Bulber

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Bulber
Model of a Bulber from New Super Mario Bros. U.
A Bulber from New Super Mario Bros. U
First appearance New Super Mario Bros. Wii (2009)
Latest appearance Mario Kart 8 Deluxe (Booster Course Pass, Wave 6) (2023)

Bulbers[1][2] are anglerfish-like enemies that first appear in New Super Mario Bros. Wii. Like real anglerfish, their bulbs illuminate any darkness around them, similarly to Jellybeams.

History

Super Mario series

New Super Mario Bros. Wii

A school of Bulbers in New Super Mario Bros. Wii

In New Super Mario Bros. Wii, Bulbers only appear in World 8-4. They swim freely in the water, illuminating the area around them. They can be defeated by attacking them with a fireball, by freezing them, or by running into them with a Star, although this is not necessary and perhaps even detrimental due to loss of illumination. Bulbers are passive, hurting Mario only if he touches them.

New Super Mario Bros. U

Bulbers reappear in New Super Mario Bros. U where they act exactly as they did in New Super Mario Bros. Wii, appearing alongside Jellybeams in Deepsea Ruins of Soda Jungle. They do not reappear in New Super Luigi U.

Mario Kart series

Mario Kart Tour

View of Piranha Plant Cove in Mario Kart Tour
Bulbers in Mario Kart Tour

Bulbers return in Mario Kart Tour, marking their first appearance in over ten years. They appear in Piranha Plant Cove across its variants, visible above the pillars of the first and third route's starting line and in Piranha Plant Cove 3's subterranean ruin section.

Mario Kart 8 Deluxe

Bulbers appear in the final wave of the Mario Kart 8 Deluxe – Booster Course Pass, appearing in the background of Piranha Plant Cove.

Unused appearances

Mario Kart Arcade GP DX

Bulbers were going to appear in Mario Kart Arcade GP DX, as model data for one exists in the game files, but they were removed from the final version.[citation needed]

Gallery

Additional names

Internal names

Game File Name Meaning

New Super Mario Bros. Wii
New Super Mario Bros. U
Mario Kart Arcade GP DX
1 Data/files/Object/ankou.arc
content/Common/actor/ankou.szs
Data/Model/Object/ankou
ankou anglerfish

Names in other languages

Language Name Meaning Notes
Japanese チョーチン[3]
Chōchin
Clipping of「提灯鮟鱇」(chōchin-ankō, "footballfish").「提灯」(chōchin) also literally means "paper lantern".
German Anglerfisch[?] Frogfish
Italian Pesce Lampada[4] Lamp Fish
Pesce Luce[4] Light Fish
Spanish (NOE) Besulbo[?] Portmanteau of besugo ("seabream") and bulbo ("bulb")

References

  1. ^ Bueno, Fernando (2009). New Super Mario Bros. Wii Prima Official Game Guide. Prima Games. ISBN 978-0307465924. Page 160.
  2. ^ Stratton, Steve (2012). New Super Mario Bros. U Prima Official Game Guide. Prima Games. ISBN 978-0307896902. Page 30.
  3. ^ New Super Mario Bros. U actor name in executable
  4. ^ a b 2018. Super Mario Bros. Enciclopedia. Magazzini Salani (Italian). ISBN 978-8893674362. Page 145, 210.