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{{species infobox
|title=Spindrift
|title=Spindrift
|image=[[File:Spindrift 64.png|150px]]
|image=[[File:Spindriftmario64ds.png|200x200px]]<br>Model from ''[[Super Mario 64 DS]]''
|first_appearance=''[[Super Mario 64]]'' ([[1996]])
|first_appearance=''[[Super Mario 64]]'' ([[List of games by date#1996|1996]])
|latest_appearance=''[[New Super Mario Bros.]]'' ([[2009]])
|latest_appearance=''[[Super Mario 3D All-Stars]]'' ([[List of games by date#2020|2020]])
|comparable=[[Choppah]]<br>[[Flopter]]<br>[[Twirlip]]
|notable=[[Torkdrift]]
}}
}}
'''Spindrifts''',<ref>{{cite|author=Pelland, Scott, and Dan Owsen|date=1996|language=en-us|publisher=Nintendo of America|title=''Super Mario 64'' Player's Guide|page=10}}</ref> or '''Flower Heads''',<ref>{{cite|title=Course 4 - Star 6: Wall Kicks Will Work|publisher=Nintendo: Super Mario 64 Strategy|archive=web.archive.org/web/19980610064450/https://www.nintendo.com/n64/super_mario64/4-6.html|deadlink=y|accessdate=May 22, 2024}}</ref> are enemies in ''[[Super Mario 64]]'' and ''[[Super Mario 64 DS]]''. They have spinning flowers on their heads that allow them to hover around.


A '''Spindrift''' is a flying enemy from ''[[Super Mario 64]]''. Spindrifts have a spinning flower on their heads which allows them to hover around. They also have a yellow cone at the bottom of their heads. A green leaf-like cape tops the first half of the yellow cone. A Spindrift's head is just a white sphere with two eyes and a mouth shaped like a reverted triangle, making the face look like it is surprised at something. In the [[Super Mario 64 DS|DS remake]] their heads now have a peach-yellow color, their flowers are somewhat bigger, their mouths and eyes are smaller and their mouths are now colored black instead of red.
==History==
===''Super Mario 64'' / ''Super Mario 64 DS''===
Spindrifts roam around a small area, heading slowly towards the player character when he is in their proximity. They can hover above [[water]] in the [[Nintendo DS]] version. If the player character [[jump]]s on a Spindrift, it releases three [[coin]]s and the character [[Spin Jump|spin-jump]]s in the air, which can potentially allow him to reach certain higher areas. Spindrifts appear in both snow courses: [[Cool, Cool Mountain]] and [[Snowman's Land]]. In the latter course, several of them make their home inside an igloo, with the Japanese and Korean names for the mission [[Into the Igloo]] translating to "Spindrift's Home."


[[File:Beta9 NSMB.jpg|thumb|left|A Spindrift in the [[List of New Super Mario Bros. beta elements|beta]] version of ''New Super Mario Bros.'']]
===''Super Mario Odyssey''===
If [[Mario]] jumps on the creature, the Spindrift releases three [[coin]]s, and Mario [[Spin Jump]]s in the air. This technique could be used to get to other areas in new ways. Spindrifts appear in both snow worlds [[Cool, Cool Mountain]] and [[Snowman's Land]]. Spindrifts were [[List of New Super Mario Bros. beta elements|supposed to appear]] in ''[[New Super Mario Bros.]]'', but were taken out of the final version. They were replaced by the blue-white boards allowing [[Mario]] to perform a [[Spin Jump]].
While standard Spindrifts do not appear in ''[[Super Mario Odyssey]]'', one of the game's bosses, [[Torkdrift]], is a mechanical Spindrift.
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==Names in Other Languages==
===Unused appearances===
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====''New Super Mario Bros.''====
Spindrifts were [[List of New Super Mario Bros. pre-release and unused content|included in pre-release builds]] in ''[[New Super Mario Bros.]]'' but were removed in the final version, where [[Spin Block (New Super Mario Bros.)|Spin Blocks]] fulfill their function.
 
==Gallery==
<gallery>
SpindriftSM64.png|A Spindrift from ''[[Super Mario 64]]''
SM64 Spindrifts Freezing Water.png|''Super Mario 64''
SM64DS SSS SL.png|''[[Super Mario 64 DS]]''
NSMB Prerelease 9.jpg|A Spindrift in a [[List of New Super Mario Bros. pre-release and unused content|prototype]] version of ''New Super Mario Bros.''
</gallery>
 
