have the Duel game. Lose, and you get nothing!"''

*''"Let's begin!"''

*''"My skills were no match for your own! Time for you to head to the third floor."''

*''"You did it! And that means you can go on to level 3! There, the fiercest duelist awaits you!"''

SMW2 Salvo the Slime chiaroscuro art.png|''[[Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island]]''

SalvotheSlime1.png|''[[Yoshi's Island: Super Mario Advance 3]]''

SMA3 Salvo.png|''Yoshi's Island: Super Mario Advance 3''

Slime Time MP4.png|''[[Mario Party 4]]''

MPA Salvo Icon.png|''[[Mario Party Advance]]''

YIDS-Intro Background.png|''[[Yoshi's Island DS]]''

==Naming==

Although Salvo is indeed a name (specifically a surname), its use in this character's name is a pun on "{{wp|saliva}}," referencing his slimy texture. It may also refer to how he discharges multiple Slime Drops (i.e., a "{{wp|salvo}}") when hit by an egg.

 

|SpaM=From ''baboso'' ("slobbery") and "-ón", an augmentative suffix.