Bouncing Bullet Bill
| Bouncing Bullet Bill | |
|---|---|
 Screenshot fromYoshi's New Island | |
| First appearance | Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island (1995) |
| Latest appearance | Yoshi's New Island (2014) |
| Variant of | Bullet Bill |
Bouncing Bullet Bills,[1] also known as theKiller Three Bs,[1] are a type ofBullet Bill that appears inSuper Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island (as well asits reissue) andYoshi's New Island. They can bounce off any surface that they collide with and continue flying at an angle equal to the one at which they hit the surface.
History[edit]
Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island /Yoshi's Island: Super Mario Advance 3[edit]
In their debut game, Bouncing Bullet Bills are yellow and resemble smallBanzai Bills just liketheir green variation. They are fired from unique swiveling yellowTurtle Cannons and have the ability to bounce off any surface that they come in contact with. They appear only inRaphael The Raven's Castle, withYoshi's Island: Super Mario Advance 3 also featuring them in the new levelFight Toadies w/ Toadies. They cause aYoshi to dropBaby Mario if they hit him, but they can be defeated with astomp or anegg. They can also be eaten by a Yoshi and spat back out to damage other enemies, or swallowed to produce an egg. After being spat out, they behave like a regular Bullet Bill in that they do not bounce off walls anymore.
Yoshi's New Island[edit]
InYoshi's New Island, Bouncing Bullet Bills' color is changed from yellow to green, which is the color of normal Bullet Bills in the former two games. Their shape is also now that of the Bullet Bills in the current games of theSuper Mario franchise. They appear only in the cavern section of the levelPyro Guy Peak, where their blasters are fixed on both the ground and the ceiling. Bouncing Bullet Bills behave and can be interacted with mostly the same as in their previous appearances. However, when a Yoshi spits one back out a certain distance from a wall, it continues to rebound off incoming surfaces instead of passing right through them. Nevertheless, if a Yoshi stands too close to a wall and spits a Bouncing Bullet Bill at it, it will still pass through that surface but continue to bounce off the next one.
Profiles[edit]
Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island /Yoshi's Island: Super Mario Advance 3[edit]
- Shogakukan guide: ヨッシーはこんなものまで食べてしまう。緑の砲台は固定式、黄色の砲台は回転式。黄色いキ ラーは壁に当たるとはねかえる。[2] (Yoshi would even eat this. Green cannons are a fixed type, while yellow cannons are rotatable. Yellow Bullet Bills bounce off walls.)
- Player's Guide:Also known as the Killer Three Bs. These yellow guns home in on the nearest dinosaur and fire away.[1]
- Shogakukan guide (Game Boy Advance version):
緑 と赤 の砲台 は固定式 で、黄色 の砲台 は回転式 。赤 いキラーは ヨッシーを追 いかけ、黄色 いキ ラーはかべに当 たるとはね返 る。砲台 を倒 すならアイス攻撃 で。[3] (Green and red cannons are a fixed type, while yellow cannons are a rotatable type.Red Bullet Bills pursue Yoshi, and yellow Bullet Bills bounce off walls. The cannons can be defeated by anice attack.)
Yoshi's New Island[edit]
- Shogakukan guide: 砲台から放たれる巨大な弾。その名のとおり、壁や土管などにぶつかるとはね返り、飛んでいくコースが変わる。飛ぶコースを見定めてかわすか、食べてしまおう。[4] (A huge bullet released from a cannon. As the name suggests, when they hit a wall or a Warp Pipe, they bounce off and change course. Dodge them or eat them as they fly.)
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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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Japanese | はねかえりキラー[4] Hanekaeri Kirā | BouncingBullet Bill | |
| キラー[2][3] Kirā | Bullet Bill | Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island |
References[edit]
- ^abcMiller, Kent, and Munson, Terry (1995).Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island Player's Guide.Nintendo of America (American English). Page126.
- ^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. Page7.
- ^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. Page15.
- ^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. Page23.
