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'''Bull's-Eye Banzais''', referred to as '''Bull's-Eye Bomber Bills''' on Mario Portal,<ref>{{cite|url=www.nintendo.co.jp/character/mario/archives/new_smb_wii/?lang=en|title=English ''New Super Mario Bros. Wii'' entry on the official Mario Portal|publisher=nintendo.co.jp|language=en|accessdate=August 13, 2022|archive=archive.today/2022.08.13-145656/https://www.nintendo.co.jp/character/mario/archives/new_smb_wii/?lang=en}},</ref> are red [[Bomber Bill|Banzai Bill]]s and a larger variety of [[Bull's-Eye Bill]]s that debuted in ''[[New Super Mario Bros. Wii]]''. They attack by homing in on the player character.
'''Bull's-Eye Banzais''', referred to as '''Bull's-Eye Bomber Bills''' on Mario Portal,<ref>{{cite|url=www.nintendo.co.jp/character/mario/archives/new_smb_wii/?lang=en|title=English ''New Super Mario Bros. Wii'' entry on the official Mario Portal|publisher=nintendo.co.jp|accessdate=August 13, 2022|archive=archive.today/2022.08.13-145656/https://www.nintendo.co.jp/character/mario/archives/new_smb_wii/?lang=en}},</ref> are red [[Bomber Bill|Banzai Bill]]s and a larger variety of [[Bull's-Eye Bill]]s that debuted in ''[[New Super Mario Bros. Wii]]''. They attack by homing in on the player character.


In the [[Prima Games]] guidebook produced for ''New Super Mario Bros. Wii'', neither of the Banzai Bills—including the returning black ones<ref>{{cite|author=Bueno|title=''New Super Mario Bros. Wii'' PRIMA Official Game Guide|page=16, 138, 142}}</ref>—are provided individual names, with both of them instead 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> This name is shared with [[King Bill|another giant Bullet Bill variant]] introduced in ''New Super Mario Bros. Wii''<ref>{{cite|author=Bueno|title=''New Super Mario Bros. Wii'' PRIMA Official Game Guide|page=189}}</ref> and the only enemy referred to as a "King Bill" in subsequent games. The name "Bull's-Eye Banzai" was first introduced in ''[[Super Mario Maker 2]]'', resulting in this red Banzai Bill enemy being unnamed in English for about a decade.
In the [[Prima Games]] guidebook produced for ''New Super Mario Bros. Wii'', neither of the Banzai Bills—including the returning black ones<ref name="NSMBWii Prima">{{cite|author=Bueno, Fernando|title=''New Super Mario Bros. Wii'' PRIMA Official Game Guide|page=16, 138, 142, 179, 189|date=November 15, 2009|publisher=[[Prima Games]]|language=en-us|isbn=978-0-307-46592-4}}</ref>{{ref page|16, 138, 142}}—are provided individual names, with both of them instead referred to as "'''King Bills'''."<ref name="NSMBWii Prima"/>{{ref page|179}} This name is shared with [[King Bill|another giant Bullet Bill variant]] introduced in ''New Super Mario Bros. Wii''<ref name="NSMBWii Prima"/>{{ref page|189}} and the only enemy referred to as a "King Bill" in subsequent games. The name "Bull's-Eye Banzai" was first introduced in ''[[Super Mario Maker 2]]'', resulting in this red Banzai Bill enemy being unnamed in English for about a decade.


