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|first_appearance=''[[Yume Kōjō: Doki Doki Panic]]'' ([[List of games by date#1987|1987]], overall)<br>''[[Super Mario Bros. 2]]'' ([[List of games by date#1988|1988]], [[Super Mario (franchise)|''Super Mario'' franchise]])

'''Flurries'''<ref>Stratton, Bryan. ''Super Mario Advance'' Prima's Official Strategy Guide. Page 49.</ref> (singular '''Flurry'''; occasionally pluralized '''Flurrys'''<ref>Stratton, Bryan. ''Super Mario Advance'' Prima's Official Strategy Guide. Page 7.</ref>) are [[snowman]]-like creatures that first appear in ''[[Yume Kōjō: Doki Doki Panic]]'' and ''[[Super Mario Bros. 2]]'' as enemies and soldiers of the [[8 bits]]. They are named after {{wp|flurry|flurries}}, which are brief periods of snowfall.

====''Yume Kōjō: Doki Doki Panic'' / ''Super Mario Bros. 2''====

In ''Yume Kōjō: Doki Doki Panic'' and ''Super Mario Bros. 2'', Flurries are enemies that run along the ice chasing after [[Mario]], [[Luigi]], [[Princess Peach|Peach]], or [[Toad]]. Like them, they have poor traction on the ice and can slip off of the platform they're on. They only appear in [[World 4 (Super Mario Bros. 2)|World 4]]. In the rare instances that they can be led onto non-icy surfaces, such as the bottom of the second tower in [[World 4-3 (Super Mario Bros. 2)|World 4-3]], they have perfect traction. In the NES version of ''Super Mario Bros. 2'', Flurries are entirely white, while in the SNES version and other subsequent remakes, they are tinted pink and have blue feet.

In ''[[BS Super Mario USA]]'', Flurries make their return and play the same role as in the predecessor. They only appear in the third broadcast, which is also Subcon's icy area.

[[File:Flurries SMBSS.png|thumb|Two Flurries from ''[[The Super Mario Bros. Super Show!]]''.]]

===''Super Mario Bros. 2'' / ''Super Mario Advance''===

*'''Instruction booklet bio:''' ''Snow monster. He'll chase you on ice skates.''<ref name=SMB2>''Super Mario Bros. 2'' English instruction booklet. Page 26.</ref>

*'''Instruction booklet bio ([[Super Mario Advance|Game Boy Advance version]]):''' ''You've got to hurry to avoid these ice-skating snow monsters.''<ref>[https://www.thegameisafootarcade.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/Super-Mario-Advance-Game-Manual.pdf ''Super Mario Advance'' European instruction booklet]. Page 11.</ref>

|name=ナカボン (JP) / Nakabon (EN)

|shusshin=ビースト族

|seikaku=氷のように冷たい

|tojo_gemu=USA

|desc='''<big>かわいらしい雪だるま</big>'''<br>

マリオUSAの氷の世界に出てくる雪だるま。猛スピードでつっこんでくるだけだが、氷の世界は下が滑りやすいので、けっこう手こずるぞ。アメリカ名はフルーリィ。<ref>''Perfect Ban Mario Character Daijiten''. [http://imgur.com/a/UvABP#70 Page 141].</ref>

|origin=Beast clan

|disposition=Ice cold

|game_appearances=USA

|eng_desc='''''<big>A cute snowman</big>'''''<br>

'''Bio:''' 雪のモンスター。水の上を滑りながら、マリオを追いかけてくる。<ref>''Shogakukan. 2015. Super Mario Bros. Hyakka: Nintendo Kōshiki Guidebook'', ''Super Mario USA'' section. Page 68.</ref> (''Snow monster. Sliding on the ice, it chases after Mario.'')

|Jap=ナカボン<ref name=SMUSA>[https://www.nintendo.co.jp/clv/manuals/ja/pdf/CLV-P-HAADJ.pdf ''Super Mario USA'' instruction booklet]. Page 27.</ref>

|JapM=Possibly from「{{ruby|仲|ナカ}}」(''naka'', go-between) and「{{ruby|坊|ボン}}」(''bon'', an affectionate term for boys)<!--"bon" is one of the two spellings of the common "bo" suffix, it is not a typo or anything else. https://www.japandict.com/%E5%9D%8A -->

|Jap2=フラーリ<ref name=SMUSA/>

|Jap2R=Furāri

|Jap2M=Transliteration of the ''Super Mario Bros. 2'' name

|Jap3=フルーリィ<ref>''Perfect Ban Mario Character Daijiten''. [https://i.imgur.com/lVHkZlH.jpg Page 225].</ref>

|Jap3R=Furūrī

|Jap3M=Alternate transliteration of the ''Super Mario Bros. 2'' name

*Despite being an enemy in ''[[Yume Kōjō: Doki Doki Panic]]'', Flurry did not receive artwork in the manual until ''Super Mario Bros. 2''.<ref name=SMB2/> This is also the case for [[Tweeter]] and [[Spark]].

*Flurry bears resemblance to [[wikirby:Yuki|Yuki]], a mid-boss from ''[[wikirby:Kirby's Dream Land 3|Kirby's Dream Land 3]]'', as they both are short, stubby snowmen without mouths or arms, have two small black eyes, and have similar body shapes, though Yuki lacks feet.

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