Skeleton Bee
| Skeleton Bee | |||
|---|---|---|---|
 Artwork from Super Mario Land 2: 6 Golden Coins | |||
| First appearance | Super Mario Land 2: 6 Golden Coins (1992) | ||
| Variant of | Beebee | ||
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A Skeleton Bee[1] is an enemy in Super Mario Land 2: 6 Golden Coins. Skeleton Bees are found in only one level, the Bee Hive Course, like with Beebee and Bigbee. Skeleton Bees are tougher than their non-skeletal counterparts, as they can come back to life after Mario defeats them. Doing a Spin Jump and using a Star are the only ways to defeat them permanently. Also like their counterparts, they appear out of the hives in the background and move very slowly. In official artwork, they appear to have a normal, non-skeletal body and carry spears; however, in gameplay, the bottom half is able to be seen through as if they are completely composed of bones and do not carry spears at all. They are undead ancestors of Beebees.[2]
Profiles and statistics
Super Mario Land 2: 6 Golden Coins
- Instruction booklet description:
- English:
This bee has become a skeleton. Even if Mario stomps on this boney bumblebee, it'll come back to life.[1]
- English:
- Nintendo 3DS Virtual Console manual description:
- 'English:
This bee has become a skeleton. Even if Mario stomps on this bony bumblebee, it'll come back to life.'
- 'English:
Perfect Ban Mario Character Daijiten
| ガイゴ (JP) / Skeleton Bee (EN) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
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| Original text (Japanese) | Translation | ||
| ゴースト |
Tribe | Ghost clan | |
| しつこい | Disposition | Persistent | |
| ランド２ | Game appearances | Land 2 | |
ビービー（Ｐ１６７）たちのご |
Maybe it's just better to be able to step on it. Ancestor of Beebees (p. 167) and others. Their attack pattern is similar to that of Beebees, but like ghosts, they quickly come back to life even if you jump on them. Spin-Jumping is an effective way to defeat them. | ||
Gallery
Artwork from Super Mario Land 2: 6 Golden Coins
Sprite from Super Mario Land 2: 6 Golden Coins
A "defeated" Skeleton Bee.
The ? Block can be seen through the Skeleton Bee's body.
Names in other languages
Names unique to the Super Mario Bros. Encyclopedia are denoted as such in the "notes" column.
| Language | Name | Meaning | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Japanese | ガイコツバチ[3][4][5] Gaikotsu Bachi |
Skeleton Bee | |
| ガイゴ[6][7] Gaigo |
From「骸骨」(gaikotsu, "skeleton") | ||
| Dutch | Skeletbij[8]:31 | Skeleton Bee | |
| French | Abeille-Squelette[8]:13 | Skeleton Bee | |
| German | Knochen-Biene[9] | Bone Bee | |
| Italian | Skeleton Bee[10][11] | - | |
| Skelape[12] | Portmanteau of scheletro ("skeleton") and ape ("bee") | Super Mario Bros. Encyclopedia | |
| Spanish | Abeja Ósea[13] | Bone Bee | |
| Abeja Esqueleto[14] | Skeleton Bee | Super Mario Bros. Encyclopedia |
References
- ^ a b 1992. Super Mario Land 2: 6 Golden Coins instruction booklet. Nintendo of America (American English). Page 13.
- ^ 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 50.
- ^ 1992. Super Mario Land 2: 6-tsu no Kinka instruction booklet. Nintendo (Japanese). Page 16.
- ^ 2011. 『スーパーマリオランド２ ６つの金貨』 (Electronic Manual). Nintendo Co., Ltd. (Japanese). Page 31.
- ^ Japanese Super Mario Land 2: 6-tsu no Kinka entry on the official Mario Portal. nintendo.co.jp (Japanese). Retrieved August 20, 2022. (Archived January 25, 2022, 06:52:34 UTC via archive.today.)
- ^ Itoi, Shigesato, Takashi Watanabe, Hiroyuki Jinnai (APE), Jin Kobayashi, Ryuji Osawa, and Shigeo Tanabe, editors (1992). 『スーパーマリオランド2: 6つの金貨任天堂公式ガイドブック』. Tokyo: Shogakukan. ISBN 4-09-102413-0. Page 12.
- ^ Motoyama, Kazuki (6 Jul. 1993). Super Mario Land 2 - 6-tsu no Kinka 1, Super Mario, vol. 18. Kodansha (Japanese). Page 6.
- ^ a b 1992. Super Mario Land 2: 6 Golden Coins Instruction Booklet / mode d'emploi. Großostheim: Nintendo of Europe GmbH (French, Dutch).
- ^ 1992. Super Mario Land 2: 6 Golden Coins Spieleanleitung. Großostheim: Nintendo of Europe GmbH (German). Page 14.
- ^ 1992. Super Mario Land 2: 6 Golden Coins Manuale di istruzioni. Großostheim: Nintendo of Europe GmbH (Italian). Page 13.
- ^ 2011. Super Mario Land 2 - 6 Golden Coins (Electronic Manual). Nintendo of Europe GmbH (Italian). Tab 13.
- ^ Sakai, Kazuya (ambit), kikai, Akinori Sao, Junko Fukuda, Kunio Takayama, Ko Nakahara (Shogakukan), and Marco Figini, editors (2018). "Super Mario Land 2: 6 Golden Coins" in Super Mario Bros. Enciclopedia. Translated by Marco Amerighi. Milan: Magazzini Salani (Italian). ISBN 889367436X. Page 75.
- ^ 2011. Super Mario Land 2 - 6 Golden Coins (Electronic Manual). Nintendo of America (Latin American Spanish). Tab 13.
- ^ Sakai, Kazuya (ambit), kikai, Akinori Sao, Junko Fukuda, Kunio Takayama, and Ko Nakahara (Shogakukan), editors (2017). "Super Mario Land 2: 6 Golden Coins" in Enciclopedia Super Mario Bros. 30ª Aniversario. Translated by Gemma Tarrés. Barcelona: Editorial Planeta, S.A. (European Spanish). ISBN 978-84-9146-223-1. Page 75.
