Bullet Biff

Bullet Biff
Artwork from Super Mario Land
First appearance	Super Mario Land (1989)
Latest appearance	Super Mario Bros. Print World (1991)
Variant of	Bullet Bill

Bullet Biffs (originally known as Gira or Gina) are a species of Bullet Bill found in Sarasaland in Super Mario Land. They look like ordinary Bullet Bills but have rockets on their backs. They can be defeated with a single stomp, earning Mario 400 points. They are found only in the last two kingdoms: the Easton Kingdom and Chai Kingdom. Bullet Biffs are fired out of Turtle Cannon-like objects known as Pipe Cannons, which pop out of pipes in intervals much like a Piranha Plant. The Bullet Biff that comes from a launchpad travels with a perfectly straight trajectory as usual, but it also moves at a higher speed than an average Bullet Bill. Pipe Cannons can be used as a stepping stone to reach high areas. Bullet Biffs are also fired from Roketons if they are passed by, where they are shot diagonally towards Mario's direction.

In the Super Mario Land manga, Bullet Biffs appear in the third and fourth chapters. In the third chapter, they are shot by a Gatling gun by Hiyoihoi, in an attempt to kill Mario and the rivaling Kumos and Sue. In the fourth chapter, Bullet Biffs are shot by Pipe Cannons, hitting Mecha Kuribō's propeller-antennas.

Profiles

Super Mario Land

• Instruction booklet: Gira is a missile that takes off straight from a launch pad. Mario can defeat it by stepping on it.
• 3DS Virtual Console manual bio: Bullet Biff is a determined missile that launches in a straight line. Defeat it by stomping on it from above.

Perfect Ban Mario Character Daijiten

ギラー (JP) / Bullet Biff (EN)
	Original text (Japanese)		Translation
	種族しゅぞく	ウエポン族	Tribe	Weapon clan
	性格せいかく	おばれんぼう	Disposition	Good-for-nothing
	登場とうじょうゲーム	ランド1	Game appearances	Land 1
	初代キラーのそっくりさん ギラーの動きは、マりオ1のキラーの動きにそっくり。発射台から打ち出されると、一直線に飛んでいく。もちろんキラーの一族らしく、上から踏めば倒すことができるぞ。		First Bullet Bill look-alike Bullet Biff's movement resembles that of the Bullet Bill in Mario 1. When launched from the launching pad, they fly in a straight line. Of course, like the Bullet Bill family, they can be defeated by stepping on them from above.

Gallery

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  Sprite from Super Mario Land

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  Sprite of a Pipe Cannon from Super Mario Land

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  Artwork from Super Mario Land

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  Super Mario Bros. Print World

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  A commercial for Game Boy introduced by Mani

Names in other languages

Language	Name	Meaning	Notes
Japanese	ギラー Girā	The voiced version of「キラー」(Kirā, "Bullet Bill")
Dutch	Gira	-
French	Gira	-
German	Gira[?]	-
Italian	Gira	-
Spanish	Bullet Biff[?]	-