Satellite
| Satellite | |||
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 Artwork from Super Mario Land 2: 6 Golden Coins | |||
| First appearance | Super Mario Land 2: 6 Golden Coins (1992) | ||
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Satellites[1][2] are obstacles in Super Mario Land 2: 6 Golden Coins. These spinning spiked objects appear in the final stage of the Mario Zone only. Satellites are almost entirely invincible and spin around spheres similarly to a Roto-Disc or its Super Mario Land counterpart (with Perfect Ban Mario Character Daijiten even suggesting that the satellites might be a mechanical version of the former),[3] though they are a bit slower. They can be defeated only by running into them while invincible.
Profiles and statistics[edit]
Perfect Ban Mario Character Daijiten[edit]
| グルグリ (JP) / Satellite (EN) | |||
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| Original text (Japanese) | Translation | ||
| メカ |
Tribe | Mecha clan | |
| まじめ | Disposition | Serious | |
| ランド2 | Game appearances | Land 2 | |
| メカ タマのまわりを、クルグルとまわっているだけのおじゃまキャラ。クッキー（P67）に、 |
Is it a mechanical version of Roto-Disc? This is a character that just goes around and around the balls in a circle. They are similar to Roto-Discs (p. 67) in both movement and personality. It is also difficult to avoid them when they appear in large numbers. | ||
Gallery[edit]
Sprite from Super Mario Land 2: 6 Golden Coins
Mario near a satellite
Names in other languages[edit]
| Language | Name | Meaning | Notes |
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| Japanese | グルグリ[4] Guruguri |
From「グルグル」(guruguru, onomatopoeia for spinning) and possibly「ちくり」(chikuri, "prickling") | |
| French | Pointor[?] | - | |
| German | Guruguri[?] | - | |
| Italian | Satellite[5] | - |
References[edit]
- ^ "Duck to avoid the sharp satellite and hit the block for a Fire Flower." – December 1992. Nintendo Power Volume 43. Nintendo of America (American English). Page 48.
- ^ Super Mario Land 2: 6 Golden Coins entry on the official Mario Portal. nintendo.co.jp (English). Retrieved August 13, 2022. (Archived August 13, 2022, 13:51:45 UTC via archive.today.)
- ^ a b 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 74.
- ^ 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 15.
- ^ November 15, 2018. Super Mario Bros. Enciclopedia. Magazzini Salani (Italian). ISBN 889367436X. Page 75.
