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Shellcrepper

Mario approaching a Shellcreeper in Super Smash Bros. Brawl.

Shellcreepers are turtle-like enemies from the original Mario Bros. game, and are considered to be the predecessors of Koopa Troopas. In modern games, Shellcreepers tend to be replaced by Spinies. Like all the enemies in Mario Bros., the player doesn't kick the Shellcreeper away after flipping it on its back. When it gets up, it ends up with a different colored shell, and starts to move at higher speeds. Each time it is flipped over and not defeated, it moves progressively faster.

In Super Smash Bros. Brawl[]

In the Mario Bros. stage, Shellcreepers are enemies until attacked, at which they retreat into their shells and become throwable items. Shellcreepers, like the other enemies in the stage, cause very large horizontal knockback, whether or not they are thrown. Due to the odd shape and low ceilings of the stage, throwing these enemies is the easiest way of defeating opponents, as there is not enough vertical knockback for them to tech on the ceilings. Sometimes, when they are flipped, their shell will come off, and the player can see them getting up, shell-less, and putting it back on, in a possible reference to Super Mario World. Strangely enough, a flipped-over Shellcreeper can be eaten by Munchlax.

In the original game, a Shellcreeper is left on its back for long enough when kicked over. It then soon gets back up again and changes color (green to red, red to blue), and move faster. Throwing these Shellcreepers at enemies causes even more knockback, being a One-hit KO in many situations.

Trophy Info[]

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Shelled enemies Mario and Luigi faced back when they were plumbers. They had to be bumped from below to flip them over and then kicked off the stage. The last one on a stage turned from green to red and raced really fast. If one got flipped but not sent off, it would eventually right itself and move at high speeds. They were simply called "turtles" in Japan.

  • Mario Bros. (1983)
  • Super Mario Advance (2001)
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