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Goomba

Goombas (/ˈɡuːmbə/), known in Japan as Kuribō, and originally Little Goomba, are a fictional species and enemy from Nintendo's Mario franchise. They first appeared in the NES video game Super Mario Bros. as the first enemy players encounter, part of Bowser's army. There are multiple variants of Goombas, including Paragoombas and Cat Goombas, as well as…

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Genre
Platform game
First appearance
Super Mario Bros. (1985)
Leader
Bowser

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Goomba

Nodes80
Edges79
Triples128
Avg. degree1.98
Density0.025
Components1

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Goomba

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related to Appearances · 62
Goomba → After, Beanbean Kingdom, Bone Goombas, Both Goombario, Bowser, Bowser Jr, Bowser's Castle, Bowser's Minions, Brothership, Captain Boo, Captain Goomba, Captain Koopa Troopa, Captain Shy Guy, Cat Goombas, DS, Fawful, Fawful's, Galoomba, Glohm, Goomba King
related to Reception · 41
Goomba → An Entertainment Weekly, Bowser, Braid, Craig Harris, CraveOnline, Daniel Cook, Destructoid, Dustin Chadwell, Gamasutra, GameDaily, Gaming Age, Goombas, Hal Hinson, IGN, In, Is, It, Jesse Schedeen, Joey Davidson, King Koopa
related to Concept and creation · 13
Goomba → Due, Early, Goomba's, Goombas, In, It, Koopa Troopa, Koopa Troopas, Mario, Super Mario Bros, Super Mushroom, The, They
related to Etymology · 9
Goomba → Also, Goombah, Goombas, Hungarian, In Japanese, Italian American, Kuribō, Neapolitan, The
First appearance · 1
Goomba → Super Mario Bros. (1985)
Genre · 1
Goomba → Platform game
Leader · 1
Goomba → Bowser

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SubjectPredicateObjectConfidenceSrc
GoombaFirst appearanceSuper Mario Bros. (1985)1.00infobox
GoombaGenrePlatform game1.00infobox
GoombaLeaderBowser1.00infobox
Goombarelated to AppearancesGoombas0.60section
Goombarelated to AppearancesSuper Mario Bros0.60section
Goombarelated to AppearancesIn0.60section
Goombarelated to AppearancesThey0.60section
Goombarelated to AppearancesOther0.60section
Goombarelated to AppearancesBone Goombas0.60section
Goombarelated to AppearancesCat Goombas0.60section
Goombarelated to AppearancesParagoombas0.60section
Goombarelated to AppearancesIn Super Mario Sunshine0.60section

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