Deku Baba
| Deku Baba | |||
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 A Deku Baba, as it appears in Mario Kart 8 | |||
| First appearance | The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time (1998, The Legend of Zelda series) Super Smash Bros. Brawl (2008, sticker cameo, Super Mario-related media) | ||
| Latest appearance | The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword HD (2021, The Legend of Zelda series) Mario Kart 8 Deluxe (2017, Super Mario franchise) | ||
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Deku Babas are a crossover species from The Legend of Zelda series. The only time they appear in the Super Mario franchise is as an obstacle in Mario Kart 8's The Legend of Zelda x Mario Kart 8 downloadable pack and the base game of Mario Kart 8 Deluxe. Here, two Deku Babas appear as enemies in a section of Hyrule Circuit, after the exit of Hyrule Castle near the end of the course; they are designed after their appearance in The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword, and they behave the same as Piranha Plants do in GCN Yoshi Circuit. If a racer drives near a Deku Baba, it lunges at them, attempting to bite them, knocking them over should they be hit. The Deku Babas periodically switch between four different positions.
Deku Babas are a Venus flytrap-like species, like Piranha Plants, although Shigeru Miyamoto has once mentioned that Deku Babas were designed by crossing a dog with the Super Mario 64 enemy clam;[1] their original behavior of lunging while being restrained by their stem is highly similar to Chain Chomps, also inspired by dogs, while their original model's head shape resembles a more cylindrical, front-tapering version of the clam's model.
Profiles
Super Smash Bros. Brawl
| Sticker Deku Baba | ||
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| Artwork from: Zelda: Ocarina of Time | ||
| Effects in The Subspace Emissary: [Arm, Leg] - Attack +4 | ||
| Usable by: Anyone | ||
Names in other languages
| Language | Name | Meaning | Notes |
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| French | Baba Mojo[2] | Baba Deku "Mojo" is the French name for "Deku" due to the latter being possibly mispronounced as "de cul" (meaning "of the ass").[3] |
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| German | Dekuranha[?] | Probably a play on Piranha Plant | |
| Italian | Deku Baba[?] | - |
References
- ^ IGN Staff (December 2, 1997). The Z-Files. IGN. Retrieved July 2, 2024.
- ^ Diddy64wii (September 26, 2017). Super Smash Bros. Brawl - Toutes les 700 vignettes (03:05). YouTube (French). Retrieved July 2, 2024.
- ^ DidYouKnowGaming (December 17, 2020). Ocarina of Time Ft. Seth Everman - Did You Know Gaming? (The Legend of Zelda) (06:37). YouTube (English). Retrieved July 2, 2024.
