King Watinga

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King Watinga
King Watinga as seen in Super Mario Maker
Sprite from Super Mario Maker
Species Fly
First appearance Mario Paint (1992)
Latest appearance Super Mario Maker (2015)

King Watinga[1] is a large, robotic Fly that serves as the boss of the Gnat Attack minigame.

In Mario Paint, King Watinga appears after every fly has been swatted. King Watinga is capable of flight, spawning Fly Children, and shooting out stinger missiles. After taking 10 swats, he starts turning red, and the color deepens after he takes 15 swats. After taking 20 swats, he convulses and explodes, completing the level.

In Super Mario Maker, King Watinga appears in the final level, where he appears at the start. He only spawns Fly Children and flies off-screen, returning when all the Fly Children have been swatted. When Watinga takes enough damage, he turns angry and red, and his theme is replaced by a sped-up version. Like in Mario Paint, he explodes after being defeated, completing the minigame.

Following the release of Version 1.20, King Watinga can also appear on the level editor screen if a Muncher is shaken after the flies have already spawned. Angering him by swatting him repeatedly will start a more challenging version of Gnat Attack. In this mode, two King Watingas appear. The first King Watinga becomes angry after he first flies back-on screen, which happens when two of the Fly Children have been swatted, instead of all of them. However, any remaining Fly Children after his death will have to be swatted to summon the second King Watinga. Defeating the second King Watinga complete the minigame.

King Watinga also appears in Fly Swatter, a minigame that is a remake of Gnat Attack appearing in WarioWare, Inc.: Mega Microgame$!.

King Watinga makes a small appearance in volume 5 of Super Mario-kun, in which he is brought out of the Mario Paint game by Lemmy. After colliding with Yoshi, King Watinga fuses with him to become Hae Yoshi. In the end, he is destroyed, and Mario is able to redraw Yoshi.

Gallery[edit]

  • Sprite from Mario Paint

    Sprite from Mario Paint

  • King Watinga being defeated in Mario Paint

    King Watinga being defeated in Mario Paint

  • King Watinga's appearance in Super Mario-kun

    King Watinga's appearance in Super Mario-kun

Naming[edit]

Internal names[edit]

Game File Name Meaning

Super Mario Maker content/Pack/Edit.pack/Cmn_fly_boss.szs Cmn_fly_boss Fly Boss

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 with which they are associated in the "Notes" column.

Language Name Meaning Note(s) Ref.
Japanese ハエたたきゲームのボス
Haetataki Gēmu no Bosu		 Gnat Attack Boss [2]
Dutch Koning Watinga King Watinga [3]
Finnish Valtava jättihyönteinen Huge giant insect [4]
French (European) Roi Watinga King Watinga [5]
German König Watinga King Watinga [6]
Mückenkönig Watinga Gnat King Watinga Mario Paint [7]
Italian King Watinga - [8]
Portuguese (European) King Watinga - [9]
Spanish (European) King Watinga - [10]
Rey Watinga King Watinga Mario Paint [11]

References[edit]

  1. ^ 1992. Mario Paint Instruction Booklet. Redmond: Nintendo of America. Page 29.
  2. ^ Yukio Sawada (25 Jan. 1993). Super Mario-kun Volume 5. CoroCoro Comic (Japanese). ISBN 4-09-141765-5. Page 140.
  3. ^ Nintendo Nederland (3 Aug. 2025). 🎨 Tijd voor creativiteit in Mario Paint met Nintendo Switch Online!. YouTube (Dutch).
  4. ^ "Siitä voi olla arvaamatonta hyötyä, kun tulee aika kohdata lopussa valtava jättihyönteinen." – Saarva, Petteri, Mikael Ekroos, Kieku Salo, and Markus Selin, editors (1992). "Mario Paint" in Nintendo-lehti (no. 11–12). Finnish. Page 6.
  5. ^ Nintendo France (3 Aug. 2025). 🎨 Libérez votre créativité dans Mario Paint via Nintendo Switch Online !. YouTube (French).
  6. ^ Nintendo DE (3 Aug. 2025). 🎨 Kreiert Kreationen in Mario Paint mit Nintendo Switch Online!. YouTube (German).
  7. ^ 1992. Mario Paint Spielanleitung. Großostheim: Nintendo of Europe GmbH (German). Page 29.
  8. ^ NintendoItalia (3 Aug. 2025). 🎨 Mostra il tuo lato artistico in Mario Paint con Nintendo Switch Online!. YouTube (Italian).
  9. ^ Nintendo Portugal (3 Aug. 2025). 🎨 Mario Paint chega ao Nintendo Switch Online!. YouTube (European Portuguese).
  10. ^ Nintendo España (3 Aug. 2025). 🎨 ¡Dad unas buenas pinceladas en Mario Paint con Nintendo Switch Online!. YouTube (European Spanish).
  11. ^ 1992. Mario Paint Manual de Instrucciones. Madrid: Nintendo (European Spanish). Page 29.
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