Parabomb
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A Parabomb in New Super Mario Bros. U
First appearance Super Mario World (1990)
Latest appearance Super Mario RPG (Nintendo Switch) (2023)
Variant of Bob-omb
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Parabombs (occasionally formatted as Para-bombs or Para Bombs[1]), also known as Parachute Bob-ombs,[2][3] are enemies introduced in Super Mario World. They are Bob-ombs that descend slowly from the sky and become regular Bob-ombs upon touching the ground.

History

Super Mario series

Super Mario World

Para-bombs are enemies in Super Mario World. They have their usual behavior of descending to the ground.

Super Mario 64 DS / New Super Mario Bros.

In Super Mario 64 DS and New Super Mario Bros., there is a minigame called Bob-omb Squad, where Para-bombs must be blown up before they hit guarded flowers.

New Super Mario Bros. Wii

Parabombs are enemies in New Super Mario Bros. Wii. They act identical to their Super Mario World counterparts. Parabombs are first encountered in World 8-5.

New Super Mario Bros. 2

Para-bombs are enemies in New Super Mario Bros. 2. They have the same function as in earlier games. They are occasionally shot out of cannons. They appear only in World 2-B and World 6-2.

New Super Mario Bros. U / New Super Luigi U / New Super Mario Bros. U Deluxe

Para-bombs are enemies in New Super Mario Bros. U, New Super Luigi U, and their shared port. Para-bombs act the same as in previous games. The appear only in Red-Hot Elevator Ride, while New Super Luigi U includes them in both Current Event and Bowser Jr. Showdown.

Super Mario Maker 2

Parabombs are enemies in Super Mario Maker 2. They can be made by placing a parachute on a Bob-omb. Newly designed sprites of them were created for Super Mario Bros., Super Mario Bros. 3, and Super Mario 3D World, since they appear in neither of the three games. Parabombs can be placed in pipes, Lakitus, Bill Blasters, and Bull's-Eye Blasters, though not in cannons.

Yoshi's Safari

 
Artwork of a Para Bomb from Yoshi's Safari

Para Bombs are enemies in Yoshi's Safari.

Hotel Mario

Parabombs are enemies in Hotel Mario. They can crash into enemies from above, similarly to their counterparts from Super Mario World, except they can follow Mario and Luigi while falling. A Parabomb can close a door by hitting it.

Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars

Para-bombs are obstacles in Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars. Booster throws them from his train midway up Booster Tower. Touching one prompts a Rob-omb battle. Booster will continue throwing them until he runs out, causing him to leave in annoyance, or the player hides or leaves first, causing him to stop early and leave in dejection.

Yoshi's Story

Para-bombs are enemies in Yoshi's Story. They appear during the fight with Baby Bowser, and hitting them with eggs is required to hurt the ghost.

Paper Mario series

Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door

Para-bombs make a brief cameo in Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door. When Mario and his partner are shot out of Big Bob in Fahr Outpost, the hatch that holds the Bob-ombs opens up and releases the Bob-ombs. They come down slowly using red parachutes.

Paper Mario: Sticker Star

 
Parabombs falling from the sky in Paper Mario: Sticker Star

Parabombs appear in Paper Mario: Sticker Star for the Nintendo 3DS. They are found in Goomba Fortress. The cannons that appear blast the Parabombs from the tower after a Goomba wakes up a sleeping group of Bob-ombs using a trumpet. Once they hit the ground, they attack like normal Bob-ombs. Many Parabombs actually miss the desired area and fall into what seems to be a bottomless pit. After Mario beats the Megasparkle Goomba, Parabombs do not appear anymore. At the rest stop in Bowser's Snow Fort's mine cart ride, Shiny Bob-ombs drop into battle in the form of a Parabomb.

Paper Mario: The Origami King

Main article: Paper Macho Bob-omb

While regular Parabombs do not appear in Paper Mario: The Origami King, Paper Macho variants of Bob-ombs resemble Parabombs, parachuting in Hotfoot Crater during the section where Mario escapes from the small Paper Macho Goombas. When they land, they chase Mario upon detection and explode after a short period of time.

Super Princess Peach

Parabombs are enemies in Super Princess Peach. They behave much in the same way as in Super Mario World. There is also a variant of Parabomb named Glad Parabomb.

