Beetles Are Us
- “Welcome to "Beetles Are Us"! If this is your first time, you need to pay an initiation fee.”
- —Snifit, Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars
Beetles Are Us is a store that buys beetles in Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars and its Nintendo Switch remake. Its name comes from Toys "R" Us and its spinoff brands. It is seated in Seaside Town and is run by a Snifster. Beetles Are Us is the "biggest beetle market in the known world."[1] Mario cannot buy beetles here; however, he can catch some at Booster Hill and sell them to Beetles Are Us. To begin, Mario must first buy a Beetle Box for 50 coins, with an additional 100-coin fee if it is his first time. Mario must then go to Booster Hill and catch beetles while running down the hill in the Beetle Race minigame. After catching beetles, Mario is paid money depending on how many and what kinds of beetles he caught. Regular female beetles are worth 1 coin, regular male beetles are worth 50 coins, and golden beetles are worth 1 Frog Coin each.
Once Mario has turned in his beetles, he must rent another Beetle Box to continue catching beetles.
Names in other languages
| Language | Name | Meaning | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Japanese | カブト Kabutomushi Kaitori Sentā |
Beetle Buying Center | |
| Chinese (simplified) | 独角仙收购中心[?] Dú jiǎo xiān shōugòu zhōngxīn |
Beetle Buying Center | |
| Chinese (traditional) | 獨角仙收購中心[?] Dú jiǎo xiān shōugòu zhōngxīn |
Beetle Buying Center | |
| Dutch | keverspeciaalzaak[?] | beetle specialty store | |
| French (NOA) | Scarabées en vrac[?] | Beetles in bulk | |
| French (NOE) | maison du Scarabée[?] | Beetle house | |
| German | Käferbörse[?] | Beetle exchange | |
| Italian | Bazaar (Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars)[3] Casa dello scarabeo (Super Mario RPG) |
- Beetle house |
|
| Korean | 장수풍뎅이 매입 센터[?] Jangsupungdeng-i Maeib Senteo |
Beetle Buying Center | |
| Spanish | Bazar del Escarabajo[4][5] | Beetle Bazaar |
Trivia
- In the Japanese version, the unnamed Snifit is under the employ of someone only referred to as「社長」(shachō, president), implied to be Booster. This is completely erased from the English version outside of a vague reference to another person in the Snifit's line, "We run a beetle business here." The other languages in the remake restore this mention.
References
- ^ Pelland, Scott, and Kent Miller. Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars Player's Guide. Page 63.
- ^ Super Mario RPG Japanese instruction booklet, page 19.
- ^ Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars, Italian e-manual, pag. 12
- ^ https://youtu.be/YM37Pemv1XI?si=x7ci6pmYeWuJUwjG&t=2110
- ^ https://youtu.be/TGYEUSXD1ag?si=TJYDtW39ZLJF61LB&t=14557
