Floater
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| First appearance | Wario Land: Super Mario Land 3 (1994) |
Template:Quote2 Floaters[1] are rare floating creatures that appear in Wario Land: Super Mario Land 3. They are robotic[2], statue-like beings that Wario can ride. They move in the direction the arrow in their head is pointing, and Wario can control the direction in which they go by jumping and landing back on top of them, similar to the Directional Lifts with exclamation marks in Super Mario Bros. 3. They are only found in two courses of the game: Course No.11 and Course No.17. If Wario falls off of the Floater, he may fall into a pit and lose a life.
Floaters' design appears to be inspired by the Japanese dogū sculptures of the Jōmon period. These ancient sculptures share the same lidded eyes and general shape as Floaters, and are often referenced in Japanese pop culture — including video games.
Profiles and statistics
Perfect Ban Mario Character Daijiten
ハニハニ
種族 メカ族
性格 親切
登場ゲーム ランド3
頼もしいお助けキャラ
ワリオランドのポット山に住む、お助けロボット。ワリオが上に乗ると矢印の方向に進んでくれる。ハニハニの助け無しでは、先に進めないところもあるのだ。[2]
Floater
Tribe: Mecha clan
Disposition: Kind
Game appearances: Land 3
A reliable and helpful character
A helpful robot that lives on Mt. Teapot in Wario Land. When Wario rides on it, it moves in the direction of the arrow. Without Floater's help, Wario cannot move forward in some places.
Gallery
Sprite
A Floater as depicted in the Kodansha manga
Names in other languages
| Language | Name | Meaning |
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| Japanese | ハニハニ[3][2] Hanihani |
Likely a partial reduplication of「埴輪」(haniwa) |
| German | Floater |
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| Italian | Galleggiante[4] Fluttuatore[5] |
Floating Floater |
References
- ^ Wario Land: Super Mario Land 3 English instruction booklet, page 20.
- ^ a b c 「パーフェクト版 マリオキャラクター大事典」 (Perfect Ban Mario Character Daijiten), page 160.
- ^ Super Mario Land 3: Wario Land Japanese instruction booklet, page 21.
- ^ European Wario Land: Super Mario Land 3 Instruction Booklet, page 117
- ^ Italian Wario Land: Super Mario Land 3 Electronic manual, section 15
| Wario Land: Super Mario Land 3 | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Characters | Wario • Brown Sugar Pirates • Mario | ||
| Bosses | Spiked Koopa • Minotaur • Penguin • Devil's Head • Bobo • Ghost • Captain Syrup • Genie | ||
| Worlds | Rice Beach • Mt. Teapot • Sherbet Land • Stove Canyon • SS Tea Cup • Parsley Woods • Syrup Castle | ||
| Power-ups | Bull Pot • Dragon Pot • Garlic Pot • Jet Pot • Star | ||
| Collectibles | ? Block • 1 Gold Coin • 10 Gold Coin • 100 Coin • 3-Up Heart • Heart • Key • Treasure | ||
| Enemies and obstacles | Batto Shuruken • Bee Fly • Big • Bō • Bucket Head • Chicken Duck • D.D. • Demon Bat • Dropper • Floater • Gaugau • Goboten • Guragura • Harisu • Helmut • Knight • Konotako • Kōmori Missile • Lance • Maizō • Mine • Muncher • Paidan • Pecan • Penkoon • Pikkarikun • Pinwheel • Piranha Plant • Pirate Goom • Pouncer • Skewer • Sparky • Spiked ball • Togemaru • Ukiwani • Wanderin' Goom • Watch • White puff • Yadorā • Yarikuri Obake | ||
| Miscellaneous | Gallery • Glitches • Media • Pre-release and unused content • Staff | ||
