List of Horses in Steel Ball Run
This article contains a list of horses featured in Steel Ball Run.
Game Debut: All-Star Battle
Namesake: Ride of the Valkyries (Richard Wagner composition)
Valkyrie (ヴァルキリー, Varukirī) is a 4-year-old stock horse with Australian roots and the horse that Gyro Zeppeli rides in the Steel Ball Run race. Gyro specifically chose the horse for its stamina and durability. As noted by Diego Brando, Valkyrie has a quirk where it sways suddenly to its left for every eight breaths it takes.[1]
After the race is over, Johnny brings the horse back to Naples.
Valkyrie makes an appearance in All-Star Battle (PS3) and Eyes of Heaven as a technical playable character through Gyro.
Game Debut: All-Star Battle
Namesake: Slow Dancer (Boz Scaggs song/album)
Slow Dancer (スロー・ダンサー, Surō Dansā) is an 11-year-old appaloosa and the horse that Johnny Joestar rides. Initially, it proves difficult to tame, but by the start of the race, it manages to warm up to Johnny and hoists Johnny onto the saddle by hoisting him and causing him to roll along its neck. Though Slow Dancer is old, it does not lack in stamina, and Gyro states that choosing the old horse is better due to the horse's experience, as opposed to the younger horses that hold much power but charge into danger without an afterthought.[2]
During a flashback in JoJolion, Johnny and Rina Higashikata can be seen riding a horse that appears to be Slow Dancer, although it isn't explicitly stated.[3]
Slow Dancer makes an appearance in All-Star Battle (PS3) and Eyes of Heaven as a technical playable character through Johnny.
Game Debut: Eyes of Heaven
Namesake: Silver Bullet Band (backing band of Bob Seger)
Silver Bullet (シルバーバレット, Shirubā Baretto) is a 4-year-old Arab thoroughbred and the horse that Diego Brando rides.[4] It has a pale star-shaped mark on its forehead. Silver Bullet was last seen left behind near the train tracks in Philadelphia. Its fate is unknown; when Diego "disappeared" after the race, the Silver Bullet from another world was found in New York and misidentified as the original Silver Bullet.[5]
Silver Bullet makes an appearance in Eyes of Heaven (PS3/PS4) as a technical playable character through Diego.
Namesake: Get Up (James Brown song)
Namesake: Ghost Riders in the Sky (Stan Jones song)
Namesake: Hey Ya! (Outkast song)
Namesake: "Flame" in Japanese
Namesake: Foxy Lady (Jimi Hendrix song)
Namesake: Little Wing (Jimi Hendrix song)
Namesake: Crosstown Traffic (Jimi Hendrix song)
Namesake: El Condor Pasa (Peruvian folk song, cover by Simon & Garfunkel)
Namesake: Trans-Europe Express (Kraftwerk song)
Namesake: #1 (Nelly song)
Namesake: Peg (Steely Dan song)
Namesake: Ramblin' Man (The Allman Brothers Band song)
Namesake: Roxanne (Police song)
Namesake: Moonflower (Santana album and song)
Namesake: Nut Rocker (B. Bumble and the Stingers song)
Namesake: Country Grammar (Nelly album)
Namesake: Catch a Wave (Beach Boys song)
Namesake: Love Unlimited (Barry White's backing vocal trio)
Namesake: Nathalie (Julio Iglesias song)
Nicholas was capable of controlling the horse perfectly despite its size. However, he falls off the horse after some time and ends up dying. Diego says that he saw a white mouse scuttling near Black Rose's legs, which startled it and caused Nicholas to fall.
After Alternate Diego's death, his Silver Bullet was found on the side of the road in New York. Because its nose print was an exact match for the print registered for the original Diego's Silver Bullet, it was misidentified as such, leaving the fate of the original Silver Bullet unknown.[7]
Results
References
- ↑ SBR Chapter 6: The Dried-Up River; Diego Brando p.11
- ↑ SBR Chapter 4: September 25, 1890 - 3 Hours to Start p.22
- ↑ JJL Chapter 21: Morioh: Year 1901 - "Shakedown Road", Part 4 pg.21
- ↑ 4.00 4.01 4.02 4.03 4.04 4.05 4.06 4.07 4.08 4.09 4.10 4.11 4.12 4.13 4.14 4.15 4.16 4.17 4.18 SBR Chapter 12: First Stage: Disqualified from Victory p.14
- ↑ Steel Ball Run Chapter 95: The World of Stars and Stripes - Outropg. 28
- ↑ Steel Ball Run Chapter 74: D4C, Part 7 p.40
- ↑ Steel Ball Run Chapter 95: The World of Stars and Stripes - Outropg. 28