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|image=[[File:Snail (render) - SMBW.png|200px]]<br>Rendered game model of Snail
|image=[[File:Snail (render) - SMBW.png|200px]]<br>Rendered game model of a Swirlypod
|first_appearance=''[[Super Mario Bros. Wonder]]'' ([[List of games by date#2023|2023]])
|first_appearance=''[[Super Mario Bros. Wonder]]'' ([[List of games by date#2023|2023]])
|variants=[[Big Snail]]
|variants=[[Hefty Swirlypod]]
|comparable=[[Beach Koopa]]<br>[[Spike Top]]
|comparable=[[Koopa Troopa]]<br>[[Spike Top]]<br>[[Spinecone]]<br>[[Unshelled Koopa]]
}}
}}
'''Snails''' are enemies from ''[[Super Mario Bros. Wonder]]'' that are introduced in the level [[Bulrush Coming Through!]]. They are green snails with a pink shell. As snails, they move slowly both on the ground, on the sides of a pipe and on floating blocks, but some are also seen climbing up background walls of [[Semisolid Platform]]s front side. When stomped, they are launched out of their shells, much like [[Beach Koopa]]s, and, after recovering from the dizziness, attempt to get back in it. When Snails are eaten by [[Maw-Maw]]s, their shells are spat out. Similar to Koopa Shells, their shell can then be picked up and used as a weapon or projectile against other enemies.
{{quote|So many creepy-crawlies...|[[Talking Flower]]|Super Mario Bros. Wonder}}
'''Swirlypods'''<ref>{{cite|author=Shea, Brian|date=19 Oct. 2023|title=Super Mario Bros. Wonder Flower Coins And Wonder Seeds Guide|publisher=Game Informer|archive=web.archive.org/web/20231021132240/https://www.gameinformer.com/guide/2023/10/19/super-mario-bros-wonder-flower-coins-and-wonder-seeds-guide}} [https://i.imgur.com/9Ald1X8.png Trompette and Swirlypod verified via e-mail response from the author]</ref><ref name=WonderSekai14>[https://topics.nintendo.co.jp/article/3c24e9ec-6583-401a-a5ab-818180c2c0a8 マリオたちの行く手を阻む。フラワー王国の個性豊かな敵キャラクターをご紹介。~その2~【ワンダーの世界へ Vol.14】]. ''Nintendo''. Retrieved February 9, 2024.</ref> are enemies from ''[[Super Mario Bros. Wonder]]'' that are introduced in the level [[Bulrush Coming Through!]]. They are green snails with a pink shell, and their name comes from "swirl", referring to their spiral shell, and "gastropod", a class of mollusks composed of snails and slugs. Their design appears to be based on a snail infected by ''{{wp|Leucochloridium paradoxum}}''. They move slowly on the ground, walls, and blocks, but some are also seen climbing up background walls of [[Semisolid Platform]]s. When stomped, they are launched out of their shells, much like [[Unshelled Koopa Troopa]]s, and, after recovering from the dizziness, attempt to get back in it. When Swirlypods are eaten by [[Maw-Maw]]s, their shells are spat out. Similar to Koopa Shells, their shell can then be picked up and used as a weapon or projectile against other enemies.


They are more prominent in the level [[Swamp Pipe Crawl]], where the emerging pipes reveal they can withstand the [[Poison (obstacle)|poison]] without repercussion.
They are more prominent in [[Swamp Pipe Crawl]], where they emerge out of [[Poison (obstacle)|poisonous swamps]] (revealing that they are unaffected by it) and crawl along [[Warp Pipe|pipe]]s.


[[Big Snail|Big variants]] also appear in some levels with them with the same characteristics.
[[Hefty Swirlypod]]s also appear in some levels, with the same characteristics as their regular-sized counterparts.


==Gallery==
==Gallery==
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Snail model SMBW.png|Model
Snail model SMBW.png|Model
SMBW_screenshot_Climby_Snail.png|In-game
SMBW_screenshot_Climby_Snail.png|In-game
SnailDizzy.jpg|A stunned Snail after its shell has been removed
snailScale.jpg|Two Swirlypods scaling a wall
SnailShellless.jpg|A Snail outside of its shell
SnailDizzy.jpg|A stunned Swirlypod after its shell has been removed
SnailShellless.jpg|A Swirlypod outside of its shell
</gallery>
</gallery>


