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The Health Meter is an onscreen indicator of how much health the player character currently has. It usually appears somewhere on the top of the screen as part of the HUD, but it can also appear in other locations on the screen. The Health Meter varies from game to game on how many sections it has. HistorySuper Mario seriesSuper Mario Bros. 2  The Life Gauge from Super Mario Bros. 2 and its Super Mario All-Stars version, with Luigi sprites reflecting its status In Super Mario Bros. 2, the Health Meter (known as the Life Meter[1] or Life Gauge[2]) appears in the top left corner of the screen at the start of each level, and it consists of two hexagons arranged vertically. These hexagons were later changed to hearts in the Super Mario All-Stars remaster of the original game as well as in Super Mario Advance. Each section of the Life Gauge represents one hit point. Normally, the hexagons or hearts are red. When the player is damaged, however, one health section is lost, and it turns white instead of red (in the All-Stars remaster and Super Mario Advance, it turns concave and empties). The character shrinks when they have one hit point left; this state persists between levels and is the starting form for each life in Super Mario Advance. This is the only game to feature both the Small form and a Health Meter, as well as the only 2D game of the Super Mario series with a Health Meter. Sections of the Life Gauge can be replenished by collecting small hearts (which are bigger in Super Mario Advance). These hearts can often be found floating upward from the ground after eight enemies have been defeated (in the original and All-Stars versions) or floating in place, appearing after a thrown object beats two enemies in a row, from Big Shy Guys or Big Ninjis thrown to the ground or beaten, from enemies beaten with shells, from beaten Ostros, or by pulling them up from grass (in Super Mario Advance). In most levels, there are up to two (three in Super Mario Advance) Mushrooms hidden in Subspace, which refill the Life Gauge and each increase its sections by one, up to four (five in Super Mario Advance). It then reverts to just two health sections at the beginning of the next level. Super Mario 64 / Super Mario 64 DS  Mario's Power Meter from Super Mario 64 and Super Mario 64 DS, respectively
In Super Mario 64, Mario's Power Meter is normally not displayed on the screen until he takes considerable damage from falling or touching enemies, etc. When it does appear, it is displayed in the top middle of the screen. When Mario takes damage, it appears by popping up a short distance below the top middle of the screen, and shortly, it moves to the top middle of the screen. Once it is full again, it disappears, except when Mario is in water. In this game, it is a wooden profile shaped like Mario's head, with a circle in the middle that displays eight wedges. When he takes damage, some of the wedges gradually disappear. As this happens, the color of the wedges changes to correspond to the number of them remaining: The wedges are blue when there are at least seven, green when there are five or six, yellow when there are three or four, and red when there are no more than two. Mario can refill his Power Meter by collecting various coins: Yellow Coins replenish one wedge, Red Coins replenish two wedges, and Blue Coins replenish five wedges. He can also refill it by running through Spinning Hearts, which can be found in most if not all of the levels. The faster he runs through Spinning Hearts, the faster they spin, but they gradually slow down. For every full spin they make, Mario heals one wedge. The Power Meter also automatically refills immediately after Mario exits a level after collecting a Power Star if it is not already filled. In this game, Mario's Power Meter also acts as his breath meter when he is floating on the water. When he enters the water, the Power Meter shows at the top middle of the screen, even when he is at the surface of the water. After he goes underwater, he takes one wedge of damage every eight seconds. However, if Mario remains in the water with his head above it, the Power Meter completely refills to eight wedges, even if the damage was not caused by water. The cold water in Snowman's Land and Chief Chilly Challenge (Super Mario 64 DS only) depletes his health three times faster than normal water, even if he is on the surface of the cold water, and the Power Meter cannot be replenished when Mario has his head above the cold water. When the Power Meter has one or two wedges remaining, Mario begins to pant when standing still on the ground. This is only a cosmetic effect as he can still perform moves. When Mario is underwater, an alarm goes off. If the Power Meter runs out at any time, Mario loses a life and forcibly exits whatever level he is currently in (excluding the Mushroom Castle, where he is just placed outside the building). When Mario lands on the ground after he is forced to exit the level, the Power Meter refills all of his health, starting from one wedge. If Mario loses his last life, he is given a Game Over. In