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{{species infobox
|title=Spindrift
|image=[[File:Spindriftmario64ds.png|150px]]
|first_appearance=''[[Super Mario 64]]'' ([[List of games by date#1996|1996]])
|latest_appearance=''[[Super Mario 3D All-Stars]]'' ([[List of games by date#2020|2020]])
|comparable=[[Choppah]]<br>[[Flopter]]<br>[[Twirlip]]
|notable=[[Torkdrift]]
}}
[[File:SpindriftSM64.png|thumb|left|A Spindrift in ''Super Mario 64'']]
'''Spindrifts''',<ref>{{cite|author=M. Arakawa|title=''Super Mario 64'' Player's Guide|page=10}}</ref> or '''Flower Heads''',<ref>{{cite|date=June 10, 1998|title=Course 4 - Star 6: Wall Kicks Will Work|publisher=Nintendo: Super Mario 64 Strategy|archive=web.archive.org/web/19980610064450/www.nintendo.com/n64/super_mario64/4-6.html|archivedate=June 10, 1998, 06:44:50 UTC|accessdate=February 23, 2018}}</ref> are hovering enemies in ''[[Super Mario 64]]'' and ''[[Super Mario 64 DS]]''. They have spinning flowers on their heads that allow them to hover around. They also have yellow cones at the bottoms of their heads. Green leaf-like capes top the first halves of the yellow cones. A Spindrift's head is just a white sphere with two eyes and a small mouth. In the [[Nintendo DS]] remake, Spindrifts' heads have a peach-yellow color, the flowers on their heads are somewhat bigger, they have eyelashes, and their mouths are darker. They can also hover above [[water]] in the DS version.


A '''Spindrift''' is an odd-looking creature from ''[[Super Mario 64]]''.
If [[Mario]], [[Yoshi]], [[Luigi]], or [[Wario]] [[jump]]s on a Spindrift, it releases three [[coin]]s and the player character [[Spin Jump|spin-jump]]s in the air. This technique can be used to get to other areas in new ways. Spindrifts appear in both snow courses: [[Cool, Cool Mountain]] and [[Snowman's Land]]. In the latter course, several of them make their home inside an igloo.


Spindrifts have a flower of their heads to hover around. They also have a yellow cone at the bottom of their heads. A green cape tops the first half of the yellow cone.
Spindrifts were [[List of New Super Mario Bros. pre-release and unused content|included in pre-release builds]] in ''[[New Super Mario Bros.]]'' but were removed in the final version, where [[Spin Block (New Super Mario Bros.)|Spin Blocks]] fulfill their function.


A Spindrift's head is just a white sphere with two eyes and an amazed-looking mouth.
While standard Spindrifts do not appear in ''[[Super Mario Odyssey]]'', one of the game's bosses, [[Torkdrift]], is a mechanical Spindrift.


If [[Mario]] jumps on the creature, the Spindrift will release three coins, and Mario will spin in the air.
==Gallery==
<gallery>
SM64 Screenshot Freezing Water.jpg|''[[Super Mario 64]]''
SM64DS SSS SL.png|''[[Super Mario 64 DS]]''
NSMB Prerelease 9.jpg|A Spindrift in a [[List of New Super Mario Bros. pre-release and unused content|prototype]] version of ''New Super Mario Bros.''
</gallery>


