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|title=Tap-Tap
|image=[[File:tap.jpg|160px]]<br>Artwork of a Tap-Tap from ''Yoshi Topsy-Turvy''
|image=[[Image:tap.jpg|160px]]<br>A '''Tap-Tap''' bounds forward.
|first_appearance=''[[Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island]]'' ([[List of games by date#1995|1995]])
|sub_species=[[Super Big Tap-Tap]]
|latest_appearance=''[[Yoshi's Crafted World]]'' ([[List of games by date#2019|2019]])
|related=
|variants=[[Super Big Tap-Tap]]
|first_appearance=''[[Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island]]'' ([[1995]])
|relatives=[[Spike (Yoshi's Story)|Spike (''Yoshi's Story'')]]
|notable=[[Tap-Tap the Red Nose]]<br>[[Tap-Tap the Golden]]
|notable=[[Tap-Tap the Golden]]<br>[[Tap-Tap the Red Nose]]
|latest_appearance=''[[Super Smash Bros. Brawl]]'' (as a [[Sticker (Super Smash Bros. Brawl)|Sticker]]) ([[2008]])
|expand=
}}
}}
'''Tap-Taps''' are small, spike-covered enemies that walk back and forth in ''[[Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island]]'' and its remake ''[[Yoshi's Island: Super Mario Advance 3]]''. Sometimes they'll [[Jump|hop]] up and down. They can't be hurt in any normal way, except for an [[Yoshi Egg|egg]]. A [[Huffin' Puffin]] chick will send one flying backwards, and if it hits another, the other one will be destroyed. They're immune to most attacks, except ice breath and fire breath. A Tap-Tap is encountered as a mid-boss in ''Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island'' as [[Tap-Tap the Red Nose]], as well as a similar obstacle in [[Baby Bowser]]'s [[Bowser's Castle|castle]] known as [[Tap-Tap the Golden]].
'''Tap-Taps''' are small, metallic, spike-covered enemies that walk back and forth, making a distinctive clicking noise as they do. They have large noses and grins and small eyes.
==History==
===''Yoshi's Island'' series===
====''Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island''====
[[File:SMW2YI Tap-Tap screenshot.png|thumb|A Tap-Tap in ''Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island'']]
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|[[File:Taptapsprite.png]] [[File:SMW2YI Orange Tap-Tap sprite.png]]|align=left
}}
Tap-Taps first appear in ''[[Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island]]'' and return in the [[Yoshi's Island: Super Mario Advance 3|Game Boy Advance version]]. Tap-Taps are immune to most direct attacks; if Yoshis attempt to eat a Tap-Tap, they only push it slightly with their tongue. Tap-Taps are also resistant to [[Yoshi Egg]]s and [[Huffin Puffin]] chicks, although they will be sent rolling backwards if hit with one. To defeat a Tap-Tap, it has to collide with another enemy while rolling. [[Chomp Rock]]s, ice breath and fire breath attacks are also capable of defeating a Tap-Tap. Forcing a Tap-Tap into the lava or the water can result in it burning away or drowning. There are two color variations seen in Tap-Taps: gray ones with orange noses and purple feet, and orange ones with green noses and blue feet. Gray ones remain on their platform, while orange ones walk off the platform they are on. This difference in behavior is also seen in red and green [[Koopa Troopa]]s, respectively. Sometimes, they are found hopping up and down; these variants are specified as '''Hopping Tap-Taps''' in the [[Nintendo Power|Player's Guide]].<ref name=guide>{{cite|author=Miller, Kent and Terry Munson|title=''Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island'' Player's Guide|language=American English|date=1995|publisher=Nintendo of America|page=[[media:SMW2 Guide 127.jpg|127]]}}</ref>
 
A Tap-Tap is encountered as a mid-boss called [[Tap-Tap the Red Nose]]. A similar enemy is later encountered in [[King Bowser's Castle (Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island)|King Bowser's Castle]], known as [[Tap-Tap the Golden]].
 