Super Mario 64, when Mario gets swallowed by Bubba, all of the wedges remaining disappear simultaneously. This instant depletion does not happen in the DS remake, although the player character still instantly loses a life. The Power Meter appears again in the remake Super Mario 64 DS, now with a black outline around it. It acts the same, though with two additions: When the player changes characters or when they grab a Power Star that does not force the character out of a level, such as a Bowser stage Red Coin Star or a 100-Coin Star, the Power Meter fully refills. Also, if the player is under the strange toxic cloud and one or two wedges are left, the alarm that sounds while the player is underwater sounds. The Power Meter depletes or replenishes multiple wedges at a slower speed than in Super Mario 64. While the Power Meter shows only eight wedges, Mario's health actually ranges from 0 to 2,176, with each wedge representing 256 units of HP. In most cases, the lower limit is 255, at which point Mario loses a life.[3] Super Mario SunshineIn Super Mario Sunshine, Mario's life meter is shaped like a stylized sun, with a polygonal spiral shape at the center. Again, it does not visibly appear onscreen until Mario takes damage, though it does appear when Mario stands still for a while. When it appears, it is positioned in the top right corner of the screen. There are once again eight sections of health, with each section represented as a sunray around the central spiral. The life meter is normally a golden orange color when completely filled, and each individual section "flashes." When Mario takes damage, the rays of the sun gradually become blacked out to signify the loss of energy. When they have been blacked out, they no longer flash. He can regain energy by collecting normal coins, which refill one section, or Red Coins and Blue Coins, which refill two sections. Energy can also be regained by collecting a 1-Up Mushroom, which completely replenishes every section of the life meter immediately upon collection. When the life meter has lost five sections of energy, an alarm starts to sound for the remaining three sections of health. As each section after this is gradually lost, the alarm sounds faster, and the energy sections flash to match its warning. As it gets gradually lower, Mario starts to droop lower and lower, visibly getting weaker from the lack of energy. When it has been completely depleted, Mario loses a life. The life meter is automatically fully depleted if Mario falls in lava or toxic water, gets crushed, fails a timed challenge (except for ones with the crate guy), or loses a race to Il Piantissimo. Also, if Mario touches open flames or spikes in Corona Mountain, his health is rapidly depleted, usually resulting in quick life-loss. If Mario has at least one life remaining when the life meter is depleted, an iris out (when falling into a bottomless pit) or a black zigzag paintbrush effect (in other cases) plays. However, if he has no remaining lives, he receives a Game Over regardless of the cause. Unlike in Super Mario 64, there is a separate meter for Mario's air meter when he is underwater. This meter is blue, and the health sections continually deplete underwater. Air can be replenished by surfacing, touching air bubbles, or collecting coins or 1-Ups (which restore air at an equivalent rate to health); however, Mario cannot restore his normal health meter by collecting coins while the air meter is displayed, even if his air meter is full. Mario also flashes red and an alarm sounds as the meter depletes. If the air meter is fully depleted, Mario immediately loses a life, regardless of his remaining health. When the meter is depleted to three sections, an alarm sounds as it gets steadily lower, and it continues to do so until Mario collects a coin or 1-Up, returns to the surface, or loses a life. Super Mario Galaxy / Super Mario Galaxy 2 Mario's life meter in Super Mario Galaxy In Super Mario Galaxy, the life meter appears in the top right-hand corner of the screen if Mario or Luigi's health is not at three, or after Mario/Luigi has remained inactive for a certain period of time. It is shaped like a circle and has a total of only three health wedges as opposed to eight in the previous two games. However, in exchange, any damaging event that does not make the player lose a life removes only one health wedge (as opposed to the variable amounts of damage that attacks can inflict in Super Mario 64 and Super Mario Sunshine), and falling from high heights no longer inflicts damage at all. One of the new features of this game involves the inclusion of an item called the Life Mushroom, which increases Mario's life meter from three to six when it is collected. However, if at any time the health sections drop back below four, the life meter will revert to a maximum of three sections until another Life Mushroom is collected. If a Life Mushroom is collected while at six health, it does nothing in the original release and Super Mario 3D All-Stars but gives an extra life in the Nintendo Switch release. The coloration of the regular life meter in this game is as follows: