Prickly Goombas are a Goomba variant found inside of spiked chestnut shells. They have only appeared in the New Super Mario Bros. series, having debuted in New Super Mario Bros. Wii.

Behavior[]

If the playable character touches a Prickly Goomba, they take damage from touching the spiked shell. Prickly Goombas do not move until their shells are burned open with via a fireball, turning them into regular Goombas. If a character shoots an Ice Ball at a Prickly Goomba while in their Ice form, the Prickly Goomba freezes, but its outer shell does not break.

In New Super Mario Bros. Wii[]

Prickly Goombas are only encountered in World 9-7.

In New Super Mario Bros. U / New Super Luigi U/ New Super Mario Bros. U Deluxe[]

For New Super Mario Bros. U, Prickly Goombas are only encountered in their namesake level, Prickly Goombas!, in Frosted Glacier. For New Super Luigi U, they appear in the level Fire and Ice, found within the same world. In both games, also packaged within the enhanced port New Super Mario Bros. U, Prickly Goombas act the same as in New Super Mario Bros. Wii, but can also be walked on by a Yoshi.

Gallery[]

Mario standing by prickly goombas peeking out of their shell.

Mario standing by prickly goombas hiding in their shell.

Luigi standing by prickly goombas peeking out of their shell.

Characters	Protagonists	Mario • Luigi • Princess Peach
	Antagonists	Bowser • Bowser Jr. • Koopalings • Kamek
	Supporting	Princess Peach • Yoshis • Toad
Enemies	Enemies	Amp • Banzai Bill • Banzai Bill Cannon • Big Boo • Big Piranha Plant • Big Venus Fire Trap • Bill Blaster • Bill Blaster Turret • Baby Blooper • Blooper • Blooper Nanny • Bob-omb • Boo • Boomerang Bro • Bramball • Broozer • Bulber • Bullet Bill • Buzzy Beetle • Cannonball • Chain Chomp • Cheep Cheep • Cheep Chomp • Circling Boo Buddies • Clampy • Climbing Koopa • Cooligan • Crowber • Deep Cheep • Dry Bones • Eep Cheep • Fire Bro • Fire Snake • Fish Bone • Flame Chomp • Foo • Fuzzy • Ghost Block • Ghost Vase • Giant Cannonball • Goomba • Grand Goomba • Hammer Bro • Heavy Parabeetle • Hefty Goomba • Huckit Crab • Ice Bro • Jellybeam • King Bill • Koopa Paratroopa • Koopa Troopa • Lakitu • Mechakoopa • Mega Cheep Cheep • Mega Deep Cheep • Mega Fuzzy • Mega Urchin • Mega Wiggler • Micro Goomba • Missile Banzai Bill • Missile Bill • Monty Mole • Muncher • Para-bomb • Para-Beetle • Paragoomba • Piranha Plant • Podoboo • Pokey • Porcupuffer • River Piranha Plant • Rocky Wrench • Scaredy Rat • Sledge Bro • Spike • Spike Top • Spiny • Spiny Cheep-Cheep • Stalking Piranha Plant • Stone Spike • Super Dry Bones • Super Thwomp • Swooper • Thwomp • Urchin • Venus Fire Trap • Wiggler
