Gnawsher
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| First appearance | Super Mario Bros. Wonder (2023) | ||
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- “Feel like you're missing something? Wonder if they ate it...”
- —Talking Flower, Super Mario Bros. Wonder
Gnawshers are winged Chomp-like enemies with golden eyes and teeth that chomp through blocks, other enemies, collectibles, or items, hence their name, which is a combination of "gnaw" and "gnasher". Most Gnawshers have black-colored bodies, and they simply travel straight horizontally or vertically, eating anything in their path. There are also red variants called Search Gashigashi that home-in on targets, similar to the relationship between Bullet Bills and Bull's-Eye Bills. Gnawshers can be defeated by any form of attack.
Gnawshers appear prominently in a level dedicated to them, Gnawsher Lair. In a later point in this level, a Gnawsher can potentially consume the ? Block holding the level's Wonder Flower. If the player is quick enough to get the Wonder Flower before this, the resulting Wonder Effect summons a horde of Gnawshers from the left, destroying everything in their path (except for certain things like moving platforms). These Gnawshers are invulnerable to damage, but they can be stunned by Red POW Blocks (triggered either by the player or contact with the horde itself), momentarily stopping their advance. Another horde of Gnawshers appears to chase the player character through a crystal section of The Final Test Wonder Gauntlet.
Gallery[edit]
Models of Gnawsher and Search Gashigashi
A horde of Gnawshers during a Wonder Effect
Additional names[edit]
Internal names[edit]
| Game | File | Name | Meaning
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| Super Mario Bros. Wonder | G:/romfs/Model/EnemyTaberukun.bfres.zs | Taberukun | Combination of「食べる」(taberu, "to eat") and the honorific「~くん」(-kun) |
| Super Mario Bros. Wonder | G:/romfs/Pack/Actor/EnemyEater.pack.zs | Eater | - |
Names in other languages[edit]
| Language | Name | Meaning | Notes |
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| Japanese | ガシガシ[1] Gashigashi |
Mutation of「がじがじ」(gaji-gaji, onomatopoeia for gnawing) | |
| Chinese | 咬咬[?] Yǎoyǎo |
Repetition of「咬」(yǎo, "to bite") | |
| French | Crocroc[?] | Contraction of croc croc (onomatopoeia for crunching) | |
| German | Happ[?] | Clipping of Happen ("to morsel") | |
| Italian | Sgranock[?] | From sgranocchiare ("to munch") and possibly "rock" | |
| Korean | 와작와작[?] Wajak-wajak |
Korean onomatopoeia for crunching something; shared with Chompagobbler | |
| Portuguese | Mordilão[?] | Portmanteau of morder ("to bite") and comilão ("glutton") | |
| Russian | Хрумдель[?] Khrumdel |
Rough homophone between хрум (khrum, "crunch") and possibly хрюндель (khryundel, "cheeky pig") | |
| Spanish | Ñac-ñac[?] | Repetition and mutation of ñam (onomatopoeia for biting) |
References[edit]
- ^ Kai, editor (26 Jan. 2024). マリオたちの行く手を阻む。フラワー王国の個性豊かな敵キャラクターをご紹介。～その1～【ワンダーの世界へ Vol.13】. Nintendo Official Site (Japanese). Retrieved 11 Jul. 2024.
