Some gaming esoterica here, I know they were in 3D World, but it didn't click until a recent replay of SMW.
If you see the bottom sprite, those were called Goombas in SMW. As a kid, I thought, wow, what a crazy redesign. They lost their mushroom shape but you could grab and kick them. No more satisfying squish. I just thought it was redesign. The koopas also got a big redesign in SMW. They were bipedal and came out of their shells. SoI thought it was just an evolution of classic Mario enemies in the 16 bit era.
if you beat the game, they're called Goombas in the enemy staff roll.
However, I just noticed that these were in later Mario games with Goombas and were renamed to Galoombas. Personally, I wished these things would've stayed the default goomba.
However, doing some quick research looks like they were a different enemy all along. If you look at the Japanese, back in the SMW days, they were called Kuribon. While Goombas are called Kuribō. So looks like Nintendo might have fixed a localization error.
If you see the bottom sprite, those were called Goombas in SMW. As a kid, I thought, wow, what a crazy redesign. They lost their mushroom shape but you could grab and kick them. No more satisfying squish. I just thought it was redesign. The koopas also got a big redesign in SMW. They were bipedal and came out of their shells. SoI thought it was just an evolution of classic Mario enemies in the 16 bit era.
if you beat the game, they're called Goombas in the enemy staff roll.
![galoomba-super-mario-world.gif](https://media.tenor.com/rbuzk4ROpzYAAAAC/galoomba-super-mario-world.gif)
However, I just noticed that these were in later Mario games with Goombas and were renamed to Galoombas. Personally, I wished these things would've stayed the default goomba.
![Mario_3D_Galoomba.jpg](https://www.gamerguides.com/assets/media/17/69/Mario_3D_Galoomba.jpg)
However, doing some quick research looks like they were a different enemy all along. If you look at the Japanese, back in the SMW days, they were called Kuribon. While Goombas are called Kuribō. So looks like Nintendo might have fixed a localization error.