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Keese

For The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past on the Super Nintendo (SNES).

From the official guides

A blood-sucking bat that likes to live in dark places. It usually clings to walls, but flies at Link when he comes close. The boomerang from a distance works well.

ファミコン通信編集部責任編集 ゼルダの伝説 神々のトライフォースのすべてがわかる本 (アスキー, 1992), p. 99, translated by 101Leafy

A bat that lives in the waterways underground, and in caves too. The boomerang can beat it, so keep throwing the boomerang as you go.

任天堂公式ガイドブック ゼルダの伝説 神々のトライフォース 上巻 (小学館, 1992), p. 124, translated by 101Leafy

Numbers

Hit points1
Damage to Link, Green Mail¼ heart
Damage to Link, Blue Mail⅛ heart
Damage to Link, Red Mail⅛ heart

Weapons

Boomerang1 hit
Fighter's Sword1 hit
Master Sword1 hit
Tempered Sword1 hit
Golden Sword1 hit
Golden Sword spin attack1 hit
Arrows1 hit
Hook Shot1 hit
Bombs1 hit
Silver ArrowsDefeats it in one hit
Magic PowderNo effect
Fire RodBurns it
Ice RodFreezes it
Bombos MedallionBurns it
Ether MedallionFreezes it
Quake MedallionStuns it

Drops

It drops something 50% of the time. The drops come in this order, then start over:

  1. Heart
  2. Heart
  3. Heart
  4. Heart
  5. Green Rupee
  6. Heart
  7. Heart
  8. Green Rupee

Names

EnglishKeese
FrenchChauve-souris
GermanFlederbeißer
Japaneseキース