Capnaps are enemies in Mario & Luigi: Dream Team. They can commonly be found in Mushrise Park. Capnaps return in Mario & Luigi: Brothership.
Profile[]
Physical description[]
Capnaps appear to have a full body of feathers with three different colors, from top to bottom: yellow, yellow-orange, and orange. This coat covers their whole body, making them appear somewhat like a bush. Capnaps also have two eyes right in front of their yellow feathers. At the top of their bodies, the enemies have two green pieces of grass, at the bottom are brown feet under their feathers.
Behavior[]
In the field, like any other enemy they will to chase after Mario and Luigi once they spot them. However, Capnaps also appear to be drowsy due to their habit of sleeping for a few seconds (with a snot bubble coming from beneath their eyes for a comedic effect). If Mario and Luigi get closer around this enemy, it will wake up, heading on their tail.
Capnaps can attack in combat by simply charging straight towards both Mario and Luigi in the foreground or the background, with the camera moving to get a better view of their charge. The Bros. must both jump to evade the attack. When jumping they can counter on the Capnap. If one of them manages to counter, it will basically stop and return to its post. Another attack is when, Capnap gets drowsy, falls, and sleepwalks towards a bro. It will start teetering when it towards a bro and then walk straight forward hurting Mario or Luigi. The targeted bro must time the Capnap's teetering and hammer the Capnap before it hurts him. (If the target swings his hammer too quickly, the Capnap has a chance to wake up and stop the attack early.)
History[]
In Mario & Luigi: Dream Team[]
Capnaps are located in Mushrise Park south below Pi'illo Castle. Their Dream World equivalent is Dreamcaps, which have a different behaviour in combat.
In Mario & Luigi: Brothership[]
Capnaps make a return in this game, though their Dream World equivalent does not return. Mario and Luigi encounter them at the Lushgreen Sea Great Lighthouse. In this game, Capnaps retain their behaviour from Dream Team. They are also one of the projectiles that can be spat out when the Gobblick performs his spit attack. Later in the game, Capnaps may get infected with a toxic hatred-generating substance called Glohm, buffing their stats.
Statistics[]
In Mario & Luigi: Dream Team[]
The Capnap is an enemy of Level 5 with 16 hit points, an attack power of 40, a defense of 38, and a speed of 23. When slain, it gives 15 Experience, with its loot drops including 5 coins and having a 5% chance to include a regular Mushroom and a 2% chance to include a regular Star Candy.
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Etymology[]
Capnaps are named after the word "catnap," which describes a brief, light sleep (which is ironic considering their drowsiness). The change from T to P comes from the word "cap."
