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{{distinguish|Digga-Leg}}
{{character infobox
|image=[[File:SMG Megaleg and Moon Model.png|250px]]
|first_appearance=''[[Super Mario Galaxy]]'' ([[List of games by date#2007|2007]])
|latest_appearance=''[[Super Mario 3D All-Stars]]'' ([[List of games by date#2020|2020]])
|species=Robot
}}
{{quote|Wahahaha! [[Mario|You]] made it! But I won't even need [[Bowser|my dad]]'s help to take care of you! Go at 'em, Megaleg! Stomp 'em with the power of your [[Grand Star]]!|Bowser Jr.|Super Mario Galaxy}}
'''Megaleg''' is a boss in ''[[Super Mario Galaxy]]''. It is a gigantic mechanical construct with a vague resemblance to an [[Octoomba|Electrogoomba]]. It is found in [[Bowser Jr.'s Robot Reactor]], and is owned and possibly commanded by [[Bowser Jr.]] Megaleg is incredibly large and lives on a planet just big enough to hold it. It has three long legs, like a tripod, and each leg has various tricks and traps designed to trip [[Mario]] up. It has fly-like eyes with huge lights beaming out of them. On top of Megaleg's head is a red cage with a rotating lighthouse-like light on top that contains a [[Grand Star]]. Megaleg is much bigger than [[Digga-Leg]], a similar boss encountered in ''[[Super Mario Galaxy 2]]''.


[[image:Snifit3.jpg|thumb|right|The Snifit Bot on [[Tech Planet]].]]
Its appearance as a massive tripod is likely an homage to the {{wp|Martian (The War of the Worlds)|Martian}} {{wp|fighting machine (The War of the Worlds)|fighting machines}} from ''{{wp|The War of the Worlds}}''. Additionally, its Electrogoomba-like head may be a nod to the octopus-like appearance of the Martians in the novel.
'''The Snifit Bot''', also know as '''Arnharcus''' by some people because of a rumor spread online, is one of the cosmic bosses in [[Super Mario Galaxy]]. Why it has been called The Snifit Bot is because it looks a lot like a huge mechanical [[Snifit]].


== Other Names ==
==History==
===''Super Mario Galaxy''===
In ''[[Super Mario Galaxy]]'', when Mario enters Bowser Jr.'s Robot Reactor, Megaleg is positioned on the bottom of the [[Bowser Jr.'s Robot Reactor#Robot Reactor|Robot Reactor]]. When Mario uses the [[Launch Star]] on the [[Bowser Jr.'s Robot Reactor#Starting Planet|Starting Planet]] to reach the Robot Reactor, Bowser Jr. appears and orders Megaleg to attack Mario. Megaleg mainly attacks by consistently firing multiple [[Bullet Bill]]s from various locations on its head, legs, and underbelly. It also tries to stomp on Mario while he is on the Robot Reactor. Mario must [[jump]] on one of its three huge feet and climb up its leg, avoiding Bullet Bills along the way. When Mario reaches Megaleg's head, he has to lead a Bullet Bill into the larger cage surrounding the red cage, after which a barrier forms around the red cage and more Bullet Bills are fired. The music also speeds up. Mario must then lead another Bullet Bill into the red cage to release the Grand Star trapped inside and defeat Megaleg.


'''Arnharcus'''
The concept of climbing atop and moving on a large being was originally intended to be used in the final fight against {{iw|zeldawiki|Ganon}} in ''{{iw|zeldawiki|The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time}}'', but this was scrapped due to the fact that one would be unable to see Ganon while atop him. However, it was later reused in ''Super Mario Galaxy'', much to the excitement of the development team.<ref>{{cite|date=February 2008|title=''[[Nintendo Power]]'' Issue 225|page=64|language=en-us|publisher=Future US}}</ref> Megaleg underwent several changes prior to the release of ''Super Mario Galaxy''. In the [[List of Super Mario Galaxy pre-release and unused content#E3 2006 (May 10-12)|E3 2006 demo]] of the game, there was nothing in its cage. The earliest version of Megaleg was labeled "BossCrab", which had a different body design, no nose or mouth, four legs, and a half oval shaped head.<ref>{{cite|author=TCRF|title={{iw|tcrf|Super Mario Galaxy/Unused Models#BossCrab|Super Mario Galaxy/Unused Models § BossCrab}}|publisher=The Cutting Room Floor|language=en|accessdate=March 5, 2020}}</ref>


