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search  Goombas are an enemy in the Mario series. They are short
brown mushroom shaped enemies that are easily killed by jumping
on their head. They appear in almost every Mario game.  Concept
and creation[change | edit source]  Goombas first appeared in
the video game Super Mario Bros., and was the last enemy put
into the game. People stated that the Koopa Troopa was too hard
an enemy, so the designers decided to introduce the Goomba as a
basic enemy. When they decided to do this, however, they had
very little space left in the game. They used a single picture
twice to make people think the Goombas are walking, rotating it
back and forth, causing it to look lopsided as it walks and
giving the motion the appearance of a trot. The Goomba's
resemblance to the Super Mushroom forced designers to change
what the Super Mushroom does and what it looks like. They used
the Goomba's ability to be jumped on and defeated to teach
players how to deal with enemies