Skeleton Bee
| Skeleton Bee | |||
|---|---|---|---|
 Artwork from Super Mario Land 2: 6 Golden Coins | |||
| First appearance | Super Mario Land 2: 6 Golden Coins (1992) | ||
| Variant of | Beebee | ||
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A Skeleton Bee[1] is an enemy in Super Mario Land 2: 6 Golden Coins. Skeleton Bees are encountered in the Tree Zone level Honeybees only, like with Beebee and Bigbee. The Skeleton Bee is tougher than their non-skeletal counterparts, as they can come back to life after Mario defeats it. Doing a Spin Jump or using a Star are the only ways to defeat them permanently. Also like their counterparts, they appear out of the hives in the background and move very slowly. In official artwork, they appear to have a normal, non-skeletal body and carry spears; however, in gameplay, the bottom half is able to be seen through as if they are completely composed of bones and don't carry spears at all. They are undead ancestors of Beebees.[2]
Profiles and statistics
Super Mario Land 2: 6 Golden Coins
- Instruction booklet description:
- English:
This bee has become a skeleton. Even if Mario stomps on this boney bumblebee, it'll come back to life.[1]
- English:
- 'Virtual Console manual: This bee has become a skeleton. Even if Mario stomps on this bony bumblebee, it'll come back to life.'
Perfect Ban Mario Character Daijiten
Gallery
Artwork from Super Mario Land 2: 6 Golden Coins
Sprite from Super Mario Land 2: 6 Golden Coins
- Skeleton Bees.png
Skeleton Bees flying in an "O" formation.
A "defeated" Skeleton Bee.
The ? Block can be seen through the Skeleton Bee's body.
Names in other languages
| Language | Name | Meaning | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Japanese | ガイコツバチ[3][4] Gaikotsubachi |
Skeleton-Bee | |
| ガイゴ[2][5] Gaigo |
From the above, but with「コ」voiced | ||
| French | Abeille-Squelette[6] | Skeleton-Bee | |
| German | Knochen-Biene[?] | Bone Bee | |
| Italian | Skeleton Bee[7][8] | - | |
| Skelape[9] | Portmanteau of scheletro ("skeleton") and ape ("bee") | ||
| Spanish | Abeja Ósea[?] | Bone Bee |
References
- ^ a b 1992. Super Mario Land 2: 6 Golden Coins instruction booklet. Nintendo of America (American English). Page 13.
- ^ a b Cite error: Invalid
<ref>tag; no text was provided for refs namedDaijiten - ^ Nintendo (1992). Super Mario Land 2: 6-tsu no Kinka instruction booklet. Nintendo (Japanese). Page 16.
- ^ Japanese Super Mario Land 2: 6-tsu no Kinka entry on the official Mario Portal. nintendo.co.jp (Japanese). Retrieved August 20, 2022. (Archived January 25, 2022, 06:52:34 UTC via archive.today.)
- ^ 1992. 「任天堂公式ガイドブック スーパーマリオランド２ ６つの金貨」(Nintendo Kōshiki Guidebook – Super Mario Land 2: 6 Golden Coins). Shogakukan (Japanese). Page 12.
- ^ 1993. Super Mario Land 2: 6 Golden Coins. Nintendo of Europe (French). Page 57.
- ^ Super Mario Land 2: 6 Golden Coins Italian booklet. Page 13.
- ^ Super Mario Land 2: 6 Golden Coins (Virtual Console) Italian e-manual. Page 13.
- ^ November 15, 2018. Super Mario Bros. Enciclopedia. Magazzini Salani (Italian). ISBN 889367436X. Page 75.
