Shoe Goomba
- This article is about the enemy. For the item, seeGoomba's Shoe.
| Shoe Goomba | |||
|---|---|---|---|
 Screenshot fromMario Kart World | |||
| First appearance | Super Mario Bros. 3 (1988) | ||
| Latest appearance | Mario Kart World (2025) | ||
| Variant of | Goomba | ||
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- “These Shoe Goombas are too much! But the kicks they're rocking are useful because they let you walk overSpike Traps.”
- —Celebrity DJ,Super Mario Maker 2
AShoe Goomba, originally known asKuribo's Goomba[1] (essentially meaning "Goomba's Goomba"), is a special type ofGoomba that wears aGoomba's Shoe, first appearing inSuper Mario Bros. 3.
History[edit]
Super Mario series[edit]
Super Mario Bros. 3 /Super Mario Advance 4: Super Mario Bros. 3[edit]
InSuper Mario Bros. 3, Kuribo's Goombas only appear inWorld 5-3. When they spot the player, they will follow them by continuously jumping. If Mario knocks them offblocks, he can grab theGoomba's shoe to walk on hazards, such asMunchers. InSuper Mario Advance 4: Super Mario Bros. 3, a single one appears near the end of theWorld-e levelIt's a Shoe-In.
Super Mario 3D World[edit]
- Main article:Skating Goomba
Although regular Shoe Goombas do not appear inSuper Mario 3D World, a new variant wearing anIce Skate called a Skating Goomba does.
Super Mario Maker /Super Mario Maker for Nintendo 3DS[edit]
Shoe Goombas return inSuper Mario Maker under their current name, as well as inSuper Mario Maker for Nintendo 3DS, where they are enemies exclusive to theSuper Mario Bros. andSuper Mario Bros. 3 styles, and have the same attack pattern as before. However, they always leave their shoes behind, regardless of how they were beaten. When givenwings, they will flutter for a few seconds after jumping. A new variety, theStiletto Goomba, is also introduced. In theSuper Mario World andNew Super Mario Bros. U styles, Shoe Goombas are replaced byYoshi's Eggs.
Super Mario Maker 2[edit]
Shoe Goombas return inSuper Mario Maker 2, behaving as they did in its predecessor.
The Adventures of Super Mario Bros. 3[edit]
A Kuribo's Goomba appears inThe Adventures of Super Mario Bros. 3 in the episode "Super Koopa". Like in the game,Toad takes its shoe by knocking it off a row ofBrick Blocks, while stocking up on power-ups to bring to the Mario Bros. inParis. Unlike in the game, the Goomba is not defeated, but runs away instead.
Paper Mario: The Origami King[edit]
Shoe Goombas make theirPaper Mario series debut inPaper Mario: The Origami King, where origami Shoe Goombas appear as enemies. They have a 50% chance of appearing if the player engages in a battle with theSpiny orBuzzy Beetle at the end ofBreezy Tunnel. They are immune to jump attacks, and attack by stomping on Mario with their boot for 3 damage. Shoe Goombas are the only enemies in the game to drop weapons: they have a 70% chance to dropFlashy Boots, a 29.6% chance to dropFlashy Iron Boots, a 0.2% chance to dropLegendary Boots, and a 0.2% chance to dropLegendary Iron Boots.
Mario Kart series[edit]
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Mario Kart Tour[edit]
Shoe Goombas make theirMario Kart series debut inMario Kart Tour as part of the first route forMadrid Drive. In this game, their shoes are yellow, similar to those ofSkating Goombas fromSuper Mario 3D World. They appear in theSantiago Bernabéu Stadium, kickingsoccer balls.
Mario Kart 8 Deluxe[edit]
Shoe Goombas return inTour Madrid Drive in theBooster Course Pass forMario Kart 8 Deluxe. They function identically to theirMario Kart Tour appearance, albeit in slightly bigger shoes.
Mario Kart World[edit]
Shoe Goombas reappear inMario Kart World with yellow shoes again. They behave more like their appearance inSuper Mario Bros. 3.
