Glorpedo

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Glorpedo
Artwork of the Glorpedo enemy in Super Mario Sunshine.
Artwork from Super Mario Sunshine
First appearance Super Mario Sunshine (2002)
Latest appearance Super Mario 3D All-Stars (2020)
Variant of Goop
Comparable
Enemies in Uncork the Waterfall from Super Mario Sunshine
Screenshot from Super Mario Sunshine

Glorpedoes,[1] also known as Iga,[2] are enemies in Super Mario Sunshine. They are lumpy balls of goop that roll and bounce swiftly, leaving behind more goop as they move. They only appear in Noki Bay, where a Monty Mole shoots them out of his cannon. Here, they roll down the cliffs, leaving a trail of goop and spawning Goobles in their wake. Eventually, they hit the ground with a large splat, much like the ones Petey shoots, creating a large puddle of goop at the bottom of the cliffs. Like Piranhabons, Glorpedoes roll right over Mario without stopping if he is in their way. However, spraying them with FLUDD causes them to expand until they burst, releasing the sprayed water all around them and occasionally leaving Water Bottles behind. Jumping on top of them creates a very large puddle of goop.

"Glorpedo" is one of the names mentioned on the leaderboard in Mario Golf: Toadstool Tour.

Naming[edit]

Internal names[edit]

Game File Name Meaning

Super Mario Sunshine pollut_ball[3] Pollut Ball Pollute Ball

Names in other languages[edit]

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 Note(s) Ref.
Japanese イガイガ
Igaiga
Thorny [4][5][6]
French Grenase Portmanteau between "grenade" and vase ("mud") [5]
Iga Iga Romanization of the Japanese name Super Mario Bros. Encyclopedia [7]
German Farbgranate Portmanteau between färben ("colored") and Granate ("grenade") [5]
Italian Colorbomba Color-bomb; shared with Designbomb [5]
Glorpedo - Super Mario Sunshine [8]
Melmapalla Goop-ball Super Mario Bros. Encyclopedia [9]
Spanish Balalava Portmanteau between bala ("bullet") and "lava" [5]

References[edit]

  1. ^ Hodgson, David S J, Bryan Stratton, and Stephen Stratton (September 3, 2002). Super Mario Sunshine Prima's Official Strategy Guide. Roseville: Prima Games (American English). ISBN 0-7615-3961-1. Page 18.
  2. ^ Bogenn, Tim, and Doug Walsh (2002). Super Mario Sunshine Official Strategy Guide. BradyGAMES (American English). ISBN 0-7440-0180-3. Page 7.
  3. ^ Super Mario Sunshine, internal filename root/data/scene/bianco0.szs/scene/kbosspakkun/pollut_ball.bmd
  4. ^ Takashi, Watanabe, Noriko Oketani, Geesen Ueno, Mitsuharu Orihara, Tatsuhiko Mizutani, and Yasushi Nakahara, editors (2002). 『スーパーマリオサンシャイン 任天堂公式ガイドブック』. Tokyo: Shogakukan (Japanese). ISBN 4-09-106064-1. Page 18. Retrieved from Imgur.
  5. ^ a b c d e In-game name displayed on the scoreboard of the Lakitu Cup from Mario Golf: Toadstool Tour.
  6. ^ Sakai, Kazuya (ambit), kikai, Akinori Sao, Junko Fukuda, Kunio Takayama, and Ko Nakahara (Shogakukan), editors (2015). "Super Mario Sunshine" in『スーパーマリオブラザーズ百科: 任天堂公式ガイドブック』. Tokyo: Shogakukan (Japanese). ISBN 978-4-09-106569-8. Page 99.
  7. ^ Ardaillon, Joanna, and Victoria Juillard-Huberty, editors (2018). "Super Mario Sunshine" in Super Mario Encyclopedia. Translated by Fabien Nabhan. Toulon: Soleil Productions (French). ISBN 978-2-3020-7004-2. Page 99.
  8. ^ Hodgson, David S. J., Bryan Stratton, and Stephen Stratton (2002). Super Mario Sunshine Guida Strategica Ufficiale realizzata da Prima Games. Translated by Associazione Culturale Go!. Giaveno: Yoo Too Videogames, Prima Games (Italian). ISBN 88-900922-1-1. Page 18.
  9. ^ Sakai, Kazuya (ambit), kikai, Akinori Sao, Junko Fukuda, Kunio Takayama, Ko Nakahara (Shogakukan), and Marco Figini, editors (2018). "Super Mario Sunshine" in Super Mario Bros. Enciclopedia. Translated by Marco Amerighi. Milan: Magazzini Salani (Italian). ISBN 889367436X. Page 99.