Croco
| Croco | |
|---|---|
 Artwork from Super Mario RPG (Nintendo Switch) | |
| First appearance | Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars (1996) |
| Latest appearance | Super Mario RPG (Nintendo Switch) (2023) |
- “Heh, heh...I've got a bomb...! Never leave home without 'em.”
- —Croco, Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars
Croco is a purple, anthropomorphic crocodile bandit from Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars and the remake. His name is a clipping of "crocodile". He is a recurring villain in the game who is always stealing things from other people.
Mario first sees Croco being chased by Mallow. When Croco escapes, Mallow starts to cry, and a rainstorm begins. Mario talks to Mallow, who says that Croco stole his grandpa Frog Sage's Frog Coin that Mallow was supposed to trade for a Cricket Pie. Mario agrees to get the Frog Coin back for Mallow and Mallow joins Mario. They move on to Bandit's Way, where they spot Croco. They chase him, until he hops on blocks to get past the area with boulders blocking the paths. He claims he is "still 100 miles ahead", so Mario and Mallow continue to chase him through Bandit's Way until they hit a dead end. Croco goes into hiding. Mario and Mallow sneak behind him thrice to shock him. Just before Croco is able to run for a fourth time, Mallow yells at him to stop running. Croco claims he will give the coin back, but instead attacks.
In battle, Croco attacks by ramming into a party member or throwing a bomb. He is weak to fire and, the first time he is hit with a fire attack such as Fireball, his tail catches on fire and he wastes a turn trying to put it out. At low HP, he uses a Weird Mushroom to heal, and after enough damage is dealt to Croco, Mallow again runs up to him and scolds him, threatening to give another belting to him if the coin is not returned. Croco gives it to the duo, hops around with anger, and leaves.
When Mario, Mallow, and Geno jump on a trampoline in the Mole Mines that is supposed to be an exit, Mario hits the ceiling of the mines and faints. Croco and a trio of Crooks then proceed to steal all of Mario's coins. After chasing Croco again, Mario, Mallow, and Geno battle him. In this fight, Croco throws bombs more frequently, and his tail no longer catches on fire. Halfway through the battle, Croco steals all of the party's items and his bomb-throwing attack is replaced with Monster Toss. The stolen items are returned and Croco drops a Microbomb at the end of the fight.
Croco makes a small appearance in Nimbus Land where Mario catches him looting houses and scares him off, causing Croco to drop a Signal Ring in the original game, and an Echo Signal Ring in the remake.
Croco does not appear again until near the end of the game in Bowser's Keep. This time he sells the player items and gives advice.
In the ending sequence of the game, Croco is seen racing in the Mushroom Derby against Yoshi. Though he loses this race, he is consoled by the bystander Boshi and the two walk off together.
Profiles and statistics[edit]
Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars[edit]
| Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars enemy | |||||||||
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| Croco | |||||||||
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HP | 320 | FP | 12 | Speed | 16 | |||
| Location(s) | Bandit's Way | Attack | 25 | Magic attack | 30 | ||||
| Role | Boss | Defense | 25 | Magic defense | 18 | ||||
| Bonus Flower | None | Yoshi Cookie | None | Morph rate | 0% | ||||
| Evade | 20% | Magic evade | 0% | Spells | Weird Mushroom (HP < 100) | ||||
| Weak | Fire | Strong | Critical | Sp. attacks | Bomb Toss | ||||
| Coins | 10 | Exp. points | 16 | Items | Flower Tab (25%), Flower Tab (5%) | ||||
| Psychopath | "Gosh, I'm good!" | ||||||||
| Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars enemy | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Croco (Coal Mines) | |||||||||
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HP | 750 | FP | 12 | Speed | 20 | |||