====''Yoshi Touch & Go''====
{{multiframe
|[[File:YT&G Tap-Tap.png]] [[File:YT&G Tap-Tap Orange.png]]|align=left
}}
They also appear in ''[[Yoshi Touch & Go]]'', whose manual erroneously labels them as '''Spiked Fun Guys''',<ref>{{cite|title=''Yoshi Touch & Go'' instruction booklet|url=cdn02.nintendo-europe.com/media/downloads/games_8/emanuals/nintendo_ds_21/Manual_NintendoDS_YoshiTouchAndGo_EN.pdf|page=26|language=en-gb|publisher=Nintendo of Europe}}</ref> where the orange ones walk while the gray ones hop in place. The gray ones also now have red feet instead of purple.
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====''Yoshi's Island DS''====
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|[[File:YIDS Gray Tap-Tap.png]] [[File:YIDS Orange Tap-Tap.png]]|align=left
}}
Tap-Taps additionally appear in ''[[Yoshi's Island DS]]'', acting the same as before. An enormous, invulnerable variation (with the ability to crush land platforms) known as the [[Super Big Tap-Tap]] also appears in this game.
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[[Image:Taptaps.png|frame|left]]
====''Yoshi's New Island''====
Tap-Taps have also appeared in ''[[Yoshi Topsy-Turvy]]'', ''[[Yoshi Touch & Go]]'' (whose manual erroneously labeled them as '''Spiked Fun Guys''', which are actually a [[Spiked Fun Guy|different species]]), and ''[[Yoshi's Island DS]]'', where they behaved similarly; however, instead of the normal ones walking off platforms, the pink ones walk off while the normal ones stay. A large, invulnerable variation (with the ability to crush land platforms) known as the [[Super Big Tap-Tap]] also appears in ''Yoshi's Island DS''.
[[File:YNI Tap-Tap gold.png|frame|left]]
[[File:YNI Model TapTap Yellow.png|thumb]]
Tap-Taps also appear in ''[[Yoshi's New Island]]'' acting the same as in previous appearances, though only the orange variants appear in the game. Unused textures for the gray type can be found in the data, however. Tap-Tap the Golden also returns.
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==Appearance==
===''Yoshi Topsy-Turvy''===
A Tap-Tap is a small, spherical spiked creature with two black, beady eyes and a grin, it also has a bulbous red nose, Tap-Tap are immune to most attacks, except [[Special Blue Watermelon]] and [[Super Red Watermelon]].
{{multiframe|[[File:Tap-Tap YTT.png]] [[File:YTT-Rainbow Tap-Tap Sprite.png]]|align=left}}
Tap-Taps also appear in ''[[Yoshi Topsy-Turvy]]'', where they first appear at the end of the fifth chapter of [[Tale of the Spirit of Money]]. Later, the third chapter of [[Tale of the Spirit of Power]] involves defeating at least eight of them. While still normally invincible, the rolling-up platforms can be used to crush them or cause them to fall into [[Spike Trap|spike]]s. Orange ones are found during the second phase of the battle against [[Bowser]]. Whenever Bowser jumps or is hit by a [[Bomb (object)|bomb]], he slams against the ground, causing three orange Tap-Taps to fall from above. They roll along the ground, and go in the direction that the player tilts the [[Game Boy Advance]]. They cause three points of damage to [[Yoshi]] upon contact with him.
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===''Super Smash Bros.'' series===
In the [[Super Smash Bros. (series)|''Super Smash Bros.'' series]], there are a few items of a Tap-Tap. In ''[[Super Smash Bros. Brawl]]'', there is a [[Sticker (Super Smash Bros. Brawl)|sticker]] of a Tap-Tap, and in ''[[Super Smash Bros. Ultimate]]'', one appears as a [[Spirit (Super Smash Bros. Ultimate)|spirit]].


