Bull's-Eye Banzai
- This article is about the Banzai Bill variant. For the kart in Mario Kart Tour, see Bull's-Eye Banzai (kart).
| Bull's-Eye Banzai | |||
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 Model from Super Mario Maker 2 | |||
| First appearance | New Super Mario Bros. Wii (2009) | ||
| Latest appearance | Super Mario Maker 2 (2019) | ||
| Variant of | Bull's-Eye Bill Banzai Bill | ||
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- “The red ones have a homing function. Watch out!”
- —Narrator, Super Mario Maker 2 Direct 5.15.2019
Bull's-Eye Banzais, referred to as Bull's-Eye Bomber Bills on Mario Portal,[1] are red Banzai Bills and a larger variety of Bull's-Eye Bills that debuted in New Super Mario Bros. Wii. They attack by homing in on the player character.
In the Prima Games guidebook produced for New Super Mario Bros. Wii, neither of the Banzai Bills—including the returning black ones[2]—are provided individual names, with both of them instead referred to as "King Bills."[3] This name is shared with another giant Bullet Bill variant introduced in New Super Mario Bros. Wii[4] and the only enemy referred to as a "King Bill" in subsequent games. The name "Bull's-Eye Banzai" was first introduced in Super Mario Maker 2, resulting in this red Banzai Bill enemy being unnamed in English for about a decade.
Similarly-behaving Banzai Bills called Cat Banzai Bills appears in Super Mario 3D World and its Nintendo Switch port Super Mario 3D World + Bowser's Fury.
History
Super Mario series
New Super Mario Bros. Wii
Bull's-Eye Banzais are enemies in New Super Mario Bros. Wii. They are encountered in World 9-3 only. Unlike Missile Bills, they only have a limited homing ability where they will track their target's vertical position and then continue forward once they reach that height. Their animation is very limited as well, always maintaining a horizontal position and never turning to point at their target. A King Bill can be defeated from being stomped or if touched while under the effects of a Star. A Bull's-Eye Banzai cannot be frozen by an ice ball, which will break the ice and release itself when the ice ball reaches it. Likewise, POW Blocks are useless against them.
An unfinished setting exists suggesting some Banzai Bill Cannons would have fired them, something that never occurs during gameplay.
The Bull's-Eye Banzai is the only enemy introduced in New Super Mario Bros. Wii to not appear in New Super Mario Bros. U.
Super Mario Maker 2
Bull's-Eye Banzais appear in Super Mario Maker 2. Unlike previously, they can move a full 360° to track players like the Bull's-Eye Bill, and the marks on their eyes are red, like the normal Banzai Bill, instead of black. In a vein similar to Banzai Bills, Bull's-Eye Banzais also receive new designs for all of the present game styles, consisting of a solid red coloration of the original designs. They are replaced by Cat Banzai Bills in the Super Mario 3D World style. Additionally, Bull's-Eye Banzais in the Super Mario Bros. 3 style have extremely subtle differences in their sprites between day and night, with the night ones having one less vertical line of outline pixels behind the domed area.[5]
Mario Kart Tour
While no actual Bull's-Eye Banzais appear in Mario Kart Tour, the game introduces a red variant to the Bullet Blaster also named the Bull's-Eye Banzai.
Gallery
New Super Mario Bros. Wii
New Super Mario Bros. Wii
Super Mario Maker 2 (Super Mario Bros.-style)
Super Mario Maker 2 (Super Mario Bros. 3-style)
Super Mario Maker 2 (Super Mario World-style)
Names in other languages
| Language | Name | Meaning | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Japanese | マグナムサーチキラー[6] Magunamu Sāchi Kirā |
Banzai Bull's-Eye Bill | |
| Chinese (simplified) | 大追踪炮弹刺客[?] Dà Zhuīzōng Pàodàn Cìkè |
Big Chasing Bullet Bill | |
| Chinese (traditional) | 大追蹤炮彈刺客[?] Dà Zhuīzōng Pàodàn Cìkè |
Big Chasing Bullet Bill | |
| Dutch | Bull's-Eye Banzai Bill[?] | - | |
| French (NOE) | Auto Bill Bourrin[?] | Automatic Brutal Bill | |
| German | Riesen-Verfolgungs-Willi[?] | Banzai Bull's-Eye Bill (literally Giant Chasing Bill, Riesen-Kugelwilli being the name of Banzai Bill and Verfolgungs-Willi being the name of Bull's-Eye Bill) | |
| Volltreffer-Willi[?] | Bull's-Eye Bill (not to be confused with the enemy of the same name, who is called differently in German) | ||
| Italian | Pallottolo Banzai Segugio[?] | Bull's-Eye Banzai Bill (literally Bull's-Eye Banzai Bullet, Pallottolo Segugio is the Italian name of Bull's Eye Bill) | |
| Portuguese | Bala Banzai[?] | Bullet Banzai | |
| Russian | Билл-банзай-яблочко[?] Bill-banzay-yablochko |
Bull's-Eye Banzai Bill (билл-банзай bill-banzay being the name of Banzai Bill and билл-яблочко bill-yablochko being the name of Bull's-Eye Bill) | |
| Spanish (NOA) | Banzai buscablancos[?] | Bull's-Eye Banzai (Bill banzai being the American Spanish names of Banzai Bill, which Bill buscablancos is the American Spanish name of Bull's-Eye Bill) | |
| Spanish (NOE) | Bill Banzai Buscador[?] | Banzai Bull's-Eye Bill (literally Seeker Banzai Bill, Bill Banzai being the European Spanish names of Banzai Bill, while Bill Bala Buscador is the European Spanish name of Bull's-Eye Bill) |
References
- ^ English New Super Mario Bros. Wii entry on the official Mario Portal. nintendo.co.jp (English). Retrieved August 13, 2022. (Archived August 13, 2022, 14:56:56 UTC via archive.today.),
- ^ Bueno. New Super Mario Bros. Wii PRIMA Official Game Guide. Page 16, 138, 142.
- ^ Bueno, Fernando (November 15, 2009). New Super Mario Bros. Wii PRIMA Official Game Guide. Prima Games (American English). ISBN 978-0-307-46592-4. Page 179.
- ^ Bueno. New Super Mario Bros. Wii PRIMA Official Game Guide. Page 189.
- ^ Nintendo Switch - Super Mario Maker 2 - Enemies (SMB3). The Spriters Resource. Retrieved July 6, 2024.
- ^ Sakai, Kazuya (Ambit) et al. (October 19, 2015). Super Mario Bros. Hyakka: Nintendo Kōshiki Guidebook, New Super Mario Bros. Wii section. Shogakukan (Japanese). ISBN 978-4-09-106569-8. Page 146.
