Big Buzzy Beetle
| Big Buzzy Beetle | |||
|---|---|---|---|
 Model fromNew Super Mario Bros. U | |||
| First appearance | Super Mario Bros.: Peach-hime Kyūshutsu Dai Sakusen! (1986) | ||
| Latest appearance | Super Mario Maker 2 (2019) | ||
| Variant of | Buzzy Beetle | ||
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Big Buzzy Beetles areenemies introduced inSuper Mario Bros.: Peach-hime Kyūshutsu Dai Sakusen!. Aside from being larger, Big Buzzy Beetles have no discernable differences from regularBuzzy Beetles.
History[edit]
Super Mario Bros.: Peach-hime Kyūshutsu Dai Sakusen![edit]
InSuper Mario Bros.: Peach-hime Kyūshutsu Dai Sakusen!, a large Buzzy Beetle appears during a walking montage scene. It walks forward with a smaller Buzzy Beetle behind it. However,Mario uses the power of theflower he had recently acquired to throw afireball at it. This defeats the Buzzy Beetle, although Buzzy Beetles are impervious to fireballs in the games.
Paper Mario series[edit]
Paper Mario: Sticker Star[edit]
| Sticker Star enemy | |
|---|---|
| Big Buzzy Beetle | |
 | |
| Location(s) | Hither Thither Hill |
| Role | Mini-boss (optional) |
| Max HP | 40 |
| Attack | 3 |
| Defense | ∞ |
| Moves | Shell Toss (3), Reverse Shell Toss (4) |
| Stickers | N/A |
Making their game debut inPaper Mario: Sticker Star, one Big Buzzy Beetle acts as a mini-boss ofHither Thither Hill.Mario must defeat it to continue his adventure. In battle, the Big Buzzy Beetle can go into its shell and ram into Mario, just like normal Buzzy Beetles. However, the Big Buzzy Beetle is impervious to all attacks (except forIce Flowers, which will damage it), with its only weak spot being its underbelly. The boss must be flipped over by either successfully jumping on it or by using aPOW Blocksticker. When it is upside-down, the Big Buzzy Beetle can ram into Mario again and bring itself up. It has 40HP, and drops anHP-Up Heart upon defeat. It is also the only optional boss in the game.
Paper Mario: Color Splash[edit]
A single Big Buzzy Beetle appears inPaper Mario: Color Splash, serving as theBuzzy Beetle Tower base inthe Emerald Circus. It can be flipped over by using a POW Blockcard.
Super Mario series[edit]
New Super Mario Bros. U[edit]
Big Buzzy Beetles are enemies inNew Super Mario Bros. U. They act as both enemies and platforms. Mario can jump and stand on top of a Big Buzzy Beetle's shell while it is floating onlava when it rises, showing them to be immune to lava. When not floating on lava and when it is not stomped on, it just retreats into the shell. Big Buzzy Beetles are encountered inRising Tides of Lava, and they are one of the few enemies that do not reappear inNew Super Luigi U.
Super Mario Maker /Super Mario Maker for Nintendo 3DS /Super Mario Maker 2[edit]
Big Buzzy Beetles are present yet again inSuper Mario Maker,Super Mario Maker for Nintendo 3DS, andSuper Mario Maker 2. The player can enlarge a normal Buzzy Beetle with aSuper Mushroom, and thus the implication of Big Buzzy Beetles within the game. Big Buzzy Beetles are no longer immune to lava like inNew Super Mario Bros. U; they simply sink into the lava to be consistent with other enemies.
Unused appearances[edit]
Sprites found in prototype revisions ofSuper Mario World include sprites for large Buzzy Beetles, but it is not included in the final game in any way.[1]
A giant Buzzy Beetle appears as anunused enemy inNew Super Mario Bros. Wii, suggesting that they were going to appear during gameplay, but were either never implemented into any level or removed before the final release. However, it acts somewhat buggy. It is not affected by gravity, andFireballs orPenguin Mario's slide attack phase right through it; the only way to actually defeat it is with aPOW Block.[2]
Gallery[edit]
Names in other languages[edit]
The contemporaneous name for each language is listed first. Subsequent names are listed in chronological order for each language, from oldest to newest, and have the media with which they are associated in the "Notes" column. Names exclusive to localizations of theSuper Mario Bros. Encyclopedia are not prioritized due toconcerns about circular reporting, and are only listed first for their respective languages if they are the only ones available.
| Language | Name | Meaning | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Japanese | でかメット[3][4] Deka Metto | BigBuzzy Beetle | |
| Chinese(Simplified) | 巨型钢盔甲虫[3] Jùxíng Gāngkuī Jiǎchóng(Mandarin) | Giant Buzzy Beetle | |
| Chinese(Traditional) | 大鋼盔龜[3] Dà Gāngkuīguī(Mandarin) Daaih Gongkwāigwāi(Cantonese) | Big Buzzy Beetle | |
| French(Canadian) | Blindule géant[3] | Giant Buzzy Beetle | |
| French(European) | Maxi-Bruyinsecte[3] | Contraction of "maximum" withBruyinsecte ("Buzzy Beetle") | |
| Maxi Bruyinsecte[sic][5] | Super Mario Bros. Encyclopedia | ||
| German | Maxi-Käfer[3] | Contraction of "maximum" withKäfer ("Buzzy Beetle") | |
| Riesen-Käfer[6] | Big Buzzy Beetle | Super Mario Bros. Encyclopedia | |
| Italian | Nella gigante[3] | Giant Buzzy Beetle | |
| Mega Nella[7]:210 | Mega Buzzy Beetle | Super Mario Bros. Encyclopedia | |
| Nella Gigante[7]:214 | Giant Buzzy Beetle | ||
| Korean | 점보하잉바[3] Jeombo Haingba | Jumbo Buzzy Beetle | |
| Spanish(Latin American) | Gran Buzzy[3] | Giant Buzzy Beetle | |
| Spanish(European) | Gran Buzzy Beetle[3] | Giant Buzzy Beetle |
References[edit]
- ^IsoFrieze (July 24, 2020).now that is a big buzzy[sic].X (English). Retrieved August 6, 2024.
- ^https://tcrf.net/New_Super_Mario_Bros._Wii/Unused_Objects#Giant_Buzzy_Beetle
- ^abcdefghijIn-game name displayed during battle formPaper Mario: Sticker Star. (Stored internally as
enemy_name_DMTwithinmessages[language]\Enemy.msbt.) - ^Sakai, Kazuya (ambit), kikai, Akinori Sao, Junko Fukuda, Kunio Takayama, and Ko Nakahara (Shogakukan), editors (2015). "New Super Mario Bros. U" 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 210.
- ^Ardaillon, Joanna, and Victoria Juillard-Huberty, editors (2018). "New Super Mario Bros. U" inSuper Mario Encyclopedia. Translated by Fabien Nabhan. Toulon:Soleil Productions (French). ISBN978-2-3020-7004-2. Page 210.
- ^Scholz, Sabine, and Benjamin Spinrath, editors (2017). "New Super Mario Bros. U" inSuper Mario Encyclopedia - Die ersten 30 Jahre : 1985-2015. Translated by Yamada Hirofumi. Hamburg:Tokyopop (German). ISBN978-3-8420-3653-6. Page 210.
- ^abSakai, Kazuya (ambit), kikai, Akinori Sao, Junko Fukuda, Kunio Takayama, Ko Nakahara (Shogakukan), and Marco Figini, editors (2018). "New Super Mario Bros. U" inSuper Mario Bros. Enciclopedia. Translated by Marco Amerighi. Milan:Magazzini Salani (Italian). ISBN889367436X.
