Spindel

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Spindel
Spindel's model from Super Mario 64 DS
Model from Super Mario 64 DS
First appearance Super Mario 64 (1996)
Latest appearance Super Mario 3D All-Stars (2020)
Variant of Grindel
Relatives

A Spindel[1] is a type of Grindel that appears in Super Mario 64 and Super Mario 64 DS . It is a cylindrical creature made of stone that continuously rolls over the same stretch of territory. A Spindel also resembles a giant cylinder with a thread of yarn spun around it but with a face. A lone Spindel appears exclusively in the pyramid of Shifting Sand Land, where it can be found rolling back and forth in one section of the pyramid. There is a safe spot where Mario, Yoshi, Luigi, and Wario can hide to avoid being squished, though if one of them does get squished, he loses three wedges from his Power Meter.

A Spindel appears in volume 16 of the Super Mario-kun manga. It tries squashing Mario and the Bob-omb Buddy accompanying him, but it fails and crashes.

Enemies with similar functions to Spindels, called Rhomps, appear in Super Mario Galaxy 2 .

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Naming[edit ]

Spindel's name comes from "spindle", the part of a spinning wheel that holds the yarn that is being spun.

Names in other languages[edit ]

Language Name Meaning Note(s) Ref.
Japanese ドングル
Donguru		 Portmanteau of「ドン」(don, "thud") and「グルグル」(guruguru, "spinning round and round"); follows the formatting of「ドンカク」(Donkaku, "Grindel") [2] [3] [4]
Chinese (Traditional) 木乃伊柱
Mùnǎiyī Zhù (Mandarin)
Muhknáaihyī Chyúh (Cantonese)		 Mummy Bar [5]
French Spindel - [6]
German Walzen-Walter Walzen ("to roll") with the masculine given name "Walter" [7]
Italian Spindel - [8] [9]
Spanish Spindel - [10]

References[edit ]

Spindel coverage on other NIWA wikis:
  1. ^ Pelland, Scott, and Dan Owsen (1996). Super Mario 64 Player's Guide. Nintendo of America (American English). Page 12.
  2. ^ Takashi, Watanabe, Noriko Oketani, Yugo Nagasawa, and Junichiro Okubo, editors (1996). 『任天堂公式ガイドブック スーパーマリオ64』(Nintendo Kōshiki Guidebook – Super Mario 64). Tokyo: Shogakukan (Japanese). ISBN 4-09-102554-4. Page 5.
  3. ^ Noriaki, Kamiguchi, Kaisa Hitoshi, Teshiromori Nobuhito, Nagashima Kazutaka, Somoto Shitsuya, and Matsumoto Royo (2005). 『「スーパーマリオ64DS」タッチ!&ゲット!パワースター攻略こうじゃくブック』. Tokyo: Kadokawa (Japanese). ISBN 4-8402-2960-0. Page 129.
  4. ^ Sakai, Kazuya (ambit), kikai, Akinori Sao, Junko Fukuda, Kunio Takayama, and Ko Nakahara (Shogakukan), editors (2015). "Super Mario 64" in『スーパーマリオブラザーズ百科: 任天堂公式ガイドブック』. Tokyo: Shogakukan (Japanese). ISBN 978-4-09-106569-8. Page 86.
  5. ^ The Official Mario 64 Chinese Strategy Guide
  6. ^ Ardaillon, Joanna, and Victoria Juillard-Huberty, editors (2018). "Super Mario 64" in Super Mario Encyclopedia . Translated by Fabien Nabhan. Toulon: Soleil Productions (French). ISBN 978-2-3020-7004-2. Page 86.
  7. ^ Kraft, John D., Thomas Görg, and Marko Hein, editors (1997). Der offizielle Nintendo 64 Spieleberater "Super Mario 64". Großostheim: Nintendo of Europe GmbH (German). Page 9.
  8. ^ Sakai, Kazuya (ambit), kikai, Akinori Sao, Junko Fukuda, Kunio Takayama, Ko Nakahara (Shogakukan), and Marco Figini, editors (2018). "Super Mario 64" in Super Mario Bros. Enciclopedia . Translated by Marco Amerighi. Milan: Magazzini Salani (Italian). ISBN 889367436X. Page 86.
  9. ^ Sakai, Kazuya (ambit), kikai, Akinori Sao, Junko Fukuda, Kunio Takayama, Ko Nakahara (Shogakukan), and Marco Figini, editors (2025). "Super Mario 64" in Super Mario Bros. Enciclopedia (2nd ed.). Translated by Alessandro Apreda. Milan: Magazzini Salani (Italian). ISBN 979-1259575760. Page 86.
  10. ^ Sakai, Kazuya (ambit), kikai, Akinori Sao, Junko Fukuda, Kunio Takayama, and Ko Nakahara (Shogakukan), editors (2017). "Super Mario 64" in Enciclopedia Super Mario Bros. 30a Aniversario . Translated by Gemma Tarrés. Barcelona: Editorial Planeta, S.A. (European Spanish). ISBN 978-84-9146-223-1. Page 86.
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Variants Grindels Grindel • Spindel
Pouncers Omodon • Pouncer
Shoomps Big Shoomp • Shoomp
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Relatives Grrrols Grrrol • Mega Grrrol • Treaded Grrrol
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Konks Konk • Wonder Konk
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Thwacks Thwack • Thwack Totem • Wonder Thwack
Wallops Wallop • Walleye
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