| Location(s) | Coal Mines | Attack | 52 | Magic attack | 27 | ||||
| Role | Boss | Defense | 50 | Magic defense | 50 | ||||
| Bonus Flower | None | Yoshi Cookie | None | Morph rate | 0% | ||||
| Evade | 20% | Magic evade | 0% | Spells | None | ||||
| Weak | Fire | Strong | Sleep, Critical | Sp. attacks | Chomp, "Bomb Toss" | ||||
| Coins | 50 | Exp. points | 30 | Items | Flower Box (25%) | ||||
| Psychopath | "Ooh! I'm good!" | ||||||||
Super Mario RPG (Nintendo Switch)[edit]
| Super Mario RPG enemy | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Croco | |||||||||
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HP | 320 | Weak Elements | 
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Drops | Flower Tab | |||
| Exp. | 16 | Weak Statuses |   
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Rare Drops | N/A | ||||
| Found in | Bandit's Way | ||||||||
| Monster List profile | He doesn't actually realize the value of Mallow's grandpa's coin. He just thought Mallow looked like an easy mark. | ||||||||
| Thought Peek | "Gosh, I'm good!" | ||||||||
| Animations | |||||||||
| Super Mario RPG enemy | |||||||||
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| Croco (Mole Mines) | |||||||||
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HP | 750 | Weak Elements |
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Drops | Flower Box | |||
| Exp. | 30 | Weak Statuses |
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Rare Drops | N/A | ||||
| Found in | Mole Mines | ||||||||
| Monster List profile | Before he knew it, the three fledgling thieves he met in Rose Way looked to him as a leader. They've since had many successful escapes as a gang. | ||||||||
| Thought Peek | "Ooh! I'm good!" | ||||||||
| Animations | |||||||||
- Website description:
- Japanese:
各地で盗みを働いている、シルクハットをかぶったワニ。とても逃げ足が速く、あっという間に逃げてしまう。
「ミーを つかまえような～んて‥‥ １００ねん はやいデ～ス！」
(Translation: A crocodile wearing a silk hat that steals from various places. He is very fast and escapes in the blink of an eye.
"At this rate it'll take ya...100 more years to catch me!")
- Japanese:
Gallery[edit]
Artwork from Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars
Sprite from Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars
Croco in the Nintendo Switch remake
Croco's tail on fire in the remake
Names in other languages[edit]
| Language | Name | Meaning | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Japanese | クロコ[?] Kuroko |
Croco | |
| クロコ (１ Kuroko (1-kaime) |
Croco (1st Time) | ||
| Chinese (simplified) | 鳄鳄[?] È è |
Repetition of「鳄」(è, "crocodile") | |
| Chinese (traditional) | 鱷鱷[?] È è |
Repetition of「鱷」(è, "crocodile") | |
| Dutch | Croco[?] | - | |
| French | Croco[?] | - | |
| German | Kroko[?] | Clipping of Krokodil ("crocodile") | |
| Italian | Croco[?] | - | |
| Korean | 크로커[?] Keurokeo |
Croco | |
| Spanish | Croco[?] | - |
- Croco (Mole Mines)
| Language | Name | Meaning | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Japanese | クロコ (２ Kuroko (2-kaime) |
Croco (2nd Time) | |
| クロコ（ドゥカティ炭坑）[?] Kuroko (Dukati Tankō) |
Croco (Mole Mines) | ||
| Chinese (simplified) | 鳄鳄（杜卡提煤矿）[?] È è (Dùkǎtí Méikuàng) |
Croco (Mole Mines) | |
| Chinese (traditional) | 鱷鱷（杜卡提煤礦）[?] È è (Dùkǎtí Méikuàng) |
Croco (Mole Mines) | |
| Dutch | Croco (Mollenmijn)[?] | Croco (Mole Mines) | |
| French | Croco (mines de Taupinie)[?] | Croco (Mole Mines) | |
| German | Kroko (Maulwurfmine)[?] | Croco (Mole Mines) | |
| Italian | Croco (Miniera di Talponia)[?] | Croco (Mole Mines) | |
| Korean | 크로커(두카티 탄광)[?] Keurokeo (Dukati Tangwang) |
Croco (Mole Mines) | |
| Spanish | Croco (mina de Villatopo)[?] | Croco (Mole Mines) |
Trivia[edit]
- According to an "invisible" NPC in Mushroom Kingdom in the SNES version, Croco shamelessly wears crocodile-skin shoes, despite him being a crocodile himself. This description is not in the Japanese version or the Switch remake.
- Croco is similar in personality to Popple, another thief that steals items and is a boss.
References[edit]
- ^ a b 1996. Super Mario RPG Final Edition. Shogakukan (Japanese). ISBN 4091025382. Page 100.
