Where to find shy guys

Like other species in the universe of Mario, Shy Guys come in all types and colors including even the simple black and white. While the Black Shy Guys are immensely sinister, appearing like specters in the night, the White Shy Guys are actually friendly non-enemy characters, with one of the White Shy Guys being friends with Yoshi.

However, this variation looks oddly like a supremacist group from American's storied history. Am I looking too much into this innocent tidbit? Probably, but that's what the internet is for. You're welcome — you can never enjoy a white Shy Guy ever again. Where exactly is the original of the Shy Guy race? No one, but the creators will ever no. Yet, for some reason, there are a group of Shy Guys who appear to be from Mexico. Interestingly, these variants of Shy Guys actually don't have official names, but merely just conjectural, fan-given ones.

Together, they make up the Mariachi Guys. Aside from a future ancestry test, let's just agree that some of the Shy Guys are indeed Mexican. Though it is obvious that each Shy Guy wears a mask to hide his face, no one really knows what exactly lies beneath their odd-looking disguises.

One of the times where this is addressed is on Nintendo Gamecube's Mario Power Tennis , where a clumsy Shy Guy ends up falling over, having his mask fly off. While gamers only could see the back of the Shy Guy and Luigi's astonished response, fans were left in the dark, yet again.

What does it look like? Well, it's pretty much a void. Good luck trying to process that. As a mainstay in the Mario universe, Shy Guy's first appearance wasn't even for any Super Mario title. The original game was an Arabian-based tale, but also featured the Shy Guys on the cover art, including of the characters in the midst of hoisting a Shy Guy over his head and several other unfortunate Shy Guys getting the brunt of the hero's aggression. Also on the cover art are early incarnations of Bowser and Birdo.

It's crazy to see the now infamous enemies' humble origins. Localization of various Mario titles often have different names for characters, but the name of Shy Guy has remained rather consistent. Still, as an English native speaker, the French name for Shy Guy is more than hilarious, maybe even a little wrong.

Hopefully, since TheGamer is based in Canada, the French-speaking part, I won't get criticized too much for this little entry. There are a lot of puns and wordplay in the Japanese language. Indeed, even the naming of characters for video games can be arenas for fun for witty game designers in Japan. Named Shy Guy in the English-speaking market, the original name in Japan for this masked character is Hei-ho, or a pun on hohei, which means foot soldier in Japanese as well as sounding like the Seven Dwarves while going mining.

The early artworks of the Shy Guy character resembled that of the Super Mario Bros 2 enemy Shanto, a masked phantom that appears to be possessed by an evil spirit or essentially an evil spirit itself.

Unlike the Phanto, the final design of the Shy Guy doesn't instill fear and trauma among youthful gamers of the classic Super Mario title. Not only that, the cartoon featured the Shy Guys as tall, human-like entities who are more than creepy. While some fans speculate that Shy Guys are specters or ghosts hiding underneath those masks and hooded garments, the presence of the Boo Guy in Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island puts that idea to rest. Indeed, the Boo Guy is the dead incarnation of the very clumsy, and often useless Shy Guy.

People in a guy's age group may not even really "date" in the classic sense at all, but he wouldn't know it because that's what people do in the movies and on TV. They may wonder things like: "How exactly do you ask a woman out? Continuing on the theme of having an over-romanticized view of dating: When a shy, inexperienced guy finds a woman he likes, his thoughts often aren't, "She seems fun. Maybe we can hang out a few times and see where it goes. She's my dream girl.

I just want to cuddle her by the ocean for hours as we watch the shooting stars above. Boy, better not screw that one up. Since they don't try to create their own options, whenever a half-decent woman comes into the life of a shy guy through school, work, or his social circle, his mind immediately leaps to, "Could this be the one??? Is this the woman I'll end my streak of loneliness with?

They'll quickly get infatuated and preoccupied, constantly wondering if it's going to all work out with her. What's weird is, objectively these women often aren't even that appealing to the shy guy, or he obviously wouldn't be her type.

However, because they have so few options, and are so desperate to meet someone, any minimally friendly woman they meet instantly becomes a possibility.

They almost have to like these women, what other choice do they have? If it later seems like things won't work out - which is likely since he's just invested a throwaway casual interaction with too much meaning - he'll get demoralized.

But it won't be long before he's fixated on a new person. I think women should be aware that just by being friendly, even in the most offhand way, to a shyer guy, he may start seeing you as a prospect. He may even get a semi-obsessive crush on you. It's not that you sent him any signals, just that any woman he comes across offers a chance to end his Forever Alone status and his mind reacts to this a little too excitedly and desperately.

Most of this article has described a sweet, naive flavor of shy guy, but I had to cover this darker point too. Not every man who's shy and inexperienced with women eventually becomes a hateful misogynist.

Some are well-adjusted, healthy people, aside from their nerves around dating. Some stay wholesome and innocent in their attitude about relationships.

But a few can go down an angrier road after feeling like they've failed in their love lives for too long. Some common themes in their anger: "Women have it way easier in the dating world. That's opposed to shy dudes who have flown under the radar, or even had plenty of interest and opportunities they just didn't have the guts to act on. Of course, it's not just inexperienced, awkward men who can become bitter sexists.

