King Kaliente
- Not to be confused with King Calamari from Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars.
- “Give 'em some heat, King Kaliente!”
- —Bowser Jr., Super Mario Galaxy
King Kaliente is a boss in Super Mario Galaxy and Super Mario Galaxy 2. He closely resembles an octopus, even though being an Octoomba. He seems to be in league with Bowser as he was leading a portion of his fleet, was called upon by Bowser Jr. to fight Mario, and guarded a Grand Star. He is fought twice: once in the Good Egg Galaxy and again in Bowser Jr.'s Lava Reactor. The first battle is for a Power Star and the second battle is for a Grand Star. His name comes from the Spanish word caliente, which means hot or spicy.
History
Super Mario Galaxy
After Mario lands on the Magma Planet, a yellow Luma will warn him about the king. When Mario reaches the volcanic side, King Kaliente will emerge from the lava pool and shake his head, angered that Mario has awakened him. When the battle begins, he will spit out three fireballs in a spread formation, followed by a coconut. Mario must perform a Spin or a Spin Jump to whack it back at King Kaliente to inflict damage. After taking one hit, the king will begin deflecting coconuts with his tentacles, sending them back at Mario. The heroic plumber must Spin the returning projectile to knock the king's crown off. If it is missed, the attack pattern will repeat until Mario is successful.
King Kaliente will get very angry after his crown falls into the lava and roar with fury, blowing the lava around and spawning Lava Bouncers that will bounce toward Mario for the rest of the battle. If they touch Mario, they will burn him and cause him to lose up to two HP.
Again, the King's coconut projectile must be spun back at him, but with three successive spins instead of two. If this is pulled off, King Kaliente will be knocked out and will collapse back into his lava hot tub-home. A Power Star will pop out of the lava and appear next to Mario, and every Lava Bouncer will vanish.
King Kaliente is fought for a second time in Bowser Jr.'s Lava Reactor. Looking somewhat scorched (likely from his last defeat), the squid creature's tactics are the same as in the Good Egg Galaxy, but the fight itself is much harder. The fight takes place on a ring of small platforms that will sink into the lava if Mario stands on them for too long. King Kaliente's attacks are also much more frequent, he deflects coconuts from the get-go, and summons dozens of Lava Bouncers after taking damage.
After having his crown knocked off, the boss compounds the problem by summoning meteors to rain down on the battlefield, and again deflects the coconut twice before succumbing. After Mario defeats him for the second time, he will give up a Grand Star.
Super Mario Galaxy 2
King Kaliente makes a return appearance in Super Mario Galaxy 2 's Boss Blitz Galaxy, along with several other bosses from the first game. He's the second boss Mario fights. His appearance and attack methods are identical to Mario's first encounter with him in the Good Egg Galaxy, and Mario also defeats him using the same method as well.
When King Kaliente is beaten, Mario can access a Launch Star that blasts him to the next planet.
Appearance
King Kaliente is best described as a giant Blooper with an Octoomba for a head. His skin is orange and his eyes are blue. He has a crown on his head, a small red cape tied around his neck with a jeweled brooch, and a white mustache above his nozzle-like mouth. A small antenna topped with a red orb emerges from the top of his head, just barely visible above his crown.
When he is battled a second time, his whole body has a much darker, blacker hue and his eyes are red. His attacks include shooting normal and flaming coconuts at Mario and summoning Lava Bouncers.
Gallery
- Cingcaliente.jpg
King Kaliente's first appearance.
King Kaliente's second appearance.
- Kingkalientecoco.jpg
King Kaliente can shoot Coconuts.
King Kaliente gets angry (second appearance).
Names in Other Languages
Trivia
- King Kaliente shares his boss music with Bugaboom and Topmaniac.
- Kaliente appears to have a tuft of some sort after his crown is knocked off.
- King Kaliente somewhat resembles King Calamari and Gooper Blooper.
- It is unknown what King Kaliente looks like below his neck, or how many tentacles he truly has.
