A Mega Urchin (also called a Big Urchin or a Giant Urchin) is a larger variety of the Urchin found in the New Super Mario Bros. series. They behave in the same manner as Urchins, however, they cannot be defeated without a Starman.
History
New Super Mario Bros. series
New Super Mario Bros. Wii
A Mega Urchin as seen in New Super Mario Bros. Wii.
Mega Urchins make their debut in New Super Mario Bros. Wii. In this game, they are commonly found in World 4-3 both lingering underwater and on the water's surface aiming to hit Mario with their pointy bodies. There is no way to defeat a Mega Urchin without a Starman.
New Super Mario Bros. U/New Super Luigi U/New Super Mario Bros. U Deluxe
Mega Urchins riding the Waterspouts.
Although Mega Urchins are absent in New Super Mario Bros. 2, they reappear in New Super Mario Bros. U and New Super Luigi U. In these games, they are far more common appearing frequently in Sparkling Waters. Once again, only the effects of a Starman can destroy them. In this game, the are also seen riding on the Waterspouts, they are also seen guarding Star Coins.
They reappear in New Super Mario Bros. U Deluxe with the same role.
Other appearances
Mario Golf: World Tour
Mega Urchins in the Lagoon.
Mega Urchins reappear in Mario Golf: World Tour in the course Cheep Cheep Lagoon, where they appear as obstacles to avoid. They also appear in the background on some other water courses.
Super Smash Bros. for Nintendo 3DS
A single Mega Urchin riding a Waterspout.
Mega Urchins also appear as obstacles in the Mushroom Kingdom U stage found in Super Smash Bros. for Nintendo 3DS hurting any players that make contact. They rise on the Waterspouts.
Mario Party 10
While Mega Urchins don't appear in Mario Party 10, a similar variety called the Big Urchin did. They are smaller than a Mega Urchin but larger than a basic Urchin.
Paper Mario: Color Splash
A Mega Urchin is also seen in Paper Mario: Color Splash in the Snifit or Whiffit Game Show. It floats above Mario as he answers the questions, every time Mario gets a wrong answer, the Mega Urchin will lower itself onto Mario's bubble. If Mario gets too many wrong answers, the Mega Urchin will pop his bubble killing him and resulting in a Game Over.
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| Characters | Playable characters | Mario • Luigi • Peach • Toad • Yoshi • Wario • Waluigi • Daisy • Rosalina* • Donkey Kong • Bowser*** • Toadette • Spike*/** |
| Non-playable characters | Amp • Bee • Bob-omb • Boo • Bowser Jr. • Bullet Bill • Cheep Cheep • Clampy • Dragoneel • Dry Bones • Fish Bone • Fuzzy • Galoomba • Goomba • Goombrat • Huckit Crab • Koopa Troopa • Nabbit • Peepa • Podoboo • Shy Guy • Toad • Urchin • Waddlewing • Whomp | |
| Bosses | Mega Goomba • Petey Piranha • Mega Sledge Bro • King Boo • Mega Cheep Chomp • Mega Blooper • Mega Monty Mole • Kamek • Mega Mechakoopa • Bowser/Dry Bowser | |
