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|image=[[File:Genkottsu.png|150px]]
|first_appearance=''[[Super Mario Land 2: 6 Golden Coins]]'' ([[List of games by date#1992|1992]])
|first_appearance=''[[Super Mario Land 2: 6 Golden Coins]]'' ([[List of games by date#1992|1992]])
|latest_appearance=
|variant_of=[[Pipe Fist]]
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'''Genkottsu'''<ref>''Super Mario Bros. Encyclopedia'', [https://pbs.twimg.com/media/DoyYvqoXkAAEeZt.jpg page 75]</ref> is a trap which [[Mario]] faces in ''[[Super Mario Land 2: 6 Golden Coins]]''. If Mario steps on the wrong floor panel in the [[Mario's castle]] level, a giant, mechanical gloved fist trap in the resemblance of [[Wario]]'s glove will come crashing down, pounding the floor with spiked brass knuckles at immense speed (although it is slower on Easy Mode). Mario will have to get past three of these traps in total in order reach Wario and rid him from Mario's castle.
'''Mechanical fists'''<ref>{{cite|date=December 1992|publisher=Nintendo of America|language=en-us|quote=Jump over the trigger panels to keep Wario's mechanical fists from crashing down.|title=''Nintendo Power'' Volume 43|page=51}}</ref><ref>{{cite|url=www.nintendo.co.jp/character/mario/archives/land2/?lang=en|title=''Super Mario Land 2: 6 Golden Coins'' entry on the official Mario Portal|publisher=nintendo.co.jp|language=en|accessdate=August 13, 2022|archive=archive.today/2022.08.13-135145/https://www.nintendo.co.jp/character/mario/archives/land2/?lang=en}}</ref> are obstacles in ''[[Super Mario Land 2: 6 Golden Coins]]''. They are variants of [[Pipe Fist]]s. If [[Mario]] steps on the wrong trigger panel in the [[Mario's castle]] level, a giant fist trap in the resemblance of [[Wario]]'s glove comes crashing down, pounding the floor with spiked brass knuckles at immense speed (although it is slower on [[Easy Mode]]). Mario has to get past three of these traps in total in order to reach Wario and rid him from Mario's castle.
 
In the [[Super Mario (Kodansha manga)|Kodansha manga]], a mechanical fist is depicted as the literal fist of a giant-sized Wario.
 
==Profiles and statistics==
===''[[Perfect Ban Mario Character Daijiten]]''===
{{PEGMCE profile
|name=ゲンコッツ (JP) / Mechanical fist (EN)
|shuzoku=メカ族
|seikaku=いじわる
|tojo_gemu=ランド2
|desc='''<big>床のスイッチに気をつけろ</big></b><br>
ワリオ城の中で、マリオを待ちかまえる巨大なワリオの手。ゲンコッツの3つ前にある床ブロックがスイッチになっていて、これを 踏むと出現する。<ref name=Daijiten>{{cite|language=ja|publisher=[[Shogakukan]]|date=1994|title=「パーフェクト版 マリオキャラクター大事典」 (''Perfect Ban Mario Character Daijiten'')|page=[https://i.imgur.com/cP9FXuX.jpeg 81]}}</ref>
|tribe=Mecha clan
|disposition=Impatient
|game_appearances=Land 2
|eng_desc='''''<big>Watch out for the floor switches.</big><br>
''A giant Wario hand awaits Mario in Wario Castle. The floor block three blocks in front of the mechanical fist is a switch, which you step on to make it appear.''
}}
 
==Gallery==
==Gallery==
<center><gallery>
<gallery>
Giant Gloved Fist.png|''Super Mario Land 2: Six Golden Coins''
SML2Genkottsu.png|Sprite from ''Super Mario Land 2: 6 Golden Coins''
</gallery></center>
Giant Gloved Fist.png|Screenshot from ''Super Mario Land 2: 6 Golden Coins''
</gallery>
 
==Names in other languages==
==Names in other languages==
{{foreign names
{{foreign names
|Jap=ゲンコッツ<ref>[http://imgur.com/a/UvABP#39 Super Mario Character Guide, page 81]</ref>
|Jap=ゲンコッツ<ref>{{cite|language=ja|publisher=Shogakukan|date=1992|title=「任天堂公式ガイドブック スーパーマリオランド2 6つの金貨」 (''Nintendo Kōshiki Guidebook – Super Mario Land 2: 6 Golden Coins'')|page=16}}</ref>
|JapR=Genkottsu
|JapR=Genkottsu
|JapM=From 「拳骨」, ''genkotsu'', meaning "fist" or "knuckle".}}
|JapM=Variation of「ゲンコツ」(''Genkotsu'', "[[Pipe Fist#Names in other languages|Pipe Fist]]")
|Fre=Poing géant
|FreM=Huge Punch
|Fre2=Casse-tête
|Fre2M=Break Head, pun on ''casse-tête'' ("brain teaser")
|Ger=Genkozz
|GerM=A misspelling of the Japanese name
|Ita=SchiacciaPugno<ref>{{cite|date=2018|title=''[[Super Mario Bros. Encyclopedia|Super Mario Bros. Enciclopedia]]''|publisher=Magazzini Salani|language=it|isbn=978-8893674362|page=75}}</ref>
|ItaM=CrushFist
}}