Mario & Luigi: Paper Jam

In Mario & Luigi: Paper Jam, paper versions of Parabombs appear in the Cannonball Chuck minigame in the arcade. They are seen suspended in mid-air after Mario throws the cannonball with Luigi on it. If the cannonball hits a Parabomb, the minigame ends.

Dr. Mario World

Parabombs are assistants in Dr. Mario World. In both stage mode and versus mode, their effect is to transform two objects, mainly viruses, into exploders when the stage starts, where the chance of activation is higher at higher levels (15%, 30%, 45%, 60%, and 80% from levels 1 to 5 respectively). Parabomb assistants are each rewarded after clearing the first area in World 15 and World 28.

Mario Golf: Super Rush

Parabombs are obstacles in Mario Golf: Super Rush. Unlike their common design, Parabombs lack legs and a wind-up key. They appear as part of King Bob-omb's Bob-ombs Away Special Shot, where they blow away nearby opponents' golf balls. Parabombs also appear in the Battle Golf mode at Super Golf Stadium, during the Bob-omb Rush event, in which players are targeted by multiple Parabombs, especially higher ranked ones.

Profiles and statistics

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Super Princess Peach

Parabomb
 
Vibe Vibeless Levels Ladida Plains 1-5
Hoo's Wood 2-9
Fury Volcano 4-2
Wavy Beach 5-4
Giddy Sky 7-2
Glossary number 67 Glossary entry A Bob-omb with a parachute. Stomp on it to blow it up.

Dr. Mario World

  • Stage mode: "Grants 15%/30%/45%/60%/80% chance exploders (2) will appear on stage start."
  • Versus mode: "Grants 15%/30%/45%/60%/80% chance exploders (2) will appear on stage start."

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Names in other languages

Language Name Meaning Notes
Japanese パラボム[?]
Parabomu
Parabomb, officially romanized as "Para Bom"[4]
Chinese (simplified) 炸弹空降兵[5] (Super Mario World: Super Mario Advance 2)
Zhàdàn Kōngjiàngbīng
From on "炸弹兵" (Zhàdànbīnɡ, "Bob-omb") and "空降兵" (kōngjiàngbīng, "paratrooper")
空降炸弹兵 (since New Super Mario Bros. U Deluxe)[?]
Kōngjiàng Zhàdànbīnɡ
Airborne Bob-omb
Chinese (traditional) 空降炸彈兵[?]
Kōngjiàng Zhàdànbīnɡ
Airborne Bob-omb
French Parabomb[?] Parabomb
French (NOE) Bob-omb parachute[?] Parachute Bob-omb
German Para-Bomb[6] Para-Bomb
Fallschirm-Bob-omb[?]
Italian Bob-omba parà[?] Para Bob-omb (from paracadute, "parachute")
Korean 파라폭탄[?]
Parapoktan
Parabomb
Portuguese Parabomba[?] Parabomb
Portuguese (NOE) Bob-bomba Paraquedista[?] Parachuting Bob-omb
Spanish (NOA) Parabomba[?] Parabomb
Spanish (NOE) Para-bomb[?] Para-Bomb
Bob-omb Paracaidista[?] Parachuting Bob-omb

Trivia

References

  1. ^ 1993. Yoshi's Safari instruction booklet. Nintendo of America (American English). Page 19.
  2. ^ Character Packs – Series 3. LEGO. Retrieved August 12, 2021.
  3. ^ English Super Mario World entry on the official Mario Portal. nintendo.co.jp. Retrieved August 13, 2022. (Archived August 13, 2022, 14:17:58 UTC via archive.today.)
  4. ^ Super Mario World Japanese ending cast roll
  5. ^ 无敌阿尔宙斯 (August 28, 2013). 神游 超级马力欧世界 敌人官译]. Baidu Tieba. Archived February 27, 2017, 15:38:47 UTC from the original via Wayback Machine. Retrieved May 19, 2024.
  6. ^ Menold, Marcus, Claude M. Moyse, and Andreas G. Kämmerer, editors (1993). Der offizielle Nintendo Spieleberater "Super Mario World". Großostheim: Nintendo of Europe GmbH (German). Page 19.