King Kaliente

King Kaliente is a giant octopus that appeared as a boss from the Good Egg Galaxy and Bowser Jr.'s Lava Reactor in Super Mario Galaxy. He also appeared as the fifth boss of Volcano Mountain in Magma Lagoon in Super Mario Bros: Warriors of the Mushroom Kingdom.

Appearance and Biology.

King Kaliente is best described as a giant octopus. Unlike most octopodes, he resembles a real-life octopus due to his long tentacles and suckers, just like a real octopus's tentacles. His skin is orange and his eyes are blue. He has a crown on his head, a small red cape tied around his neck with a jewelled brooch, and a white mustache above his nozzle-like mouth. A small antenna topped with a red orb emerges from the top of his head, just barely visible above his crown.

Strategy.

Once Mario enters the fight, he stands on a circular-shaped entity made of rock and there is a solely of lava in the middle with a volcano in the background. When Mario steps onto the entity, King Kaliente emerges from the lava pool and shakes his head, angered that Mario has awakened him, beginning the battle. He will first spit out three fireballs, followed by a coconut. Mario must use his sword to whack the coconut back at him, then the coconut will bonk the king's head throwing it back at Mario. If Mario whacks it at him three times without the coconut flying past him, he will knock the king's crown off. If it is missed, the attack pattern will repeat until Mario is successful.

King Kaliente will get very angry after his crown falls and sinks into the lava, and unleashes a big roar of wind, blowing the lava around and sprouting small Lava Bubbles that will bounce on the lava or on the ground toward Mario for the rest of the battle. If they touch Mario, they will burn him and cause him to lose up to twenty third HP. King Kaliente will also spawn some Pyroctopi when he gets angry. The Pyroctopi will shoot fireballs at Mario one at a time, and when they hit, it will burn Mario and cause him to lose up to fifty seven HP.

Again, the king must be hit three more times in a row with a coconut. If this is pullled off, King Kaliente will be knocked out and will collapse back into the lava pool.