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{{Species-infobox
{{species infobox
|image=[[File:YS StiltGuy.jpg|190px]]<br>A '''Stilt Guy''' from ''[[Yoshi's Story]]''.
|image=[[File:YS StiltGuy.jpg|102px]]<br>Artwork from ''[[Yoshi's Story]]''
|parent_species=[[Shy Guy]]
|first_appearance=''[[Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island]]'' ({{y|1995}})
|first_appearance=''[[Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island]]'' ([[List of games by date#1995|1995]])
|latest_appearance=''[[Mario Kart Tour]]'' ([[Yoshi Tour (2023)|Yoshi Tour]]) ({{y|2023}})
|latest_appearance=''[[Yoshi's Woolly World]]'' ([[List of Mario games by date#2015|2015]])
|variant_of=[[Shy Guy]]
|notable=[[Big Guy the Stilted]]
|notable=[[Big Guy the Stilted]]
}}
}}
{{quote|Go! Attack, Stilt Guys! Fight! Fight! Fight!|General Guy|Paper Mario}}
{{quote|He's tough and high, but you can hurt him if you're sly.|[[Message Block]] in [[Rail Lift]]|[[Yoshi's Story]]}}
 
'''Stilt Guys''', also known as '''Shy-Guys on Stilts'''<ref name=guide>{{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={{file link|SMW2 Guide 128.jpg|128}}}}</ref> (alternatively '''Shy Guys On Stilts''' or '''Shy Guys on Stilts'''<ref>{{cite|author=Williams, Drew|title=''Yoshi's Island DS'' Player's Guide|date=2006|language=en-us|publisher=[[Nintendo Power]]|isbn=1-59812-016-6|page=55, 94, 103, 131}}</ref>) or '''Stilted Shy Guys''',<ref>{{cite|author=Prima Bath|date=April 7, 1999|quote='''Stilted Shy Guys''': These Shy Guys oversee their courses on stilts of various heights. You can knock them off or jump on top of them.|title=''Nintendo 64 Game Secrets, 1999 Edition'' Prima's Official Strategy Guide|isbn=0-7615-2103-8|publisher=[[Prima Games]]|page=109}}</ref> are a variant of [[Shy Guy]] that walks on [[stilts]], which are mostly shoed with what look like large Shy Guy boots.
'''Stilt Guys'''<ref>''Paper Mario''</ref>, also known as '''Shy-Guys on Stilts'''<ref>''Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island'' Nintendo Player's Guide. [[Media:SMW2 Guide 128.jpg|Page 128]].</ref>, are a species of [[Shy Guy]]s that walk on [[stilts]], which are mostly shoed with what look like large Shy Guy boots.


==History==
==History==
===[[Yoshi (series)|''Yoshi'' series]]===
===''Yoshi's Island'' series===
[[File:Shyguystilts.jpg|thumb|x200px|Artwork from ''Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island'', depicting the original design of Stilt Guys]]
====''Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island'' / ''Yoshi's Island: Super Mario Advance 3''====
====''Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island'' / ''Yoshi's Island: Super Mario Advance 3''====
[[File:Shyguystilts.jpg|thumb|left|Artwork of a red Stilt Guy from ''[[Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island]]'']]
Shy-Guys on Stilts first appear in ''[[Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island]]'' and reappear in [[Yoshi's Island: Super Mario Advance 3|its enhanced port]]. [[Shy-Guys On Stilts|World 1-6]] is named after them and contains color variations. A Shy-Guys on Stilts walks along before changing direction upon encountering an edge or a wall. A [[Yoshi (species)|Yoshi]]'s tongue can only push the Shy-Guy on Stilts a bit further. They become regular Shy-Guys when jumped on. A Shy-Guy on Stilts can be defeated directly by throwing an [[Yoshi Egg|egg]] at it. Bumping Shy-Guys on Stilts into water causes them to sink, but if the water is shallow enough, they can slowly walk back to shore.
Stilt Guys first appeared in ''[[Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island]]''. The sixth level in World 1 is named after them and shows off many different colored versions. [[Yoshi]] can lick them frontally, but this action will only bump them backwards. On the other hand, if licked from behind, the Stilt Guys will stick to Yoshi's tongue and get inside his mouth, after which they can be transformed into [[Yoshi Egg]]s. Bumping Stilt Guys into water will cause them to sink, but if the water is shallow they will slowly walk on the bottom of the water's bed and emerge on the shore. If they are [[stomp]]ed on, they lose their stilts, leaving them no choice but to walk with their feet.
 
