Splorch

Splorch
Artwork from Super Mario 3D World
First appearance	Super Mario 3D World (2013)
Latest appearance	Super Mario 3D World + Bowser's Fury (2021)
Variant of	Chomp

Splorches^[1] are enemies in Super Mario 3D World and its port. Splorches are first encountered in Brolder Blockade Is Back, and go on to also appear in some other lava-themed levels, such as Broken Blue Bully Belt. Their name is a pun on "torch" and the onomatopoeia "sploosh". Splorches are large orange fireballs with dark red masks around their eyes, and they have a large grin. Splorches pop out of lava and roll towards the player characters. They can be pushed back into the lava using projectiles such as those of the Boomerang Flower and Fire Flower, or by hitting them with Tanooki Mario's tail spin or Rosalina's Spin Attack. Splorches also leave a trail of lava that damages the players. These enemies can only be defeated by Invincible Mario, Lucky Cat Mario or White Tanooki Mario.

Gallery

Screenshot from Super Mario 3D World

Additional names

Internal names

Game	File	Name	Meaning
Super Mario 3D World	`content/ObjectData/MeraWanwan.szs`	MeraWanwan	Charred Chain Chomp (note that its rolling behavior is reminiscent of Chomps from Super Mario Galaxy)

Names in other languages

Language	Name	Meaning
Japanese	マグマン^[2] Maguman	Portmanteau of "magma" and "man"; shared with Magmad
German	Lavaball^[?]	Lava Ball
Spanish (NOE)	Magmabola^[?]	Magma Ball

References

^ Musa, Alexander, and Geson Hatchett (November 22, 2013). Super Mario 3D World PRIMA Official Game Guide. Prima Games (American English). ISBN 978-0-804-16249-4. Page 24.
^ Sakai, Kazuya (Ambit) et al. (October 19, 2015). Super Mario Bros. Hyakka: Nintendo Kōshiki Guidebook, Super Mario 3D World section. Shogakukan (Japanese). ISBN 978-4-09-106569-8. Page 227.