==Notable Members==
===''Yoshi's Woolly World''===
*[[Tap-Tap the Red Nose]]
[[File:YWW TapTaps.jpg|thumb|230px|Two Tap-Taps surrounding Platinum Yoshi in ''Yoshi's Woolly World'']]
*[[Tap-Tap the Golden]]
Tap-Taps return in ''[[Yoshi's Woolly World]]'' and ''[[Poochy & Yoshi's Woolly World]]'', being introduced in [[World 2 (Yoshi's Woolly World)|World 2]]. The orange ones' bodies now consist of a brown baseball with pointy beads functioning as spikes, while the gray ones have red feet again like in ''Yoshi Touch & Go''. As in previous appearances, some Tap-Taps walk back and forth between two walls, while others jump up and down in place. Forcing one Tap-Tap to roll into the other with a yarn ball results in both being destroyed.


==Names in Other Languages==
===''Yoshi's Crafted World''===
{{foreignname
The regular silver Tap-Taps reappear in ''[[Yoshi's Crafted World]]'', acting the same as previous appearances. They appear in the levels [[Poochy's Magma Run]] and [[Skulking Around]].
|Jap=カチカチ
 
|JapR=Kachikachi
==Profiles and statistics==
|JapM=Japanese onomatopoeia for stones knocking together to create fire
===''Yoshi's Island'' series===
|Spa=Metalón
====''Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island'' / ''Yoshi's Island: Super Mario Advance 3''====
|SpaM= From ''metal''.
*'''Shogakukan guide:''' タマゴを当てても気絶するだけ。じゃまなときは、舌でツンツンと押しやろう。ころがりくんが天敵。<ref name=Sho/> (''If you hit it with an egg, it will just faint. If it is a nuisance, push it with your tongue. The [[Melon Bug]] is a natural enemy.'')
|Ger=Pseudo Stego
*'''[[Nintendo Power|Player's Guide]]
|GerM=From ''pseudo'' (fake) and ''Stego'', the German name of [[Tap-Tap the Red Nose]]
**'''Tap-Tap:''' ''Virtually indestructible and very painful to touch. However, Yoshi can push him with his tongue.''<ref>{{cite|author=Miller, Kent and Terry Munson|title=''Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island'' Player's Guide|language=en-us|date=1995|publisher=Nintendo of America|page=[[media:SMW2 Guide 128.jpg|128]]}}</ref>
|Ita=Piombospino
**'''Hopping Tap-Tap:''' ''Unlike their earthbound bros, they live high in the air on mysterious gravity-defying rocks. Highly inedible.''<ref name=guide/>
|ItaM=From ''piombo'', lead; and ''spina'', spike.
*'''Shogakukan guide''' ([[Yoshi's Island: Super Mario Advance 3|Game Boy Advance version]]): タマゴを当てると後ろに転がり、後続の敵をやっつけることができる。タマゴがないときは舌でつっついて追いやったり、ころがりくんを当てて倒そう。<ref name=Advance/> (''When you hit it with an egg, it rolls backward and you defeat enemies following it. If you do not have eggs, you can drive it away by pecking it with your tongue, or hit it with a [[Melon Bug]] to defeat it.'')
 
====''Yoshi Touch & Go''====
*'''Shogakukan guide'''
**'''Tap-Tap (Orange):''' 地面をまっすぐ歩いてくる。タマゴを当てると後ろに転がり、触れた敵を倒すことができるが、しばらくすると起き上がって歩き始める。体が固いので、カチカチくん同士をぶつけないと倒せない。<ref name=YTG>{{cite|language=Japanese|publisher=Shogakukan|title=「キャッチ!タッチ!ヨッシー!任天堂公式ガイドブック」 (''Catch! Touch! Yoshi! Nintendo Kōshiki Guidebook'')|page={{file link|CTY Shogakukan P13.jpg|13}}}}</ref>(''It walks straight on the ground. If you hit it with an egg, it rolls backward and you can knock down enemies you touch, but after a while it gets up and starts walking. Its body is hard, so you have to hit the Tap-Taps against each other to knock it down.'')
**'''Tap-Tap (Gray):''' その場でジャンプを繰り返すカチカチくん。よけて通るときは、雲の道を突き破られないように、十分距離をとること。近くにがけがあれば、タマゴを当てて落としてしまおう。<ref name=YTG/>(''Tap-Tap repeatedly jumps on the spot. When dodging, keep a good distance from the cloud to prevent it from breaking through the path. If there is a cliff nearby, hit it with your egg and drop it.'')
 