====''Yoshi's Story''====
Stilt Guys also appeared in ''[[Yoshi's Story]]''. Like in ''Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island'', Yoshi had to land on their heads to make them fall off their stilts, leaving them no choice once again.


====''Yoshi's Island DS''====
====''Yoshi's Island DS''====
The Stilt Guys also appear in ''[[Yoshi's Island DS]]'', along with [[Big Guy the Stilted]], a giant, mechanical Stilt Guy boss. This game also introduces [[Stilts]] as an item that Yoshi can use for himself.
Shy Guys on Stilts return as enemies in ''[[Yoshi's Island DS]]''. The length of the stilts varies, like in ''Yoshi's Story'', with the longest taking up both screens. [[Stilts]] were made into a usable item, and the game adds a giant mechanical version named [[Big Guy the Stilted]]. [[Baby Bowser]] can spit a fireball at the stilts of a Shy Guys on Stilts to bump the Shy Guy down to the midway of the stilts' length.
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====''Yoshi's New Island''====
====''Yoshi's New Island''====
[[File:Stilt Guys.jpg|290px|thumb|right|Several Stilt Guys stroll around Yarn Yoshi in ''[[Yoshi's Woolly World]]''.]]
Stilt Guys retain their role of being enemies in ''[[Yoshi's New Island]]''. Unlike before, Yoshi can eat a Stilt Guy from behind. Stilt Guys' pink counterparts from ''Yoshi's Story'' also appear, now with a design that matches regular pink Shy Guys.
Stilt Guys are found in ''[[Yoshi's New Island]]'' too. Just like in ''Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island'', when they are on their stilts and Yoshi attempts to lick their frontal side, they get pushed backwards. They need to be jumped on in order to lose their stilts and become run-of-the-mill [[Shy Guy]]s. Better yet, Yoshi can eat them if he sticks his tongue onto their back sides.


====''Yoshi's Woolly World''====
===''Yoshi's Story''===
Stilt Guys return in ''[[Yoshi's Woolly World]]''. In order to keep the game's prime aesthetics, Stilt Guys are now crafted out of wool strings and walk on two long, thin weaving sticks, resembling stilts. In this game, the Stilt Guys' behavior is no different from that of Stilt Guys in past games; they can also be interacted with just as before. An addition to this interaction is marked by the fact that Yarn Yoshi can throw a [[Yarn Ball|yarn ball]] at the stilts of one of these enemies, as it unravels and wraps around them upon contact, generating the impossibility for the respective Stilt Guy to move. Yoshi can lick away the wool string formed around the stilts, or wait a certain time, before the Stilt Guys become able to move again. Tossing a yarn ball at the Shy Guy who controls the stilts will result in the enemy getting caged inside a tangled string, dropping its stilts and ultimately greeting defeat.
Shy Guys On Stilts ride stilts of three different lengths in ''[[Yoshi's Story]]''. Like before, landing on a Shy Guy On Stilts causes it to fall off and become a regular Shy Guy. The blue-robed variation appears for the first time.


===''Paper Mario'' series===
===''Paper Mario''===
Stilt Guys also appeared in ''[[Paper Mario]]'' as part of the second division of [[Shy Guy Army]] that can be fought. After they are ordered by [[General Guy]] to fight against [[Mario]] and his friends, they walk towards the heroes and attempt to bounce on them with their long stilts. Nevertheless, the enemies might miss the characters. They lose the stilts if Mario [[jump]]s ontop of them; thereafter, they fall on the ground and lastly become normal [[Shy Guy]]s.
{{quote|Go! Attack, Stilt Guys! Fight! Fight! Fight!|General Guy|Paper Mario}}
Two Stilt Guys are the second wave of [[Shy Guy]]s fought before the boss battle with [[General Guy]] in ''[[Paper Mario]]''. Upon being ordered into battle, the Stilt Guys walk towards [[Mario]] and his partner and attempt to bounce on them with their long stilts, with a chance of missing. A Stilt Guy can fall off of its stilts and become a regular Shy Guy from either Mario's [[jump]] or [[Quake Hammer]]. The [[tattle]] contains a nod to their original name.<ref>{{cite|quote=Yes, as the name suggests, Stilt Guys are Shy Guys on Stilts.|author=[[Goombario]]|title=''Paper Mario''|date=2000|publisher=[[Nintendo]]|language=en}}</ref>


