Wanderin' Goom
| Wanderin' Goom | |||
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 Artwork for Wario Land: Super Mario Land 3 | |||
| First appearance | Wario Land: Super Mario Land 3 (1994) | ||
| Latest appearance | Game & Watch Gallery 2 (1997) | ||
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Wanderin' Gooms[1] are small oval-shaped creatures that appear in Wario Land: Super Mario Land 3. They have no arms, are not aggressive, and have no ability to attack. Wanderin' Gooms are considered "apprentice pirates."[2]
Similar harmless enemies such as Marumen and red Bandineros appear in other games of the Wario Land series.
History
Wario Land: Super Mario Land 3
Wanderin' Gooms walk straight ahead, changing direction when they encounter a wall. However, upon coming into contact with any object, they flip on their back. Although considered enemies in the game's manual, these creatures are extremely weak and are completely harmless. Wario can defeat these defenseless creatures any way he sees fit, including using them as weapons by throwing them at other enemies, and they yield a coin as a result. Pirate Gooms are weapon-wielding Wanderin' Gooms that cannot be attacked from the front.
Wanderin' Gooms have unused sprites spitting a projectile, but they do not attack in the final game.
Game & Watch Gallery 2
A single Wanderin' Goom appears in Game & Watch Gallery 2 as one of the objects Wario has to juggle in the Modern version of Ball.
Profiles and statistics
Wario Land: Super Mario Land 3
- Instruction booklet description:
- English:
This little guy is harmless, but Wario could shake it up for a Coin or two.[1][3] - Dutch:
Dit kereltje is onschadelijk, maar voor een munt of twee kan Wario hem wakker schudden.[4] - French (Europe):
Ce petit personnage est inoffensif, mais Wario peut le secouer pour faire tomber une pièce ou deux.[5] - German:
Ein harmloser Geselle, aber wenn Wario ihn schüttelt, können 1 bis 2 Münzen dabei rausspringen.[6] - Italian:
Questo piccoletto è inoffensivo, ma Wario potrà sempre scuoterlo un po’ per vedere se c'è da ricavare una Moneta o due![7] - Spanish (Europe):
Este chaval es inofensivo, pero Wario le puede sacudir para obtener una o dos monedas.[8]
- English:
- Nintendo 3DS Virtual Console manual description:
- English:
These little guys are simply wandering the island, not looking to cause anybody any harm.[9] - Japanese:
島の中をうろうろしているだけの生き物で、攻撃してきません。[10]
(Translation: These creatures just wander around the island and do not attack.) - Italian:
Questi piccoletti non fanno altro che vagare per l'isola, senza alcuna intenzione di arrecare danni.[11]
- English:
Perfect Ban Mario Character Daijiten
Gallery
A Wanderin' Goom as depicted in the Kodansha Wario Land: Super Mario Land 3 manga
Wario Land: Super Mario Land 3 sprite
Wario Land: Super Mario Land 3 sprite
Game & Watch Gallery 2 sprite
Names in other languages
| Language | Name | Meaning | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Japanese | クリクリ[12][2] Kurikuri |
Japanese ideophone of "big and round", also from a repetition of「 |
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| Dutch | Wanderin' Goom[4] | - | |
| French (NOE) | Goomy Baladeur[5] | Goomy Wanderer | |
| German | Wandernder Goom[6] | Wandering Goom | |
| Italian | Goom Vagante[7] | Wandering Goom | Wario Land: Super Mario Land 3 instruction booklet |
| Goom vagabondo[11] | Wario Land: Super Mario Land 3 Virtual Console e-manual | ||
| Spanish (NOE) | Molécula Deambulante[8] | Wandering Molecule |
Trivia
- The back of Wario Land 3's Australian and North American box states that Wanderin' Gooms appear in the game,[13] but they are nowhere to be found. It is likely that this refers to Spearhead or Para-Goom.
References
- ^ a b 1994. Wario Land: Super Mario Land 3 instruction booklet. Nintendo of America (American English). Page 18.
- ^ a b Cite error: Invalid
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- ^ a b Wario Land: Super Mario Land 3 European instruction booklet. Page 78.
- ^ a b Wario Land: Super Mario Land 3 European instruction booklet. Page 58.
- ^ a b Wario Land: Super Mario Land 3 European instruction booklet. Page 38.
- ^ a b Wario Land: Super Mario Land 3 European instruction booklet. Page 116.
- ^ a b Wario Land: Super Mario Land 3 European instruction booklet. Page 98.
- ^ Wario Land: Super Mario Land 3 (Virtual Console) English e-manual. Nintendo. Page 15.
- ^ スーパーマリオランド3 ワリオランド (Sūpā Mario Rando 3: Wario Rando) Virtual Console manual, section 15 (PDF). Nintendo (Japanese).
- ^ a b Wario Land: Super Mario Land 3 (Virtual Console) Italian e-manual. Nintendo. Page 15.
- ^ 1994. スーパーマリオランド3 ワリオランド (Sūpā Mario Rando 3: Wario Rando) instruction booklet. Nintendo (Japanese). Page 18.
- ^ "Be wary of Wanderin' Gooms, Hammer-bots, Mad Scienstein and more as you plunge into one of the largest, most dazzling adventures ever to hit Game Boy Color!" – 2000. Back of the North American Wario Land 3 box. Nintendo.
| Wario Land: Super Mario Land 3 | |||
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| Characters | Wario • Brown Sugar Pirates • Mario | ||
| Bosses | Spiked Koopa • Minotaur • Penguin • Devil's Head • Bobo • Ghost • Captain Syrup • Genie | ||
| Worlds | Rice Beach • Mt. Teapot • Sherbet Land • Stove Canyon • SS Tea Cup • Parsley Woods • Syrup Castle | ||
| Power-ups | Bull Pot • Dragon Pot • Garlic Pot • Jet Pot • Star | ||
| Collectibles | ? Block • 1 Gold Coin • 10 Gold Coin • 100 Coin • 3-Up Heart • Heart • Key • Treasure | ||
| Enemies and obstacles | Batto Shuruken • Bee Fly • Big • Bō • Bucket Head • Chicken Duck • D.D. • Demon Bat • Dropper • Floater • Gaugau • Goboten • Guragura • Harisu • Helmut • Knight • Konotako • Kōmori Missile • Lance • Maizō • Mine • Muncher • Paidan • Pecan • Penkoon • Pikkarikun • Pinwheel • Piranha Plant • Pirate Goom • Pouncer • Skewer • Sparky • Spiked ball • Togemaru • Ukiwani • Wanderin' Goom • Watch • White puff • Yadorā • Yarikuri Obake | ||
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