Battle Beetle
| Battle Beetle | |
|---|---|
 Artwork from Super Mario Land 2: 6 Golden Coins | |
| First appearance | Super Mario Land 2: 6 Golden Coins (1992) |
A Battle Beetle[1] is an enemy in Super Mario Land 2: 6 Golden Coins. These Japanese rhinoceros beetles[2] (identified as Atlas beetles internationally[1]) walk forward until reaching a ledge, after which they fly straight up, then slowly hover down towards Mario. A Battle Beetle can be defeated from either being stomped or from a fireball. Battle Beetles look much like Hercules beetles, but are roughly Mario's size.
A Battle Beetle also appears in volume 7 of Super Mario-kun, where Mario gets robbed by it and, while engaging a battle with it, the Battle Beetle hits a branch from which a Heavy Zed falls, squashing and defeating it. In volume 9, another Battle Beetle appears and is defeated by Bunny Mario.
Profiles
Super Mario Land 2: 6 Golden Coins
- Level appearances
- Instruction booklet description:
- English:
This is an Atlas beetle that stomps around as it comes after Mario.[1]
- English:
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Gallery
Sprite from Super Mario Land 2: 6 Golden Coins
Shogakukan artwork
Website artwork
Commercial
Super Mario-kun appearance
See also
Names in other languages
| Language | Name | Meaning | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Japanese | ヘラクラス[2][3] Herakurasu |
Corruption of "Heracles", in reference to the Hercules beetle | |
| ヘラクレス[4]Super Mario-kun volume 9. Page 12.</ref>[5] Herakuresu |
Heracles | ||
| French | Hercules[?] | Heracles, in reference to the Hercules beetle | |
| German | Kampf-Käfer[?] | Battle Beetle | |
| Italian | Battle Beetle[6][7] | - | |
| Coleottero da guerra[8] | War(rior) Beetle | ||
| Spanish | Ciervo Volante[?] | Flying Stag |
References
- ^ a b c 1992. Super Mario Land 2: 6 Golden Coins instruction booklet. Nintendo of America (American English). Page 12.
- ^ a b 1992. Super Mario Land 2: 6-tsu no Kinka instruction booklet. Nintendo (Japanese). Page 16.
- ^ Kazuki, Motoyama. KC Mario Vol. 18: Super Mario Land 2 Part 1. Page 6.
- ^ Super Mario-kun volume 7. Page 40.
- ^ Cite error: Invalid
<ref>tag; no text was provided for refs namedDaijiten - ^ Super Mario Land 2: 6 Golden Coins Italian booklet. Page 13.
- ^ Super Mario Land 2: 6 Golden Coins (Virtual Console) Italian e-manual. Page 13.
- ^ November 15, 2018. Super Mario Bros. Enciclopedia. Magazzini Salani (Italian). ISBN 889367436X. Page 76.
