Snooza Koopa
| Snooza Koopa | |||
|---|---|---|---|
 Artwork fromSuper Mario Sunshine | |||
| First appearance | Super Mario Sunshine (2002) | ||
| Latest appearance | Super Mario 3D All-Stars (2020) | ||
| Variant of | Koopa Troopa | ||
| |||
- “These eggs are trying to eat us from below the surface! Now, our little friends are few in numbers...”
- —Sunflower Kid,Super Mario Sunshine
Snooza Koopas,[1] also known asTamanokos,[1][2][3] areenemies inSuper Mario Sunshine. Snooza Koopas are largeKoopa Troopas that wear shells with aYoshi egg-like pattern on them, and Snooza Koopas have flippers instead of hands or feet and walk on all fours in the manner ofsea turtles. Snooza Koopas are mostly found asleep, true to their name, butMario can wake them by sprayingwater at them fromFLUDD. When awake, Snooza Koopas attempt to jump on Mario by turning upside down and slamming their shells on him, but if they miss and land in the sand, they become vulnerable to aGround Pound. Snooza Koopas appear only inEpisode 4 ofPinna Park, where a large gang of Snooza Koopas is nibbling on the roots ofSunflower Kids, requiring Mario to save them. After Mario finishes this episode,Yoshis are available to use. The Snooza Koopas are suggested to be the cause of the Yoshis' fleeing the island, as theGreat Sunflower tells Mario that the Yoshis might return to the island once every Snooza Koopa is defeated. Even after Mario does so, aNoki inEpisode 6 erroneously tells him that the Yoshis are gone.
The name "Snooza" is one of the names to appear on theShifting Sands leaderboard when the player plays a Star Tournament inMario Golf: Toadstool Tour.
Gallery[edit]
Model fromSuper Mario Sunshine
Model fromSuper Mario Sunshine
Model fromSuper Mario Sunshine
Mario about to ground-pound on a flipped Snooza Koopa inSuper Mario Sunshine
Mario squishing a Snooza Koopa inSuper Mario Sunshine
Naming[edit]
Internal names[edit]
| Game | File | Name | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| Super Mario Sunshine | tamanoko[4] | Tamanoko | Portmanteau of「卵」(tamago, "egg") and「ノコノコ」(Nokonoko, "Koopa Troopa") |
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.
| Language | Name | Meaning | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Japanese | タマゴノコノコ[5][6][7] Tamago Nokonoko | Egg Koopa Troopa | |
| French | Koopa dormeur[8] | Sleeping Koopa | |
| German | Schnarch-Koopa[6] | Snoring Koopa | |
| Italian | Koopa Addormentato[9][10]:103 | Sleeping Koopa | |
| Koopa[11] | - | Nintendo La Rivista Ufficiale | |
| Koopazzz[10]:99 | From "Koopa" and "zzz" | Super Mario Bros. Encyclopedia | |
| Spanish | Snooza[6] | - |
References[edit]
- ^abHodgson, David S J, Bryan Stratton, and Stephen Stratton (September 3, 2002).Super Mario Sunshine Prima's Official Strategy Guide.Prima Games (American English). ISBN0-7615-3961-1. Page 20.
- ^Loe, Casey (August 12, 2002).Super Mario Sunshine Perfect Guide.Versus Books (American English). ISBN1-931886-09-1. Page 69.
- ^Bogenn, Tim, and Doug Walsh (2002).Super Mario Sunshine Official Strategy Guide.BradyGAMES (American English). ISBN0-7440-0180-3. Page 6.
- ^Super Mario Sunshine, internal filenameroot/data/scene/pinnaBeach2.szs/scene/tamanoko
- ^Takashi, Watanabe, Noriko Oketani, Geesen Ueno, Mitsuharu Orihara, Tatsuhiko Mizutani, and Yasushi Nakahara, editors (2002). 『スーパーマリオサンシャイン 任天堂公式ガイドブック』. Tokyo:Shogakukan (Japanese). ISBN4-09-106064-1. Page19. Retrieved from Imgur.
- ^abcIn-game name displayed on the scoreboard of theSands Star Classic fromMario Golf: Toadstool Tour.
- ^Sakai, Kazuya (ambit), kikai, Akinori Sao, Junko Fukuda, Kunio Takayama, and Ko Nakahara (Shogakukan), editors (2015). "Super Mario Sunshine" 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 99.
- ^Ardaillon, Joanna, and Victoria Juillard-Huberty, editors (2018). "Super Mario Sunshine" inSuper Mario Encyclopedia. Translated by Fabien Nabhan. Toulon:Soleil Productions (French). ISBN978-2-3020-7004-2. Page 99.
- ^Hodgson, David S. J., Bryan Stratton, and Stephen Stratton (2002).Super Mario Sunshine Guida Strategica Ufficiale realizzata da Prima Games. Translated by Associazione Culturale Go!. Giaveno:Yoo Too Videogames,Prima Games (Italian). ISBN88-900922-1-1. Page 20.
- ^abSakai, Kazuya (ambit), kikai, Akinori Sao, Junko Fukuda, Kunio Takayama, Ko Nakahara (Shogakukan), and Marco Figini, editors (2018). "Super Mario Sunshine" inSuper Mario Bros. Enciclopedia. Translated by Marco Amerighi. Milan:Magazzini Salani (Italian). ISBN889367436X.
- ^Andrea Minini Saldini (January 2003).Nintendo La Rivista Ufficiale Numero 8. Milan:Future Media Italy SpA (Italian). Page 086.
