Charvaargh
| Charvaargh | |||
|---|---|---|---|
 Artwork fromCaptain Toad: Treasure Tracker | |||
| First appearance | Super Mario 3D World (2013) | ||
| Latest appearance | Mario Kart World (2025) | ||
| Variant of | Magmaargh | ||
| |||
- “Beware the lord oflava, Charvaargh! This monster's obsessed with gobbling upMario!”
- —Narrator,Super Mario Maker 2 Direct 5.15.2019
Charvaarghs are a type of fish-likeMagmaargh that attack by jumping out oflava. Compared to Magmaarghs, they are lengthier and have appendages resembling wings or fins. On occasion, the Charvaargh enemy has also been referred to as theLord of Lava.[1][2][3]
History[edit]
Super Mario series[edit]
Super Mario 3D World /Super Mario 3D World + Bowser's Fury[edit]
Charvaarghs make their first appearance inSuper Mario 3D World and reappear in the game'sNintendo Switch portSuper Mario 3D World + Bowser's Fury. They appear in only one level, World Castle-7,Simmering Lava Lake where players must make it past them. If a character touches them while notinvincible, alife is lost, regardless of the character's form. Charvaarghs cannot be defeated by any method. They are also one of the only two enemies (including bosses) that can defeat the player in one hit, the other beingFuzzy Hordes. These are the only games where the player loses a life upon touching Charvaarghs.
However, most Charvaarghs only show up when the player enters aClear Pipe for aesthetic purposes.
Super Mario Maker 2[edit]
Charvaarghs reappear as placable course elements inSuper Mario Maker 2. They are exclusive to theSuper Mario 3D World game style. Up to three Charvaarghs can be placed in a single course section. When placed, they will follow the player throughout the level and occasionally leap out in one of two ways. Either it will leap from the background, go high above the player's head, and then back down into the foreground, or it will leap from the bottom of the screen on the playable ground, and fly in an arc back down. If the Player's course is a Castle, Charvaarghs will start their ascents from the lava's surface, even when the lava level changes, a trait also shared byLava Bubbles. Unlike in their debut appearance, Charvaarghs can be defeated with aSuper Star, and like inCaptain Toad: Treasure Tracker, touching one will simply hurt players instead of defeating them instantly.
Captain Toad: Treasure Tracker[edit]
Charvaarghs return inCaptain Toad: Treasure Tracker and its Nintendo Switch and Nintendo 3DSports. They appear in lava stages either coming out of grates whichCaptain Toad must walk across, or blocking his path where he must run acrossDash Panels. They debut inRolling Inferno and are seen again inMagma Road Marathon. In this game, they simply damage Captain Toad instead of instantly defeating him.
Mario Party 10[edit]
Charvaarghs made theirMario Party debut inMario Party 10. They appear inChaos Castle in theUnlucky Spaces to take awayMini Stars in Mario Party Mode or Hearts inBowser Party Mode.
Mario Kart World[edit]
Charvaarghs made theirMario Kart debut inMario Kart World. They can be found inBig Donut nearBowser's Castle. Additionally, aSandmaargh-likevariant appears in the route betweenDesert Hills andShy Guy Bazaar.
Profiles[edit]
Super Mario Maker 2[edit]
- North American website bio: "Beware the lord of lava, Charvaargh. This monster’s obsessed with gobbling up Mario."[1]
Naming[edit]
The English "Charvaargh" is a portmanteau between "char" and "Magmaargh", a naming convention shared withSandmaargh. "Char" has duel meanings: it refers to the verb "to char", meaning "to burn", as well as the noun "char", a type of cold-watersalmonoid. The latter interpretation is comparable to the Japanese name「ウーガンフィッシュ」(Ūgan Fisshu, "Magmaargh Fish").
