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|image=[[File:tap.jpg|160px]]<br>Artwork of a Tap-Tap from ''Yoshi Topsy-Turvy'' | |image=[[File:tap.jpg|160px]]<br>Artwork of a Tap-Tap from ''Yoshi Topsy-Turvy'' | ||
|first_appearance=''[[Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island]]'' ([[List of games by date#1995|1995]]) | |||
|latest_appearance=''[[Yoshi's Crafted World]]'' ([[List of games by date#2019|2019]]) | |||
|variants=[[Super Big Tap-Tap]] | |variants=[[Super Big Tap-Tap]] | ||
| | |relatives=[[Spike (Yoshi's Story)|Spike (''Yoshi's Story'')]] | ||
|notable=[[Tap-Tap the Golden]]<br>[[Tap-Tap the Red Nose]] | |notable=[[Tap-Tap the Golden]]<br>[[Tap-Tap the Red Nose]] | ||
}} | }} | ||
'''Tap-Taps''' are small, metallic, spike-covered enemies that appear heavily in the ''[[Yoshi (franchise)|Yoshi]]'' franchise that walk back and forth, making a distinctive clicking noise as they do. They have large noses and grins and small eyes. | '''Tap-Taps''' are small, metallic, spike-covered enemies that appear heavily in the ''[[Yoshi (franchise)|Yoshi]]'' franchise that walk back and forth, making a distinctive clicking noise as they do. They have large noses and grins and small eyes. | ||
==History== | ==History== | ||
===''Yoshi'' franchise=== | ===''Yoshi'' franchise=== | ||
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|[[File:YT&G Tap-Tap.png]] [[File:YT&G Tap-Tap Orange.png]]|align=left | |[[File:YT&G Tap-Tap.png]] [[File:YT&G Tap-Tap Orange.png]]|align=left | ||
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They also appear in ''[[Yoshi Touch & Go]]'', whose manual erroneously labels them as '''Spiked Fun Guys''', where the orange ones walk while the gray ones hop in place. The gray ones also now have red feet instead of purple. | They also appear in ''[[Yoshi Touch & Go]]'', whose manual erroneously labels them as '''Spiked Fun Guys''',<ref>[https://cdn02.nintendo-europe.com/media/downloads/games_8/emanuals/nintendo_ds_21/Manual_NintendoDS_YoshiTouchAndGo_EN.pdf ''Yoshi Touch & Go'' European instruction booklet,] page 26.</ref> where the orange ones walk while the gray ones hop in place. The gray ones also now have red feet instead of purple. | ||
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====''Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island''==== | ====''Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island''==== | ||
*'''Official Nintendo Player's Guide''' | *'''Official Nintendo Player's Guide''' | ||
**'''Tap-Tap:''' ''Virtually indestructible and very painful to touch. However, Yoshi can push him with his tongue.''<ref>''Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island'' | **'''Tap-Tap:''' ''Virtually indestructible and very painful to touch. However, Yoshi can push him with his tongue.''<ref> Miller, Kent, and Terry Munson. ''Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island'' Player's Guide. [[media:SMW2 Guide 128.jpg|Page 128.]]</ref> | ||
**'''Hopping Tap-Tap:''' ''Unlike their earthbound bros, they live high in the air on mysterious gravity-defying rocks. Highly inedible.''<ref name=guide/> | **'''Hopping Tap-Tap:''' ''Unlike their earthbound bros, they live high in the air on mysterious gravity-defying rocks. Highly inedible.''<ref name=guide/> | ||
====''Yoshi Topsy-Turvy''==== | ====''Yoshi Topsy-Turvy''==== | ||
