Skeleton Goonie
| Skeleton Goonie | |||
|---|---|---|---|
 Artwork from Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island | |||
| First appearance | Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island (1995) | ||
| Latest appearance | Yoshi's Crafted World (2019) | ||
| Variant of | Goonie | ||
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Skeleton Goonies[1] are skeletal undead versions of Goonies that appear in Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island, Yoshi's Island: Super Mario Advance 3, Yoshi Touch & Go, Yoshi's Island DS, Yoshi's New Island, and Yoshi's Woolly World. Unlike normal Goonies, they cannot be ridden on, and will lose their wings and fall if this is attempted. They also fall if attacked with an egg. Some carry bombs to drop on Yoshi, similar to regular Goonies, but they never carry green Shy Guys. Oddly enough, they have feathers despite having skeletal wings. A flightless variety exists known as the Flightless Skeleton Goonies.
History[edit]
Yoshi's Island series[edit]
Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island / Yoshi's Island: Super Mario Advance 3[edit]
In Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island and its Game Boy Advance version, even though they have their own level, World 6-1: Scary Skeleton Goonies!, Skeleton Goonies debut in the first skiing part of World 5-3: Danger - Icy Conditions Ahead. They also appear in the opening segment of King Bowser's Castle.
Yoshi Touch & Go[edit]
They appear in Yoshi Touch & Go, where they behave like their non-skeletal counterparts, flying in the top screen, sometimes dropping bombs and Shy Guys. Hitting them with an egg rewards a Blue Coin.
Yoshi's Island DS[edit]
They also appear in Yoshi's Island DS and Yoshi's New Island with little to no differences in behavior or physical appearance. In the former, due to them using sprites edited from Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island while Goonie uses sprites edited from Yoshi Touch & Go, Skeleton Goonies are conspicuously smaller than ordinary Goonies.
Yoshi's New Island[edit]
They appear in Yoshi's New Island in Bowser's Castle Break-In, acting the same as previous games.
Super Princess Peach[edit]
Skeleton Goonies, as well as Flightless Skeleton Goonies, also make a cameo appearance, though not as an enemy, in Super Princess Peach. They appear in the background of the Wavy Beach minigame in the level where Gooper Blooper is fought.
Yoshi's Woolly World / Poochy & Yoshi's Woolly World[edit]
They appear in Yoshi's Woolly World and Poochy & Yoshi's Woolly World in three levels: Kamek's Last-Ditch Flyby, King Bowser's Castle, and their self-titled level Skeleton Goonies' Lava Lair. Like most other elements in the game, Skeleton Goonies have a woolly appearance. Skeleton Goonies' Lava Lair consists mostly of lava with some sections of Cascading Stones. To complete the level with all items without the "Immunity to fire and lava!" Power Badge, carefully bouncing from the many Skeleton Goonies is required.
Yoshi's Crafted World[edit]
Despite not reappearing in Yoshi's Crafted World as enemies, Skeleton Goonies cameo as platforms in Poochy's Magma Run and background elements in the first phase of The Great King Bowser.
Profiles[edit]
Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island / Yoshi's Island: Super Mario Advance 3[edit]
- Shogakukan guide: あほーどりみたいに、背中に乗せてはくれない。爆弾を運んで来ることもある。[2] (They don't carry you on their backs like Goonies. Sometimes they carry bombs.)
- Player's Guide: Unlike their feathered family-members, you can't hitch a ride on a Skeleton Goonie.[1]
- Shogakukan guide (Game Boy Advance version): あほーどりのように背中に乗ることはできないが、ふみつけたり食べてからはき出すとほねあほーむしになる。爆弾を運んで来ることも......。[3] (They cannot ride on their backs like Goonies, but if you step on them or eat them and then spit them out, they become Flightless Skeleton Goonie. They can also carry bombs...)
Yoshi Touch & Go[edit]
- Shogakukan guide: 上空の左右どちらかから現れ、ヘイホーを落として去っていく。見逃すと何度でもヘイホーを連れてもどってくるので、早めに倒しておきたい。ヘイホーを落とす前をねらうといい。[4](They appear from either side of the sky, drop a Shy Guy, and leave. If you miss them, they will come back again and again with Shy Guys, so it is important to defeat them as soon as possible. You should aim at them before they drop their Shy Guys.)