Obstacles	Obstacles	Ball 'n' Chain • Burner • Cannon • Circus Ball • Dark • Death Ring • Fire Cog • Ghost Block • Ghost Vase • Giant Cannon • Giant Spike Pillar • Giant Spiked Ball • Giant Spiked Bomb • Huge Icicle • Icicle • Jumbo Ray • Large Circus Ball • Lava Plume • Lava Rock • Poisoned Water • Quartet Cannon • Spiked Ball • Spiked Bomb • Spike Pillar • Volcanic Smoke
Bosses	Bosses	Bowser Jr. • Larry Koopa • Roy Koopa • Lemmy Koopa • Wendy O. Koopa • Iggy Koopa • Morton Koopa Jr. • Ludwig von Koopa • Kamek • Bowser
Worlds	World 1	World 1-1 • World 1-2 • World 1-3 • World 1- • World 1- • World 1-4 • World 1-5 • World 1-6 • World 1-
	World 2	World 2-1 • World 2-2 • World 2-3 • World 2- • World 2-4 • World 2-5 • World 2-6 • World 2-
	World 3	World 3-1 • World 3-2 • World 3-3 • World 3- • World 3- • World 3- • World 3-4 • World 3-5 • World 3-
	World 4	World 4-1 • World 4-2 • World 4-3 • World 4- • World 4- • World 4-4 • World 4- • World 4-5 • World 4- • World 4-
	World 5	World 5-1 • World 5-2 • World 5-3 • World 5- • World 5-4 • World 5- • World 5- • World 5-5 • World 5-
	World 6	World 6-1 • World 6-2 • World 6-3 • World 6-4 • World 6- • World 6-5 • World 6-6 • World 6- • World 6- • World 6-
	World 7	World 7-1 • World 7-2 • World 7-3 • World 7- • World 7- World 7-4 • World 7-5 • World 7-6 • World 7-
	World 8	World 8-1 • World 8-2 • World 8-3 • World 8- • World 8-4 • World 8-5 • World 8-6 • World 8-7 • World 8- • World 8-
	World 9	World 9-1 • World 9-2 • World 9-3 • World 9-4 • World 9-5 • World 9-6 • World 9-7 • World 9-8
	Coin Courses	World Coin-1 • World Coin-2 • World Coin-3 • World Coin-4 • World Coin-5
Items	Items	1-Up Mushroom • Berry • Blue Coin • Coin • Fire Flower • Hidden Coin • Ice Flower • Mini Mushroom • Penguin Suit • Propeller Mushroom • Red Coin • Starman • Star Coin • Super Mushroom • Toad Balloon
Objects	Objects	? Block • ? Switch • Arrow lift • Balance Lift • Barrel • Bolt Lift • Bonecoaster • Brick Block • Cog • Current • Donut Lift • Flagpole • Flip Panel • Flying ? Block • Frozen Coin • Glow Block • Hard Block • Hidden Block • Ice Block • Ice Snake Block • Iron Block • Kōri Kabe • Light Block • Limited Lift • Midway point • P Switch • Paddle wheel • Pendulum Platform • Pipe Cannon • Player Clown Car • Pole • POW Block • Propeller Block • Quicksand • Red ! Switch • Red Block • Red Flagpole • Red Ring • RemoCon Kanaami • Remote-Control Platform • Rolling log • Roulette Block • Sand Geyser • Screw • Screwtop Lift • Screwtop Platform • Screwtop Shroom • Square cloud • Stretch Block • Stretch Shroom • Swinging Hammer • Switch-shiki RemoCon Lift • Tilt Lift • Trampoline • Turning Floor • Warp Cannon • Water Bubble • Wind • Wobble Rock
Miscellaneous	Miscellaneous	New Super Mario Bros. Wii Coin World

