Ant Trooper
Ant Trooper | |||
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First appearance | Super Mario 3D World (2013) | ||
Latest appearance | Super Mario 3D World + Bowser's Fury (2021) | ||
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Ant Troopers are ant enemies debuting in Super Mario 3D World. They are indigo-colored and have a pair of antennae, a striped body, yellow eyes, and red feet.
History
Super Mario series
Super Mario 3D World / Super Mario 3D World + Bowser's Fury
Ant Troopers make their first appearance in Super Mario 3D World, and they reappear in its Nintendo Switch port Super Mario 3D World + Bowser's Fury. They appear uncommonly throughout the game, and are introduced in World 4-1, Ant Trooper Hill. They attack by marching, sometimes emerging from holes or pipes, and keep walking on walls. They cannot be defeated by jumping, but are vulnerable to Ground Pounds, Cat Mario's, Tanooki Mario's and Rosalina's attacks, and projectiles as well. Ant Troopers sometimes carry items on their backs, mainly coins and power-ups.
Big Ant Troopers are an Ant Trooper subspecies. As their name implies, they are larger than common Ant Troopers, and are also rarer. They cannot be defeated by any attack.
Horned Ant Troopers are Ant Troopers wearing an orange helmet with a spike over their body. The helmets prevent their heads from being stomped, making them very similar to Spike Tops, but only if the helmet is facing upward; if they are walking along a vertical surface, they become safe to jump on.
Super Mario Maker 2
Ant Troopers appear as course elements in Super Mario Maker 2 in the Super Mario 3D World level style. Big Ant Troopers and Horned Ant Troopers return as well. When given wings, an Ant Trooper flies in a horizontal line, switching directions when it hits a wall. When given a parachute, an Ant Trooper glides to the ground while flailing its feet. Ant Troopers can be defeated with a Super Star or Builder Mario's hammer. They may also walk on Builder Mario's crates.
Captain Toad: Treasure Tracker
Ant Troopers return in Captain Toad: Treasure Tracker and its Nintendo Switch and Nintendo 3DS ports, behaving like they do in Super Mario 3D World. While interacting with them using the pointer or touch screen, they do not stop like regular enemies. If pointed at for enough time, they reward the player with one coin.
Mario & Luigi: Paper Jam
In Mario & Luigi: Paper Jam, Ant Troopers appear alongside Horned Ant Troopers in battle in the Twinsy Tropics Dungeon. If Horned Ant Troopers take enough damage, they lose their spike helmets, turning them into normal Ant Troopers and lowering their defense. While in this state, they attack the Mario Bros. by dashing into them instead.
Mario Tennis Aces
In Mario Tennis Aces, Ant Troopers appear as spectators in Bask Ruins.
Dr. Mario World
Ant Troopers appear in Dr. Mario World as obtainable assistants. When equipped in stage mode, the doctor's skill gauge will further increase by a percentage if four or more viruses are simultaneously eliminated. For example, with a level 3 Ant Trooper (fills skill by 50% more), if a row of four viruses is eliminated with one half-capsule, there will be five objects (four viruses + one half-capsule) eliminated but the skill gauge will fill by 7.5 points: 5 points from the match and 2.5 extra points (50% of 5 points) through this assistant. In versus mode, they grant doctors a chance to cancel an opponent's doctor's skill that targets the user, such as 8-bit Dr. Mario's half-capsule lock effect. They are a clear reward bonus for completing the first area of World 12 and appear in the same world's background once an area has been cleared.
Profiles and statistics
Mario & Luigi: Paper Jam
Mario & Luigi: Paper Jam enemy | ||||||||||
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Horned Ant Trooper (no helmet) | ||||||||||
HP | 88 | POW | 132 (114) | Defense | 135 (130) | Speed | 91 | |||
Role | Common | Type | Normal | Weakness | None | Location(s) | Twinsy Tropics Dungeon, Final Smash | |||
Level | 22 | Experience | 46 (41) | Coins | 20 | Item drop | Ultra Nut - 3% 1-Up DX - 2% | |||
Notice: Stats in parentheses are from the game's Easy Mode. |
Dr. Mario World
- Stage mode: "Fills skill meter 30%/40%/50%/60%/70% more when four or more viruses are eliminated at the same time."
- Versus mode: "If targeted by opponent's skill, grants 30%/35%/40%/45%/50% chance of canceling skill effects."
