Sprite Bulb

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Sprite Bulb
Sprite Bulb artwork from Mario & Luigi: Brothership
First appearance Mario & Luigi: Brothership (2024)
Latest appearance Super Mario Run (version 3.2.3, cameo) (2024)
Variants

Sprite Bulbs are spirits or fairies that thrive on Connectar energy that appear in Mario & Luigi: Brothership. Their bodies are full of Lumenade, which is used to create Battle Plugs. They are yellow with light bulb-shaped bodies, black eyes, and white wings on their back. Sprite Bulbs are found by pulling them out of glowing bushes in the field and then collecting them as they fly around. Luigi can use Luigi Logic to catch them faster. Some Sprite Bulb bushes only appear at later points in the game.

Sprite Bulbs have three sizes. Smaller ones give one Lumenade, medium-sized ones give three Lumenade, and larger ones give ten Lumenade.

When Sprite Bulbs are cut off from their Connectar stimulus, they become Spite Bulbs which are used to create Glohm. Gobblick, Sharpcask, and Pipegunk each swallow Spite Bulbs to power themselves up, and when they are defeated, the Spite Bulbs revert to regular Sprite Bulbs. Spite Bulbs look like regular Sprite Bulbs, but their bodies and wings are red, and they have white angry eyes and a spike on top.

Gallery

Naming

"Sprite Bulb" is a portmanteau of "sprite" (a word for fairy) and "lightbulb".

Names in other languages

Language Name Meaning Notes
Japanese コネリー[1]
Konerī
Portmanteau of「コネクタル」(Konekutaru, "Connectar") and「フェアリー」(fearī, "fairy")
Chinese (simplified) 柯连力[2]
Kēliánlì
Portmanteau of「柯连库塔鲁」(Kēliánkùtǎlǔ, "Connectar") and「电力」(diànlì, "electricity")
Chinese (traditional) 柯連力[3]
Kēliánlì
Portmanteau of「柯連庫塔魯」(Kēliánkùtǎlǔ, "Connectar") and「電力」(diànlì, "electricity")
Dutch Peertje[?] Diminutive of peer ("lightbulb")
French (NOA) Ampollets[4] Portmanteau of ampoule ("lightbulb") and feu follet ("Will-o'-the-wisp")
French (NOE) Farfaday[5][6] Portmanteau of "farfadet" and "Faraday"
German Deutlicht[7] Portmanteau of deutlich ("articulate") and Licht ("light")
Italian Luminello[8][9] From either a contraction of illuminare ("to enlighten") or "luminaria" and the diminutive suffix "-ello"
Korean 커넬리[10] ?
Portuguese Lampalume[11] Portmanteau of vagalume ("firefly") and lâmpada ("lightbulb")
Spanish (NOA) Dulchispa[12] Portmanteau of dulce ("sweet") and chispa ("spark")
Spanish (NOE) Fulga[13] From fulgir ("to glow")

References

  1. ^ コネリー いっぱい集まってきたな!」– Snoutlet. Mario & Luigi: Brothership. Nintendo (Japanese).
  2. ^ "已经收集到很多柯连力了呢!" – Snoutlet. Mario & Luigi: Brothership. Nintendo (Simplified Chinese).
  3. ^ 已經收集到很多柯連力了呢!」– Snoutlet. Mario & Luigi: Brothership. Nintendo (Traditional Chinese).
  4. ^ "On a réussi à trouver une bonne quantité d'Ampollets!" – Snoutlet. Mario & Luigi: Brothership. Nintendo (Canadian French).
  5. ^ "On a récupéré un joli paquet de Farfadays !" – Toad. Mario & Luigi: Brothership. Nintendo (French).
  6. ^ LE GRAND RETOUR !! MARIO & LUIGI L'ÉPOPÉE FRATERNELLE #01. By Kirbendo - Let's Play on YouTube. Retrieved on January 1st, 2025.
  7. ^ "Wir haben einen Haufen Deutlichter gesammelt!" – Snoutlet. Mario & Luigi: Brothership. Nintendo (German).
  8. ^ "Abbiamo messoink da parte un po' di Luminelli!" – Toad. Mario & Luigi: Brothership. Nintendo (Italian).
  9. ^ Mario & Luigi: Fraternauti alla carica - LIVE #1. By Mariuigi Khed on YouTube. Retrieved on December 24, 2024.
  10. ^ "커넬리가 잔뜩 모였어!" – Snoutlet. Mario & Luigi: Brothership. Nintendo (Korean).
  11. ^ "A gente conseguiu um monte de lampalumes!" – Snoutlet. Mario & Luigi: Brothership. Nintendo (Portuguese).
  12. ^ "¡Conseguimos un montón de dulchispas!" – Snoutlet. Mario & Luigi: Brothership. Nintendo (Latin American Spanish).
  13. ^ "¡Hemos conseguido un buen montón de fulgas!" – Snoutlet. Mario & Luigi: Brothership. Nintendo (European Spanish).