Blockhopper
- Not to be confused withPile Driver Micro-Goomba orBlockstopper!
| Blockhopper | |||
|---|---|---|---|
 Model fromNew Super Mario Bros. | |||
| Appears in | New Super Mario Bros. (2006) | ||
| Variant of | ? Block | ||
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Blockhoppers[1] are enemies encountered inNew Super Mario Bros. They are found only inWorld 2-5. Each of them disguises itself as a? Block withbricks on top of it, which can be distinguished by the fact that the question mark on it is motionless. OnceMario orLuigi approaches a Blockhopper, it starts to shake and reveals a black body with blue feet. Blockhoppers hop at every vocal "paah" in the background music, and if Mario or Luigi is standing on top of a Blockhopper, it will move in the direction that he is facing. Blockhoppers are harmless when touched from the side due to them being disguised as blocks, but they will damage one of the Mario Bros. if they land on him. Blockhoppers can be defeated with a thrownKoopa Shell or aGround Pound or byrunning into them using theshell dash ability using theBlue Shell.Mini Mario cannot defeat Blockhoppers due to his very small size. If the ? Block on a Blockhopper is ground-pounded, Mario or Luigi receives acoin or anitem like with an ordinary ? Block.
Blockhoppers are similar to thePile Driver Micro-Goombas that disguise themselves as blocks fromSuper Mario Bros. 3 and the hoppingFake Blocks and segmentedBlokkabloks fromSuper Mario 3D Land.
Blockhoppers wereoriginally going to appear inMario & Luigi: Bowser's Inside Story, but they are not in the final game.[2]
Gallery[edit]
Model fromNew Super Mario Bros.
Screen-cropped asset fromNew Super Mario Bros.
Screenshot fromNew Super Mario Bros.
Sprite fromMario & Luigi: Bowser's Inside Story (unused)
Naming[edit]
Internal names[edit]
| Game | File | Name | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| New Super Mario Bros. | data/enemy/gorem.nsbca | gorem | From "golem" |
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 | ブロックン[3][4][5] Burokkun | A contraction of "block" with the honorific suffix「くん」(-kun); shared withBrickman and similar toBurokkun | |
| Chinese(Simplified) | 伪砖杀手[6] Wěizhuān Shāshǒu(Mandarin) Ngaihjyūn Saatsáu(Cantonese) | Literally "Masquerade-Brick Killer," with "伪砖" also derived from "伪装" (wěizhuāng, "camouflage") | |
| French | Bloc sauteur[7] | Jumping Block | |
| Blockhopper[8] | - | Super Mario Bros. Encyclopedia | |
| German | Blockhüpfer[9] | Blockhopper | |
| Italian | Finto blocco salterino[10] | Jumpy fake block | |
| Blockhopper[11] | - | Super Mario Bros. Encyclopedia | |
| Korean | 댄스블록[12] Daenseu Beullok | Dance Block | |
| Spanish | Blockhopper[13] | - |
References[edit]
- ^Loe, Casey (May 15, 2006).New Super Mario Bros. Player's Guide.Nintendo of America (American English). ISBN1-59812-009-3. Page 13.
- ^Mario & Luigi: Bowser’s Inside Story Bonus Video
- ^Watanabe, Takashi, Geesen Ueno, Noriko Oketani, Tatsuhiko Mizutani, Yoshimori Kato, Mizuho Nitta, Chie Maruyama, Junko Fukuda, and Kunio Takayama, editors (2006). 『ニュー・スーパーマリオブラザーズ: 任天堂公式ガイドブック』. Tokyo:Shogakukan (Japanese). ISBN4-091063-07-1. Page 16.
- ^Kashima, Aya, Daisuke Kitayama, Itaru Nakatani, Seishiro Fuwa, Isamu Horie, and Yoji Watanabe (2006). 『ニュー・スーパーマリオブラザーズ』. Tokyo:ambit (Japanese). ISBN4-8399-2000-1. Page 17.
- ^Sakai, Kazuya (ambit), kikai, Akinori Sao, Junko Fukuda, Kunio Takayama, and Ko Nakahara (Shogakukan), editors (2015). "New Super Mario Bros." 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 115.
- ^New 超级马力欧兄弟.iQue (Simplified Chinese). Retrieved June 3, 2024.
- ^Loe, Casey (2006).New Super Mario Bros., le guide de stratégie officiel. Hamburg:Future Press (French). ISBN3-937336-61-3. Page 13.
- ^Ardaillon, Joanna, and Victoria Juillard-Huberty, editors (2018). "New Super Mario Bros." inSuper Mario Encyclopedia. Translated by Fabien Nabhan. Toulon:Soleil Productions (French). ISBN978-2-3020-7004-2. Page 115.
- ^Scholz, Sabine, and Benjamin Spinrath, editors (2017). "New Super Mario Bros." inSuper Mario Encyclopedia - Die ersten 30 Jahre : 1985-2015. Translated by Yamada Hirofumi. Hamburg:Tokyopop (German). ISBN978-3-8420-3653-6. Page 115.
- ^Andrea Minini Saldini (July 2006).Nintendo La Rivista Ufficiale Numero 54. Milan:Future Media Italy SpA (Italian). Page 53.
- ^Sakai, Kazuya (ambit), kikai, Akinori Sao, Junko Fukuda, Kunio Takayama, Ko Nakahara (Shogakukan), and Marco Figini, editors (2018). "New Super Mario Bros." inSuper Mario Bros. Enciclopedia. Translated by Marco Amerighi. Milan:Magazzini Salani (Italian). ISBN889367436X. Page 115.
- ^NINTENDO DS.Nintendo Korea (Korean). Archived April 16, 2008, 12:12:21 UTC from the original via Wayback Machine. Retrieved June 3, 2024.
- ^Sakai, Kazuya (ambit), kikai, Akinori Sao, Junko Fukuda, Kunio Takayama, and Ko Nakahara (Shogakukan), editors (2017). "New Super Mario Bros." inEnciclopedia Super Mario Bros. 30ª Aniversario. Translated by Gemma Tarrés. Barcelona:Editorial Planeta, S.A. (European Spanish). ISBN978-84-9146-223-1. Page 115.
