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Buzzy Beetles are very important to the Mario series. We're the first enemies immune to fireballs. While that might not be as important as, say, being immune to being jumped on, it's still an important first. Also, in RPGs, we're nice for having a shelled enemy with varied stats and strengths, with more Defense and Attack than a Koopa, but less HP. Spinies also work, but in RPGs, nearly every spiny is thrown by a Lakitu instead of just found walking along.

In my opinion (slightly biased), the importance of Mario enemies (from the first 3 games) would be:

Koopa (for being the same species of Bowser, who is very important to the games)
Goomba (low-level, simple enemies (not to offend anyone))
Spiny (immune to jumps)
Buzzy Beetle (immune to fire)
Shy Guy (various types)
Cheep Cheep (underwater enemy)
Hammer Bro (unique attack pattern)
Lakitu (unique attack pattern)
Boo (attacking while you look away, being a ghost)
Thwomp (nice platforming addition)
Piranha Plant (It's a Plant)
Blooper (unique attack pattern)
Bullet Bill (not too different from a Goomba)

Etc.



Like I have pointed out before, Buzzy Beetles are very important to the Mario series. However, we don't get the attention we deserve. (I'll admit the Paper Marios were pretty good at giving us the right amount of attention) We play nearly no role at all in Mario Parties and Sports (we were in that one ice minigame in MP8 and..........that's about it). However, Boo's been playable in Mario Parties for a while, Dry Bones and Birdo are playable in MP7, and Hammer Bro is playable in MP8, along with Blooper (who is very unimportant IMO), Koopas, Goombas, and Shy Guys run stores, are in crowds, in the background, etc. in Mario Parties. (Shy Guys didn't do as much of that as Koopas and Goombas, but still did it a lot). Birdo is playable in a lot of Mario sports games.

I'll finish up later, but you see my point.

EDIT: Lakitu hosts many Mario Kart games, Shy Guys and WIGGLERS were playable in Mario Power Tennis, yet still no Buzzy Beetles. Mario Kart games have Koopa and Paratroopa playable, and Mario Hoops 3-on-3 has Fly Guys and Paratroopas playable, but again, no Buzzy Beetles. There is a King Boo, Goomba, and Koopa, there is Petey Piranha, there is General Guy, that Giant Whomp in SM64 along with a Big Bully, yet no King Buzzy Beetle or Giant Buzzy Beetle or anything like that. In RPGs, we see bosses that are giant versions or king versions of normal enemies, like the ones I mentioned before, along with Lava and Naval Piranha and those huge versions of generic enemies in YI and YIDS. Shy Guys had their own chapter in PM, and Koopas oftenetimes have World 8 to themselves, with a few exceptions like SPM.

[Empy]

Nintendo is full of closet racists.

[Myst]

The reason they aren't playable in mario party is because they can't stand up on two legs.

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[M.C BallyHoo]

Buzzy beetle FTW