Guerrilla
Guerrilla | |||
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First appearance | Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars (1996) | ||
Latest appearance | Super Mario RPG (Nintendo Switch) (2023) | ||
Variant of | Kong | ||
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Guerrillas are Kong-like enemies found in the Forest Maze in Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars. Their name is a pun on "gorilla" and "guerrilla warfare". Aside from their chains and shackles, they are very similar in appearance to Donkey Kong, as referenced by their Thought Peek. They also have a stronger near-identical counterpart, the Chained Kong.
Guerrillas are the strongest enemies in the Forest Maze, having powerful physical attacks at their disposal. Like most powerful enemies in the game (i.e. Reacher or Mastadoom), Guerrillas appear rarely, with only one appearing per battle, and never appearing on the overworld.
An action course in one of the doors in the Six-Door Chamber has Mario avoiding the barrels thrown by Guerrillas, referencing Donkey Kong.
Profiles and statistics
Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars
Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars enemy | |||||||||
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Guerrilla | |||||||||
HP | 135 | FP | 100 | Speed | 7 | ||||
Location(s) | Forest Maze | Attack | 42 | Magic attack | 1 | ||||
Role | Common | Defense | 32 | Magic defense | 5 | ||||
Bonus Flower | Attack Up! (20%) | Yoshi Cookie | Able Juice | Morph rate | 100% | ||||
Evade | 0% | Magic evade | 0% | Spells | None | ||||
Weak | Fire | Strong | None | Sp. attacks | Boulder Toss | ||||
Coins | 8 | Exp. points | 8 | Items | Able Juice (25%) | ||||
Psychopath | "Don't confuse me with someone else!" |
Japanese Thought Peek quote
- フィクションです。じっさいの人物には、いっさい関係ありません。[1] (This character has no relation to any persons, living or dead. Any resemblance is purely coincidental.[2])
Super Mario RPG (Nintendo Switch)
Super Mario RPG enemy | |||||||||
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Guerrilla | |||||||||
HP | 135 | Weak Elements | Drops | Cleansing Juice | |||||
Exp. | 8 | Weak Statuses | Rare Drops | N/A | |||||
Found in | Forest Maze | ||||||||
Monster List profile | They have high HP and Attack, and their thrown rocks hurt quite a bit, so watch out for that. They often get mistaken for someone else. | ||||||||
Thought Peek | "I am a work of fiction. Any resemblance to preexisting apes is purely coincidental." | ||||||||
Animations |
- Monster List profile in other languages:
- Japanese:
HPと攻撃力 が高 く、「いわ」を投 げる攻撃 はダメージが大 きいので、注意 が必要 だ。名前 の由来 は知 りません。
(Translation: It has high HP and attack power, and its "stone" throwing attack is very damaging, so be careful. The origin of its name is unknown.)
- Japanese:
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Names in other languages
Language | Name | Meaning | Notes |
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Japanese | Template:Nowrap[?] Dosokī Yungu |
Corruption of the katakana for Donkey Kong「ドンキーコング」(Donkī Kongu) with two characters replaced with deceptively similar ones: the first「ン」(n) is replaced with「ソ」(so) and the「コ」(ko) is replaced with「ユ」(yu) | |
Chinese (simplified) | 冬奇冈[?] Dōngqí Gāng |
Corruption of「咚奇刚」(Donkey Kong) with the same pronunciation, but with two characters replaced with deceptively similar ones:「咚」is replaced with「冬」and「刚」is replaced with「冈」 | |
Chinese (traditional) | 冬奇岡[?] Dōngqí Gāng |
Corruption of「咚奇剛」(Donkey Kong) with the same pronunciation, but with two characters replaced with deceptively similar ones:「咚」is replaced with「冬」and「剛」is replaced with「岡」 | |
Dutch | Guerrilla[?] | - | |
French | Gonkey Donk[?] | Anagram of Donkey Kong | |
German | Guerrilla[?] | - | |
Italian | Gorillo[3] | Masculine version of "Gorilla" | |
Korean | 동키쿵[?] Dongki Kung |
Corruption of "동키콩" (Donkey Kong) with one character replaced with a similar one: the vowel of the final character, "ㅗ" (o), is replaced with "ㅜ" (u). | |
Spanish | Guerrila[?] | Portmanteau of "guerra" (war) and "gorila" (gorilla) |
Trivia
- In the Japanese trailer for the Nintendo Switch version of Super Mario RPG, Guerrilla's Monster List entry incorrectly listed its HP as 121 and Exp. as 10. This was fixed in the localized English trailer to match that of the original game.
- Guerrilla's Japanese Thought Peek quote references the all persons fictitious disclaimer, a standard blurb used in the credits of feature films to reduce the risk of a libel lawsuit.[2] While the English release of the SNES version changes it due to text limits, the English release of the Nintendo Switch version restores the reference.[4]
References
- ^ https://web.archive.org/web/20150508022554/www.a-suma.com/old/guide/smRPG/enemylist1.htm
- ^ a b Clyde Mandelin (June 29, 2020). The Pop Culture-Obsessed Monsters in Japanese Super Mario RPG. Legends of Localization. Retrieved July 31, 2021.
- ^ Uno sguardo approfondito a Super Mario RPG. By NintendoItalia on YouTube. Retrieved on November 13th, 2023
- ^ Alana Hagues, Nintendo Life (November 2, 2023). "Super Mario RPG Is The Most Faithful Remake We've Ever Played". Nintendo Life.
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