Gallery
Super Mario 3D World (stamp)
Illustration containing concept artwork of key art for Super Mario Maker 2
Additional names
Internal names
Game | File | Name | Meaning
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Super Mario 3D World Captain Toad: Treasure Tracker |
Crawler | Crawler | - |
Names in other languages
Language | Name | Meaning | Notes |
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Japanese | アリへい[?] Arihei |
Ant Soldier | |
Chinese (simplified) | 蚂蚁兵[?] Mǎyǐ Bīng |
Ant Soldier | |
Chinese (traditional) | 螞蟻兵[1] Mǎyǐ Bīng |
Ant Soldier | |
Dutch | Ant Trooper[?] | - | |
German | Trupp-Krabbel[?] | Crawling Trooper | |
Italian | Formico[?] | Masculine adaption of "formica" (ant) | |
Korean | 개미병[?] Gaemi Byeong |
Ant Soldier | |
Portuguese (NOA) | Forminimiga[?] | From "formiga" (ant) and "inimiga" (enemy) | |
Portuguese (NOE) | Formilitar[?] | From "formiga" (ant) and "militar" (military) | |
Russian | Муравей-пехотинец[?] Muravey-pekhotinets |
Ant Trooper | |
Spanish | Hormigoide[?] | From "hormiga" (ant) and the suffix "-oide" (-oid) |
References
Mario & Luigi: Paper Jam | ||
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Characters | Playable | Mario • Luigi • Paper Mario |
Non-playable | ? Card Toad • Bowser • Bowser Jr. • Crinkle Goomba • Delivery Toad • Flutter • Kamek • Know-It-All Toads • Lakitu • Monologue Toad • Nabbit • Paper Bowser • Paper Bowser Jr. • Paper Kamek • Paper Luigi • Paper Peach • Paper Toads • Princess Peach • Scaredy Rat • Starlow • Toad • Toadette • Yoshis | |
Papercraft | Papercraft Mario • Papercraft Luigi • Papercraft Yoshi • Papercraft Peach • Papercraft Fire Mario | |
Special Attacks | Trio Attack | Trio Racquet • Trio Kite • Trio Whirligig • Trio Shuriken • Trio Meteor |
Mario Bros. Attack | 3D Red Shell • Rocket Blast • Bomb Derby • Cannonball Chuck • Toad Trail | |
Luigi Bros. Attack | Fire Flower • Drill Shell • Dropchopper • Balloon Blast • Mega Thwonk | |
Bosses | Mario & Luigi | Petey Piranha • Big Pokey • Roy Koopa • Wendy O. Koopa • Wiggler • Chargin' Chuck Corps • Larry Koopa • Ludwig von Koopa • Bowser Jr. • King Boo • King Bob-omb • Kamek • Iggy Koopa • Lemmy Koopa • Morton Koopa Jr. • Bowser • Shiny RoboBowser • Dry Bowser |
Paper Mario | Paper Tower Power Pokey • Paper Petey Piranha • Paper Kamek • Paper Bowser Jr. • Paper Bowser | |
Papercraft | Papercraft Megacrinkle Goomba • Papercraft Kamek • Papercraft Bowser Jr. • Papercraft King Boo • Papercraft Bowser | |
Locations | Peach's Castle • Sunbeam Plains • Doop Doop Dunes • Doop Doop Dunes Grotto • Twinsy Tropics Dungeon • Twinsy Tropics • Gloomy Woods • Mount Brrr • Bowser's Castle • Neo Bowser Castle | |
Enemies | Mario & Luigi | Ant Trooper • Big Tail Goomba • Biddybud • Boomerang Bro • Broozer • Bully • Buzzy Beetle • Chain Chomp • Cheep Cheep • Fire Bro • Fire Piranha Plant • Fly Guy • Goomba • Hammer Bro • Horned Ant Trooper • Koopa Troopa • Mechakoopa • Monty Mole • Ninji • Pokey • Sandmaargh • Shy Guy • Spike • Spiny • Urchin |
Paper Mario | Paper Bob-omb • Paper Boo • Paper Boomerang Bro • Paper Broozer • Paper Chain Chomp • Paper Dry Bones • Paper Fire Bro • Paper Fire Piranha Plant • Paper Fuzzy • Paper Goomba • Paper Hammer Bro • Paper Koopa Troopa • Paper Ninji • Paper Paragoomba • Paper Paratroopa • Paper Scaredy Rat • Paper Shy Guy • Paper Sombrero Guy • Paper Spear Guy • Paper Spike • Paper Spiny • Paper Swoop | |