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Characters	Playable	Mario • Luigi • Yellow Toad • Blue Toad • Toadette** • Nabbit**/*** • Mii*
	Supporting	Princess Peach • Toad • Green Yoshi • Baby Yoshi (Balloon, Bubble, Glowing)
	Bosses	Bowser • Bowser Jr. • Koopalings (Lemmy Koopa · Morton Koopa Jr. · Larry Koopa · Wendy O. Koopa · Iggy Koopa · Roy Koopa · Ludwig von Koopa) • Boom Boom • Boss Sumo Bro • Kamek
Enemies	Enemies	Amp* • Baby Blooper* • Baby Dragoneel* • Balloon Goomba* • Banzai Bill • Banzai Bill Cannon • Big Amp* • Big Boo • Big Buzzy Beetle* • Big Piranha Plant • Big Venus Fire Trap** • Blooper • Blooper Nanny* • Bob-omb • Bomb • Bony Beetle • Boo • Boomerang Bro • Bowser Amp • Bramball • Broozer • Bulber* • Bullet Bill • Burner • Buzzy Beetle • Chain Chomp • Cheep Cheep • Cheep Chomp • Circling Boo Buddies • Clampy* • Cooligan • Deep Cheep** • Dragoneel • Dry Bones • Eep Cheep • Fire Bro • Fire Snake • Fish Bone • Flame Chomp • Fliprus • Foo • Fuzzy • Goomba • Goombrat • Grand Goomba • Gargantua Koopa Troopa • Grrrol • Hammer Bro • Heavy Para-Beetle • Hefty Goomba • Huckit Crab • Ice Bro • Jellybeam* • King Bill • Koopa Troopa • Lakitu • Magmaargh • Magmaw • Mecha Cheep* • Mechakoopa • Mega Cheep Cheep • Mega Dry Bones • Mega Deep Cheep** • Mega Eep Cheep** • Mega Fuzzy • Mega Grrrol • Mega Thwomp • Mega Urchin • Mega Wiggler • Meteor • Micro Goomba • Missile Bill • Monty Mole • Muncher • Nabbit • Para-Beetle • Parabomb • Paragoomba* • Paratroopa • Piranha Plant • Piranha Pod • Piranhacus Giganticus • Podoboo • Pokey • Porcupuffer • Prickly Goomba • River Piranha Plant • Rocky Wrench* • Scaredy Rat* • Sledge Bro • Spike Top • Spiny • Spiny Cheep Cheep • Spiny Egg • Stalking Piranha Plant • Stone Spike • Sumo Bro • Swooper* • Targeting Ted • Thwimp* • Thwomp • Torpedo Ted • Urchin • Venus Fire Trap • Venus Ice Trap • Waddlewing • Wiggler
Obstacles	Obstacles	Ball 'n' Chain • Bill Blaster • Bill Blaster Turret • Cannon • Cannonball* • Circus Ball • Current • Energy ring • Fire Bar • Ghost Block • Giant Ball 'n' Chain • Giant Cannonball • Huge Icicle • Huge Podoboo Cog • Icicle • Lava • Lava Fireball • Lava Geyser* • Mecha Hand • Poisoned Water • Quicksand • Red Skull Box • Sand Geyser • Skull Box* • Spike • Spiked Ball • Spike Pillar • Stone-Eye • Volcanic Smoke • Water Jet
Items	Items	1-Up Mushroom • 3-Up Moon • Berry • Blue Coin • Boost Star • Coin • Fire Flower • Frozen Coin • Green Coin • Hidden Coin • Ice Flower • Mini Mushroom • P-Acorn • Penguin Suit • POW Block • Propeller Mushroom • Red Coin • Super Acorn • Super Crown*** • Super Mushroom • Starman • Yoshi Egg
Objects	Objects	! Switch • ? Block • ? Switch • 3-Up Moon Block • Arrow lift • Bean Platform • Big Block • Blue Ring** • Bonecoaster • Bone Floor • Boost Block • Brick Block • Checkpoint Flag* • Cog • Coin Block • Cross Lift* • Donut Block • Flying ? Block • Goal Pole (red) • Goal ring* • Green Ring • Hammer Pendulum • Hidden Block • Ice Block • Ice Chunk* • Iron Block • Leaf Platform • Light Block • Limited Lift • Luigi Block** • Mario Brothers Floor • Mega ? Block • Note Block • Nut • P Switch • Paddle Platform* • Pendulum Platform • Pole • Red Ring • Remote-Control Platform* • Rolling log* • Scale Lift • Screwtop • Screwtop Lift • Screwtop Platform • Screwtop Shroom* • Seesaw Log Bridge • Seesaw Shroom* • Seesaw Shroom (blue)** • Slide Lift* • Snake Block • Star Lift • Stretch Shroom* • Stone block • Super Guide Block* • Switch-Lift** • Trampoline • Tree • Turning Floor • Water Bubble* • Wobble Rock*