Spindrifts appear in both snow worlds.
==Names in other languages==
{{foreign names
|Jap=フワフワさん<ref>{{cite|publisher=Shogakukan|date=2015|title=''Super Mario Bros. Hyakka: Nintendo Kōshiki Guidebook'', ''Super Mario 64'' section|page=86}}</ref>
|JapR=Fuwafuwa-san
|JapM=Portmanteau of「フワフワ」(''fuwafuwa'', "fluffy") and「さん」(''{{wp|Japanese honorifics#San|san}}'')
|Chi=飘飘花 <ref>{{cite|url=bbs.saraba1st.com/2b/thread-80088-1-1.html|title=Guide posted on forums describing how to beat Mission 4 of Snowman's Land|date=February 4, 2004|accessdate=July 27, 2018|archive=web.archive.org/web/20170228010109/https://bbs.saraba1st.com/2b/thread-80088-1-1.html|deadlink=yes}}</ref>
|ChiR=Piāopiāohuā
|ChiM=Fluttering Flowers
|Fre=Spindrift
|Ger=Propy
|GerM=From "propeller" with diminutive suffix "-y"
|Ita=Spindrift<ref>{{cite|title=''[[Super Mario Bros. Encyclopedia|Super Mario Bros. Enciclopedia]]''|page=86}}</ref>
|Kor=둥둥이씨
|KorR=Dungdung-i-ssi
|KorM=From 둥둥 (''dungdung'', "floating"); 이 and 씨 are honorific terms
}}


[[Category: Species]]
==Trivia==
[[Category: Enemies]]
*The Japanese and Korean names for the mission [[Into the Igloo]] imply that the igloo is the home for the Spindrifts.
 
==References==
<references/>
 
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Latest revision as of 22:22, February 22, 2024

Spindrift
Spindrift
First appearance Super Mario 64 (1996)
Latest appearance Super Mario 3D All-Stars (2020)
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Notable members
A Spindrift in Super Mario 64

Spindrifts,[1] or Flower Heads,[2] are hovering enemies in Super Mario 64 and Super Mario 64 DS. They have spinning flowers on their heads that allow them to hover around. They also have yellow cones at the bottoms of their heads. Green leaf-like capes top the first halves of the yellow cones. A Spindrift's head is just a white sphere with two eyes and a small mouth. In the Nintendo DS remake, Spindrifts' heads have a peach-yellow color, the flowers on their heads are somewhat bigger, they have eyelashes, and their mouths are darker. They can also hover above water in the DS version.

If Mario, Yoshi, Luigi, or Wario jumps on a Spindrift, it releases three coins and the player character spin-jumps in the air. This technique can be used to get to other areas in new ways. Spindrifts appear in both snow courses: Cool, Cool Mountain and Snowman's Land. In the latter course, several of them make their home inside an igloo.

Spindrifts were included in pre-release builds in New Super Mario Bros. but were removed in the final version, where Spin Blocks fulfill their function.

While standard Spindrifts do not appear in Super Mario Odyssey, one of the game's bosses, Torkdrift, is a mechanical Spindrift.

Gallery[edit]

Names in other languages[edit]

Language Name Meaning
Japanese フワフワさん[3]
Fuwafuwa-san
 Portmanteau of「フワフワ」(fuwafuwa, "fluffy") and「さん」(san)

Chinese 飘飘花 [4]
Piāopiāohuā
 Fluttering Flowers

French Spindrift
 -
German Propy
 From "propeller" with diminutive suffix "-y"
Italian Spindrift[5]
 -
Korean 둥둥이씨
Dungdung-i-ssi
 From 둥둥 (dungdung, "floating"); 이 and 씨 are honorific terms

Trivia[edit]

  • The Japanese and Korean names for the mission Into the Igloo imply that the igloo is the home for the Spindrifts.

References[edit]

  1. ^ M. Arakawa. Super Mario 64 Player's Guide. Page 10.
  2. ^ (June 10, 1998). Course 4 - Star 6: Wall Kicks Will Work. Nintendo: Super Mario 64 Strategy. Retrieved February 23, 2018. (Archived June 10, 1998, 06:44:50 UTC via Wayback Machine.)
  3. ^ (2015). Super Mario Bros. Hyakka: Nintendo Kōshiki Guidebook, Super Mario 64 section. Shogakukan. Page 86.
  4. ^ (February 4, 2004). Guide posted on forums describing how to beat Mission 4 of Snowman's Land. Archived February 28, 2017, 01:01:09 UTC from the original via Wayback Machine. Retrieved July 27, 2018.
  5. ^ Super Mario Bros. Enciclopedia. Page 86.
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