- This article is about meteors that fall to the ground and act as obstacles. For other uses, see Meteor (disambiguation).
Meteors appear in the Super Mario franchise as hazardous objects that fall from the sky.
History
Super Mario Bros. film
In the 1993 Super Mario Bros. film, it is the meteor that caused the extinction of the dinosaurs that separates Earth into two parallel dimensions; Earth and Dinohattan. While Dinosaurs become extinct on Earth, they prosper and evolve into intelligent beings in the Dinohattan dimension. Unfortunately, said dimension has poor resources and is compromised of almost entirely a barren, desolate desert. President Koopa gains control of the dimension through a military coup, with the intent of merging the two worlds. To do this, it is necessary to use a shard from the meteor to combine the worlds. Said piece of meteor plays a pivotal, key role in the movie.
Mario Party series
Mario Party 6
In Mario Party 6, meteors float in space as obstacles in the minigame Mass Meteor. If a player collides with a meteor, they are temporarily stunned.
Mario Party: Island Tour
Meteors in Mario Party: Island Tour are obstacles that player characters have to avoid in the minigame Meteor Melee. They fall from the sky, and players who are hit get stunned.
Mario Party Superstars
In Mario Party Superstars, meteors return in the minigame Mass Meteor.
Donkey Kong Jungle Beat
Meteors in Donkey Kong Jungle Beat appear in two sizes and are surrounded by blue fire. Large ones are used as projectiles by the Roc bosses, while small ones appear in Banshee Swamp, where they follow preset paths through the air, and Asteroid Belt, where they bounce around inside the first asteroid.
Super Mario series
Super Mario Galaxy
Meteors in Super Mario Galaxy and its Nintendo Switch port and fall down towards planets, exploding when they hit the ground. If hit by one, Mario (or Luigi) will take damage. As they are supposed to fall out of the sky, they will not spawn if the player is looking directly at their spawn point in first-person view. Meteors first appear being shot from cannons by airships in the opening, and go on to appear in various galaxies, most of them associated with Bowser. Towards the end of Bowser's Star Reactor, Bowser himself can spit out meteors to destroy the staircase leading up to his boss arena. King Kaliente also summons meteors during the last phase of his rematch.
Meteors appear in the following list of galaxies and missions. If no mission is stated, meteors appear during all missions:
Super Mario Galaxy 2
Meteors, also known as lava spheres,[1] are much rarer in Super Mario Galaxy 2 and its Nintendo Switch port, only appearing in two missions. In Hightail Falls Galaxy's Prankster Comet mission, "Hightail Falls Speed Run", they serve as an obstacle for Dash Yoshi while he runs across walls. In Shiverburn Galaxy's first mission, "Prince Pikante's Peppery Mood", they crash down onto ice floors, creating temporary lava pools. The same mission also introduces an icy meteor counterpart that creates icy platforms upon contact with lava.
Mario & Luigi series
Mario & Luigi: Bowser's Inside Story / Mario & Luigi: Bowser's Inside Story + Bowser Jr.'s Journey
In Mario & Luigi: Bowser's Inside Story and its remake Mario & Luigi: Bowser's Inside Story + Bowser Jr.'s Journey, Mario and Luigi gain the attack Mighty Meteor. It has one of them throw a meteor into the air, then the one of the two brothers bats the meteor into random enemies with their hammer. The meteor bounces into the sky again after each hit, and chooses a random brother to come down toward. If either brother misses, the meteor hits the ground and breaks, ending the attack early. If the attack concludes naturally, either by defeating the last enemy or by hitting enemies its maximum number of times, then it pops into the air one last time and releases an item for the Mario Bros. to add to their inventory. The player gets a better item depending on the average level of the brothers in Mario & Luigi: Bowser's Inside Story or how well the attack is performed in Mario & Luigi: Bowser's Inside Story + Bowser Jr.'s Journey. In Mario & Luigi: Bowser's Inside Story, the meteor has a "?" symbol on it like a ? Block. In Mario & Luigi: Bowser's Inside Story + Bowser Jr.'s Journey, the meteor is a 3D model contrasting with the game's normal sprites, and it does not have a "?" symbol.
Mario & Luigi: Paper Jam
In Mario & Luigi: Paper Jam, Paper Mario gets the attack Trio Meteor. It has Paper Mario, Luigi, and Mario warp all of the enemies onto a cardboard Moon=like pillar in a space environment using the Trio Attack Hammer. Three papercraft meteors hang from the ceiling of the area. Each character takes a meteor down and pilots it into the enemies to damage them. Their meteors match their colors, so Paper Mario uses a orange meteor, Luigi uses a green meteor, and Mario uses a red meteor. The wind created by the falling meteors pushes enemies away, but if they are pushed into the crater in the center of the pillar they are on, they cannot be pushed out of it. The crater can be used to bunch the enemies up so that each meteor can hit more of the enemies at once, but the impacts jostle the enemies so the next meteor has to push the enemies into the crater again. Each character can jump off their meteor right as it is about to land to push it down and inflict more damage while the character bounces back up using a yellow trampoline. If all three meteors hit at least one opponent, the trio comes back with a larger blue meteor to hit the enemies one more time. If they all jump off this meteor, its impact is enough to cause the pillar to collapse into pieces.
Yoshi's Crafted World
In Yoshi's Crafted World, meteors appear during the final boss battle against Mega Baby Bowser in the level The Great King Bowser, damaging Yoshi if they make direct contact with him. Additionally, one of the three level-specific challenges for the level is to strike the big meteorite with a hammer.
Princess Peach: Showtime!
Meteors appear in the three regular Mighty Peach stages in Princess Peach: Showtime!. Peach can charge at slowly incoming meteors to grab onto them, and can then throw them into other meteors, including multiple meteors within a straight path, to destroy them all. A few of the meteors have Sour Bunch members on top. If such meteors hit the ground, the members will simply land on the ground and walk towards Peach and/or Professor to damage them.
Mario Tennis Fever
Red and gray meteors appear in Mario Tennis Fever starting with version 1.1.0. They only appear during Galaxy Court matches, where they can be seen floating above the net on straight paths. Hitting a meteor with a ball causes the ball to be returned and the meteor to fall on the opponent's side, triggering one of two effects. Red meteors spawn fire on the ground, similar to the effects of a Flame Racket, while gray meteors spawn a black hole, similar to the effects of a Black Hole Racket.
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Names in other languages
| Language | Name | Meaning | Note(s) | Ref. |
|---|
| Japanese | メテオストライク
Meteo Sutoraiku | Meteor Strike | | [2] |
| French | Météorite | Meteor | | [3][4] |
| Boule de feu | Fireball | | [5][6] |
| Météore explosif | Explosive Meteor | | [7] |
| Boule de lave | Lava Ball | | [?] |
References
- ^ Browne, Catherine (May 23, 2010). Super Mario Galaxy 2: PRIMA Official Game Guide. Roseville: Random House Inc. ISBN 978-0-30746-907-6. Page 189.
- ^ October 19, 2015. Super Mario Bros. Hyakka: Nintendo Kōshiki Guidebook. Shogakukan (Japanese). ISBN 978-4-09-106569-8. Page 137 and 171.
- ^ Super Mario Galaxy 2, Le Guide Officiel. Prima Games, page 84
- ^ Mario Party : Island Tour, Récolte Astrale description.
- ^ Super Mario Galaxy, Le Guide Officiel. Prima Games, page 124
- ^ Super Mario Galaxy, Le Guide Officiel. Prima Games, page 250
- ^ Super Mario Galaxy, Le Guide Officiel. Prima Games, page 283