'''Triclops Spider'''
There is a [[List of Super Mario Galaxy glitches#Unactivated Megaleg|glitch]] whereby the player can access Megaleg's planet without triggering the cutscene or battle.<ref>{{cite|language=en|author=A+Start|date=March 6, 2015|url=youtu.be/qC-ypi33wMY?t=133|timestamp=02:13|title=Super Mario Galaxy Glitches - Son Of A Glitch - Episode 39|publisher=YouTube|accessdate=February 15, 2020}}</ref>


'''Three Legged Robot'''
===Unused appearances===
====''Super Mario Galaxy 2''====
In a ''[[Nintendo Power]]'' preview for ''[[Super Mario Galaxy 2]]'', it was stated that Megaleg would return.<ref>{{cite|publisher=Future US|language=en-us|date=February 2010|title=''Nintendo Power'' Issue 251|page=37}}</ref> This was later proven false, however, with [[Digga-Leg]] appearing instead.


'''Robot Boss'''
==Profiles and statistics==
{{SMG boss
|image=[[File:SMG Megaleg and Moon Model.png|x200px]]
|galaxy=[[Bowser Jr.'s Robot Reactor]]
|mission=[[Megaleg's Moon]]
|dome=[[Terrace (Super Mario Galaxy)|Terrace]]
|reward=[[File:Smg icon grandstar.png|link=Grand Star]]
}}


'''Tri-Bot'''
===Trading card description===
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
! width="150px" | Image
! Name
! Type
! Description
|-
| [[File:MegalegTradingCard.png|150px]]
| Megaleg
| Boss
| style="text-align:left" | ''A Grand Star is at stake in the battle against Megaleg, so Mario knows it won't be easy. With its flylike, light-beam eyes and three huge mechanical legs, this boss lives on its own planet in Bowser Jr.'s Robot Reactor. To defeat Megaleg, confuse the monster's own Bullet Bills so that they slam into its head and destroy it.''
|}


== Outlook ==
==Gallery==
<gallery>
SMG Concept Art 7.png|Concept artwork
GalaxyBosses.jpg|Key artwork
SMG Megaleg Moon.png|Megaleg standing on the Robot Reactor.
SMG Megaleg Foot.png|Mario at the base of Megaleg
SMG Megaleg Defenses.png|Mario climbing up Megaleg's leg
SMG Megaleg Destroyed.png|Megaleg explodes after Mario frees the Grand Star.
SMG Megaleg Gears.png|Mario traverses the moving gears
SMG Megaleg Head Bullet Bills.png|Mario being followed by a Bullet Bill on Megaleg's head.
</gallery>


The Snifit Bot looks incredibly large, and is found when [[Mario]] is flying from a [[Cosmic Bullet Bill]] filled planet to a more technology-based planet, slightly bigger than some others in order to fit The Snifit Bot upon it. By some serious fans that have already started naming things, it is known as the Tech Planet.
==Naming==
===Internal names===
{{internal names
|game1=''[[Super Mario Galaxy]]''
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|name1=TripodBoss
|meaning1=Tripod Boss
|game2=''Super Mario Galaxy''
|file2=<tt>StageData/ObjNameTable.arc/ObjNameTable.tbl</tt>
|name2=三脚ボス (''Sankyaku Bosu'')
|meaning2=Tripod Boss
}}


The Snifit Bot has three long legs, as seen in the picture, with tons of tricks and traps that Mario must evade while defeating it, along with a Snifit-like face and fly-like eyes with huge lights beaming out of them.
===Names in other languages===
{{foreign names
|Jpn=メガレッグ
|JpnR=Megareggu
|JpnM=Megaleg
|Fre=Mégapod
|FreM=Megapod
|Ger=Megabein
|GerM=Megaleg
|SpaE=Megatrípode
|SpaE2=Trípode Grandullón (Megaleg's Moon name only)
|SpaEM=Megatripod
|SpaE2M=Burly Tripod
|SpaA=Megatrípode
|SpaAM=Megatripod
|Ita=Tripodobot
|ItaM=From ''tripode'' ("tripod") and "robot"
|Kor=메가레그
|KorR=Megalegeu
|KorM=Megaleg
|Chi=机械巨腿<ref>{{cite|language=ja|author=真キノピコ|date=June 20, 2018|url=youtu.be/OqL-B6PTsRI?t=56m19s|timestamp=56:19|title=スーパーマリオギャラクシー Part1 ワールド1 テラス|publisher=YouTube|accessdate=March 5, 2020}}</ref>
|ChiR=Jīxiè Jùtuǐ
|ChiM=Mechanical Huge Legs
}}