Three sections are cyan, two are yellow, and one is red. The additional three sections that are added as a result of the Life Mushroom are all colored in green, and they do not change the color unless the life meter drops below four. Both types of life meter will disappear with a shattering animation when they are depleted. As in previous games, coins can be collected to refill one section of Mario's life meter, and they can be found by stomping enemies and hitting certain Bricks or ? Blocks, among many other methods. Purple Coins do not affect the life meter in any way. When the life meter has one wedge left, a warning alarm begins to sound, and Mario will breathe heavily in exhaustion if he stands still. This continues until Mario is able to pick up at least one coin, which fills the life meter up again. Also, as in Super Mario Sunshine, the life meter is separate from Mario’s air meter when he swims underwater. The meter that does appear when he is underwater is similar to the meter that appears when he is flying as Bee Mario. Mario starts taking damage underwater only when his air gauge has been fully depleted, at which point his life meter is quickly depleted as well. At the beginning of every Daredevil Comet mission, Mario's life meter is automatically decreased to just one health wedge (the only difference being that no alarm sounds under these conditions), forcing Mario to complete the mission without taking damage once. Mario's life meter will be depleted immediately if he falls into a black hole or abyss; is crushed by a Thwomp, a Whomp, a Tox Box, or solid objects colliding with him stuck between them; falls into quicksand or poison; touches dark matter; or fails a timed Purple Comet, Speedy Comet, or Romp Comet challenge. The life meter in Super Mario Galaxy 2 looks and behaves in the same way as it did in its predecessor, although this time the black outlines surrounding the numbers are thicker. One minor difference is that if the player collects another Life Mushroom while all six sections of the life meter are filled, the player will receive a 1-Up. If the life meter is at fewer than six sections, it will instead be refilled to that number. Super Mario OdysseyAfter an absence in Super Mario 3D Land and Super Mario 3D World (due to those games using the power-up system of the 2D platformers in the Super Mario franchise), the Health Meter reappears in Super Mario Odyssey with three sections of health, as in Super Mario Galaxy. This time, Hearts are required to restore lost health instead of coins. Collecting Power Moons, going inside the Odyssey, or touching an unused Checkpoint Flag restores Mario's health to full. It can be extended to six with a Life-Up Heart. Unlike prior iterations, the meter has a flat, solid color appearance, and the cyan and green colors are swapped from their Super Mario Galaxy positions. As in Super Mario Sunshine and the Super Mario Galaxy games, Mario has a separate air meter while underwater; if his air meter runs out, he loses one section of health every five seconds until his air is refilled. Upon dying, Mario loses ten coins instead of a life, as lives and Game Overs are absent in this game. The coins land in a circle around the place Mario died, so if they land on solid ground, he can pick them back up. In Assist Mode, Mario starts with a default of six health wedges, which is extended to nine when he collects a Life-Up Heart. The Health Meter refills itself if he is idle for long enough. If he falls into a pit or poison, he loses one section (instead of dying and dropping ten coins) and is sent in a bubble back to his previous location (instead of the most recently activated checkpoint).[4] The same occurs for Mario touching lava, though lava does not defeat him on contact. Mario does not have an air meter in Assist Mode and therefore cannot take damage for being underwater too long. The meter is green when at six sections, lime green at five sections, yellow at four sections, amber at three sections, orange at two sections, and red at one section.
Mario Party seriesThe Health Meter appears in various minigames throughout the Mario Party series. In most minigames, hit points are represented as hearts/icons or a bar. One of the first minigames to use a health meter of any sort is Shell Shocked from Mario Party 2, where health is indicated by cannon icons. Players are afforded one hit before the second hit eliminates them. Aces High from Mario Party 3 has a similar system to Shell Shocked. In most boss minigames, the boss's health is at least halfway gone when the health bar drops past the white line in the middle and turns red. Once the boss's health is depleted, the minigame is won. As of Mario Party 9, the player who deals the final blow gets an extra point bonus to their score. In some minigames, players also have a Health Meter, and when they lose all health, they lose the minigame. Sink or Swim from Mario Party 6 also has an air meter represented similarly to a health meter; when players deplete the air meter, their characters stop and are forced to swim up to resurface. Players can replenish the air meter by surfacing.