| Minigames | Free-for-All | Balance Ball Brawl • Balloon Blast Bash • Beeline Shrine • Blooper Blastoff • Bob-omb Bogey • Bob-omb Combo • Bouncy Brawl • Cheep Cheep Leap • Cliffside Crisis • Dice 'n' Dash • Flash Forward • Foo Me Once • Found it? Pound it! • Fruit Cahoots • Fruit of the Doom • Fruit Scoot Scurry • Fuzzy Fliers • Goomba Gallop • Goomba Gotcha • Ice Slide, You Slide • Magma Meltdown • Meanie Match • Paintball Battle • Peepa Panic • Pipe Sniper • Platform Push • Rapid River Race • Shy Guy Shuffle • Snake Block Party • Soar to Score • Spiked Ball Scramble |
| 2 vs. 2 | Bobsled Battle • Boo Burglars • Bouncy Bounty • Bump, Set, Spike • Goombrat Combat • Ground Pound Pals • Murky Maze • Revolving Relay • Shape Up • Soccer Brawl | |
| 1 vs. Rivals | Bubble Squabble • Bullet Bill Bullies • Cheep Cheep Check • Hop, Drop, and Roll • Keep-Away Mayhem • Movin' Mushrooms • Skewer Scurry • Spring Fling • Steal the Beat • Watermelon Whalin' | |
| Boss Battle | Bowser's Tank Terror • Kamek's Rocket Rampage • King Boo's Tricky Tiles • Mega Blooper's Bubble Battle • Mega Cheep Chomp's Shell Shock • Mega Goomba's Ladder Leap • Mega Mechakoopa's Swing & Stomp • Mega Monty Mole's Maze Mischief • Mega Sledge Bro's Card Chaos • Petey's Bomb Battle | |
| Bowser Battle | Bowser's Bad Breath • Bowser's Bogus Bingo • Bowser's Clawful Climb • Bowser's Fire Bar Fury • Bowser's Hammer Slammer • Bowser's High Dive • Bowser's Painball • Bowser's Roulette Rage • Bowser's Sinister Slots • Bowser's Wicked Wheel | |
| Bonus | Badminton Bash • Bowser Jr.'s Bonk Battle • Bowser Jr.'s Clobber Cage • Jewel Drop | |
| Boards | Mario Party/Bowser Party | Mushroom Park • Haunted Trail • Whimsical Waters† • Airship Central • Chaos Castle† |
| amiibo Party | Mario Board • Luigi Board • Peach Board • Rosalina Board • Wario Board • Donkey Kong Board • Bowser Board • Toad Board • Yoshi Board • Normal Board | |
| Items | Items | 0-1 Dice Block • 1-2-3 Dice Block • 1-2-3 Slow Dice Block • 4-5-6 Dice Block • Dice Block • Bowser Dice Block • Double Dice Block • Mega Mushroom • Mini Star • Mini Ztar • Star • Slow Dice Block • Super Bowser Dice Block • Super Mushroom |
| Spaces | Spaces | Back Space • Blooper-Go-Round • Boo • Boo Space • Boss Battle Space • Bowser Space • Bowser Block Space • Bowser Jr. Space • Change Space • Cannon Space • Cheep Cheep Branch • Coin Space • Dash Space • Dragoneel Space • Dragoneel Treasure • Event Space • Gate Space • Green Space • Heart Space • Lose Coins Space • Lucky Space • Minigame Space • Risky Route • Special Dice Block Space • Special Event Space • Star Space • Steal Space • Streetlight • Toad House • Unlucky Space • Warp Space |
| Miscellaneous | Other | List of minigames in Mario Party 10 |
| *-Unlockable • **-Newcomer • ***-Playable in Bowser Party • †-Also playable in Bowser Party | ||
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| Characters | Protagonists | Mario • Huey • Peach |
| Supporting characters | Action Toad • Barista Toad • Banzai Bill • Bowser • Birdo • Bloo • Bridge Kinopio • Card Connoisseur Toad • Chosen Toads (Justice Toad · Mountain Sage · Surfing Kinopio) • Daffodil Peak park ranger • "Deep Cuts" Toad • Draggadon • Five Fun Guys • Foreman • Fort Cobalt barista • Greenie • Guide Toad • Host Snifit • Informant Snifit • Know-it-All Toad • Legendary captain • Lighthouse keeper • Luigi • Mega Bob-omb • Mega Urchin • Mustard Café chef • Peddler Toad • Pentabros • Piper • Princess • Prof. Kinopio • Purp • Redd • Red Shy Guy • Rescue Squad (Red Rescue Squad Apprentice Toad · Rescue Blue · Rescue Green · Rescue Purple · Rescue Red · Rescue Squad Chief · Rescue Yellow) • Rock Paper Wizard • Ruddy Road Paint Guy • Shai Guyz • Sunset Express conductor • Super Thwomp • Tangerino Grill Chef • Tea Party Toads • Toad • Toadmaster General • Toads • Violet Passage captain • Wringer • Yella • Yoshi • Yoshis | |
