Spiny Egg
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Template:Species-infobox Spiny Eggs, originally known as Spiny's eggs[1], are the projectiles thrown by Lakitus. Spiny Eggs are small, usually red balls covered in spikes. Once they touch the ground, they turn into normal Spinies. Despite its name, a Spiny Egg would appear to not be an egg at all; it seems to simply be a Spiny rolled up into a ball. While in this state, they can be defeated when touched by invincible characters, burned by Fire Mario's fireballs, attacked by Raccoon Mario's or Tanooki Mario's Tail attack, etc.
History
Super Mario series
Super Mario Bros.
Spiny eggs debuted in the original Super Mario Bros.. In this game, they were of a more elongated shape than later appearances.
Super Mario Bros.: The Lost Levels
In Super Mario Bros.: The Lost Levels, they look and act identical to their appearance in Super Mario Bros.
Super Mario Bros. 3
Super Mario Bros. 3 included the original red Spiny Egg, colored orange in the Super Mario All-Stars remake, and introduced a green Spiny Egg, which doesn't hatch, but slowly rolls along the ground chasing Mario. The Spiny Eggs in this game were spherical.
Super Mario World
In Super Mario World, Spiny Eggs are colored orange, like the Spinies of that game. Along with normal Lakitus, they can be thrown by Fishin' Lakitus and Lakitus found within pipes.
Super Mario 64 / Super Mario 64 DS
Spiny Eggs are again thrown by Lakitus in Super Mario 64, where like the game's Spinies, they have yellow spikes. In Tiny-Huge Island, they can be thrown into the water, where they will sink and disappear. They reappear in the same capacity in Super Mario 64 DS, now using their current design. If Yoshi eats a Spiny and spits it out, it will bounce around as an egg.
New Super Mario Bros.
In New Super Mario Bros., it is revealed that a Spiny can turn back into a Spiny Egg at will when they touch water, and can float on the surface. However, they do not do this underwater in Super Mario Bros. 3 or Super Mario 64. Lakithunder is capable of throwing ricocheting Spiny Eggs.
New Super Mario Bros. Wii
Spiny Eggs reappear in New Super Mario Bros. Wii, acting the same as in previous games.
Super Mario Galaxy 2
In Super Mario Galaxy 2, Yoshi can turn Spinies back to their original form, as well as swallow Spiny Eggs and spit them back out, which can be used as projectiles to hurt enemies or break glass containers. King Lakitu throws them as well, though he's large enough to only use one hand to do so. Spiny Eggs are also one of the few objects that did not previously appear in Super Mario Galaxy.
New Super Mario Bros. 2
In New Super Mario Bros. 2, they again appear. If Mario touches a Gold Ring, Lakitu will instead throw Coins.
New Super Mario Bros. U / New Super Luigi U
Spiny Eggs once again reappear in New Super Mario Bros. U, along with a Piranha Plant-based relative species.
Super Mario Maker / Super Mario Maker for Nintendo 3DS / Super Mario Maker 2
Spiny Eggs reappear in Super Mario Maker, Super Mario Maker for Nintendo 3DS, and Super Mario Maker 2. When a Spiny is placed in the Underwater level style, the Spiny turns back into a Spiny Egg and begins floating in place. If Mario hits a block while a Spiny Egg is above it, it turns back into a Spiny.
Super Mario Bros.: Peach-hime Kyushutsu Dai Sakusen
In Super Mario Bros.: Peach-hime Kyushutsu Dai Sakusen, Spiny's eggs appear twice. The first time is a role as one of the enemies coming out of Mario's television when he is playing Family Computer at the beginning of the film. The second time is when a Lakitu throws several Spiny's eggs at Mario, Luigi, and Kibidango, but it missed. He uses rain and a mirror to make them grow into big-sized Spinies.
DIC cartoons
Spiny Eggs briefly appear in The Super Mario Bros. Super Show! episode "Mario and the Red Baron Koopa", where they are entirely pink, and act more or less like they do in Super Mario Bros.. Later on, a single, green Spiny Egg is thrown by a Lakitu in The Adventures of Super Mario Bros. 3 episode "Life's Ruff". This Spiny Egg makes a small explosion upon hitting the ground and turning into a normal Spiny.
Nintendo Adventure Books
Some Spiny Eggs, presumably transported to Dark Land by Wendy O. Koopa (who needs them for use in a potion), appear in Koopa Capers. While exploring a Fortress, Luigi finds a room filled with the eggs and some Ptooie, but he manages to evade them while wondering what they are doing in a dank fortress chamber, instead of being outside.
Yoshi franchise
Yoshi's Safari
In Yoshi's Safari, Spiny Eggs appear being dropped from the Lakitu miniboss both before and during its fight in Ghost Mansion, and again during its fight in Bowser's Castle. They are entirely orange in this game.
Yoshi platforming games
In Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island, Yoshi's Island DS, Yoshi's New Island, Yoshi's Woolly World + its remake and Yoshi's Crafted World, Spiny Eggs are thrown by Lakitus, Wall Lakitus, and Aqua Lakitus. In these games, they do not hatch. Instead, they explode, with the various Lakitus gaining a cross-hair to aim, similar to Yoshi with his Eggs. In Yoshi's Story, Lakitus instead throw rocks.
Tetris Attack
In Tetris Attack, a Lakitu is throwing down a Spiny Egg in a stage background.
Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars
While not Spiny Eggs per se, similar-looking Eggs are seen in Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars, where they instead hatch into Spikies, Spikesters, and Oerlikons. The former two are thrown by Lakitus, the latter are knocked down from the ceiling by a Corkpedite.
