Speardovich

Speardovich
First appearance	Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars (1996)
Latest appearance	Super Mario RPG (Nintendo Switch) (2023)

“I’m such a genius, it scares me sometimes. No wonder I’m so important!”

—Speardovich, Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars

Yaridovich, known as Speardovich in the remake, is a commander of the Smithy Gang in Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars and the remake, and a master of disguise. He is a shape-shifting robot that is also able to split into multiple copies of himself. However, Yaridovich cannot change colors, and as such, any form he takes exists in shades of gray and red. In his true form, Yaridovich resembles a spear. Yaridovich is shown to be arrogant, boasting about his superiority and high status within Smithy's forces.

Yaridovich is charged with acquiring the fifth Star Piece. To trick Mario, Yaridovich kidnaps the population of Seaside Town and imprisons them in a large building, then impersonates them all with his shape-shifting and duplication powers. When Mario arrives in the town, Yaridovich, in his disguise as the Town Elder, asks the hero to retrieve the Star Piece for him.

When Mario returns with the Star Piece, Yaridovich, with several of his duplicates, reveals that he is a member of the Smithy Gang and asks that Mario turn over the Star Piece to him; for every time he refuses, he sends his doubles to tickle the Town Elder with a feather until Mario agrees. After he hands it over, Yaridovich and the clones run off to return to Smithy.

At the coast, Yaridovich is waiting for the Blade to show up when Mario arrives, and when the group tries to swim away, Jonathan Jones appears and blocks their path. With nowhere to run, Yaridovich assumes his true form and battles Mario and his allies. After he is defeated, Mario obtains the Star Piece, as well as the Shed Key that unlocks the building trapping Seaside Town's true inhabitants.

Yaridovich returns as a Machine Made, a gray, mass-produced copy of the original. Interestingly, it can split into four Machine Made Drill Bits with the Multiplier! move.

Yaridovich can be seen in the parade during the end credits, along with Mack and Bowyer, in which all three are pounded by Smithy's hammer.

Battle

Yaridovich always starts his battle using Water Blast, and he will use it every three turns. Yaridovich's other special moves include Flame Stone, Willy Wisp, and Pierce. Yaridovich's attack and defense are the highest of any story-related boss encounter in the game. However, Yaridovich is weak to Thunder. Every third turn, Yaridovich will use Mirage attack!, which will create a clone of himself.

The copy is identical to the original in appearance and is also simply known as "Yaridovich", but it has a different psychopath, different attacks, and lower stats and HP. When the clone has lost all of its 500 HP or after a few turns pass, it merges back with the original Yaridovich. These clones are the only bosses besides Exor that Geno Whirl can do 9999 damage to.

Profiles and statistics

Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars

Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars enemy
Yaridovich
	HP	1500	FP	100	Speed	20
	Location(s)	Seaside Town	Attack	125	Magic attack	70
	Role	Boss	Defense	85	Magic defense	75
	Bonus Flower	None	Yoshi Cookie	None	Morph rate	0%
	Evade	0%	Magic evade	0%	Spells	Water Blast, Flame Stone, Willy Wisp
	Weak	Thunder	Strong	Fear, Poison, Sleep, Mute, Critical	Sp. attacks	Pierce, "Glowing Shot"
	Coins	150	Exp. points	120	Items	None
Psychopath	"My promotion's at stake!"

Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars enemy
Yaridovich (Double)
	HP	500	FP	100	Speed	16
	Location(s)	Seaside Town	Attack	100	Magic attack	60
	Role	Support	Defense	40	Magic defense	10
	Bonus Flower	None	Yoshi Cookie	None	Morph rate	0%
	Evade	0%	Magic evade	0%	Spells	Meteor Blast, Static E!, Bolt
	Weak	Thunder	Strong	Fear, Poison, Sleep, Mute	Sp. attacks	None
	Coins	0	Exp. points	0	Items	None
Psychopath	"I'm not the real McCoy!"

Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars enemy
Machine Made (Yaridovich)
	HP	800	FP	250	Speed	18
	Location(s)	The Weapons' World	Attack	180	Magic attack	90
	Role	Common	Defense	130	Magic defense	50
	Bonus Flower	None	Yoshi Cookie	None	Morph rate	0%
	Evade	0%	Magic evade	0%	Spells	Flame Stone, Meteor Blast
	Weak	None	Strong	Fear, Poison, Sleep, Mute, Critical	Sp. attacks	None
	Coins	50	Exp. points	180	Items	Rock Candy (25%)
Psychopath	"My promotion's at stake!"

Super Mario RPG (Nintendo Switch)

• Website description:
  • Japanese:
    カジオーが送り込んだ、武器軍団の一人。ヤリの姿をしていて、出世欲が強い。
    「自分の手は　よごさずに、ほしい物を　手にいれる！　オレは　なんて　頭がいいんだ！　そりゃあ、出世もするわな。」
    (Translation: A member of the Smithy Gang, sent by Smithy. He has the form of a spear and a strong desire for career advancement.
    "And to think I got it without even soiling my hands! I’m such a genius, it scares me sometimes! No wonder I’m so important.")

Gallery

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  Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars

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  Citizen disguise

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  Elder disguise

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  Speardovich in the Nintendo Switch remake

Names in other languages

Language	Name	Meaning	Notes
Japanese	ヤリドヴィッヒ[?] Yaridovihhi	From「槍」(yari, "spear") and the Slavic name ending -vich
Dutch	Speerovic[?]	From speer ("spear")
French	Javelinovitch[?]	From javeline ("javelin")
German	Speerfried[?]	From Speer ("spear") and the German name ending -fried
Italian	Lancidovic[?]	From lancia ("spear")
Korean	스피어도비치[?] Seupieodobichi	Speardovich
Spanish	Lanzadovich[?]	From lanza ("spear") and the part of the English name