#ostro

Benchwarmers

The Super Mario platformers introduced a lot of enemies, yet some of them are only used once and no other game (except ports or remakes, but they still only appear in one specific title).

Enemies shown include: Buster Beetle, Tweeter, Hot Foot, Ostro, Strollin' Stu, Dino Torch, Mega Mole, Digga, Plurp, Flaptack, Spindrift, Electrokoopa, Splunkin, Chuckya, Snailicorn, Bonefin, Poink, Smeech, Klamber, and Wallop. That's a lot of enemies that only saw a single use! In terms of games, Super Mario Galaxy has to have the toughest to pick, only because many were reused in Super Mario Galaxy 2, so that's why there's only one. Also, I wanted to stop at Super Mario Galaxy 2 but I remembered I wanted to include Wallop, so it ended up being Super Mario 3D Land. Boom Boom was added because I can't find an enemy that was gone for so long but revived, except Boom Boom who came back in said 3D Land. I feel like I am straddling the line of inconsistency, but I hope it's not too bad.

A Xerox production model sketch of Mario as the Provolone Ranger riding his Ostro, from the Super Mario Bros. Super Show episode, The Provolone Ranger.

Hi ho Ostro, away!

Trying out a new drawing software with some Rivals-relevant doodles!