== Attacks ==
==References==
<references/>


The Snifit Bot shoots from its underbelly, which consists of various cannons. It shoots regular bullet bills, and the new homing-missiles, the [[Cosmic Bullet Bill|Cosmic Bullet Bills]], at Mario while he attempts climbing up its legs.
{{SMG}}
 
Another thing it tries to do is stomp on Mario with its massive feet, while Mario is running around on the Tech Planet.
 
== Introduction ==
 
The Snifit Bot's intro as a boss is quite surprising. As Mario is on a small planet, the [[Mix Planet]], collecting [[Coin]]s, he shoots out with a [[Boost Star]] to the next planet, and instantly when he arrives, an alarm alert beeper goes off and The Snifit Bot makes three huge stomps, coming up toward Mario and stomping its feet, which means the other bosses in this game may not be as they were in [[Super Mario Sunshine]], for Mario may not be warned to get ready before the boss begins. He may just not know when a boss might turn up and might not be ready to fight one, and may have nothing to do about it.
 
== Strategy ==
 
To beat the Snifit Bot, Mario must run toward its feet and wait until they stomp down, then [[Jump]] on them and climb up his tricky-to-survive-on leg, getting to the top where Cosmic Bullet Bills are ready to chase him. Then he must have the Cosmic Bullet Bills ram into the top bulb of the Snifit Bot, first destroying the catch, then the red light to blow the whole thing up.
 
== Climbing Up Arnharcus ==
[[image:arnharcusclimb.jpg|thumb|right|Climbing up Arnharcus.]]
First, Mario must jump up on its foot after the bot stomps down on the ground in an attempt to squish Mario, then he must run up arrows, avoiding sharp hooks, also avoiding three Cosmic Bullet bill cannons at the lump of the chain, then collect two Coins, and finally, run past rotating cogs up to where five round holes will continuously shoot Cosmic Bullet Bills at him.
 
 
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Latest revision as of 14:31, March 6, 2025

Not to be confused with Digga-Leg.
Megaleg
Artwork of Megaleg from Super Mario Galaxy.
Species Robot
First appearance Super Mario Galaxy (2007)
Latest appearance Super Mario 3D All-Stars (2020)
“Wahahaha! You made it! But I won't even need my dad's help to take care of you! Go at 'em, Megaleg! Stomp 'em with the power of your Grand Star!”
—Bowser Jr., Super Mario Galaxy

Megaleg is a boss in Super Mario Galaxy. It is a gigantic mechanical construct with a vague resemblance to an Electrogoomba. It is found in Bowser Jr.'s Robot Reactor, and is owned and possibly commanded by Bowser Jr. Megaleg is incredibly large and lives on a planet just big enough to hold it. It has three long legs, like a tripod, and each leg has various tricks and traps designed to trip Mario up. It has fly-like eyes with huge lights beaming out of them. On top of Megaleg's head is a red cage with a rotating lighthouse-like light on top that contains a Grand Star. Megaleg is much bigger than Digga-Leg, a similar boss encountered in Super Mario Galaxy 2.

Its appearance as a massive tripod is likely an homage to the Martian fighting machines from The War of the Worlds. Additionally, its Electrogoomba-like head may be a nod to the octopus-like appearance of the Martians in the novel.

History[edit]

Super Mario Galaxy[edit]

In Super Mario Galaxy, when Mario enters Bowser Jr.'s Robot Reactor, Megaleg is positioned on the bottom of the Robot Reactor. When Mario uses the Launch Star on the Starting Planet to reach the Robot Reactor, Bowser Jr. appears and orders Megaleg to attack Mario. Megaleg mainly attacks by consistently firing multiple Bullet Bills from various locations on its head, legs, and underbelly. It also tries to stomp on Mario while he is on the Robot Reactor. Mario must jump on one of its three huge feet and climb up its leg, avoiding Bullet Bills along the way. When Mario reaches Megaleg's head, he has to lead a Bullet Bill into the larger cage surrounding the red cage, after which a barrier forms around the red cage and more Bullet Bills are fired. The music also speeds up. Mario must then lead another Bullet Bill into the red cage to release the Grand Star trapped inside and defeat Megaleg.

