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'''Bull's-Eye Banzais''' are red heat-seeking variants of [[Banzai Bill]]s and a larger variety of [[Bull's-Eye Bill]]s. They attack by homing in on the player. Bull's-Eye Banzais debuted in ''[[New Super Mario Bros. Wii]]'', in which they were referred to as '''King Bills'''<ref>{{cite|author=Bueno, Fernando|title=''New Super Mario Bros. Wii'' PRIMA Official Game Guide|page=179|date=November 15, 2009|publisher=[[Prima Games]]|language=en-us|isbn=978-0-307-46592-4}}</ref> along with the other large variants of [[Bullet Bill]]s in the game - Banzai Bills<ref>{{cite|author=Bueno|title=''New Super Mario Bros. Wii'' PRIMA Official Game Guide|page=16, 138, 142}}</ref> and the actual [[King Bill]]s.<ref>{{cite|author=Bueno|title=''New Super Mario Bros. Wii'' PRIMA Official Game Guide|page=189}}</ref>
'''Bull's-Eye Banzais''' are red heat-seeking [[Banzai Bill]]s and a larger variety of [[Bull's-Eye Bill]]s. They attack by homing in on the player. Bull's-Eye Banzais debuted in ''[[New Super Mario Bros. Wii]]'', in which they were referred to as '''King Bills'''<ref>{{cite|author=Bueno, Fernando|title=''New Super Mario Bros. Wii'' PRIMA Official Game Guide|page=179|date=November 15, 2009|publisher=[[Prima Games]]|language=en-us|isbn=978-0-307-46592-4}}</ref> along with the other large variants of [[Bullet Bill]]s in the game - Banzai Bills<ref>{{cite|author=Bueno|title=''New Super Mario Bros. Wii'' PRIMA Official Game Guide|page=16, 138, 142}}</ref> and the actual [[King Bill]]s.<ref>{{cite|author=Bueno|title=''New Super Mario Bros. Wii'' PRIMA Official Game Guide|page=189}}</ref>


Similarly-behaving Banzai Bills called [[Cat Banzai Bill]]s appears in ''[[Super Mario 3D World]]'' and its [[Nintendo Switch]] port ''[[Super Mario 3D World + Bowser's Fury]]''.
Similarly-behaving Banzai Bills called [[Cat Banzai Bill]]s appears in ''[[Super Mario 3D World]]'' and its [[Nintendo Switch]] port ''[[Super Mario 3D World + Bowser's Fury]]''.

Revision as of 13:15, September 25, 2024

This article is about the Banzai Bill variant. For the kart in Mario Kart Tour, see Bull's-Eye Banzai (kart).
Bull's-Eye Banzai
A Bull's-Eye Banzai in Super Mario Maker 2
Model from Super Mario Maker 2
First appearance New Super Mario Bros. Wii (2009)
Latest appearance Super Mario Maker 2 (2019)
Variant of Bull's-Eye Bill
Banzai Bill
Relatives
“The red ones have a homing function. Watch out!”
Narrator, Super Mario Maker 2 Direct 5.15.2019

Bull's-Eye Banzais are red heat-seeking Banzai Bills and a larger variety of Bull's-Eye Bills. They attack by homing in on the player. Bull's-Eye Banzais debuted in New Super Mario Bros. Wii, in which they were referred to as King Bills[1] along with the other large variants of Bullet Bills in the game - Banzai Bills[2] and the actual King Bills.[3]

Similarly-behaving Banzai Bills called Cat Banzai Bills appears in Super Mario 3D World and its Nintendo Switch port Super Mario 3D World + Bowser's Fury.

History

Super Mario series

New Super Mario Bros. Wii

World 9-3
Mario encounters a King Bill

King Bills, also referred to as Bull's-Eye Bomber Bills,[4] are enemies in New Super Mario Bros. Wii. They are encountered in World 9-3 only. Unlike Missile Bills, they only have a limited homing ability where they will track their target's vertical position and then continue forward once they reach that height. Their animation is very limited as well, always maintaining a horizontal position and never turning to point at their target. A King Bill can be defeated from being stomped or if touched while under the effects of a Star. A King Bill cannot be frozen by an ice ball, which will break the ice and release itself when the ice ball reaches it. Likewise, POW Blocks are useless against them.

