Frog Pirate
| Frog Pirate | |||
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 Artwork from Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island | |||
| First appearance | Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island (1995) | ||
| Latest appearance | Yoshi's Island: Super Mario Advance 3 (2002) | ||
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Frog Pirates[1] are enemies in Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island and its remake. These frogs live in the swamps and wetlands of Yoshi's Island and appear mainly in World 3. If a Yoshi comes too close to one, it will lash out its tongue and try to steal Baby Mario. Stepping on its head only disables it for a moment, so Yoshi should instead try to throw an egg at the frog or swallow it. Spitting out a Frog Pirate will only make it fall off the screen, enabling it to respawn later.
The World 3 mid-boss Froggy is based on this enemy, and unlike other bosses in the game, bears no visible differences to the enemy he is based on. In the Japanese version of the game, Froggy and Frog Pirates have the same name (Gerogēro). In Froggy's boss fight, it is implied that Frog Pirates like to eat Shy-Guys.
Profiles and statistics
Yoshi's Island series
Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island
- Shogakukan guide: なが～い舌をのばして赤ちゃんをさらう大ガエル。タマゴを当てるとしばらく気絶するので、そのスキに食ベてしまおう。[2] (A large frog that snatches the baby by stretching out its long tongue. If you hit it with an egg, it faints, so eat it while it's still unconscious.)
- Player's Guide: These larcenous amphibians have tongues even longer than Yoshi's, and they'd love to steal Baby Mario![1]
Yoshi's Island: Super Mario Advance 3
- Shogakukan guide (shared with Froggy): 長い舌をのばして、赤ちゃんをさらう大ガエル。タマゴを当てると気絶するので、その間に食ベてしまおう。ワールド3-4ではボスとしても登場。[3] (A large frog that snatches the baby by stretching out its long tongue. If you hit it with an egg, it faints, so eat it while it's still unconscious. It also appears as a boss in World 3-4.)
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Names in other languages
The contemporaneous name for each language is listed first. Subsequent names are listed in chronological order for each language, from oldest to newest, and have the media they are associated with in the "notes" column.
| Language | Name | Meaning | Notes |
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| Japanese | ゲロゲーロ[2][3] Gerogēro |
From「ゲロゲロ」(gero-gero, "ribbit") | |
| Chinese (simplified) | 呱呱蛙1[4] Guāguā Wā |
Croaking Frog | |
| German | Börki[5] | Diminutive form of börk ("croak"); shared with the frog enemy from Yoshi's Story | |
| Italian | Ranocchio1[4] | Froggy |
1 - Attribution of this specific name to the Frog Pirate is an extrapolation derived form the localized name of Prince Froggy.
References
- ^ Jump up to: a b Miller, Kent, and Terry Munson (1995). Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island Player's Guide. Nintendo of America (American English). Page 127.
- ^ Jump up to: a b Okeya, Noriko, Mitsuharu Orihara, and Yuji Kigen, editors (1995). 『スーパーマリオヨッシーアイランド任天堂公式ガイドブック』. Tokyo: Shogakukan (Japanese). ISBN 4-09-1025-234. Page 8.
- ^ Jump up to: a b Watanabe, Takashi, Noriko Oketani, Mitsuharu Orihara, Tatsuhiko Mizutani, and Yasushi Nakahara, editors (2002). 『スーパーマリオアドバンス3任天堂公式ガイドブック』. Tokyo: Shogakukan (Japanese). ISBN 4-09-106071-4. Page 16.
- ^ Jump up to: a b In-game name for Prince Froggy's Fort from Yoshi's Island: Super Mario Advance 3.
- ^ Menold, Marcus, John D. Kraft, and Thomas Görg, editors (1995). Der offizielle Nintendo Spieleberater "Super Mario World 2 – Yoshi's Island". Großostheim: Nintendo of Europe GmbH (German). Page 16.
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