The list below contains the enemies found in Super Mario: In Bowser's Tracks.
Image | Name | Description | Rarity | Names In Japanese | How To Defeat |
Goomba | Goombas are chestnut-like enemies. They only walk around and will walk straight off cliffs. | Common | 栗 - Meaning: "Chestnut" | Goombas can be defeated by jumping on their heads. | |
Paragoomba | Paragoombas are winged versions of the Goomba. They are often seen bouncing around or flying and dropping Micro-Goombas. | Uncommon | パラゴンバ - Meaning: "Paragomba" | Once stomped on, they will lose their wings and become regular goombas. Stomp on them again and they're dead. | |
Bone Goomba | Bone Goombas are the dry versions of the Goomba. They, just like the regular Goombas, only walk around and will walk straight off cliffs. | Uncommon | 骨ゴンバ - Meaning: "Bone Gomba" | Once you step on them, they will lose their skulls, revealing a complete blue body. | |
Goomba Tower | Goomba Towers are, obviously, towers of Goombas. They are sometimes hard to defeat unless you have a koopa shell or something because they are so tall. | Uncommon | ゴンバタワー - Meaning: "Gomba Tower" | To defeat these tall stacks of Goombas you must stomp on every single Goomba until there is none left. | |
Jack O' Goomba | Jack O' Goombas are a type of Goomba that have pumpkins on their heads. | Rare | ジャック・O・ゴンバ - Meaning: "Jack O. Gomba" | To defeat these you will have to stomp on them, making them lose their pumpkin protection, and then stomp them again to take them out. | |
Cat Goomba | Cat Goombas are goombas that have cat-like features, hence the name. They will pounce down after walking for a while. | Common | 猫ゴンバ - Meaning: "Cat Gomba" | To defeat Cat Goombas just stomp on them. Sometimes they will give you a Super Bell. | |
Tanoomba | Not to be confused with Tail Goomba! These are Goombas resembling the Tanooki with their tail, ears and leaf on their head. | Uncommon | The name of this enemy in Japanese is just "Tanoomba". | To defeat Tanoombas, just step on them. | |
Tail Goomba | Not to be confused with Tanoomba! These Goombas have tails. | Common | テールゴンバ - Meaning: "Tail Gumba" | To defeat these just step on them, making them lose their tails, then step on them again to kill them. | |
Micro-Goomba | These Goombas are really tiny, hence the name. They can't hurt the player, but instead cling on to them, weighing them down. Use a spin jump to shake the little Goombas off. | Common | マイクロゴンバ - Meaning: "Micro Gomba" | To defeat these little guys, just step on them. | |
Spiked Goomba | Not to be confused with Prickly Goomba! These Goombas have a single spiked shell on their heads. | Uncommon | スパイクゴンバ - Meaning: "Spike Gomba" | The only way to defeat these guys is to have a Super Star! | |
Prickly Goomba | Not to be confused with Spiked Goomba! These goombas hide inside Spiked Chestnut Shells and pop out when their shell is destroyed. | Rare | 刺すゴンバ - Meaning: "Stabbing Gomba" | To defeat these you must knock their shells off using a Fire Flower, turning them to a regular Goomba. Then you can just stomp on them and they're dead. | |
Galoomba | Galoombas are a subspecies of Goomba that first appeared in Super Mario World. | Uncommon | ガロンバ - Meaning: "Garroma" | Once you step on these, they flip over. Then you can pick them up and throw them at other enemies. You can only kill them with projectiles (fireballs, shells, etc.) or a Spin Jump. | |
Goombrat | This subspecies of Goomba first appeared in New Super Mario Bros. U. They resemble persimmons more than mushrooms. This type of Goomba, unlike all other Goombas, do not walk off cliffs. | Rare | カキボー - Meaning: "Persimmon People" | Just step on them to defeat them. | |
Heligoomba | This type of Goomba have propellers on their heads which let them fly in the air for a short period of time before hovering back down to the ground. | Uncommon | プロペラチェスナット - Meaning: "Propeller Chestnut" | Step on them and they will become regular Goombas. Then step on them again to kill them. | |
Goombulb | This type of Goomba are rare and light up dark areas. | Rare | 電球 - Meaning: "Light Bulb" and 栗 - Meaning: "Chestnut" | Step on them to crack their light bulb a little, leaving less light, then step on it again to crack it more leaving even less light. Step on it again to crack it's light bulb completely and send it running 'round with only a body and legs. Haha, hilarious!! | |
Gloomba | This is exactly the same as a normal Goomba but it lurks underground. | Common | 地下 - Meaning: "Underground" and 栗 - Meaning: "Chestnut" | Just step on them. | |
Goomba's Shoe, also known as "Shoe Goomba" or "Goomba Shoe" | This type of Goomba "lives" in a shoe and hops around, trying to stomp on Mario. PATHETIC!! You can kill enemies you usually couldn't and can stand on spikes, munchers and thorns. | Rare | 栗林 - Meaning: "Kuribo", Japanese name for Goomba and モカシン - Meaning: "Moccasin" or Shoe | Step on the Goomba to kill it, granting you the freedom to ride in the boot for as long as you can (until you switch levels, of course)! | |
