Koopa Striker
| Koopa Striker | |||
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| Appears in | Super Paper Mario (2007) | ||
| Variant of | Koopa | ||
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- “YourCrabbiness! Are you leaving us?”
- —Koopa Striker,Super Paper Mario
AKoopa Striker is a species ofKoopa inSuper Paper Mario. It wears a soccer uniform, including a shell with the black and white checkers of a soccer ball. A Koopa Striker also has large orange eyebrows and a similar body shape to aKoopa Troopa. "Striker" likely refers to the position used in soccer. Koopa Strikers and other Koopas guard the area aroundBowser's Castle inThe Bitlands, and Koopa Strikers also appear in theFlipside Pit of 100 Trials. A Koopa Striker also appears in the minigameHammer Whacker. Koopa Strikers attack by throwing their shells.
Koopa Strikers are similar in concept to the blueunshelled Koopas ofSuper Mario World, which kick empty shells atMario orLuigi.
Profiles and statistics[edit]
Super Paper Mario[edit]
| Super Paper Mario enemy | |||||||||
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| Koopa Striker | |||||||||
| Max HP | 8 | Role | Common | Location(s) | The Bitlands (3-1),Flipside Pit of 100 Trials (Room 43) | |||
| Attack | 2 | Card type | Common | ||||||
| Defense | 1 | Items | Card location(s) | Card Shop; Catch Card/SP | |||||
| Score | 300 | ||||||||
| Card description | This Koopa Striker kicks for the love of the game. It's luxurious eyebrows are... Wait a sec... GOOOAAAALLLL! | ||||||||
| List of Catch Cards 37 38 39 | Tattle | It's a Koopa Striker. It takes good shell control to make the Koopa Striker team... Max HP is 8. Attack is 2. Defense is 1. It can kick shells all day... It's very proud of its strong and accurate kicks...and its shiny shell! "An eye for an eye, a shell for a shell!" Try to trap its shell and send it back... | |||||||
Gallery[edit]
Theshell kicked by Koopa Strikers
The larger shell seen in theHammer Whacker minigame
Names in other languages[edit]
| Language | Name | Meaning | Notes |
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| Japanese | コウラシューター[?] Kōra Shūtā | Shell Shooter | |
| French | Koopattaquant[?] | Pun on "Koopa" andattaquant ("attacker", "striker") | |
| German | Koopa-Stürmer[?] | Koopa +Stürmer means "attacker" in soccer-language | |
| Italian | Koopa Bomber[?] | Bomber Koopa | |
| Korean | 등껍질슈터[?] Deungkkeopjil Syuteo | Shell Shooter | |
| Spanish | Koopa Pichichi[?] | Pichichi means "goalscorer" |
[Edit] Miscellaneous Koopas | |
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| Characters | Boom Boom •Boss Sumo Bro •Gattai monster •KK Robo •Kuppaemon •Motley Bossblob •Pom Pom |
| Species | Chargin' Chuck •Dark Striker •Koopa Striker •Shova •Soopa Striker •Sumo Bro •Toopa Striker •Wonder Shova |
| Relatives | Conkdor •Rocky Wrench •Shellcreeper •Skedaddler •Yoshi |
| Subfamilies | |
| Buzzy Beetles •Hammer Bros. •Koopas •Koopa Troopas (Koopa Paratroopas ·Dry Bones) •Lakitus •Magikoopas •Spikes •Spinies | |
