Big Koopa Troopa

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This article is about the giant version of Koopa Troopa. For the giant version of Red Electrokoopa also referred to as "Giant Koopa", see Electro-Koopa King. For the enemy in Super Mario RPG, see Big Troopa.
Not to be confused with Mega Koopa.
Big Koopa Troopa
Sprite of a Big Koopa Troopa from Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga + Bowser's Minions
Sprite from Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga + Bowser's Minions
First appearance Super Mario Bros.: Peach-hime Kyūshutsu Dai Sakusen! (1986)
Latest appearance Nintendo World Championships: NES Edition (2024)
Variant of Koopa Troopa
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“Aaaah! How did THAT happen??? You guys are no slouches!”
Big Koopa Troopa, Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga + Bowser's Minions

Big Koopa Troopas,[1] or Big Koopas,[1] originally known as Giant Koopas,[2] are gigantic versions of normal Koopa Troopas that appear throughout the Super Mario franchise.

History

Super Mario Bros.: Peach-hime Kyūshutsu Dai Sakusen!

In the 1986 anime Super Mario Bros.: Peach-hime Kyūshutsu Dai Sakusen!, an unusually large green Koopa Troopa appears during a walking montage scene. It looks curiously at a passing Mario, Luigi, and Kibidango before jumping on them. However, Mario uses the power of the mushroom he had recently acquired to push it off of them by growing even larger than it. The next shot of it shows it apparently regressed to normal size, staring at the super-sized Mario next to a similarly shocked Buzzy Beetle.

Super Mario series

Super Mario Bros. 3

A Green Gargantua Koopa Troopa as it appears in the Super Mario All-Stars version of Super Mario Bros. 3

Giant Koopas, also known as Mega Koopa Troopas,[3] make their first game appearance in Super Mario Bros. 3 and reside only on Giant Land (along with other gigantic creatures like Grand Goombas and Piranhacus Giganticus). Mario and Luigi have a harder time avoiding these Koopas because of their increased size. Despite this, if the plumbers stomp on a Giant Koopa, it hides inside its shell, just like an average-sized Koopa Troopa does when it feels threatened. Once inside, the plumbers can kick their shells away. In the Nintendo Power Strategy Guide, they are split between Green Gargantua Koopa Troopas[4] and Red Giant Koopa Troopas.[4]

Super Mario 64 / Super Mario 64 DS

In Super Mario 64 and its Nintendo DS remake, a single Giant Koopa known as Koopa the Quick appears on the Bob-omb Battlefield and Tiny-Huge Island as a friendly racing rival to Mario.

Super Mario Galaxy 2

Giant Koopas in Supermassive Galaxy
Three Giant Koopas in Super Mario Galaxy 2.

Giant Koopas reappear in Super Mario Galaxy 2 in the Supermassive Galaxy. Only three are found patrolling a solitary planetoid where they attempt to flatten Mario if he gets in their way. They can only be defeated with a Spin Drill by drilling into their belly from the opposite side of the planet. If Mario performs a Long Jump on a Giant Koopa so that he catches up with it each time, he can get 1-UPs for every consecutive time he stomps onto it after seven initial consecutive jumps, allowing maximum lives to be gained. Once one is defeated, it drops one coin.

Appearances
  • Baseline sprite of the Star Pointer in Super Mario Galaxy. marks missions where they are completely absent.
  • Mission icon from Super Mario Galaxy marks missions where they are loaded and may be visible, but cannot be encountered directly.
Worlds Galaxies Missions
World 4 Supermassive Galaxy Huge Trouble with Big Wigglers Big Wigglers Speed Run In Full Bloom

New Super Mario Bros. U / New Super Luigi U

Jungle of the Giants from New Super Mario Bros. U
Big Koopa Troopa in New Super Mario Bros. U.

Big Koopa Troopas appear in New Super Mario Bros. U, and are common enemies in Jungle of the Giants. The player is no longer able to carry their shells in this game. Additionally, their shells are able to break through normal-sized Brick Blocks without bouncing off. Unlike previous appearances, Big Koopa Troopas are bipedal and wear shoes.

