Ten
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| Ten | |
|---|---|
 Artwork from Mario & Luigi: Brothership | |
| First appearance | Mario & Luigi: Brothership (2024) |
- “Pink porklet! Red nose-hair guy! Green nose-hair guy! Your attempts to get in our way are pathetic. It ends here!”
- —Ten, Mario & Luigi: Brothership[1]
Ten[2] is a member of the Extension Corps under Zokket in Mario & Luigi: Brothership. He is a lanky, purple miscreant who resembles a headphone jack composed of his head resembling a male connector and one of his arms resembling a female connector, the former giving him the general appearance of a stereotypical Japanese delinquent and the latter functioning as an arm cannon. His name comes from the second syllable of "extension" in reference to extension cords, with Ecks and Shun's names coming from the other two.
In battle, Ten attacks by creating a purple energy ball with his right arm and rides on it to ram into Mario and Luigi, who have to use hammer strikes to repel it. If the ball that Ten was riding on is hit enough times, the ball will vanish and he will fall. Ten can also fire shots from his arm cannon at a pentagonal formation of mirrors, with the shots bouncing around into the Bros. The Bros. must also use their hammers to block these projectiles.
When Mario and Luigi go into battle versus all three members of the Extension Corps in Fortress Zokket, Ten gains new attacks where he jumps in front of a Bro. and tries to smash him with his connector head, followed by him shooting an energy ball from his arm cannon. These can be chained, and are followed by a spin attack as Ten produces an energy blade and spins at a Bro., who must repel him with a hammer strike. When Shun reveals his Battle Plugs, the combo attack instigated by the Single-minded Plug has Ten shoot smaller fireballs from his arm cannon in a manner similar to Pi'illodium from Mario & Luigi: Dream Team with the tell for each shot being the same while Ecks charges from the side and Shun punches a punching bag. As with the other two members, he has a fire wave attack used in the last leg of the battle a few turns after Shun activates his Invincible Plug; the damage from this attack can be reduced via the Emergency Guard, but is unavoidable otherwise without a Boo Biscuit.
Gallery
Artwork of the Extension Corps, with Ten on the left
The Extension Corps, with Ten in the middle
Zokket meeting with the Extension Corps, with Ten visible on the left
Names in other languages
| Language | Name | Meaning | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Japanese | ルドルフ[3] Rudorufu |
Rudolf/Rudolph. The first syllable of his name combines with those of Ecks and Shun's names (Borudō and Toddo) to form boruto (written 「ボルト」) a Japanese transliteration of "volt." | |
| Chinese | 鲁多鲁弗[?] Lǔduōlǔfú |
Rudolf/Rudolph | |
| French | Jonk[4][5] | Phonetic reading of the second syllable of disjoncteur ("circuit breaker"). His name is shared with Diss and Terr in order to make a pun with the same word. | |
| German | Klinka[?] | From Klinke ("jack") | |
| Italian | Volter[6] | Portmanteau of "volt" and the name "Walter" | |
| Portuguese | Gui[?] | From the name "Guilherme", together with the other members (Coné and Zão) the three names form a pun on conexão ("connection") | |
| Spanish (NOA) | Ten[?] | From extensión ("extension"), referring to the name of the Extension Corps, equal to the English name. | |
| Spanish (NOE) | Arga[7] | From alargador ("extension cord"), referring to the name of the Extension Corps. |
References
- ^ https://youtu.be/Xqp1js9mGQg?si=80cvdK-ERJoy24Z2
- ^ Nintendo of America (October 10, 2024). Mario & Luigi: Brothership – Overview Trailer – Nintendo Switch. YouTube (English). Retrieved October 10, 2024.
- ^ Story. マリオ＆ルイージRPG ブラザーシップ！ (Japanese). Retrieved 27 Oct. 2024.
- ^ Mario & Luigi : L'épopée fraternelle. Nintendo.com (French). Retrieved October 10, 2024.
- ^ Mario & Luigi: Brothership in-game name (Canadian French localization)
- ^ Mario & Luigi: Fraternauti alla carica. Nintendo.com (Italian). Retrieved November 14, 2024.
- ^ Mario & Luigi: Conexión fraternal. Nintendo.com (European Spanish). Retrieved October 11, 2024.
