Recapitator
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| First appearance | Wario Land: Shake It! (2008) | ||
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Recapitators are skeletal enemies with a spiky head in Wario Land: Shake It! Their name is a blend of "decapitation", the removal of someone's head, and the prefix "re-", which denotes a return to a previous state (as in, the head is put back on). In a similar fashion to the zombies from other Wario Land games and Mekabons from Super Mario Land, Recapitators attack Wario by throwing their own heads at him, which travel in a straight path horizontally and come back like boomerangs. In their initial state, Recapitators cannot be attacked with a jump due to the spikes on their head, but fall apart when hit with a Dash Attack and reassemble themselves after a while, similarly to Dry Bones from the Super Mario franchise. They are completely unaffected by Earthshake Punches because Earthshake Punches will only just crumble them into a skeletal pile which will reanimate soon after. To actually defeat a Recapitator, Wario must attack it with a Dash Attack or Ground Pound while its head is still in projectile form. In doing so, the head passes the body and breaks when it hits a wall.
There are two differently-colored variants of Recapitators: gray Recapitators are completely stationary, while green Recapitators walk from side to side on a platform, stopping in place when they attack Wario. Both variants are found in the level Boogie Mansion along with a golden variant, but Large Fry Cook-Off features only the green variant. In the latter level, while a Recapitator's head is away from its body, Large Fry can destroy the head during his charging attack, which is shortly followed by the body breaking apart on its own as it waits for the head to come back.
Profiles and statistics
- Website description:
- English (American):
This scary-looking guy is called a Recapitator, 'cuz he keeps throwing his boomerang head and putting it back on. I'll bet he's not so tough with his head off, though. Most guys aren't.[1]
- English (American):
- Prima Games Official Game Guide:
- Threat:
- Don't lose your head when battling these bony foes. Earthshake Punches reduce Recapitators to heaps of gruesome remains, but it's not long before they recover. To truly defeat Recapitators, Wario must strike them when their heads are off. Duck to dodge when a Recapitator hurls its noggin, then quickly rise and dash into the fiend's body to send it to the boneyard![2]
- Threat:
Gallery
Wario near a green Recapitator
Names in other languages
| Language | Name | Meaning | Notes |
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| Japanese | スカール[?] Sukāru |
Elongation of "skull" |
References
- ^ North American website for Wario Land: Shake It!. Archived September 24, 2008, 15:04:10 UTC from the original via Wayback Machine. Retrieved July 17, 2024.
- ^ Stratton, Steve (September 22, 2008). Wario Land: Shake It! PRIMA Official Strategy Guide. Prima Games (American English). ISBN 978-0-7615-6113-2. Page 13.
