Tosenbo
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| Tosenbo | |||
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 Artwork from Super Mario Land 2: 6 Golden Coins | |||
| First appearance | Super Mario Land 2: 6 Golden Coins (1992) | ||
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Tosenbo[1] are enemies in Super Mario Land 2: 6 Golden Coins. These spiked, slug-like creatures appear in the star stage of the Space Zone. Tosenbo inflate and deflate at a regular interval, but are barely visible when they are not inflated. Tosenbo can be defeated only from a Star or a fireball while they are inflated, because Tosenbo cannot be defeated while deflated at all. According to the Shogakukan guide, they may related to Unibo.[2] The Perfect Ban Mario Character Daijiten uses a vertically flipped picture of Tosenbo for its entry.
Profiles
Perfect Ban Mario Character Daijiten
Gallery
Sprite from Super Mario Land 2: 6 Golden Coins
Super Mario Maze Picture Book 5: Adventure in the Land of Rainbows
Trivia
- Oddly, the artwork of a Tosenbo is flipped vertically in the Perfect Edition of the Great Mario Character Encyclopedia.
Names in other languages
| Language | Name | Meaning | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Japanese | トーセンボ[2] Tōsenbo |
Possibly a pun mixing「通せん坊」(tōsenbō, "blocking one's way") and「針千本」(harisenbon, "porcupinefish") | |
| German | Tosenbo[?] | - | |
| Italian | Pesce Palla[3] | Pufferfish, literally "Ball Fish" |
References
- ^ Super Mario Land 2: 6 Golden Coins entry on the official Mario Portal. nintendo.co.jp (English). Retrieved August 13, 2022. (Archived August 13, 2022, 13:51:45 UTC via archive.today.)
- ^ a b 「[...] 「ウニボーの親戚（？）。」 (Unibo's relative(?).)」– 「任天堂公式ガイドブック スーパーマリオランド２ ６つの金貨」 (Nintendo Kōshiki Guidebook – Super Mario Land 2: 6 Golden Coins). Shogakukan (Japanese). Page 13.
- ^ November 15, 2018. Super Mario Bros. Enciclopedia. Magazzini Salani (Italian). ISBN 889367436X. Page 75.