Profiles and statistics[edit]
Perfect Ban Mario Character Daijiten[edit]
| クツクリボー (JP) / Shoe Goomba (EN) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
 | |||
| Original text (Japanese) | Translation | ||
| キノコ | Place of origin | Mushroom clan | |
| いばりや | Disposition | Beggar | |
| ３ | Game appearances | 3 | |
クツクリボーは、 | A Goomba in a magic shoe Shoe Goomba is a Goomba who wears a green magic shoe. When he wears this shoe, he can bounce around and stomp on anything. Shoe Goomba is a rare Goomba found only in Mario 3 in World 5-3. | ||
Paper Mario: The Origami King[edit]
| Paper Mario: The Origami King enemy | |||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Shoe Goomba | |||||||||||||||
 | HP | 6 | Moves | Location(s) | |||||||||||
| Type | Grounded | Stomp (3) | Breezy Tunnel | ||||||||||||
| Role | Common | ||||||||||||||
| Item drops | BTL_ZAKO_BOOTS_KURIBOO | ||||||||||||||
| You can't stomp them when they're safe in a shoe, but a defeated one will drop boots, so get to shoe collecting. | |||||||||||||||
Gallery[edit]
Super Mario All-Stars
Super Mario Maker (Super Mario Bros. style)
The December 2018LINE calendar
The December 2018 LINE calendar (wallpaper version)
Artwork from a Christmas-themed pop up card printable from Nintendo in Japan's topic
Artwork from Nintendo in Japan's topic
Promotional wallpaper forPaper Mario: The Origami King from Nintendo Co., Ltd.'s LINE account
Promotional artwork for merchandise featuringPaper Mario: The Origami King from Nintendo TOKYO
Paper Mario: The Origami King
Background image used for Nintendo Holiday Gift Guide 2020
Message card fromNintendo Magazine 2020 winter
Artwork for Nintendo Holiday Gift Guide 2021
Play Nintendo (holiday 2022)
My Nintendo Store (Holiday Gift Guide 2023)
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 they are associated with in the "notes" column.
Shoe Goomba[edit]
| Language | Name | Meaning | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Japanese | くつクリボー[3] Kutsu Kuribō | Shoe Goomba | |
| クツクリボー[4][5][6][7] Kutsu Kuribō | Super Mario Bros. 3 | ||
| Chinese(Simplified) | 鞋子栗宝宝[3] Xiézi Lìbǎobǎo | Shoe Goomba | |
| Chinese(Traditional) | 鞋子栗寶寶[3] Xiézi Lìbǎobǎo | Shoe Goomba | |
| Dutch | Shoe Goomba[8] | - | |
| French | Goomba chaussure[3] | Shoe Goomba | |
| German | Schuh-Gumba[3] | Shoe Goomba | |
| Stiefel-Bazillus[9] | Shoe Bacillus;bazillus is a colloquialism for a bacterium and it is part of the name for all Goombas in the original German localization ofSuper Mario Bros. 3 | Super Mario Bros. 3 | |
| Italian | Goomba scarpa[8][3][10] | Shoe Goomba | |
| Goomba con la scarpa[11] | Goomba with the shoe | Super Mario Bros. Encyclopedia (first edition) | |
| Korean | 신발굼바[3] Sinbal Gumba | Shoe Goomba | |
| Russian | Гумба-башмак[8] Gumba-bashmak | Shoe Goomba | |
| Spanish | Goomba en zapato[3] | Goomba in Shoe |
Big Shoe Goomba[edit]
"Big Shoe Goomba"[12] refers to a Shoe Goomba enlarged by aSuper Mushroom inSuper Mario Maker,Super Mario Maker for Nintendo 3DS, andSuper Mario Maker 2. It is not differentiated from the normal-sized Shoe Goomba in the Russian localization ofSuper Mario Maker 2.[13]
| Language | Name | Meaning | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Japanese | でかくつクリボー[14] Deka Kutsu Kuribō | Big Shoe Goomba | |
| Chinese(Simplified) | 大鞋子栗宝宝[15] Dà Xiézi Lìbǎobǎo(Mandarin) | Giant Shoe Goomba | |
| Chinese(Traditional) | 大鞋子栗寶寶[16] Dà Xiézi Lìbǎobǎo(Mandarin) | Giant Shoe Goomba | |
| Dutch | Reuzen-Shoe Goomba[17] | Giant Shoe Goomba | |
| French(Canadian) | Goomba chaussure géant[18] | Giant Shoe Goomba | |
| French(European) | Maxi-Goomba chaussure[19] | Contraction of "maximum" withGoomba chaussure ("Shoe Goomba") | |
| German | Maxi-Schuh-Gumba[20] | Contraction of "maximum" withSchuh-Gumba ("Shoe Goomba") | |
| Italian | Goomba scarpa gigante[21] | Giant Shoe Goomba | |
| Korean | 점보신발굼바[22] Jeombo Sinbal Gumba | Jumbo Shoe Goomba | |
| Spanish(Latin American) | Gran goomba en zapato[23] | Giant shoe goomba | |
| Spanish(European) | Gran Goomba en zapato[24] | Giant Shoe Goomba |
References[edit]
- ^June 1990.Nintendo Power Volume 13.Nintendo of America (American English). Page 8.
- ^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). Page68.
- ^abcdefghIn-game name displayed during battle inPaper Mario: The Origami King.
- ^Itoi, Shigesato, Ryo Kagawa (APE), Hideaki Nishitani, Masatoshi Watanabe, Koichi Sugiyama (Supersonic), Junichiro Okubo, and Shigeo Tanabe (Shogakukan), editors (1993). 『任天堂公式ガイドブック スーパーマリオコレクション』. Tokyo:Shogakukan (Japanese). ISBN4-09-102444-0. Page 225.
