Bull's-Eye Banzai
- This article is about the Banzai Bill variant. For thekart inMario Kart Tour, seeBull's-Eye Banzai (kart).
| Bull's-Eye Banzai | |||
|---|---|---|---|
 Model from theNew Super Mario Bros. U style inSuper Mario Maker 2 | |||
| First appearance | New Super Mario Bros. Wii (2009) | ||
| Latest appearance | Super Mario Maker 2 (2019) | ||
| Variant of | Bull's-Eye Bill Bomber Bill | ||
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- “The red ones have a homing function. Watch out!”
- —Narrator,Super Mario Maker 2 Direct 5.15.2019
Bull's-Eye Banzais, referred to asBull's-Eye Bomber Bills on theMario Portal website,[1] are redBanzai Bills and a larger variety ofBull's-Eye Bills that debuted inNew Super Mario Bros. Wii. They attack by homing in on the player character.
In thePrima Games guidebook produced forNew Super Mario Bros. Wii, neither of the Banzai Bills—including the returning black ones[2]:16, 138, 142—are provided individual names, with both of them instead referred to as "King Bills."[2]:179 This name is shared withanother giant Bullet Bill variant introduced inNew Super Mario Bros. Wii[2]:189 and the only enemy referred to as a "King Bill" in subsequent games. The name "Bull's-Eye Banzai" was introduced inSuper Mario Maker 2, resulting in this red Banzai Bill enemy being unnamed in English for about a decade.
Similarly-behaving Banzai Bills calledCat Bomber Bills appear inSuper Mario 3D World andSuper Mario 3D World + Bowser's Fury.
History[edit]
Super Mario series[edit]
New Super Mario Bros. Wii[edit]
Bull's-Eye Banzais are enemies inNew Super Mario Bros. Wii. They are encountered in only one level,World 9-3. UnlikeMissile Bills, they only have a limited homing ability where they will track their target's vertical position and then continue forward once they reach that height. Their animation is very limited as well, always maintaining a horizontal position and never turning to point at their target. It can be defeated by beingstomped or if touched while under the effects of aStar. A Bull's-Eye Banzai cannot be frozen by an ice ball, which will break the ice and release itself when the ice ball reaches it. Likewise,POW Blocks are useless against them.
Anunfinished setting exists suggesting someBanzai Bill Cannons would have fired them, something that never occurs during gameplay.
The Bull's-Eye Banzai andGhost Vase are the only enemies introduced inNew Super Mario Bros. Wii to not appear inNew Super Mario Bros. U.
Super Mario Maker 2[edit]
Bull's-Eye Banzais appear inSuper Mario Maker 2. Unlike previously, they can move a full 360° to track players like the Bull's-Eye Bill, and the marks on their eyes are red, like the normal Banzai Bill, instead of black. In a vein similar to Banzai Bills, Bull's-Eye Banzais also receive new designs for all of the present game styles, consisting of a solid red coloration of the original designs. They are replaced by Cat Bomber Bills in theSuper Mario 3D World style. Additionally, Bull's-Eye Banzais in theSuper Mario Bros. 3 style have extremely subtle differences in their sprites between day and night, with the night ones having one less vertical line of outline pixels behind the domed area.[3]
Mario Kart Tour[edit]
While no actual Bull's-Eye Banzais appear inMario Kart Tour, the game introduces a red variant to theBullet Blaster also named theBull's-Eye Banzai.
