K-9
| K-9 | |||
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| First appearance | Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars (1996) | ||
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K-9s are basic enemies that are found in Bandit's Way in Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars. The enemy's name is a pun on the word "Canine". A stronger variant called Chow is found in Land's End.
In the overworld, K-9s tend to walk slowly, either in random paths or slowly following Mario and his party. In the second area of Bandit's Way, two K-9s wander the grounds underneath the flying block path. If Mario and his party defeat one, another one replaces it. A K-9 in the third area guards a treasure box, while four K-9s in the fourth area of the level chase Mario. As the K-9s of the second area, another K-9 respawns.
Mario can acquire an invincibility star in the fourth area, which causes all the K-9s to move faster, including the pursuing ones.
K-9s fight in groups of two or three and are often fought alongside Spikeys or Frogogs. In battle, they attacks by biting, and have a couple of special attacks. They can use the Howl attack to inflict the fear status condition, or the Fangs attack that deals 50% more damage than usual.
The unused enemy, Juju, mentions K-9 in its Psychopath.
Statistics
| Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars enemy | |||||||||
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| K-9 | |||||||||
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HP | 30 | FP | 100 | Speed | 19 | |||
| Location(s) | Bandit's Way | Attack | 13 | Magic attack | 1 | ||||
| Role | Common | Defense | 13 | Magic defense | 10 | ||||
| Bonus Flower | Once Again! (30%) | Yoshi Cookie | Energizer | Morph rate | 75% | ||||
| Evade | 0% | Magic evade | 0% | Spells | None | ||||
| Weak | None | Strong | None | Sp. attacks | Fangs, Howl | ||||
| Coins | 0 | Exp. points | 2 | Items | None | ||||
| Psychopath | "May I take a BITE?" | ||||||||
Names in other languages
| Language | Name | Meaning |
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| Japanese | ハイイヌ Haiinu |
From "hyena",「灰色」(haiiro, grey) and「犬」(inu, dog) |
