Tap-Tap the Red Nose is the mid-boss of World 6 in Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island. He was originally an ordinary Tap-Tap until Kamek cast a spell on him to make him grow gigantic. He attacks by jumping onto Yellow Yoshi, trying to hit him with his spiky body. In the room where the battle takes place, the floor is made up of rectangular blocks, which can be destroyed by throwing eggs at them. Since Tap-Tap the Red Nose is invincible to all of Yoshi's attacks, Yoshi has to defeat him by creating a gap in the floor and pushing Tap-Tap the Red Nose until he falls into the lava below.

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• Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island artwork

• Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island sprite

• Yoshi's Island DS cameo

• Artwork used for a puzzle based on Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island

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• Tap-Tap the Red Nose may be a pun on Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer.
• While the Player's Guide for the GBA version implies that Tap-Tap the Golden is a resurrected Tap-Tap the Red Nose,^[1] the Player's Guide for the SNES version suggests otherwise,^[2] albeit by erroneously stating that Tap-Tap the Golden is located 'beneath Red Nose's Fort.'
• Tap-Tap the Red Nose is the only boss that Yoshi does not meet by entering a boss door.
• Tap-Tap's battle arena is similarly structured to Breakout, seeing as Yoshi has to break certain parts of the floor with eggs to knock him into the lava.
• After finishing being imbued with Kamek's magic and before he starts to enlarge, Tap-Tap the Red Nose is briefly shown as a normal Tap-Tap with a unique blueish palette. Due to the short amount of time between these and how he is constantly moving during it, it can be difficult to see.

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