An unfinished setting exists suggesting some cannons would have fired them, something that never occurs during gameplay.

The King Bill is the only enemy introduced in New Super Mario Bros. Wii to not appear in New Super Mario Bros. U.

Super Mario Maker 2

Bull's-Eye Banzais appear under their current name in Super Mario Maker 2. Unlike previously, they can move a full 360° to track players like the Bull's-Eye Bill, and the marks on their eyes are red, like the normal Banzai Bill, instead of black. In a vein similar to Banzai Bills, Bull's-Eye Banzais also receive new designs for all of the present game styles, consisting of a solid red coloration of the original designs. They are replaced by Cat Banzai Bills in the Super Mario 3D World style. Additionally, Bull's-Eye Banzais in the Super Mario Bros. 3 style have extremely subtle differences in their sprites between day and night, with the night ones having one less vertical line of outline pixels behind the domed area.[5]

Mario Kart Tour

Bull's-Eye Banzai from Mario Kart Tour
The Bull's-Eye Banzai kart

While no actual Bull's-Eye Banzais appear in Mario Kart Tour, the game introduces a red variant to the Bullet Blaster also named the Bull's-Eye Banzai.

Gallery

Names in other languages

Language Name Meaning Notes
Japanese マグナムサーチキラー[6]
Magunamu Sāchi Kirā
Banzai Bull's-Eye Bill
Chinese (simplified) 大追踪炮弹刺客[?]
Dà Zhuīzōng Pàodàn Cìkè
Big Chasing Bullet Bill
Chinese (traditional) 大追蹤炮彈刺客[?]
Dà Zhuīzōng Pàodàn Cìkè
Big Chasing Bullet Bill
Dutch Bull's-Eye Banzai Bill[?] -
French (NOE) Auto Bill Bourrin[?] Automatic Brutal Bill
German Riesen-Verfolgungs-Willi[?] Banzai Bull's-Eye Bill (literally Giant Chasing Bill, Riesen-Kugelwilli being the name of Banzai Bill and Verfolgungs-Willi being the name of Bull's-Eye Bill)
Volltreffer-Willi[?] Bull's-Eye Bill (not to be confused with the enemy of the same name, who is called differently in German)
Italian Pallottolo Banzai Segugio[?] Bull's-Eye Banzai Bill (literally Bull's-Eye Banzai Bullet, Pallottolo Segugio is the Italian name of Bull's Eye Bill)
Portuguese Bala Banzai[?] Bullet Banzai
Russian Билл-банзай-яблочко[?]
Bill-banzay-yablochko
Bull's-Eye Banzai Bill (билл-банзай bill-banzay being the name of Banzai Bill and билл-яблочко bill-yablochko being the name of Bull's-Eye Bill)
Spanish (NOA) Banzai buscablancos[?] Bull's-Eye Banzai (Bill banzai being the American Spanish names of Banzai Bill, which Bill buscablancos is the American Spanish name of Bull's-Eye Bill)
Spanish (NOE) Bill Banzai Buscador[?] Banzai Bull's-Eye Bill (literally Seeker Banzai Bill, Bill Banzai being the European Spanish names of Banzai Bill, while Bill Bala Buscador is the European Spanish name of Bull's-Eye Bill)

References

  1. ^ Bueno, Fernando (November 15, 2009). New Super Mario Bros. Wii PRIMA Official Game Guide. Prima Games (American English). ISBN 978-0-307-46592-4. Page 179.
  2. ^ Bueno. New Super Mario Bros. Wii PRIMA Official Game Guide. Page 16, 138, 142.
  3. ^ Bueno. New Super Mario Bros. Wii PRIMA Official Game Guide. Page 189.
  4. ^ English New Super Mario Bros. Wii entry on the official Mario Portal. nintendo.co.jp (English). Retrieved August 13, 2022. (Archived August 13, 2022, 14:56:56 UTC via archive.today.)
  5. ^ Nintendo Switch - Super Mario Maker 2 - Enemies (SMB3). The Spriters Resource. Retrieved July 6, 2024.
  6. ^ Sakai, Kazuya (Ambit) et al. (October 19, 2015). Super Mario Bros. Hyakka: Nintendo Kōshiki Guidebook, New Super Mario Bros. Wii section. Shogakukan (Japanese). ISBN 978-4-09-106569-8. Page 146.