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Chargin’ Chucks

Chargin’ Chucks character artwork
Athletic enemies · Dinosaur Land

Chargin’ Chucks adapt sporting actions into platforming hazards. Different variants run, jump, dig or throw objects, making them more varied than their shared appearance suggests.

  • Story: Their placement often guards a narrow path, a hidden route or an awkward landing. Learning the local variant matters more than memorising one response for the entire enemy family.
  • In the game: Pause long enough to identify the action pattern. Use the available power-up or a controlled series of attacks, and avoid being pushed into a pit while focusing only on dealing damage.

Story spoilers.

Super Mario World · Super Nintendo · 1990 · Original SNES game and its emulated releases. Controls use SNES button labels. Super Mario Advance 2 differences are outside this guide. · Picture: Chargin’ Chucks: Super Mario World original-era artwork.

From the game

Chargin’ Chuck
Chargin’ Chuck
Clappin’ Chuck
Clappin’ Chuck
Pitchin’ Chuck
Pitchin’ Chuck
Puntin’ Chuck
Puntin’ Chuck
Diggin’ Chuck
Diggin’ Chuck

Pictures drawn from the Super Mario World (SNES) game data: sprites are assembled from their tiles the way the game draws them, in the palette of a level they appear in; blocks, coins and berries are built from their 16×16 level-tile definitions with the animated tiles in place; maps show the overworld’s terrain layer (the level tiles and paths on its other layer are not in the asset export). Animation timing is approximate.

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