===''Yoshi's Woolly World'' / ''Poochy & Yoshi's Woolly World''===
[[File:YWW Stilt Guys.jpg|290px|thumb|Several Stilt Guys stroll around Yarn Yoshi in ''[[Yoshi's Woolly World]]'']]
Stilt Guys return in ''[[Yoshi's Woolly World]]'' and [[Poochy & Yoshi's Woolly World|its remake]], behaving the same as before. They are crafted out of wool strings and walk on two long, thin weaving sticks that resemble stilts, with their design being consistent with the game's aesthetics. Stilt Guys have the same shoe color as Shy Guys, unlike ''Yoshi's New Island''. The stilts serve as a shield: Yoshi can only eat a Stilt Guy from behind. Eating its stills or trying to eat the Stilt Guy from the front only pushes it away. If Yoshi throws a [[yarn ball]] at a Stilt Guy from the back, it becomes caged inside the string of the yarn, It drops its stilts and is defeated in short order in the same way normal Shy Guys are. A Stilt Guy can be temporarily immobilized by a throwing a yarn ball at their stilts or at the Stilt Guy from the front which makes the yarn wraps around its stilts. Further yarn balls reset the duration, whereas this does not happen for every other enemy and obstacle that can be tied up. Yoshi can lick away the yarn around the stilts to free the Stilt Guy early, but this does not re-create the yarn ball.
===''Minecraft''===
In ''[[Minecraft]]'', the Super Mario Mash-up replaces the skins of the {{iw|minecraftwiki|Enderman|Endermen}} to skins of Stilt Guys. The Stilt Guys also have stilt-like arms, to fit the model of an Enderman.
===''Mario Kart'' series===
[[File:YoshisIslandMk8Stilt.jpg|thumb|left|200px|Stilt Guys on the Yoshi's Island course]]
Stilt Guys appear in the [[Yoshi's Island (race course)|Yoshi's Island]] course in the  ''[[Mario Kart 8 Deluxe – Booster Course Pass|Booster Course Pass]]'' for ''[[Mario Kart 8 Deluxe]]'' as well as the course's appearance in ''[[Mario Kart Tour]]''. They function as obstacles near the start, walking back and forth. The Stilt Guys are featured in a variety of colors, though the regular red-robed Stilt Guys' stilt shoes are now yellow, while the green Stilt Guys' stilt shoes are still green.<ref>{{cite|author=Nintendo of America|language=en|date=February 8, 2023|title=Nintendo Direct 2.8.2023 - Nintendo Switch|url=www.youtube.com/watch?v=yMdUSVSEp7U|publisher=YouTube|accessdate=February 8, 2023}}</ref>
===Unused appearances===
''[[Super Paper Mario]]'' contains unused graphical data of a Stilt Guy.
''[[Super Paper Mario]]'' contains unused graphical data of a Stilt Guy.
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==Profiles and statistics==
===''Yoshi's Island'' series===
====''Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island'' / ''Yoshi's Island: Super Mario Advance 3''====
*'''Shogakukan guide:''' 舌でつっつくと、竹馬でバックするところはさすが。タマゴやヒップドロップで倒せるが、頭を踏んで竹馬から落とさないと食べられない。<ref name=Sho/> (''Poking him with your tongue and pushing him back on stilts is as good as it gets. You can defeat him with an egg or a hip drop, but you can't eat him unless you step on his head and drop him off the stilts.'')
*'''[[Nintendo Power|Player's Guide]]:''' ''What'll those smarties think of next? Watch for them wading in water and climbing rocks.''<ref name=guide/>
*'''Shogakukan guide ([[Yoshi's Island: Super Mario Advance 3|remake]]):''' 舌でつっついても、バックするだけ。頭をふみ、竹馬から落ちたところを食べよう。タマゴやヒップドロップで倒すこともできる。<ref name=Advance/> (''Poke them with your tongue and they will just go back. Step on their heads and eat them as they fall from their stilts. You can also defeat them with an egg or hip drop.'')
====''Yoshi's New Island''====
*'''Shogakukan guide:''' 足の長い竹馬に乗ったヘイホー。舌を伸ばしても正面からは食べることができない。タマゴにするときは、敵の背後に回りこんでから食べる必要がある。<ref name=YNI>{{cite|language=ja|publisher=Nintendo|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 P21.jpg|21}}|date=August 9, 2014|isbn=978-4-09-106542-1}}</ref> (''A Shy Guy on long-legged stilts. They cannot be eaten from the front, even with your tongue outstretched. When you want to turn it into an egg, you need to get behind the enemy before you eat it.'')