*'''Shogakukan guide:''' 体が固いトゲでおおわれているため、食べることもできなければ、踏んで倒すこともできない。まきじゅうたんなどの仕掛けを利用して倒そう。<br> | *'''Shogakukan guide:''' 体が固いトゲでおおわれているため、食べることもできなければ、踏んで倒すこともできない。まきじゅうたんなどの仕掛けを利用して倒そう。<ref>「ヨッシーの万有引力任天堂公式ガイドブック」 (''Yoshi Banyū Inryoku Nintendo Kōshiki Guidebook''), {{media link|YUG Shogakukan P23.jpg|page 23}}.</ref><br> | ||
''Since its body is covered with hard spines, it cannot be eaten or knocked down by stepping on it. Use traps such as a carpet of spikes to defeat them.'' | ''Since its body is covered with hard spines, it cannot be eaten or knocked down by stepping on it. Use traps such as a carpet of spikes to defeat them.'' | ||
====''Yoshi Touch & Go''==== | ====''Yoshi Touch & Go''==== | ||
*'''Shogakukan guide''' | *'''Shogakukan guide''' | ||
**'''Tap-Tap (Orange):''' 「地面をまっすぐ歩いてくる。タマゴを当てると後ろに転がり、触れた敵を倒すことができるが、しばらくすると起き上がって歩き始める。体が固いので、カチカチくん同士をぶつけないと倒せない。」 (''It walks straight on the ground. If you hit it with an egg, it rolls backward and you can knock down enemies you touch, but after a while it gets up and starts walking. Its body is hard, so you have to hit the Tap-Taps against each other to knock it down.'') | **'''Tap-Tap (Orange):''' 「地面をまっすぐ歩いてくる。タマゴを当てると後ろに転がり、触れた敵を倒すことができるが、しばらくすると起き上がって歩き始める。体が固いので、カチカチくん同士をぶつけないと倒せない。」<ref name=YTG>「キャッチ!タッチ!ヨッシー!任天堂公式ガイドブック」 (''Catch! Touch! Yoshi! Nintendo Kōshiki Guidebook''), {{media link|CTY Shogakukan P13.jpg|page 13}}.</ref> (''It walks straight on the ground. If you hit it with an egg, it rolls backward and you can knock down enemies you touch, but after a while it gets up and starts walking. Its body is hard, so you have to hit the Tap-Taps against each other to knock it down.'') | ||
**'''Tap-Tap (Gray):''' 「その場でジャンプを繰り返すカチカチくん。よけて通るときは、雲の道を突き破られないように、十分距離をとること。近くにがけがあれば、タマゴを当てて落としてしまおう。」 (''Tap-Tap repeatedly jumps on the spot. When dodging, keep a good distance from the cloud to prevent it from breaking through the path. If there is a cliff nearby, hit it with your egg and drop it.'') | **'''Tap-Tap (Gray):''' 「その場でジャンプを繰り返すカチカチくん。よけて通るときは、雲の道を突き破られないように、十分距離をとること。近くにがけがあれば、タマゴを当てて落としてしまおう。」<ref name=YTG/> (''Tap-Tap repeatedly jumps on the spot. When dodging, keep a good distance from the cloud to prevent it from breaking through the path. If there is a cliff nearby, hit it with your egg and drop it.'') | ||
===''Super Smash Bros.'' series=== | ===''Super Smash Bros.'' series=== | ||
====''Super Smash Bros. Brawl'' sticker==== | ====''Super Smash Bros. Brawl'' sticker==== | ||
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|''Yoshi Touch & Go'' | |''Yoshi Touch & Go'' | ||
|[Body, Spin] - Attack +24 | |[Body, Spin] - Attack +24 | ||
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====''Super Smash Bros. Ultimate'' spirit==== | ====''Super Smash Bros. Ultimate'' spirit==== | ||
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Revision as of 16:33, May 4, 2022
Tap-Tap | |||
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Artwork of a Tap-Tap from Yoshi Topsy-Turvy | |||
First appearance | Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island (1995) | ||
Latest appearance | Yoshi's Crafted World (2019) | ||
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Tap-Taps are small, metallic, spike-covered enemies that appear heavily in the Yoshi franchise that walk back and forth, making a distinctive clicking noise as they do. They have large noses and grins and small eyes.
