Pokipede
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| First appearance | Super Mario Bros. Wonder (2023) | ||
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- “I never get bored watching this.”
- —Talking Flower, Super Mario Bros. Wonder
Pokipedes are enemies that appear in Super Mario Bros. Wonder. They are Wiggler-like creatures with boxing gloves and spiked helmets that cover all but their last segment. Pokipedes move along rails, punching everything in front of them, destroying snow blocks in their path. They can be defeated by stomping on their single uncovered segment, hitting said segment with three fireballs, or by attacking them with Elephant Mario's trunk.
Pokipedes have a red variant, which moves faster and is able to destroy Hard Blocks as well. Both variants of Pokipedes can have between three and seven segments. They appear prominently in Pokipede Pass, as well as in the Spelunking! Wiggler Race.
As avid shadowboxers, they are good at mitt-hitting, and their English name comes from "poke" and "centipede".[1]
Gallery
A red Pokipede
Names in other languages
| Language | Name | Meaning | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Japanese | ヘビムシ[?] Hebimushi |
Snake insect | |
| Chinese (simplified) | 蛇虫[?] Shéchóng |
Snake insect | |
| Chinese (traditional) | 蛇蟲[?] Shéchóng |
Snake insect | |
| Dutch | Pokipede[?] | - | |
| French | Serpattes[?] | Portmanteau of serpent ("snake") and pattes ("legs"), or possibly mille-pattes ("millipede") | |
| German | Tausendschlängler[?] | Pun on Tausendfüßler ("millipede"), tausend ("thousand"), the agentive form of Schlange ("snake"), and schlagen ("to punch"/"defeat"/"whip"/"fight") | |
| Italian | Serpipiede[?] | Portmanteau of serpi ("snakes") and piede ("foot"), or centopiedi ("centipede") | |
| Korean | 뱀벌레[?] Baembeolle |
Serpent insect | |
| Portuguese | Socopeia[?] | Portmanteau of soco ("punch") and centopeia ("centipede") | |
| Russian | Жукендра[?] Zhukendra |
Portmanteau of жук (zhuk, "beetle") and сколопендра (skolopendra, "scolopendra") | |
| Spanish | Serpiés[?] | Portmanteau of serpiente ("snake") and ciempiés ("centipede") |
References
- ^ マリオたちの行く手を阻む。フラワー王国の個性豊かな敵キャラクターをご紹介。～その2～【ワンダーの世界へ Vol.14】. Nintendo. Retrieved February 9, 2024.
