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===''Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island''===
===''Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island''===
*'''Official Nintendo Player's Guide:''' ''These feisty hoppers transform from bug to melon and back again. Eat them anytime to make an egg.''<ref name=guide/>
*'''Official Nintendo Player's Guide:''' ''These feisty hoppers transform from bug to melon and back again. Eat them anytime to make an egg.''<ref name=guide/>
*'''Shogakukan Guide:''' 近づくと、身を守ろうとして玉になる。転がして敵をやつつけたりできるので便利。("''When you get close to it, it turns into a ball to protect itself. It is useful because you can roll it around and kill enemies with it.''")


==Gallery==
==Gallery==

Revision as of 08:43, April 26, 2022

Melon Bug
A Melon Bug
First appearance Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island (1995)
Latest appearance Yoshi's Island: Super Mario Advance 3 (2002)
Variants
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Melon Bugs[1] are harmless, pill bug-like creatures that appear in Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island and Yoshi's Island: Super Mario Advance 3.

They bounce up and down, but when Yoshi gets too close, they roll up into balls, which resemble melons, hence their name. If Yoshi gets close enough, he can eat them and then spit them out, causing them to roll across the ground, destroying any enemies in their path. Alternatively, they can be swallowed to create an egg.

Profiles and statistics

Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island

  • Official Nintendo Player's Guide: These feisty hoppers transform from bug to melon and back again. Eat them anytime to make an egg.[1]
  • Shogakukan Guide: 近づくと、身を守ろうとして玉になる。転がして敵をやつつけたりできるので便利。("When you get close to it, it turns into a ball to protect itself. It is useful because you can roll it around and kill enemies with it.")

Gallery

Names in other languages

Language Name Meaning Notes
Japanese ころがりくん[2][3]
Korogari-kun
From「転がり」(korogari, roll) and「くん」(kun, Japanese honorific)
German Lotter Lisa[?] -

Trivia

  • Melon Bugs were originally designed for Super Donkey, a prototype game connected to Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island.[4] An alternate version of their early sprites, with the final red shoes, also heavily resembles their appearance used in artwork.[5]

References

  1. ^ a b Miller, Kent, and Terry Munson. Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island Player's Guide. Page 128.
  2. ^ 「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 6.
  3. ^ 「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 16.
  4. ^ Salad Plain Zone (July 24, 2020). the d'onkey. YouTube. Retrieved July 24, 2020.
  5. ^ TCRF. Development:Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island/Sprites#Melon Bug. The Cutting Room Floor. Retrieved November 12, 2021.