Batadon: Difference between revisions

From the Super Mario Wiki, the Mario encyclopedia
Jump to navigationJump to search
mNo edit summary
 
(35 intermediate revisions by 17 users not shown)
Line 4: Line 4:
|latest_appearance=''[[Super Mario-kun Special Selection]]'' (2023)
|latest_appearance=''[[Super Mario-kun Special Selection]]'' (2023)
|relatives=[[Tokotoko]]
|relatives=[[Tokotoko]]
|comparable=[[Fighter Fly|Fly]]<br>[[Koopa Paratroopa]]<br>[[Kumo]]<br>[[Paragoomba]]
|comparable=[[Fly (Super Mario Land)|Fly]]<br>[[Koopa Paratroopa]]<br>[[Kumo]]<br>[[Paragoomba]]
}}
}}
'''Batadons'''<ref>{{cite|language=en-us|date=1989|publisher=Nintendo of America|title=''Super Mario Land'' instruction booklet|page=14}}</ref><ref>{{cite|language=en-us|date=1991|publisher=Nintendo of America|title=Nintendo ''Game Boy'' Player's Guide|page=5}}</ref> are hopping stone head enemies found in the game ''[[Super Mario Land]]''. To defeat this enemy, [[Mario]] either has to [[jump]] on top of it, or shoot three [[Superball Mario|Superball]]s at it. It acts much like a [[Fighter Fly|Fly]] or [[Kumo]], except it bounces higher, moves slower, and does not pause on the ground. Defeating a Batadon awards them with 800 points. Batadons can also pound through some platforms. They only appear in [[World 3-1 (Super Mario Land)|Worlds 3-1]] and [[World 3-3 (Super Mario Land)|3-3]]. Batadons closely resemble {{wp|moai}} heads, similarly to [[Tokotoko]]s, other rock-based creatures found in the [[Easton Kingdom]]; however, Batadons are the only ones with wings.
'''Batadon'''<ref>{{cite|language=en|date=1989|publisher=Nintendo of America|title=''Super Mario Land'' instruction booklet|page=14}}</ref><ref>{{cite|language=en|date=1991|publisher=Nintendo of America|title=Nintendo ''Game Boy'' Player's Guide|page=5}}</ref> are hopping winged enemies from the [[Easton Kingdom]]. They are first found in ''[[Super Mario Land]]''. Batadon closely resemble {{wp|moai}} heads, similarly to [[Tokotoko]].


In the [[Super Mario Land (manga)|''Super Mario Land'' manga]], a Batadon is the first enemy encountered in Easton Kingdom, getting angry at Mario for ruining one of the statues and calling the Tokotoko and other Batadons for backup. However, the moai are easily tricked by Mario yelling "{{wp|Statues (game)|Red light!}}", making them stop in place. Only when Mario leaves do they realize that they were tricked and chase after him. After losing Mario due to him being in a disguise, they finally find him and jump towards him, failing to notice he was entangled in a web with lethal [[Suu]] venom about to be poured on him. Getting entangled in the web, the maoi free Mario with their jolts, and are hit by the venom in his place, melting down.
==History==
===''Super Mario Land''===
In ''Super Mario Land'', [[Mario]] can defeat a Batadon by either [[jump]]ing on it or by shooting three [[Superball Mario|Superball]]s at it. It acts much like a [[Fly (Super Mario Land)|Fly]] or [[Kumo]], except it bounces higher, moves slower, and does not pause on the ground. Defeating a Batadon awards 800 points. Batadon can also pound through some platforms. They only appear in [[World 3-1 (Super Mario Land)|Worlds 3-1]] and [[World 3-3 (Super Mario Land)|3-3]].
 
===''Super Mario Land'' (manga)===
In the [[Super Mario Land (manga)|''Super Mario Land'' manga]], a Batadon is the first enemy encountered in Easton Kingdom, getting angry at Mario for ruining one of the statues and calling the Tokotoko and other Batadon for backup. However, the moai are easily tricked by Mario yelling "{{wp|Statues (game)|Red light!}}", making them stop in place. Only when Mario leaves do they realize that they were tricked and chase after him. After losing Mario due to him being in a disguise, they finally find him and jump towards him, failing to notice he was entangled in a web with lethal [[Suu]] venom about to be poured on him. Getting entangled in the web, the moai free Mario with their jolts, and are hit by the venom in his place, melting down.
 
