Nabbit

Nabbit is an enemy introduced in New Super Mario Bros. U. The name "Nabbit" is a play on the words "nab" and "rabbit". He is a thief who steals items from Toad Houses and runs away with them in his bag. He is a purple creature with round eyes, long ears and black limbs, and wears a white handkerchief with a drawing of a large mouth with sharpened teeth, similar to Bowser Jr.'s. He also wears orange shoes and white gloves.

The player can first find Nabbit in seven levels:

• Acorn Plains-1: Acorn Plains Way
• Acorn Plains-5: Rise of the Piranha Plants
• Layer-Cake Desert-6: Blooming Lakitus
• Sparkling Waters-4: Urchin Shoals
• Frosted Glaicer-3: Prickly Goombas!
• Soda Jungle-1: Jungle of the Giants
• Rock-Candy Mines-5: Walking Piranha Plants!
• Meringue Clouds-2: Seesaw Shrooms

When they meet, they must chase him throughout the course within 100 seconds. Mario and his friends can also toss Koopa Shells at Nabbit or slide into him to stun him temporarily; or throw fireballs to stop him. When caught, Toad will take the P-Acorn out of the bag and give it to the player. If players fail to catch him three times, Nabbit will flee and disappear until conditions are met.

Nabbit appears in every world, besides Peach's Castle and Superstar Road, and catching him in every world is necessary in collecting a star on the player's save file. Once he is caught in the necessary worlds, he will still appear in the same levels as before after completing three levels.

Trivia

• If the player takes too long to open the chest after defeating the enemies in an enemy course, Nabbit will appear and steal the item from the chest.