Skeleton Bee
| Skeleton Bee | |||
|---|---|---|---|
 Artwork from Super Mario Land 2: 6 Golden Coins | |||
| First appearance | Super Mario Land 2: 6 Golden Coins (1992) | ||
| Variant of | Beebee | ||
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A Skeleton Bee[1] is an enemy in Super Mario Land 2: 6 Golden Coins. Skeleton Bees are encountered in the Tree Zone level Honeybees only, like with Beebee and Bigbee. Skeleton Bees are tougher than their non-skeletal counterparts, as they can come back to life after Mario defeats them. Doing a Spin Jump or using a Star is the only way to defeat them permanently. Also like their counterparts, they appear out of the hives in the background and move very slowly. In official artwork, they appear to have a normal, non-skeletal body and carry spears; however, in gameplay, the bottom half is able to be seen through as if they are completely composed of bones and do not carry spears at all. They are undead ancestors of Beebees.[2]
Profiles and statistics
Super Mario Land 2: 6 Golden Coins
- Instruction booklet description:
- English:
This bee has become a skeleton. Even if Mario stomps on this boney bumblebee, it'll come back to life.[1]
- English:
Perfect Ban Mario Character Daijiten
| ガイゴ (JP) / Skeleton Bee (EN) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
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| Original text (Japanese) | Translation | ||
| ゴースト |
Tribe | Ghost clan | |
| しつこい | Disposition | Persistent | |
| ランド２ | Game appearances | Land 2 | |
ビービー（Ｐ１６７）たちのご |
Maybe it's just better to be able to step on it. Ancestor of Beebees (p. 167) and others. Their attack pattern is similar to that of Beebees, but like ghosts, they quickly come back to life even if you jump on them. Spin-Jumping is an effective way to defeat them. | ||
Gallery
Artwork from Super Mario Land 2: 6 Golden Coins
Sprite from Super Mario Land 2: 6 Golden Coins
Skeleton Bees flying in an "O" formation.
A "defeated" Skeleton Bee.
The ? Block can be seen through the Skeleton Bee's body.
Names in other languages
| Language | Name | Meaning | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Japanese | ガイコツバチ[3][4] Gaikotsubachi |
Skeleton-Bee | |
| ガイゴ[2][5] Gaigo |
From the above, but with「コ」voiced | ||
| French | Abeille-Squelette[6] | Skeleton-Bee | |
| German | Knochen-Biene | Bone Bee | |
| Italian | Skeleton Bee[7][8] | - | |
| Skelape[9] | Portmanteau of scheletro ("skeleton") and ape ("bee") | ||
| Spanish | Abeja Ósea | Bone Bee |
References
- ^ a b 1992. Super Mario Land 2: 6 Golden Coins instruction booklet. Nintendo of America (American English). Page 13.
- ^ a b c 1994. 「パーフェクト版 マリオキャラクター大事典」(Perfect Ban Mario Character Daijiten). Shogakukan (Japanese). Page 50.
- ^ Nintendo (1992). Super Mario Land 2: 6-tsu no Kinka instruction booklet. Nintendo (Japanese). Page 16.
- ^ Japanese Super Mario Land 2: 6-tsu no Kinka entry on the official Mario Portal. nintendo.co.jp (Japanese). Retrieved August 20, 2022. (Archived January 25, 2022, 06:52:34 UTC via archive.today.)
- ^ 1992. 「任天堂公式ガイドブック スーパーマリオランド２ ６つの金貨」(Nintendo Kōshiki Guidebook – Super Mario Land 2: 6 Golden Coins). Shogakukan (Japanese). Page 12.
- ^ 1993. Super Mario Land 2: 6 Golden Coins. Nintendo of Europe (French). Page 57.
- ^ Super Mario Land 2: 6 Golden Coins Italian booklet. Page 13.
- ^ Super Mario Land 2: 6 Golden Coins (Virtual Console) Italian e-manual. Page 13.
- ^ November 15, 2018. Super Mario Bros. Enciclopedia. Magazzini Salani (Italian). ISBN 889367436X. Page 75.