The concept of climbing atop and moving on a large being was originally intended to be used in the final fight against Ganon in The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time, but this was scrapped due to the fact that one would be unable to see Ganon while atop him. However, it was later reused in Super Mario Galaxy, much to the excitement of the development team.[1] Megaleg underwent several changes prior to the release of Super Mario Galaxy. In the E3 2006 demo of the game, there was nothing in its cage. The earliest version of Megaleg was labeled "BossCrab", which had a different body design, no nose or mouth, four legs, and a half oval shaped head.[2]

There is a glitch whereby the player can access Megaleg's planet without triggering the cutscene or battle.[3]

Unused appearances[edit]

Super Mario Galaxy 2[edit]

In a Nintendo Power preview for Super Mario Galaxy 2, it was stated that Megaleg would return.[4] This was later proven false, however, with Digga-Leg appearing instead.

Profiles and statistics[edit]

Megaleg
Artwork of Megaleg from Super Mario Galaxy.
Dome Terrace Galaxy Bowser Jr.'s Robot Reactor
Mission Megaleg's Moon Reward Grand Star

Trading card description[edit]

Image Name Type Description
MegalegTradingCard.png Megaleg Boss A Grand Star is at stake in the battle against Megaleg, so Mario knows it won't be easy. With its flylike, light-beam eyes and three huge mechanical legs, this boss lives on its own planet in Bowser Jr.'s Robot Reactor. To defeat Megaleg, confuse the monster's own Bullet Bills so that they slam into its head and destroy it.

Gallery[edit]

  • Concept artwork

    Concept artwork

  • Key artwork

    Key artwork

  • Megaleg standing on the Robot Reactor.

    Megaleg standing on the Robot Reactor.

  • Mario at the base of Megaleg

    Mario at the base of Megaleg

  • Mario climbing up Megaleg's leg

    Mario climbing up Megaleg's leg

  • Megaleg explodes after Mario frees the Grand Star.

    Megaleg explodes after Mario frees the Grand Star.

  • Mario traverses the moving gears

    Mario traverses the moving gears

  • Mario being followed by a Bullet Bill on Megaleg's head.

    Mario being followed by a Bullet Bill on Megaleg's head.

Naming[edit]

Internal names[edit]

Game File Name Meaning

Super Mario Galaxy ObjectData/TripodBoss.arc TripodBoss Tripod Boss
StageData/ObjNameTable.arc/ObjNameTable.tbl 三脚ボス (Sankyaku Bosu)

Names in other languages[edit]

Language Name Meaning Notes
Japanese メガレッグ[?]
Megareggu 		Megaleg
Chinese 机械巨腿[5]
Jīxiè Jùtuǐ 		Mechanical Huge Legs
French Mégapod[?] Megapod
German Megabein[?] Megaleg
Italian Tripodobot[?] From tripode ("tripod") and "robot"
Korean 메가레그[?]
Megalegeu 		Megaleg
Spanish (NOA) Megatrípode[?] Megatripod
Spanish (NOE) Megatrípode[?] Megatripod
Trípode Grandullón (Megaleg's Moon name only)[?] Burly Tripod

References[edit]

  1. ^ February 2008. Nintendo Power Issue 225. Future US (American English). Page 64.
  2. ^ TCRF. Super Mario Galaxy/Unused Models § BossCrab. The Cutting Room Floor (English). Retrieved March 5, 2020.
  3. ^ A+Start (March 6, 2015). Super Mario Galaxy Glitches - Son Of A Glitch - Episode 39 (02:13). YouTube (English). Retrieved February 15, 2020.
  4. ^ February 2010. Nintendo Power Issue 251. Future US (American English). Page 37.
  5. ^ 真キノピコ (June 20, 2018). スーパーマリオギャラクシー Part1 ワールド1 テラス (56:19). YouTube (Japanese). Retrieved March 5, 2020.
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