====''Yoshi's New Island''====
*'''Shogakukan guide:''' トゲのために踏みつけやヒップドロップで攻擊できず、タマゴでも倒せない。避けながら進もう。歩いて移動するものと、その場でジャンプを繰り返すものがいる。<ref name=YNI>{{cite|language=Japanese|publisher=Shogakukan|title=「ヨッシー New アイランド 任天堂公式ガイドブック」 (''Yoshi's New Island Nintendo Kōshiki Guidebook'')|page={{file link|Yoshi New Island Shogakukan P19.jpg|19}}}}</ref>(''The spikes make it impossible to attack by stomping or Hip Dropping, and even eggs will not knock it down. Avoid them as you move forward. Some of them move on foot, while others repeatedly jump on the spot.'')
 
===''Yoshi Topsy-Turvy''===
*'''Shogakukan guide:''' 体が固いトゲでおおわれているため、食べることもできなければ、踏んで倒すこともできない。まきじゅうたんなどの仕掛けを利用して倒そう。<ref>{{cite|language=Japanese|publisher=Shogakukan|title=「ヨッシーの万有引力任天堂公式ガイドブック」 (''Yoshi Banyū Inryoku Nintendo Kōshiki Guidebook'')|page={{file link|YUG Shogakukan P23.jpg|23}}}}</ref>(''Since its body is covered with hard spines, it cannot be eaten or knocked down by stepping on it. Use traps such as a carpet of spikes to defeat them.'')
 
===''Super Smash Bros.'' series===
====''Super Smash Bros. Brawl''====
{{SSBB sticker
|name=Tap-Tap
|image=[[File:Tap-Tap Sticker.png|x100px]]
|game=''Yoshi Touch & Go''
|effect=[Body, Spin] - Attack +24
}}
 
====''Super Smash Bros. Ultimate''====
{{Spirit
|no=305
|name=Tap-Tap
|image=[[File:Tap.jpg|100px]]
|series=''Yoshi'' Series
|type=Primary
|slots=1
|class=Novice
|effects='''{{color|deepskyblue|Shield}}'''<br>Weight ↑
|obtain=[[smashwiki:Spirit Board|Spirit Board]]
|opponents=Metal [[Pac-Man|PAC-MAN]]
|conditions=<nowiki/>
*The enemy is metal
|stage=[[Yoshi's Island (Super Smash Bros. Brawl)|Yoshi's Island]]
|song=Wildlands
}}
 
==Gallery==
<gallery>
Yoshi's Island Christmas Puzzle Artwork.jpg|Artwork used for a Christmas-themed puzzle based on ''Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island''
Tap-Tap SMA3.png|''[[Yoshi's Island: Super Mario Advance 3]]''
SMA3-TapTapGray.png|''Yoshi's Island: Super Mario Advance 3''
SMA3-TapTapOrange.png|''Yoshi's Island: Super Mario Advance 3''
YNI Model TapTap Gray.png|''[[Yoshi's New Island]]'' (unused)
YWW TapTap.jpg|A Tap-Tap in the [[Scrapbook Theater]] (''[[Yoshi's Woolly World]]'')
YCW Tap-Tap.png|''[[Yoshi's Crafted World]]''
Instagram msatomdesu 2022-05-07.jpg|''[[Yoshi's Island (series)|Yoshi's Island]]'' line drawing by [[Masanori Sato]]
</gallery>
 
