Bouncing Bullet Bill
| Bouncing Bullet Bill | |
|---|---|
| Bouncing Bullet Bill from Yoshi's New Island Screenshot from Yoshi's New Island | |
| First appearance | Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island (1995) |
| Latest appearance | Yoshi's New Island (2014) |
| Variant of | Bullet Bill |
Bouncing Bullet Bills,[1] also known as the Killer Three Bs,[1] are a type of Bullet Bill that appears in Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island (as well as its reissue) and Yoshi's New Island . They can bounce off any surface that they collide with and continue flying at an angle equal to the one at which they hit the surface.
History[edit ]
Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island / Yoshi's Island: Super Mario Advance 3[edit ]
In their debut game, Bouncing Bullet Bills are yellow and resemble small Banzai Bills just like their green variation. They are fired from unique swiveling yellow Turtle Cannons and have the ability to bounce off any surface that they come in contact with. They appear only in Raphael The Raven's Castle, with Yoshi's Island: Super Mario Advance 3 also featuring them in the new level Fight Toadies w/ Toadies. They cause a Yoshi to drop Baby Mario if they hit him, but they can be defeated with a stomp or an egg. They can also be eaten by a Yoshi and spat back out to damage other enemies, or swallowed to produce an egg. After being spat out, they behave like a regular Bullet Bill in that they do not bounce off walls anymore.
Yoshi's New Island[edit ]
In Yoshi's New Island, Bouncing Bullet Bills' color is changed from yellow to green, which is the color of normal Bullet Bills in the former two games. Their shape is also now that of the Bullet Bills in the current games of the Super Mario franchise (though they do appear to possess red highlights under their eyes akin to the ones possessed by Bomber Bills). They appear only in the cavern section of the level Pyro Guy Peak, where their blasters are fixed on both the ground and the ceiling. Bouncing Bullet Bills behave and can be interacted with mostly the same as in their previous appearances. However, when a Yoshi spits one back out a certain distance from a wall, it continues to rebound off incoming surfaces instead of passing right through them. Nevertheless, if a Yoshi stands too close to a wall and spits a Bouncing Bullet Bill at it, it will still pass through that surface but continue to bounce off the next one.
Profiles[edit ]
Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island / Yoshi's Island: Super Mario Advance 3[edit ]
- Shogakukan guide: ヨッシーはこんなものまで食べてしまう。緑の砲台は固定式、黄色の砲台は回転式。黄色いキ ラーは壁に当たるとはねかえる。[2] (Yoshi would even eat this. Green cannons are a fixed type, while yellow cannons are rotatable. Yellow Bullet Bills bounce off walls.)
- Player's Guide: Also known as the Killer Three Bs. These yellow guns home in on the nearest dinosaur and fire away.[1]
- Shogakukan guide (Game Boy Advance version):
緑 と赤 の砲台 は固定式 で、黄色 の砲台 は回転式 。赤 いキラーは ヨッシーを追 いかけ、黄色 いキ ラーはかべに当 たるとはね返 る。砲台 を倒 すならアイス攻撃 で。[3] (Green and red cannons are a fixed type, while yellow cannons are a rotatable type. Red Bullet Bills pursue Yoshi, and yellow Bullet Bills bounce off walls. The cannons can be defeated by an ice attack.)
Yoshi's New Island[edit ]
- Shogakukan guide:
砲台 から放 たれる巨大 な弾 。その名 のとおり、壁 や土管 などにぶつかるとはね返 り、飛 んでいくコースが変 わる。飛 ぶコースを見定 めてかわすか、食 べてしまおう。[4] (A huge bullet released from a cannon. As the name suggests, when they hit a wall or a pipe, they bounce off and change course. Dodge them or eat them as they fly.)
Gallery[edit ]
Names in other languages[edit ]
The contemporaneous name for each language is listed first. Subsequent names are listed in chronological order for each language, from oldest to newest, and have the media they are associated with in the "Notes" column.
| Language | Name | Meaning | Note(s) | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Japanese | はねかえりキラー Hanekaeri Kirā |
Bouncing Bullet Bill | [4] | |
| キラー Kirā |
Bullet Bill | Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island | [2] [3] |
References[edit ]
- ^ a b c Miller, Kent, and Munson, Terry (1995). Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island Player's Guide. Nintendo of America (American English). Page 126.
- ^ a b Okeya, Noriko, Mitsuharu Orihara, and Yuji Kigen, editors (1995). 『スーパーマリオヨッシーアイランド任天堂公式ガイドブック』. Tokyo: Shogakukan (Japanese). ISBN 4-09-1025-234. Page 7.
- ^ a b Watanabe, Takashi, Noriko Oketani, Mitsuharu Orihara, Tatsuhiko Mizutani, and Yasushi Nakahara, editors (2002). 『スーパーマリオアドバンス3任天堂公式ガイドブック』. Tokyo: Shogakukan (Japanese). ISBN 4-09-106071-4. Page 15.
- ^ a b Iwaya, Kiyotaka, Tatsuhiko Mizutani, Yasuyuki Kato, Junko Fukuda, Kunio Takayama, and Yasushi Nakahara (Shogakukan), editors (2014). 『ヨッシー New アイランド 任天堂公式ガイドブック』. Tokyo: Shogakukan (Japanese). ISBN 978-4-09-106542-1. Page 23.