Guys who sleep around a lot aren't exactly known for their enlightened attitudes toward women. You can't always tell, but often if you talk to a shy guy long enough you'll be able to tell if he's of the resentful variety.

He may have a slightly hostile vibe, or it won't be long before he makes a questionable chauvanistic remark. You've probably lost any interest you might have had at this point. If you're speaking with a man and your gut tells you he's a decent person, but just hasn't dated much, it's often right.

Here's what I think they are, maybe you can figure out some other ones: If you want to get to know a shy guy, it may be easier to talk to him yourself. If he seems awkward, be persistent and try talking to him again a few more times. If you seemed to hit it off with a guy, but now he's acting strange and hesitant to talk to you, he may be shy or it could be for any of the other reasons two people seem to hit it off but then one doesn't follow up on it If a guy is nervous or insecure around you for whatever reason, just cut him some slack, don't draw attention to it, and he'll calm down eventually.

Even though you may be sending obvious hints, and even if he does understand them, you can't necessarily count on him to ask you out or kiss you himself. It may be easier for all involved if you make the first move. Don't expect a shyer guy to necessarily get concepts like, "We just hung out twice, and fooled around once, that doesn't mean we're a couple now.

If you think a guy you like is inexperienced then do him a favor and do nothing whatsoever to draw attention to it. Don't give him an opportunity to get all freaked out and insecure over what a supposed pathetic virgin he is. If you think a guy is inexperienced, you may want to take the same approach to your own past experiences.

Just don't bring them up and potentially give him something to worry about. Sure, after you've messed around a bit and he's more relaxed and comfortable with himself you can bring up your ex-boyfriends or what you like in bed, but before that it's probably better to take a "If he doesn't know about it, it won't bother him" approach. That's all I've got.

I hope this article helps you hook up with that cute, quiet, quirky guy you've got your eye on. And of course I hope this article indirectly makes life easier out there for all the shy dudes out there too. This originally wasn't part of the article, but I decided to add it after several women wrote to me asking for help with a shy guy they were interested in getting to know.

Overall their situation was that things seemed like they were heading in a promising direction, but then he starting avoiding contact with her, and she's not sure why he's acting that way or what she can do to salvage things.

The little details of each story vary: Sometimes it's obvious the guy is shy, while at other times he's harder to read and she's wondering if shyness explains his behavior. Usually the promising first contact is that she sees the guy around in her day-to-day life - at work, on the bus, at her usual coffee shop, at the gym, etc.

She's either briefly chatted to him on a handful of occasions, or they've just locked eyes a few times. She gets the sense he's interested. He seems happy to see her, but also gets flustered and tongue-tied in her presence.

The second type of promising initial contact is they've been on a date or two. Things seem to be going well, and he comes across as interested, but also nervous. He may have had a giant green light to make a physical move but didn't take it. If she sees him as she gets on the bus he quickly looks away. If she tries to chat to him by the elevator at work he gets uncomfortable and quickly ends the conversation.

If they've gone on a few dates, he stops responding to her texts and calls. The hard part of figuring all this out is that while shy guys as a whole have certain tendencies, it's impossible to tell what any one of them is thinking in a particular situation.

Any of these explanations could fit: He's interested in you, but too shy to make the first move. He's interested in you, but decided he's blown it e. She must think I'm a huge creep", "I wimped out of kissing her at the end of the second date. Why am I so spineless? No woman likes guys like that. He's interested, and was fairly calm the first few times you saw him, but now he's feeling the pressure and it's made him too nervous to take it any further.

He's shy, was interested at first, but changed his mind. His shyness is causing him to act weird around you. He's not able to let you down in a polite, straightforward way. He's not shy, was interested at first, but changed his mind. His behavior isn't due to shyness. It's just the standard insensitive tactic of ignoring someone you're not into until they move on.

If a player hits one of the different-colored Shy Guys, the player spins out and slows down as if they hit a Banana. The Shy Guys do not stop, however. Shy Guy makes his proper debut as a playable character in Mario Kart 7. Unlike in Mario Kart DS , he can be used without using download play, but it can also be played through download play if other players do not have Mario Kart 7. However, players who use download play are only restricted to the standard parts, while players with Mario Kart 7 are restricted to using only his red color if they choose him.

He can be unlocked for use in other modes by getting a gold trophy in the cc Shell Cup. He is a Feather class racer, with acceleration and Off-road being his best stats. Unlike in Mario Kart DS , where the Shy Guy colors are given randomly to each player with download play, in Mario Kart 7 , they are given in a fixed player order from player 2 to player 8: blue, yellow, green, light blue, pink, black, and white , all of which can be found here.

Here, Shy Guys of various colors can be seen mining on various parts of the track; they can also be found mining when entering the mines portion of the course Wii Wario's Gold Mine. Shy Guys are also visible watching both on the sidelines and in stands on various courses. Beating this ghost unlocks a stamp depicting a Shy Guy mining a crystal. Finally, although the default Shy Guy is colored red, its standard vehicles are colored black, which also applies to its Pipe Frame and Circuit Special.

Shy Guys return in Mario Kart 8 Deluxe reprising the same role as in Mario Kart 8 , though the eight color variants of Shy Guy are now included within the base game.