Big Koopa Troopas also appear in New Super Luigi U, in Giant Swing-Along.

Super Mario Maker / Super Mario Maker for Nintendo 3DS

Big Koopa Troopas come in green and red varieties in Super Mario Maker and Super Mario Maker for Nintendo 3DS. In the Course Maker, after the player drags a Super Mushroom onto a standard Koopa Troopa, the enemy grows in size. Just as in New Super Mario Bros. U, its shell cannot be carried, and this applies even when playing in Super Mario Bros. 3 style. Big Koopa Troopas now have the ability to break Hard Blocks.

Super Mario Maker 2

Big Koopa Troopas return in Super Mario Maker 2, retaining their behavior as in its predecessor. Tapping and holding a Koopa Troopa and selecting the Super Mushroom from the pop-up menu can transform it into a Big Koopa Troopa; the previous method of dragging the Super Mushroom onto a Koopa Troopa can also transform it into a Big Koopa Troopa. Likewise, since they do not appear in Super Mario 3D World, they appear in said game's style in Super Mario Maker 2. They can also be attached to parachutes.

Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island / Yoshi's Island: Super Mario Advance 3

In Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island and its Game Boy Advance version, a regular Koopa Troopa named Hookbill is transformed by Kamek into a giant-sized Koopa as a boss of World 4.

Paper Mario

In Paper Mario, a greedy and nearsighted Giant Koopa named Kent C. Koopa appears as an optional boss in the game. Notably, he has taught the Koopa Bros. how to fight, and is known as a 'bully,' who refuses to let Mario pass unless Mario pays 100 coins. If Mario disobeys him, Mario and his partners must fight Kent C. Koopa to get him to return to Koopa Village.

Mario Golf: World Tour

A Big Koopa Troopa can be found in Wiggler Park as an obstacle in Mario Golf: World Tour.

Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga + Bowser's Minions

Big Koopa Troopas appear as obstacles in Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga + Bowser's Minions, replacing the large, pudgy Ankoopas from the original game. They stand in the middle of various paths in the game, and only Mario's Dash technique can knock them over and make them move out of the way. A Big Koopa Troopa also appears in a house in Beanbean Castle Town, who does not block access to any area.

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Naming

Etymology

In the Japanese release of Super Mario Bros. 3, the large Koopa Troopa enemy is referred to as「巨大ノコノコ」(Kyodai Nokonoko, "Giant Koopa Troopa"). When first localized into English, the two different behavioral iterations of the enemy were given two distinct names. In the Nintendo Power strategy guide, each type of Koopa Troopa is given discrete names, but retrospective coverage on Super Mario Bros. 3 in Super Mario Bros. Encyclopedia and Mario Portal are collectively referred to to by the English name "Mega Koopa Troopa." The subsequent appearance of large Koopa Troopa enemies was in Super Mario Galaxy 2, in which they are referred to as「でかノコノコ」(Deka Nokonoko, "Big Koopa Troopa"), which is the applied name to all appearances of large Koopa Troopa enemies outside of Super Mario Bros. 3.

Since the introduction of large-sized enemies as a concept in 1988, the Japanese monikers applied to individual variants has been varied, as have the localizations of these names. Standardization occurred around 2010, after which the localized adaptations of these names have largely been consistent with the following schemes:

  • 「でか」(Deka) is the preferred prefix applied to large enemies in most of the mainline Super Mario series of platformers and RPGs. In English, this name is usually adapted as "Big" (e.g., 「でかノコノコ」(Deka Nokonoko) is translated as "Big Koopa Troopa").
  • 「巨大」(Kyodai) is the preferred prefix applied to large enemies from Giant Land in Super Mario Bros. 3. In English, this name is usually adapted as "Mega" (e.g., 「巨大ノコノコ」(Kyodai Nokonoko) is translated as "Mega Koopa Troopa").
  • 「ビッグ」(Biggu), a transliteration of the English "Big," is the preferred prefix applied to the large enemies in the Yoshi series. Some of these were normal-sized enemies that have been increased in size by Kamek, as is the case with Koopa Troopa. In English, the bosses are not given uniform names, instead given discrete ones (e.g., 「ビッグノコノコ」(Biggu Nokonoko) is localized as "Hookbill the Koopa").