==Names in other languages==
{{foreign names
|Jap=カチカチくん<ref name=Sho>{{cite|language=Japanese|publisher=Shogakukan|title=「スーパーマリオヨッシーアイランド任天堂公式ガイドブック」 (''Super Mario: Yossy Island Nintendo Kōshiki Guidebook'')|page=[[media:Super Mario Yossy Island Shogakukan P6.jpg|6]]}}</ref><ref name=Advance>{{cite|language=Japanese|publisher=Shogakukan|title=「スーパーマリオアドバンス3任天堂公式ガイドブック」 (''Super Mario Advance 3 Nintendo Kōshiki Guidebook'')|page=[[media:Advance 3 Shogakukan P15.png|15]]}}</ref><ref>{{cite|language=Japanese|publisher=Shogakukan|title=「ヨッシーの万有引力任天堂公式ガイドブック」 (''Yoshi Banyū Inryoku Nintendo Kōshiki Guidebook'')|page=147}}</ref><ref name=YTG/>
|JapR=Kachikachi-kun
|JapM=Compound of「カチカチ」(''kachi-kachi'', onomatopoeia for clicking) and the honorific「~くん」(''{{wp|Japanese honorifics#Kun|kun}}'')
|Chi=咔咔
|Chi=咔咔
|ChiR=Kākā
|ChiR=Kākā
|ChiM=Onomatopoeia for cackling, although most likely transliterated from the Japanese name}}
|ChiM=Onomatopoeia for cackling sound, although most likely transliterated from the Japanese name
|Dut=Tap-Tap<ref name=ultimate/>
|FreA=Gros Bobo<ref name=ultimate>''Super Smash Bros. Ultimate'' spirit name</ref>
|FreAM=Big Tap-tap
|FreE=M. Boulapik<ref>{{cite|url=fs-prod-cdn.nintendo-europe.com/media/downloads/games_8/emanuals/nintendo_ds_21/Manual_NintendoDS_YoshiTouchAndGo_FR.pdf|title=''Yoshi Touch & Go'' instruction booklet|page=86|language=fr|publisher=Nintendo of Europe}}</ref>
|FreE2=Gros Bobo<ref name=ultimate/>
|FreEM=Abbreviation of "monsieur" ("sir") + simplified form of "boule à piques" (lit. "spiked ball")
|FreE2M=Big bobo
|Ger=Pseudo Stego{{ref needed}}<br>Stego<ref name=ultimate/>
|GerM=Fake [[Tap-Tap the Red Nose]]
|Ita=Piombospino
|Ita2=Buffopallo<ref>{{cite|title=''Yoshi Touch & Go'' instruction manual|page=86|language=it|publisher=Nintendo of Europe|date=2005}}</ref>
|Ita2N=''Yoshi Touch & Go''
|ItaM=From ''piombo'' ("lead") and masculine form of ''spina'' ("spike")
|Ita2M=From ''buffo'' ("silly") and masculine form of ''palla'' ("ball")
|Kor=철퇴머리<ref>"철퇴머리 해저 동굴" (Tap-Tap's Sunken Cave) - Level 3-7 of Yoshi's Island DS</ref>
|KorR=Cheoltoemeori
|KorM=Macehead
|Rus=Топ-топ<ref name=ultimate/>
|RusR=Top-top
|RusM=Onomatopoeia for stepping
|Spa=Rolando<ref>''[[Yoshi Touch & Go]]'' Spanish guide</ref>
|Spa2=Metalón<ref name=ultimate/> (most games)
|SpaM=Pun on "roll" and the Spanish name "Rolando"
|Spa2M=Augmentative form of "metal"
}}


==Trivia==
==References==
*[[Spiky Tromp]]s and [[Spiny Tromp]]s look very much like Tap-Taps; they are also round and covered in spikes.
<references/>
*[[Sorbetti]], from ''[[Super Mario Galaxy 2]]'', looks like it may be a Super Big Tap-Tap made out of snow.
*The name of Tap-Taps may come from the distinctive clicking noise they make as they walk.


