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|image=[[File:YSBambooDancerArtwork.jpg|116px]]<br>A bamboo dancer without a stick, in ''Yoshi's Story''
|image=[[File:YSBambooDancerArtwork.jpg|162px]]<br>A bamboo dancer without a stick, in ''Yoshi's Story''
|first_appearance=''[[Yoshi's Story]]'' ([[List of games by date#1997|1997]])
|first_appearance=''[[Yoshi's Story]]'' ([[List of games by date#1997|1997]])
|latest_appearance=''[[Mario Party Advance]]'' ([[List of games by date#2005|2005]])
|latest_appearance=''[[Mario Party Advance]]'' ([[List of games by date#2005|2005]])

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Bamboo dancers
Artwork of a bamboo dancer from Yoshi's Story
A bamboo dancer without a stick, in Yoshi's Story
First appearance Yoshi's Story (1997)
Latest appearance Mario Party Advance (2005)
Variant of Dancing Spear Guy
Notable members

Bamboo dancers,[1] also referred to as limbo guys[2] or limbo Shy Guys,[3] are a subset of Spear Guys that do the Bamboo Dance.[4] While Dancing Spear Guys jump around with spears, bamboo dancers always come in color-coded pairs and dance with limbo sticks. Their sticks can trip Yoshis and lower their happiness, so they must be jumped over to avoid damage. During gameplay, one dancer is in the foreground while the other is in the background, making them invincible. Bamboo dancers appear as enemies only in Shy Guy Limbo in Yoshi's Story. The artwork and sprites for bamboo dancers appear quite differently, as the sprites appear to be wearing yellow face paint and grass skirts in the same manner as Spear Guys, while the artwork depicts one with an unpainted mask and a much less leafy skirt. In addition, their shoes are green in the artwork instead of blue.

In Mario Party Advance, a female bamboo dancer named Hulu appears as a character; however, she more closely resembles a Dancing Spear Guy.

Gallery

Names in other languages

Language Name Meaning Notes
French Maskass[5] Shy Guy
German Limbostangen Guy[?] Limbo Stick Guy

References

  1. ^ Prima Bath (April 7, 1999). Nintendo 64 Game Secrets, 1999 Edition Prima's Official Strategy Guide. Prima Games (American English). ISBN 0-7615-2103-8. Page 113.
  2. ^ "Whenever you come across two pairs of limbo guys, avoid jumping over their poles one at a time." – Leung, Jason, Terry Munson, and Scott Pelland (1998). Yoshi's Story Player's Guide. Nintendo of America (American English). Page 103.
  3. ^ "Out came the limbo Shy Guys, who kept the beat, while the Yoshis danced." – Shy Guy Limbo ending quote. Yoshi's Story.
  4. ^ "There are many types of Shy Guys: they've been known to[...]do the Bamboo Dance[...]" – Shy Guys trophy. Super Smash Bros. Melee. English.
  5. ^ Yoshi story's ending quote in level 5-3
  6. ^ Yoshi's Story, Shy Guy Limbo Japanese name and ending quote.
  7. ^ Super Smash Bros. Melee, Shy Guys trophy (set to Japanese).
  8. ^ 「任天堂公式ガイドブック ヨッシーストーリー」 (Nintendo Kōshiki Guidebook – Yoshi's Story). Shogakukan (Japanese). Page 96-97. Based on the internal name actor_bamboo_heiho.