| Bosses | Morton Koopa Jr. • Iggy Koopa • Ludwig von Koopa • Wendy O. Koopa • Larry Koopa • Lemmy Koopa • Roy Koopa • Black Bowser | |
| Mini-Bosses | Big Podoboo • Big Spiny • Kamek • Petea Piranha • Shy Bandit • Steak | |
| Enemies | Enemies | Blooper (10-Stack · Poison) • Bob-omb • Boo (10-Stack) • Buzzy Beetle (Big · Gang · Small (Gang) · Spike Top · Tower) • Cheep Cheep (Small) • Dino Rhino (Wild) • Dry Bones (5-Stack) • Fuzzy (Stack) • Goomba (Accordion · Bone · Mega · Paper-Cone · Para · Small (Gang · Wheel)) • Hammer Bro (Boomerang · Chariot · Circus · Fire (8-Stack) · Ice · Juggler · Sledge (Shady) · Small) • Koopa Troopa (6-Stack · Paratroopa (10-Stack)) • Ninji • Piranha Plant (Fire · Ptooie) • Podoboo (Black) • Pokey (Green) • Rocky Wrench • Scaredy Rat (10-Stack) • Shy Guy (4-Stack · 5-Stack · Animal Trainer · Coal · Gold · Laundry · Paint · Pry · Roller · Shield · Shunned · Silver · Slurp · Soggy · Sombrero · Spike · Trampoline · Unicycle) • Snifit (Chariot · Slurp · Spike · Whistle) • Spike • Spiny • Swooper |
| Locations | Red Courses | Ruddy Road • Cherry Lake • Redpepper Volcano • Redpepper Crater • The Crimson Tower |
| Yellow Courses | Daffodil Peak • Sunglow Ridge • Château Chanterelle • Mustard Café • The Golden Coliseum | |
| Blue Courses | Indigo Underground • Bloo Bay Beach • Dark Bloo Inn • Cobalt Base • Fort Cobalt | |
| Purple Courses | Plum Park • Violet Passage • Vortex Island • Lighthouse Island • Fortune Island | |
| Orange Courses | Marmalade Valley • Kiwano Temple • Toad Trainworks • Tangerino Grill • Sunset Express | |
| Green Courses | Mondo Woods • Sacred Forest • Green Energy Plant • Mossrock Theater • The Emerald Circus | |
| Black Course | Black Bowser's Castle | |
| Blue, Red and Yellow Course | Port Prisma (Action Command Dojo • Prisma Cardware • Prisma Fountain • Prisma Museum • Prisma Postal Toad) | |
| Other | Roshambo Temples | |
| Items and objects | Items | Battle Card • Coins • Hearty Latte • Prisma Juice • Roshambo Cards |
| Special items | Birdcage • Blissful Beach Key • Café Key • Caged "Bird" • Excavation Site Permit • Fishing Pole • Fresh Sheets • Hero's Journal • Holo-Peach • It • Journal Entries • Letter from Chest • Magma Burger • Mamma Mia Pizza • Mountain Climbing Permit • Paint Star Pieces • Sharp Spike • Snifit's Card Key • Tea Recipe Book • Toad's Pants • Toad's Shoes • Toad's Vest • Trunk Key | |
| Objects | ? Block • Big Paint Star • Mini Paint Star • Save Block • Science Claw • Super Ludship • Super Ludsub • Starman • Unfurl Block | |
| Miscellaneous | Status effects | Blue • Crumpled • Dizzy • Poison • Rage • Rhythm • Self-conscious • Unmotivated |
| Other | Flip • Gallery • Quotes • Snifit or Whiffit • Super Flag • Super Roshambo | |
