Wanderin' Goom
| Wanderin' Goom | |||
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| First appearance | Wario Land: Super Mario Land 3 (1994) | ||
| Latest appearance | Game & Watch Gallery 2 (1997) | ||
| Subject origin | Galoomba | ||
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Wanderin' Gooms[1] are small oval-shaped creatures that appear in Wario Land: Super Mario Land 3. They have no arms, are not aggressive, and have no ability to attack. Wanderin' Gooms are considered "apprentice pirates."[2] Although considered enemies in the game's manual, these creatures are extremely weak and are completely harmless. A Wanderin' Goom normally walks in a straight line, but upon coming into contact with any object, it flips onto its back. Wario can defeat these defenseless creatures any way he sees fit, including using them as weapons by throwing them at other enemies. Pirate Gooms are weapon-wielding Wanderin' Gooms that cannot be attacked from the front, and essentially replace Wanderin' Gooms in the sequel.
A single Wanderin' Goom appears in Game & Watch Gallery 2 as one of the objects Wario has to juggle in the Modern version of Ball.
While not identified as Gooms, similar harmless enemies such as Marumen and red Bandineros appear in other games of the Wario Land series.
Profiles[edit]
Wario Land: Super Mario Land 3[edit]
- Japanese Virtual Console manual: 島の中をうろうろしているだけの生き物で、攻撃してきません。[3](These creatures just wander around the island and do not attack.)
- English manual: This little guy is harmless, but Wario could shake it up for a Coin or two[1]
Perfect Ban Mario Character Daijiten[edit]
| クリクリ (JP) / Wanderin' Goom (EN) | ||||||
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| Original text (Japanese) | Translation | |||||
| キノコ族 | Tribe | Mushroom clan | ||||
| 弱虫 | Disposition | Wimp | ||||
| ランド3 | Game appearances | Land 3 | ||||
| 史上最弱の敵キャラ すべてのマりオキャラの中でも、いちばん弱い敵と思われているのがこのクリクり。見習い海賊の彼は、武器のひとつも持っていない。さわるだけでやつっけられるぞ。[2] |
The weakest enemy character in history Of all the Mario characters, Wanderin' Goom is considered the weakest enemy. As an apprentice pirate, he does not have a single weapon. Just a touch is all it takes to defeat him. | |||||
Gallery[edit]
A Wanderin' Goom as depicted in the Kodansha Wario Land: Super Mario Land 3 manga
Wario Land: Super Mario Land 3 sprite
Wario Land: Super Mario Land 3 sprite
Game & Watch Gallery 2 sprite
Names in other languages[edit]
| Language | Name | Meaning |
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| Japanese | クリクリ[4][2] Kurikuri |
A Japanese term for "big and round", also from a repetition of「栗」(kuri, chestnut) |
| German | Wandernder Goom |
Wandering Goom |
| Italian | Goom Vagante[5] Goom vagabondo[6] |
Wandering Goom Wandering Goom |
Trivia[edit]
- Wanderin' Gooms have unused sprites spitting a projectile, but they do not attack in the final game.
- The back of Wario Land 3's Australian and North American box states that Wanderin' Gooms appear in the game,[7] but they are nowhere to be found. It is likely that this refers to Spearhead or Para-Goom.
References[edit]
- ^ a b Nintendo (1994). Wario Land: Super Mario Land 3 instruction booklet. Nintendo of America (American English). Page 18.
- ^ a b c (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 71.
- ^ Nintendo. スーパーマリオランド3 ワリオランド (Sūpā Mario Rando 3: Wario Rando) Virtual Console manual, section 15] (PDF). Nintendo (Japanese).
- ^ Nintendo (1994). スーパーマリオランド3 ワリオランド (Sūpā Mario Rando 3: Wario Rando) instruction booklet. Nintendo (Japanese). Page 18.
- ^ Nintendo (1994). Super Mario Land 3: Wario Land European instruction booklen. Nintendo of Europe (Italian). Page 116.
- ^ Wario Land: Super Mario Land 3 (Virtual Console) Italian e-manual. Nintendo (Italian). Page 15.
- ^ "Be wary of Wanderin' Gooms, Hammer-bots, Mad Scienstein and more as you plunge into one of the largest, most dazzling adventures ever to hit Game Boy Color!" – Nintendo (2000). Back of the North American Wario Land 3 box. Nintendo.
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