Internal names

Game File Name Meaning

Super Mario Galaxy 2 ObjectData/NokonokoLandBig.arc NokonokoLandBig Big Land Koopa Troopa
StageData/ObjNameTable.arc/ObjNameTable.tbl
SystemData/ObjNameTable.arc/ObjNameTable.tbl
巨大リクノコ (Kyodai Riku Noko) Giant Land Koopa

Names in other languages

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.

Big Koopa Troopa

Language Name Meaning Notes
Japanese でかノコノコ[5]:160, 210
Deka Nokonoko
Big Koopa Troopa
巨大ノコノコ[6][7][5]:35
Kyodai Nokonoko
Giant Koopa Troopa Super Mario Bros. 3
Chinese (simplified) 大慢慢龟[8]
Dà Mànman Guī
Big Slow Turtle
Chinese (traditional) 大慢慢龜[9]
Dà Mànman Guī
Big Slow Turtle
Dutch Reuzen-Koopa[10] Giant Koopa
French (NOA) Koopa Troopa géant[11] Giant Koopa Troopa
French (NOE) Maxi-Koopa[12][13] Maxi-Koopa
Koopa Géant[14] Giant Koopa Super Mario Galaxy 2
German Riesen-Koopa[15] Giant Koopa
Italian Koopa gigante[16] Giant Koopa
Korean 점보엉금엉금[17]
Jeombo Eonggeum-eonggeum
Jumbo Koopa Troopa
Portuguese (NOE) Koopa Troopa Gigante[18] Giant Koopa Troopa
Koopa Gigante[18] Giant Koopa
Russian Огромный Купа[19]
Ogromnyy Kupa
Huge Koopa
Spanish Gran Koopa[20] Big Koopa
Koopa Troopa gigante[21]:35, 36 Giant Koopa Troopa Super Mario Bros. 3
Swedish Jättesköldpadda[22] Giant Turtle

Green Big Koopa Troopa

"Green Big Koopa Troopa" refers to a specific type of Big Koopa Troopa that walks off the edge of platforms in Super Mario Bros. 3 and New Super Mario Bros. U. For the former, it was originally referred to as a "Green Gargantua Koopa Troopa." It is referred to as the "Green Mega Koopa Troopa" and "Mega Koopa Troopa (Green)" on the Mario Portal page for the game.

Language Name Meaning Notes
Japanese でかノコノコ(緑)[5]:210
Deka Nokonoko (Midori)
Big Koopa Troopa (Green)
みどり巨大ノコノコ[23]
Midori Kyodai Nokonoko
Green Giant Koopa Troopa Super Mario Bros. 3
巨大ノコノコ(緑)[24]
Kyodai Nokonoko (Midori)
Giant Koopa Troopa (Green)
German Grüner Riesen-Koopa[15] Green Giant Koopa
Spanish Koopa Troopa verde gigante[21]:36 Giant green Koopa Troopa

Red Big Koopa Troopa

"Red Big Koopa Troopa" refers to a specific type of Big Koopa Troopa that turns around at the edge of platforms in Super Mario Bros. 3 and New Super Mario Bros. U. For the former, it was originally referred to as a "Red Giant Koopa Troopa." It is referred to as the "Red Mega Koopa Troopa" and "Mega Koopa Troopa (Red)" on the Mario Portal page for the game.

Language Name Meaning Notes
Japanese でかノコノコ(赤)[5]:210
Deka Nokonoko (Aka)
Big Koopa Troopa (Red)
あか巨大ノコノコ[23]
Aka Kyodai Nokonoko
Red Mega Koopa Troopa Super Mario Bros. 3
巨大ノコノコ(赤)[24]
Kyodai Nokonoko (Aka)
Giant Koopa Troopa (Red)
German Roter Riesen-Koopa[15] Red Giant Koopa
Spanish Koopa Troopa rojo gigante[21]:35 Giant red Koopa Troopa

See also

References

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