Salvo the Slime
| Salvo the Slime | |
|---|---|
 Artwork fromYoshi's Island: Super Mario Advance 3 | |
| Species | Slime Drop |
| First appearance | Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island (1995) |
| Latest appearance | Yoshi's Island DS (2006) |
- “Chaaaarge! I'm Salvo, duelist extraordinaire! Let's have us a little battle!”
- —Salvo,Mario Party Advance
Salvo the Slime is aLemon Drop that was enlarged byKamek inSuper Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island andits remake.
History[edit]
Yoshi's Island series[edit]
Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island /Yoshi's Island: Super Mario Advance 3[edit]
Salvo the Slime is the castle boss ofWorld 1 inSuper Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island andYoshi's Island: Super Mario Advance 3. Upon entering the boss room, theBlue Yoshi witnesses a Lemon Drop be enlarged by Kamek, turning it into Salvo the Slime. Salvo jumps at the player, trying to push them into alava pit below his arena, though unlike with most enemies, the player is not hurt by Salvo's touch. Instead, Blue Yoshi is hurt by the Lemon Drops that Salvo summons. Because Salvo was a Lemon Drop before his transformation, Lemon Drops break off Salvo when he is hit by either anegg or a spat-out Lemon Drop. The more Salvo is hit, the smaller he gets, until he disappears altogether.
An alternate variant of him appears later as a non-boss enemy in the game, known in English simply asSlime. It can disguise itself as a block, and it is defeated the same way. TheSuper Mario World 2: Yoshi's IslandPlayer's Guide considers this enemy to be Salvo the Slime.[1] This was changed in theYoshi's Island: Super Mario Advance 3 Player's Guide, which deems it a separate entity.[2]
In his artwork forSuper Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island, Salvo is beige, while in-game, he is green. This artwork was slightly changed inYoshi's Island: Super Mario Advance 3, as his back is now light blue.
Yoshi's Island DS[edit]
Salvo makes a brief cameo alongside all the otherSuper Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island bosses in the opening toYoshi's Island DS.
Mario Party series[edit]
Mario Party 4[edit]
Four different beings of Salvo the Slime appear inMario Party 4 under his Japanese name,Big Slime. During the minigameSlime Time, the four versions of him appear in yellow, pink, purple, and green. Players must get away from them by pressing
as quickly as they can.
Mario Party Advance[edit]
Going only by his first name,Salvo makes an appearance as the boss of the second floor of theDuel Tower inMario Party Advance. This game shows that he is capable of speech. Salvo challenges the player to a game ofVolleybomb and rewards the player with theminigame upon defeat.
Profiles[edit]
Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island[edit]
- Official Nintendo Player's Guide:Yoshi's last stop in World 1 is a castle, but the greeting he gets there isn't exactly chivalrous! Before checking out, Yoshi will have to cope with this enormously icky enemy. The slow-moving Salvo skedaddles faster and faster the more he's hit with dino eggs, but he also throws off lots of Lemon Drops. Besides tasting great, these make excellent eggs![3]
- Shogakukan guide: プルプルしていて、ぶつかるとバネのようにはじかれる。タマゴを当てると小さなスライムに分裂する。[4] (It pulls and springs back when bumped into. When you hit it with an egg, it splits into smaller Slime Drops.)
Yoshi's Island: Super Mario Advance 3[edit]
- Shogakukan guide: ワールド1-8のボス。ぶつかってもダメージは受けないが、バネのようにはじかれる。タマゴを当てると小さなスライムに分裂。何度か当てて倒そう。[5]
(The boss of World 1-8. You will not be damaged by bumping into it, but it will repel you like a spring. If you hit it with an egg, it splits into small Slime Drops. Hit it several times to defeat it.)
Quotes[edit]
Mario Party Advance[edit]
- "Don't underestimate me because I'm beefy! I've got skills you've never even heard of!"
- "If you beat me, you can have the Duel game. Lose, and you get nothing!"
- "Let's begin!"
- "My skills were no match for your own! Time for you to head to the third floor."
- "You did it! And that means you can go on to level 3! There, the fiercest duelist awaits you!"
Gallery[edit]
Sprite fromSuper Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island
Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island
Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island
Yoshi's Island: Super Mario Advance 3
Mario Party Advance
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Naming[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Although Salvo is indeed a name, its use in this character's name is a pun on "saliva," referencing his slimy texture. It may also refer to how he discharges multiple Slime Drops (i.e., a "salvo") when hit by an egg.
Names in other languages[edit]
| Language | Name | Meaning | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Japanese | ビッグスライム[4][5] Biggu Suraimu | BigSlime Drop | |
| Chinese(Simplified) | 大粘冻[6] Dà Zhāndòng | Big Slime Drop | |
| French | Gros Machâlow[7][8] | Big Slime Drop | |
| German | Schleimi[9][10] | Slime | |
| Italian | Molliccione[6][11][12][13] | Frommolliccio ("mushy") and the augmentative suffix-one | |
| Salvo the Slime[14] | - | Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island | |
| Spanish | Babosón[15] | Frombabosa ("slug") and the augmentative suffix-ón |
References[edit]
- ^"SLIMY KEY If you entered Door Two in King Bowser's Castle, you need to find a key to continue on your journey. The key is being held by Salvo the Slime, the guardian of the first world. Load up on eggs prior to entering Salvo's chamber. The slime surrenders after six hits." – Miller, Kent, and Terry Munson (1995).Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island Player's Guide.Nintendo of America (American English). Page 116.
- ^Williams, Drew (2002).Yoshi's Island: Super Mario Advance 3 Player's Guide.Nintendo of America (American English). ISBN1-930206-25-9. Page 106-107, 115.
- ^Miller, Kent, and Terry Munson (1995).Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island Player's Guide.Nintendo of America (American English). Page 16.
- ^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. Page8.
- ^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. Page20.
- ^abIn-game name forSalvo The Slime's Castle fromYoshi's Island: Super Mario Advance 3.
- ^In-game name for Salvo the Slime's Castle fromSuper Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island.
- ^In-game name from the ending ofMario Party Advance (French). (Archived 23 May 2014 via YouTube by AXE45.)
- ^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 19.
- ^In-game name from the ending ofMario Party Advance (German). (Archived 16 May 2017 via YouTube by TwilightShiek.)
- ^In-game name ofSlime Time inMario Party 4.
- ^In-game name from the ending ofMario Party Advance (Italian). (Archived 7 Sept. 2019 via YouTube by Benedetto's world™.)
- ^Sebastian Haley, Meagan Marie (October 2017).Playing With Super Power: Super NES Classics (Multiplayer.it Edizioni). Translated by Christian Colli. Italy:Multiplayer Ed. (Italian). ISBN9788866312833. Tab 266.
- ^Fletcher, John, editor in chief (1996).Club Nintendo Numero 2.Linea Gig S.p.a., Nintendo Co., Ltd. (Italian). Page 27.
- ^In-game name from the ending ofMario Party Advance (European Spanish). (Archived 17 Sept. 2024 via YouTube by FrankKirlts.)
