Spindrift

Spindrifts, also named Flower Heads, are an enemy in Super Mario 64 and its remake Super Mario 64 DS.
==Profile==
===Physical description===
Spindrifts are snow flower-like creatures. They have a spinning flower on their head that allows them to hover around, and the spinning flower has pink petals. At the bottom of a Spindrift's head is a yellow cone, and a green, leaf-like cape tops the first half of it. A Spindrift's head is just a white sphere with two eyes and a small mouth.
In the remake, a Spindrift's head has a peach-yellow color, the flower on its head is somewhat bigger, its mouth and eyes are smaller, and a Spindrift's mouth is black instead of red. It also has eyelashes, giving it a feminine appearance.
===Behavior===
Spindrifts bounce anyone who jumps on their head into the air. Afterward, that character will float down while spinning. Spindrifts can be defeated with basically any other attack, they release 5 Coins upon defeat.
In the remake, Yoshi can swallow a Spindrift to transform it into an egg and from there, he can toss it at nearby enemies dropping 5 coins for any enemies hit within the egg's ricocheting radius. This strategy is really useful for obtaining those 100-Coin Stars. Spindrifts have the added ability of hovering above water.
==In Super Mario 64 / Super Mario 64 DS==
Spindrifts are encountered in two courses, Cool, Cool Mountain and Snowman's Land. In the latter course, many Spindrifts are encountered inside of the igloo, and the Japanese and Korean names for the mission Into the Igloo even suggest it to be the home of the Spindrifts.
==Trivia==
*Their design is similar to a Floralian from Kirby: Triple Deluxe , but this is most likely a coincidence.
*In Super Mario Odyssey, Torkdrift somewhat resembles a Spindrift, despite him being a robot.
*Spindrifts were originally planned to appear in New Super Mario Bros.. It can be assumed that they were scrapped in favor of the Spin Block, an object that twirls Mario or Luigi into the air, albeit a lot higher than what a Spindrift can do.
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Category:Enemies in Super Mario 64
Category:Enemies in Super Mario 64 DS
Category:Enemies in Super Mario 3D All-Stars