Gallery[edit]
New Super Mario Bros. Wii
New Super Mario Bros. Wii
Super Mario Maker 2 (Super Mario Bros.–style)
Super Mario Maker 2 (Super Mario Bros. 3–style)
Super Mario Maker 2 (Super Mario World–style)
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 | マグナムサーチキラー[4][5][6] Magunamu Sāchi Kirā | BomberBull's-Eye Bill | |
| Chinese(Simplified) | 大追踪炮弹刺客[6] Dà Zhuīzōng Pàodàncìkè(Mandarin) Daaih Jēuijūng Paaudáanchi'haak(Cantonese) | Big Bull's-Eye Bill | |
| Chinese(Traditional) | 大追蹤炮彈刺客[6] Dà Zhuīzōng Pàodàncìkè(Mandarin) Daaih Jēuijūng Paaudáanchi'haak(Cantonese) | Big Bull's-Eye Bill | |
| Dutch | Bull's-Eye Banzai Bill[6] | - | |
| French(Canadian) | Bill Banzaï chercheur[6] | Seeking Bomber Bill | |
| French(European) | Auto Bill Bourrin[6] | Automatic Bomber Bill | |
| Auto Bill Balle Bourrin[7] | Automatic Bomber Bullet Bill | Super Mario Bros. Encyclopedia | |
| German | Volltreffer-Willi[6] | Bull's-Eye Bill; not to be confused withTreffer-Willi ("Bull's-Eye Bill") | |
| Italian | Pallottolo Banzai Segugio[6] | Tracker Bullet Bomber, fromPallottolo Segugio ("Bull's-Eye Bill") | |
| Segugio Bill[8]:146 | Bull's-Eye Bill; ascribed in error | Super Mario Bros. Encyclopedia | |
| Pallottolo Segugio Banzai[8]:149 | Tracker Bullet Bomber | ||
| Korean | 매그넘추적킬러[6] Maegeuneom Chujeok Killeo | Bomber Bull's-Eye Bill | |
| Russian | Билл-банзай-яблочко[6] Bill-banzay-yablochko | Bull's-eye bomber bill | |
| Spanish(Latin American) | Banzai buscablancos[6] | Target-seeking Bomber | |
| Spanish(European) | Bill Banzai Buscador[9][6] | Seeker Banzai Bill;Bill Banzai is the older name forBill Balazo ("Bomber Bill") |
References[edit]
- ^EnglishNew Super Mario Bros. Wii entry on the official Mario Portal.nintendo.co.jp. Retrieved August 13, 2022. (Archived August 13, 2022, 14:56:56 UTC via archive.today[deprecated link].),
- ^abcBueno, Fernando (November 15, 2009).New Super Mario Bros. Wii PRIMA Official Game Guide.Prima Games (American English). ISBN978-0-307-46592-4. Page 16, 138, 142, 179, 189.
- ^Nintendo Switch -Super Mario Maker 2 - Enemies (SMB3).The Spriters Resource. Retrieved July 6, 2024.
- ^Ito, Shota, Tomomi Seki, Kei Narita, Izumi Sasaki, Ryosuke Ito, Mio Yuasa, and Masakazu Kodaira, editors (2009). 『ニュー・スーパーマリオブラザーズ・Ｗｉｉパーフェクトガイド』. Tokyo:Enterbrain (Japanese). ISBN978-4-04-726295-9. Page 29.
- ^Sakai, Kazuya (ambit), kikai, Akinori Sao, Junko Fukuda, Kunio Takayama, and Ko Nakahara (Shogakukan), editors (2015). "New Super Mario Bros. Wii" 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 146.
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MagnumKiller_01withinReferenceMsg_[language code]/PartsIconName.msbt.) - ^Ardaillon, Joanna, and Victoria Juillard-Huberty, editors (2018). "New Super Mario Bros. Wii" inSuper Mario Encyclopedia. Translated by Fabien Nabhan. Toulon:Soleil Productions (French). ISBN978-2-3020-7004-2. Page 146.
- ^abSakai, Kazuya (ambit), kikai, Akinori Sao, Junko Fukuda, Kunio Takayama, Ko Nakahara (Shogakukan), and Marco Figini, editors (2018). "New Super Mario Bros. Wii" inSuper Mario Bros. Enciclopedia. Translated by Marco Amerighi. Milan:Magazzini Salani (Italian). ISBN889367436X.
- ^Sakai, Kazuya (ambit), kikai, Akinori Sao, Junko Fukuda, Kunio Takayama, and Ko Nakahara (Shogakukan), editors (2017). "New Super Mario Bros. Wii" inEnciclopedia Super Mario Bros. 30ª Aniversario. Translated by Gemma Tarrés. Barcelona:Editorial Planeta, S.A. (European Spanish). ISBN978-84-9146-223-1. Page 146.
