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'''Ice bats'''<ref>Black, Fletcher. ''Super Mario Galaxy'' PRIMA Official Game Guide, page 190.</ref> are a cyan, icy variant of [[Bat (Super Mario Galaxy)|bat]] that appears in ''[[Super Mario Galaxy]]''. They only appear in the [[Conquering the Summit]] mission in the [[Freezeflame Galaxy]]. These enemies act similar to their ordinary counterparts, and attack by freezing [[Mario]] or [[Luigi]] when he collides with them. When the player goes into their territory, they charge at the player to damage them. Ice bats can only be defeated by [[Fire Mario]] in the game. [[Ice Mario (Super Mario Galaxy)|Ice Mario]] is also able to defeat ice bats by [[spin]]ning or [[stomp]]ing, but this is only possible to see with hacking.<ref>Mayro (July 30, 2017). [https://youtu.be/K1KotxwdXPw?t=839 Neo Mario Galaxy - Part 2 - Ice spy some idiocy]. ''YouTube''. Retrieved March 11, 2018.</ref> When they freeze Mario or Luigi, they taunt or laugh at them when they get frostbitten. However, spinning can make them back away.
'''Ice bats'''<ref>{{cite|author=Black, Fletcher|title=''Super Mario Galaxy'' PRIMA Official Game Guide|page=190|date=November 9, 2007|publisher=[[Prima Games]]|language=en-us|isbn=978-0-7615-5643-5}}</ref> are an icy cyan variant of [[Bat (Super Mario Galaxy)|bat]] that appears in ''[[Super Mario Galaxy]]''. They appear only in the mission [[Conquering the Summit]] in the [[Freezeflame Galaxy]]. These enemies act similarly to their ordinary counterparts, and they attack by freezing [[Mario]] or [[Luigi]] when he collides with them. When the player goes into their territory, they charge at the player to damage them. Ice bats can be defeated only by [[Fire Mario]] in-game. [[Ice Mario (Super Mario Galaxy)|Ice Mario]] is also able to defeat ice bats by [[spin]]ning or [[stomp]]ing, but this is possible to see only with hacking.<ref>{{cite|timestamp=13:59|language=en|author=Mayro|date=July 30, 2017|url=youtu.be/K1KotxwdXPw?t=839|title=Neo Mario Galaxy - Part 2 - Ice spy some idiocy|publisher=YouTube|accessdate=July 7, 2024}}</ref> When they freeze Mario or Luigi, they taunt or laugh at him when he gets frostbitten. However, spinning can make them back away.
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==Appearances==
*[[File:SMG Asset Sprite Star Cursor.png]] marks missions where ice bats are completely absent.
*[[File:Galaxy StarP.png]] marks missions where ice bats are loaded and may be visible but cannot be encountered directly.
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|-style="color:white;background:red"
!Domes
!Galaxies
!colspan=6|Missions
|-
|[[Bedroom (Super Mario Galaxy)|Bedroom]]
|[[Freezeflame Galaxy]]
|[[File:Galaxy StarP.png|link=The Frozen Peak of Baron Brrr]]||[[File:SMG Asset Sprite Star Cursor.png|link=Freezeflame's Blistering Core]]||[[File:SMG Asset Sprite Star Cursor.png|link=Hot and Cold Collide]]||[[File:SMG Asset Sprite Star Cursor.png|link=Frosty Cosmic Mario Race]]||[[File:SMG Asset Sprite Star Cursor.png|link=Purple Coins on the Summit]]||[[File:Smg icon powerstar.png|link=Conquering the Summit]]
|}
==Gallery==
==Gallery==
<gallery>
<gallery>
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===Names in other languages===
===Names in other languages===
{{foreign names
{{foreign names
|Jap=アイスバットン<ref>Shogakukan. 2015. ''Super Mario Bros. Hyakka: Nintendo Kōshiki Guidebook'', ''Super Mario Galaxy'' section, page 126.</ref>
|Jpn=アイスバットン<ref>{{cite|author=Sakai, Kazuya (Ambit), kikai, Akinori Sao, Junko Fukuda, Kunio Takayama, and Ko Nakahara (Shogakukan), editors.|location=Tokyo|language=ja|publisher=[[Shogakukan]]|date=October 19, 2015|title=『[[Super Mario Bros. Encyclopedia|スーパーマリオブラザーズ百科: 任天堂公式ガイドブック]]』|page=126|isbn=978-4-09-106569-8}}</ref>
|JapR=Aisu Batton
|JpnR=Aisu Batton
|JapM=Ice [[Bat (Super Mario Galaxy)|Bat]]
|JpnM=Ice [[Bat (Super Mario Galaxy)|Bat]]
|Fre=Chauve souris de glace
|Fre=Chauve-souris de glace
|FreM=Ice bat
|FreM=Ice bat
|Ita=Pippy di ghiaccio
|Ita=Pippy di ghiaccio
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{{Swoops}}
{{Swoops}}
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[[Category:Bats]]
[[Category:Swoops]]
[[Category:Ice creatures]]
[[Category:Ice creatures]]
[[Category:Super Mario Galaxy enemies]]
[[Category:Super Mario Galaxy enemies]]
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[[de:Eis-Swooper]]
[[it:Pippy di ghiaccio]]
[[it:Pippy di ghiaccio]]