==Names in other languages==
==Additional names==
===Internal names===
{{internal names
|game1=''[[Super Mario Bros. Wonder]]''
|file1=<tt>G:/romfs/Model/EnemySnail.bfres.zs</tt>
|name1=Snail
}}
 
===Names in other languages===
{{foreign names
{{foreign names
|Jap=マイマイ<ref>[https://www.ndw.jp/mario-book-231226 2023年12月28日発売! 圧巻の640ページに凝縮された「スーパーマリオブラザーズ ワンダー 完全攻略本」 – Nintendo DREAM WEB]. ''Nintendo DREAM WEB''. Retrieved December 26, 2023.</ref>
|Jpn=マイマイ<ref>[https://www.ndw.jp/mario-book-231226 2023年12月28日発売! 圧巻の640ページに凝縮された「スーパーマリオブラザーズ ワンダー 完全攻略本」 – Nintendo DREAM WEB]. ''Nintendo DREAM WEB''. Retrieved December 26, 2023.</ref><ref name=WonderSekai14/>
|JapR=Maimai
|JpnR=Maimai
|JapM=Snail
|JpnM=Snail
|Chi=卷卷
|ChiR=Juǎnjuǎn
|ChiM=Repetition of「卷」(juǎn, "to roll up")
|Ita=Kiocciola<ref>[[Swamp Pipe Crawl]]'s Italian name: "Kiocciole sui tubi paludosi"</ref>
|Ita=Kiocciola<ref>[[Swamp Pipe Crawl]]'s Italian name: "Kiocciole sui tubi paludosi"</ref>
|ItaM=Pun on "chiocciola" (snail)
|ItaM=Phonetic reading of ''chiocciola'' ("snail")
|Kor=꾸물꾸물<ref>{{cite|date=February 23, 2024|url=https://www.nintendo.co.kr/news/article/2HmXb1cOOdDjPSJp4iZtdJ|title=마리오와 친구들을 방해한다. 플라워 왕국에서 만날 수 있는 개성 넘치는 적 캐릭터를 소개. ~제2편~【원더의 세계로 Vol.14】|publisher=nintendo.co.kr|accessdate=March 12, 2024}}</ref>
|KorR=Kkumul-kkumul
|KorM=Korean ideophonic word for "wriggling" or "crawling slowly"
}}
}}
==Trivia==
*The snails' bulbous, striped antennae strongly resemble the {{wp|Leucochloridium paradoxum|green-banded broodsac}}, a parasitic flatworm that infests the eyestalks of snails.


==References==
==References==

Latest revision as of 14:59, January 23, 2025

Swirlypod
Custom render of a Swirlypod from Super Mario Bros. Wonder
Rendered game model of a Swirlypod
First appearance Super Mario Bros. Wonder (2023)
Variants
Comparable
“So many creepy-crawlies...”
Talking Flower, Super Mario Bros. Wonder

Swirlypods[1][2] are enemies from Super Mario Bros. Wonder that are introduced in the level Bulrush Coming Through!. They are green snails with a pink shell, and their name comes from "swirl", referring to their spiral shell, and "gastropod", a class of mollusks composed of snails and slugs. Their design appears to be based on a snail infected by Leucochloridium paradoxum. They move slowly on the ground, walls, and blocks, but some are also seen climbing up background walls of Semisolid Platforms. When stomped, they are launched out of their shells, much like Unshelled Koopa Troopas, and, after recovering from the dizziness, attempt to get back in it. When Swirlypods are eaten by Maw-Maws, their shells are spat out. Similar to Koopa Shells, their shell can then be picked up and used as a weapon or projectile against other enemies.

They are more prominent in Swamp Pipe Crawl, where they emerge out of poisonous swamps (revealing that they are unaffected by it) and crawl along pipes.

Hefty Swirlypods also appear in some levels, with the same characteristics as their regular-sized counterparts.

Gallery[edit]

Additional names[edit]

Internal names[edit]

Game File Name Meaning

Super Mario Bros. Wonder G:/romfs/Model/EnemySnail.bfres.zs Snail -

Names in other languages[edit]

Language Name Meaning Notes
Japanese マイマイ[3][2]
Maimai
Snail
Chinese 卷卷[?]
Juǎnjuǎn
Repetition of「卷」(juǎn, "to roll up")
Italian Kiocciola[4] Phonetic reading of chiocciola ("snail")
Korean 꾸물꾸물[5]
Kkumul-kkumul
Korean ideophonic word for "wriggling" or "crawling slowly"

References[edit]