Worlds and levels	Acorn Plains	Acorn Plains Way • Tilted Tunnel • Crushing-Cogs Tower • Yoshi Hill • Mushroom Heights • Rise of the Piranha Plants • Lemmy's Swingback Castle • Blooper's Secret Lair • Waddlewing Warning!*** • Crooked Cavern*** • Flame-Gear Tower*** • Rolling Yoshi Hills*** • Piranha Heights*** • Piranha Gardens*** • Lemmy's Lights-Out Castle*** • Cheep Chomp Chase***
	Layer-Cake Desert	Stone-Eye Zone • Perilous Pokey Cave • Fire Snake Cavern • Stoneslide Tower • Spike's Spouting Sands • Dry Desert Mushrooms • Blooming Lakitus • Morton's Compactor Castle • Piranha Plants on Ice • Piranha Plants on Ice • Spike's Tumbling Desert*** • Underground Grrrols*** • Piranhas in the Dark*** • Wind-Up Tower*** • The Walls Have Eyes*** • Stone Spike Conveyors*** • Spinning Sandstones*** • Morton's Lava-Block Castle*** • Slippery Rope Ladders***
	Sparkling Waters	Waterspout Beach • Tropical Refresher • Giant Skewer Tower • Haunted Shipwreck • Above the Cheep Cheep Seas • Urchin Shoals • Dragoneel's Undersea Grotto • Larry's Torpedo Castle • Skyward Stalk • Huckit Beach Resort*** • Urchin Reef Romp*** • Shish-Kebab Tower*** • Haunted Cargo Hold*** • The Great Geysers*** • The Great Geysers*** • Dragoneel Depths*** • Larry's Trigger-Happy Castle*** • Beanstalk Jungle***
	Frosted Glacier	Spinning Star Sky • Cooligan Fields • Freezing-Rain Tower • Prickly Goombas! • Scaling the Mountainside • Icicle Caverns • Swaying Ghost House • Fliprus Lake • Fliprus Lake • Broozers and Barrels*** • Cooligan Shrooms*** • Icicle Tower*** • Fire and Ice*** • Weighty Waddlewings*** • Ice-Slide Expressway*** • Peek-a-Boo Ghost House*** • Wendy's Thwomp Castle*** • Fliprus Floes***
	Soda Jungle	The Mighty Cannonship† • Jungle of the Giants • Bridge over Poisoned Waters • Bramball Woods • Snake Block Tower • Which-Way Labyrinth • Painted Swampland • Deepsea Ruins • Seesaw Bridge • Wiggler Stampede • Iggy's Volcanic Castle • Flight of the Para-Beetles • All Aboard!†/*** • Giant Swing-Along*** • Dancing Blocks, Poison Swamp*** • Heart of Bramball Woods*** • Stone-Snake Tower*** • Stone-Snake Tower*** • Painted Pipeworks*** • Deepsea Stone-Eyes*** • Sumo Bro Bridge*** • Wiggler Floodlands*** • Iggy's Swinging-Chains Castle*** • Para-Beetle Parade***
	Rock-Candy Mines	Fuzzy Clifftop • Porcupuffer Falls • Grinding-Stone Tower • Waddlewing's Nest • Light Blocks, Dark Tower • Walking Piranha Plants! • Thrilling Spine Coaster • Screwtop Tower • Screwtop Tower • Roy's Conveyor Castle • Mount Fuzzy*** • Porcu-Puffer Cavern*** • Smashing-Stone Tower*** • Spike's Seesaws*** • Light-Up-Lift Tower*** • Rising Piranhas*** • Spine Coaster Stowaways*** • Sumo Bro's Spinning Tower*** • Switch-Lift Express*** • Roy's Ironclad Castle***