==Names in other languages==
{{foreign names
|Jap=フワフワさん
|Jap=フワフワさん
|JapR=Fuwafuwa-san
|JapR=Fuwafuwa-san
|JapM=Mr. Fluffy
|JapM=Portmanteau of「フワフワ」(''fuwafuwa'', "fluffy") and「さん」(''{{wp|Japanese honorifics#San|san}}'')
|JapC=<ref>{{cite|author=Motomiya, Shusuke (One Up),Yasuhiro Nemoto, Hideki Endo, Yuta Naoi, and Noriko Tsuyuki, editors|title=「キャラクター図鑑」 in 『スーパーマリオ64完全クリアガイド』|date=1996|language=ja|location=Tokyo|publisher=Media Factory|page=12|isbn=4-88991-411-0}}</ref><ref>{{cite|publisher=Shogakukan|date=2015|title=''[[Super Mario Bros. Encyclopedia|Super Mario Bros. Hyakka: Nintendo Kōshiki Guidebook]]'', ''Super Mario 64'' section|page=86}}</ref>
|ChiS=飘飘花 <ref>{{cite|url=bbs.saraba1st.com/2b/thread-80088-1-1.html|title=Guide posted on forums describing how to beat Mission 4 of Snowman's Land|date=February 4, 2004|language=zh-hans|accessdate=July 27, 2018|archive=web.archive.org/web/20170228010109/https://bbs.saraba1st.com/2b/thread-80088-1-1.html|deadlink=yes}}</ref>
|ChiSR=Piāopiāohuā
|ChiSM=Fluttering Flowers
|Fre=Spindrift
|Ger=Propy<ref>{{cite|author=Kraft, John D., Thomas Görg, and Marko Hein, editors|title=''Der offizielle Nintendo 64 Spieleberater "Super Mario 64"''|language=de|location=Großostheim|publisher=[[Nintendo|Nintendo of Europe GmbH]]|date=1997|page=8}}</ref>
|GerM=From "propeller" with diminutive suffix "-y"
|Ita=Spindrift<ref>{{cite|title=''[[Super Mario Bros. Encyclopedia|Super Mario Bros. Enciclopedia]]''|page=86}}</ref>
|Kor=둥둥이씨
|Kor=둥둥이씨
|KorR=Dungdung-i-ssi
|KorR=Dungdung-i-ssi
|KorM=Mr. Floating}}
|KorM=From "둥둥" (''dungdung'', "floating"); "이" and "씨" are honorific terms
}}
 
==References==
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Latest revision as of 00:33, November 4, 2024

Spindrift
Spindrift
Model from Super Mario 64 DS
First appearance Super Mario 64 (1996)
Latest appearance Super Mario 3D All-Stars (2020)
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Notable members

Spindrifts,[1] or Flower Heads,[2] are enemies in Super Mario 64 and Super Mario 64 DS. They have spinning flowers on their heads that allow them to hover around.

History[edit]

Super Mario 64 / Super Mario 64 DS[edit]

Spindrifts roam around a small area, heading slowly towards the player character when he is in their proximity. They can hover above water in the Nintendo DS version. If the player character jumps on a Spindrift, it releases three coins and the character spin-jumps in the air, which can potentially allow him to reach certain higher areas. Spindrifts appear in both snow courses: Cool, Cool Mountain and Snowman's Land. In the latter course, several of them make their home inside an igloo, with the Japanese and Korean names for the mission Into the Igloo translating to "Spindrift's Home."

Super Mario Odyssey[edit]

While standard Spindrifts do not appear in Super Mario Odyssey, one of the game's bosses, Torkdrift, is a mechanical Spindrift.

Unused appearances[edit]

New Super Mario Bros.[edit]

Spindrifts were included in pre-release builds in New Super Mario Bros. but were removed in the final version, where Spin Blocks fulfill their function.

Gallery[edit]

Names in other languages[edit]

Language Name Meaning Notes
Japanese フワフワさん[3][4]
Fuwafuwa-san 		Portmanteau of「フワフワ」(fuwafuwa, "fluffy") and「さん」(san)
Chinese (simplified) 飘飘花 [5]
Piāopiāohuā 		Fluttering Flowers
French Spindrift[?] -
German Propy[6] From "propeller" with diminutive suffix "-y"
Italian Spindrift[7] -
Korean 둥둥이씨[?]
Dungdung-i-ssi 		From "둥둥" (dungdung, "floating"); "이" and "씨" are honorific terms

References[edit]

  1. ^ Pelland, Scott, and Dan Owsen (1996). Super Mario 64 Player's Guide. Nintendo of America (American English). Page 10.
  2. ^ Course 4 - Star 6: Wall Kicks Will Work. Nintendo: Super Mario 64 Strategy. Archived June 10, 1998, 06:44:50 UTC from the original via Wayback Machine. Retrieved May 22, 2024.
  3. ^ Motomiya, Shusuke (One Up),Yasuhiro Nemoto, Hideki Endo, Yuta Naoi, and Noriko Tsuyuki, editors (1996). 「キャラクター図鑑」 in 『スーパーマリオ64完全クリアガイド』. Tokyo: Media Factory (Japanese). ISBN 4-88991-411-0. Page 12.
  4. ^ 2015. Super Mario Bros. Hyakka: Nintendo Kōshiki Guidebook, Super Mario 64 section. Shogakukan. Page 86.
  5. ^ February 4, 2004. Guide posted on forums describing how to beat Mission 4 of Snowman's Land. Archived February 28, 2017, 01:01:09 UTC from the original via Wayback Machine. Retrieved July 27, 2018.
  6. ^ Kraft, John D., Thomas Görg, and Marko Hein, editors (1997). Der offizielle Nintendo 64 Spieleberater "Super Mario 64". Großostheim: Nintendo of Europe GmbH (German). Page 8.
  7. ^ Super Mario Bros. Enciclopedia. Page 86.
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a Exclusive to Super Mario 64
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