Changes: Tatori

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Tatori is a tortoise-like creature found in a large room in Maridia.

Description

The Tatori is one of the most heavily armored creatures on Zebes. It has a large shell protecting its body, save for the legs, neck, and tail.

The Tatori can retract its limbs and spin rapidly, allowing it to "jump" high in the air. Samus can safely stand on its back and ride the Tatori to acquire an Energy Tank up higher on a Grapple Point and a Missile Expansion hidden in a wall.

Tatori, Jr. are also found in Maridia, and are the offspring of the Tatori. Normally, the Tatori will not attack Samus, but should she touch one of its offspring, Samus will be attacked by the spinning Tatori ramming into her.

Tatori have not appeared since Super Metroid. It can be assumed that they had gone extinct when Zebes exploded.

Official data

Super Metroid Nintendo Player's Guide

Enemy Data								Description
Color	HP	ATK	E	BE	M	SM	PB	Maridia. Invincible. It tries to slam into you. You can ride on it.
Normal	-	200	-	-	-	-	-

Information

Trivia

It is referred to as Kame in the game's code, which is simply the Japanese word for turtle (カメ^?).
The Tatori's ability to jump while spinning its shell may possibly be a reference to the Japanese kaiju Gamera.

Gallery

Aquatic organisms
Tallon IV	Aqua Reaper • Aqua Sac • Chomper Fish • Fish • Jelzap • Tangle Weed • Tallon Crab
Aether	Blogg • Bloggling • Alpha Blogg • Fish • Brizgee • Dark Blogg • Grenchler • Hydling • Krocuss • Phlogus
Dark Aether	Chykka • Dark Blogg • Dark Grenchler • Dark Phlogus • Dark Shredder • Flying Ing Cache • Venom Weed • Watchdrone
Zebes	Botwoon • Bull • Cacatac • Choot • Draygon • Evir • Gadora • Gamet • Oum • Owtch • Powamp • Puyo • Sciser • Skultera • Tatori • Tatori, Jr. • Yapping Maw • Yard • Zoa
BOTTLE SHIP	Fish • Skultera
BSL	Aqua Zebesian • Evir • Gadora • Owtch • Powamp • Sciser • Serris • Skultera • Yard

Helpful/harmless organisms
Tallon IV	Glider
SR388	Baby • Flitt • Proboscum • Septogg
Zebes	Dachora • Etecoon • Powamp • Shaktool • Suspensor platform • Tatori • Tatori, Jr. • Tripper
BOTTLE SHIP	Pow • Wadge • Zuru

Indestructible Creatures
Non-hostile	Aurora Unit 217 • Baby • Dachora • Databot • Etecoon • Fleet Admiral Castor Dane • Fleet Mechanic • Pow • Septogg • Tatori • Tatori, Jr. • U-Mos Training Drone • Watchdrone • Work Robot
Hostiles	Aazelion • Airthorn • Autom • Big Metroid • Cannon • GMX-04 Halberd-class turret (if provoked) • Polyp • Proboscum Puromi • Ring Beam Unit • Ripper II • Samus Eater (Bud) • Seed platform • Unfreezable Metroid • ZipNMEBomber
Misc.	Bloatsac • Blueroot Tree (Dark) • Butterfly • Chomper Fish • Durable plantform • Fish • Fungus • Glow Stem • Great Tree Massive tentacle • Moth • Parasitic fungus • Protozoan • RedGrass • Sandgrass • Sbug • Scarp • Scatterbug • Tallon fern • Mantha

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 |location = [[Maridia]]
 |homeworld = [[Zebes]]
-|attacks = Passive creature; spinning shell can cause minor damage
+|behavior = Passive creature, only aggressive when protecting [[Tatori, Jr.]]
+|attacks = Spinning shell
 |weakness = None; invulnerable to all weaponry
 }}
+'''Tatori''' is a tortoise-like creature found in a large [[Tatori's room|room]] in [[Maridia]].
-'''Tatori''' is a tortoise-like creature found in [[Maridia]], and is one of the most heavily armored creatures on [[Zebes]]. It has a large shell protecting its body, save for the legs, neck, and tail. It is referred to as '''Kame''' in the game's code, which is simply the Japanese word for turtle.
+==Description==
-The Tatori can retract its limbs and spin rapidly, allowing it to "jump" (possibly a reference to the Japanese ''kaiju'' Gamera). Samus can ride on its back to acquire an [[Energy Tank]] up higher on a [[Grapple Point]], and a [[Missile Expansion]] hidden in a wall.
+The Tatori is one of the most heavily armored creatures on [[Zebes]]. It has a large shell protecting its body, save for the legs, neck, and tail.
+The Tatori can retract its limbs and spin rapidly, allowing it to "jump" high in the air. Samus can safely stand on its back and ride the Tatori to acquire an [[Energy Tank]] up higher on a [[Grapple Point]] and a [[Missile Expansion]] hidden in a wall.
-[[Tatori, Jr.]] are also found in Maridia, and are the offspring of the Tatori. Normally the Tatori will not attack Samus, but should she attack one of its offspring Samus will be attacked by the spinning Tatori.
-''[[Super Metroid Nintendo Player's Guide]]'' states: ''"Invincible. It tries to slam into you. You can ride on it."'' This is slightly incorrect as the Tatori will only attack Samus if she touches any of the Tatori infants. It describes the Tatori as a "hard-shelled flier" on page 102.
+[[Tatori, Jr.]] are also found in Maridia, and are the offspring of the Tatori. Normally, the Tatori will not attack Samus, but should she touch one of its offspring, Samus will be attacked by the spinning Tatori ramming into her.
 Tatori have not appeared since ''[[Super Metroid]]''. It can be assumed that they had gone extinct when [[Zebes]] exploded.
 ==Official data==
-[[File:Tatori and Tatori Jr..png|thumb]]
 ===''[[Super Metroid Nintendo Player's Guide]]''===
 {{SM enemy|desc = Maridia. Invincible. It tries to slam into you. You can ride on it.|HP_normal = -|ATK_normal = 200|E_normal = -|BE_normal = -|M_normal = -|SM_normal = -|PB_normal = -}}
 <!--The information previously stated here is also on the main Tatori, Jr. article, making it pointless to include it here.-->
+==Trivia==
+*It is referred to as '''Kame''' in the game's code, which is simply the Japanese word for {{nihongo|turtle|カメ}}.
+*The Tatori's ability to jump while spinning its shell may possibly be a reference to the Japanese kaiju Gamera.
+==Gallery==
+<gallery>
+Tatori and Tatori Jr..png|Samus using Tatori as a platform
+</gallery>
 {{Aquatic}}