Editing Yoofoe

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|image=[[File:Yoofoe Icon SMO.png|270px]]<br>Artwork

|comparable=[[Torkdrift]]

The '''Yoofoe''',<ref>{{cite|author=Walsh, Doug, and Epstein, Joe|date=October 27, 2017|title=''Super Mario Odyssey'' Prima Official Guide|page=347|publisher=[[Prima Games]]|language=en-us|isbn=9780744018882}}</ref> also spelled '''Yoo-foe''',<ref>{{cite|author=Walsh, Doug, and Epstein, Joe|title=''Super Mario Odyssey'' Prima Collector's Edition Guide|page=233|language=en-us|publisher=Prima Games|date=October 27, 2017|isbn=9780744018875}}</ref> is a miniboss-like enemy in ''[[Super Mario Odyssey]]''. The Yoofoe resembles a flying saucer [[UFO]] and a top hat. It has a purple [[Ground Pound]] symbol on its head followed by an inward facing black ring along the midsection of the enemy with a menacing red eye in the front of that black ring. The bottom section consists of a silver-colored dome-like structure. The Yoofoe is an alien invader, as suggested by the titles of the [[Power Moon]]s received from it ("[[List of Power Moons in the Wooded Kingdom#Invader in the Sky Garden|Invader in the Sky Garden]]" and "[[List of Power Moons in Bowser's Kingdom#Invader in Bowser's Castle|Invader in Bowser's Castle]]"). Its name is a pun on the Japanese pronunciation of "UFO" and "foe".

*The top of the [[Sky Garden Tower]] in the [[Wooded Kingdom]], where it drops the "Invader in the Sky Garden" Power Moon. The [[Moon Rock]] has to be destroyed for it to appear.

*The right platform of the [[Bowser's Kingdom#Main Courtyard Entrance|Main Courtyard Entrance]] of [[Bowser's Kingdom]], where it drops the "Invader in the Bowser's Castle" Power Moon. The Moon Rock has to be destroyed for it to appear.

*The underground section of the [[Darker Side]] as the first obstacle. Defeating it is optional, but it drops a [[Life-Up Heart]].

Upon noticing [[Mario]], the Yoofoe makes a piston noise and then shoots out five [[Goomba]]s from its bottom. After this, it emits a red circular laser followed by two short razor bars. It moves in straight lines around its area while rotating these bars, stopping between each movement. As it moves, it shoots out one small [[Spike Ball|Spiked Ball]] followed by one Goomba. It repeats this pattern until Mario jumps on it. This is traditionally done by [[capture|capturing]] a [[Goomba]], making a [[Goomba Tower]] with the other Goombas to get high enough, then releasing them. After getting hit once, the Yoofoe knocks Mario off its head, resetting his position. It also makes all the previously spawned Goombas disappear. It then expels a much larger red circular laser followed by four long razor bars instead of two short ones. The Yoofoe continues its previous pattern at this point, though every time it releases a Goomba, it spins its razor bars rapidly, thus Mario can only jump on the Yoofoe when it is not spinning.

If there are eight Goombas that have been spawned by the Yoofoe out at once, no more are spawned, and if all eight Goombas are made into a [[Goomba Tower]], the Yoofoe stops dropping [[Spike Ball|Spiked Ball]]s.  

When it is defeated, a short cutscene plays with the Yoofoe spinning out of control and exploding. It drops the item as listed in the location list above.

The encounter in the Wooded Kingdom changes the music to the variation, "[[Super Mario Odyssey sound test|Steam Gardens: Sherm]]". That song is otherwise played when fighting the [[rotating defense mechanism]] in the [[mission|objective]] [[Path to the Secret Flower Field]].

Yoofoe can take damage from a number of things other than Mario. In the Wooded Kingdom, the player can alternatively capture an [[Uproot]] or [[Glydon]]. In [[Bowser's Kingdom]], Mario can throw a [[Seed (Super Mario Odyssey)|seed]] onto the top.

 

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|JpnM=Mechadisk

|SpaM=From ''OVNI'' ("UFO")