===''Super Mario-kun''===
In ''[[Super Mario-kun]]'', some Batadon appear in [[Super Mario-kun Volume 3|volume 3]] alongside the Tokotoko and their boss [[Hiyoihoi]]. Apart from helping their leader and forming a giant rock with the moai, they do nothing relevant.
 
===''Mario Kart World''===
[[File:MKWorld Batadon.png|thumb|A Batadon in ''Mario Kart World'']]
{{new subject|section=y}}
Batadon appear in ''[[Mario Kart World]]'' alongside Tokotoko,<ref>{{cite|author=Nintendo of America|date=April 3, 2025|url=youtube.com/watch?v=MkNm2wmpyto|title=Nintendo Treehouse: Live &#x7c; Nintendo Switch 2 Day 1|timestamp=1:35:55|publisher-=YouTube|accessdate=April 3, 2025}}</ref> marking their first appearance in a game since their debut, as well as the first time that ''Super Mario Land'' enemies have directly appeared in a later game. They are redesigned to more closely resemble Tokotoko, having their more bottom-heavy shape.


In ''[[Super Mario-kun]]'', some Batadons appear in [[Super Mario-kun Volume 3|volume 3]] alongside the Tokotoko and their boss [[Hiyoihoi]]. Apart from helping their leader and forming a giant rock with the moai, they do nothing relevant.
A sponsor named "Batadon Aero Parts" depicts a Batadon on its logo. Additionally, Batadon carvings appear above the [[Finish line (object)|finish line]] in [[DS Desert Hills|Desert Hills]], flanking an [[Angry Sun]] carving.<ref>{{cite|author=Nintendo of America|date=April 2, 2025|url=www.youtube.com/watch?v=3pE23YTYEZM|title=Mario Kart World – Nintendo Direct <nowiki>|</nowiki> Nintendo Switch 2|publisher=YouTube|accessdate=April 2, 2025}}</ref> A Batadon appears alongside a Tokotoko in the icon for the [[route]] between [[Whistlestop Summit]] and [[DS Desert Hills|Desert Hills]] in the [[Cherry Rally]].


==Profiles==
==Profiles==
===''Super Mario Land''===
===''Super Mario Land''===
*'''Instruction booklet:''' ''A winged stone statue. It tries to crush Mario as it flies.''
{{Multilang profile
|type=manual
|Eng=A winged stone statue. It tries to crush Mario as it flies.
|Fre=Statue de pierre ailée. En volant cherche à écraser Mario.<ref name="SML manual FR">{{cite|title=''Super Mario Land'' French instruction booklet|page=[https://i.imgur.com/zuVxmWd.jpg 14]|accessdate=February 27, 2023|website=Imgur}}</ref>
}}
 
*'''Nintendo 3DS Virtual Console manual:''' ''This winged stone statue tries to crush Mario as it flies.''
*'''Nintendo 3DS Virtual Console manual:''' ''This winged stone statue tries to crush Mario as it flies.''


