Orb User
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| First appearance | Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars (1996) | ||
| Latest appearance | Super Mario RPG (Nintendo Switch) (2023) | ||
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Orb Users are enemies in Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars and its remake that resemble red magical staffs. Orb Users are guards in Booster Tower, aiding other minions of Booster in combat by using their magic spells. Orb Users never fight by themselves.
The top of an Orb User's body is a red head with two black eyes and two large horns. In between the horns is a glowing magical orb that hovers above the Orb User's head. Using this powerful orb, the Orb Users can use a wide variety of magical spells, primarily fire-based attacks. These spells include Flame, Flame Wall, Bolt, and Recover.
An Orb User has a very high defense rating, making most attacks deal only one HP worth of damage. Fortunately, an Orb User only has eight Hit Points, offsetting their high defense and recovery spells.
A more powerful variant of Orb User, known as Orbison, appears in Nimbus Land when it is taken over by Valentina.
Profiles and statistics
Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars
| Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars enemy | |||||||||
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| Orb User | |||||||||
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HP | 8 | FP | 20 | Speed | 15 | |||
| Location(s) | Booster Tower | Attack | 42 | Magic attack | 28 | ||||
| Role | Common | Defense | 80 | Magic defense | 40 | ||||
| Bonus Flower | HP Max! (40%) | Yoshi Cookie | Maple Syrup | Morph rate | 100% | ||||
| Evade | 0% | Magic evade | 0% | Spells | Bolt, Flame, Flame Wall, Recover | ||||
| Weak | None | Strong | Fire, Thunder, Ice | Sp. attacks | None | ||||
| Coins | 2 | Exp. points | 5 | Items | Honey Syrup (25%) | ||||
| Psychopath | "I hate Kinklinks!" | ||||||||
Super Mario RPG (Nintendo Switch)
| Super Mario RPG enemy | |||||||||
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| Orb User | |||||||||
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HP | 8 | Weak Elements | N/A | Drops | Honey Syrup | |||
| Exp. | 5 | Weak Statuses |    
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Rare Drops | N/A | ||||
| Found in | Booster Tower | ||||||||
| Monster List profile | They look like magic staves, but they have cutting-edge features, such as the ability to stretch or shrink themselves at will. | ||||||||
| Thought Peek | "Go away, Chain Chomps! I'm not playing fetch with you!" | ||||||||
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Names in other languages
| Language | Name | Meaning | Notes |
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| Japanese | ポポ[?] Popo |
Possibly from a partial repetition of "pole"; shared with Poink, but with a different origin | |
| Chinese | 波波[?] Bōbō |
Transliteration of the Japanese name | |
| Dutch | Bolstaffer[?] | From bol ("orb") and staf ("wand"); possibly also refers to Staffer ("employee") | |
| French | Orbi[?] | From orbe ("orb") | |
| German | Kugelorn[?] | From Kugel ("orb") and "horn" | |
| Italian | Orbi[?] | From orba ("orb") in masculine form | |
| Korean | 포포[?] Popo |
Popo; from the Japanese name | |
| Spanish | Cuernobola[?] | From cuerno ("horn") and bola ("ball") |
Trivia
- In the original game, Orb User's Psychopath thought states that it hates Kinklinks in the English version, and Chomps in the Japanese version. This has been changed in the remake to reflect the latter.
