Editing Tatanga

{{Character
|image=[[Image:Tatanga.jpg|150px]]
|caption=Tatanga aboard his Pagosu in [[Super Mario Land]].
|bgcolor=#000066
|fgcolor=#FFFFFF
|name=Tatanga
|species=Unidentified Alien Species
|debut=[[Super Mario Land]]
|}}

Tatanga is a mysterious alien villain who first appeared as the main villain of [[Super Mario Land]]. After a second, smaller appearance in [[Super Mario Land 2: 6 Golden Coins]], he has been MIA from the Mario games.

=Background=

===Super Mario Land===

A huge dark cloud appeared over the skies of the peaceful land of [[Sarasaland]] one day. The cloud cracked open and the space alien, Tatanga emerged with the intent of conquest. Nothing is known of Tatanga's past, nor is much known about him in general. What is known is that he is from space, and he conquered the four Kingdoms of Sarasaland: The Birabuto, Muda, Easton, and Chai Kingdoms. Tatanga took control of these lands by hypnotizing the populace, being able to control them to do as he pleased. To make matters worse, he kidnapped the princess of Sarasaland, [[Princess Daisy|Daisy]] and wanted to make her his queen. Mario recaptured each of the four kingdoms of Sarasaland and rescued Daisy from Tatanga.

===Super Mario Land 2===

Mario's second encounter with Tatanga was in the [[Space Zone]] in Super Mario Land 2. Tatanga had a much smaller vehicle, which shot energy beams of some kind. Tatanga also used his machine to swoop down and ram into Mario. After defeating Tatanga, Mario gained the Space Zone Coin. 

=Battle Strategy=

Tatanga does not fight hand-to-hand. He has two lines of defense, which Mario makes short work of with the [[Sky Pop]]. Tatanga's first line of defense is a cloud barrier known as [[Brokinton]], which conceals a [[Chicken]] dispenser. Once Brokinton is destroyed Tatanga uses his war robot/ship, called the Pagosu, to send a barrage of missiles at incoming targets. This two-tiered line of defense, however, was no match for Mario.

=Trivia=

*While some Americans doubt the authenticity of the claim that Tatanga is the actual boss of the Space Zone in Super Mario Land 2, it is confirmed on NCL's website for the game (as well as the Super Mario-Kun manga) that the two characters are one in the same.
*Tatanga is mentioned in the descriptions of Daisy's trophy in [[Super Smash Bros. Melee]] and her bio in [[Mario Superstar Baseball]].
*The Super Mario Land game manual refers to him as "Tatanga the Mysterious Spaceman"