- ^Kiire, Kyoko (Shogakukan), Koichi Watanabe, Hiroaki Nagata, Masatoshi Watanabe, Haruko Ueki (Supersonic), and Toru Mori, editors (1994). 『パーフェクト
版 マリオキャラクター大事典 』. Tokyo:Shogakukan (Japanese). ISBN4-09-259067-9. Page68. Retrieved from Imgur. - ^2003.『スーパーマリオアドバンス4パーフェクトガイドブック』. Tokyo:Enterbrain (Japanese). ISBN978-4757715882. Retrieved from SAKURA (sakura.ne.jp).[page number needed]
- ^Sakai, Kazuya (ambit), kikai, Akinori Sao, Junko Fukuda, Kunio Takayama, and Ko Nakahara (Shogakukan), editors (2015). "Super Mario Bros. 3" 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 36.
- ^abcEnemy table (2019).Super Mario Maker 2 byNintendo EPD.Nintendo.
- ^Matsumoto, Atsuko, Rie Ishii, and Claude Moyse, editors (1992).Der Spieleberater Super Mario Power. Großostheim:Nintendo of Europe GmbH (German). ISBN3-929034-02-6. Page 14.
- ^Sakai, Kazuya (ambit), kikai, Akinori Sao, Junko Fukuda, Kunio Takayama, Ko Nakahara (Shogakukan), and Marco Figini, editors (2025). "Super Mario Bros." inSuper Mario Bros. Enciclopedia (2nd ed.). Translated by Alessandro Apreda. Milan:Magazzini Salani (Italian). ISBN979-1259575760. Page 36.
- ^Sakai, Kazuya (ambit), kikai, Akinori Sao, Junko Fukuda, Kunio Takayama, Ko Nakahara (Shogakukan), and Marco Figini, editors (2018).Super Mario Bros. Enciclopedia. Translated by Marco Amerighi. Milan:Magazzini Salani (Italian). ISBN889367436X. Page 36.
- ^"Nab a Big Shoe Goomba's big shoe and get steppin'!" – Description forBig Shoes Gustin' in the Desert (28 June 2019).Super Mario Maker 2 byNintendo EPD.Nintendo.
- ^«Скачите по пустыне в огромном башмаке гумбы-башмака!» – Description for Big Shoes Gustin' in the Desert (28 June 2019).Super Mario Maker 2 by Nintendo EPD.Nintendo (Russian).
- ^「でかくつクリボーのくつをうばって進もう!」– Description for Big Shoes Gustin' in the Desert (28 June 2019).Super Mario Maker 2 by Nintendo EPD.Nintendo (Japanese).
- ^"抢走大鞋子栗宝宝的鞋子向前进！" – Description for Big Shoes Gustin' in the Desert (28 June 2019).Super Mario Maker 2 by Nintendo EPD.Nintendo (Simplified Chinese).
- ^「搶走大鞋子栗寶寶的鞋子向前進！」– Description for Big Shoes Gustin' in the Desert (28 June 2019).Super Mario Maker 2 by Nintendo EPD.Nintendo (Traditional Chinese).
- ^"Pak de schoen van een Reuzen-Shoe Goomba en ga op stap!" – Description for Big Shoes Gustin' in the Desert (28 June 2019).Super Mario Maker 2 by Nintendo EPD.Nintendo (Dutch).
- ^« Glissez-vous dans le soulier d'un Goomba chaussure géant et en avant! » – Description for Big Shoes Gustin' in the Desert (28 June 2019).Super Mario Maker 2 by Nintendo EPD.Nintendo (Canadian French).
- ^« Glissez-vous dans le soulier d'un Maxi-Goomba chaussure et en avant ! » – Description for Big Shoes Gustin' in the Desert (28 June 2019).Super Mario Maker 2 by Nintendo EPD.Nintendo (French).
- ^„Klau den Maxi-Schuh-Gumbas ihr Schuhwerk, um mit Stampfattacken scheinbar unbesiegbare Feinde bezwingen zu können.“ – Description for Big Shoes Gustin' in the Desert (28 June 2019).Super Mario Maker 2 by Nintendo EPD.Nintendo (German).
- ^«Ruba la scarpa di un Goomba scarpa gigante e fai quattro passi nel deserto!» – Description for Big Shoes Gustin' in the Desert (28 June 2019).Super Mario Maker 2 by Nintendo EPD.Nintendo (Italian).
- ^"점보신발굼바의 신발을 빼앗아 신고 전진!" – Description for Big Shoes Gustin' in the Desert (28 June 2019).Super Mario Maker 2 by Nintendo EPD.Nintendo (Korean).
- ^"¡Róbale el calzado a un gran goomba en zapato y cruza el desierto!" – Description for Big Shoes Gustin' in the Desert (28 June 2019).Super Mario Maker 2 by Nintendo EPD.Nintendo (Latin American Spanish).
- ^«¡Birla el calzado a un Gran Goomba en zapato y cruza el desierto!» – Description for Big Shoes Gustin' in the Desert (28 June 2019).Super Mario Maker 2 by Nintendo EPD.Nintendo (European Spanish).