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 appear in ''[[Super Mario 3D World]]'' and ''[[Super Mario 3D World + Bowser's Fury]]''.
==History==
==History==
===''Super Mario'' series===
===''Super Mario'' series===
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NSMBW Bull's-Eye Banzai Render.png|''New Super Mario Bros. Wii''
NSMBW Bull's-Eye Banzai Render.png|''New Super Mario Bros. Wii''
NSMBW Asset Model Bull's-Eye Banzai.png|''New Super Mario Bros. Wii''
NSMBW Asset Model Bull's-Eye Banzai.png|''New Super Mario Bros. Wii''
SMM2-SMB-KingBill.png|''Super Mario Maker 2'' (''Super Mario Bros.''-style)
SMM2-SMB-KingBill.png|''Super Mario Maker 2'' (''Super Mario Bros.''–style)
Smb3 redbanzai.png|''Super Mario Maker 2'' (''Super Mario Bros. 3''-style)
Smb3 redbanzai.png|''Super Mario Maker 2'' (''Super Mario Bros. 3''–style)
Smw redbanzai.png|''Super Mario Maker 2'' (''Super Mario World''-style)
Smw redbanzai.png|''Super Mario Maker 2'' (''Super Mario World''–style)
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==Names in other languages==
==Names in other languages==
{{foreign names
{{foreign names
|Jpn=マグナムサーチキラー<ref>{{cite|author=Sakai, Kazuya (Ambit) et al.|date=October 19, 2015|title=''Super Mario Bros. Hyakka: Nintendo Kōshiki Guidebook'', ''New Super Mario Bros. Wii'' section|publisher=[[Shogakukan]]|language=ja|isbn=978-4-09-106569-8|page=146}}</ref>
|Jpn=マグナムサーチキラー
|JpnR=Magunamu Sāchi Kirā
|JpnR=Magunamu Sāchi Kirā
|JpnM=Banzai Bull's-Eye Bill
|JpnM=Banzai Bull's-Eye Bill
|JpnC=<ref>{{cite|author=Sakai, Kazuya (Ambit) et al.|date=October 19, 2015|title=[[Super Mario Bros. Encyclopedia|''Super Mario Bros. Hyakka: Nintendo Kōshiki Guidebook'']], ''New Super Mario Bros. Wii'' section|publisher=[[Shogakukan]]|language=ja|isbn=978-4-09-106569-8|page=146}}</ref>
|ChiS=大追踪炮弹刺客
|ChiS=大追踪炮弹刺客
|ChiSR=Dà Zhuīzōng Pàodàn Cìkè  
|ChiSR=Dà Zhuīzōng Pàodàn Cìkè  
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|FreEM=Automatic Brutal Bill
|FreEM=Automatic Brutal Bill
|Ger=Riesen-Verfolgungs-Willi
|Ger=Riesen-Verfolgungs-Willi
|GerM=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)
|Ger2=Volltreffer-Willi
|Ger2=Volltreffer-Willi
|GerM=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)
|Ger2M=Bull's-Eye Bill (not to be confused with the enemy of the same name, who is called differently in German)
|Ger2M=Bull's-Eye Bill (not to be confused with the enemy of the same name, who is called differently in German)
|Ita=Segugio Bill
|Ita=Segugio Bill
|ItaM=Tracker Bill
|ItaM=Tracker Bill
|ItaC=<ref>{{cite|date=2018|title=''[[Super Mario Bros. Encyclopedia|Super Mario Bros. Enciclopedia]]''|publisher=Magazzini Salani|language=it|isbn=889367436X|page=146}}</ref>
|ItaN=''Super Mario Bros. Encyclopedia''; shared with [[Bull's-Eye Bill]] in the ''New Super Mario Bros. Wii'' enemy section (possible copy-paste)
|ItaN=''Super Mario Bros. Encyclopedia''; shared with [[Bull's-Eye Bill]] in the ''New Super Mario Bros. Wii'' enemy section (possible copy-paste)
|ItaC=<ref name="IT encyclopedia">{{cite|date=2018|title=''[[Super Mario Bros. Encyclopedia|Super Mario Bros. Enciclopedia]]''|publisher=Magazzini Salani|language=it|isbn=978-88-9367-436-2|page=146, 149}}</ref>{{ref page|146}}
|Ita2=Pallottolo Segugio Banzai
|Ita2=Pallottolo Segugio Banzai
|Ita2M=Bull's-Eye Banzai, lit. "Tracker Bullet Banzai"; from ''Pallottolo Segugio'' ("[[Bull's-Eye Bill]]")
|Ita2M=Bull's-Eye Banzai, lit. "Tracker Bullet Banzai"; from ''Pallottolo Segugio'' ("[[Bull's-Eye Bill]]")
|Ita2C=<ref>{{cite|date=2018|title=''[[Super Mario Bros. Encyclopedia|Super Mario Bros. Enciclopedia]]''|publisher=Magazzini Salani|language=it|isbn=889367436X|page=149}}</ref>
|Ita2N=''Super Mario Bros. Encyclopedia''; in the description of [[World 9-3 (New Super Mario Bros. Wii)|9-3]]
|Ita2N=''Super Mario Bros. Encyclopedia''; in the description of [[World 9-3 (New Super Mario Bros. Wii)|9-3]]
|Ita2C=<ref name="IT encyclopedia"/>{{ref page|149}}
|Ita3=Pallottolo Banzai Segugio
|Ita3=Pallottolo Banzai Segugio
|Ita3M=Bull's-Eye Banzai, lit. "Tracker Bullet Banzai"; from ''Pallottolo Segugio'' ("[[Bull's-Eye Bill]]")
|Ita3M=Bull's-Eye Banzai, lit. "Tracker Bullet Banzai"; from ''Pallottolo Segugio'' ("[[Bull's-Eye Bill]]")

