Golden toad led bachelors to attack amplectant pairs and form what has been described as a "writhing masses of toad balls". During the 1977 and 1982 seasons, males outnumbered females by over 8 to 1 at breeding pools. Each toad couple produced 200–400 eggs each week for the six-week mating period, with each egg approximately 3 mm in diameter. The eggs of the golden toad, black and tan spheres, were deposited in small pools often no more than one-inch deep. Tadpoles emerged in a matter of days, but required another four or five weeks for metamorphosis. During this period, they were highly
Toad (Nintendo) telling him what he has to do to proceed in the game. In the game's remake "Super Mario 64 DS", Toad appears with the same role; however, he is given character-specific remarks (such as mistaking Luigi for Mario in green clothes or thinking that Wario would betray the rest of the group). In "Luigi's Mansion", Toad appears in various parts of the mansion as a save point. Different colored Toads appear in "Super Mario Sunshine" as Peach's attendants. In "Super Mario Galaxy", Toads appear at the beginning of the game as some of the citizens of Toad Town. Later on,