Line 25: Line 43:
|tojo_gemu=ランド1
|tojo_gemu=ランド1
|desc='''<big>翼の生えたモアイ像</big><br>
|desc='''<big>翼の生えたモアイ像</big><br>
モアイ像のような石像に翼が生えたもの。ピョンピョンと大きくはねながら、マリオを押しつぶそうとする。動きは速くないが、上空からくるので、狭い場所では難敵といえる。<ref name=Daijiten>{{cite|publisher=[[Shogakukan]]|date=1994|title=「パーフェクト版 マリオキャラクター大事典」 (''Perfect Ban Mario Character Daijiten'')|page=[https://i.imgur.com/buqxitx.jpeg 155]}}</ref>
モアイ像のような石像に翼が生えたもの。ピョンピョンと大きくはねながら、マリオを押しつぶそうとする。動きは速くないが、上空からくるので、狭い場所では難敵といえる。<ref name=Daijiten>{{cite|publisher=[[Shogakukan]]|date=1994|title=「パーフェクト版 マリオキャラクター大事典」 (''Perfect Ban Mario Character Daijiten'')|page=[https://i.imgur.com/buqxitx.jpeg 155]|accessdate=September 15, 2022|website=Imgur}}</ref>
|tribe=Rock clan
|tribe=Rock clan
|disposition=Stubborn person
|disposition=Stubborn person
Line 36: Line 54:
<gallery>
<gallery>
SML Batadon artwork.png|Artwork of a red Batadon from ''Super Mario Land''
SML Batadon artwork.png|Artwork of a red Batadon from ''Super Mario Land''
batadonsprite.png|Sprite from ''Super Mario Land''
batadonsprite.png|Sprite from ''Super Mario Land''{{class|whitebg}}
SMKSS Stage 4.png|''[[Super Mario-kun Special Selection]]''
SMKSS Stage 4.png|''[[Super Mario-kun Special Selection]]''
MKWorld Cherry Rally Desert Hills Icon.png|''[[Mario Kart World]]''
MKWorld Batadon Brand.png|''Mario Kart World'' (sponsor)
</gallery>
</gallery>


==Names in other languages==
==Names in other languages==
{{foreign names
{{foreign names
|Jap=パタドン<ref>{{cite|title=''Super Mario Land'' instruction booklet|page=15|language=ja|publisher=Nintendo|date=1989}}</ref>
|Jpn=パタドン
|JapR=Patadon
|JpnR=Patadon
|JapM=Portmanteau of「パタパタ」(''patapata'', "[[Koopa Paratroopa]]" and an onomatopoeia for flapping) and「ドン」(''don'', onomatopoeia for crushing)
|JpnM=Portmanteau of「パタパタ」(''patapata''), an onomatopoeia for flapping, and「ドン」(''don''), an onomatopoeia for crushing; potentially an allusion to [[Koopa Paratroopa#Naming|Koopa Paratroopa]]
|Dut=Batadon<ref>{{cite|title=''Club Nintendo'' (Netherlands) ''Classic''|page=8}}</ref>
|JpnC=<ref>{{cite|date=1989|title=『スーパーマリオランド取扱説明書』|language=ja|location=Kyoto|publisher=Nintendo Co., Ltd.|page=15}}</ref><ref>{{cite|author=Sakai, Kazuya (ambit), kikai, Akinori Sao, Junko Fukuda, Kunio Takayama, and Ko Nakahara (Shogakukan), editors|date=2015|title="Super Mario Land" in『[[Super Mario Bros. Encyclopedia|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]]』|language=ja|location=Tokyo|publisher=[[Shogakukan]]|isbn=978-4-09-106569-8|page=47}}</ref>
|Fre=Batadon<ref>{{cite|title=''Super Mario Land'' French instruction booklet|page=[https://i.imgur.com/zuVxmWd.jpg 14]}}</ref>
|Dut=Batadon
|DutM=-
|DutC=<ref name=brussels>{{cite|date=1990|title=''Super Mario Land mode d'emploi'' / ''Handleiding''|language=French, Dutch|location=Nederland, Brussels|publisher=Nintendo}}</ref>{{ref page|32}}<ref>{{cite|author=Club Nintendo, editors|date=1990|title="Super Mario Land" in ''Club Nintendo Classic''|language=nl|location=Großostheim|publisher=Nintendo of Europe GmbH|page=8}}</ref>
|Fin=Pataton
|FinM=Romanization of the Japanese name
|FinC=<ref>{{cite|author=Caragonne, George, and Todd Haedrich|date=1990|title="Tiukasti Käsissäsi..." in ''Nintendo-lehti'', no. 1|language=fi|translator=Laila Takolander|publisher=Semic|page=27}}</ref>
|Fre=Batadon
|FreM=-
|FreC=<ref name=brussels/>{{ref page|14}}
|Ger=Batadon
|Ger=Batadon
|GerC=<ref>{{cite|author=[[Nintendo|Nintendo of Europe]]|date=1990|title=''Super Mario Land Spielanleitung''|language=de|location=Großostheim|publisher=Nintendo of Europe|page=14}}</ref>
|GerM=-
|Ita=Batadon<ref>{{cite|title=''[[Super Mario Land]]'' Italian manual|page=14}}</ref><ref>{{cite|title=''[[Super Mario Land]]'' (3DS - [[Virtual Console]]) Italian e-manual|page=14}}</ref><ref>{{cite|date=November 15, 2018|title=''[[Super Mario Bros. Encyclopedia|Super Mario Bros. Enciclopedia]]''|publisher=Magazzini Salani|language=it|isbn=889367436X|page=47}}</ref>
|GerC=<ref>{{cite|date=1990|title=''Super Mario Land Spielanleitung''|language=de|location=Großostheim|publisher=Nintendo of Europe GmbH|page=14}}</ref>
|Ita=Batadon
|ItaM=-
|ItaC=<ref>{{cite|date=1990|title=''Super Mario Land Manuale di Instuzioni''|language=it|location=Florence|publisher=Nintendo|page=14}}</ref><ref>{{cite|date=2011|title=''Super Mario Land''|format=Electronic Manual|language=it|publisher=Nintendo of Europe GmbH|page=14}}</ref>
|Spa=Batadon
|Spa=Batadon
|SpaM=-
|SpaC=<ref>{{cite|author=Club Nintendo, editors|date=1990|title="Super Mario Land" in ''Club Nintendo Classic''|language=es-es|location=Großostheim|publisher=Nintendo of Europe GmbH|page=8}}</ref><ref>{{cite|date=2011|title=''Super Mario Land''|format=Electronic Manual|language=es-mx|publisher=Nintendo of America|page=14}}</ref>
}}
}}


