Editing Ankoopa

{{species infobox
|image=[[File:Ankoopa MLSS.png]]
|first_appearance=''[[Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga]]'' ([[List of games by date#2003|2003]])
|variant_of=[[Koopa Troopa]]
|relatives=[[Big Koopa Troopa]]
}}
{{quote|Aaaah! How did THAT happen??? [[Mario|You]] [[Luigi|guys]] are no slouches!|Ankoopa|[[Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga]]}}
[[File:Falling Ankoopa.png|thumb|left|Before and after being knocked over]]
'''Ankoopas'''<ref>{{cite|quote=My sources tell me that one of the four Beanstar pieces fell north of town into the Yoshi Theater. But the road to the Yoshi Theater is blocked halfway by Ankoopa!|author=[[Information Booth]] [[Miles Tones|shopkeeper]]|title=''Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga''|date=2003}}</ref> (also generically referred to by [[Prima Games|Prima]] as "'''Turtles'''"<ref>{{cite|quote=A giant Turtle blocks the passage to a cave to the right of the watering hole. (And, no, the [[Hammer]]s the boys receive won't do the trick.)|title=''Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga'' Prima's Official Strategy Guide|date=November 25, 2003|publisher=[[Prima Games]]|page=58|language=en-us|isbn=0-7615-4423-2}}</ref>) are pudgy, giant [[Koopa Troopa]]s found only in ''[[Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga]]''. They are cross-eyed and have oblong shells which extend up from their backs, behind their heads. Their name is a combination of the words "[[anchor]]" and "[[Koopa (species)|Koopa]]".

Ankoopas block certain paths in the [[Beanbean Kingdom]], reciting the line, "''Derr... No matter what you hit me with, you can't knock me down. I think...''" when spoken to. One also appears in a house in [[Beanbean Castle Town]].

The road-blocking Ankoopas can only be moved with [[Mario]]'s [[Dash (Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga)|Dash]] technique, which knocks them down briefly; they will move aside and express surprise at the Bros.' ability, and then allow the pair to progress.

In ''[[Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga + Bowser's Minions]]'', they have been replaced with [[Big Koopa Troopa]]s.
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==Names in other languages==
{{foreign names
|Jap=ノコッタス<ref>{{cite|language=Japanese|quote=「②の{{ruby|石橋|いしばし}}の{{ruby|向|む}}こう{{ruby|側|がわ}}に{{ruby|立|た}}っているノコッタスをダッシュで{{ruby|倒|たお}}せば、{{ruby|先|さき}}へと{{ruby|進|すす}}める。なお、ノコッタスは、ここ{{ruby|以外|いがい}}にもいろいろな{{ruby|場所|ばしょ}}にいるので、{{ruby|見|み}}かけたらぶつかってみよう。」|publisher=[[Shogakukan]]|title=''Mario & Luigi RPG Nintendo Kōshiki Guidebook''|page={{file link|MLRPG NOG Nokottasu.png|75}}}}</ref>
|JapR=Nokottasu
|JapM=Possibly a portmanteau of「残った」(''{{wp|Glossary of sumo terms#N|nokotta}}'', a sumo term) and "tor'''toise'''"; likely incorporating「ノコノコ」(''Nokonoko'', [[Koopa Troopa#Names in other languages|Koopa Troopa]])
|Spa=Tortuga gigante{{ref needed}}
|SpaM=Giant turtle
}}

==See also==
*[[Kent C. Koopa]]

==References==
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[[Category:Koopa Troopas]]
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