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Health
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First Seen
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Description
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Goomba
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- Walks in a single direction, turns around when it runs into an obstacle
- Can be stomped by Mario and Luigi
- Replaced by Buzzy Beetles on Hard difficulty
- Replaced by Spike Tops on Very Hard difficulty
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Green Koopa Troopa
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- 200 (to defeat while in shell)
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- Walks in a single direction, turns around when it runs into an obstacle
- Can be stomped by Mario and Luigi
- Goes into its shell when stomped or takes enough damage
- Can be kicked by any character when in its shell
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Red Koopa Troopa
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- 200 (to defeat while in shell)
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- Walks in a single direction, turns around when it runs into an obstacle or the edge of a pit
- Can be stomped by Mario and Luigi
- Goes into its shell when stomped or takes enough damage
- Can be kicked by any character when in its shell
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Koopa Paratroopa
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- 200 (to defeat while in shell)
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- Green
- Jumps along the ground in a single direction, turns around when it runs into an obstacle
- Some fly back and forth
- Can be stomped by Mario and Luigi
- Loses its wings when stomped or takes enough damage
- Goes into its shell when stomped or takes enough damage
- Can be kicked by any character when in its shell
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Cheep Cheep
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- Defeat 300 to unlock the Water Mode cheat
- Underwater
- Swims in a single direction either bobbing up and down or straight ahead, in two different speeds
- Can't be stomped
- Flying
- Jumps up from below in an arc
- Can be stomped by Mario and Luigi
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Blooper
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- Bobs up at an angle, and falls straight down
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Buzzy Beetle
 
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- 200 (to defeat while in shell)
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- Walks in a single direction, turns around when it runs into an obstacle
- Can be stomped by Mario and Luigi
- Goes into its shell when stomped or takes enough damage
- Can be kicked by any character when in its shell
- Replaces Goombas on Hard difficulty
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Spike Top
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- 1-1 (only on Very Hard difficulty)
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- Walks in a single direction, turns around when it runs into an obstacle
- Replaces Goombas on Very Hard difficulty
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Lakitu
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- Can't be stunned by Link's Boomerang
- Floats back and forth along the top of the screen and throws Spiney Eggs down
- Can be stomped by Mario and Luigi
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Spinies
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- Walks in a single direction, turns around when it runs into an obstacle
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Hammer Bro
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- Defeat 50 to unlock the Evil Hammer Bros. cheat
- Jumps up and down between platforms and throws hammers in an arc
- If left alone for a while, they run at you
- Can be stomped by Mario and Luigi
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Piranha Plant
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- Green
- Does not go up if you are standing next to the pipe
- Red
- Does go up even if you are standing next to the pipe
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Bowser
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- 4400 (fire breath and hammers)
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- 8-4 (fire breath and hammers)
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- Fire-breathing
- Breathes fire at three different heights
- Found in 1-4, 2-4, 3-4, 4-4, 5-4
- Hammers
- Throws hammer in an arc
- Found in 6-4, 7-4
- Fire-breathing and hammers
- Breathes fire and throws hammers in an arc
- Found in 8-4
- Can be defeated by touching the axe next to the bridge
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Bill Blaster
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N/A
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- Not an enemy, but shoots Bullet Bills at you
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Bullet Bill
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- Shoots from a Bill Blaster and travels straight across the screen (limit of two per screen)
- In 5-3 and 6-3 they randomly shoot from the edge of the screen at you
- Can be stomped by Mario and Luigi
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Podoboo
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N/A
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- Jumps up and down out of pits in castles
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Firebar
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N/A
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- Rotates around certain blocks in castles
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Fireball
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N/A
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- Comes at you from the edge of the screen at three different heights when you are near Bowser
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