Template:Enemy Micro-Goombas, alternatively billed "Mini Goombas," are a subspecies of Goomba, and an underling of the Paragoomba. They don't make many in-game appearances and are simply a smaller carbon copy of Goombas.
Games
Super Mario series
Super Mario Bros. 3
Micro-Goomba first appears in Super Mario Bros. 3. They first appear in World 1-2.
In this game, Micro-Goomba's primary aim is to slow down Mario/Luigi, or better still, inhibit their progress by distraction. Contact with the Micro-Goombas results in them clinging to either one of them. This prevents the brothers from being able to jump high. Incessant jumping shakes off these foes.
Super Mario 64/DS
Micro-Goombas reappeared in Super Mario 64 and its remake Super Mario 64 DS.
In the game, these small foes can be found on the small version of Tiny-Huge Island. They cannot do any damage though. Instead, they knock Mario back a few feet. Like normal Goombas, they can simply be defeated by a bonk on the head or punched/kicked. They are usually located near bottomless pits, hindering the progress of Mario even more. Despite their miniature size, they release a regular coin two times its size when defeated.
They turn into Grand Goombas when the island becomes huge.