Papercraft | Airship • Bob-omb • Boo • Bullet Bill • Dry Bones • Goomba • Koopa Shell • Mechakoopa • Pokey • Spike • Spiked Ball • Whomp | |
Items | Collectibles | 1-Up DX • 1-Up Mushroom • 100 Coin • ? Block • Battle Card • Bean • Bomb Bud • Boo Biscuit • Candy • Clothing • Coin • Command Block • Double 1-Up Mushroom • L Block • Lakitea • M Block • Max Mushroom • Max Nut • Max Candy • Max Syrup Jar • Mushroom • Nut • P Block • Refreshing Herb • Spinny Flower • Super Mushroom • Super Nut • Super Candy • Supersyrup Jar • Syrup Jar • Ultra Mushroom • Ultra Nut • Ultra Candy • Ultrasyrup Jar |
Key items | Berry • Copy Block • Dash Socks • Fire Ore • Key • Melon • Mysterious book • Paper trampoline • Red medallion | |
Stats | Bros. Point • Defense • Experience Point • Heart Point • Power • Rank • Speed • Stache | |
Moves | Dash • Hammer • Jump • Slide • Team Jump • Trio Drill • Trio Glider • Trio Grab • Trio Hammer | |
Status | Burn • Creased • Crumpled • DEF-Down • DEF-Up • Dizzy • Fury • Invisible • Mini • POW-Down • POW-Up • Prohibited Command • SPD-Down • SPD-Up • Trip | |
Miscellaneous | Bestiary • Block locations • Drill spot locations • Gallery • Gear • Glitches • Item patches • Level up progressions • Music Player • Parade • Pre-release and unused content • Quotes • Staff • Story summaries |
Mario Tennis Aces | ||
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Playable characters | Initial release | Mario • Luigi • Wario • Waluigi • Peach • Daisy • Rosalina • Toad • Toadette • Bowser • Bowser Jr. • Boo • Yoshi • Donkey Kong • Spike • Chain Chomp |
Post-releasea | Koopa Troopa • Blooper • Diddy Kong • Birdo • Koopa Paratroopa • Shy Guy • Petey Piranha • Luma • Boom Boom • Pauline • Kamek • Dry Bones • Fire Piranha Plant • Dry Bowser | |
Non-playable characters | Piranha Plants • Lakitus • Biddybuds • Yoshis • Small birds • Rabbits • Fire Piranha Plants • Munchers • Nipper Plants • Piranha Creepers • Ant Troopers • Conkdors • Dry Bones • Kleptos • Stone Spikes • Peepas • Big Boo • Bob-ombs • Spinies • Mechakoopas • Mega Bob-ombsa • Monty Mole • Parabones • Aster • Lucien • Mirrors • Boo Buddiesa • King Booa • Fly Guya • New Donkersa • Shy Guy Towersa • Shield Guysa • Big Magikoopaa | |
Bosses | Petey Piranha • Madame Mirage • Snow Ogre • Gooper Blooper • Bowser Statue • Bowcien | |
Courts and worlds | Marina Stadium • Bask Ruins • Piranha Plant Forest • Mirage Mansion • Snowfall Mountain • Savage Sea • Inferno Island • Ruins of Trialsa | |
Moves | Special Shot • Trick Shot • Zone Shot • Zone Speed | |
Miscellaneous | Kingdom of Bask • Online tournamentsa • Power Stone | |
Further info | Gallery • Quotes • Staff | |
Related Play Nintendo activities: Are you a tennis ace? • The multiplayer way • Ultimate doubles • Winning strategies? Take your pick! |
Super Mario Maker 2 | ||
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Characters | Playable characters | Mario • Luigi • Toad • Toadette |
Supporting characters | Coursebot • Worldbotb • Mr. Eraser • Nina • Princess Peach • Undodog • Yamamura • Partrick • Soundfrog • Toads • Yoshi/Red Yoshi | |
