Croco

“Har, har! Youse mugs'll NEVER catch me! A snail could outrun you morons! Later!”

—Croco, Super Mario RPG

Croco is a purple, anthropomorphic crocodile bandit from Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars and the remake. He is a recurring villain in the game who is always stealing things from other people.

Mario first sees Croco being chased by Mallow. When Croco escapes, Mallow starts to cry, triggering a rainstorm. Mario talks to Mallow, who says that Croco stole his grandpa's Special Frog Coin that Mallow was supposed to trade for a Cricket Pie. Mario agrees to get it back for Mallow, and Mallow joins Mario. They move on to Bandit's Way, where they spot Croco. They chase him, until he hops on blocks to get past the area with boulders blocking the paths. He claims he is still "100 miles ahead", so Mario and Mallow continue to chase him through Bandit's Way until they hit a dead end. Croco goes into hiding. Mario and Mallow sneak behind him thrice to shock him. Just before Croco is able to run for a fourth time, Mallow yells at him to stop running. Croco claims he will give the coin back, but instead attacks.

In battle, Croco attacks by ramming into a party member or throwing a bomb. He is weak to fire and, the first time he is hit with a fire attack such as Fireball, his tail catches on fire and he wastes a turn trying to put it out. At low HP, he uses a Weird Mushroom to heal, and after enough damage is dealt to Croco, Mallow again runs up to him and scolds him, threatening to give another belting to him if the coin is not returned. Croco gives it to the duo, hops around with anger, and leaves.

When Mario jumps on a trampoline in the Mole Mines that is supposed to be an exit, he hits the ceiling of the mines and faints. Croco and a trio of Crooks then proceed to steal all of Mario's coins. After chasing Croco again, Mario, Mallow, and Geno battle him. In this fight, Croco throws bombs more frequently, and his tail no longer catches on fire. Halfway through the battle, Croco steals all of the party's items and his bomb-throwing attack is replaced with Monster Toss. The stolen items are returned and Croco drops a Microbomb at the end of the fight.

Croco has an ungranted wish at Star Hill, where it is revealed that his motive is to hunt for the world's treasures. This may foreshadow an optional event after Valentina is defeated in Nimbus Land, where Mario can find Croco looting a house, causing him to run off and drop a Signal Ring in the original game and an Echo Signal Ring in the remake.

Croco does not appear again until near the end of the game, where he can be found in a room in Bowser's Keep. This time, he sells the player items and gives small advice.

In the ending sequence of the game, Croco is seen racing in the Mushroom Derby against Yoshi. Though he loses this race, he is consoled by the bystander Boshi and the two walk off together.

Profiles and statistics[edit ]

Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars[edit ]

Super Mario RPG (Nintendo Switch) [edit ]

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  • Japanese:
    各地で盗みを働いている、シルクハットをかぶったワニ。とても逃げ足が速く、あっという間に逃げてしまう。
    「ミーを つかまえような〜んて.... 100ねん はやいデ〜ス!」
    (Translation: A crocodile wearing a silk hat that steals from various places. He is very fast and escapes in the blink of an eye.
    "At this rate it'll take ya...100 more years to catch me!")

Gallery[edit ]

• Artwork from Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars

  Artwork from Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars

• Sprite from Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars

  Sprite from Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars

• Croco in the Nintendo Switch remake

  Croco in the Nintendo Switch remake

• Croco's tail on fire in the remake

  Croco's tail on fire in the remake

Naming[edit ]

"Croco" is a clipping of "crocodile".

Names in other languages[edit ]

Croco (Mole Mines)

Notes[edit ]

• According to an "invisible" NPC in Mushroom Kingdom in the SNES version, Croco shamelessly wears crocodile-skin shoes, despite him being a crocodile himself. This description is not in the Japanese version or the Switch remake.
• Croco is similar in personality to Popple, another thief boss. However, Croco sometimes uses words and phrases from other languages in his speech; in Japanese, Chinese and Korean, he uses English and, except in simplified Chinese, Spanish; in English and European French, he uses Spanish and, in German, Italian; and in Dutch, he uses English.

References[edit ]

• Crocodilians
• Allies
• Shopkeepers
• Thieves
• Third-party Super Mario characters
• Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars bosses

• Articles with unsourced foreign names