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Bats appear near the [[castle]] where [[Luigi]] is captured in one of the posters for ''[[The Super Mario Bros. Movie]]''.<ref>[[:File:The Super Mario Bros. Movie official poster 3.jpg|Poster for ''The Super Mario Bros. Movie'' featuring bats in the background]]</ref>
Bats appear near the [[castle]] where [[Luigi]] is captured in one of the posters for ''[[The Super Mario Bros. Movie]]''.<ref>[[:File:The Super Mario Bros. Movie official poster 3.jpg|Poster for ''The Super Mario Bros. Movie'' featuring bats in the background]]</ref>
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Revision as of 10:29, February 21, 2023

Bat
SMG Bat Artwork.png
First appearance Super Mario Galaxy (2007)
Latest appearance Super Mario 3D All-Stars (2020)
Variant of Swoop
Variants

A bat[1][2] is a Swoop-like enemy from Super Mario Galaxy and Super Mario Galaxy 2. They have pig-like noses and bulging, glowing eyes with faint rings on them, causing them to resemble Keese from the The Legend of Zelda series, particularly their incarnation from The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess; the two games were in development at overlapping times, so this may be intentional.

History

Super Mario Galaxy / Super Mario Galaxy 2

Bats attacking Luigi in the Slimy Spring Galaxy
Two bats attacking Luigi in Slimy Spring Galaxy

Initially, bats are found either hanging from the ceiling or flying around aimlessly. When Mario or Luigi approaches, they fly in close to him, before attempting to fly straight into him. If they succeed, they will laugh at him. They can be defeated with a spin or stomp, and they release either three Star Bits or one coin, respectively, depending on which way they are defeated. They can be found in many dark places, with the first being the cave in the Beach Bowl Galaxy. They are also found flying around the arm of Heavy Metal Mecha-Bowser. Icy locations such as the cold portion of the Freezeflame Galaxy sometimes contain an icy variant called an ice bat, which will freeze Mario or Luigi if he makes contact with it, and can be defeated only with a Fire Flower.

The Super Mario Bros. Movie

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Bats appear near the castle where Luigi is captured in one of the posters for The Super Mario Bros. Movie.[3]

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Additional names

Internal names

Game File Name Meaning

Super Mario Galaxy
Super Mario Galaxy 2
ObjectData/BasaBasa.arc BasaBasa Transliteration of below
Super Mario Galaxy
Super Mario Galaxy 2
StageData/ObjNameTable.arc/ObjNameTable.tbl
SystemData/ObjNameTable.arc/ObjNameTable.tbl
バサバサ (Basa Basa) Swoop

Names in other languages

Language Name Meaning
Japanese バットン[4]
Batton
Derived from "bat" and possibly「豚」(ton, "swine"), most likely because of their pig-like nose; shared with Enigma's Japanese name

German Flappflapp
Same as Swoop
Italian Pippy
Diminutive of pipistrello ("bat")
Spanish Vampílago
Same as Swoop

References

  1. ^ Black, Fletcher. Super Mario Galaxy PRIMA Official Game Guide. Pages 134–135.
  2. ^ Browne, Catherine. Super Mario Galaxy 2 PRIMA Official Game Guide. Page 237.
  3. ^ Poster for The Super Mario Bros. Movie featuring bats in the background
  4. ^ Shogakukan. 2015. Super Mario Bros. Hyakka: Nintendo Kōshiki Guidebook. Pages 128 and 160.