Editing Slugger

|image=[[File:SMW2 Slugger.jpg]]<br>Original design of a Slugger, as seen in artwork from ''[[Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island]]''

'''Sluggers''', also referred to as a  '''Baseball Boy Slugger''',<ref>{{cite|author=Williams, Drew|quote=''Pitch an Egg to a Baseball Boy Slugger so you can burst one of the Winged Clouds.''|title=''Yoshi's Island: Super Mario Advance 3'' Player's Guide|date=2002|language=American English|isbn=1-930206-25-9|page=104}}</ref> are a type of yellow [[Bandit]] that first appear in ''[[Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island]]'' that often appear alongside [[Green Glove]]s as part of the Baseball Boys. Sluggers use their baseball bats to return [[Yoshi's Egg|egg]]s that [[Yoshi]] throws at them, which will push Yoshi backwards upon contact, but can also be jumped on. This mechanic is occasionally used as a method of obtaining certain [[Smiley Flower]]s. As well as returning any eggs thrown at them, Sluggers will also return [[Chomp Rock]]s and seeds spat from a [[Watermelon (Yoshi's Island series)|Watermelon]]. Sluggers cannot be grabbed by Yoshi's tongue, but can be defeated by [[Ground Pound]]ing or jumping on them thrice. Sluggers later appear in the remake of the original game, ''[[Yoshi's Island: Super Mario Advance 3]]'', and also in ''[[Yoshi's Island DS]]'', in which they act identically to the first game.

In ''[[Super Smash Bros. Ultimate]]'', a Slugger and a Green Glove appear together in the same [[spirit (Super Smash Bros. Ultimate)|spirit]].

===''Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island'' / ''Yoshi's Island: Super Mario Advance 3''===

*'''Shogakukan guide:''' タマゴを投げると打ち返してくる。倒し方はミットさんと同じ。<ref>{{cite|language=Japanese|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=[[media:Super Mario Yossy Island Shogakukan P7.jpg|7]]}}</ref> (''When you throw an egg, it hits it back. The way to beat them is the same as Green Glove.'')

*'''[[Player's Guide]]:''' ''This {{wp|Ken Griffey Jr.}} wannabe loves it when you throw an egg right across the plate.''<ref>{{cite|author=Miller, Kent; Munson, Terry|title=''Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island'' Player's Guide|language=American English|date=1995|publisher=Nintendo of America|page={{file link|SMW2 Guide 128.jpg|128}}}}</ref>

*'''Shogakukan guide ([[Yoshi's Island: Super Mario Advance 3|Game Boy Advance version]]):''' タマゴを投げると打ち返す。このタマゴに当てってもダメージは受けないが、強くはじき飛ばされてしまう。３回ふむか、ヒップドロップで倒そう。<ref>{{cite|language=Japanese|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=[[media:Advance 3 Shogakukan P23.png|23]]}}</ref> (''If you throw an egg at it, it will hit it back. If the egg hits you, it will not damage you, but it will bounce off you strongly. Step on it three times or use a Hip Drop to take it down.'')

{{Spirit

|no=307

|name=Slugger & [[Green Glove]]

|image=[[File:SSBU_Slugger_&_Green_Glove_Spirit.png|100px]]

|series=''Yoshi'' Series

|type=Support

|slots=1

|class=Novice

|effects=[[Beastball]] Equipped

|obtain=[[smashwiki:Spirit Board|Spirit Board]]

|opponents=[[smashwiki:Ness (SSBU)|Ness]], [[smashwiki:Lucas (SSBU)|Lucas]]

|rule_2=Item: [[Beastball]]

|stage=[[Yoshi's Island (Super Smash Bros. Brawl)|Yoshi's Island]]

|song=Obstacle Course - Yoshi's Island

}}

|Jpn=バットくん

|JpnR=Batto-{{wp|Japanese honorifics#Kun|kun}}

|GerM=From ''schlagen'' ("to bat") and "Jason", the original German name of the [[Bandit]]s

|RusM=From бита (''bita'', "baseball bat")

|Ita=Ragazzo del baseball{{ref needed}}

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