Purple Puncher

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Purple Puncher
Purple Puncher artwork for Luigi's Mansion (GCN/3DS)
Artwork from Luigi's Mansion
First appearance Luigi's Mansion (2001)
Latest appearance WarioWare: Get It Together! (2021)
Variant of Ghost
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Purple Punchers, also known as Pink Mapu[1] or bashers,[1] are the second species of normal ghosts Luigi encounters in Luigi's Mansion and its remake, where they are encountered in the Storage Room, Armory, Anteroom, the Laundry Room, Cellar, the Sealed Room, and The Artist's Studio, and in the Kitchen, Nursery, Conservatory, Balcony (3F), the Fortune-teller's Room, Nana's Room, and the Telephone Room during the blackout. They are also encountered in the Parlor, the Kitchen, the Safari Room, the Pipe Room, the Roof, the Anteroom, the Laundry Room, Cellar, the Sealed Room, and The Artist's Studio in the PAL and 3DS Hidden Mansion, and in the Nursery, Conservatory, Balcony (3F), the Fortune-teller's Room, Nana's Room, and the Telephone Room during the blackout in the PAL and 3DS Hidden Mansion. As the name implies, these ghosts try to damage Luigi by giving a left or right hook to him; 10 HP is lost for each successful uppercut punch. Luigi can stun Purple Punchers with his flashlight, and then suck them in with his Poltergust 3000. They can also be hurt by any of the three elements. Though Purple Punchers do not appear in any later installments of the Luigi's Mansion series, Hiders from Luigi's Mansion: Dark Moon, and Oozers from Luigi's Mansion 3 behave similarly to them.

In an earlier version of Luigi's Mansion, Purple Punchers had 30 HP each. However, this was changed to 20 HP in the final version for unknown reasons, but was kept at 30 HP in the PAL and 3DS Hidden Mansion. This pre-release screenshot can be seen on page 19 of the Luigi's Mansion instruction booklet.[2]

Purple Punchers make a few minor appearances in other games of the Super Mario franchise. In Mario Power Tennis, Purple Punchers appear in the Luigi's Mansion court and Terror Tennis minigame. In Mario Sports Mix, Purple Punchers make their debut spectators to the many sporting events, and they can also be assistants to the players in the Luigi's Mansion stage. Mario Kart Arcade GP 2 and Mario Hoops 3-on-3 also feature differently colored Purple Punchers. In the former, blue Purple Punchers appear, while in the latter, turquoise ones appear.

In Super Smash Bros. Brawl and Super Smash Bros. for Wii U, a Purple Puncher, along with a Gold Ghost and a Blue Twirler, appear together on a trophy of Ghosts from Luigi's Mansion.

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Luigi's Mansion (Nintendo 3DS)[edit]

  • In-game description
    • English:
      A swift pink ghost who uses uppercuts to hurt foes.

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Names in other languages[edit]

Language Name Meaning Notes
Japanese マプー[?]
Mapū 		Possibly from "magenta" and「プー」(pū, Japanese onomatopoeic word meaning "poof"); likely related to the noise they make upon spawning
French (NOE) Cogneur mauve[?] Purple puncher
German Purpur-Schläger[?] Purple Puncher
Italian Spaccone viola[?] Purple Slammer
Spanish (NOA) Golpeador Púrpura[?] Purple Puncher
Spanish (NOE) Bravucón morado[?] -

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b Loe, Casey (November 19, 2001). Luigi's Mansion Perfect Guide. Versus Books (American English). ISBN 1-931886-00-8. Page 16.
  2. ^ 2001. Luigi's Mansion instruction booklet. Nintendo of America (American English). Page 19.
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