Ant Trooper
| Ant Trooper | |||
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 Artwork fromSuper Mario 3D World | |||
| First appearance | Super Mario 3D World (2013) | ||
| Latest appearance | Super Mario Party Jamboree – Nintendo Switch 2 Edition + Jamboree TV (2025) | ||
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Ant Troopers areenemies introduced inSuper Mario 3D World. They are indigo-coloredants with a pair of bulbous antennae, a striped body, yellow eyes, and red feet.
History[edit]
Super Mario series[edit]
Super Mario 3D World /Super Mario 3D World + Bowser's Fury[edit]
Ant Troopers are enemies inSuper Mario 3D World andits reissue. They are first encountered inAnt Trooper Hill, and Ant Troopers do not appear in many other levels. They attack by marching, sometimes emerging from holes or pipes, and keep walking on walls. They cannot be defeated byjumping, but are vulnerable toGround Pounds,Cat Mario's,Tanooki Mario's andRosalina's attacks, and projectiles as well. Ant Troopers sometimes carry items on their backs, mainlycoins and power-ups.
Big Ant Troopers are an Ant Trooper subspecies. As their name implies, they are larger than common Ant Troopers, and are also rarer. They cannot be defeated by any attack.
Horned Ant Troopers are Ant Troopers wearing an orange helmet with a spike over their body. The helmets prevent their heads from being stomped, making them very similar toSpike Tops, but only if the helmet is facing upward; if they are walking along a vertical surface, they become safe to jump on.
Super Mario Maker 2[edit]
Ant Troopers appear as course elements inSuper Mario Maker 2 in theSuper Mario 3D World level style.Big Ant Troopers andHorned Ant Troopers return as well. When given wings, an Ant Trooper flies in a horizontal line, switching directions when it hits a wall. When given a parachute, an Ant Trooper glides to the ground while flailing its feet. Ant Troopers can be defeated with aSuper Star orBuilder Mario'shammer. They may also walk on Builder Mario'scrates.
Captain Toad: Treasure Tracker[edit]
Ant Troopers return inCaptain Toad: Treasure Tracker and itsports, behaving like they do inSuper Mario 3D World. While interacting with them using the pointer or touch screen, they do not stop like regular enemies. If pointed at for enough time, they reward the player with one coin.
Mario & Luigi: Paper Jam[edit]
InMario & Luigi: Paper Jam, Ant Troopers appear alongside Horned Ant Troopers in battle in theTwinsy Tropics Dungeon and inNeo Bowser Castle during theFinal Smash mission. Regular Ant Troopers are absent in the field. If Horned Ant Troopers take enough damage, they lose their spike helmets, turning them into normal Ant Troopers (despite still being named as Horned Ant Troopers) and lowering their defense. While in this state, they attack the Mario Bros. by dashing into them instead.
Mario Tennis Aces[edit]
Ant Troopers are spectators inBask Ruins inMario Tennis Aces.
Dr. Mario World[edit]
Ant Troopers appear inDr. Mario World as obtainable assistants. When equipped in stage mode, the doctor's skill gauge will further increase by a percentage if four or more viruses are simultaneously eliminated. For example, with a level 3 Ant Trooper (fills skill by 50% more), if a row of four viruses is eliminated with one half-capsule, there will be five objects (four viruses + one half-capsule) eliminated but the skill gauge will fill by 7.5 points: 5 points from the match and 2.5 extra points (50% of 5 points) through this assistant. In versus mode, they grant doctors a chance to cancel an opponent's doctor's skill that targets the user, such as8-bit Dr. Mario's half-capsule lock effect. They are a clear reward bonus for completing the first area ofWorld 12 and appear in the same world's background once an area has been cleared.
Super Mario Party Jamboree[edit]
Ant Troopers reappear inSuper Mario Party Jamboree alongside their horned variants in the minigameTrample-line, where players must jump on the former while avoiding the latter. Both variants can also appear in the minigameWhich Door Has More? in the Koopathlon mode, while Ant Troopers themselves can be seen marching in the background ofKing Bowser's Keep, carrying shiny stones.
Profiles and statistics[edit]
Mario & Luigi: Paper Jam[edit]
| Mario & Luigi: Paper Jam enemy | ||||||||||
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| Horned Ant Trooper (no helmet) | ||||||||||
 | HP | 88 | POW | 132 (114) | Defense | 135 (130) | Speed | 91 | ||
| Role | Common | Type | Normal | Weakness | None | Location(s) | Twinsy Tropics Dungeon,Final Smash | |||
| Level | 22 | Experience | 46 (41) | Coins | 20 | Item drop | Ultra Nut - 3% 1-Up DX - 2% | |||
| Notice: Stats in parentheses are from the game'sEasy Mode. | ||||||||||
Dr. Mario World[edit]
- Stage mode: "Fills skill meter 30%/40%/50%/60%/70% more when four or more viruses are eliminated at the same time."
