Witch (boss)
| Witch | |
|---|---|
 Artwork from Super Mario Land 2: 6 Golden Coins | |
| First appearance | Super Mario Land 2: 6 Golden Coins (1992) |
| Latest appearance | Mario vs. Wario (1993) |
The Witch[1][2][3] is a boss in Super Mario Land 2: 6 Golden Coins. She is the boss of Pumpkin Zone, and the Witch can be found flying in the Pumpkin Zone sky on her broom. The Witch battles out with Mario in her kitchen, where she teleports around the room and casts fire bolts with her wand. Some of these fire bolts fall down under the pots that stands in the middle of her kitchen and boils them so much that the lids on them fly high up in the air. If Mario stands on these pots, they will propel him into the spikes above. The Witch is defeated after being stomped three times or from six fireballs. The Witch also appears as a "nothing" icon in the slot machine game of the optional casino area; if it is landed on, she will stick out her tongue, and taunt Mario.
The Witch reappears in the Mario vs. Wario comic. She starts by shooting fireballs at Mario. He ducks the flames and they hit the Big Bird, who was in the nearby bush. She then launches her lids at Mario. He then jumps over the lids and lands on them, getting them stuck to his shoes but also allowing him to walk on water. He walks across a lake and "thanks" the Witch for her "help".
The Witch has similarities to the collector, and is depicted as another form of that character in the Kodansha adaptation.[4] The Witch is also a character in volume 8 of Super Mario-kun, where she transforms Mario into a pig, and the Witch also attempts to collide two flying pot lids to harm Mario and his friends. With the help of a Boo, Mario uses the Witch's wand to transform her into a fish.
Profiles and statistics
Perfect Ban Mario Character Daijiten
| サバーサ (JP) / Witch (EN) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
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| Original text (Japanese) | Translation | ||
| ？（魔女） | Tribe | ? (Witch) | |
| ひねくれもの | Disposition | Sourpuss | |
| ランド2 | Game appearances | Land 2 | |
| 魔法攻撃が得意な魔女 サバーサは、魔女の家コースに隠れすむパンプキンゾーンのボス。火炎系の魔法攻撃が得意な魔女で、ワリオの性格が気に入って仲間になったというすじがねいりのヒネクレものだ。[5] |
A witch who excels at magical attacks The Witch is the boss of the Pumpkin Zone, hidden in the Witch's House Course. She is a witch who specializes in flame magic attacks, and is a cynical, twisted person who became Wario's friend because she liked his personality. | ||
Gallery
Sprite from Super Mario Land 2: 6 Golden Coins
Super Mario-kun, volume 8
Alternate artwork
Names in other languages
Unless they are the only ones available, names unique to the Super Mario Bros. Encyclopedia are denoted as such in the "notes" column.
| Language | Name | Meaning | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Japanese | サバーサ[6][7] Sabāsa |
Derived from "Sabbath" and possibly「 |
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| French | La sorcière[8] | The witch | |
| Tabatha[9] | Given name | Super Mario Bros. Encyclopedia | |
| German | Heisse Hexe[10][11] | Hot Witch | |
| Italian | Strega[12] | Witch | |
| Stregaccia[13] | Ugly witch; from strega ("witch") and the pejorative suffix -accia | Super Mario Bros. Encyclopedia | |
| Spanish | Bruja[14] | Witch |
References
- ^ "Stay in the middle of the last room while you wait for the Witch to appear on one side, then leap and jump." – December 1992. Nintendo Power Volume 43. Nintendo of America (American English). Page 50.
- ^ August 1993. Nintendo Magazine System (AU) Issue #5. Page 55.
- ^ English Super Mario Land 2: 6 Golden Coins entry on the official Mario Portal. nintendo.co.jp (English). Retrieved August 13, 2022. (Archived August 13, 2022, 13:51:45 UTC via archive.today.)
- ^ Kazuki, Motoyama. KC Deluxe vol. 19 - Super Mario Land 2: 6-tsu no Kinka 1. Page 89.
- ^ 1994. 「パーフェクト版 マリオキャラクター大事典」 (Perfect Ban Mario Character Daijiten). Shogakukan (Japanese). Page 87.
- ^ Itoi, Shigesato, Takashi Watanabe, Hiroyuki Jinnai (APE), Jin Kobayashi, Ryuji Osawa, and Shigeo Tanabe, editors (1992). 『スーパーマリオランド2: 6つの金貨任天堂公式ガイドブック』. Tokyo: Shogakukan. ISBN 4-09-102413-0. Page 9.
- ^ Motoyama, Kazuki (6 Jul. 1993). Super Mario Land 2 - 6-tsu no Kinka 1, Super Mario, vol. 18. Kodansha (Japanese). Page 7.
- ^ Smith, Mark, editor (1993). "Super Mairo Land 2" in Club Nintendo, vol. 1, ed. 7. Nintendo Co., Ltd. (French). Page 28.
- ^ Ardaillon, Joanna, and Victoria Juillard-Huberty, editors (2018). "Super Mario Land 2: 6 Golden Coins" in Super Mario Encyclopedia. Translated by Fabien Nabhan. Toulon: Soleil Productions (French). ISBN 978-2-3020-7004-2. Page 75.
- ^ Pohlmann, Susanne (1994). "Super Mario Land 2" in Club Nintendo, vol. 6, is. 1. Nintendo of Europe GmbH (German). Page 55.
- ^ Moyes, Claude M., Andreas G. Kämmerer, and Marcus Menold, editors (1994). "Super Mario Land 2" in Offizielle Game Boy Spieleberater 2. Großostheim: Nintendo of Europe GmbH (German). Page 20.
- ^ Fletcher, John, editor in chief (1993). "Super Mario Land 2" in Club Nintendo, vol. 1. Linea Gig S.p.a., Nintendo Co., Ltd. (Italian). Page 24.
- ^ Sakai, Kazuya (ambit), kikai, Akinori Sao, Junko Fukuda, Kunio Takayama, Ko Nakahara (Shogakukan), and Marco Figini, editors (2018). "Super Mario Land 2: 6 Golden Coins" in Super Mario Bros. Enciclopedia. Translated by Marco Amerighi. Milan: Magazzini Salani (Italian). ISBN 889367436X. Page 75.
- ^ Sakai, Kazuya (ambit), kikai, Akinori Sao, Junko Fukuda, Kunio Takayama, and Ko Nakahara (Shogakukan), editors (2017). "Super Mario Land 2: 6 Golden Coins" in Enciclopedia Super Mario Bros. 30ª Aniversario. Translated by Gemma Tarrés. Barcelona: Editorial Planeta, S.A. (European Spanish). ISBN 978-84-9146-223-1. Page 75.
