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Tropicallo
| Tropicallo | |
|---|---|
 Secret of Mana HD screenshot | |
| First appearance | Secret of Mana (1991) |
| Latest appearance | Legend of Mana Remastered (2021) |
| Species | Plant |
| Counterpart(s) | Boreal Face, Labanne |
| Background music | "Danger"SeoM "Pain of the Universe"LoM |
Tropicallo is a large plant creature appearing in a few Mana games. It made its debut in Secret of Mana as the second boss of the game and is encountered in the Dwarf Village. Tropicallo's overall appearance is vastly different between installments. In Secret of Mana, it consists of a large pineapple at its base with larges leafy stem comprising its middle section and a round yellow head with a large pointy eyes and with three leaves on its top. In Legend of Mana, Tropicallo is a hanging vine monster with two serpentine bodies coverted with leaves from which sprouts two enormous jaws.
Tropicallo is aligned with Dryad and is weak to Luna attacks. It usually attacks by summoning its tendrils or by spitting out Pumpkin Bombs.
Appearances[edit]
Secret of Mana[edit]
- Main article: Tropicallo (Secret of Mana)
The pineapple-shaped creature first appears in Dwarf Village as Randi gets refunded by Popoi and the Dwarf Elder for their shoddy performance. As he leaves the elder’s house, an earthquake is felt and lures the hero into the monsters’ den. Defeating it reveals an opening in the cave leading to the Underground Palace. Randi must first ask Elinee the witch to remove the barrier protecting it. The sprite joins the hero in hopes of finding a way to regain their memories.
Gameplay[edit]
In the original SNES game, Tropicallo would bury itself in the ground only coming out of its protective shell to spit out bouncing pumpkin bombs on the arena. The hero could only deal damage when the face was exposed, thus would have to time its swings. Furthermore, a vine would quickly grow near the creature to inflict poison to the party.
In the 2010 mobile installment, the plant monster is a little by slower when shooting out its Pumpkin Bombs. The fight is otherwise extremely similar to the original 1993 version.
In the HD remake, the vines that Tropicallo produces grow a bit quicker compared to the previous installments. The creature itself will be show emerging from its shell by first peeking through its tuff of hair, then coming out of it completely to spit out its bombs. It will also look around a bit before burying itself instead of standing still. The animation for it throwing up is a bit slower than the SNES entry.
Another boss recolor can be encountered in the Frozen Forest, called Boreal Face.
Legend of Mana[edit]
- Main article: Tropicallo (Legend of Mana)
Tropicallo is fought at the end of the A Siren's Song sidequest. Elle the siren has been isolating herself in her birdcage in Madora Beach refusing to come out after sinking a ship by singing near it. Her friends Monique and Flameshe tries to cheer her up and reason with her, but she adamantly won't budge from her hiding place. With the help of the protagonist, Monique convinces Flameshe to let them enter the cage, but finds it overrun with a giant plant creature. Defeating it allows Elle's friend to console the guilt-ridden siren.
Gameplay[edit]
The two heads can detach themselves from their vine to crawl around the stage and attack the hero with their bite attack. The yellow head can use its Pollen Attack to inflict sleep. The pink head use its Petri-Gas attack to turn caught allies into stone. Both heads can swing on their respective vine to harm their target. Defeating the two creatures will regrow them anew if there is still HP remaining to the boss. One head can also do a shockwave attack to known party members down.
A recolor boss called Labanne is fought during the Mine Your Own Business sidequest in the Ulkan Mines.
Gallery[edit]
- For this subject's image gallery, see Gallery:Tropicallo.
Secret of Mana
Secret of Mana
Secret of Mana remake
Etymology[edit]
Tropicallo most probably comes from Tropical, its design bearing heavily from a pineapple and the fact this fruit is tradionally associated to countries within the equator tropics.
According to ManaRedux, the Brambles's Japanese name are "Blood Ropers" and take their name from Dungeons & Dragons.
Names[edit]
| Game | Japanese | Meaning | English |
|---|---|---|---|
| Secret of Mana | バド | Bud | Tropicallo |
| Legend of Mana | グレイドゥ | Grad(?) | Tropicallo |
