Spania
| Spania | |||
|---|---|---|---|
 Sprite from Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door | |||
| First appearance | Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door (2004) | ||
| Latest appearance | Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door (Nintendo Switch) (2024) | ||
| Variant of | Spinia | ||
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Spanias are an orange, spiked variation of Spinias. "Spania" is based on a past tense version of "spin," "span." It may additionally be a reference to the country of Spain due to its spikes somewhat resembling the horns of bulls, which are important in Spanish culture. Since they have spikes, Spanias cannot be jumped on, and like other Spinias, they attack by dashing and spinning to ram Mario and his partners.
History
Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door
In Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door and its Nintendo Switch remake, Spanias, like their relatives, are found in Rogueport Underground and floors 1-10 of the Pit of 100 Trials. After Chapter 5 is completed, most of the Spanias in Rogueport Underground are replaced with Koopatrols, Hammer Bros and Magikoopas, though Spanias can still be found in a secret room accessible with Boat Mode. Two Spanias also appear in Chapter 3 as members of the Glitz Pit team The Destructors, who serve as a brief replacement for Bandy Andy and The Hand-It-Overs after they were forcibly "retired." Unlike most groups of related species, Spanias are not stronger or weaker than the main species; instead, the only functional differences between them and Spinias are the spikes on their heads. A stronger, pink version called Spunia also appears.
Unused data reveals what could be another Spania variant (seemingly a rainbow-themed one); this Spania-like creature was supposedly going to be an ally of Luigi, as its sprite could be found next to those of Luigi's other partners.
Super Paper Mario
In Super Paper Mario, Spanias return, unlike the rest of the Spinia family. They appear in Floro Caverns, Castle Bleck, and the Flipside Pit of 100 Trials, with a new, stronger type called Dark Spania appearing in the Flopside Pit of 100 Trials. Due to Spanias being three-dimensional, Flipping into 3D does not prevent Spanias from attacking the player.
Statistics
Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door
GameCube
| Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door enemy | ||||||||
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| Spania | ||||||||
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Max HP | 3 | Attack | 1 | Defense | 0 | ||
| Location(s) | Rogueport Sewers, Glitz Pit, Pit of 100 Trials (Levels 1-3, 6-8) | Role | Common | Level | 8 | |||
| Sleep? | 100% | Dizzy? | 100% | Confuse? | 100% | |||
| Tiny? | 100% | Stop? | 120% | Soft? | 100% | |||
| Burn? | 150% | Freeze? | 100% | Fright? | 110% | |||
| Gale Force? | 110% | KO? | 150% | Moves | Spin (1) | |||
| Exp. points | 0 | Coins | 0 - 1 | Items | Mushroom, Sleepy Sheep, Thunder Bolt, Pretty Lucky, Pretty Lucky P | |||
| Tattle Log #: 48 |
Log | A Spinia with spines on its head. If you stomp on it, you'll take damage. For whatever reasons, it looks really peeved. | ||||||
| Tattle | That's a Spania. A Spinia with spikes on its head. It looks meaner, too. Max HP is 3, Attack is 1, and Defense is 0. So, sorta the same as a Spinia. You oughta watch out for the spikes on its head, but otherwise, just whale on it. I gotta be honest, though, the way that thing spins makes me wanna yack. | |||||||
Nintendo Switch
| Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door enemy | ||||||||
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| Spania | ||||||||
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Max HP | 3 | Attack | 1 | Defense | 0 | ||
| Location(s) | Rogueport Underground, Glitz Pit, Pit of 100 Trials (Levels 1-3, 6-8) | Role | Common | Level | 8 | |||
| Sleep? | 100% | Dizzy? | 100% | Confuse? | 100% | |||
| Tiny? | 100% | Stop? | 120% | Soft? | 100% | |||
| Burn? | 150% | Freeze? | 100% | Fright? | 110% | |||
| Gale Force? | 110% | KO? | 150% | Moves | Spin (1) | |||
| Exp. points | 0 | Coins | 0 - 1 | Items | Mushroom, Sleepy Sheep, Thunder Bolt, Pretty Lucky, Pretty Lucky P | |||
| Tattle Log #: 50 |
Log | A Spinia with spines on its head. If you stomp on it, you'll take damage. For whatever reason, it looks really peeved. | ||||||
| Tattle | That's a Spania. A Spinia with spikes on its head. It looks meaner too. Max HP is 3, Attack is 1, and Defense is 0. So, sorta the same as a Spinia. You oughta watch out for the spikes on its head, but otherwise, just whale on it. I gotta be honest, though, the way that thing spins makes me wanna yack. | |||||||
Super Paper Mario
| Super Paper Mario enemy | |||||||||
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| Spania | |||||||||
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Max HP | 6 | Role | Common | Location(s) | Floro Caverns (5-3 and 5-4), Castle Bleck Inner Sanctum (8-4), Flipside Pit of 100 Trials (Rooms 53 and 84) | |||
| Attack | 1 | Card type | Common | ||||||
| Defense | 0 | Items | Keel Mango, Mystery Box | Card location(s) | Card Shop; Catch Card/SP; Chapter 5-3: Found in a small 3D-accessible area under the blocks leading to Monzo. | ||||
| Score | 400 | ||||||||
| Card description | This horned beast will charge right at you. Stay light on your feet or you'll be skewered! | ||||||||
| List of Catch Cards 75 76 77 |
Tattle | That odd, horned creature is called a Spania. Its Max HP is 6 and Attack is 1. Those horns will ruin your day if you try to stomp it... If it sees you, it'll come at you, even if you have flipped to another dimension... It might be better to avoid this unpleasant beast altogether... | |||||||
Gallery
The unused rainbow Spania from Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door
Names in other languages
| Language | Name | Meaning | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Japanese | ハンニャー[?] Hannyā |
Pun on「般若」(Hannya, a type of mask used in Noh theater) or「板」(han, "plank" or "board" in on'yomi reading) and「ヒンニャー」(Hinnya, "Spinia") | |
| Chinese | 板喵[?] Bǎn Miāo |
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| French | Hanya[?] | From the Japanese name | |
| German | Megasproing[?] | Mega Spinia | |
| Italian | Lanterlan[?] | From lanterna ("lantern") | |
| Korean | 마탈[?] Matal |
From "魔" (ma, "devil") and "탈" (tal, "mask") | |
| Spanish | Farolán[?] | From farol ("lantern") and possibly the Old Irish diminutive suffix -án |
