Blue Twirler
- This article is about the ghost from Luigi's Mansion. For the Rabbid from Mario + Rabbids Kingdom Battle, see Smasher.
Blue Twirler | |||
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Artwork from Luigi's Mansion | |||
First appearance | Luigi's Mansion (2001) | ||
Latest appearance | WarioWare: Get It Together! (2021) | ||
Variant of | Ghost | ||
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Blue Twirlers, also known as smashers,[1] are the third species of normal ghosts Luigi encounters in Luigi's Mansion and its remake. They are one of the slowest, largest, heaviest and most powerful non-portrait ghosts found in the mansion. These ghosts try to damage Luigi by using their over-sized fists to make shock waves that spread around; 10 HP is lost if they hit Luigi. They have 30 HP each (45 in the PAL and 3DS Hidden Mansion). Though Blue Twirlers do not appear in any later installments of the Luigi's Mansion series, Slammers from Luigi's Mansion: Dark Moon, and Hammers from Luigi's Mansion 3 behave similarly to them.
Blue Twirlers make a few minor appearances in other games of the Super Mario franchise. In Mario Power Tennis, a Blue Twirler occasionally appears in the Luigi's Mansion Court. In Mario Super Sluggers, Blue Twirlers are found in the Luigi's Mansion stadium, where they stun fielders that run into the graves that the Blue Twirlers reside within.
In Super Smash Bros. Brawl and Super Smash Bros. for Wii U, a Blue Twirler is depicted alongside a Gold Ghost and a Purple Puncher in a trophy.
Profiles
Luigi's Mansion (Nintendo 3DS)
- In-game description: "A blue ghost who makes painful shock waves by striking the floor."
Gallery
Names in other languages
Language | Name | Meaning | Notes |
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Japanese | モプー[?] Mopū |
Possibly from "mop" and「プー」(pū, an onomatopoeic word meaning "poof"); likely related to the noise they make upon spawning | |
French (NOE) | Tourneur bleu[?] | Blue twirler | |
German | Blauwirbler[?] | Blue Swirler | |
Italian | Terremoto blu[?] | Blue Earthquake | |
Spanish (NOE) | Terremoto azul[?] | - |
Trivia
- As well as the standard blue variety, Ghost K from Mario Super Sluggers has red, yellow and green Blue Twirlers.
References
- ^ Loe, Casey (November 19, 2001). Luigi's Mansion Perfect Guide. Versus Books (American English). ISBN 1-931886-00-8. Page 56.