==Official profiles and statistics==
===''Paper Mario''===
===''Paper Mario''===
{{pmenemybox
{{:Paper Mario bestiary|transcludesection=Stilt Guy|image=[[File:PM Stilt Guy idle.gif]]|align=horizontal}}
|align=horizontal
|name=Stilt Guy
|image=[[File:PMStiltGuy.png]]
|hp=7
|atk=4
|def=0
|type=Elevated|items=N/A|lvl=1|run=N/A|strong=None|weak=None|sleep=Fair, 3|dizzy=Fair, 3|shock=Good, 3|shrink=Good, 3|stop=Fair, 4|fright=Immune|airlift=Immune|hurricane=N/A|coins=N/A
|location=[[Shy Guy's Toy Box]]
|moves=Stilt Kick (4)
|tattle=This is Stilt Guy. Yes, as the name suggests, Stilt Guys are Shy Guys on Stilts. I mean, it seems pretty obvious to me... If you attack 'em by shaking the ground, they'll fall off their stilts and become normal Shy Guys.
}}


==Gallery==
==Gallery==
<gallery><center>
{{Main-gallery}}
File:Shy_Guys_on_stilts.PNG|Stilt Guy sprites from ''Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island''
<gallery>
File:Stilt Guy YWW.jpg|A Stilt Guy on the stage of [[Scrapbook Theater]] in ''Yoshi's Woolly World''
SMW2 Stilt Guy.jpg|''Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island''
File:Tall Guy Beta.png|The unused Stilt Guy graphic in ''[[Super Paper Mario]]''
SMW2 Red Shy Guy on Stilts.png|Red Shy-Guy on Stilts sprites from ''Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island''
</center></gallery>
SMW2 Green Shy Guy on Stilts.png|Green Shy-Guy on Stilts sprites from ''Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island''
<br clear=all>
SMW2 Pink Shy Guy on Stilts.png|Pink Shy-Guy on Stilts sprites from ''Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island''
SMW2 Yellow Shy Guy on Stilts.png|Yellow Shy-Guy on Stilts sprites from ''Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island''
Icon SMW2-YI - Shy-Guys On Stilts.png|''Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island''
Puzzle1.jpg|Artwork used for a puzzle based on ''Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island''
Yoshi's Island Christmas Puzzle Artwork.jpg|Artwork used for a Christmas-themed puzzle based on ''Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island''
SuperMarioYoshiIslandVolume2.jpg|A pink Stilt Guy on the cover of volume 2 of the [[Super Mario (Kodansha manga)|Kodansha manga]]'s ''Yoshi's Island'' arc
Story Shy Guy on Stilts short red.png|''[[Yoshi's Story]]''
Story Shy Guy on Stilts medium red.png|''Yoshi's Story''
Story Shy Guy on Stilts tall red.png|''Yoshi's Story''
Story Shy Guy on Stilts short yellow.png|''Yoshi's Story''
Story Shy Guy on Stilts medium yellow.png|''Yoshi's Story''
Story Shy Guy on Stilts tall yellow.png|''Yoshi's Story''
Story Shy Guy on Stilts short green.png|''Yoshi's Story''
Story Shy Guy on Stilts medium green.png|''Yoshi's Story''
Story Shy Guy on Stilts tall green.png|''Yoshi's Story''
Story Shy Guy on Stilts short blue.png|''Yoshi's Story''
Story Shy Guy on Stilts medium blue.png|''Yoshi's Story''
Story Shy Guy on Stilts tall blue.png|''Yoshi's Story''
SMA3-ShyGuyonStilts.png|''[[Yoshi's Island: Super Mario Advance 3]]''
SMA3-ShyGuyonStiltsYellow.png|''Yoshi's Island: Super Mario Advance 3''
SMA3-ShyGuyonStiltsGreen.png|''Yoshi's Island: Super Mario Advance 3''
SMA3-ShyGuyonStiltsPink.png|''Yoshi's Island: Super Mario Advance 3''
SMA3 Shy-Guys On Stilts Cave.png|''Yoshi's Island: Super Mario Advance 3''
SMA3 Shy-Guys On Stilts Outside.png|''Yoshi's Island: Super Mario Advance 3''
YIDS Red Stilt Guy.png|Shy Guy on Stilts sprite from ''[[Yoshi's Island DS]]''
YIDS Blue Stilt Guy.png|Shy Guy on Stilts sprite from ''Yoshi's Island DS''
YIDS Green Stilt Guy.png|Shy Guy on Stilts sprite from ''Yoshi's Island DS''
YIDS Yellow Stilt Guy.png|Shy Guy on Stilts sprite from ''Yoshi's Island DS''
Icon YIDS - Yoshi on Stilts.png|''Yoshi's Island DS''
Metal Eggdozers on a Roll.png|''[[Yoshi's New Island]]''
YNI Stilt Guy red.png|''Yoshi's New Island''
YNI Stilt Guy pink.png|''Yoshi's New Island''
Stilt Guy YWW.jpg|A Stilt Guy on the stage of [[Scrapbook Theater]] in ''Yoshi's Woolly World''
Stilt Guy SPM unused.png|Unused sprite of a Stilt Guy in ''[[Super Paper Mario]]''
Minecraft Mario Mash-Up Enderman Render.png|''[[Minecraft]]''
Birdo MK8DX.jpg|''[[Mario Kart 8 Deluxe]]''
MKT Stilt Guy.jpg|''[[Mario Kart Tour]]''
</gallery>