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Latest revision as of 07:34, August 28, 2024

Tap-Tap
Artwork of a Tap-Tap in Yoshi Topsy-Turvy (later reused for Yoshi's Island DS)
Artwork of a Tap-Tap from Yoshi Topsy-Turvy
First appearance Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island (1995)
Latest appearance Yoshi's Crafted World (2019)
Variants
Relatives
Notable members

Tap-Taps are small, metallic, spike-covered enemies that walk back and forth, making a distinctive clicking noise as they do. They have large noses and grins and small eyes.

History[edit]

Yoshi's Island series[edit]

Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island[edit]

Yoshi with four Tap-Taps in Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island
A Tap-Tap in Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island
Taptapsprite.png An orange Tap-Tap's sprite.

Tap-Taps first appear in Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island and return in the Game Boy Advance version. Tap-Taps are immune to most direct attacks; if Yoshis attempt to eat a Tap-Tap, they only push it slightly with their tongue. Tap-Taps are also resistant to Yoshi Eggs and Huffin Puffin chicks, although they will be sent rolling backwards if hit with one. To defeat a Tap-Tap, it has to collide with another enemy while rolling. Chomp Rocks, ice breath and fire breath attacks are also capable of defeating a Tap-Tap. Forcing a Tap-Tap into the lava or the water can result in it burning away or drowning. There are two color variations seen in Tap-Taps: gray ones with orange noses and purple feet, and orange ones with green noses and blue feet. Gray ones remain on their platform, while orange ones walk off the platform they are on. This difference in behavior is also seen in red and green Koopa Troopas, respectively. Sometimes, they are found hopping up and down; these variants are specified as Hopping Tap-Taps in the Player's Guide.[1]

A Tap-Tap is encountered as a mid-boss called Tap-Tap the Red Nose. A similar enemy is later encountered in King Bowser's Castle, known as Tap-Tap the Golden.

Yoshi Touch & Go[edit]

Tap-Tap from Yoshi Touch & Go Orange Tap-Tap from Yoshi Touch & Go

They also appear in Yoshi Touch & Go, whose manual erroneously labels them as Spiked Fun Guys,[2] where the orange ones walk while the gray ones hop in place. The gray ones also now have red feet instead of purple.

Yoshi's Island DS[edit]

A Gray Tap-Tap An Orange Tap-Tap

Tap-Taps additionally appear in Yoshi's Island DS, acting the same as before. An enormous, invulnerable variation (with the ability to crush land platforms) known as the Super Big Tap-Tap also appears in this game.

Yoshi's New Island[edit]

Tap-Tap from Yoshi's New Island
Tap-Tap from Yoshi's New Island

Tap-Taps also appear in Yoshi's New Island acting the same as in previous appearances, though only the orange variants appear in the game. Unused textures for the gray type can be found in the data, however. Tap-Tap the Golden also returns.

Yoshi Topsy-Turvy[edit]

Tap-Tap sprite Tap-Tap

Tap-Taps also appear in Yoshi Topsy-Turvy, where they first appear at the end of the fifth chapter of Tale of the Spirit of Money. Later, the third chapter of Tale of the Spirit of Power involves defeating at least eight of them. While still normally invincible, the rolling-up platforms can be used to crush them or cause them to fall into spikes. Orange ones are found during the second phase of the battle against Bowser. Whenever Bowser jumps or is hit by a bomb, he slams against the ground, causing three orange Tap-Taps to fall from above. They roll along the ground, and go in the direction that the player tilts the Game Boy Advance. They cause three points of damage to Yoshi upon contact with him.

Super Smash Bros. series[edit]

In the Super Smash Bros. series, there are a few items of a Tap-Tap. In Super Smash Bros. Brawl, there is a sticker of a Tap-Tap, and in Super Smash Bros. Ultimate, one appears as a spirit.

