Winter Windster
| Winter Windster | |
|---|---|
 Model | |
| First appearance | Wario World (2003) |
- “The Winter Windster in front of the Goal will try to attack from midair. Ooh! Chilling! Listen, I bet if you stick something in one of those magma holes, magma might shoot out! Oh, one more thing... Don't look at its eyes when they turn red!”
- —Spriteling, Wario World
The Winter Windster is a boss in Wario World. It is mostly blue in color. The Winter Windster's head is very large in contrast to its small and skinny body, its hair resembles a vine-like plant, and its nose is dark red-violet in color. The Winter Windster is fought in Shivering Mountains, in a large block of ice with four small magma pools as well as surrounding ice spikes. The Winter Windster attacjs by breathing a stream of cold air capable of freezing Wario, making him vulnerable to being headbutted. The Winter Windster can also duck into one of the lava craters in the arena and send out pulsing shockwaves of energy. It also shoots blue energy missiles. The Winter Windster is lastly able to phase out into bursts of energy if Wario looks into his eyes when they start glowing red. The energy inflates Wario and causes him to float over the spikes outside the arena. The attack is avoided by shaking the Control Stick quickly as Wario turns backwards without looking into the Winter Windster's eye. Throughout the fight, the Winter Windster drops explosive boulders from its cloud. If the Winter Windster is above a crater, it becomes vulnerable to being knocked out of the sky by lava if Wario throws toss a boulder into one of the lava craters. Following this, the Winter Windster can be punched quickly by Wario to become dazed and then hit by a Mad Move. Winter Windster is defeated after five hits.
Gallery
The Winter Windster during the boss fight
The Winter Windster dropping its boulders
Wario is inflated by the Winter Windster forcing itself down his throat
The Winter Windster being damaged by an eruption
The Winter Windster using its stare attack
Names in other languages
| Language | Name | Meaning | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Japanese | こがらしモンスター[?] Kogarashi Monsutā |
From「凩」(kogarashi, cold wintry wind) and "monster" | |
| カンタロウ[1] Kantarō |
Possibly from Japanese song "北風小僧の寒太郎" (Kitakazekozō no Kantarō) | ||
| French | Souffleuse de glace[?] | Ice Blower (note that "Blower" is in the feminine form) | |
| Italian | Bora il Borioso[?] | Bora (East-North-East wind) the arrogant | |
| Spanish | Auroro Boreal[?] | Masculinization of "aurora boreal" (aurora borealis) |
References
- ^ July 10, 2004. 「ワリオワールド任天堂公式ガイドブック」 (Wario World Nintendo Kōshiki Guidebook). Shogakukan (Japanese). ISBN 4-09-106168-0. Page 154.
