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[edit]
Super Mario Land 2: 6 Golden Coins[edit]
- Level appearances
- Instruction booklet description:
- English:
This is an Atlas beetle that stomps around as it comes after Mario.[1]
- English:
Perfect Ban Mario Character Daijiten[edit]
| ヘラクレス (JP) / Battle Beetle (EN) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| |||
| Original text (Japanese) | Translation | ||
| クリープ族 | Tribe | Creep clan | |
| ニ重人格 | Disposition | Split personality | |
| ランド2 | Game appearances | Land 2 | |
| 2つの顔をもつかぶと虫 はっ葉の上をのんびり歩いている時はやさしい顔をしているのだが、歩くところがなくなると突然恐い顔をして飛び出し、攻撃してくる。飛び出す前に踏んずけてしまおう。[3] |
The two-faced rhinoceros beetle When they are walking leisurely on the leaves, they have a gentle face, but when they run out of places to walk, they suddenly turn scary and jump out to attack. Try to step on them before they jump out. | ||
Gallery[edit]
Sprite from Super Mario Land 2: 6 Golden Coins
Shogakukan artwork
Website artwork
Commercial
Super Mario-kun appearance
See also[edit]
Names in other languages[edit]
| Language | Name | Meaning | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Japanese | ヘラクラス[2][4] Herakurasu |
Corruption of "Heracles", in reference to the Hercules beetle | |
| ヘラクレス[5][6][3] Herakuresu |
Heracles | ||
| French | Hercules[7] | Heracles, in reference to the Hercules beetle | |
| German | Kampf-Käfer[?] | Battle Beetle | |
| Italian | Battle Beetle[8][9] | - | |
| Coleottero da guerra[10] | War(rior) Beetle | ||
| Spanish | Ciervo Volante[?] | Flying Stag |
References[edit]
- ^ 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.
- ^ a b 1994. 「パーフェクト版 マリオキャラクター大事典」 (Perfect Ban Mario Character Daijiten). Shogakukan (Japanese). Page 201.
- ^ Kazuki, Motoyama. KC Mario Vol. 18: Super Mario Land 2 Part 1. Page 6.
- ^ Super Mario-kun volume 7. Page 40.
- ^ Super Mario-kun volume 9. Page 12.
- ^ Super Mario: Manga Adventures. Volume 9, page 12
- ^ 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.