Yoshi's Woolly World[edit]

Two Tap-Taps surrounding Platinum Yoshi
Two Tap-Taps surrounding Platinum Yoshi in Yoshi's Woolly World

Tap-Taps return in Yoshi's Woolly World and Poochy & Yoshi's Woolly World, being introduced in World 2. The orange ones' bodies now consist of a brown baseball with pointy beads functioning as spikes, while the gray ones have red feet again like in Yoshi Touch & Go. As in previous appearances, some Tap-Taps walk back and forth between two walls, while others jump up and down in place. Forcing one Tap-Tap to roll into the other with a yarn ball results in both being destroyed.

Yoshi's Crafted World[edit]

The regular silver Tap-Taps reappear in Yoshi's Crafted World, acting the same as previous appearances. They appear in the levels Poochy's Magma Run and Skulking Around.

Profiles and statistics[edit]

Yoshi's Island series[edit]

Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island / Yoshi's Island: Super Mario Advance 3[edit]

  • Shogakukan guide: タマゴを当てても気絶するだけ。じゃまなときは、舌でツンツンと押しやろう。ころがりくんが天敵。[3] (If you hit it with an egg, it will just faint. If it is a nuisance, push it with your tongue. The Melon Bug is a natural enemy.)
  • Player's Guide
    • Tap-Tap: Virtually indestructible and very painful to touch. However, Yoshi can push him with his tongue.[4]
    • Hopping Tap-Tap: Unlike their earthbound bros, they live high in the air on mysterious gravity-defying rocks. Highly inedible.[1]
  • Shogakukan guide (Game Boy Advance version): タマゴを当てると後ろに転がり、後続の敵をやっつけることができる。タマゴがないときは舌でつっついて追いやったり、ころがりくんを当てて倒そう。[5] (When you hit it with an egg, it rolls backward and you defeat enemies following it. If you do not have eggs, you can drive it away by pecking it with your tongue, or hit it with a Melon Bug to defeat it.)

Yoshi Touch & Go[edit]

  • Shogakukan guide
    • Tap-Tap (Orange): 地面をまっすぐ歩いてくる。タマゴを当てると後ろに転がり、触れた敵を倒すことができるが、しばらくすると起き上がって歩き始める。体が固いので、カチカチくん同士をぶつけないと倒せない。[6](It walks straight on the ground. If you hit it with an egg, it rolls backward and you can knock down enemies you touch, but after a while it gets up and starts walking. Its body is hard, so you have to hit the Tap-Taps against each other to knock it down.)
    • Tap-Tap (Gray): その場でジャンプを繰り返すカチカチくん。よけて通るときは、雲の道を突き破られないように、十分距離をとること。近くにがけがあれば、タマゴを当てて落としてしまおう。[6](Tap-Tap repeatedly jumps on the spot. When dodging, keep a good distance from the cloud to prevent it from breaking through the path. If there is a cliff nearby, hit it with your egg and drop it.)

Yoshi's New Island[edit]

  • Shogakukan guide: トゲのために踏みつけやヒップドロップで攻擊できず、タマゴでも倒せない。避けながら進もう。歩いて移動するものと、その場でジャンプを繰り返すものがいる。[7](The spikes make it impossible to attack by stomping or Hip Dropping, and even eggs will not knock it down. Avoid them as you move forward. Some of them move on foot, while others repeatedly jump on the spot.)

Yoshi Topsy-Turvy[edit]

  • Shogakukan guide: 体が固いトゲでおおわれているため、食べることもできなければ、踏んで倒すこともできない。まきじゅうたんなどの仕掛けを利用して倒そう。[8](Since its body is covered with hard spines, it cannot be eaten or knocked down by stepping on it. Use traps such as a carpet of spikes to defeat them.)

