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[[Image:Flying_Spades.jpg|thumb|Some '''Flying Shovels'''.]]
[[File:FlyingShovels.png|thumb|Screenshot from ''Wario World'']]
'''Flying Shovels'''<ref>''Wario World'' Nintendo Power Player's Guide, page 101.</ref> are enemies found in [[Pecan Sands]], in ''[[Wario World]]''. As their name suggests, they are essentially giant flying shovels.
'''Flying Spades'''<ref>{{cite|date=July 1, 2003|author=Stratton, Steve|title=''Wario World: Prima’s Official Strategy Guide''|page=15|publisher=[[Prima Games]]|language=en-us|isbn=0-7615-4323-6}}</ref> are [[List of enemies|enemies]] in ''[[Wario World]]''. They are encountered in [[Pecan Sands]] only. These flying shovel enemies are rather like [[Monstrous Magnet]]s; they fly using tiny insect wings and [[Wario]] can get to higher places by throwing them headfirst into a soft section of dirt on a wall. They also make the same echoing metal sound upon being knocked down.
 
These enemies are rather like [[Monstrous Magnet]]s; [[Wario]] can get to higher places by throwing them headfirst into a soft section of dirt on a wall.


==Names in other languages==
==Names in other languages==
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|Jap=サベル
|Jap=バタフナイ
|JapR=Saberu
|JapC=<ref>{{cite|language=ja|publisher=[[Shogakukan]]|date=July 10, 2004|isbn=4-09-106168-0|title=「ワリオワールド任天堂公式ガイドブック」 (''Wario World Nintendo Kōshiki Guidebook'')|page={{file link|WW Shogakukan P157.jpg|157}}}}</ref>
|JapM=pun on Shovel}}
|JapR=Batafunai
|JapM=Pun on「バタフライ」(''batafurai'', "butterfly") and an anagram of「ナイフ」(''naifu'', "knife"); may reference the {{wp|butterfly knife}}
}}


==References==
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Latest revision as of 20:35, September 20, 2024

Flying Spades from Wario World.
Screenshot from Wario World

Flying Spades[1] are enemies in Wario World. They are encountered in Pecan Sands only. These flying shovel enemies are rather like Monstrous Magnets; they fly using tiny insect wings and Wario can get to higher places by throwing them headfirst into a soft section of dirt on a wall. They also make the same echoing metal sound upon being knocked down.

Names in other languages[edit]

Language Name Meaning Notes
Japanese バタフナイ[2]
Batafunai
Pun on「バタフライ」(batafurai, "butterfly") and an anagram of「ナイフ」(naifu, "knife"); may reference the butterfly knife

References[edit]

  1. ^ Stratton, Steve (July 1, 2003). Wario World: Prima’s Official Strategy Guide. Prima Games (American English). ISBN 0-7615-4323-6. Page 15.
  2. ^ July 10, 2004. 「ワリオワールド任天堂公式ガイドブック」 (Wario World Nintendo Kōshiki Guidebook). Shogakukan (Japanese). ISBN 4-09-106168-0. Page 157Media:WW Shogakukan P157.jpg.