Line 57: Line 90:


{{SML}}
{{SML}}
{{Game Boy comics}}
{{Mario Kart World}}
[[Category:Animate objects]]
[[Category:Animate objects]]
[[Category:Game Boy (comic)]]
[[Category:Mario Kart World species]]
[[Category:Super Mario Land enemies]]
[[Category:Super Mario Land enemies]]
[[de:Batadon]]
[[de:Batadon]]
[[it:Batadon]]
[[it:Batadon]]

Latest revision as of 17:23, May 25, 2025

Batadon
Artwork of Batadon from Super Mario Land.
Artwork from Super Mario Land
First appearance Super Mario Land (1989)
Latest appearance Super Mario-kun Special Selection (2023)
Relatives
Comparable

Batadon[1][2] are hopping winged enemies from the Easton Kingdom. They are first found in Super Mario Land. Batadon closely resemble moai heads, similarly to Tokotoko.

History

Super Mario Land

In Super Mario Land, Mario can defeat a Batadon by either jumping on it or by shooting three Superballs at it. It acts much like a Fly or Kumo, except it bounces higher, moves slower, and does not pause on the ground. Defeating a Batadon awards 800 points. Batadon can also pound through some platforms. They only appear in Worlds 3-1 and 3-3.

Super Mario Land (manga)

In the Super Mario Land manga, a Batadon is the first enemy encountered in Easton Kingdom, getting angry at Mario for ruining one of the statues and calling the Tokotoko and other Batadon for backup. However, the moai are easily tricked by Mario yelling "Red light!", making them stop in place. Only when Mario leaves do they realize that they were tricked and chase after him. After losing Mario due to him being in a disguise, they finally find him and jump towards him, failing to notice he was entangled in a web with lethal Suu venom about to be poured on him. Getting entangled in the web, the moai free Mario with their jolts, and are hit by the venom in his place, melting down.

Super Mario-kun

In Super Mario-kun, some Batadon appear in volume 3 alongside the Tokotoko and their boss Hiyoihoi. Apart from helping their leader and forming a giant rock with the moai, they do nothing relevant.

Mario Kart World

Batadon in Mario Kart World
A Batadon in Mario Kart World

This section is referring to a subject in an upcoming or recently released game. When the game is released, or more information about this subject is found, this section may need major rewriting.
This notice should be removed after a month has passed since the game was first released.

Batadon appear in Mario Kart World alongside Tokotoko,[3] marking their first appearance in a game since their debut, as well as the first time that Super Mario Land enemies have directly appeared in a later game. They are redesigned to more closely resemble Tokotoko, having their more bottom-heavy shape.