- Versus mode: "If targeted by opponent's skill, grants 30%/35%/40%/45%/50% chance of canceling skill effects."
Gallery[edit]
Concept art[edit]
Sprites and models[edit]
Screenshots[edit]
Super Mario 3D World
Mario Tennis Aces
Super Mario Maker 2
Super Mario Maker 2
Merchandise[edit]
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Naming[edit]
Internal names[edit]
| Game | File | Name | Meaning |
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| Super Mario 3D World Captain Toad: Treasure Tracker | content/ObjectData/Crawler.szs | Crawler | - |
Names in other languages[edit]
| Language | Name | Meaning | Notes |
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| Japanese | アリへい[1][2] Arihei | Ant Soldier | |
| Chinese(Simplified) | 蚂蚁兵[2] Mǎyǐbīng(Mandarin) Máh'ngáihbīng(Cantonese) | Ant Soldier | |
| Chinese(Traditional) | 螞蟻兵[2] Mǎyǐbīng(Mandarin) Máh'ngáihbīng(Cantonese) | Ant Soldier | |
| Dutch | Ant Trooper[3][2] | - | |
| French | Fourmili[3][4][2] | Portmanteau betweenfourmi ("ant") andmilitaire ("military") | |
| German | Trupp-Krabbel[5][2] | Crawling Trooper | |
| Italian | Formico[3][2] | Faux masculine form offormica ("ant") | |
| Korean | 개미병[2] Gaemibyeong | Ant Soldier | |
| Polish | Ant Trooper[6] | - | |
| Portuguese(Brazilian) | Forminimiga[7] | Portmanteau betweenformiga ("ant") andinimiga ("enemy") | |
| Portuguese(European) | Formilitar[3] | Portmanteau betweenformiga ("ant") andmilitar ("military") | |
| Russian | Муравей-пехотинец[3][2] Muravey-pekhotinets | Ant trooper | |
| Spanish | Hormigoide[8][2] | Fromhormiga ("ant") and the suffix-oide ("-oid"), comparable tohumanoide ("humanoid") |
References[edit]
- ^Sakai, Kazuya (ambit), kikai, Akinori Sao, Junko Fukuda, Kunio Takayama, and Ko Nakahara (Shogakukan), editors (2015). "Super Mario 3D World" in『スーパーマリオブラザーズ百科: 任天堂公式ガイドブック』. Tokyo:Shogakukan (Japanese). ISBN978-4-09-106569-8. Page 225.
- ^abcdefghijIn-game name fromSuper Mario Maker 2 (stored internally under
ReferenceMsg/PartsIconName/Arihei_00). - ^abcdeIn-game name forAnt Trooper Hill fromSuper Mario 3D World (stored internally under
SystemMessage/StageName/CrawlerHillStage). - ^Ardaillon, Joanna, and Victoria Juillard-Huberty, editors (2018). "Super Mario 3D World" inSuper Mario Encyclopedia. Translated by Fabien Nabhan. Toulon:Soleil Productions (French). ISBN978-2-3020-7004-2. Page 225.
- ^Scholz, Sabine, and Benjamin Spinrath, editors (2017). "Super Mario 3D World" inSuper Mario Encyclopedia - Die ersten 30 Jahre : 1985-2015. Translated by Yamada Hirofumi. Hamburg:Tokyopop (German). ISBN978-3-8420-3653-6. Page 225.
- ^2021.Zestawy postaci — seria 4 #71402.LEGO (Polish). (Archived May 29, 2022, 09:47:39 UTC via Wayback Machine.)
- ^"Se cair em uma Forminimiga, você está fora!" – Rules forTrample-line (17 Oct. 2024).Super Mario Party Jamboree byNintendo Cube.Nintendo (Brazilian Portuguese). (Archived 21 Oct. 2024 via YouTube by Enzo Mundo Game.)
- ^Sakai, Kazuya (ambit), kikai, Akinori Sao, Junko Fukuda, Kunio Takayama, and Ko Nakahara (Shogakukan), editors (2017). "Super Mario 3D World" inEnciclopedia Super Mario Bros. 30ª Aniversario. Translated by Gemma Tarrés. Barcelona:Editorial Planeta, S.A. (European Spanish). ISBN978-84-9146-223-1. Page 225.
