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====''New Super Mario Bros. Wii''====
====''New Super Mario Bros. Wii''====
[[File:NSMBW Bulber Screenshot.png|220px|thumb|A school of Bulbers in ''New Super Mario Bros. Wii'']]
[[File:NSMBW Bulber Screenshot.png|220px|thumb|A school of Bulbers in ''New Super Mario Bros. Wii'']]
Bulbers are enemies in ''New Super Mario Bros. Wii''. They appear in [[World 8-4 (New Super Mario Bros. Wii)|World 8-4]] only. Bulbers illuminating the area around them while swimming around. They can be defeated by attacking them with a [[fireball]], by freezing them, or by running into them with a [[Super Star|Star]], although this is not necessary and perhaps even detrimental due to loss of illumination. Bulbers are passive, hurting [[Mario]] only if he touches them.
In ''New Super Mario Bros. Wii'', Bulbers only appear in [[World 8-4 (New Super Mario Bros. Wii)|World 8-4]]. They swim freely in the water, illuminating the area around them. They can be defeated by attacking them with a [[fireball]], by freezing them, or by running into them with a [[Super Star|Star]], although this is not necessary and perhaps even detrimental due to loss of illumination. Bulbers are passive, hurting [[Mario]] only if he touches them.


====''New Super Mario Bros. U'' / ''New Super Mario Bros. U Deluxe''====
====''New Super Mario Bros. U'' / ''New Super Mario Bros. U Deluxe''====
Bulbers are enemies in ''[[New Super Mario Bros. U]]''. They behave exactly as they did in ''New Super Mario Bros. Wii'' and appear alongside Jellybeams in [[Deepsea Ruins]] of [[Soda Jungle]]. They do not reappear in ''[[New Super Luigi U]]''.
Bulbers reappear in ''[[New Super Mario Bros. U]]'' where they act exactly as they did in ''New Super Mario Bros. Wii'', appearing alongside Jellybeams in [[Deepsea Ruins]] of [[Soda Jungle]]. They do not reappear in ''[[New Super Luigi U]]''.


===''Mario Kart'' series===
===''Mario Kart'' series===
====''Mario Kart Tour''====
====''Mario Kart Tour''====
[[File:MKT Piranha Plant Cove Scene.jpg|thumb|right|Bulbers in ''Mario Kart Tour'']]
[[File:MKT Piranha Plant Cove Scene.jpg|thumb|right|Bulbers in ''Mario Kart Tour'']]
Bulbers return in ''[[Mario Kart Tour]]'', marking their first appearance in over ten years. They appear in [[Piranha Plant Cove]] across its variants, visible above the pillars of the first and third route's starting line and in [[Piranha Plant Cove 3]]'s subterranean ruin section.
In ''[[Mario Kart Tour]]'', Bulbers can be seen in [[Piranha Plant Cove]] across its variants, visible above the pillars of the first and third route's starting line and in Piranha Plant Cove 3's subterranean ruin section.


====''Mario Kart 8 Deluxe''====
====''Mario Kart 8 Deluxe''====
Bulbers appear in the final wave of the ''[[Mario Kart 8 Deluxe – Booster Course Pass]]'', appearing in the background of Piranha Plant Cove.
Bulbers are located once again in the background of Piranha Plant Cove in the ''[[Mario Kart 8 Deluxe]] – [[Mario Kart 8 Deluxe – Booster Course Pass|Booster Course Pass]]'' DLC.


===Unused appearances===
===Unused appearances===
====''Mario Kart Arcade GP DX''====
====''Mario Kart Arcade GP DX''====
Bulbers were going to appear in ''[[Mario Kart Arcade GP DX]]'', as model data for one exists in the game files, but they were removed from the final version.{{ref needed}}
Model data for a Bulber exists in the files of ''[[Mario Kart Arcade GP DX]]''.{{ref needed}}


