![]() Another one of the worlds within the game, Pumpkin Zone, was entirely Halloween-themed and featured enemies designed after nasties that go bump in the night all derivative from Western culture and Japan. ?And here we are yet again with another entry on the list going to an enemy from Super Mario Land 2. But perhaps it was for the better since - and I apologize for coming off as harsh - the Cowfish is hands down one of the most uninspired character designs in the history of Mario games - period!ħ) Spooky Mask, Super Mario Land 2: 6 Golden Coins Cowfish only appeared in the Tree Zone (fish and trees, go figure), not even in underwater stages where its presence would’ve made some small lick of sense. And it doesn’t do much else other than swim back and forth like a pacing neurotic in this original Game Boy game. ?Cowfish, basically, is what it is: a fish that also happens to be a cow (sans udders, and for good reason, too). He really knows how to make a woman feel like a princess, no?Ĩ)Ĝowfish, Super Mario Land 2: Six Golden Coins He, like any low class misogynist, demands that Peach head straight for the kitchen and make him a sandwich - I mean - bake him a cake (again). Trying to escape from her room, Peach runs into the big guy, whom of which threatens to squeal to Bowser only if she complies with his sole demand. Afterwards, Gourmet Guy appears yet again during the scenes with Princess Peach’s captivity within Bowser’s flying castle. Upon eating it, Gourmet Guy begins to spiral into an uncontrollable foodgasm and sprints away, letting Mario continue his journey unhindered. Don’t fret, however, because Gourmet Guy - like any other corpulent individual - can be easily swayed with baked goods specifically, cake. Gourmet Guy made his first and only flabtastic appearance in the N64’s Paper Mario during the Shy Guy’s Toy Box stage, in which he impedes Mario’s progress by obstructing a gateway with his rippling, gelatinous mass. I mean, how fat are you when even your mask begins to grow jowls and a double chin - it defies categorization, that’s what! Plus, wearing a bib and wielding both a knife and fork at all times is simply perpetuating a fat person stereotype. You’d be in error to call Gourmet Guy fat, or even morbidly obese. But before we move on, I leave you with this to chew on: how come in the Final Fantasy series it typically takes some of the strongest spells and weapons to take down final bosses like Culex, but in Mario’s world the same can be achieved with Koopa shells and frying pans? Think about that… Honestly now, who would’ve guessed that Mario would find himself face-to-face with an omnipotent being of dark matter that looks like it came straight out of a 19th century gothic engraving? That and Culex refers to Mario as his world’s greatest knight, because the first thing that springs to mind when on the subject of great warriors are portly plumbers. ![]() A majority of the enemies in the game were either of your standard Mario fare or entirely new ones that at least adhered to the series’ vernacular design, but there is one in particular that absolutely screams Final Fantasy and sticks out like a Moogle’s sore pom pom: Culex! Still, the SNES game was hailed as the swan song of these two companies’ legendary partnership. Square developing Super Mario RPG for Nintendo and then - out of the blue - pledging unwavering allegiance to Sony was similar to taking your longtime boyfriend or girlfriend out to a fancy restaurant to drop the bomb that the relationship is over and you’re already seeing someone else, hoping the glitz and glamour will soften the blow. Take a strange trip down the warp pipe as 10 of the weirdest Super Mario enemies come waddling, swimming and crawling your way! Mamma Mia!ġ0)Ĝulex, Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars ![]() Each victory meant another villain added to the mustached crusaders’ list of archenemies, and when you take into account the individual henchmen of Bowser, Wart and other despots’ motley armies combined, Mario and Luigi have a rogues gallery larger than that of the average super hero - that’s more animosity than two Italian plumbers can take! While most of these enemies are pretty run-of-the-mill, such as Goombas, Koopa Troopas and Bob-ombs, there’s been plenty of moments throughout the expansive video game series where the Brothers Mario (even Peach and Yoshi) have crossed paths with foes that are too bizarre to even describe or make one wonder what fractured state of mind the character designer was in when creating these monstrosities (and who gave some of them the green-light, for that matter). were bound to make an enemy or two… or two thousand on their innumerable quests to save Princess Peach or the Mushroom Kingdom at large. ?With a colorful career as both adventurers and plumbers that has spanned a whopping 28 years (and counting), the Mario Bros. ![]()
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