==Names in other languages==
==Names in other languages==
{{foreignname
{{foreign names
|Jap=<span class="explain" title="たけうま">竹馬</span>ヘイホー<ref>[http://www.mariowiki.com/File:SMW2_Guide_JP_2.JPG Scan of 「スーパーマリオヨッシーアイランド裏ワザ大全集」 (''Super Mario: Yossy Island Urawaza Daizenshu'')]</ref>
|Jpn={{ruby|竹馬|たけうま}}ヘイホー
|JapR=Takeuma Heihō
|JpnC=<ref name=Sho>>{{cite|language=ja|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={{file link|Super Mario Yossy Island Shogakukan P5.jpg|5}}|publisher=Shogakukan|date=September 20, 1995|isbn=4-09-102523-4}}</ref><ref name=Advance>{{cite|language=ja|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={{file link|Advance 3 Shogakukan P17.png|17}}|date=November 20, 2002|isbn=4-09-106701-4}}</ref><ref>{{cite|title=「ヨッシーアイランドDS任天堂公式ガイドブック」 (''Yoshi's Island DS Nintendo Kōshiki Guidebook'')|page=65|language=ja|publisher=Shogakukan|date=April 11, 2007|isbn=978-4-09-106361-8}}</ref> / たけうまヘイホー<ref name=YNI/><ref name=MKT>Displayed as an [[Mario Kart Tour race points system#Object interactions|action]] in ''Mario Kart Tour''</ref>
|JapM=Stilt Shy Guy
|JpnR=Takeuma Heihō
|JpnM=Stilt Shy Guy
|ChiS=高跷嘿虎
|ChiSN=prior to ''Mario Kart Tour''
|ChiSR=Gāoqiào Hēihǔ
|ChiSM=Stilt Shy Guy
|ChiS2=踩高跷的嘿呵
|ChiS2R=Cǎigāoqiào de Hēihē
|ChiS2M=Shy Guy on Stilts
|ChiS2C=<ref name=MKT/>
|ChiT=踩高蹺的嘿呵
|ChiTR=Cǎigāoqiào de Hēihē
|ChiTM=Shy Guy on Stilts
|ChiTC=<ref name=MKT/>
|Fre=Mass'chasses
|FreM=Portmanteau of ''Maskass'' ("Shy Guy") and ''échasses'' ("stilts")
|Fre2=Maskéchass
|Fre2M=^
|Fre2C=<ref name=MKT/>
|Ger=High Shy Guy
|Ger=High Shy Guy
|GerM=-
|GerC=<ref name=MKT/>
|Spa=Zancguy
|SpaM=Portmanteau of Shy Guy and ''zanco'' (stilt).
|Chi=高蹺嘿虎/高跷嘿虎
|ChiR=Gāoqiào Hēihǔ
|ChiM=Stilt Shy Guy
|Fra=Mass'chasses
|FraM=Portmanteau of ''Maskass'' (Shy Guy) and ''échasses'' (stilts)
|Ita=Tipo Trampolo
|Ita=Tipo Trampolo
|ItaM=Stilt Guy
|ItaM=Stilt Guy
|ItaN=''Yoshi's Island DS''
|Ita2=Tipo Trampoli
|Ita2M=Stilts Guy
|Ita2C=<ref name=MKT/>
|Kor=죽마헤이호
|KorR=Jukma Heiho
|KorM=Stilt Shy Guy
|KorC=<ref name=MKT/>
|Por=Perna de pau Guy
|PorM=Stilt Guy
|PorC=<ref name=MKT/>
|SpaA=Guy en zancos
|SpaAM=Guy on Stilts
|SpaA2=ZancGuy
|SpaA2M=Portmanteau of Shy Guy and ''zanco'' ("stilt")
|SpaA2C=<ref name=MKT/>
|SpaE=ZancGuy
