Karamenbo

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Karamenbo
First appearance	Super Mario Land 2: 6 Golden Coins (1992)
Comparable Bigbee Skewer Thwomp

Karamenbō are Thwomp-like obstacles appearing in Super Mario Land 2: 6 Golden Coins. They are huge spiked cylinders made up of four independently spinning segments that crash down from above when Mario draws near, before slowly rising to the ceiling. They only appear in Mario's castle, and cannot be destroyed, only avoided. Bigbees from earlier in the game have the same behavior.

Profiles and statistics

Perfect Ban Mario Character Daijiten

カラメンボー
種族　岩石族
性格　荒々しい
登場ゲーム　ランド2
思い切ってBダッシュしよう
ワリオ城内にいるトゲ付きのドッスン。見るからに痛そうなカラメンボーが、ズラリとならぶと通れそうもないが、一気にBダッシュで走り抜ければクリアでぎる。

Karamenbō
Tribe: Rock clan
Disposition: Wild
Game appearances: Land 2
Let's make a bold B-Dash.
The spiked Thwomp in Wario Castle. It is difficult to pass through the line of painful-looking Karamenbō, but you can clear the path by running through them with a B dash.

Gallery

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  Sprite

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  Artwork from the Kodansha manga, volume 19.

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  Mario & Luigi dodging Karamenbō

Names in other languages

Language	Name	Meaning	Notes
Japanese	カラメンボー Karamenbō	From「絡め」(karame), an imperative form of「絡む」(karamu, to entangle), and possibly「綿紡」(menbō, cotton spinning)
German	Karamenbo[?]	-
Italian	Karamembō	Probably a misspelled reading of the Japanese name