Tail Goomba

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Not to be confused with Tanoomba.

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A Tail Goomba[1] is a Goomba with a tail that only appears in Super Mario 3D Land. Its powers were given by Bowser with his Super Leaves.

A Tail Goomba sprite.

Tail Goombas attack like Tanooki Mario by jumping into the air and fluttering down to the ground slowly, performing a tail whip when they land. They can be defeated like normal Goombas. In some levels, Tail Goombas jump into the air towards Mario, trying to catch him with a tail whip. There are also Big Tail Goombas, larger variants of Tail Goombas. Pre-release material also featured golden variants of Tail Goombas. They attacked in the same manner as the normal variants, but flew further.

Defeating a Tail Goomba gives the player one coin, but some may drop a Super Leaf instead.

In Mario Golf: World Tour, Tail Goomba is one of the names that can appear on the tournament scoreboard.

Official profiles

Super Mario 3D Land

  • European Website Bio: "These Goombas have grown tails and can use them to attack Mario."

Names in other languages

Language Name Meaning Notes
Japanese しっぽクリボー[?]
Shippo kuribō
Tail Goomba
Chinese (simplified) 尾巴栗子小子[2]
Wěibā Lìzixiǎozi
Tail Goomba
Chinese (traditional) 尾巴栗寶寶[3]
Wěibā Lìbǎobǎo
Tail Goomba
Dutch Tail Goomba[?] -
German Tanuki-Gumba[?] Tanooki Goomba
Italian Goomba Giracoda[?] Rotating-Tail Goomba
Korean 꼬리굼바[?]
Kkori-Gumba
Tail Goomba
Portuguese Goomba Tanooki[?] Tanooki Goomba
Russian Хвостатый гумба[?]
Khvostatyy gumba
Tail Goomba
Spanish Goomba Tanuki[?] Tanooki Goomba

References