History
Yoshi franchise
Yoshi's Island series
Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island
Tap-Taps first appear in Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island and return in its enhanced port, Yoshi's Island: Super Mario Advance 3. Tap-Taps are immune to most direct attacks; if Yoshis attempt to eat a Tap-Tap, they only push the enemy slightly with their tongue. The enemy is also resistant to Yoshi Eggs and Huffin Puffin chicks, although they will be sent rolling backwards if hit with one. To defeat a Tap-Tap, it has to collide with another enemy while rolling. Chomp Rocks, ice breath and fire breath attacks are also capable of defeating a Tap-Tap. Forcing a Tap-Tap into the lava or the water can result in it burning away or drowning. There are two color variations seen in Tap-Taps: gray ones with orange noses and purple feet, and orange ones with green noses and blue feet. Gray ones remain on their platform, while orange ones walk off the platform they are on. This difference in behavior is also seen in green and red Koopa Troopas. Sometimes, they are found hopping up and down; these variants are specified as Hopping Tap-Taps in the Player's Guide.[1]
A Tap-Tap is encountered as a mid-boss called Tap-Tap the Red Nose. A similar enemy is later encountered in King Bowser's Castle, known as Tap-Tap the Golden.
Yoshi's Island DS
Tap-Taps additionally appear in Yoshi's Island DS, acting the same as before. An enormous, invulnerable variation (with the ability to crush land platforms) known as the Super Big Tap-Tap also appears in this game.
Yoshi's New Island
Tap-Taps also appear in Yoshi's New Island acting the same as in previous appearances, though only the orange variants appear in the game. Unused textures for the gray type can be found in the data, however. Tap-Tap the Golden also returns.
Yoshi Topsy-Turvy
Tap-Taps also appear in Yoshi Topsy-Turvy, where they first appear at the end of the fifth chapter of Tale of the Spirit of Money. Later, the third chapter of Tale of the Spirit of Power involves defeating at least eight of them. While still normally invincible, the rolling-up platforms can be used to crush them or cause them to fall into spikes. Orange ones are found during the second phase of the battle against Bowser. Whenever Bowser jumps or is hit by a bomb, he slams against the ground, causing three orange Tap-Taps to fall from above. They roll along the ground, and go in the direction that the player tilts the Game Boy Advance. They cause three points of damage to Yoshi upon contact with him.
Yoshi Touch & Go
They also appear in Yoshi Touch & Go, whose manual erroneously labels them as Spiked Fun Guys,[2] where the orange ones walk while the gray ones hop in place. The gray ones also now have red feet instead of purple.
Yoshi's Woolly World
Tap-Taps return in Yoshi's Woolly World and Poochy & Yoshi's Woolly World, being introduced in World 2. The orange ones' bodies now consist of a brown baseball with pointy beads functioning as spikes, while the gray ones have red feet again like in Yoshi Touch & Go. As in previous appearances, some Tap-Taps walk back and forth between two walls, while others jump up and down in place.
Yoshi's Crafted World
The regular silver Tap-Taps reappear in Yoshi's Crafted World, acting the same as previous appearances. They appear in the levels Poochy's Magma Run and Skulking Around.
Super Smash Bros. series
In Super Smash Bros Brawl, a Tap-Tap appears as a sticker. In Super Smash Bros. Ultimate, one appears as a spirit.
Profiles and statistics
Yoshi franchise
Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island
- Official Nintendo Player's Guide
Yoshi Topsy-Turvy
- Shogakukan guide: 体が固いトゲでおおわれているため、食べることもできなければ、踏んで倒すこともできない。まきじゅうたんなどの仕掛けを利用して倒そう。[4]
Since its body is covered with hard spines, it cannot be eaten or knocked down by stepping on it. Use traps such as a carpet of spikes to defeat them.
Yoshi Touch & Go
- Shogakukan guide
- Tap-Tap (Orange): 「地面をまっすぐ歩いてくる。タマゴを当てると後ろに転がり、触れた敵を倒すことができるが、しばらくすると起き上がって歩き始める。体が固いので、カチカチくん同士をぶつけないと倒せない。」[5] (It walks straight on the ground. If you hit it with an egg, it rolls backward and you can knock down enemies you touch, but after a while it gets up and starts walking. Its body is hard, so you have to hit the Tap-Taps against each other to knock it down.)
- Tap-Tap (Gray): 「その場でジャンプを繰り返すカチカチくん。よけて通るときは、雲の道を突き破られないように、十分距離をとること。近くにがけがあれば、タマゴを当てて落としてしまおう。」[5] (Tap-Tap repeatedly jumps on the spot. When dodging, keep a good distance from the cloud to prevent it from breaking through the path. If there is a cliff nearby, hit it with your egg and drop it.)
