Yoshi's Island Kaizo

Tap-Tap the Golden
SpeciesTap-Tap
First appearanceSuper Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island (1995)
Latest appearanceYoshi's New Island (2014)
Yoshi's New Island

Tap-Tap the Golden[1], as its name implies, is a large golden invincible Tap-Tap found in Door Three of Baby Bowser's castle in the game Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island. The screen slowly moves through a lava-filled cave as Tap-Tap the Golden chases after Yoshi. It can be hit into the bottomless pits, but it will only come back. Knocking it onto the edge of a platform will make it teeter as it tries to maintain its balance, but knocking it off of the screen is the best option, and several Fangs are around to supply Yoshi with eggs for repetition of this strategy. It is worth noting that Tap-Tap the Golden will actually jump over Yoshi if he gets too close, instead of attempting actual harm. The mini-boss is invincible in normal gameplay, but can be defeated through hacking him into a certain type of lava.[citation needed]

Different golden Tap-Taps, called Super Big Tap-Taps, appear in Yoshi's Island DS. They are much larger than Tap-Tap the Golden and attack Yoshi in a manner similar to Chomp Sharks.

Tap-Tap the Golden may be Tap-Tap the Red Nose resurrected, as the Nintendo Power Guide introduces it with 'Tap-Tap the Golden is back', though this is likely an error.

Tap-Tap the Golden reappears in Yoshi's New Island in Bowser's Castle Break-In. This time, Yoshi must throw eggs at him not merely to defend himself, but to get to keys located behind him. Instead of the large, open area full of platforms, it is found in a hall not much taller than it.

Names in other languages[edit]

LanguageNameMeaning
Japaneseビッグカチカチスペシャル[2]
Biggu Kachikachi Supesharu
Big Tap-Tap Special

Trivia[edit]

  • In the original SNES version of the game, the music that plays when being chased by Tap-Tap the Golden is 'Big Boss', whereas the GBA release uses 'Room Before the Boss' instead.

References[edit]