	Meringue Clouds	Land of Flying Blocks • Seesaw Shrooms • Switchback Hill • Slide Lift Tower • Spinning Spirit House • Bouncy Cloud Boomerangs • A Quick Dip in the Sky • Snaking Above Mist Valley • Ludwig's Clockwork Castle • Boarding the Airship • Frozen Fuzzies*** • Wiggler Rodeo*** • Rainbow Skywalk*** • Stonecrush Tower*** • Vanishing Ghost House*** • Above the Bouncy Clouds*** • Flame Chomp Ferris Wheel*** • Three-Headed Snake Block*** • Ludwig's Block-Press Castle*** • Bowser Jr. Showdown***
	Peach's Castle	Meteor Moat • Magma-River Cruise • Rising Tides of Lava • Firefall Cliffs • Red-Hot Elevator Ride • The Final Battle • Magma Moat*** • Magmaw River Cruise*** • Hot Cogs*** • Firefall Rising*** • Current Event*** • The Final Battle***
	Superstar Road	Spine-Tingling Spine Coaster • Run for It • Swim for Your Life! • Hammerswing Caverns • Spinning Platforms of Doom • Fire Bar Cliffs • Lakitu! Lakitu! Lakitu! • Pendulum Castle • Follow that Shell! • Spine Coaster Connection*** • P Switch Peril*** • Star Coin Deep Dive*** • Hammerswing Hangout*** • Under Construction*** • Fire Bar Sprint*** • Cloudy Capers*** • Impossible Pendulums*** • Flying Squirrel Ovation***
	Coin Courses	World Coin-1 • World Coin-2 • World Coin-3 • World Coin-4 • World Coin-5 • World Coin-6 • World Coin-7 • World Coin-8
	Other	Secret Island
Challenge Mode	Time Attack	Time Attack Trial • Acorn Plains Speed Run • Full Speed Ahead • Stone-Eye Desert Dash • The Boo Ballet • The Boo-Ballet Encore • Icicle Skating • Huckit Hustle • Mini Mountaineer • Lurchin' Urchins • Penguin vs. Torpedo • Slick Slopes and Bullet Bills • The Haunted Propeller • Fliprus Crossing • Rickety Sprint • No-Cash Dash • Poison-Swamp Scramble • Swing into Action • Stoneslide Tower Climb • Screwtop It Up
	Coin Collection	Triple-Jump for Coins • Hot Hidden-Coin Hunt • Stingy Big Piranha Plants • Lakitu's Cloud Heist • Hot-Air Yoshi Ride • Ghost House Coin Curse • Perilous Coin Dodge • Waddlewing Wipeout • Prickly Goomba's Coinless Run • 200 Clifftop Coins • Dark Dark Coaster • Cloud-Top Coin Evasion • Attack of the Bob-ombs • Spine Coaster Coin Cruise • Castle Coin Bypass • Don't. Touch. Anything.
	1-Up Rally	The Goombrat Stomp • Stone-Eye Koopas • Goomba Bounce Bash • Penguin Bowling • Three Dry Bones • Bullet Bill 1-Up Bounce • Star Connection • Big Goomba Bounce Bash • Airship 1-Up Rally • Paratroopa Panic
	Special	Fire, Bro! • Graceful Glide • Mole to Goal • Marathon Glide • Bubble Up • Nonstop Flight • Be Gentle to Giants • Big Air at Sundown • Balancing Act • Bowser's Airship Sneak • Larry's Groundless Battle • No Climbing Allowed • The Trial of Bullet Bill Hill • Spin Jump, Get Dizzy • Mole to Goal Returns • Wobble and Rock • Seriously! Fire, Bro! • Elevator Out of Service • Castle Crawl • Express Elevator • Cashless Castle Crawl
	Boost Mode Challenges	Piranha Plant Hideaway • Coins in the Forecast • When Waddlewings Attack • The Perpetual Shell • Boost Block Coin Stalk • Icicle Falls • Fuzzy Alert! • The High Road • Three-Legged Lava Race • Fuzzy Cliff Climb • Thwomp Castle Cash Flow • Cloudy with a Chance of Fire • Ultimate Boost Blast
Further info	Further info	Gallery (Luigi U/Deluxe)
* - Exclusive to New Super Mario Bros. U • ** - Exclusive to New Super Mario Bros. U Deluxe • *** - Exclusive to New Super Luigi U † - Level before the world