Course elements | Game styles | Super Mario Bros. • Super Mario Bros. 3 • Super Mario World • New Super Mario Bros. U • Super Mario 3D World |
Themes | Ground • Underground • Underwater • Ghost House • Airship • Castle • Desert • Snow • Forest • Sky | |
Terrain | ? Block • Brick Block/Rotating Block • Bridge • Clear Pipe • Cloud Block • Crystal Block • Donut Block • Frozen Coina • Ground • Hard Block • Hidden Block • Ice Block • Mushroom Platform • Note Block/Music Block • P Blocka • Warp Pipe • Rock Block • Semisolid Platform • Slope • Spike Block • Spike Trap | |
Items | 1-Up Mushroom/Rotten Mushroom • 10-Coin/30-Coin/50-Coin • Big Mushroom • Boomerang Flowerb • Bullet Bill Maskb • Cannon Boxb • Coin • Cape Feather • Fire Flower • Frog Suitb • Goomba Maskb • Goomba's Shoe/Stiletto • Master Sworda • Pink Coin • Power Balloonb • Propeller Boxb • Propeller Mushroom • Red POW Boxb • SMB2 Mushroomb • Super Acornb • Super Bell • Super Hammer • Super Leaf • Super Mushroom • Super Star • Superball Flower • Yoshi's Egg/Big Red Yoshi's Egg | |
Enemies | Angry Sun/Moon • Ant Trooper/Big Ant Trooper • Blooper/Big Blooper/Blooper Nanny/Blooper Baby • Bob-omb/Mega Bob-omb/Parabomb • Boo/Big Boo/Boo Buddies/Stretch • Boom Boom • Bowser/Meowser • Bowser Jr. • Bully/Big Bully • Buzzy Beetle/Big Buzzy Beetle/Buzzy Beetle Tower/Para-Beetle/Heavy Para-Beetle/Buzzy Shell • Chain Chomp/Big Chain Chomp • Charvaargh • Cheep Cheep/Big Cheep Cheep/Blurp (SMW)/Deep Cheep/Big Deep Cheep • Dry Bones/Mega Dry Bones/Parabones/Dry Bones Shell • Fire Bro/Heavy Fire Bro • Fire Piranha Plant/Big Fire Piranha • Fish Bone • Goomba/Mega Goomba/Paragoomba/Big Paragoomba/Galoomba (SMW)/Big Galoomba (SMW)/Flying Goomba (SMW)/Para-Goomba (SMW)/ Goombrat/Kodeka Kakibō/Goombud (SMW)/Goomba Tower/Shoe Goomba/Stiletto Goomba • Hammer Bro/Sledge Bro • Hop-Chops • Horned Ant Trooper • Jelectro • Jumping Piranha Plant • Koopa Clown Car/Junior Clown Car/Fire Koopa Clown Car/Fire Junior Clown Car • Koopa Troopa/Big Koopa Troopa/Koopa Paratroopa/Big Koopa Paratroopa • Koopa Troopa Car • Koopalingsb (Larry · Morton · Wendy · Iggy · Roy · Lemmy · Ludwig) • Lakitu • Lava Bubble/Big Lava Bubble • Magikoopa/Big Magikoopa • Mechakoopab/Blasta Mechakoopab/Zappa Mechakoopab/Mega Mechakoopab • Monty Mole/Big Monty Mole • Muncher • Peepa • Piranha Creeper • Piranha Plant/Big Piranha Plant • Pokeya/Snow Pokeya • Pom Pom • Porcupuffer • Rocky Wrench/Mega Rocky Wrench • Skipsqueak • Spikea/Mega Spikea • Spike Balla/Giant Spiked Balla/Snowballa • Spike Top/Spiky Parabuzzy • Spiny/Big Spiny/Spiny Shell • Spiny Egg • Spiny Skipsqueak • Stingby/Mega Stingby • Thwomp/Big Thwomp • Unshelled Koopa • Wiggler/Big Wiggler | |
Gizmos | ! Block • Arrow Sign • Banzai Bill • Bill Blaster/Bull's-Eye Blaster • Blinking Block • Bumper • Bull's-Eye Banzai/Cat Banzai Bill • Bull's-Eye Bill/Cat Bullet Bill • Bullet Bill • Burner • Cannon/Giant cannon • Cannonball/Giant cannonball • Conveyor Belt/ON/OFF Conveyor Belt • Checkpoint Flag • Crate • Dash Blocka • Fire Bar • Grinder • Icicle • Mushroom Trampoline/ON/OFF Trampolineb • Key/Cursed Keyb • Lava Lift • Lift/Flimsy Lift/Cloud Lift • ON/OFF Switch/Dotted-Line Block • One-Way Wall • P Switch • POW Block • Red POW Block • Seesaw • Skewer • Snake Block • Swinging Claw • Track • Track Block • Trampoline • Tree • Twister • Vine • Warp Box/Warp Box (With Key) • Warp Door/P Warp Door/Key Door | |