Super Princess PeachIn Super Princess Peach, the player's Health Meter starts with three hearts (equal to six points of health) on it, but the player can get more from Toad's Shop by buying Tough Coffee, although each level is started with only three full hearts filled in. When the player takes damage or falls into a bottomless pit, they lose half of a heart on the Health Meter. When Princess Peach's Health Meter is fully depleted, the Game Over screen appears, and she must return to the map screen to try again. Perry refers to health as HP. Yoshi franchiseYoshi's Story The Smile Meter as seen in Yoshi's Story
In Yoshi's Story, the Smile Meter (or Smilometer)[5] is a version of the Health Meter depicted as a smiling flower with white petals and a round nose that appears in the upper left-hand corner of the screen during gameplay. Normally, the Smile Meter has a total of eight sections, signified by the eight white petals positioned around the circular center of the smiling flower. In addition to displaying the health of the Baby Yoshis, the Smile Meter also represents their current mood. When a Baby Yoshi takes damage from touching enemies or other hazards or eating certain items or enemies such as peppers or Black Shy Guys (unless the Black Yoshi or White Yoshi eats them), the petals gradually fall away from the center of the flower, starting with the topmost left petal and going counterclockwise. The color and expression of the flower also change. The face when the meter is at full health is red with a big smile, at partial health is yellow with a slight smile, and at no hit points remaining or the Baby Yoshi's loss is blue with a frowning, lip-biting face with hair-like filaments on it. Two additional expressions for the flower are available: One expression involves its eyes being closed while wearing a huge grin with its petals rapidly shrinking and growing when the Baby Yoshi is Super Happy, and the other expression is a green, shocked expression used as a transition when the last few (or all if a Baby Yoshi falls down a pit or otherwise instantly loses) hit points on the meter are lost before the flower's face turns blue and frowns. The music in the levels is also affected by certain states of the Smile Meter. The music remains unchanged when the meter is at full or partial health, but when there are no petals remaining, the music slows down to a slower, more lethargic and somber version of the level's music. Conversely, attaining the Super Happy status changes the music to a rock arrangement of the level's theme. The Baby Yoshis can take damage only up to nine times. The Smile Meter loses one petal when a Baby Yoshi eats something he dislikes. The Smile Meter loses three petals when a Baby Yoshi touches an enemy or a certain hazard. Being hit one additional time while the flower's face is frowning results in the Baby Yoshi fainting and being captured by Baby Bowser's Toadies. The Baby Yoshis can regain their health by eating fruit or enemies or collecting a Special Heart, regenerating lost petals and making the flower begin smiling again. A flower that resembles the Smile Meter appears in the minigame Loves Me...? from Super Mario 64 DS and New Super Mario Bros.
Yoshi Topsy-Turvy In Yoshi Topsy-Turvy, the Smile Meter appears in the top left corner of the screen as a smiling orange sun with eight white triangle-shaped rays around it. Each of these triangle rays represents one section of health, for a total of eight sections. This variation of the Smile Meter is very similar to the one from Yoshi's Story in both shape and color. When Yoshi touches an enemy or other obstacle, health is lost, signified by some of the white triangle rays falling away from the sun in a counterclockwise direction. As more and more health sections fall away, the loss of energy begins to be reflected by the sun's expression. It starts out being orange with sunglasses and a large smile. When some rays have been lost, its color fades to yellow, it loses its sunglasses, and its smile diminishes slightly. If Yoshi sustains more damage, the expression of the sun will remain the same, though more of the sun's rays will be lost. When no more of the sun's rays remain, the face of the sun turns blue and begins frowning. If Yoshi sustains any more damage after this, the face of the sun will turn green, then gray, resulting in Yoshi losing a life, or a Game Over if Yoshi loses all of his lives. Yoshi's Woolly World / Poochy & Yoshi's Woolly WorldIn Yoshi's Woolly World and Poochy & Yoshi's Woolly World, Yoshis have a health display.