|SpaEM=Portmanteau of Shy Guy and ''zanco'' ("stilt")
|SpaEC=<ref name=MKT/>
}}
}}


==References==
==References==
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Latest revision as of 17:26, January 9, 2025

Stilt Guy
Shy Guy On Stilts
Artwork from Yoshi's Story
First appearance Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island (1995)
Latest appearance Mario Kart Tour (Yoshi Tour) (2023)
Variant of Shy Guy
Notable members
“He's tough and high, but you can hurt him if you're sly.”
Message Block in Rail Lift, Yoshi's Story

Stilt Guys, also known as Shy-Guys on Stilts[1] (alternatively Shy Guys On Stilts or Shy Guys on Stilts[2]) or Stilted Shy Guys,[3] are a variant of Shy Guy that walks on stilts, which are mostly shoed with what look like large Shy Guy boots.

History[edit]

Yoshi's Island series[edit]

Stilt Guy
Artwork from Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island, depicting the original design of Stilt Guys

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

Shy-Guys on Stilts first appear in Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island and reappear in its enhanced port. World 1-6 is named after them and contains color variations. A Shy-Guys on Stilts walks along before changing direction upon encountering an edge or a wall. A Yoshi's tongue can only push the Shy-Guy on Stilts a bit further. They become regular Shy-Guys when jumped on. A Shy-Guy on Stilts can be defeated directly by throwing an egg at it. Bumping Shy-Guys on Stilts into water causes them to sink, but if the water is shallow enough, they can slowly walk back to shore.

Yoshi's Island DS[edit]

Shy Guys on Stilts return as enemies in Yoshi's Island DS. The length of the stilts varies, like in Yoshi's Story, with the longest taking up both screens. Stilts were made into a usable item, and the game adds a giant mechanical version named Big Guy the Stilted. Baby Bowser can spit a fireball at the stilts of a Shy Guys on Stilts to bump the Shy Guy down to the midway of the stilts' length.

Yoshi's New Island[edit]

Stilt Guys retain their role of being enemies in Yoshi's New Island. Unlike before, Yoshi can eat a Stilt Guy from behind. Stilt Guys' pink counterparts from Yoshi's Story also appear, now with a design that matches regular pink Shy Guys.

