Sidesteppers

Sidesteppers are crab-like creatures that first appeared in the game, Mario Bros. They appear in Brawl on the Mario Bros. stage as hazards and potential weapons. They emerge from the pipes on the upper portion of the stage and move from one side to the other. Unlike the players' characters, who will be KO'd if they walk too far off the stage, the Sidesteppers reappear on the other side of the screen and continue moving. If one is on a platform above the player, s/he can jump up to hit the platform and flip the Sidestepper over. One can also hit the POW Block in the middle of the stage to knock all Sidesteppers and Shellcreepers over. The fallen Sidesteppers can be picked up and thrown like an item to propel the other players sideways with considerable knockback. This is the primary method of scoring KO's on this stage. If you do not interact with an upside-down Sidestepper for a certain amount of time, it will jump back on its feet, change color, and move even faster. Sidesteppers also appear in the Mario Kart series as obstacles in certain 8-bit themed courses.

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Crabby enemies taken on by Mario and Luigi. One bump from below wouldn't flip them over, but rather anger them so they moved faster. These pests had to be bumped twice before they could be upended and kicked off the stage. If left alone after being turned upside down, or if there was one left, their speed would increase. They went by the basic name of "crabs" in Japan.

• Mario Bros. (1983)
• Super Mario Advance (2001)

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