  1. ^Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island Nintendo Player's Guide. Page 128.
  2. ^「スーパーマリオアドバンス3任天堂公式ガイドブック」 (Super Mario Advance 3 Nintendo Kōshiki Guidebook), page 20.
Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island / Yoshi's Island: Super Mario Advance 3
CharactersYoshis • Baby Mario • Baby Luigi • Baby Bowser • Kamek • Stork • Poochy • Huffin Puffin • Melon Bug • Muddy Buddy • Roger Lift • Support Ghost
WorldsWelcome To Yoshi's Island • World 1 • World 2 • World 3 • World 4 • World 5 • World 6
ItemsRegular itemsBlue watermelon • Coin • Flower • Green watermelon • Key • Red Coin • Red watermelon • Star • Super Star • Yoshi's egg (Flashing Egg · Giant Egg · Red Egg · Yellow Egg)
Special Items10-Point Star • 20-Point Star • Anytime Egg • Anywhere POW • Magnifying Glass • Super Blue Watermelon • Super Green Watermelon • Super Red Watermelon • Winged Cloud Maker
Objects! Block • ! Switch • Arrow Cloud • Arrow Lift • Balloon • Beanstalk • Bubble • Bucket • Chomp Rock • Donut Lift • Dotted-Line Block • Egg Block • Egg-Plant • Expansion Block • Falling Rock • Flatbed Ferry • Flipper • Goal roulette • Green Shell • Ice Block • Icicle • Message Block • Middle Ring • Number Platform • Paddle wheel • Post • Pot • POW Block • Red Balloon • Red Shell • Rock Block • Snowball • Spinning Log • Spring ball • Squishy block • Tulip • Warp Pipe • Winged Cloud • Yoshi Block
BossesBurt the Bashful • Salvo the Slime • Bigger Boo • Roger the Potted Ghost • Prince Froggy • Naval Piranha • Marching Milde • Hookbill the Koopa • Sluggy the Unshaven • Raphael the Raven • Tap-Tap the Red Nose • Baby Bowser / Big Baby Bowser
Enemy classesEdibilis Boringus • Harrassimentia Phlyoverus • Projectilia Ritebakatchia • Ucantia Defeatus • Dudim Phreykunoutonthis • Mostosti Vomitonus
EnemiesAqua Lakitu • Bandit • Baron von Zeppelin • Baseball Boy • Barney Bubble • Beach Koopa • Big Boo • Blow Hard • Boo Balloon • Boo Blah • Boo • Boo Guy • Boo Man Bluff • Bouncing Bullet Bill • Bowling Goonie • Bubble Dayzee • Bullet Bill • Bumpty • Burt • Cactus Jack • Caged Ghost • Chain Chomp • Chain Gate • Chomp Shark • Clawdaddy • Cloud Drop • Coin Bandit • Crazee Dayzee • Dancing Spear Guy • Dangling Ghost • Dizzy Dandy • Dr. Freezegood • Eggo-Dil • Fang • Fat Guy • Fishin' Lakitu • Flamer Guy • Flightless Goonie • Flightless Skeleton Goonie • Flopsy Fish • Fly Guy • Flying Wiggler • Frog Pirate • Fuzzy • Gargantua Blargg • Georgette Jelly • Goomba • Goonie • Green Glove • Grim Leecher • Grinder • Grunt • Gusty • Harry Hedgehog • Hefty Goonie • Hootie the Blue Fish • Hot Lips • Incoming Chomp • Itsunomanika Heihō • Jean de Fillet • Kaboomba • Kamek • Koopa Troopa • Lakitu • Lantern Ghost • Lava Bubble • Lava Drop • Little Mouser • Little Skull Mouser • Loch Nestor • Lunge Fish • Mace Guy • Mace Penguin • Milde • Missile Bill* • Mock Up • Mufti Guy • Naval Bud • Needlenose • Nep-Enut • Nipper Plant • Nipper Spore • Para-Koopa • Piranha Plant • Piro Dangle • Piscatory Pete • Pokey • Potted Spiked Fun Guy • Preying Mantas • Puchipuchi L • Raven • Raven (chick) • Red Blargg • Relay Heihō • Sanbo Flower • Seedy Sally • Short Fuse • Shy-Guy • Shy-Guy on Stilts • Skeleton Goonie • Slime • Slime Drop • Slugger • Sluggy • Solo Toady • Spear Guy • Spiked Fun Guy • Spooky • Spray Fish • Stretch • Tap-Tap • Tap-Tap the Golden • Thunder Lakitu • Toady • Train Bandit • Wall Lakitu • Whirly Fly Guy • Wild Ptooie Piranha • Woozy Guy • Zeus Guy
ObstaclesBall 'N' Chain • Cannonball • Fire-Bar • Lava • Spike • Tekkyū Dosun • Thorn • Turtle Cannon
Mini BattlesGather Coins • Popping Balloons • Throwing Balloons • Watermelon Seed Spitting Contest
Bonus ChallengesFlip Cards • Scratch and Match • Drawing Lots • Match Cards • Roulette • Slot Machine
MiscellaneousYoshi's Island
Further infoGallery (SNES · GBA) • Glitches • Media • Pre-release and unused content • Staff (SNES · GBA) • Super Mario: Yoshi Island Original Sound Version
*Only in Yoshi's Island: Super Mario Advance 3
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Yoshi's New Island
ProtagonistsYoshis • Baby Mario • Baby Luigi • Stork
Supporting CharactersMario • Poochy
WorldsWorld 1 • World 2 • World 3 • World 4 • World 5 • World 6
Items and objects! Block • ! Switch • Arrow Lift • Blarggwich • Blue watermelon • Bucket • Checkpoint Ring • Chomp Rock • Coin • Conveyor Belt • Crate • Donut Block • Egg Block • Egg Medal • Egg-Plant • Expansion Block • Flatbed Ferry • Flipper • Flutter Wings • Goal Ring • Green watermelon • Hidden Coin • Item Balloon • Key • Mega Eggdozer • Message Block • Metal Eggdozer • Number Platform • Paddle wheel • Post • Red Coin • Red watermelon • Red Yoshi Star • Smiley Flower • Spring Ball • Star • Tulip • Warp Pipe • Whirly Gate • Winged Cloud • Yoshi egg • Yoshi Star
BossesKamek • Big Beanie • Count Fang • King Clawdaddy • Furious Fred de Fillet • Punkey the Pokey Prince • Baby Bowser / Mega Baby Bowser • Bowser / Mega Bowser
EnemiesBandit • Bill Blaster • Blooper • Blow Hard • Boo • Boo Blah • Boo Guy • Bouncing Bullet Bill • Bowling Goonie • Bubble Dayzee • Bullet Bill • Bumpty • Caged Ghost • Cheep Cheep • Chomp Shark • Clawdaddy • Cloud Drop • Coin Bandit • Crazee Dayzee • Dancing Spear Guy • Dangling Ghost • Deep Cheep • Dizzy Dandy • Door Heihō • Dr. Freezegood • Eggo-Dil • Fake Yoshi • Fang • Fire Wanwan Dosun • Fishin' Lakitu • Flightless Goonie • Flightless Skeleton Goonie • Flutter • Fly Guy • Gargantua Blargg • Goomba • Goonie • Grim Leecher • Grunt • Gusty • Harry Hedgehog • Hefty Goonie • Hootie the Blue Fish • Hot Lips • Itsunomanika Heihō • Jean de Fillet • Kaboomba • Koopa Paratroopa • Koopa Troopa • Lakitu • Lantern Ghost • Lava Drop • Little Mouser • Little Skull Mouser • Loch Nestor • Lunge Fish • Mace Guy • Mame-san • Mega Guy • Mega Kantera • Metal Guy • Milde • Needlenose • Nep-Enut • Nipper Plant • Nipper Spore • Petal Guy • Piranha Plant • Piro Dangle • Pokey • Preying Mantas • Puchipuchi L • Pyro Guy • Raphael the Raven • Raven • Raven (chick) • Red Blargg • Relay Heihō • Sanbo Flower • Seedy Sally • Short Fuse • Shy Guy • Skeleton Goonie • Slime • Slime Drop • Solo Toady • Snifit • Spear Guy • Spray Fish • Stilt Guy • Tap-Tap • Tap-Tap the Golden • Tetu Kantera • Thunder Lakitu • Toady • Tree Heihō • Ukiki • Wall Lakitu • Whirly Fly Guy • Woozy Guy • Zeus Guy
MinigamesGround-Pound Pop • Tulip Toss • Flutter Fortune • Enemy Eat-Off • Eggy Pop • Flutter Finish
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