Wanderin' Goom

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Wanderin' Goom
A Wanderin' Goom, as seen in Wario Land: Super Mario Land 3 artwork.
Artwork from Wario Land: Super Mario Land 3
First appearance Wario Land: Super Mario Land 3 (1994)
Latest appearance Game & Watch Gallery 2 (1997)
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Wanderin' Gooms[1] are small oval-shaped creatures that appear in Wario Land: Super Mario Land 3. They have no arms, are not aggressive, and have no ability to attack. Wanderin' Gooms are considered "apprentice pirates."[2]

Similar harmless enemies such as Marumen and red Bandineros appear in other games of the Wario Land series.

History[edit]

Wario Land: Super Mario Land 3[edit]

Wanderin' Gooms walk straight ahead, changing direction when they encounter a wall. However, upon coming into contact with any object, they flip on their back. Although considered enemies in the game's manual, these creatures are extremely weak and are completely harmless. Wario can defeat these defenseless creatures any way he sees fit, including using them as weapons by throwing them at other enemies, and they yield a coin as a result. Pirate Gooms are weapon-wielding Wanderin' Gooms that cannot be attacked from the front.

Wanderin' Gooms have unused sprites spitting a projectile, but they do not attack in the final game.

Game & Watch Gallery 2[edit]

A single Wanderin' Goom appears in Game & Watch Gallery 2 as one of the objects Wario has to juggle in the Modern version of Ball.

Profiles and statistics[edit]

Wario Land: Super Mario Land 3[edit]

  • Instruction booklet description:
    • English:
      This little guy is harmless, but Wario could shake it up for a Coin or two.[1][3]
    • Other languages:
      • Dutch:
        Dit kereltje is onschadelijk, maar voor een munt of twee kan Wario hem wakker schudden.[4]
      • French (Europe):
        Ce petit personnage est inoffensif, mais Wario peut le secouer pour faire tomber une pièce ou deux.[5]
      • German:
        Ein harmloser Geselle, aber wenn Wario ihn schüttelt, können 1 bis 2 Münzen dabei rausspringen.[6]
      • Italian:
        Questo piccoletto è inoffensivo, ma Wario potrà sempre scuoterlo un po’ per vedere se c'è da ricavare una Moneta o due![7]
      • Spanish (Europe):
        Este chaval es inofensivo, pero Wario le puede sacudir para obtener una o dos monedas.[8]
  • Nintendo 3DS Virtual Console manual description:
    • English:
      These little guys are simply wandering the island, not looking to cause anybody any harm.[9]
    • Other languages:
      • Japanese:
        島の中をうろうろしているだけの生き物で、攻撃してきません。[10]
        (Translation: These creatures just wander around the island and do not attack.)
      • Italian:
        Questi piccoletti non fanno altro che vagare per l'isola, senza alcuna intenzione di arrecare danni.[11]

Perfect Ban Mario Character Daijiten[edit]

クリクリ (JP) / Wanderin' Goom (EN)
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Original text (Japanese) Translation
種族しゅぞく キノコ族 Tribe Mushroom clan
性格せいかく 弱虫 Disposition Wimp
登場とうじょうゲーム ランド3 Game appearances Land 3
史上最弱の敵キャラ

すべてのマりオキャラの中でも、いちばん弱い敵と思われているのがこのクリクり。見習い海賊の彼は、武器のひとつも持っていない。さわるだけでやつっけられるぞ。[2]

The weakest enemy character in history

Of all the Mario characters, Wanderin' Goom is considered the weakest enemy. As an apprentice pirate, he does not have a single weapon. Just a touch is all it takes to defeat him.

Gallery[edit]

Names in other languages[edit]

Language Name Meaning Notes
Japanese クリクリ[12][2]
Kurikuri
Japanese ideophone of "big and round", also from a repetition of「クリ」(kuri, "chestnut")
Dutch Wanderin' Goom[4] -
French (NOE) Goomy Baladeur[5] Goomy Wanderer
German Wandernder Goom[6] Wandering Goom
Italian Goom Vagante[7] Wandering Goom Wario Land: Super Mario Land 3 instruction booklet
Goom vagabondo[11] Wario Land: Super Mario Land 3 Virtual Console e-manual
Spanish (NOE) Molécula Deambulante[8] Wandering Molecule

Trivia[edit]

  • The back of Wario Land 3's Australian and North American box states that Wanderin' Gooms appear in the game,[13] but they are nowhere to be found. It is likely that this refers to Spearhead or Para-Goom.

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b 1994. Wario Land: Super Mario Land 3 instruction booklet. Nintendo of America (American English). Page 18.
  2. ^ a b c 1994. 「パーフェクト版 マリオキャラクター大事典」 (Perfect Ban Mario Character Daijiten). Shogakukan (Japanese). Page 71.
  3. ^ 1994. Wario Land: Super Mario Land 3 European instruction booklet. Nintendo of Europe. Page 18.
  4. ^ a b Wario Land: Super Mario Land 3 European instruction booklet. Page 78.
  5. ^ a b Wario Land: Super Mario Land 3 European instruction booklet. Page 58.
  6. ^ a b Wario Land: Super Mario Land 3 European instruction booklet. Page 38.
  7. ^ a b Wario Land: Super Mario Land 3 European instruction booklet. Page 116.
  8. ^ a b Wario Land: Super Mario Land 3 European instruction booklet. Page 98.
  9. ^ Wario Land: Super Mario Land 3 (Virtual Console) English e-manual. Nintendo. Page 15.
  10. ^ スーパーマリオランド3 ワリオランド (Sūpā Mario Rando 3: Wario Rando) Virtual Console manual, section 15 (PDF). Nintendo (Japanese).
  11. ^ a b Wario Land: Super Mario Land 3 (Virtual Console) Italian e-manual. Nintendo. Page 15.
  12. ^ 1994. スーパーマリオランド3 ワリオランド (Sūpā Mario Rando 3: Wario Rando) instruction booklet. Nintendo (Japanese). Page 18.
  13. ^ "Be wary of Wanderin' Gooms, Hammer-bots, Mad Scienstein and more as you plunge into one of the largest, most dazzling adventures ever to hit Game Boy Color!" – 2000. Back of the North American Wario Land 3 box. Nintendo.