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{{articleabout|the ''Super Mario Bros. 2'' enemy|the partner from ''Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door''|[[Flurrie]]}}
{{distinguish|Flurrie}}
[[Image:SMB2_Flurry.jpg|thumb|200px|right|Artwork of a '''Flurry'''.]]
{{species infobox
|image=[[File:SMB2_Flurry.jpg|200px]]<br>Artwork from ''Super Mario Advance''
|first_appearance=''[[Yume Kōjō: Doki Doki Panic]]'' ([[List of games by date#1987|1987]], overall)<br>''[[Super Mario Bros. 2]]'' ([[List of games by date#1988|1988]], [[Super Mario (franchise)|''Super Mario'' franchise]])
|latest_appearance=''[[Nintendo World Championships: NES Edition]]'' ([[List of games by date#2024|2024]])
|notable=[[Flaky]]
}}
'''Flurries'''<ref>{{cite|author=Stratton, Bryan|date=June 7, 2001|title=''Super Mario Advance'' Prima's Official Strategy Guide|publisher=[[Prima Games]]|language=en-us|isbn=0-7615-3633-7|page=49}}</ref> (singular '''Flurry'''; occasionally pluralized '''Flurrys''')<ref>{{cite|author=Stratton, Bryan|date=June 7, 2001|title=''Super Mario Advance'' Prima's Official Strategy Guide|publisher=Prima Games|language=en-us|isbn=0-7615-3633-7|page=7}}</ref> are [[list of enemies|enemies]] introduced in ''[[Yume Kōjō: Doki Doki Panic]]'' and ''[[Super Mario Bros. 2]]''. They are [[snowman]]-like creatures named after {{wp|snow flurry|flurries}}, which are brief periods of snowfall.
==History==
===''Super Mario'' series===
====''Yume Kōjō: Doki Doki Panic'' / ''Super Mario Bros. 2''====
[[File:DokiFlurry.png|thumb|left|150px|Original design of a Flurry in ''Yume Kōjō: Doki Doki Panic Hisshō Kōryakuhō'']]
Flurries are enemies in ''Yume Kōjō: Doki Doki Panic'' and ''Super Mario Bros. 2''. They run along the ice chasing after [[Mario]], [[Luigi]], [[Princess Peach|Peach]], or [[Toad]]. Like them, they have poor traction on the ice and can slip off of the platform they are on. They only appear in [[World 4 (Super Mario Bros. 2)|World 4]]. In the rare instances that they can be led onto non-icy surfaces, such as the bottom of the second tower in [[World 4-3 (Super Mario Bros. 2)|World 4-3]], they have perfect traction. In original releases, Flurries are entirely white, while in the ''Super Mario All-Stars'' and ''Super Mario Advance'' remakes, they are tinted pink and have blue feet.


'''Flurries''' are [[snowman]]-like creatures that appear in the icy regions of [[World 4 (SMB2)|World 4]] in ''[[Super Mario Bros. 2|Super Mario Bros. 2's]]'' [[Subcon (place)|Subcon]]. These slippery enemies run along the ice after [[Mario]], but they have low traction on said ice, and can easily slip off an edge to their doom.
====''BS Super Mario USA''====
Flurries are enemies in ''[[BS Super Mario USA]]''. They make their return and play the same role as in the predecessor. They only appear in the third broadcast, which is also Subcon's icy area.


[[Image: Flaky.jpg|thumb|left|Two Flurries from ''[[The Super Mario Bros. Super Show!]]''.]]
====''Super Mario Advance 4: Super Mario Bros. 3''====
Some Flurries occasionally appeared in ''[[The Super Mario Bros. Super Show!]]'', where they spoke, despite not having visible mouths. Due to [[Wart]] not appearing on the show, they work for [[King Koopa]] here, and one ([[Flaky]]) even had a name. Staying true to the spirit of the games, Flurries only ever appeared in episodes that were set in snowy environments, such as the [[Land of Ice]] from "[[The Bird! The Bird!]]" and the [[North Pole]] from "[[Koopa Klaus (episode)|Koopa Klaus]]."
Flurries are enemies in ''[[Super Mario Advance 4: Super Mario Bros. 3]]''. They are encountered only in the [[World-e]] level [[Treacherous Halls]]. Two Flurries appear, and they are shown with the ability to pass over [[Spike Trap|spikes]] harmlessly. Other than this, Flurries are the same as in their debut appearance.


