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|image=[[File: | |image=[[File:BulberNSMBU.png|200px]]<br>Model from ''New Super Mario Bros. U'' | ||
|first_appearance=''[[New Super Mario Bros. Wii]]'' ([[List of games by date#2009|2009]]) | |first_appearance=''[[New Super Mario Bros. Wii]]'' ([[List of games by date#2009|2009]]) | ||
|latest_appearance=''[[Mario Kart 8 Deluxe]]'' (''[[Mario Kart 8 Deluxe – Booster Course Pass|Booster Course Pass]]'', Wave 6) (2023) | |latest_appearance=''[[Mario Kart 8 Deluxe]]'' (''[[Mario Kart 8 Deluxe – Booster Course Pass|Booster Course Pass]]'', Wave 6) (2023) | ||
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Bulbers are enemies in ''New Super Mario Bros. Wii''. They appear in [[World 8-4 (New Super Mario Bros. Wii)|World 8-4]] only. Bulbers illuminating the area around them while swimming around. They can be defeated by attacking them with a [[fireball]], by freezing them, or by running into them with a [[Super Star|Star]], although this is not necessary and perhaps even detrimental due to loss of illumination. Bulbers are passive, hurting [[Mario]] only if he touches them. | Bulbers are enemies in ''New Super Mario Bros. Wii''. They appear in [[World 8-4 (New Super Mario Bros. Wii)|World 8-4]] only. Bulbers illuminating the area around them while swimming around. They can be defeated by attacking them with a [[fireball]], by freezing them, or by running into them with a [[Super Star|Star]], although this is not necessary and perhaps even detrimental due to loss of illumination. Bulbers are passive, hurting [[Mario]] only if he touches them. | ||
====''New Super Mario Bros. U''==== | ====''New Super Mario Bros. U'' / ''New Super Mario Bros. U Deluxe''==== | ||
Bulbers are enemies in ''[[New Super Mario Bros. U]]''. They behave exactly as they did in ''New Super Mario Bros. Wii'' and appear alongside Jellybeams in [[Deepsea Ruins]] of [[Soda Jungle]]. They do not reappear in ''[[New Super Luigi U]]''. | Bulbers are enemies in ''[[New Super Mario Bros. U]]''. They behave exactly as they did in ''New Super Mario Bros. Wii'' and appear alongside Jellybeams in [[Deepsea Ruins]] of [[Soda Jungle]]. They do not reappear in ''[[New Super Luigi U]]''. | ||
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==Gallery== | ==Gallery== | ||
<gallery> | <gallery> | ||
NSMBW Bulber Model.png|Model from ''New Super Mario Bros. Wii'' | |||
NSMBW World 8-4 Level Preview Icon.png|Course preview texture from ''New Super Mario Bros. Wii'' | |||
</gallery> | </gallery> | ||
Latest revision as of 21:12, September 25, 2024
- Not to be confused with Bub-ulber.
| Bulber | |
|---|---|
 Model from New Super Mario Bros. U | |
| First appearance | New Super Mario Bros. Wii (2009) |
| Latest appearance | Mario Kart 8 Deluxe (Booster Course Pass, Wave 6) (2023) |
Bulbers[1][2] are anglerfish-like enemies that first appear in New Super Mario Bros. Wii. Like real anglerfish, their bulbs illuminate any darkness around them, similarly to Jellybeams.
History[edit]
Super Mario series[edit]
New Super Mario Bros. Wii[edit]
Bulbers are enemies in New Super Mario Bros. Wii. They appear in World 8-4 only. Bulbers illuminating the area around them while swimming around. They can be defeated by attacking them with a fireball, by freezing them, or by running into them with a Star, although this is not necessary and perhaps even detrimental due to loss of illumination. Bulbers are passive, hurting Mario only if he touches them.
New Super Mario Bros. U / New Super Mario Bros. U Deluxe[edit]
Bulbers are enemies in New Super Mario Bros. U. They behave exactly as they did in New Super Mario Bros. Wii and appear alongside Jellybeams in Deepsea Ruins of Soda Jungle. They do not reappear in New Super Luigi U.
Mario Kart series[edit]
Mario Kart Tour[edit]
Bulbers return in Mario Kart Tour, marking their first appearance in over ten years. They appear in Piranha Plant Cove across its variants, visible above the pillars of the first and third route's starting line and in Piranha Plant Cove 3's subterranean ruin section.
Mario Kart 8 Deluxe[edit]
Bulbers appear in the final wave of the Mario Kart 8 Deluxe – Booster Course Pass, appearing in the background of Piranha Plant Cove.
Unused appearances[edit]
Mario Kart Arcade GP DX[edit]
Bulbers were going to appear in Mario Kart Arcade GP DX, as model data for one exists in the game files, but they were removed from the final version.[citation needed]
Gallery[edit]
Model from New Super Mario Bros. Wii
Course preview texture from New Super Mario Bros. Wii
Additional names[edit]
Internal names[edit]
| Game | File | Name | Meaning
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|---|---|---|---|
| New Super Mario Bros. Wii New Super Mario Bros. U Mario Kart Arcade GP DX |
1 Data/files/Object/ankou.arc content/Common/actor/ankou.szs Data/Model/Object/ankou |
ankou | anglerfish |
Names in other languages[edit]
| Language | Name | Meaning | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Japanese | チョーチン[3] Chōchin |
Clipping of「提灯鮟鱇」(chōchin-ankō, "footballfish").「提灯」(chōchin) also literally means "paper lantern". | |
| German | Anglerfisch[?] | Frogfish | |
| Italian | Pesce Lampada[4] | Lamp Fish | |
| Pesce Luce[4] | Light Fish | ||
| Spanish (NOE) | Besulbo[?] | Portmanteau of besugo ("seabream") and bulbo ("bulb") |
References[edit]
- ^ Bueno, Fernando (November 15, 2009). New Super Mario Bros. Wii Prima Official Game Guide. Prima Games (American English). ISBN 978-0-307-46592-4. Page 160.
- ^ Stratton, Steve (November 18, 2012). New Super Mario Bros. U Prima Official Game Guide. Prima Games (American English). ISBN 978-0-307-89690-2. Page 30.
- ^ New Super Mario Bros. U actor name in executable
- ^ a b 2018. Super Mario Bros. Enciclopedia. Magazzini Salani (Italian). ISBN 978-8893674362. Page 145, 210.
