Porcupo: Difference between revisions

{{distinguish|Porcupal}}

{{species infobox

|image=[[File:PorcupoArt.jpg]]<br>Artwork of Porcupo for ''Super Mario Advance''

|variants=[[Harry Hedgehog]]

|first_appearance=''[[Yume Kōjō: Doki Doki Panic]]'' ([[List of games by date#1987|1987]], overall)<br>''[[Super Mario Bros. 2]]'' ([[List of games by date#1988|1988]], [[Super Mario (franchise)|''Super Mario'' franchise]])

|latest_appearance=''[[Ultimate NES Remix]]'' ([[List of games by date#2014|2014]])

'''Porcupos''' are small, spiked creatures first appearing in ''[[Yume Kōjō: Doki Doki Panic]]'' and ''[[Super Mario Bros. 2]]''. They are occasionally called {{wp|porcupine}}s but have a greater resemblance to {{wp|hedgehog}}s as indicated by their Japanese name.

====''Yume Kōjō: Doki Doki Panic'' / ''Super Mario Bros. 2''====

In ''Yume Kōjō: Doki Doki Panic'' and ''Super Mario Bros. 2'', Porcupos pace back and forth and are usually in groups of two or more. They cannot be jumped on or picked up, so players must throw other enemies or objects at Porcupos to defeat them. Unlike other enemies, Porcupos have a four-frame walking animation, made by moving the front two 8x8 pixel tiles around, thus also using only half as many actual graphics as most other enemies. Their artwork shows them with white faces and red noses, though in game, they have tan faces and gray noses instead, despite how the artwork's colors would be mapped accurately to the game's red palette. Additionally, they have visible ears, which are not shown in their artwork. Their feet are also colored the same as their body in their original sprites, though the original game's manual depicts a screenshot of one with tan-colored feet (likely from a prototypical build).

 

 

==Profiles and statistics==

===''Super Mario Bros. 2'' / ''Super Mario Advance''===

*'''Instruction booklet bio:''' ''His body is entirely covered with spines so you can't jump on his back.''<ref>[https://www.nintendo.co.jp/clv/manuals/en/pdf/CLV-P-NAADE.pdf ''Super Mario Bros. 2'' instruction booklet]. Page 25.</ref>

*'''Instruction booklet bio ([[Super Mario Advance|Game Boy Advance version]]):''' ''These annoying creatures are covered in spines, so jumping on them is not the best solution.''<ref>''Super Mario Advance'' European instruction booklet (English). [https://www.thegameisafootarcade.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/Super-Mario-Advance-Game-Manual.pdf Page 12].</ref>

===''[[Perfect Ban Mario Character Daijiten]]''===

|shusshin=ビースト族

|seikaku=温厚

|tojo_gemu=USA

|desc='''<big>ハリに包まれ、のそのそ歩く</big>'''<br>

全身がハリに包まれているハリネズミのような生き物だ。動きはトロく、地下をのそのそはいずり回っている。おだやかなので、自分から攻撃してくることはほとんどない。<ref>Shogakukan. 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''). [https://i.imgur.com/NNyuWK8.jpeg Page 164.]</ref>

|eng_desc='''''<big>Wrapped in needles and walking slowly</big>'''''<br>

''It is a hedgehog-like creature whose entire body is covered in needles. They move slowly, skulking around underground. They are gentle and rarely attack on their own.''

===''[[Encyclopedia Super Mario Bros.]]''===

'''Bio:''' 地面を歩いている。全身が針におおわれているので、踏むことができない。<ref>''Shogakukan. 2015. Super Mario Bros. Hyakka: Nintendo Kōshiki Guidebook'', ''Super Mario USA'' section. Page 68.</ref> (''He walks along the ground. His whole body is covered with needles, so he cannot be stepped on.'')

 

==Names in other languages==

{{foreign names

|Jap=ハリマンネン<ref>''Yume Kōjō: Doki Doki Panic'' instruction booklet. Page 33.</ref><ref name=SMUSA>''Super Mario USA'' instruction booklet. [https://www.nintendo.co.jp/clv/manuals/ja/pdf/CLV-P-HAADJ.pdf Page 28].</ref><ref>''Mario Kart 64'' Japanese instruction booklet. [https://m1.nintendo.net/docvc/NUS/JPN/NKTJ/NKTJ_J.pdf Page 32]. ''m1.nintendo.net''. Retrieved September 23, 2020.</ref>

|JapM=Portmanteau of「{{hover|針鼠|ハリネズミ}}」(''harinezumi'', hedgehog) and「万年」(''man'nen'', {{wp|ten thousand years}})

|Ita=Porcupo<ref>''[[Super Mario Bros. 2]]'' Italian manual. Page 25.</ref><ref>''[[Super Mario All-Stars Limited Edition]]'' Italian manual. Page 38.</ref><ref>''[[Super Mario Bros. Encyclopedia|Super Mario Bros. Enciclopedia]]''. Page 68.</ref>

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