Latest revision as of 07:34, January 26, 2025

Ice bat
Model of an ice bat from Super Mario Galaxy
An ice bat's in-game model
First appearance Super Mario Galaxy (2007)
Latest appearance Super Mario 3D All-Stars (2020)
Variant of Bat

Ice bats[1] are an icy cyan variant of bat that appears in Super Mario Galaxy. They appear only in the mission Conquering the Summit in the Freezeflame Galaxy. These enemies act similarly to their ordinary counterparts, and they attack by freezing Mario or Luigi when he collides with them. When the player goes into their territory, they charge at the player to damage them. Ice bats can be defeated only by Fire Mario in-game. Ice Mario is also able to defeat ice bats by spinning or stomping, but this is possible to see only with hacking.[2] When they freeze Mario or Luigi, they taunt or laugh at him when he gets frostbitten. However, spinning can make them back away.

Appearances[edit]

  • Baseline sprite of the Star Pointer in Super Mario Galaxy. marks missions where ice bats are completely absent.
  • Galaxy StarP.png marks missions where ice bats are loaded and may be visible but cannot be encountered directly.
Domes Galaxies Missions
Bedroom Freezeflame Galaxy The Frozen Peak of Baron Brrr Freezeflame's Blistering Core Hot and Cold Collide Frosty Cosmic Mario Race Purple Coins on the Summit Conquering the Summit

Gallery[edit]

Additional names[edit]

Internal names[edit]

Game File Name Meaning

Super Mario Galaxy ObjectData/BasaBasaIce.arc BasaBasaIce Swooper Ice
StageData/ObjNameTable.arc/ObjNameTable.tbl バサバサアイス (Basa Basa Aisu) Swooper Ice

Names in other languages[edit]

Language Name Meaning Notes
Japanese アイスバットン[3]
Aisu Batton
Ice Bat
French Chauve-souris de glace[?] Ice bat
Italian Pippy di ghiaccio[?] Ice bat

References[edit]

  1. ^ Black, Fletcher (November 9, 2007). Super Mario Galaxy PRIMA Official Game Guide. Prima Games (American English). ISBN 978-0-7615-5643-5. Page 190.
  2. ^ Mayro (July 30, 2017). Neo Mario Galaxy - Part 2 - Ice spy some idiocy (13:59). YouTube (English). Retrieved July 7, 2024.
  3. ^ Sakai, Kazuya (Ambit), kikai, Akinori Sao, Junko Fukuda, Kunio Takayama, and Ko Nakahara (Shogakukan), editors. (October 19, 2015). 『スーパーマリオブラザーズ百科: 任天堂公式ガイドブック』. Tokyo: Shogakukan (Japanese). ISBN 978-4-09-106569-8. Page 126.