Super Smash Bros. series
Super Smash Bros. Brawl sticker
Image | Game | Effect |
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Yoshi Touch & Go | [Body, Spin] - Attack +24 |
Super Smash Bros. Ultimate spirit
Name | Image | Game | Type | Class | Effect | How to obtain | Spirit battle | |||
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Opponents | Battle conditions | Stage | Song | |||||||
Tap-Tap | Yoshi Series | Primary (1) | Novice | deepskyblue Weight ↑ |
Spirit Board | Metal PAC-MAN |
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Yoshi's Island | Wildlands |
Gallery
Yoshi's New Island (unused)
A Tap-Tap in the Scrapbook Theater (Yoshi's Woolly World)
Names in other languages
Language | Name | Meaning | Notes |
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Japanese | カチカチくん[6][7][8][5] Kachikachi-kun |
From「カチカチ」(kachikachi, Japanese onomatopoeia for stones knocking together to create fire) and「くん」(-kun) | |
Chinese | 咔咔[?] Kākā |
Onomatopoeia for cackling, although most likely transliterated from the Japanese name | |
Dutch | Tap-Tap[10] | - | |
German | Pseudo Stego[citation needed] Stego[10] |
From pseudo (fake) and Stego, the German name of Tap-Tap the Red Nose | |
Italian | Piombospino[10] Buffopallo[11] |
From piombo, lead; and spina, spike From buffo, funny; and pallo, ball |
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Korean | 철퇴머리[12] Cheoltoemeori |
Macehead | |
Russian | Топ-топ[10] Top-top |
Onomatopoeia for stepping | |
Spanish | Rolando[9] Metalón[10] (most games) |
Pun on roll and the Spanish name From metal and augmentative suffix -ón |
References
- ^ a b Miller, Kent, and Terry Munson. Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island Player's Guide. Page 127
- ^ Yoshi Touch & Go European instruction booklet, page 26.
- ^ Miller, Kent, and Terry Munson. Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island Player's Guide. Page 128.
- ^ 「ヨッシーの万有引力任天堂公式ガイドブック」 (Yoshi Banyū Inryoku Nintendo Kōshiki Guidebook), Template:Media link.
- ^ a b c 「キャッチ!タッチ!ヨッシー!任天堂公式ガイドブック」 (Catch! Touch! Yoshi! Nintendo Kōshiki Guidebook), Template:Media link.
- ^ 「スーパーマリオヨッシーアイランド任天堂公式ガイドブック」 (Super Mario: Yossy Island Nintendo Kōshiki Guidebook), page 6.
- ^ 「スーパーマリオアドバンス3任天堂公式ガイドブック」 (Super Mario Advance 3 Nintendo Kōshiki Guidebook), page 15.
- ^ 「ヨッシーの万有引力任天堂公式ガイドブック」 (Yoshi Banyū Inryoku Nintendo Kōshiki Guidebook), page 147.
- ^ Yoshi Touch & Go Spanish guide
- ^ a b c d e f Super Smash Bros. Ultimate spirit name
- ^ Yoshi Touch & Go Italian manual, page 86.
- ^ "철퇴머리 해저 동굴" (Tap-Tap's Sunken Cave) - Level 3-7 of Yoshi's Island DS
Yoshi Touch & Go | ||
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Characters | Baby Luigi • Baby Mario • Kamek • Stork • Yoshis | |
Items | Blue Coin • Bubble • Fruit (Apple · Banana · Grape · Melon · Watermelon) • Red Coin • Yellow Coin • Yoshi's Egg | |
Enemies | Brier • Cheep Cheep • Cloud Drop • Fang • Fly Guy • Goonie • Gusty • Kamek's Toadies • Lakitu • Marutchi • Monty Mole • Needle • Piranha Plant • Propeller Mūcho • Shy Guy • Spiny Cheep-Cheep • Tap-Tap • Toady • Ukiki • Whirly Fly Guy • Wild Ptooie Piranha | |
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- Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island enemies
- Super Smash Bros. Brawl stickers
- Super Smash Bros. Ultimate spirits
- Yoshi Topsy-Turvy enemies
- Yoshi Touch & Go enemies
- Yoshi's Crafted World enemies
- Yoshi's Island DS enemies
- Yoshi's Island: Super Mario Advance 3
- Yoshi's New Island enemies
- Yoshi's Woolly World enemies