Super Mario 3D World / Super Mario 3D World + Bowser's Fury / Bowser's Fury
Playable characters		Mario • Luigi • Peach • Toad • Rosalina • Captain Toad • Blue Toad^b • Green Toad^b • Yellow Toad^b • Bowser Jr.^c
Forms		Small Mario • Mario (form) • Cat Mario • Double Mario • Tanooki Mario • Fire Mario • Boomerang Mario • Mega Mario • Invincible Mario • White Tanooki Mario • Lucky Cat Mario • White Cat Mario^b • Giga Cat Mario^c
Non-playable characters		Sprixie Princesses • Sprixies • Rabbits • Mega Rabbit • Toads • Plessie • Lumas • Ghost Miis^a • Toadette^c • Kittens^c • Neko Parent^c
Enemies		Ant Trooper • Banzai Bill • Biddybud • Big Ant Trooper • Big Boo • Big Galoomba • Blockstepper • Blooper • Blurker • Bob-omb • Boo • Boomerang Bro • Brolder • Bullet Bill • Bully • Cat Banzai Bill • Cat Bullet Bill • Cat Goomba • Chargin' Chuck • Charvaargh • Cheep Cheep • Coin Coffer • Conkdor • Disaster Neko^c • Fighter Fly^d • Fire Bro • Fire Piranha Plant • Fireball^d • Fizzlit • Flopter • Freezie^d • Fury Shadow^c • Fuzzler • Fuzzy • Galoomba • Goomba • Goomba Tower • Grumblump • Hammer Bro • Hop-Chop • Horned Ant Trooper • Ka-thunk • Innertube Goomba • Lava Bubble • Madpole • Magikoopa • Mega Piranha Plant • Mini Goomba • Octoomba • Para-Biddybud • Parabones • Peepa • Piranha Creeper • Piranha Plant • Porcupuffer • Rammerhead • Ring Burner • Shellcreeper^d • Sidestepper^d • Skating Goomba • Skipsqueak • Snow Pokey • Spike • Spiny • Spiny Skipsqueak • Splorch • Splounder • Stingby • Thwomp • Ty-foo • Unshelled Koopa • Walleye
Obstacles		Baddie Box • Bill Blaster • Cannon • Dark • Fire Bar • Fury Sun^c • Fuzzy Horde • Lava • Poison • Poison fog • Quicksand • Spike ball • Spike Block • Spike Trap • Spiked roller • Volcanic debris
Bosses		Bowser • Boom Boom • Pom Pom • Hisstocrat • Boss Brolder • King Ka-thunk • Prince Bully • Motley Bossblob • Meowser • Fury Bowser^c • Giant Bowser^c
Items and power-ups		+ Clock • 1-Up Mushroom • Baseball • Blue Coin • Bomb • Boomerang Flower • Cannon Box • Cat Shine^c • Cat Shine Shard^c • Coin • Coin Box • Coin pile • Crown • Double Cherry • Fire Flower • Giga Bell^c • Gold Shell • Goomba Mask • Green Shell • Green Star Coin • Green Star • Hidden Coin • Ice Skate • Invincibility Bell^b • Invincibility Leaf • Key^c • Key Coin • Light Box • Lucky Bell • Mega Mushroom • Plessie Medal^c • Potted Piranha Plant • Propeller Box • Red Coin • Snowball • Springboard • Stamp • Super Bell • Super Leaf • Super Mushroom • Super Star
Objects		? Block • Arrow platform • Arrow Sign • Assist Block • Beep Block • Big Block • Binoculars • Bowser Board • Bowser Statue • Brick Block • Bubble • Cactus • Cage^c • Cat Wheel • Chain-Link • Character Switch • Checkpoint Flag • Clear Pipe • Clear Pipe Cannon • Cloud Cannon • Cloud Lift • Cog • Color Panel • Conveyor Belt • Crab • Crate • Crystal Block • Dash Panel • Donut Block • Empty Block • Falling spike^c • Fling Pole^c • Floating couch • Floor^d • Flower • Fluff • Fury Block^c • Gift Box • Goal Pole • Goal Pole (flying) • Gold Ring • Gong • Graffiti^c • Green Star Ring • Ground-Pound Switch^c • Hidden Block • Illusion • Jump Panel • Kick Bomb • Lift • Lighthouse^c • Long ? Block • Multi-Vator • Mushroom Trampoline • Mystery Box • P Panel • P Switch • Pipe • Pixel Luigi • Propeller Platform^a • Red POW Block • Red Ring • Red-Blue Panel • Rising pillar • Rock Block • Rocket • Rotating Panel • Roulette Block • Seagull^c • Searchlight • Seesaw • Sliding door • Slot Block • Small bird • Splotchy goop^c • Super Jump Panel^c • Swing • Switch Block • Switch Panel • Switchboard • Super POW Block • Tank • Timer Gate^c • Torch • Touchstone • Trample Switch • Trapeze • Tree • Turning Floor • Warp Box • Warp Box (With Key) • Warp Door • World Warp Pipe • Zipline lift
Locations	Normal worlds	World 1 • World 2 • World 3 • World 4 • World 5 • World 6 • World Castle • World Bowser
	Special worlds	World Star • World Mushroom • World Flower • World Crown
	Lake Lapcat^c	Fur Step Island • Scamper Shores • Pounce Bounce Isle • Fort Flaptrap • Slipskate Slope • Clawswipe Colosseum • Trickity Tower • Crisp Climb Castle • Risky Whisker Island • Pipe Path Tower • Roiling Roller Isle • Mount Magmeow • Lucky Isle
	Other	Sprixie Kingdom • Mushroom Kingdom • Sprixie Houses • Toad Houses • Mystery Houses • Lucky Houses
Moves		Crawl • Crouch • Crouch Jump • Dash • Dive^b • Floating Jump • Ground Pound • Ground Pound Jump^b • Jump • Long Jump • Roll • Scuttle • Shell dash • Side Somersault • Slide • Spin • Spin Jump • Swim • Synchro Ground-Pound • Wall Jump
Gameplay elements		amiibo^b • Captain Toad's Adventures • Completion • Enemy Battles • Luigi Bros. • List of Cat Shine names in other languages^c • List of Pixel Luigi sightings • List of stamps • Miiverse^a • Points • Snapshot Mode^b • Toad Brigade^b
Musical compositions		"Super Bell Hill" • "Mario's Colour Panel" • "Super Block Land"
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^a Exclusive to the Super Mario 3D World campaign in the Wii U version ^b Exclusive to Super Mario 3D World + Bowser's Fury ^c Exclusive to Bowser's Fury ^d Exclusive to Luigi Bros.
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