Spined Puffer

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Spined Puffer
Spined Puffer
Artwork from Donkey Kong Jungle Beat
First appearance Donkey Kong Jungle Beat (2004)
Latest appearance New Play Control! Donkey Kong Jungle Beat (2008)
Comparable

Spined Puffers[1] are enemies in Donkey Kong Jungle Beat. These pufferfish-like enemies are encountered in underwater levels and do not attack, instead defending themselves by using their retractable spikes. Spined Puffers can be immobilized from a Sound Wave Attack, but only while their spikes are down. A Spined Puffer can be defeated from taking many hits from Donkey Kong, causing it to explode and drop five beats behind.

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Internal names[edit]

Game File Name Meaning

Donkey Kong Jungle Beat ObjectData/NeedlePoppo.arc Needle Poppo -

Names in other languages[edit]

Language Name Meaning Notes
Japanese ハリボンボン[2]
Haribonbon
Partial repetition of「針千本ハリセンボン」(harisenbon, "porcupinefish"); shared with Loch Nestor and Spindleburr

Trivia[edit]

Unused Rush Air Fish from Super Mario Galaxy.
"RushAirFish" from Super Mario Galaxy.
  • A Spined Puffer exists as an unused model under the name RushAirFish in Super Mario Galaxy, missing all but its idle and puffing animations from Donkey Kong Jungle Beat.[3]

References[edit]

  1. ^ April 2005. Nintendo Power Volume 190. Nintendo of America (American English). Page 71.
  2. ^ Donkey Kong Jungle Beat Shogakukan book. Shogakukan (Japanese). Page 171Media:DKJB Shogakukan pages 170-171.jpg.
  3. ^ TCRF. Super Mario Galaxy § Jungle Beat Leftovers. The Cutting Room Floor (English). Retrieved March 3, 2018.