Cat Banzai Bill
Artwork of a Cat Banzai Bill from Super Mario 3D World.
Artwork of a Cat Banzai Bill from Super Mario 3D World
First appearance Super Mario 3D World (2013)
Latest appearance Super Mario 3D World + Bowser's Fury (2021)
Variant of Cat Bullet Bill
Banzai Bill
Relatives

Cat Banzai Bills are Banzai Bills powered-up by a Super Bell, first appearing in Super Mario 3D World and its port, Super Mario 3D World + Bowser's Fury.

Like normal Banzai Bills, Cat Banzai Bills are fired from Banzai Bill Cannons. However, unlike normal Banzai Bills, they will lock onto and follow the player, being very similar to Bull's-Eye Banzais in this sense. Also, unlike normal Banzai Bills, Cat Banzai Bills are colored white on their lower half, instead of being completely black, making them resemble a tuxedo cat. They will sometimes drop a Super Bell when defeated. They make their only appearance in The Bullet Bill Express.

Cat Banzai Bills reappear in Super Mario Maker 2, where they are enemies that can be placed in the Super Mario 3D World style. Unlike their normal counterparts, they cannot be set to fire from the background. They replace Bull's-Eye Banzais from the other game styles.

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Internal names

Game File Name Meaning

Super Mario 3D World KillerMagnumSearch[1] Killer Magnum Search Bull's-Eye Banzai

Names in other languages

Language Name Meaning Notes
Japanese マグナムネコキラー[?]
Magunamu Neko Kirā
Banzai Cat Bill
German Riesen-Katzen-Kugelwilli[?] Giant Cat Bullet Bill
Italian Banzai Bill gatto[?] Cat Banzai Bill

References

  1. ^ Super Mario 3D World internal filename (KillerMagnumSearch)