Yoshi's Story[edit]

Shy Guys On Stilts ride stilts of three different lengths in Yoshi's Story. Like before, landing on a Shy Guy On Stilts causes it to fall off and become a regular Shy Guy. The blue-robed variation appears for the first time.

Paper Mario[edit]

“Go! Attack, Stilt Guys! Fight! Fight! Fight!”
General Guy, Paper Mario

Two Stilt Guys are the second wave of Shy Guys fought before the boss battle with General Guy in Paper Mario. Upon being ordered into battle, the Stilt Guys walk towards Mario and his partner and attempt to bounce on them with their long stilts, with a chance of missing. A Stilt Guy can fall off of its stilts and become a regular Shy Guy from either Mario's jump or Quake Hammer. The tattle contains a nod to their original name.[4]

Yoshi's Woolly World / Poochy & Yoshi's Woolly World[edit]

Stilt Guys in Spiky Stroll, a level in World 2
Several Stilt Guys stroll around Yarn Yoshi in Yoshi's Woolly World

Stilt Guys return in Yoshi's Woolly World and its remake, behaving the same as before. They are crafted out of wool strings and walk on two long, thin weaving sticks that resemble stilts, with their design being consistent with the game's aesthetics. Stilt Guys have the same shoe color as Shy Guys, unlike Yoshi's New Island. The stilts serve as a shield: Yoshi can only eat a Stilt Guy from behind. Eating its stills or trying to eat the Stilt Guy from the front only pushes it away. If Yoshi throws a yarn ball at a Stilt Guy from the back, it becomes caged inside the string of the yarn, It drops its stilts and is defeated in short order in the same way normal Shy Guys are. A Stilt Guy can be temporarily immobilized by a throwing a yarn ball at their stilts or at the Stilt Guy from the front which makes the yarn wraps around its stilts. Further yarn balls reset the duration, whereas this does not happen for every other enemy and obstacle that can be tied up. Yoshi can lick away the yarn around the stilts to free the Stilt Guy early, but this does not re-create the yarn ball.

Minecraft[edit]

In Minecraft, the Super Mario Mash-up replaces the skins of the Endermen to skins of Stilt Guys. The Stilt Guys also have stilt-like arms, to fit the model of an Enderman.

Mario Kart series[edit]

Stilt Guys on the Yoshi's Island course in Mario Kart 8 Deluxe
Stilt Guys on the Yoshi's Island course

Stilt Guys appear in the Yoshi's Island course in the Booster Course Pass for Mario Kart 8 Deluxe as well as the course's appearance in Mario Kart Tour. They function as obstacles near the start, walking back and forth. The Stilt Guys are featured in a variety of colors, though the regular red-robed Stilt Guys' stilt shoes are now yellow, while the green Stilt Guys' stilt shoes are still green.[5]

Unused appearances[edit]

Super Paper Mario contains unused graphical data of a Stilt Guy.

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: 舌でつっつくと、竹馬でバックするところはさすが。タマゴやヒップドロップで倒せるが、頭を踏んで竹馬から落とさないと食べられない。[6] (Poking him with your tongue and pushing him back on stilts is as good as it gets. You can defeat him with an egg or a hip drop, but you can't eat him unless you step on his head and drop him off the stilts.)
  • Player's Guide: What'll those smarties think of next? Watch for them wading in water and climbing rocks.[1]
  • Shogakukan guide (remake): 舌でつっついても、バックするだけ。頭をふみ、竹馬から落ちたところを食べよう。タマゴやヒップドロップで倒すこともできる。[7] (Poke them with your tongue and they will just go back. Step on their heads and eat them as they fall from their stilts. You can also defeat them with an egg or hip drop.)

Yoshi's New Island[edit]

  • Shogakukan guide: 足の長い竹馬に乗ったヘイホー。舌を伸ばしても正面からは食べることができない。タマゴにするときは、敵の背後に回りこんでから食べる必要がある。[8] (A Shy Guy on long-legged stilts. They cannot be eaten from the front, even with your tongue outstretched. When you want to turn it into an egg, you need to get behind the enemy before you eat it.)