Super Smash Bros. series[edit]

Super Smash Bros. Brawl[edit]

Sticker
Tap-Tap
A Sticker of Tap-Tap in Super Smash Bros. Brawl.
Artwork from: Yoshi Touch & Go
Effects in The Subspace Emissary: [Body, Spin] - Attack +24
Usable by: Anyone

Super Smash Bros. Ultimate[edit]

Spirit
#305 Tap-Tap
Artwork of a Tap-Tap in Yoshi Topsy-Turvy (later reused for Yoshi's Island DS) Series/game Yoshi Series
Type Primary
Slots 1
Class Novice
Strength / effect(s) Shield
Weight ↑
How to obtain Spirit Board
Spirit battle Opponent(s) Metal PAC-MAN
Conditions

  • The enemy is metal
Stage Yoshi's Island
Song Wildlands

Gallery[edit]

Names in other languages[edit]

Language Name Meaning Notes
Japanese カチカチくん[3][5][9][6]
Kachikachi-kun
Compound of「カチカチ」(kachi-kachi, onomatopoeia for clicking) and the honorific「~くん」(kun)
Chinese 咔咔[?]
Kākā
Onomatopoeia for cackling sound, although most likely transliterated from the Japanese name
Dutch Tap-Tap[10] -
French (NOA) Gros Bobo[10] Big Tap-tap
French (NOE) M. Boulapik[11] Abbreviation of "monsieur" ("sir") + simplified form of "boule à piques" (lit. "spiked ball")
Gros Bobo[10] Big bobo
German Pseudo Stego[citation needed]
Stego[10]
Fake Tap-Tap the Red Nose
Italian Piombospino[?] From piombo ("lead") and masculine form of spina ("spike")
Buffopallo[12] From buffo ("silly") and masculine form of palla ("ball") Yoshi Touch & Go
Korean 철퇴머리[13]
Cheoltoemeori
Macehead
Russian Топ-топ[10]
Top-top
Onomatopoeia for stepping
Spanish Rolando[14] Pun on "roll" and the Spanish name "Rolando"
Metalón[10] (most games) Augmentative form of "metal"

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b Miller, Kent and Terry Munson (1995). Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island Player's Guide. Nintendo of America (American English). Page 127.
  2. ^ Yoshi Touch & Go instruction booklet. Nintendo of Europe (British English). Page 26.
  3. ^ a b 「スーパーマリオヨッシーアイランド任天堂公式ガイドブック」 (Super Mario: Yossy Island Nintendo Kōshiki Guidebook). Shogakukan (Japanese). Page 6.
  4. ^ Miller, Kent and Terry Munson (1995). Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island Player's Guide. Nintendo of America (American English). Page 128.
  5. ^ a b 「スーパーマリオアドバンス3任天堂公式ガイドブック」 (Super Mario Advance 3 Nintendo Kōshiki Guidebook). Shogakukan (Japanese). Page 15.
  6. ^ a b c 「キャッチ!タッチ!ヨッシー!任天堂公式ガイドブック」 (Catch! Touch! Yoshi! Nintendo Kōshiki Guidebook). Shogakukan (Japanese). Page 13Media:CTY Shogakukan P13.jpg.
  7. ^ 「ヨッシー New アイランド 任天堂公式ガイドブック」 (Yoshi's New Island Nintendo Kōshiki Guidebook). Shogakukan (Japanese). Page 19Media:Yoshi New Island Shogakukan P19.jpg.
  8. ^ 「ヨッシーの万有引力任天堂公式ガイドブック」 (Yoshi Banyū Inryoku Nintendo Kōshiki Guidebook). Shogakukan (Japanese). Page 23Media:YUG Shogakukan P23.jpg.
  9. ^ 「ヨッシーの万有引力任天堂公式ガイドブック」 (Yoshi Banyū Inryoku Nintendo Kōshiki Guidebook). Shogakukan (Japanese). Page 147.
  10. ^ a b c d e f Super Smash Bros. Ultimate spirit name
  11. ^ Yoshi Touch & Go instruction booklet. Nintendo of Europe (French). Page 86.
  12. ^ 2005. Yoshi Touch & Go instruction manual. Nintendo of Europe (Italian). Page 86.
  13. ^ "철퇴머리 해저 동굴" (Tap-Tap's Sunken Cave) - Level 3-7 of Yoshi's Island DS
  14. ^ Yoshi Touch & Go Spanish guide