Miscellaneous | Starting blocks • Stone (Story Mode) • Toad (Story Mode) • Wings | |
Mario's moves | Charge jumpb (SMB) • Crawl (SM3DW) • Crouch • Crouch Jump (SM3DW) • Dash • Dive (SM3DW) • Double Jump (NSMBU) • Drill Spin (NSMBU & SM3DWb) • Ground Pound (NSMBU & SM3DW) • Jump • Long Jump (SM3DW) • Midair Spin (NSMBU) • Roll (SM3DW) • Slide (all except SMB) • Spin Jump (SMW, NSMBU, & SM3DW) • Swim • Triple Jump (NSMBU) • Wall Jump (NSMBU & SM3DW) | |
Miscellaneous | Assist parts • Course Maker • Fan-made courses highlighted by Nintendo • Gallery • Glitches • Media • Mii outfits • Minigamesb (Catch & Win! • Match & Win! • Pop & Win!) • Ninji* • Peach's Castle • Phantob • Quotes • Sound effects • Staff • Yamamura's Dojo | |
Dr. Mario World | |
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Characters | Dr. Mario • Dr. Peach • Dr. Bowser • Dr. Luigi • Dr. Yoshi • Dr. Toad • Dr. Toadette • Dr. Bowser Jr. • Dr. Wendy • Dr. Ludwig • Dr. Waluigi • Dr. Wario • Dr. Daisy • Dr. Baby Mario • Dr. Baby Luigi • Dr. Baby Peach • Dr. Baby Daisy • Dr. Rosalina • Dr. Luma • Dr. Donkey Kong • Dr. Diddy Kong • Dr. Baby Rosalina • Dr. Kamek • Dr. Dry Bowser • Dr. Fire Mario • Dr. Fire Peach • Dr. Roy • Dr. Larry • Dr. Fire Luigi • Dr. Fire Rosalina • Dr. Nabbit • Dr. Lakitu • Dr. Goomba Tower • Dr. Koopa Troopa • Dr. Dolphin • Dr. Baby Wario • 8-Bit Dr. Mario • Dr. Lemmy • Dr. Blooper • Dr. Boo • Dr. King Boo • Dr. Morton • Dr. Piranha Plant • Dr. Iggy • Dr. Petey Piranha |
Assistants | Amp • Ant Trooper • Banzai Bill • Blooper • Bob-omb • Bomb Boo • Bone Goomba • Bony Beetle • Boo • Boom Boom • Boomerang Bro • Broozer • Bullet Bill • Buzzy Beetle • Chain Chomp • Cheep Cheep • Clampy • Conkdor • Crowber • Dolphin • Dry Bones • Fish Bone • Fly Guy • Fuzzy • Galoomba • Goomba • Goombrat • Hammer Bro • Honey Queen • Huckit Crab • King Bob-omb • King Boo • Koopa Paratroopa • Koopa Troopa • Lakitu • Mechakoopa • Monty Mole • Octoomba • Para-Beetle • Parabomb • Paragoomba • Peepa • Penguin • Piranha Plant • Pokey • Pom Pom • Porcupuffer • Scaredy Rat • Scuttlebug • Shy Guy • Sledge Bro • Spike • Spiny • Spiny Cheep Cheep • Star Bunny • Stingby • Sumo Bro • Sushi • Swoop • Thwomp • Urchin • Whomp King • Wiggler • Yellow Shy Guy |
Worlds | World 1 • World 2 • World 3 • World 4 • World 5 • World 6 • World 7 • World 8 • World 9 • World 10 • World 11 • World 12 • World 13 • World 14 • World 15 • World 16 • World 17 • World 18 • World 19 • World 20 • World 21 • World 22 • World 23 • World 24 • World 25 • World 26 • World 27 • World 28 • World 29 • World 30 • World 31 |
Items and objects | Barrel • Barrier • Boomerang* • Brick Block • Bubble • Bubble Machine • Caged coin • Capsule • Capsule+ • Capsule Blaster# • Capsule Plus • Capsule Swapper† • Cloud • Colorful Crate • Crate • Diamond • Doc Token • Door • Dust Virus • Electric Exploder • Empty Block • Exploder • Flask • Floatie Virus • Hammer • Handy Bottle • Handy Box • Heart • Ice • Ice Fan • Key • Lock Block • Muddy Coin • Pop Cannon • Rainbow Start† • Random! • Rotating Cannon • Score+ • Shell • Skill charger • Skill filler • Skill Up • Staff ticket • Time+ • Virus • Virus Coin |
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