Paper Mario series
Paper Mario
In Paper Mario, Spinies could roll back into Spiny Eggs to attack. They appear in Flower Fields. Lakilester also uses Spiny Eggs in the attacks Spiny Flip and Spiny Surge, although they don't hatch.
Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door
In Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door, Spinies again attack by rolling into Spiny Eggs, and can now roll into Eggs on any turn to make themselves invulnerable. They appear in The Glitz Pit. When Sky-Blue Spinies roll back into a Spiny Egg, they turn into "pipes," which are named as such due to mistranslation of the Japanese name, Paipo.
Super Paper Mario
In Super Paper Mario, Spiny Eggs act as they do in Super Mario Bros. They are found in The Dotwood Tree, The Overthere, and The Flipside Pit of 100 Trials. They do not have a dark version.
Paper Mario: Sticker Star
Spiny Eggs appear only when being thrown by Lakitu in Paper Mario: Sticker Star, and as such only on the overworld. Lakitu will endlessly throw them, leading to an endless supply of Spinies.
Paper Mario: Color Splash
In Paper Mario: Color Splash, Spinies occasionally enter battle in Spiny Eggs.
Mario Party series
Mario Party Advance
In Mario Party Advance, Spiny Eggs appeared as obstacles in the mini-game Dreadmill.
Mario Party 7
In Mario Party 7, Spiny Eggs appear in the Coinus Maximus event in Grand Canal. Here, Shy Guys throw both coins and Spiny Eggs to the player, which must be dodged to not lose any coins.
Mario Party 8
In Mario Party 8, they appeared in the mini-games Water Ski Spree, Winner or Dinner and Grabbin' Gold.
Mario Party: Island Tour
Spiny Eggs reappear in Mario Party: Island Tour, Lakitu throws them in the minigame, Pachinko Wizard to eliminate players, some of them appear in the minigame, Deck Hunt, where they reduces the player's coin count upon contact.
Super Smash Bros. series
Super Smash Bros. Brawl
In Super Smash Bros. Brawl, Spiny Eggs appear as they do in Super Mario Bros. as part of the Lakitu Assist Trophy.
Super Smash Bros. for Nintendo 3DS / Wii U
In Super Smash Bros. for Nintendo 3DS / Wii U, the Lakitu Assist Trophy reappears, still using Super Mario Bros. graphics. The Super Smash Bros. for Nintendo 3DS-exclusive Smash Run features modern 3D Spiny Eggs thrown by Lakitu.
Mario & Luigi series
Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga / Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga + Bowser's Minions
In Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga and its remake, Sharpeas appear as eggs when thrown by Lakipeas. Regular Spinies and Sharpeas appear as eggs in the remake during the Minion Quest: The Search for Bowser mode whenever using their Spin to Win Special Skill.
Mario & Luigi: Partners in Time
In Mario & Luigi: Partners in Time, a Shroob-like version is dropped by Lakitufos and hatch into Spiny Shroopas, which also roll up into eggs to attack.
Mario & Luigi: Bowser's Inside Story / Mario & Luigi: Bowser's Inside Story + Bowser Jr.'s Journey
In Mario & Luigi: Bowser's Inside Story and its remake, large golden Spiny Eggs are thrown by Glam Lakitus and Lakitu Kings, though they do not hatch. Regular Spinies once again turn into eggs in the remake's Bowser Jr.'s Journey mode when using their Hit 'em Up Special Skill.
Mario & Luigi: Dream Team
In Mario & Luigi: Dream Team, Lakitus and Lakitus R attack by throwing Spiny Eggs at Mario. During the battle with Bowser Jr., the bros. can throw Spiny Eggs at him if they take his Junior Clown Car.
Mario & Luigi: Paper Jam
In Mario & Luigi: Paper Jam, both normal and paper versions of Spinies roll into Spiny Eggs to attack.
Super Princess Peach
In Super Princess Peach, they appear again. They are based off of their appearance in Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island, except they do not display a cursor when targeting Princess Peach.
Puzzle & Dragons: Super Mario Bros. Edition
Although Spiny Eggs are not allies in Puzzle & Dragons: Super Mario Bros. Edition, they do still make an appearance as the Spiny helper can be evolved into a helper called Lakitu and Spiny Egg through the use of Lakitu Coins. This helper can be evolved again into a helper called Lakitu’s and Spiny Eggs.
Gallery
Super Mario Bros.
Super Mario Bros. Special (Sharp X1)
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Names in other languages
| Language | Name | Meaning | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Japanese | パイポ Paipo トゲ球[2] Toge Tama |
Derived from a well-known Japanese folktale called Jugemu, about a boy with an absurdly long name beginning with "Jugemu", which is where Lakitu's name comes from; "Paipo" is one of the later parts of the name. Spiny Ball (Yoshi Touch & Go) |
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| Chinese | 刺蛋[3] (New Super Mario Bros.) Cì Dàn 刺刺蛋[4] (New Super Mario Bros. U Deluxe) Cìcì Dàn |
Spike Egg Spike Egg |
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| German | Stachi-Ei[?] | Spiny Egg | |
| Italian | Template:Nowrap[?] | Spiny Egg Spiny Egg |
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| Korean | 가시돌이알[?] Gasidori Al |
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| Spanish (NOA) | Huevo Picudo[?] | Pointy Egg | |
| Spanish (NOE) | Huevo Pinchón[?] | - |
References
- ^ "He chases after Mario and drops Spiny's eggs on top of him." - Super Mario Bros. English instruction booklet, pg. 12
- ^ Scan of Catch! Touch! Yoshi! Shogakukan Guide Book.
- ^ Official video from Chinese website for New Super Mario Bros.. Retrieved February 24, 2020.
- ^ https://www.nintendoswitch.com.cn/new_super_mario_bros_u_deluxe/pc/stage/index.html
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