Spindrift
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 A Spindrift in Super Mario 64 DS | |||
| First appearance | Super Mario 64 (1996) | ||
| Latest appearance | Super Mario 3D All-Stars (2020) | ||
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Spindrifts,[1] or Flower Heads,[2] are hovering enemies in Super Mario 64 and Super Mario 64 DS. They have spinning flowers on their heads that allow them to hover around. They also have yellow cones at the bottoms of their heads. Green leaf-like capes top the first halves of the yellow cones. A Spindrift's head is just a white sphere with two eyes and a small mouth. In the Nintendo DS remake, Spindrifts' heads have a peach-yellow color, the flowers on their heads are somewhat bigger, they have eyelashes, and their mouths are darker. They can also hover above water in the DS version.
If Mario, Yoshi, Luigi, or Wario jumps on a Spindrift, it releases three coins and the player character spin-jumps in the air. This technique can be used to get to other areas in new ways. Spindrifts appear in both snow courses: Cool, Cool Mountain and Snowman's Land. In the latter course, several of them make their home inside an igloo.
Spindrifts were included in pre-release builds in New Super Mario Bros. but were removed in the final version, where Spin Blocks fulfill their function.
While standard Spindrifts do not appear in Super Mario Odyssey, one of the game's bosses, Torkdrift, is a mechanical Spindrift.
Gallery
A Spindrift in Super Mario 64
A Spindrift in a prototype version of New Super Mario Bros.
Names in other languages
| Language | Name | Meaning | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Japanese | フワフワさん[3] Fuwafuwa-san |
Portmanteau of「フワフワ」(fuwafuwa, "fluffy") and「さん」(san) | |
| Chinese (simplified) | 飘飘花 [4] Piāopiāohuā |
Fluttering Flowers | |
| French | Spindrift[?] | - | |
| German | Propy[?] | From "propeller" with diminutive suffix "-y" | |
| Italian | Spindrift[5] | - | |
| Korean | 둥둥이씨[?] Dungdung-i-ssi |
From 둥둥 (dungdung, "floating"); 이 and 씨 are honorific terms |
Trivia
- The Japanese and Korean names for the mission Into the Igloo translate to "Spindrift's Home."
References
- ^ Pelland, Scott, and Dan Owsen (1996). Super Mario 64 Player's Guide. Nintendo of America (American English). Page 10.
- ^ Course 4 - Star 6: Wall Kicks Will Work. Nintendo: Super Mario 64 Strategy. Archived from the original via Wayback Machine. Retrieved May 22, 2024.
- ^ 2015. Super Mario Bros. Hyakka: Nintendo Kōshiki Guidebook, Super Mario 64 section. Shogakukan. Page 86.
- ^ February 4, 2004. Guide posted on forums describing how to beat Mission 4 of Snowman's Land. Archived February 28, 2017, 01:01:09 UTC from the original via Wayback Machine. Retrieved July 27, 2018.
- ^ Super Mario Bros. Enciclopedia. Page 86.