[6] It appears only if a Yoshi stands still for a while or if he takes damage. The health display is a circle of hearts looping around the Yoshi, with all of his collected hearts displayed. If the Yoshi collects hearts, they add directly to his health display. Hearts fill in the health display starting from just past 90 degrees and proceed clockwise. The Yoshi can have a maximum of 20 hearts, which is indicated by all the hearts turning yellow. When one heart is left, the heart looks cracked and the Health Meter always shows, alerting the player to get more hearts. If all hearts are lost in Classic Mode, the player must restart the level from the beginning, the last checkpoint they touched. In Mellow Mode, if the player runs out of hearts during a boss battle in a course, the player restarts from the exit of the boss door. In Classic Mode, the player begins each level with 10 hearts. In Mellow Mode, the player begins each level with 20 hearts. A Yoshi loses five hearts every time he takes damage. A Yoshi can equip the "Higher defense!" Power Badge, which decreases the number of hearts lost per hit to three. The final heart is special; a Yoshi cannot lose it unless he takes damage while having only one heart. In Poochy & Yoshi's Woolly World, Mellow Mode causes damage to remove only one heart, instead of five or three. This further means the "Higher defense!" Power Badge cannot be used in Mellow Mode. Aside from the health display, the player can look at the hearts in the Number of Items Collected on the Touch Screen to track a Yoshi's current hearts. Yoshi's Crafted WorldThe Health Meter in Yoshi's Crafted World looks the same as in Yoshi's Woolly World, except the hearts are made out of paper to match the game's style. If Yoshi completes a level with all 20 hearts, he receives a Smiley Flower. Donkey Kong franchise Donkey Kong Country Returns / 3D / HDIn Donkey Kong Country Returns (as well as its Nintendo 3DS port and its Nintendo Switch port), the Kongs have hearts that represent their health. The display is described as a heart count in the context of the Heart Boost item,[7][8] but it usually goes by hearts.[9] It is displayed in the top left corner of the screen, and it is the only user interface element to be onscreen at all times in a level. Donkey Kong, the main playable character, starts levels with two hearts and loses one each time he takes damage. Running out of hearts forces the player back to the start of the level or the most recent checkpoint (hosted by tutorial pig) they used, spending a Red Balloon to do so if the player is not in Time Attack. To regain a lost heart, the player can collect a heart or break open a DK Barrel. Diddy Kong also has two hearts, but his role is different in single-player mode compared to multiplayer mode. In single-player mode, if Diddy is freed from a DK Barrel, he always stays on Donkey Kong's back. Diddy's hearts are displayed below Donkey Kong's, as part of the same user interface element. If they take damage, Diddy loses hearts instead of Donkey Kong. This mechanic essentially extends the player's maximum hearts. If Diddy is defeated, he falls away and the display for Donkey Kong's hearts returns to normal. In multiplayer, Diddy is controlled separately and can be off Donkey Kong's back. If so, he has his own user interface element for his hearts. He gains and loses hearts just as Donkey Kong does. If Diddy is on Donkey Kong's back, Diddy and Donkey Kong alternate losing hearts when both of them take damage.[10] Rambi can take damage, but he does not have an equivalent to hearts and cannot be defeated. If the Kongs are riding Rambi, he and the Kongs take damage. Unlike in other games, Rambi is not an additional hit point. Certain kinds of damage instantly deplete all of Donkey Kong's and/or Diddy's hearts. Falling into pits, water, or lava are examples, as is the destruction of a Barrel Cannon while Donkey Kong is still inside it. Mine carts and Rocket Barrels do not have hearts. If they take damage, they crash and in the process drain all of the Kongs' hearts. This is only partially true of mine carts the player stands on top of. If this kind of mine cart crashes and the player is jumping or otherwise not in contact with the mine cart, the player's hearts are unaffected. Two items can be purchased from Cranky Kong's Shop, and they can be equipped before a level from the inventory menu to affect the player in ways that indirectly affect their hearts. Only one item can be equipped per character, and the items are displayed next to the player's hearts. The Heart Boost is an additional heart, which is lost before all other hearts and regained after all other hearts. The Banana Juice is displayed as a golden heart while in use but is unrelated to the hearts of the user interface. It blocks ten instances of damage that does not instantly defeat the player, with a number in its heart showing the remaining hits it can block. In Mirror Mode, Donkey Kong has only one heart instead of two and Diddy does not appear. Furthermore, hearts do not appear in levels and DK Barrels do not heal Donkey Kong. No items from Cranky Kong's Shop can be equipped, including the aforementioned ones. In New Mode of Donkey Kong Country Returns 3D and Modern Mode of Donkey Kong Country Returns HD, both Donkey Kong and Diddy have three hearts instead of two. In New Mode, the player can equip three items at once. In Modern Mode, the player can equip nine items at once. In these modes, The Banana Juice can block only five hits, but this is balanced out indirectly by the ability to equip more than one. One item exclusive to these modes is a Crash Guard, a version of Banana Juice specific to mine carts and Rocket Barrels. Its heart is blue, and it blocks two hits. Items in general are displayed next to the hearts, though two of the other new items do not affect them directly. If Mirror Mode is entered while in New Mode/Modern Mode, Donkey Kong has two hearts instead of three. Hearts still do not appear in levels, and DK Barrels still do not heal Donkey Kong. Donkey Kong Country: Tropical FreezeDonkey Kong Country: Tropical Freeze retains the mechanics from Donkey Kong Country Returns, but the game refers to the hearts as health.