===''The Super Mario Bros. Super Show!''===
{{quote|It's them! Princess Toadstool and those two faucet freaks. C'mon, Flaky. Let's tell King Koopa so we can put 'em on ice for good.|Flurry|"[[The Bird! The Bird!]]"}}
[[File:Flurries SMBSS.png|thumb|Two Flurries from ''[[The Super Mario Bros. Super Show!]]''.]]
Some Flurries occasionally appeared in ''[[The Super Mario Bros. Super Show!]]'', where they spoke, despite not having visible mouths. Due to [[Wart]] not appearing on the show, they work for [[Bowser|King Koopa]] here, and one ([[Flaky]]) even had a name. Staying true to the spirit of the games, Flurries appeared only in episodes that are set in snowy environments: the [[Land of Ice]] in "[[The Bird! The Bird!]]", the [[North Pole]] from "[[Koopa Klaus]]", and the [[Thirteen Mushroom Colonies]] in "[[The Koopas are Coming! The Koopas are Coming!]]" Unlike in the game, some of them have arms.
===''Super Mario Adventures''===
A Flurry, alongside a [[Shy Guy]] and [[Snifit]], attends Bowser's wedding to Princess Peach in the ''[[Super Mario Adventures]]'' comic.
A Flurry, alongside a [[Shy Guy]] and [[Snifit]], attends Bowser's wedding to Princess Peach in the ''[[Super Mario Adventures]]'' comic.


Flurries make a cameo appearance in ''[[Super Princess Peach]]''. Here they appear in the background of World 6, [[Gleam Glacier]].  
===''Nintendo Comics System''===
[[File:Smb princess1.jpg|thumb|left|A page of [[Dear Princess Toadstool]] featuring Flurry's question]]
In the first installment of the ''[[Nintendo Comics System]]'''s [[Dear Princess Toadstool]] feature, a Flurry writes to Princess Toadstool asking for help with people mistaking the snowflakes on his head for {{wp|dandruff}}. She responds that his real friends would ignore the flakes, and that he should give strangers who make fun of him the "cold shoulder". Immediately below her reply has Luigi, as a barber, asking a Flurry if he wants to blow dry his "hair", with the Flurry telling Luigi to just melt his sideburns.
 
==Profiles and statistics==
===''Super Mario Bros. 2'' / ''Super Mario Advance''===
{{multilang profile
|type=manual
|EngA=Snow monster. He'll chase you on ice skates.<ref name=SMB2>{{cite|date=1988|title=''Super Mario Bros. 2'' instruction booklet|publisher=Nintendo of America|language=en-us|page=26}}</ref>}}
 
{{multilang profile
|type=manual
|EngE=You've got to hurry to avoid these ice-skating snow monsters.<ref>{{cite|date=2001|url=cdn02.nintendo-europe.com/media/downloads/games_8/emanuals/game_boy_advance_8/Manual_GameBoyAdvance_SuperMarioAdvance_EN_DE_FR_ES_IT.pdf|title=''Super Mario Advance'' instruction booklet|format=PDF|publisher=Nintendo of Europe|language=en-gb|page=11}}</ref>}}
 
===''[[Perfect Ban Mario Character Daijiten]]''===
{{PBMCD profile
|name=ナカボン (JP) / Nakabon (EN)
|artwork=[[File:Flurry Perfect.png|200px]]
|shuzoku=ビースト{{ruby|族|ぞく}}
|seikaku={{ruby|氷|こおり}}のように{{ruby|冷|つめ}}たい
|tojo_gemu={{ruby|USA|ユーエスエー}}
|desc='''<big>かわいらしい{{ruby|雪|ゆき}}だるま</big>'''<br>
マリオ{{ruby|USA|ユーエスエー}}の{{ruby|氷|こおり}}の{{ruby|世界|せかい}}に{{ruby|出|で}}てくる{{ruby|雪|ゆき}}だるま。{{ruby|猛|もう}}スピードでつっこんでくるだけだが、{{ruby|氷|こおり}}の{{ruby|世界|せかい}}は{{ruby|下|した}}が{{ruby|滑|すべ}}りやすいので、けっこう{{ruby|手|て}}こずるぞ。アメリカ{{ruby|名|めい}}はフルーリィ。<ref>{{cite|date=November 20, 1994|title=''Perfect Ban Mario Character Daijiten''|publisher=[[Shogakukan]]|isbn=4-09-259067-9|page=[https://i.imgur.com/hGbL9me.jpg 141]}}</ref>
|tribe=Beast clan
|disposition=Ice cold
|game_appearances=USA
|eng_desc='''''<big>A cute snowman</big>'''''<br>
''The snowman appears in the icy world of Mario USA. He just runs into you at high speed, but the icy surface is slippery underneath, so it's quite a challenge. His American name is Flurry.''
}}
 
