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|image=[[File:Snail (render) - SMBW.png|200px]]<br>Rendered game model of a Swirlypod
|image=[[File:SMBW_screenshot_Climby_Snail.png|100px]]
|first_appearance=''[[Super Mario Bros. Wonder]]'' ([[List of games by date#2023|2023]])
|first_appearance=''[[Super Mario Bros. Wonder]]'' ([[List of games by date#2023|2023]])
|variants=[[Big Swirlypod]]
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==Gallery==
==Gallery==
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Snail model SMBW.png|Model
SMBW_screenshot_Climby_Snail.png|In-game
snailScale.jpg|Two Swirlypods scaling a wall
snailScale.jpg|Two Swirlypods scaling a wall
SnailDizzy.jpg|A stunned Swirlypod after its shell has been removed
SnailDizzy.jpg|A stunned Swirlypod after its shell has been removed
SnailShellless.jpg|A Swirlypod outside of its shell
SnailShellless.jpg|A Swirlypod outside of its shell
Snail model SMBW.png|Game model
Snail (render) - SMBW.png|Game model
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|Ita=Kiocciola<ref>[[Swamp Pipe Crawl]]'s Italian name: "Kiocciole sui tubi paludosi"</ref>
|Ita=Kiocciola<ref>[[Swamp Pipe Crawl]]'s Italian name: "Kiocciole sui tubi paludosi"</ref>
|ItaM=Pun on "chiocciola" (snail)
|ItaM=From "chiocciola" (snail)
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Revision as of 12:11, February 2, 2024

Swirlypod
Squared screenshot of a Swirlypod from Super Mario Bros. Wonder.
First appearance Super Mario Bros. Wonder (2023)
Variants
Comparable

Swirlypods[1] are enemies from Super Mario Bros. Wonder that are introduced in the level Bulrush Coming Through!. They are green snails with a pink shell, and their name comes from "swirl", referring to their spiral shell, and "gastropod", a class of mollusks composed of snails and slugs. They move slowly on the ground, walls, and blocks, but some are also seen climbing up background walls of Semisolid Platforms. When stomped, they are launched out of their shells, much like Beach Koopas, and, after recovering from the dizziness, attempt to get back in it. When Swirlypods are eaten by Maw-Maws, their shells are spat out. Similar to Koopa Shells, their shell can then be picked up and used as a weapon or projectile against other enemies.

They are more prominent in Swamp Pipe Crawl, where the emerging pipes reveal they can withstand the poison without repercussion.

Big Swirlypods also appear in some levels with them with the same characteristics.

Gallery

Additional names

Internal names

Game File Name Meaning

Super Mario Bros. Wonder Snail -

Names in other languages

Language Name Meaning Notes
Japanese マイマイ[2]
Maimai
Snail
Italian Kiocciola[3] From "chiocciola" (snail)

Trivia

  • The Swirlypods' bulbous, striped tentacles strongly resemble the green-banded broodsac, a parasitic flatworm that infests the eyestalks of snails.

References