Koopa Striker
| Koopa Striker | |||
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 Sprite from Super Paper Mario | |||
| First appearance | Super Paper Mario (2007) | ||
| Variant of | Koopa | ||
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- “Your Crabbiness! Are you leaving us?”
- —Koopa Striker, Super Paper Mario
A Koopa Striker is a species of Koopa introduced in Super Paper Mario. A Koopa Striker has large, orange eyebrows and a similar body shape to a Koopa Troopa. They wear soccer uniforms and have black and white checkered shells, with the color scheme and pattern of a soccer ball. Its name may refer to the striker position used in soccer.
Koopa Strikers attack by placing a shell on the ground, then kicking it at any and all assailants. They guard the area around Bowser's castle in The Bitlands along with other Koopas, and appear in the Flipside Pit of 100 Trials. A Koopa Striker is also seen in the minigame Hammer Whacker; he launches giant shells at Mario, Peach, Bowser, or Luigi.
They are similar in concept to the Blue Koopas without shells of Super Mario World, which kick empty shells at Mario.
Profiles and statistics[edit]
Super Paper Mario[edit]
| Super Paper Mario enemy | |||||||||
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| Koopa Striker | |||||||||
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Max HP | 8 | Role | Common | Location(s) | The Bitlands (3-1), Flipside Pit of 100 Trials (Room 43) | |||
| Attack | 2 | Card type | Common | ||||||
| Defense | 1 | Items | Card location(s) | Card Shop; Catch Card/SP | |||||
| Score | 300 | ||||||||
| Card description | This Koopa Striker kicks for the love of the game. It's luxurious eyebrows are... Wait a sec... GOOOAAAALLLL! | ||||||||
| List of Catch Cards 37 38 39 |
Tattle | It's a Koopa Striker. It takes good shell control to make the Koopa Striker team... Max HP is 8. Attack is 2. Defense is 1. It can kick shells all day... It's very proud of its strong and accurate kicks...and its shiny shell! "An eye for an eye, a shell for a shell!" Try to trap its shell and send it back... | |||||||
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Names in other languages[edit]
| Language | Name | Meaning | Notes |
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| Japanese | コウラシューター[?] Kōra Shūtā |
Shell Shooter | |
| French | Koopattaquant[?] | Pun on "Koopa" and attaquant (attacker, striker) | |
| German | Koopa-Stürmer[?] | Koopa + Stürmer means "attacker" in soccer-language | |
| Italian | Koopa Bomber[?] | Bomber Koopa | |
| Korean | 등껍질슈터[?] Deungkkeopjil Syuteo |
Shell Shooter | |
| Spanish | Koopa Pichichi[?] | Pichichi means "goalscorer" |
| Miscellaneous Koopas | |
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| Characters | Boom Boom • Boss Sumo Bro • Gattai monster • Motley Bossblob • Pom Pom • Tutankoopa |
| Species | Boom Boom • Chargin' Chuck • Dark Striker • Koopa Striker • Shova • Soopa Striker • Sumo Bro • Toopa Striker |
| Relatives | Conkdor • Rocky Wrench • Shellcreeper • Skedaddler • Yoshi |
| Subfamilies | |
| Buzzy Beetles • Hammer Bros. • Koopas • Koopa Troopas (Koopa Paratroopas · Dry Bones) • Lakitus • Magikoopas • Spikes • Spinies | |
