Screw
| Screw | |||
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 Artwork fromSuper Mario Land 2: 6 Golden Coins | |||
| Appears in | Super Mario Land 2: 6 Golden Coins (1992) | ||
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Screws[1][2] appear inSuper Mario Land 2: 6 Golden Coins as a type of sentientenemy. They are encountered near the end of theMario Zone'sfirst stage only. The screws wind themselves out of the ground and bounce towardMario to attack while attempting to drill into him from above. Screws can be defeated either from beingjumped on or from afireball.
Profiles[edit]
Perfect Ban Mario Character Daijiten[edit]
| ネイジー (JP) / Screw (EN) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
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| Original text (Japanese) | Translation | ||
| メカ族 | Tribe | Mecha clan | |
| 根性がねじれている | Disposition | Guts are twisted | |
| ランド2 | Game appearances | Land 2 | |
| はねまわるネジ マリオランド2に出現する巨大なネジ。ピョンピョンはねながら接近してくるが、これといった攻撃はしかけてこない。ファイアか踏みつけで簡単に倒すことができる。[3] | Spring-loaded screw A giant screw that appears in Mario Land 2. It approaches with a bouncing leap, but does not attack in any particular way. It can be easily defeated by fire or stomping on it. | ||
Gallery[edit]
Sprite fromSuper Mario Land 2: 6 Golden Coins
Screenshot fromSuper Mario Land 2: 6 Golden Coins
Naming[edit]
Unlike most mainlineSuper Mario titles,Super Mario Land 2: 6 Golden Coins did not receive officially localized enemy indexes at the time of its release on the Game Boy and not all enemies are listed in its instruction booklets. Consequentially, most available non-Japanese names come from localizations of theSuper Mario Bros. Encyclopedia. The English version of the book erroneously refers to it as "Neiji",[4] based on its Japanese name "Neijī" (which had been used on the Super Mario Wiki fan website from 2013 to 2022).
Names in other languages[edit]
| Language | Name | Meaning | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Japanese | ネイジー[5][6] Neijī | Corruption of「 | |
| French | Vissette[7] | Fromvisser ("to screw") with the feminine nominal suffix-ette | |
| Italian | Ninji[8][9] | Romanization of the Japanese name; shared withNinji | |
| Spanish | Neijî[10] | Romanization of the Japanese name |
References[edit]
- ^"The mechanical Mario has a few loose screws." – December 1992.Nintendo Power Volume 43.Nintendo of America (English). Page 48.
- ^Super Mario Land 2: 6 Golden Coins entry on the official Mario Portal.nintendo.co.jp (English). Retrieved August 13, 2022. (Archived December 21, 2025, 19:32:03 UTC via Wayback Machine.)
- ^1994. 「パーフェクト版 マリオキャラクター大事典」 (Perfect Ban Mario Character Daijiten).Shogakukan (Japanese). Page144. Retrieved July 1, 2022 from Imgur.
- ^October 23, 2018.Super Mario Bros. Encyclopedia: The Official Guide to the First 30 Years.Dark Horse Books (English). ISBN978-1-50670-897-3. Page 76.
- ^Itoi, Shigesato, Takashi Watanabe, Hiroyuki Jinnai (APE), Jin Kobayashi, Ryuji Osawa, and Shigeo Tanabe, editors (1992). 『スーパーマリオランド2: 6つの金貨任天堂公式ガイドブック』. Tokyo:Shogakukan. ISBN4-09-102413-0. Page 15.
- ^Kazuki Motoyama (6 July 1993).Super Mario Land 2 - 6-tsu no Kinka 1.KC Deluxe (Japanese). ISBN4-06-319398-5. Page6Media:KC Mario Super Mario Land 2 Enemies.jpg.
- ^Ardaillon, Joanna, and Victoria Juillard-Huberty, editors (2018). "Super Mario Land 2: 6 Golden Coins" inSuper Mario Encyclopedia. Translated by Fabien Nabhan. Toulon:Soleil Productions (French). ISBN978-2-3020-7004-2. Page 75.
- ^Sakai, Kazuya (ambit), kikai, Akinori Sao, Junko Fukuda, Kunio Takayama, Ko Nakahara (Shogakukan), and Marco Figini, editors (2018). "Super Mario Land 2: 6 Golden Coins" inSuper Mario Bros. Enciclopedia. Translated by Marco Amerighi. Milan:Magazzini Salani (Italian). ISBN978-88-9367-436-2. Page 75.
- ^Sakai, Kazuya (ambit), kikai, Akinori Sao, Junko Fukuda, Kunio Takayama, Ko Nakahara (Shogakukan), and Marco Figini, editors (2025). "Super Mario Land 2: 6 Golden Coins" inSuper Mario Bros. Enciclopedia (2nd ed.). Translated by Alessandro Apreda. Milan:Magazzini Salani (Italian). ISBN979-1259575760. Page 75.
- ^Sakai, Kazuya (ambit), kikai, Akinori Sao, Junko Fukuda, Kunio Takayama, and Ko Nakahara (Shogakukan), editors (2017). "Super Mario Land 2: 6 Golden Coins" inEnciclopedia Super Mario Bros. 30ª Aniversario. Translated by Gemma Tarrés. Barcelona:Editorial Planeta, S.A. (European Spanish). ISBN978-84-9146-223-1. Page 76.
