Blow Hard
- This article is about the enemy from the Yoshi series. For the similarly named Duel Board from Mario Party 3, seeBlowhard.
| Blow Hard | |||
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 Artwork fromSuper Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island | |||
| First appearance | Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island (1995) | ||
| Latest appearance | Yoshi's New Island (2014) | ||
| Variant of | Pokey | ||
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Blow Hards[1] are static variants ofPokeys in theYoshi series that firesmaller yellow Pokeys. They always faceYoshis and have a blinking crosshair to tell where they are firing. Any solid objects and platforms can stop their projectiles. Blow Hards are nearly invincible, but a Yoshi canpound the ground nearby or throw anegg at them to temporarily knock them out; however, they wake up a few seconds later.
History[edit]
Yoshi series[edit]
Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island /Yoshi's Island: Super Mario Advance 3[edit]
Blow Hards make their first appearance inSuper Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island as semi-common enemies. They appear on floors and ceilings, and upon alerting a Yoshi, they will begin to shoot projectile Pokeys at him. They can be defeated entirely with ablue watermelon orred watermelon. They first appear in the levelThe Baseball Boys and reappear inMarching Milde's Fort,Raphael The Raven's Castle,Scary Skeleton Goonies!,The Cave Of The Bandits, andKEEP MOVING!!!!. In the remakeYoshi's Island: Super Mario Advance 3, Blow Hards also appear in "Exercise in the Skies". Although Blow Hards spit yellow Pokeys, their artwork depicts them spitting green ones instead.
Yoshi's Island DS[edit]
Blow Hards reappear inYoshi's Island DS, maintaining their appearance and behavior from the previous game, although they are now more common. They first appear in the levelReturn of the Moving Chomp Rock! and reappear inYikes! Boiling Hot!,Moving Statues, Standing Statues,In the Clouds,The Fort of Moltz the Very Goonie,The Cave That Never Ends,Find the Number Ball!,Superhard Acrobatics!,At Last, Bowser's Castle!, andYoshi's Island Easter Eggs. Two variants known asDrool Hard andHanging Blow Hard also appear. In theIsland Museum, a Blow Hard, along with its variants, appears in thebotanical-enemy exhibit.
Yoshi's New Island[edit]
Blow Hards reappear inYoshi's New Island, maintaining their behavior but with a slight difference in appearance, now gaining a white protrusion on their lower right side. Blow Hards now appear as uncommon enemies, appearing only in two levels of the entire game:Diagonal Valley Rally andUnderground Pokey Patrol.
Super Mario-kun[edit]
In stage 6 of thevolume 14 ofSuper Mario-kun, a group of Blow Hards along with a group ofFooly Flowers is seen attacking the heroes followingKamek's orders, with the objective of stealing a money bag andBaby Mario. AfterMario accidentally angers aFlutter by ripping a flower that belonged to it, the Flutter, in its rage, attacks both the heroes andBowser's Minions present, including the group of Blow Hards. Additionally, a Blow Hard makes a cameo appearance in stage 6 ofvolume 15. It appears alongside twoPiranha Plants, aPropeller Piranha, and a projectile Pokey in the tunnel thatYoshi had made while transformed into theMole Tank.
Profiles[edit]
Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island /Yoshi's Island: Super Mario Advance 3[edit]
- Shogakukan guide: サボテンを吐き出すが、命中率はいまひとつ。タマゴをぶつけたり、近くでヒップドロップをすれば気絶する。[2] (It spits out cacti, but the hit rate is poor. If you hit it with an egg or do a Hip Drop near it, it will faint.)
- Player's Guide:They spit prickly seeds with painful accuracy. Stun them with an egg, then dash before they can revive.[1]
- Shogakukan guide (Game Boy Advance version):
近 づくと×印 の照準 が現 れ、サンボをはき出 して攻撃 してくる。倒 すことはできないが、タマゴを当 てたり、近 くでヒップドロップすれば気絶 する。[3] (When you approach it, an X-shaped target appears, and it attacks by spewing out Needlenoses. It cannot be defeated, but if you hit it with an egg or Hip Drop it nearby, it will be stunned.)
Yoshi's New Island[edit]
- Shogakukan guide:
水玉模様 のサンボ。こちらにカーソルを合 わせてから、爆弾 を飛 ばしてくる。ヒップドロップの衝擊 やタマゴを当 てることで、数秒間気絶 させることができる。[4] (A Pokey with polka dots. After placing its cursor on you, it will send bombs at you. You can stun it for a few seconds by striking it with a Hip Drop shock or an egg.)
Gallery[edit]
Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island
Yoshi's New Island
Super Mario-kun
Naming[edit]
Blow Hards are named after the slang term "blowhard," meaning "someone who exaggerates about themselves," and referencing their method of attack of spitting Pokeys.
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 they are associated with in the "notes" column.
| Language | Name | Meaning | Notes |
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| Japanese | ほうだいサンボ[4] Hōdai Sanbo | CannonPokey | |
| 砲台サンボ[2][3] Hōdai Sanbo | Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island | ||
| German | Spuck-Piranha[5] | SpitPiranha Plant |
References[edit]
- ^abMiller, Kent, and Terry Munson.Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island Player's Guide.Page 126.
- ^abOkeya, Noriko, Mitsuharu Orihara, and Yuji Kigen, editors (1995). 『スーパーマリオヨッシーアイランド任天堂公式ガイドブック』. Tokyo:Shogakukan (Japanese). ISBN4-09-1025-234. Page5.
- ^abWatanabe, Takashi, Noriko Oketani, Mitsuharu Orihara, Tatsuhiko Mizutani, and Yasushi Nakahara, editors (2002). 『スーパーマリオアドバンス3任天堂公式ガイドブック』. Tokyo:Shogakukan (Japanese). ISBN4-09-106071-4. Page22.
- ^abIwaya, Kiyotaka, Tatsuhiko Mizutani, Yasuyuki Kato, Junko Fukuda, Kunio Takayama, and Yasushi Nakahara (Shogakukan), editors (2014). 『ヨッシー New アイランド 任天堂公式ガイドブック』. Tokyo:Shogakukan (Japanese). ISBN978-4-09-106542-1. Page25.
- ^Menold, Marcus, John D. Kraft, and Thomas Görg, editors (1995).Der offizielle Nintendo Spieleberater "Super Mario World 2 – Yoshi's Island". Großostheim:Nintendo of Europe GmbH (German). Page 17.
