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The land variant of the '''[[Urchin]]'''<ref>[[Super Mario Galaxy trading cards|''Super Mario Galaxy'' trading card]] description of Urchin: "''Urchins are spiky blue fish that Mario must face in an underwater challenge in the Beach Bowl Galaxy and a land mission in the Freezeflame Galaxy. They roll along the seafloor or ground trying to poke Mario with their spikes. There are also red Urchins in lava areas that Mario can hit with a fireball or trick into falling into the lava.''"</ref> is an enemy in ''[[Super Mario Galaxy]]'' and ''[[Super Mario Galaxy 2]]''. Land Urchins look and act much like normal Urchins, except they are red and appear to be covered in some sort of fuzz, unlike the solid skin of normal Urchins. When defeated by fire, they burn into black chalk before disintegrating into dust.
Ground Urchins are a land variant of the '''[[Urchin]]'''<ref>[[Super Mario Galaxy trading cards|''Super Mario Galaxy'' trading card]] description of Urchin: "''Urchins are spiky blue fish that Mario must face in an underwater challenge in the Beach Bowl Galaxy and a land mission in the Freezeflame Galaxy. They roll along the seafloor or ground trying to poke Mario with their spikes. There are also red Urchins in lava areas that Mario can hit with a fireball or trick into falling into the lava.''"</ref> is an enemy in ''[[Super Mario Galaxy]]'' and ''[[Super Mario Galaxy 2]]''. Ground Urchins look and act much like normal Urchins, except they are red and appear to be covered in some sort of fuzz, unlike the solid skin of normal Urchins. When defeated by fire, they burn into black chalk before disintegrating into dust.
==History==
==History==
===''Super Mario Galaxy''===
===''Super Mario Galaxy''===
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===''Super Mario Galaxy 2''===
===''Super Mario Galaxy 2''===
'''Hot Urchins'''<ref>[https://www.nintendo.co.jp/character/mario/archives/galaxy2/?lang=en English ''Super Mario Galaxy 2'' entry on the official Mario Portal]. ''nintendo.co.jp''. Retrieved August 13, 2022. ([https://archive.ph/2UaOd Archived] August 12, 2022, 23:39:46 UTC via archive.today.)</ref> reappear in ''Super Mario Galaxy 2'', where they behave exactly like previously. They are found on only a single planet in the [[Battle Belt Galaxy]].
Ground Urchins reappear in ''Super Mario Galaxy 2'', where they are named '''Hot Urchins'''<ref>[https://www.nintendo.co.jp/character/mario/archives/galaxy2/?lang=en English ''Super Mario Galaxy 2'' entry on the official Mario Portal]. ''nintendo.co.jp''. Retrieved August 13, 2022. ([https://archive.ph/2UaOd Archived] August 12, 2022, 23:39:46 UTC via archive.today.)</ref>. They behave exactly like how they did previously. They are found on only a single planet in the [[Battle Belt Galaxy]].


==Gallery==
==Gallery==
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SMG Ground Urchin model.png|Render of a land-based Urchin from ''Super Mario Galaxy''. The fuzz does not appear due to it being a flat texture.
SMG Ground Urchin model.png|Render of a Ground Urchin from ''Super Mario Galaxy''. The fuzz does not appear due to it being a flat texture.
SMG Fire Luigi.png|[[Fire Mario|Fire Luigi]] hurling fireballs at two land-based Urchins in the [[Freezeflame Galaxy]]
SMG Fire Luigi.png|[[Fire Mario|Fire Luigi]] hurling fireballs at two Ground Urchins in the [[Freezeflame Galaxy]]
SMG2 Battle Belt Urchin Planet.png|Urchins in the Battle Belt Galaxy from ''Super Mario Galaxy 2''
SMG2 Battle Belt Urchin Planet.png|Urchins in the Battle Belt Galaxy from ''Super Mario Galaxy 2''
</gallery>
</gallery>

Revision as of 16:57, September 20, 2022

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Ground Urchin
Ground Urchin in Freezeflame Galaxy
A Ground Urchin in Super Mario Galaxy
First appearance Super Mario Galaxy (2007)
Latest appearance Super Mario 3D All-Stars (2020)
Variant of Urchin

Ground Urchins are a land variant of the Urchin[1] is an enemy in Super Mario Galaxy and Super Mario Galaxy 2. Ground Urchins look and act much like normal Urchins, except they are red and appear to be covered in some sort of fuzz, unlike the solid skin of normal Urchins. When defeated by fire, they burn into black chalk before disintegrating into dust.

History

Super Mario Galaxy

In Super Mario Galaxy, Ground Urchins[2] appear in the Freezeflame Galaxy, where they are found in the lava area and act as the primary enemy. The player can defeat them by either shooting them with fireballs or luring them into the lava. One also appears in the mission Boo in a Box of the Deep Dark Galaxy.

Super Mario Galaxy 2

Ground Urchins reappear in Super Mario Galaxy 2, where they are named Hot Urchins[3]. They behave exactly like how they did previously. They are found on only a single planet in the Battle Belt Galaxy.

Gallery

Additional names

Internal names

Game File Name Meaning

Super Mario Galaxy
Super Mario Galaxy 2
ObjectData/UnizoLand.arc UnizoLand Land Urchin

Names in other languages

Language Name Meaning Notes
Japanese 陸ウニゾー[4]
Riku Unizō
陸ウニラ[5]
Riku Unira
Land Urchin
German Lava-Igluck[?] Lava Urchin
Italian Ricciospino (SMG)[6]
Riccioterrestre (SMG2)[7]
Urchin
Landurchin
Spanish (NOE) Erincho Terrestre[?] Land Urchin

References

  1. ^ Super Mario Galaxy trading card description of Urchin: "Urchins are spiky blue fish that Mario must face in an underwater challenge in the Beach Bowl Galaxy and a land mission in the Freezeflame Galaxy. They roll along the seafloor or ground trying to poke Mario with their spikes. There are also red Urchins in lava areas that Mario can hit with a fireball or trick into falling into the lava."
  2. ^ English Super Mario Galaxy entry on the official Mario Portal. nintendo.co.jp. Retrieved August 13, 2022. (Archived August 12, 2022, 23:39:09 UTC via archive.today.)
  3. ^ English Super Mario Galaxy 2 entry on the official Mario Portal. nintendo.co.jp. Retrieved August 13, 2022. (Archived August 12, 2022, 23:39:46 UTC via archive.today.)
  4. ^ Shogakukan. 2015. Super Mario Bros. Hyakka: Nintendo Kōshiki Guidebook, Super Mario Galaxy section, page 128.
  5. ^ Shogakukan. 2015. Super Mario Bros. Hyakka: Nintendo Kōshiki Guidebook, Super Mario Galaxy 2 section, page 161.
  6. ^ Super Mario Bros. Enciclopedia, pag 128
  7. ^ Super Mario Bros. Enciclopedia; pag. 161