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{{species infobox
|image=[[File:YSBambooDancerArtwork.jpg|250px]]<br>A bamboo dancer without a stick, in ''Yoshi's Story''
|first_appearance=''[[Yoshi's Story]]'' ([[List of games by date#1997|1997]])
|latest_appearance=''[[Mario Party Advance]]'' ([[List of games by date#2005|2005]])
|variant_of=[[Dancing Spear Guy]]
|notable=[[Hulu]]
|}}
'''Bamboo dancers''',<ref>Prima Bath. ''Nintendo 64 Game Secrets, 1999 Edition'' Prima's Official Strategy Guide. Page 113.</ref> also referred to as '''limbo guys'''<ref>Leung, Jason, Terry Munson, and Scott Pelland. ''Yoshi's Story'' Player's Guide. Page 103. "''Whenever you come across two pairs of limbo guys, avoid jumping over their poles one at a time.''"</ref> or '''limbo Shy Guys''',<ref>"''Out came the limbo Shy Guys, who kept the beat, while the Yoshis danced.''" – ''Yoshi's Story'', Shy Guy Limbo ending quote.</ref> are a subset of [[Spear Guy]]s that do the Bamboo Dance.<ref>''Super Smash Bros. Melee'', Shy Guys trophy (set to English). "''There are many types of Shy Guys: they've been known to''[...]''do the Bamboo Dance''[...]"</ref> While [[Dancing Spear Guy]]s jump around with spears, bamboo dancers always come in color-coded pairs and dance with limbo sticks. Their sticks can trip [[Yoshi (species)|Yoshi]]s and [[Health Meter#Yoshi's Story|lower their happiness]], so they must be [[jump]]ed over to avoid damage. During gameplay, one dancer is in the foreground while the other is in the background, making them invincible. Bamboo dancers appear as enemies only in [[Shy Guy Limbo]] in ''[[Yoshi's Story]]''.


A Limbo Guy is a [[Spear Guy#Dancing Spear Guy|Dancing Spear Guy]] that lives only on a [[Li'l Yoshi's Island|small island]] near [[Yoshi's Island]]. While Dancing Spear Guys [[Jump]] around, the invincible Limbo Guy does something different--they come in color-coded pairs and dance with limbo sticks! The Limbo Guys are the only known [[Shy Guy|Shy Guys]] that can sing well. They attack Yoshi by simply dancing around while trying to trip the Yoshi with their stick.  Yoshi must jump over them.
The artwork and sprites for bamboo dancers appear quite differently, as the sprites appear to be wearing yellow face paint and grass skirts in the same manner as Spear Guys, while the artwork depicts one with an unpainted mask and a much less leafy skirt. In addition, their shoes are green in the artwork instead of blue.


Limbo Guys only appear in ''[[Yoshi's Story]]'', and only in Stage 5-3. However they made a cameo appearance in [[Mario Party 2]].  
In ''[[Mario Party Advance]]'', a female bamboo dancer named [[Hulu]] appears as a character; however, she more closely resembles a Dancing Spear Guy.
 
==Gallery==
<gallery>
BambooDancerRedYS.png|Sprite
BambooDancerYellowYS.png|Sprite
BambooDancerGreenYS.png|Sprite
BambooDancerBlueYS.png|Sprite
YS-ShyGuyLimbo-Icon.png|[[Shy Guy Limbo]] level icon
MPA Hulu.png|''[[Mario Party Advance]]'' ([[Hulu]])
MPA Hulu Icon.png|''Mario Party Advance'' (Hulu)
</gallery>
 
==Names in other languages==
{{foreign names
|Jap=バンブーダンサーズ<ref>''Yoshi's Story'', Shy Guy Limbo Japanese name and ending quote.</ref><ref>''Super Smash Bros. Melee'', Shy Guys trophy (set to Japanese).</ref>
|JapR=Banbū Dansāzu
|JapM=Bamboo Dancers
|Jap2=バンブーヘイホー<ref>「任天堂公式ガイドブック ヨッシーストーリー」 (''Nintendo Kōshiki Guidebook – Yoshi's Story''), pages 96 and 97. Based on the internal name <tt>actor_bamboo_heiho</tt>.</ref>
|Jap2R=Banbū Heihō
|Jap2M=Bamboo Shy Guy
|Ger=Limbostangen Guy
|GerM=Limbo Stick Guy
|Fre=Maskass<ref>Yoshi story's ending quote in level 5-3</ref>
|FreM=Shy Guy
}}
 
==References==
<references/>


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Latest revision as of 05:40, January 8, 2024

Bamboo dancers
Artwork of a bamboo dancer from Yoshi's Story
A bamboo dancer without a stick, in Yoshi's Story
First appearance Yoshi's Story (1997)
Latest appearance Mario Party Advance (2005)
Variant of Dancing Spear Guy
Notable members

Bamboo dancers,[1] also referred to as limbo guys[2] or limbo Shy Guys,[3] are a subset of Spear Guys that do the Bamboo Dance.[4] While Dancing Spear Guys jump around with spears, bamboo dancers always come in color-coded pairs and dance with limbo sticks. Their sticks can trip Yoshis and lower their happiness, so they must be jumped over to avoid damage. During gameplay, one dancer is in the foreground while the other is in the background, making them invincible. Bamboo dancers appear as enemies only in Shy Guy Limbo in Yoshi's Story.

The artwork and sprites for bamboo dancers appear quite differently, as the sprites appear to be wearing yellow face paint and grass skirts in the same manner as Spear Guys, while the artwork depicts one with an unpainted mask and a much less leafy skirt. In addition, their shoes are green in the artwork instead of blue.

In Mario Party Advance, a female bamboo dancer named Hulu appears as a character; however, she more closely resembles a Dancing Spear Guy.

Gallery[edit]

Names in other languages[edit]

Language Name Meaning
Japanese バンブーダンサーズ[5][6]
Banbū Dansāzu
バンブーヘイホー[7]
Banbū Heihō
Bamboo Dancers

Bamboo Shy Guy

French Maskass[8]
Shy Guy
German Limbostangen Guy
Limbo Stick Guy

References[edit]

  1. ^ Prima Bath. Nintendo 64 Game Secrets, 1999 Edition Prima's Official Strategy Guide. Page 113.
  2. ^ Leung, Jason, Terry Munson, and Scott Pelland. Yoshi's Story Player's Guide. Page 103. "Whenever you come across two pairs of limbo guys, avoid jumping over their poles one at a time."
  3. ^ "Out came the limbo Shy Guys, who kept the beat, while the Yoshis danced." – Yoshi's Story, Shy Guy Limbo ending quote.
  4. ^ Super Smash Bros. Melee, Shy Guys trophy (set to English). "There are many types of Shy Guys: they've been known to[...]do the Bamboo Dance[...]"
  5. ^ Yoshi's Story, Shy Guy Limbo Japanese name and ending quote.
  6. ^ Super Smash Bros. Melee, Shy Guys trophy (set to Japanese).
  7. ^ 「任天堂公式ガイドブック ヨッシーストーリー」 (Nintendo Kōshiki Guidebook – Yoshi's Story), pages 96 and 97. Based on the internal name actor_bamboo_heiho.
  8. ^ Yoshi story's ending quote in level 5-3