==Gallery==
{{Main-gallery}}
<gallery>
NES Flurry.png|''[[Super Mario Bros. 2]]''
Super Mario Bros. 2 Flurry.png|''Super Mario Bros. 2''
SMUSA Flurry.png|''Super Mario USA'' instruction booklet
Flurry.gif|''Super Mario Bros. 2''
Flurry SMB2 All-Stars.png|''[[Super Mario All-Stars]]'' (''Super Mario Bros. 2'')
SMA4 Flurry sprite.png|''[[Super Mario Advance 4: Super Mario Bros. 3]]''
</gallery>
 
==Names in other languages==
{{foreign names
|Jpn=ナカボン<ref name=SMUSA>{{cite|date=1992|url=www.nintendo.co.jp/clv/manuals/ja/pdf/CLV-P-HAADJ.pdf|title=''Super Mario USA'' instruction booklet|format=PDF|publisher=Nintendo|language=ja|page=27}}</ref>
|JpnR=Nakabon
|JpnM=Possibly from「{{ruby|不仲|ふなか}}」(''funaka'', "discord") and「{{ruby|坊|ぼん}}」(''bon'', an affectionate term for boys)<!--"bon" is one of the two spellings of the common "bo" suffix, it is not a typo or anything else. https://www.japandict.com/%E5%9D%8A -->
|Jpn2=フラーリ<ref name=SMUSA/>
|Jpn2R=Furāri
|Jpn2M=Transliteration of the ''Super Mario Bros. 2'' name
|Jpn3=フルーリィ<ref>{{cite|title=''Perfect Ban Mario Character Daijiten''|page=[https://i.imgur.com/lVHkZlH.jpg 225]}}</ref>
|Jpn3R=Furūrī
|Jpn3M=Alternate transliteration of the ''Super Mario Bros. 2'' name
|ChiS=那卡邦<ref>{{cite|deadlink=y|author=无敌阿尔宙斯|date=August 28, 2013|archive=web.archive.org/web/20170226161109/https://tieba.baidu.com/p/2559790043?red_tag=f0666802113|title=Ending scene of ''Super Mario Advance''] as localized by [[iQue]]|publisher=Baidu Tieba|language=zh-hans|accessdate=June 5, 2024}}</ref>
|ChiSR=Nàkǎbāng
|ChiSM=From the Japanese name
|Fre=Flurry
|FreC=<ref name=smb2fgs>{{cite|date=1989|title=''Super Mario Bros. 2 Handleiding / Mode d'emploi''|format=German and French|url=drive.google.com/file/d/1k3ylzfjnrB3Bb1CFUK5ZHQIkha9TZ3C-/view|location=Großostheim|publisher=[[Nintendo|Nintendo of Europe GmbH]]|page=30}}</ref><ref>{{cite|title=''Super Mario Advance'' European instruction booklet|publisher=Nintendo of Europe|language=fr|page=51}}</ref>
|Ger=Flurry
|GerC=<ref name=smb2fgs/><ref>{{cite|author=Matsumoto, Atsuko, Rie Ishii, and Claude Moyse, editors|title=''Der Spieleberater Super Mario Power''|location=Großostheim|publisher=Nintendo of Europe GmbH|language=de|date=1992|isbn=3-929034-02-6|page=118}}</ref>
|Ita=Flurry<ref>{{cite|title=''Super Mario Bros. 2'' Italian instruction booklet|page=26}}</ref><ref>{{cite|title=''Super Mario All-Stars Limited Edition'' instruction booklet|date=2010|publisher=Nintendo of Europe|language=it|page=38}}</ref>
|Ita2=Piumino<ref>''[[The Super Mario Bros. Super Show!]]'', "[[The Bird! The Bird!|Vola! Vola!]]"</ref><ref>{{cite|date=November 15, 2018|title=''[[Super Mario Bros. Encyclopedia|Super Mario Bros. Enciclopedia]]''|publisher=Magazzini Salani|language=it|isbn=889367436X|page=68}}</ref>
|Ita2M=Lil' Feather, also means "duvet", "feather bed", and "feather duster"
|Ita3=Tempestino<ref>{{cite|date=2001|title=''Super Mario Advance'' European instruction booklet|publisher=Nintendo of Europe|language=it|page=111}}</ref>
|Ita3M=Lil' Storm
|Swe=Flurry
}}


Two Flurry-like enemies, [[Protobatter]] and [[Pwallop]] respectively, appeared in the game ''[[Mario & Luigi: Bowser's Inside Story]]''.
==Notes==
*Despite being an enemy in ''[[Yume Kōjō: Doki Doki Panic]]'', Flurry did not receive artwork in the manual until ''Super Mario Bros. 2''.<ref name=SMB2/> This is also the case for [[Tweeter]] and [[Spark]].
*Flurry bears resemblance to {{iw|wikirby|Yuki}}, a mid-boss from ''{{iw|wikirby|Kirby's Dream Land 3}}'', as they both are short, stubby snowmen without mouths or arms, have two small black eyes, and have similar body shapes, though Yuki lacks feet.


