VividBuffalo's 1,000,000 $ Question:

Are "Splorches" inspired by "Floating Faces" From Super Mario Land 2 Six Golden Coins?
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They don't look similar and have very different attack patterns, so I don't think so. Scrooge200 (talk)   15:24, May 22, 2020 (EDT)
As the article mentions, their internal filename MeraWanwan indicates that they were based on rolling Chomps. LinkTheLefty (talk) 16:11, May 22, 2020 (EDT)