==Trivia==
==Trivia==
*If Mario jumps over the center floor panels in the areas with these enemies, the trap will never be triggered and he can walk on by. He must jump over the center floor panel three consecutive times in order to avoid confrontation with all three of these fists outright.
*If Mario [[jump]]s over the center trigger panels in the areas with these enemies, the trap is never triggered and he can walk on by. He must jump over the center trigger panel three consecutive times in order to avoid confrontation with all three of these fists outright.
 
==References==
==References==
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[[Category:Traps and Obstacles]]
[[Category:Hazardous objects]]
[[Category:Super Mario Land 2: 6 Golden Coins]]
[[Category:Super Mario Land 2: 6 Golden Coins]]
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Latest revision as of 12:32, July 8, 2024

Mechanical fist
Artwork of a mechanical fist, from Super Mario Land 2: 6 Golden Coins.
Artwork from Super Mario Land 2: 6 Golden Coins
First appearance Super Mario Land 2: 6 Golden Coins (1992)
Variant of Pipe Fist

Mechanical fists[1][2] are obstacles in Super Mario Land 2: 6 Golden Coins. They are variants of Pipe Fists. If Mario steps on the wrong trigger panel in the Mario's castle level, a giant fist trap in the resemblance of Wario's glove comes crashing down, pounding the floor with spiked brass knuckles at immense speed (although it is slower on Easy Mode). Mario has to get past three of these traps in total in order to reach Wario and rid him from Mario's castle.

In the Kodansha manga, a mechanical fist is depicted as the literal fist of a giant-sized Wario.

Profiles and statistics[edit]

Perfect Ban Mario Character Daijiten[edit]

ゲンコッツ (JP) / Mechanical fist (EN)
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Original text (Japanese) Translation
種族しゅぞく メカ族 Tribe Mecha clan
性格せいかく いじわる Disposition Impatient
登場とうじょうゲーム ランド2 Game appearances Land 2
床のスイッチに気をつけろ

ワリオ城の中で、マリオを待ちかまえる巨大なワリオの手。ゲンコッツの3つ前にある床ブロックがスイッチになっていて、これを 踏むと出現する。[3]

Watch out for the floor switches.

A giant Wario hand awaits Mario in Wario Castle. The floor block three blocks in front of the mechanical fist is a switch, which you step on to make it appear.

Gallery[edit]

Names in other languages[edit]

Language Name Meaning Notes
Japanese ゲンコッツ[4]
Genkottsu
Variation of「ゲンコツ」(Genkotsu, "Pipe Fist")
French Poing géant[?] Huge Punch
Casse-tête[?] Break Head, pun on casse-tête ("brain teaser")
German Genkozz[?] A misspelling of the Japanese name
Italian SchiacciaPugno[5] CrushFist

Trivia[edit]

  • If Mario jumps over the center trigger panels in the areas with these enemies, the trap is never triggered and he can walk on by. He must jump over the center trigger panel three consecutive times in order to avoid confrontation with all three of these fists outright.

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Jump over the trigger panels to keep Wario's mechanical fists from crashing down." – December 1992. Nintendo Power Volume 43. Nintendo of America (American English). Page 51.
  2. ^ Super Mario Land 2: 6 Golden Coins entry on the official Mario Portal. nintendo.co.jp (English). Retrieved August 13, 2022. (Archived August 13, 2022, 13:51:45 UTC via archive.today.)
  3. ^ 1994. 「パーフェクト版 マリオキャラクター大事典」 (Perfect Ban Mario Character Daijiten). Shogakukan (Japanese). Page 81.
  4. ^ 1992. 「任天堂公式ガイドブック スーパーマリオランド2 6つの金貨」 (Nintendo Kōshiki Guidebook – Super Mario Land 2: 6 Golden Coins). Shogakukan (Japanese). Page 16.
  5. ^ 2018. Super Mario Bros. Enciclopedia. Magazzini Salani (Italian). ISBN 978-8893674362. Page 75.