== Notable Flurries ==
==References==
*[[Flaky]]
<references/>


==Trivia==
*"Flurry" is a term used for a brief snowfall.
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[[Category:Super Mario Advance 4: Super Mario Bros. 3 enemies]]
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Latest revision as of 17:00, April 2, 2025

Not to be confused with Flurrie.
Flurry
Flurry
Artwork from Super Mario Advance
First appearance Yume Kōjō: Doki Doki Panic (1987, overall)
Super Mario Bros. 2 (1988, Super Mario franchise)
Latest appearance Nintendo World Championships: NES Edition (2024)
Notable members

Flurries[1] (singular Flurry; occasionally pluralized Flurrys)[2] are enemies introduced in Yume Kōjō: Doki Doki Panic and Super Mario Bros. 2. They are snowman-like creatures named after flurries, which are brief periods of snowfall.

History[edit]

Super Mario series[edit]

Yume Kōjō: Doki Doki Panic / Super Mario Bros. 2[edit]

Flurry from Yume Kōjō: Doki Doki Panic Hisshō Kōryakuhō
Original design of a Flurry in Yume Kōjō: Doki Doki Panic Hisshō Kōryakuhō

Flurries are enemies in Yume Kōjō: Doki Doki Panic and Super Mario Bros. 2. They run along the ice chasing after Mario, Luigi, Peach, or Toad. Like them, they have poor traction on the ice and can slip off of the platform they are on. They only appear in World 4. In the rare instances that they can be led onto non-icy surfaces, such as the bottom of the second tower in World 4-3, they have perfect traction. In original releases, Flurries are entirely white, while in the Super Mario All-Stars and Super Mario Advance remakes, they are tinted pink and have blue feet.

BS Super Mario USA[edit]

Flurries are enemies in BS Super Mario USA. They make their return and play the same role as in the predecessor. They only appear in the third broadcast, which is also Subcon's icy area.

Super Mario Advance 4: Super Mario Bros. 3[edit]

Flurries are enemies in Super Mario Advance 4: Super Mario Bros. 3. They are encountered only in the World-e level Treacherous Halls. Two Flurries appear, and they are shown with the ability to pass over spikes harmlessly. Other than this, Flurries are the same as in their debut appearance.

The Super Mario Bros. Super Show![edit]

“It's them! Princess Toadstool and those two faucet freaks. C'mon, Flaky. Let's tell King Koopa so we can put 'em on ice for good.”
Flurry, "The Bird! The Bird!"

Some Flurries occasionally appeared in The Super Mario Bros. Super Show!, where they spoke, despite not having visible mouths. Due to Wart not appearing on the show, they work for King Koopa here, and one (Flaky) even had a name. Staying true to the spirit of the games, Flurries appeared only in episodes that are set in snowy environments: the Land of Ice in "The Bird! The Bird!", the North Pole from "Koopa Klaus", and the Thirteen Mushroom Colonies in "The Koopas are Coming! The Koopas are Coming!" Unlike in the game, some of them have arms.

Super Mario Adventures[edit]

A Flurry, alongside a Shy Guy and Snifit, attends Bowser's wedding to Princess Peach in the Super Mario Adventures comic.

Nintendo Comics System[edit]

A sample page of the "Dear Princess Toadstool" feature by Nintendo Comics System.
A page of Dear Princess Toadstool featuring Flurry's question

In the first installment of the Nintendo Comics System's Dear Princess Toadstool feature, a Flurry writes to Princess Toadstool asking for help with people mistaking the snowflakes on his head for dandruff. She responds that his real friends would ignore the flakes, and that he should give strangers who make fun of him the "cold shoulder". Immediately below her reply has Luigi, as a barber, asking a Flurry if he wants to blow dry his "hair", with the Flurry telling Luigi to just melt his sideburns.

