Tatanga is the main antagonist of Super Mario Land and a boss in Super Mario Land 2: 6 Golden Coins. In Super Mario Land, Tatanga kidnaps Princess Daisy in an attempt to become king of Sarasaland and make her his queen.
In the Super Mario Land series[]
In Super Mario Land[]
Tatanga invaded Sarasaland and kidnapped Princess Daisy. He brought mystical creatures to help him stop Mario from saving the princess. He placed his strongest creatures to guard the four kingdoms of Sarasaland.
After Mario defeats Tatanga's army, he heads to the Chai Kingdom. Tatanga is fought in his spaceship, the Pagosu, in World 4-3, while Mario used his airplane, the Sky Pop. Tatanga attacks by shooting missiles at Mario. Likewise, Mario can attack Tatanga by firing missiles from his Sky Pop at him. After taking forty hits, the Pagosu explodes, earning the player 5,000 points, and Mario saves Princess Daisy.
In Super Mario Land 2: 6 Golden Coins[]
As revealed in Super Mario Land 2: 6 Golden Coins, Wario had enlisted Tatanga's help in order to occupy Mario Land during Mario's absence in Sarasaland. It is revealed that Tatanga survived his defeat at the end of Super Mario Land, and is working with Wario. Tatanga guards the Golden Coin in Space Zone.
In Super Smash Bros. Ultimate[]
Tatanga makes an appearance as an Advanced-class Shield-type spirit with two support slots. The spirit's puppet fighter is Morton, who starts the battle with a Super Scope, on the battlefield form of the Super Mario Galaxy stage.
If Pit uses Palutena's Guidance from his taunt, Pit sarcastically brings up Tatanga always kidnapping Daisy after Palutena corrects Pit that Daisy does not get kidnapped as often as Peach.
In comics[]
In Game Boy[]
Tatanga appears as the villain in the Game Boy comic books spun off from the Nintendo Comics System, produced by the company Valiant. In the comics, Tatanga lives in an alternate dimension that exists within a Game Boy. He hypnotizes the human Herman Smirch who is playing Super Mario Land, causing the man to release Tatanga from the Game Boy. Upon arriving on Earth, Tatanga hopes to conquer the planet and rule it with an iron fist. He is released several times, each time attempting to conquer an Earth monument, however, Mario is always released from the Game Boy as well to thwart his schemes and bring him back to the Game Boy dimension.
In the miniseries, Tatanga's relationship with Daisy is similar to the one between Peach and Bowser, in that he appears to genuinely love the princess, with several of his attempted conquests being done solely in an attempt to impress her. Additionally, in this series he is considerably bigger and more muscular than in the games, has more pronounced fangs and claws, and wears a black uniform. His Pagosu is also able to assume a more humanoid form, making it resemble battle armor.
In Super Mario (Kodansha manga)[]
Tatanga appears in the Super Mario manga by Kodansha, where he is seen doing many of the things described in Super Mario Land's instruction booklet, such as abducting Daisy, hypnotizing enemies, eating a Torion, and trying to make Daisy marry him. Tatanga later appears during a tennis tournament as Bowser's tennis partner, and makes a cameo next to Daisy on the sidelines in the Super Mario Kart arc.
Trivia[]
- Tatanga makes a cameo in Super Mario Bros. & Friends: When I Grow Up, piloting Pagosu in the Astronaut coloring page.
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| Mario (Superball Mario) • Princess Daisy | ||
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| Birabuto Kingdom • Muda Kingdom • Easton Kingdom • Chai Kingdom • Sarasaland | ||
| Levels | ||
| World 1-1 • World 1-2 • World 1-3 • World 2-1 • World 2-2 • World 2-3 • World 3-1 • World 3-2 • World 3-3 • World 4-1 • World 4-2 • World 4-3 | ||
| Enemies | ||
| Batadon • Bombshell Koopa • Bullet Biff • Bunbun • Chicken • Chikako • Fly • Ganchan • Gao • Gunion • Goombo • Honen . Kumo • Mekabon • Nyololin • Pionpi • Piranha Plant • Pompon Flower • Roketon • Roto-disc • Suu • Tokotoko • Torion • Yurarin • Yurarin Boo | ||
| Bosses | ||
| King Totomesu • Dragonzamasu • Tamao • Hiyoihoi • Biokinton • Tatanga | ||
| Items and Objects | ||
| Mushroom • Superball Flower • Superball • Starman • 1-Up Heart • Coin • Mystery Block • Marine Pop • Sky Pop • Pagosu | ||
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| Characters | Protagonists | Mario • Heavy Zed • Hippo |
| Antagonists | Wario | |
| Bosses | Bosses | Big Bird • Sewer Rat • Tatanga • Three Little Pigheads • Pako & Poko • Witch |
| Worlds and levels | Tree Zone | Invincibility! • In the Trees • The Exit • Honeybees • Final Boss: The Big Bird • Secret Course 1 |
| Space Zone | Moon stage • Star stage • Secret Course 2 | |
| Macro Zone | The Ant Monsters • In the Syrup Sea • Fiery Mario–Special Agent • Final Boss: One Mighty Mouse! • Secret Course 3 | |
| Pumpkin Zone | Bat Course • Pumpkin Zone Level 2 • Pumpkin Zone Level 3 • Witch's Mansion Course • Secret Course 4 • Secret Course 5 | |
| Mario Zone | Fiery Blocks • Mario the Circus Star! • Beware: Jagged Spikes • Final Bosses: Three Mean Pigs! | |
| Turtle Zone | Cheep Cheep Course • Turtle Zone • Whale Course • Secret Course 6 | |
| Overworld | Mushroom Zone • Hippo • Scenic Course • Mario's Castle • Casino | |
| Enemies and obstacles | Enemies | Ant • Aqua Kuribō • Battle Beetle • Bear • Bee • Bee Fly • Bēro • Blurp • Bomubomu • Boo • Bopping Toady • Būichi • Bullet Bill • Cheep Cheep • Chikunto • Dokanto • Dondon • F Boy • Floating Face • Goomba • Goronto • Grubby • Honebōn • J-son • Jack-in-the-Box • Karakara • Keipu • Kiddokatto • Koopa Troopa • Kyororo • Kyotonbo • Kurokyura • Minikyura • Mōgyo • Neijī • No.48 • Noko Bombette • Para-Goomba • Pikku • Piranha Plant • Poro • Ragumo • Rerere • Shark • Skeleton Bee • Spikey • Spiny Cheep-Cheep • Stars • Tamara • Terekuribō • Toriuo • Tōsenbo • Unera • Unibō • Venus Fire Trap |
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| Items | Items | 1-Up Heart • 3-Up Heart • Carrot • Coin • Fire Flower • Golden Coin • Moneybag • Mushroom • Starman |
| Objects | Objects | ? Block • Beach Ball • Bone Lift • Bonus Bell • Brick • Cloud • Cog • Empty Block • Fiery block • Goal • Invisible/flashing block • Mid-Point Bell • Skull Platform • Soap bubble • Tree sap |
| Forms | Forms | Small Mario • Super Mario • Fire Mario • Bunny Mario • Space Mario • Aqua Mario • Invincible Mario • Bomb Mario |
| Miscellaneous | Locations | Mario Land |
| Other | Gallery • Amida Game II • Mario Catcher | |
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