Rammerhead
| Rammerhead | |||
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 Artwork from Super Mario 3D World | |||
| First appearance | Super Mario 3D World (2013) | ||
| Latest appearance | Super Mario 3D World + Bowser's Fury (2021) | ||
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Rammerheads are shark enemies that appear in Super Mario 3D World and Super Mario 3D World + Bowser's Fury. They resemble hammerhead sharks with wide, studded heads similar to spiked rollers, with their eyes on the farthest ends of them. They are adrab purple and typically swim in circles, emulating Fire Bars. In dimly lit areas, their bodies appear luminescent.
Only the heads of Rammerheads causes damage—the rest of their bodies is undamaging. They are defeated only when struck by the player character in their Invincible form or if Ground Pounded in their Lucky Cat form. In the original Super Mario 3D World campaign, Rammerheads appear in three courses: Captain Toad Makes a Splash, Rammerhead Reef, and Pipeline Boom Lagoon. While most Rammerheads are large sharks, the one in the foremost course is about the same size as Captain Toad. It is also the only normal Rammerhead in the game that breaches from water, and Captain Toad has no means of defeating it.
The English name "Rammerhead" seems to be a portmanteau of "hammerhead" and "ram." On the Mario Portal Game Archive for the original Super Mario 3D World, the one from Captain Toad Makes a Splash is referred to as the "Small Rammerhead,"[1] whereas that name is applied to the more recurring pink ones in the Super Mario Bros. Encyclopedia and the Mario Portal Game Archive for Super Mario 3D World + Bowser's Fury.[2]
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Additional names
Internal names
| Game | File | Name | Meaning
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| Super Mario 3D World | content/ObjectData/Syumock.szs | Syumock | Romanization of Japanese name. |
Names in other languages
| Language | Name | Meaning | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Japanese | シュモック[2] Shumokku |
Partial corruption of「撞木鮫」(shumokuzame, "hammerhead shark") ; internally romanized as "Syumock"[3] | |
| シュモック(小)[2] Shumokku (Shō) |
Rammerhead (Small); this name is applied to the pink Rammherheads in the Super Mario Bros. Encyclopedia and the Mario Portal Game Archive for Super Mario 3D World + Bowser's Fury[1] | ||
| Chinese (simplified) | 撞木鲨[?] Zhuàng Mù Shā |
Derived from the Japanese name | |
| French | Requin-Barjo[?] | From requin-marteau ("hammerhead") and barjo ("bonkers"), marteau also being a synonym of barjo | |
| German | Rammerhai[?] | from rammen ("to ram") and Hammerhai ("hammerhead shark") | |
| Italian | Squalo Martesto[4] | From squalo martello ("hammerhead shark") and testa ("head") | |
| Korean | 귀상이[?] Gwisang'i |
From "귀상어" (gwisang'eo, "hammerhead shark") and Korean noun-deriving suffix "~이" (-i) | |
| Russian | рыба-таран[?] ryba-taran |
Fish-Ram | |
| Spanish (NOA) | Pez martillo[?] | Literally "hammer fish," another term for hammerhead sharks | |
| Spanish (NOE) | Tibumartillo[?] | Contraction of tiburón martillo ("hammerhead shark") |
References
- ^ a b English Super Mario 3D World entry on the official Mario Portal. nintendo.co.jp. Retrieved August 13, 2022. (Archived August 12, 2022, 23:46:25 UTC via archive.today.)
- ^ a b c Sakai, Kazuya (Ambit), kikai, Akinori Sao, Junko Fukuda, Kunio Takayama, and Ko Nakahara (Shogakukan), editors (2015). "Super Mario 3D World" in 『スーパーマリオブラザーズ百科: 任天堂公式ガイドブック』. Tokyo: Shogakukan (Japanese). ISBN 978-4-09-106569-8. Page 226.
- ^ Super Mario 3D World internal filename (Syumock)
- ^ Super Mario Bros. Enciclopedia. Page 226.