Profiles and statistics[edit]

Super Mario Bros. 2 / Super Mario Advance[edit]

  • Instruction booklet description:
    • English (American):
      Snow monster. He'll chase you on ice skates.[3]


  • Instruction booklet description:
    • English (British):
      You've got to hurry to avoid these ice-skating snow monsters.[4]

Perfect Ban Mario Character Daijiten[edit]

ナカボン (JP) / Nakabon (EN)
A Flurry from Super Mario Bros. 2.
Original text (Japanese) Translation
種族しゅぞく ビーストぞく Tribe Beast clan
性格せいかく こおりのようにつめたい Disposition Ice cold
登場とうじょうゲーム USAユーエスエー Game appearances USA
かわいらしいゆきだるま

マリオUSAユーエスエーこおり世界せかいてくるゆきだるま。もうスピードでつっこんでくるだけだが、こおり世界せかいしたすべりやすいので、けっこうこずるぞ。アメリカめいはフルーリィ。[5]

A cute snowman

The snowman appears in the icy world of Mario USA. He just runs into you at high speed, but the icy surface is slippery underneath, so it's quite a challenge. His American name is Flurry.

Gallery[edit]

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

Names in other languages[edit]

Language Name Meaning Notes
Japanese ナカボン[6]
Nakabon
Possibly from「不仲ふなか」(funaka, "discord") and「ぼん」(bon, an affectionate term for boys)
フラーリ[6]
Furāri
Transliteration of the Super Mario Bros. 2 name
フルーリィ[7]
Furūrī
Alternate transliteration of the Super Mario Bros. 2 name
Chinese (simplified) 那卡邦[8]
Nàkǎbāng
From the Japanese name
French Flurry[9][10] -
German Flurry[9][11] -
Italian Flurry[12][13] -
Piumino[14][15] Lil' Feather, also means "duvet", "feather bed", and "feather duster"
Tempestino[16] Lil' Storm
Swedish Flurry[?] -

Notes[edit]

  • Despite being an enemy in Yume Kōjō: Doki Doki Panic, Flurry did not receive artwork in the manual until Super Mario Bros. 2.[3] This is also the case for Tweeter and Spark.
  • Flurry bears resemblance to Yuki, a mid-boss from Kirby's Dream Land 3, as they both are short, stubby snowmen without mouths or arms, have two small black eyes, and have similar body shapes, though Yuki lacks feet.

References[edit]

  1. ^ Stratton, Bryan (June 7, 2001). Super Mario Advance Prima's Official Strategy Guide. Prima Games (American English). ISBN 0-7615-3633-7. Page 49.
  2. ^ Stratton, Bryan (June 7, 2001). Super Mario Advance Prima's Official Strategy Guide. Prima Games (American English). ISBN 0-7615-3633-7. Page 7.
  3. ^ a b 1988. Super Mario Bros. 2 instruction booklet. Nintendo of America (American English). Page 26.
  4. ^ 2001. Super Mario Advance instruction booklet (PDF). Nintendo of Europe (British English). Page 11.
  5. ^ November 20, 1994. Perfect Ban Mario Character Daijiten. Shogakukan. ISBN 4-09-259067-9. Page 141.
  6. ^ a b 1992. Super Mario USA instruction booklet (PDF). Nintendo (Japanese). Page 27.
  7. ^ Perfect Ban Mario Character Daijiten. Page 225.
  8. ^ 无敌阿尔宙斯 (August 28, 2013). Ending scene of Super Mario Advance as localized by iQue]. Baidu Tieba (Simplified Chinese). Archived February 26, 2017, 16:11:09 UTC from the original via Wayback Machine. Retrieved June 5, 2024.
  9. ^ a b 1989. Super Mario Bros. 2 Handleiding / Mode d'emploi (German and French). Großostheim: Nintendo of Europe GmbH. Page 30.
  10. ^ Super Mario Advance European instruction booklet. Nintendo of Europe (French). Page 51.
  11. ^ Matsumoto, Atsuko, Rie Ishii, and Claude Moyse, editors (1992). Der Spieleberater Super Mario Power. Großostheim: Nintendo of Europe GmbH (German). ISBN 3-929034-02-6. Page 118.
  12. ^ Super Mario Bros. 2 Italian instruction booklet. Page 26.
  13. ^ 2010. Super Mario All-Stars Limited Edition instruction booklet. Nintendo of Europe (Italian). Page 38.
  14. ^ The Super Mario Bros. Super Show!, "Vola! Vola!"
  15. ^ November 15, 2018. Super Mario Bros. Enciclopedia. Magazzini Salani (Italian). ISBN 889367436X. Page 68.
  16. ^ 2001. Super Mario Advance European instruction booklet. Nintendo of Europe (Italian). Page 111.