==Gallery==
==Gallery==
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===Names in other languages===
===Names in other languages===
{{foreign names
{{foreign names
|Jap=チョーチン<ref>''New Super Mario Bros. U'' actor name in executable</ref>
|Jap=チョーチン
|JapR=Chōchin
|JapR=Chōchin
|JapM=Clipping of「提灯鮟鱇」(''chōchin-ankō'', "{{iw|wikipedia|footballfish}}").「提灯」(''chōchin'') also literally means "paper lantern".
|JapM=Clipping of「提灯鮟鱇」(''chōchin-ankō'', "{{iw|wikipedia|footballfish}}").「提灯」(''chōchin'') also literally means "paper lantern".
|JapC=<ref>''New Super Mario Bros. U'' actor name in executable</ref>
|Ger=Anglerfisch
|Ger=Anglerfisch
|GerM=Frogfish
|GerM=Frogfish
|Ita=Pesce Lampada<ref name=SMEit>{{cite|date=2018|title=''[[Super Mario Bros. Encyclopedia|Super Mario Bros. Enciclopedia]]''|publisher=Magazzini Salani|language=it|isbn=978-8893674362|page=145, 210}}</ref>
|Ita=Pesce Lampada
|ItaM=Lamp Fish
|ItaM=Lamp Fish
|Ita2=Pesce Luce<ref name=SMEit/>
|ItaC=<ref name=SMEit>{{cite|date=2018|title=''[[Super Mario Bros. Encyclopedia|Super Mario Bros. Enciclopedia]]''|publisher=Magazzini Salani|language=it|isbn=978-88-9367-436-2|page=145, 210}}</ref>
|Ita2=Pesce Luce
|Ita2M=Light Fish
|Ita2M=Light Fish
|Ita2C=<ref name=SMEit/>
|SpaE=Besulbo
|SpaE=Besulbo
|SpaEM=Portmanteau of ''besugo'' ("seabream") and ''bulbo'' ("bulb")
|SpaEM=Portmanteau of ''besugo'' ("seabream") and ''bulbo'' ("bulb")

Revision as of 16:08, November 17, 2024

Not to be confused with Bub-ulber.
Bulber
Model of a Bulber from New Super Mario Bros. U.
Model from New Super Mario Bros. U
First appearance New Super Mario Bros. Wii (2009)
Latest appearance Mario Kart 8 Deluxe (Booster Course Pass, Wave 6) (2023)

Bulbers[1][2] are anglerfish-like enemies that first appear in New Super Mario Bros. Wii. Like real anglerfish, their bulbs illuminate any darkness around them, similarly to Jellybeams.

History

Super Mario series

New Super Mario Bros. Wii

A school of Bulbers in New Super Mario Bros. Wii

In New Super Mario Bros. Wii, Bulbers only appear in World 8-4. They swim freely in the water, illuminating the area around them. They can be defeated by attacking them with a fireball, by freezing them, or by running into them with a Star, although this is not necessary and perhaps even detrimental due to loss of illumination. Bulbers are passive, hurting Mario only if he touches them.

New Super Mario Bros. U / New Super Mario Bros. U Deluxe

Bulbers reappear in New Super Mario Bros. U where they act exactly as they did in New Super Mario Bros. Wii, appearing alongside Jellybeams in Deepsea Ruins of Soda Jungle. They do not reappear in New Super Luigi U.

Mario Kart series

Mario Kart Tour

View of Piranha Plant Cove in Mario Kart Tour
Bulbers in Mario Kart Tour

In Mario Kart Tour, Bulbers can be seen in Piranha Plant Cove across its variants, visible above the pillars of the first and third route's starting line and in Piranha Plant Cove 3's subterranean ruin section.

Mario Kart 8 Deluxe

Bulbers are located once again in the background of Piranha Plant Cove in the Mario Kart 8 DeluxeBooster Course Pass DLC.

Unused appearances

Mario Kart Arcade GP DX

Model data for a Bulber exists in the files of Mario Kart Arcade GP DX.[citation needed]

Gallery

Additional names

Internal names

Game File Name Meaning

New Super Mario Bros. Wii
New Super Mario Bros. U
Mario Kart Arcade GP DX
1 Data/files/Object/ankou.arc
content/Common/actor/ankou.szs
Data/Model/Object/ankou
ankou anglerfish

Names in other languages

Language Name Meaning Notes
German Anglerfisch[?] Frogfish
Italian Pesce Lampada[4] Lamp Fish
Pesce Luce[4] Light Fish
Spanish (NOE) Besulbo[?] Portmanteau of besugo ("seabream") and bulbo ("bulb")

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 160.
  2. ^ Stratton, Steve (November 18, 2012). New Super Mario Bros. U Prima Official Game Guide. Prima Games (American English). ISBN 978-0-307-89690-2. Page 30.
  3. ^ New Super Mario Bros. U actor name in executable
  4. ^ a b 2018. Super Mario Bros. Enciclopedia. Magazzini Salani (Italian). ISBN 978-88-9367-436-2. Page 145, 210.