Goomba's Killer Shoe, also known as "Killer Shoe Goomba" or "Killer Goomba Shoe" | This type of Goomba is exactly the same as the Goomba Shoe but allows you to also walk on lava and pits. The enemy riding it is also different, being a Gloomba instead of a normal Goomba. | Rare | 暗殺者 - Meaning: "Assassin" and 栗の靴 - Meaning: "Chestnut Shoe" | The same as the Goomba Shoe. | |
Green Koopa Troopa | The Koopa is a type of enemy in Mario that resemble turtles (DUH)! The Green variants walk off edges and cliffs. They will turn around if they hit a wall. | Common | グリーンタートル - Meaning: "Green Turtle" | Once stepped on, the Koopa will hide in it's shell. You can pick up and throw the shell at other enemies or blocks you can't hit otherwise. | |
Red Koopa Troopa | The Red variant do not walk off edges and also turn at walls. **Yes, there are other colors of Koopa like Blue, Yellow, Purple, Black (or Bombshell) etc.** | Common | レッドタートル - Meaning: "Red Turtle" | The same as the Green Koopa. | |
Green Koopa Paratroopa | Koopa Paratroopa are a variant of Koopa that have wings and can fly. The Green Variant mostly hops, but can be seen flying (like in the picture)! | Common | 飛行 - Meaning: "Flying" and カメ - Meaning: "Turtle" | Once stepped on, the Koopa will lose it's wings, turning into a normal Koopa. Then step on it again to where it hides in it's shell. Then, decide what it's FATE will be!! | |
Red Koopa Paratroopa | The Red variant is the exact same as the Green, but it is most seen flying instead of hopping! It usually flies up and down or side by side. | Common | 飛行 - Meaning: "Flying and カメ - Meaning: "Turtle" | The same as Green variant. | |
Dry Bones | The Undead variant of Koopas that do not walk off cliffs/edges and are typically found in Castle/Fortress levels. | Uncommon | デッド - Meaning: "Dead" and カメ - Meaning: "Turtle" | Once stepped on, they will fall apart and touch the ground (unless you knock the Dry Bones' Skull down off a ledge; it will still come back up though), but will "rebuild" themselves eventually. | |
Parabones | The flying version of the Dry Bones. | Rare | フライングデッドタートル - Meaning: "Flying Dead Turtle" | The same as a regular Dry Bones but it has wings so another extra hit. | |
Corporal Paraplonk | NOTE: I just noticed this; there is no 'Corporal Plonk' just Corporal PARAplonk! Why is that!? These types of Koopa have buckets on their head to protect them from damage. | Rare | 伍長 - Meaning: "Corporal" and カメ - Meaning: "Turtle" | You can only kill them with the Super Star or an Ice Flower because of the Buckets on their heads. | |
Green Tail Troopa | A Tail Troopa is a subspecies of Koopa that have Tanooki Tails. They can attack with their tail but cannot fly. The Green ones will walk off edges. Tanooki is a type of animal but is spelt "Tanuki" in Japanese and means Raccoon. | Uncommon | たぬき - Meaning: "Tanuki" or Raccoon and カメ - Meaning: "Turtle" | Just step on them twice to put them in their shell; then decide it's FATE!! | |
Red Tail Troopa | The Red version will not walk off cliffs. These types can fly, but can't Tail Whip. | Uncommon | たぬき - Meaning: "Tanuki" or Raccoon and カメ - Meaning: "Turtle" | Same as Green Tail Troopa. | |
Mechakoopa | The Mechakoopa are a Robotic version of the Koopa that mainly roam Airships and can't be taken out by fire. They will walk of edges. | Rare | ロボットタートル - Meaning: "Robot Turtle" | Step on them to "put them to sleep" for a little bit. While "asleep", you can pick them up and throw them to defeat other enemies, but be careful because it will wake back up. They can be fully killed by an Ice Flower or Super Star. | |
Para-Mechakoopa | This is a flying Mechakoopa. | Rare | 飛行ロボットタートル - Meaning: "Flying Robot Turtle" | Same as Mechakoopa. | |
Beach Koopa | This type of Koopa is different because when you step on it, (unlike all other Koopas) it doesn't hide in it's shell, it's shell becomes detached from it's body, making the Koopa "naked". That is where the name came from! | Rare | 裸のカメ - Meaning: "Naked Turtle" | Explained in 'Description' above. | |
Hammer Bro. | The Hammer Bro. is a new type of enemy. It's origin species is Koopa. They throw Hammers at Mario. | Uncommon | ハンマー投げタートル - Meaning: "Hammer Throwing Turtle" | Just step on them. But watch out for their Hammers! | |
Fire Bro. | The fire shooting version of Hammer Bros. | Uncommon | 火事のタートル - Meaning: "Fire Shooting Turtle" | Just step on them. But watch out for their fire! | |
Ice Bro. | The ice shooting version of Hammer Bros. | Rare | アイスシューティングタートル - Meaning: "Ice Shooting Turtle" | Just step on them. But watch out for their ice! | |
Boomerang Bro. | The boomerang throwing version of Hammer Bros. | Uncommon | ブーメラン投げタートル - Meaning: "Boomerang Throwing Turtle" | Just step on them. But watch out for their boomerangs! | |
Chargin' Chuck |