Internal names[edit]
| Game | File | Name | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| Super Mario 3D World Captain Toad: Treasure Tracker | content/ObjectData/MagmaFish.szs | MagmaFish | Magma Fish |
| Super Mario Maker 2 | romfs/Sound/ResourceList/3W_UganFish.barslist | UganFish | Ugan Fish |
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 | ウーガンフィッシュ[4][5] Ūgan Fisshu | Magmaargh Fish | |
| Chinese(Simplified) | 乌卡鱼[5] Wūkǎyú(Mandarin) Wūkāyú(Cantonese) | Portmanteau between"乌卡熔岩" (Wūkǎróngyán /Wūkāyùhngngàahm, "Magmaargh") and"鱼" (yú, "fish") | |
| Chinese(Traditional) | 烏卡魚[5] Wūkǎyú(Mandarin) Wūkāyú(Cantonese) | Portmanteau between「烏卡熔岩」(Wūkǎróngyán /Wūkāyùhngngàahm, "Magmaargh") and「鱼」(yú, "fish") | |
| Dutch | Charvaargh[5] | - | |
| French(Canadian) | Poissalave[5] | Portmanteau betweenpoisson ("fish") andAvalave ("Magmaargh") | |
| French(European) | Poissalave[5] | Portmanteau betweenpoisson ("fish") andAvalave ("Magmaargh") | |
| Charvaargh[6] | - | Super Mario Bros. Encyclopedia | |
| German | Glutfisch[7][5] | Ember Fish; comparable toGlutsauger ("Magmaargh") | |
| Italian | Pesce Magma[8][5] | Magma Fish | |
| Pesce Lava[9] | Lava Fish | Super Mario Bros. Encyclopedia | |
| Korean | 짜자어[5] Jjaja'eo | Portmanteau between "짜자용" (Jjajayong, "Magmaargh") and "어" (eo, "fish") | |
| Portuguese(European) | Charvaargh[10] | - | |
| Russian | Магмалет[5] Magmalet | Магма (magma) with the suffix-лет (-let, "flying"); comparable toмагмалет (magmarod, "Magmaargh") | |
| Spanish | Lavonciopez[11][5] | Portmanteau betweenLavoncio ("Magmaargh") andpez ("fish") |
References[edit]
- ^abMake - Super Mario Maker™ 2 for the Nintendo Switch™ system – Official site.nintendo.com. Retrieved September 4, 2020. (Archived June 18, 2020, 19:42:03 UTC via Wayback Machine.)
- ^"Beware theLord of Lava! This monster is obsessed with gobbling up Mario." —Super Mario Maker 2 Trivia Quiz.Play Nintendo. Retrieved September 4, 2020. (Archived July 22, 2020, 01:59:45 UTC via Wayback Machine.)
- ^NintendoAmerica (July 19, 2019).Head into the weekend with 3 courses from the #SuperMarioMaker2 community! Raid a tomb in “Technically Archaeology” by PltypusMan, ride the rafts past thelord of lava in “Charvaargh’s Lava Lair” by Guppy 015, and ascend a perilous castle in “Chomp’s Cloud Castle” by dollenjwz!Twitter. Retrieved September 4, 2020. (Archived May 18, 2020, 22:09:44 UTC via Wayback Machine.)
- ^Sakai, Kazuya (ambit), kikai, Akinori Sao, Junko Fukuda, Kunio Takayama, and Ko Nakahara (Shogakukan), editors (2015). "Super Mario 3D World" 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 225.
- ^abcdefghijkIn-game name fromSuper Mario Maker 2 (stored internally under
ReferenceMsg/PartsIconName/MagmaFish). - ^Ardaillon, Joanna, and Victoria Juillard-Huberty, editors (2018). "Super Mario 3D World" inSuper Mario Encyclopedia. Translated by Fabien Nabhan. Toulon:Soleil Productions (French). ISBN978-2-3020-7004-2. Page 225.
- ^Scholz, Sabine, and Benjamin Spinrath, editors (2017). "Super Mario 3D World" inSuper Mario Encyclopedia - Die ersten 30 Jahre : 1985-2015. Translated by Yamada Hirofumi. Hamburg:Tokyopop (German). ISBN978-3-8420-3653-6. Page 225.
- ^«Attenzione agli spazio malasorte! Chi viene colpito da un Pesce Magma, perderà 5 ministelle!» – Toad onChaos Castle (20 Mar. 2015).Mario Party 10 byNDcube.Nintendo of Europe GmbH (Italian).
- ^Sakai, Kazuya (ambit), kikai, Akinori Sao, Junko Fukuda, Kunio Takayama, Ko Nakahara (Shogakukan), and Marco Figini, editors (2018). "Super Mario 3D World" inSuper Mario Bros. Enciclopedia. Translated by Marco Amerighi. Milan:Magazzini Salani (Italian). ISBN889367436X. Page 225.
- ^Nintendo Portugal (15 May 2019).Super Mario Maker 2 Direct (11:19).YouTube (European Portuguese). Retrieved 14 Nov. 2025.
- ^Sakai, Kazuya (ambit), kikai, Akinori Sao, Junko Fukuda, Kunio Takayama, and Ko Nakahara (Shogakukan), editors (2017). "Super Mario 3D World" inEnciclopedia Super Mario Bros. 30ª Aniversario. Translated by Gemma Tarrés. Barcelona:Editorial Planeta, S.A. (European Spanish). ISBN978-84-9146-223-1. Page 225.