[11] Dixie Kong and Cranky Kong are introduced, and they parallel Diddy Kong's mechanics in single-player mode and multiplayer mode. This groups all three characters as "partners". Mine Carts and Rocket Barrels have their own health, consisting of two hearts, crashing or exploding only after losing the last one. Their health replaces the Kong's health while they are being used. Dixie's Kong POW creates Gold Hearts, which can be collected to turn one of the hearts of the player's health golden. If the player takes damage with a golden heart, instead of them losing a heart, a golden heart reverts to normal. Water can be swum in, and therefore, it no longer drains all health. Players do have an air meter displayed to the left of health while underwater.[12] The air meter is shared between Donkey Kong and his partner in single-player mode but divided into a meter for each character in multiplayer mode if the other player is not on Donkey Kong's back. It gradually drains, and when it is empty, the character takes damage instead. The air meter can be refilled by touching bubbles, breaking a DK Barrel, going to the surface, or leaving the water. Funky's Fly 'n' Buy replaces Cranky Kong's Shop and offers most of the same options, including ones from New Mode/Modern Mode from Donkey Kong Country Returns' ports. While the player can equip multiple items per level, the Heart Boost has been restricted to only one per character. Crash Guards are changed to block only one hit each. The Blue Balloon is a new item that restores the air meter one time if it is empty, before taking damage. Hard Mode is similar to Mirror Mode from the prior game. While the player can play as any of the Kongs, including the partner characters, their health consists of only one heart, no items from the inventory can be equipped, and they cannot gain a partner character. Hard Mode once again prevents DK Barrels from healing the player. In Funky Mode of the Nintendo Switch port, the normal player characters have three hearts as with New Mode/Modern Mode. This change further applies to Mine Carts and Rocket Barrels. The Crash Guard blocks three hits instead of one. Blue Balloons become Blue Balloon Bundles, which take effect three times. Funky Kong is a new playable character. Funky's health has five hearts, though he cannot have a partner on his back. Funky does not have an air meter and so can stay underwater forever. Donkey Kong BananzaIn Donkey Kong Bananza, Donkey Kong begins with three hearts, which are pink and more polygonal in this game. Hearts are displayed in a row at the top-left of the screen. The player is able to spend Skill Points on the "Health" upgrade, which increases the maximum amount of hearts Donkey Kong has up to a maximum of ten hearts. Different sources of damage remove different amounts of hearts, with some removing a fractional number of hearts. Some obstacles, such as fiery rain, deal gradual damage. In Assist Mode, Donkey Kong receives half the damage he would in Normal Mode. Donkey Kong can recover lost health by collecting apples, punching Giant Apples and other food terrain types, and collecting an Apple Juice while holding the maximum amount. Wearing the Apple-a-Day Tie increases the amount of health recovered by consuming apples. Additionally, Donkey Kong will slowly recover health while remaining still in Assist Mode or if he is in a Bananza transformation while Pauline is wearing either the Prime Feast Apparel, Neon Feast Apparel, or Pastel Feast Apparel. Most britches decrease damage received through particular methods that vary for each set of britches. If Donkey Kong loses all of his hearts, he will lose 10 percent of his gold up to a loss 500 gold, and he will respawn at a checkpoint with the maximum amount of hearts. However, if Donkey Kong is carrying a can of Apple Juice at the time of completely losing his health, the Apple Juice will restore his health, which consumes the Apple Juice can. Falling into a pit or touching fluid Banandium Mush instantly depletes all of his hearts unless he has a Red Balloon; Apple Juice will not restore Donkey Kong's health if he loses his health by these methods. Super Smash Bros. series