Paper Mario[edit]

Paper Mario enemy
Stilt Guy
Battle idle animation of a Stilt Guy from Paper Mario Max HP 7 Attack 4 Defense 0
Role Boss Type Elevated Level 1
Strong None Weak None Moves Stick Stomp (4)
Sleep? 60%, 0 Dizzy? 60%, 0 Shock? 90%, 0
Shrink? 75%, 0 Stop? 60%, 0 Fright? 0%
Air Lift? 0% Hurricane? 0% Coins N/A
Items N/A Run N/A Location(s) Shy Guy's Toy Box
Tattle This is Stilt Guy. Yes, as the name suggests, Stilt Guys are Shy Guys on Stilts. I mean, it seems pretty obvious to me... Max HP: 7, Attack Power: 4, Defense Power: 0 If you attack 'em by shaking the ground, they'll fall off their stilts and become normal Shy Guys.

Gallery[edit]

For this subject's image gallery, see Gallery:Stilt Guy.

Names in other languages[edit]

Language Name Meaning Notes
Japanese 竹馬たけうまヘイホー[6][7][9] / たけうまヘイホー[8][10]
Takeuma Heihō
Stilt Shy Guy
Chinese (simplified) 高跷嘿虎[?]
Gāoqiào Hēihǔ
Stilt Shy Guy prior to Mario Kart Tour
踩高跷的嘿呵[10]
Cǎigāoqiào de Hēihē
Shy Guy on Stilts
Chinese (traditional) 踩高蹺的嘿呵[10]
Cǎigāoqiào de Hēihē
Shy Guy on Stilts
French Mass'chasses[?] Portmanteau of Maskass ("Shy Guy") and échasses ("stilts")
Maskéchass[10]
German High Shy Guy[10] -
Italian Tipo Trampolo[?] Stilt Guy Yoshi's Island DS
Tipo Trampoli[10] Stilts Guy
Korean 죽마헤이호[10]
Jukma Heiho
Stilt Shy Guy
Portuguese Perna de pau Guy[10] Stilt Guy
Spanish (NOA) Guy en zancos[?] Guy on Stilts
ZancGuy[10] Portmanteau of Shy Guy and zanco ("stilt")
Spanish (NOE) ZancGuy[10] Portmanteau of Shy Guy and zanco ("stilt")

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 128Media:SMW2 Guide 128.jpg.
  2. ^ Williams, Drew (2006). Yoshi's Island DS Player's Guide. Nintendo Power (American English). ISBN 1-59812-016-6. Page 55, 94, 103, 131.
  3. ^ "Stilted Shy Guys: These Shy Guys oversee their courses on stilts of various heights. You can knock them off or jump on top of them." – Prima Bath (April 7, 1999). Nintendo 64 Game Secrets, 1999 Edition Prima's Official Strategy Guide. Prima Games. ISBN 0-7615-2103-8. Page 109.
  4. ^ "Yes, as the name suggests, Stilt Guys are Shy Guys on Stilts." – Goombario (2000). Paper Mario. Nintendo (English).
  5. ^ Nintendo of America (February 8, 2023). Nintendo Direct 2.8.2023 - Nintendo Switch. YouTube (English). Retrieved February 8, 2023.
  6. ^ a b >September 20, 1995. 「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). ISBN 4-09-102523-4. Page 5Media:Super Mario Yossy Island Shogakukan P5.jpg.
  7. ^ a b November 20, 2002. 「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). ISBN 4-09-106701-4. Page 17Media:Advance 3 Shogakukan P17.png.
  8. ^ a b August 9, 2014. 「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). Nintendo (Japanese). ISBN 978-4-09-106542-1. Page 21Media:Yoshi New Island Shogakukan P21.jpg.
  9. ^ April 11, 2007. 「ヨッシーアイランドDS任天堂公式ガイドブック」 (Yoshi's Island DS Nintendo Kōshiki Guidebook). Shogakukan (Japanese). ISBN 978-4-09-106361-8. Page 65.
  10. ^ a b c d e f g h i j Displayed as an action in Mario Kart Tour