Yoshi's New Island[edit]
- Shogakukan guide: ホネだけになったあほーどり。水平にゆっくりと飛んでくる。あほーどりと異なり、乗った瞬簡に翼が崩れる。そのため、長時間乗り続けることはできない。[5](A Goonie, reduced to only bones. It flies horizontally and slowly. Unlike the Goonies, its wings collapse the instant it is ridden on. Therefore, it is not possible to continue riding it for a long time.)
Gallery[edit]
Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island
Yoshi's Island DS
Yoshi's New Island
Yoshi's Woolly World
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 | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Japanese | ほねあほーどり[2][3][5][6] Hone Ahō Dori |
Bone Goonie | |
| Chinese (simplified) | 骨信天翁[7] Gǔ Xìntiānwēng |
Bone Goonie | |
| Dutch | Skeleton Goonie[8] | - | |
| French | Albatr-Osseux[9] | Portmanteau between albatros ("Goonie") and osseux ("bony") | |
| Albatr'Osseaux[10][7] | Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island | ||
| German | Skelett-Birdie[11] | Skeleton Goonie | |
| Rupf Birdie[12] | Plucked Goonie | Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island | |
| Italian | Skeletro Gabby[7][13] | Skeleton Goonie | |
| Korean | 뼈닥멍청새[14] Ppyeodak Meongcheongsae |
Derivation of "뼈다귀" (ppyeodagwi, "bone") and "멍청새" (Meongcheongsae, "Goonie") | |
| Spanish (NOA) | Gavión esqueleto[15] | Skeleton Goonie | |
| Spanish (NOE) | Gavión Esqueleto1[16] | Skeleton Goonie | |
| Gavion Esqueleto[7] | Yoshi's Island: Super Mario Advance 3 |
1 - This name was lowercased as "gavión cabezón" in Latin American localizations from 2012 to 2019.[17]
References[edit]
- ^ a b Miller, Kent; Munson, Terry (1995). Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island Player's Guide. Nintendo of America (American English). Page 128.
- ^ 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 7.
- ^ 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 22.
- ^ Shogakukan. 「キャッチ！タッチ！ヨッシー！任天堂公式ガイドブック」 (Catch! Touch! Yoshi! Nintendo Kōshiki Guidebook). Japanese. Page 16.
- ^ a b Iwaya, Kiyotaka, Tatsuhiko Mizutani, Yasuyuki Kato, Junko Fukuda, Kunio Takayama, and Yasushi Nakahara (Shogakukan), editors (2014). 『ヨッシー New アイランド 任天堂公式ガイドブック』. Tokyo: Shogakukan (Japanese). ISBN 978-4-09-106542-1. Page 25.
- ^ Kataoka, Michiaki, Hideyuki Yoshizawa, Hiroshi Shibano, Satoru Watanabe, and Tomoya Sato (2017). 『ポチと！ ヨッシー ウールワールドオフィシャルガイド』. Tokyo: Kadokawa (Japanese). ISBN 978-4-04-892795-6. Page 261.
- ^ a b c d In-game name for Scary Skeleton Goonies! from Yoshi's Island: Super Mario Advance 3.
- ^ Herinneringentent (3 Feb. 2017). Poochy & Yoshi's Woolly World by Good-Feel. Nintendo of Europe GmbH (Dutch).
- ^ Théatre des souvenirs (26 Jun. 2015). Yoshi's Woolly World by Good-Feel. Nintendo of Europe GmbH (French). (Archived 27 Sept. 2015 via JeuxVideo by marye43.)
- ^ In-game name from Scary Skeleton Goonies! from Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island.
- ^ Museums-Pavillon (26 Jun. 2015). Yoshi's Woolly World by Good-Feel. Nintendo of Europe GmbH (German). (Archived via YouTube by Domtendo.)
- ^ 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 18.
- ^ Teatro dei ricordi (26 Jun. 2015). Yoshi's Woolly World by Good-Feel. Nintendo of Europe GmbH (Italian). (Archived via Mario's Castle.)
- ^ 추억 극장 (4 Mar. 2017). Poochy & Yoshi's Woolly World by Good-Feel. Nintendo of Korea Co., Ltd. (Korean).
- ^ Carpa de los recuerdos (3 Feb. 2017). Poochy & Yoshi's Woolly World by Good-Feel. Nintendo of America (Latin American Spanish).
- ^ Guías Nintendo (2015). Enemigos. Guía Yoshi’s Woolly World (European Spanish). (Archived April 18, 2024, 12:37:03 UTC via Wayback Machine.)
- ^ Carpa de los recuerdos (3 Feb. 2017). Poochy & Yoshi's Woolly World by Good-Feel. Nintendo of America (Latin American Spanish).