A sponsor named "Batadon Aero Parts" depicts a Batadon on its logo. Additionally, Batadon carvings appear above the finish line in Desert Hills, flanking an Angry Sun carving.[4] A Batadon appears alongside a Tokotoko in the icon for the route between Whistlestop Summit and Desert Hills in the Cherry Rally.

Profiles

Super Mario Land

  • Instruction booklet description:
    • English:
      A winged stone statue. It tries to crush Mario as it flies.
    • Other languages:
  • Nintendo 3DS Virtual Console manual: This winged stone statue tries to crush Mario as it flies.

Perfect Ban Mario Character Daijiten

パタドン (JP) / Batadon (EN)
A Batadon from Super Mario Land.
Original text (Japanese) Translation
種族しゅぞく 岩石族 Tribe Rock clan
性格せいかく がんこ者 Disposition Stubborn person
登場とうじょうゲーム ランド1 Game appearances Land 1
翼の生えたモアイ像

モアイ像のような石像に翼が生えたもの。ピョンピョンと大きくはねながら、マリオを押しつぶそうとする。動きは速くないが、上空からくるので、狭い場所では難敵といえる。[6]

Winged moai statue

A moai-like stone statue with wings. They leap and flap wildly as they try to crush Mario. They do not move fast, but since they come from above, they can be a difficult enemy in tight spaces.

Gallery

Names in other languages

Language Name Meaning Notes
Japanese パタドン[7][8]
Patadon
Portmanteau of「パタパタ」(patapata), an onomatopoeia for flapping, and「ドン」(don), an onomatopoeia for crushing; potentially an allusion to Koopa Paratroopa
Dutch Batadon[9]:32[10] -
Finnish Pataton[11] Romanization of the Japanese name
French Batadon[9]:14 -
German Batadon[12] -
Italian Batadon[13][14] -
Spanish Batadon[15][16] -

References

  1. ^ 1989. Super Mario Land instruction booklet. Nintendo of America (English). Page 14.
  2. ^ 1991. Nintendo Game Boy Player's Guide. Nintendo of America (English). Page 5.
  3. ^ Nintendo of America (April 3, 2025). Nintendo Treehouse: Live | Nintendo Switch 2 Day 1 (1:35:55). Retrieved April 3, 2025.
  4. ^ Nintendo of America (April 2, 2025). Mario Kart World – Nintendo Direct | Nintendo Switch 2. YouTube. Retrieved April 2, 2025.
  5. ^ Super Mario Land French instruction booklet. Page 14. Retrieved February 27, 2023 from Imgur.
  6. ^ 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. Page 155. Retrieved September 15, 2022 from Imgur.
  7. ^ 1989. 『スーパーマリオランド取扱説明書』. Kyoto: Nintendo Co., Ltd. (Japanese). Page 15.
  8. ^ Sakai, Kazuya (ambit), kikai, Akinori Sao, Junko Fukuda, Kunio Takayama, and Ko Nakahara (Shogakukan), editors (2015). "Super Mario Land" 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 47.
  9. ^ Jump up to: a b 1990. Super Mario Land mode d'emploi / Handleiding. Nederland, Brussels: Nintendo (French, Dutch).
  10. ^ Club Nintendo, editors (1990). "Super Mario Land" in Club Nintendo Classic. Großostheim: Nintendo of Europe GmbH (Dutch). Page 8.
  11. ^ Caragonne, George, and Todd Haedrich (1990). "Tiukasti Käsissäsi..." in Nintendo-lehti, no. 1. Translated by Laila Takolander. Semic (Finnish). Page 27.
  12. ^ 1990. Super Mario Land Spielanleitung. Großostheim: Nintendo of Europe GmbH (German). Page 14.
  13. ^ 1990. Super Mario Land Manuale di Instuzioni. Florence: Nintendo (Italian). Page 14.
  14. ^ 2011. Super Mario Land (Electronic Manual). Nintendo of Europe GmbH (Italian). Page 14.
  15. ^ Club Nintendo, editors (1990). "Super Mario Land" in Club Nintendo Classic. Großostheim: Nintendo of Europe GmbH (European Spanish). Page 8.
  16. ^ 2011. Super Mario Land (Electronic Manual). Nintendo of America (Mexican Spanish). Page 14.