In the Super Smash Bros. series, the Health Meter always appears at the bottom of the screen, except in Super Smash Bros. for Nintendo 3DS, in which it is displayed on the Touch Screen. It acts as a damage counter that displays the amount of damage that a particular character has taken as a percentage. The higher the percentage goes, the more damage the character has taken. As the character takes more damage, the color of the percentage gradually changes from white to a dark red, with yellow being a middle gradient introduced in Super Smash Bros. for Nintendo 3DS / Wii U, and the character simultaneously becomes easier for the opponents to KO them. The highest amount of damage a character can possibly take is 999%. Food, Heart Containers, Fairy Bottles, and Maxim Tomatoes can help reduce the amount of damage that a character has taken. In all games, the Health Meter appears for each character that participates in a match. Starting in Super Smash Bros. for Nintendo 3DS / Wii U, characters with 100% of damage or higher begin to emit smoke. Starting in Super Smash Bros. Ultimate, the percentage is displayed to one decimal place. Aside from displaying the damage of a character, the Health Meter also displays other information. For example, in Super Smash Bros. Brawl, the name of the character is always displayed directly under the damage percentage, and an icon of the character's face is displayed to the left of the damage percentage (at the top in the earlier games). The symbol signifying the series that the character comes from appears behind the damage percentage. In Stock matches, up to five circles (represented as character heads in every game except Super Smash Bros. Brawl) appear above the damage percentage, representing the amount of stock that the character currently has left. One of the circles disappears for every time that the character is flung off the screen. When the character has no circles left, the character is defeated and is out for the remainder of the match. In Time matches, the number of KOs is shown above the damage percentage. A point is earned or lost if the character KOs an opponent or gets KO'd, respectively. In Coin Matches, the number of coins in hand is displayed. There is a second type of damage counter in the series: hit points (HP). This is used for some bosses (such as Master Hand and Crazy Hand) and, starting in Super Smash Bros. Melee, players in Stamina Mode. When a character is hit by an attack, their HP decreases. If a character's HP reaches zero, they will enter a fainting animation. Bosses will be defeated, and players will lose their stock. Mario Sports Mix The Health Meter in Mario Sports Mix The Health Meter in Mario Sports Mix is used only in dodgeball matches, as well as the dodgeball minigame Bob-omb Dodge. It is shaped like a circle with a black line going down the top half of its middle and ending at the circle's center. Depending on the character that the player is currently using, the icon shown in the top corner of the Health Meter changes accordingly. The player should note that in this game, the Health Meter appears along the top of the screen for every character that is currently playing. This Health Meter also appears in the game's final battle against Behemoth and the Behemoth King. When the player's character is hit by a dodgeball or another item, such as a Bob-omb, some health is lost. The amount of health lost depends on the item the character is hit with, as certain items cause more or less damage than others. In any case, when a character is hit with an item, the chunk of health that is lost flashes red briefly before disappearing completely, leaving a black space in its place. If a character catches the ball before it hits the ground, the character that was hit by the ball will not lose health. If a character is hit by a special attack, a large amount of health will be lost. When their health is fully depleted, they are out, and sent into the box (the rest of the minigame if Bob-omb Dodge is played). The character's health will be instantly depleted if they fall into the water in DK Dock. To get back in, the player in the box must hit their target. When they do so, they are back in and get a small amount of their health regained. Getting hit even once causes them to be out again. Puzzle & Dragons: Super Mario Bros. EditionIn Puzzle & Dragons: Super Mario Bros. Edition, the HP bar is used. As Mario takes damage, the HP bar drops. When there is only one-fifth remaining, the HP bar turns orange and the heart pulses. When the HP bar is depleted, the Too Bad sequence plays, in which all the orbs fall down from the board. A Game Over occurs if the player chooses not to continue, or if the player runs out of HP when there are zero remaining lives. However, there is an exception. Unlike in Super Mario Sunshine and the Super Mario Galaxy series, the HP bar is not automatically fully depleted when the player runs out of time in Score Attack modes, but the Too Bad sequence still plays. Super Mario-kunIn various volumes of Super Mario-kun, a Health Meter is occasionally shown to display Mario's power level, usually at a very low point, most prominently in Super Mario 64 and Super Mario Sunshine adaptations. Unused appearancesYoshi DemoYoshi Demo also features the Smile Meter, which functions identically to its appearance in Yoshi's Story, though the faces used, all of which are also from Yoshi's Story, for the different states of the meter are different. At full health, the Smile Meter's face is its Super Happy face, seven to five petals is its face at full health, four to one petal is its face at partial health, no petals remaining is the same as in Yoshi's Story, and Yoshi's defeat is its transitional shocked face. Gallery
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