Snifit (Super Mario 64)
Snifit | |||
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![]() Model from Super Mario 64 DS | |||
First appearance | Super Mario 64 (1996) | ||
Latest appearance | Super Mario 3D All-Stars (2020) | ||
Variant of | Snifit Boo Guy | ||
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Snifits[1] (originally known as Snufits)[2] are enemies in Super Mario 64 and Super Mario 64 DS; in the latter, they are known as Sniffits.[3] Different sources list them as either an unusual design of the enemies of the same name or ghost-like cousins of them. They resemble their original versions, as they wear white masks with bullet-shooting mouth nozzles, but are noticeably different in that they float around. Super Mario 64 DS gives them a closer resemblance to black-masked Snifits, but their long sleeves and long tails make them resemble Boo Guys. Their names likely come from "sniff" and "snuff," both onomatopoeias for inhaling through the nose, in reference to their gas masks. "Snuff" is also a colloquialism for killing or extinguishing, which may reference the deadly gas pits they patrol or their ghostlike nature.
History
Super Mario 64 / Super Mario 64 DS
Snufits are found in the Hazy Maze Cave and Cavern of the Metal Cap in Super Mario 64 and Super Mario 64 DS. A Snufit swells up before firing bullets at Mario, if he is nearby. Mario can use any attack to defeat a Snufit.
Mario Party 2
These Snifits are members of the Snifit Patrol on Space Land in Mario Party 2, though Mario Party Superstars replaces them with regular Snifits.
Unused appearances
An unused model for this type of Snifit exists in Mario Party 3, though in the final game, the traditional design appears instead.
Gallery
Super Mario-kun as ムーチョ
軍 , or Snifit army
Names in other languages
Language | Name | Meaning | Notes |
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Japanese | ムーチョ[4][5] Mūcho |
Snifit | Super Mario 64 |
ゆうれいムーチョ[6] Yūrei Mūcho |
Yūrei Snifit; an allusion to Boo Guy | Super Mario 64 DS | |
French | Snufit[7] | - | |
Snifit[10] | |||
German | Snifit[8] | - | |
Italian | Snifit[9] | - |
References
- ^ English Super Mario 64 entry on the official Mario Portal. nintendo.co.jp. Retrieved August 13, 2022. (Archived August 12, 2022, 23:38:23 UTC via archive.today.)
- ^ "SNUFIT Like their cousins, the Snifits, the Snufits hide behind masks. Jump in the air and kick them or punch them if they are close to the ground." – Pelland, Scott, and Dan Owsen (1996). Super Mario 64 Player's Guide. Nintendo of America (American English). Page 13.
- ^ Knight, Michael (March 16, 2010). Nintendo DS Pocket Guide. Prima Games (American English). ISBN 978-0-307-46760-7. Page 269.
- ^ August 20, 1996. 「任天堂公式ガイドブック スーパーマリオ64」 (Nintendo Kōshiki Guidebook – Super Mario 64). Tokyo: Shogakukan (Japanese). ISBN 4-09-102554-4. Page 4.
- ^ Motomiya, Shusuke (One Up),Yasuhiro Nemoto, Hideki Endo, Yuta Naoi, and Noriko Tsuyuki, editors (1996). 「キャラクター図鑑」 in 『スーパーマリオ64完全クリアガイド』. Tokyo: Media Factory (Japanese). ISBN 4-88991-411-0. Page 13.
- ^ 「任天堂公式ガイドブック スーパーマリオ64DS」 (Nintendo Kōshiki Guidebook – Super Mario 64 DS). Shogakukan (Japanese). Page 24.
- ^ July 4, 2018. Super Mario Encyclopedia : Les 30 premières années. Soleil Productions (French). ISBN 2302070046. Page 86.
- ^ Kraft, John D., Thomas Görg, and Marko Hein, editors (1997). Der offizielle Nintendo 64 Spieleberater "Super Mario 64". Großostheim: Nintendo of Europe GmbH (German). Page 8.
- ^ November 15, 2018. Super Mario Bros. Enciclopedia. Magazzini Salani (Italian). ISBN 889367436X. Page 86.
- ^ From the Snifit Patrol in Mario Party 2