Revision as of 13:17, April 9, 2025

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 the New Super Mario Bros. U style in 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
Bomber Bill
Relatives
“The red ones have a homing function. Watch out!”
Narrator, Super Mario Maker 2 Direct 5.15.2019

Bull's-Eye Banzais, referred to as Bull's-Eye Bomber Bills on Mario Portal,[1] are red Banzai Bills and a larger variety of Bull's-Eye Bills that debuted in New Super Mario Bros. Wii. They attack by homing in on the player character.

In the Prima Games guidebook produced for New Super Mario Bros. Wii, neither of the Banzai Bills—including the returning black ones[2]:16, 138, 142—are provided individual names, with both of them instead referred to as "King Bills."[2]:179 This name is shared with another giant Bullet Bill variant introduced in New Super Mario Bros. Wii[2]:189 and the only enemy referred to as a "King Bill" in subsequent games. The name "Bull's-Eye Banzai" was first introduced in Super Mario Maker 2, resulting in this red Banzai Bill enemy being unnamed in English for about a decade.

Similarly-behaving Banzai Bills called Cat Banzai Bills appear in Super Mario 3D World and Super Mario 3D World + Bowser's Fury.

History

Super Mario series

New Super Mario Bros. Wii

World 9-3
Mario encountering Bull's-Eye Banzais

Bull's-Eye Banzais 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. It can be defeated by being stomped or if touched while under the effects of a Star. A Bull's-Eye Banzai 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 Banzai Bill Cannons would have fired them, something that never occurs during gameplay.

The Bull's-Eye Banzai 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 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.[3]

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[4]
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 Segugio Bill[5]:146 Tracker Bill Super Mario Bros. Encyclopedia; shared with Bull's-Eye Bill in the New Super Mario Bros. Wii enemy section (possible copy-paste)
Pallottolo Segugio Banzai[5]:149 Bull's-Eye Banzai, lit. "Tracker Bullet Banzai"; from Pallottolo Segugio ("Bull's-Eye Bill") Super Mario Bros. Encyclopedia; in the description of 9-3
Pallottolo Banzai Segugio[?] Super Mario Maker 2
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. ^ English New Super Mario Bros. Wii entry on the official Mario Portal. nintendo.co.jp. Retrieved August 13, 2022. (Archived August 13, 2022, 14:56:56 UTC via archive.today.),
  2. ^ a b c 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 16, 138, 142, 179, 189.
  3. ^ Nintendo Switch - Super Mario Maker 2 - Enemies (SMB3). The Spriters Resource. Retrieved July 6, 2024.
  4. ^ 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.
  5. ^ a b 2018. Super Mario Bros. Enciclopedia. Magazzini Salani (Italian). ISBN 978-88-9367-436-2. Page 146, 149.