- "Nail" redirects here. For the swingable rods from Super Mario Galaxy 2, see bar.
- “I want to stomp a stump!”
- —Honeybee, Super Mario Galaxy
Stumps appear in the Super Mario franchise as objects that can be ground-pounded by any character, which may sometimes result in something occurring. Stumps more closely resemble wooden pegs in Super Mario 64 and Super Mario 64 DS, but they more closely resemble tree stumps starting in Super Mario Galaxy.
History
Yoshi series
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Similar objects called posts[1] appear. They are obstacles in Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island, its remake, Yoshi's Island DS, and Yoshi's New Island. They are wooden posts that come up from the ground, and a Yoshi must ground-pound them. In Yoshi's Island DS, Baby DK can stomp them straight to the ground in one single ground pound. Coins and Red Coins can occasionally be found in these. They mostly block a Yoshi's way and must be ground-pounded. In Raphael The Raven's Castle, they are used to attack Raphael the Raven. Posts also appear in Yoshi's New Island and perform the same function. Ground-Pound Rebound is one of a few levels to feature them.
Stumps in Yoshi's Woolly World and its remake are based on their appearance in earlier games of the Yoshi series and work similarly as before. In Yoshi's Crafted World, tree stumps are obstacles in the level Go-Go Yoshi, and a stump with a red mushroom on it appears as a craft in Yoshi Pulls Some Strings, which is requested by the Pastel Pathway Blockafeller.
Super Mario series
Super Mario 64 / Super Mario 64 DS
Mario ground-pounding a stump
In Super Mario 64 and its remake, stumps (referred to as stakes, posts[2] or spikes[3]) are found throughout the Bob-omb Battlefield and the "huge" side of Tiny-Huge Island. In Super Mario 64 DS, they are also found on Whomp's Fortress and Tall, Tall Mountain. Ground-pounding a stump three times or running around an intact stump five consecutive times makes them release five coins (in the DS version, they may also release mushrooms when fully in the ground). In Super Mario 64 DS, Wario needs to pound a stump only once to drive it all the way into the ground, and a character under the effects of a mushroom can instantly drive a stump into the ground by touching it.
"Behind Chain Chomp's Gate," a mission of Bob-omb Battlefield, requires ground-pounding a stump that the Chain Chomp is attached to, allowing the freed Chain Chomp to destroy the gate containing the mission's Power Star.
In Super Mario 64, the sound effect of pounding a stump still plays even if it has been ground-pounded into the ground completely. This mistake was corrected in Super Mario 64 DS.
Super Mario Sunshine
Nails in
Super Mario SunshineAlthough not stumps, Nails[4] appear in various secret levels of Super Mario Sunshine, such as The Hillside Cave Secret, and behave nearly identically to stumps of Super Mario 64. Most Nails release a coin when fully ground-pounded, while some give a 1-Up Mushroom. However, Mario cannot run around an intact nail to receive anything like in Super Mario 64.
Super Mario Galaxy
A Stump found in Gusty Garden Galaxy of
Super Mario GalaxyLarger stumps reappear in Super Mario Galaxy and its Nintendo Switch port in the Gusty Garden Galaxy and the Gold Leaf Galaxy. When ground-pounded, they turn red. They also now need to be ground-pounded only once, as opposed to the three times from Super Mario 64 or Super Mario 64 DS. Ground-pounding on a stump in Super Mario Galaxy produces various results, such as having two Goombas or Flipbugs appear, causing many Star Bits appear, and, very rarely, producing a Life Mushroom or a Sling Star. At one point, a stump is used to get a giant worm to move.
Super Mario Galaxy 2
Stumps found in Puzzle Plank Galaxy of
Super Mario Galaxy 2Stumps appear in Super Mario Galaxy 2 with the same design and function from its predecessor, and they still turn red when ground-pounded. Stumps appear only in the Puzzle Plank Galaxy, Cloudy Court Galaxy, and the Freezy Flake Galaxy.
Super Mario 3D Land
Stumps are somewhat uncommon objects in Super Mario 3D Land that function similarly as before. They can leave coins or power-ups, and no longer turn red after being ground-pounded. Some stumps are raised higher and need to be ground-pounded twice, though a pound from Statue Mario will pound them in completely.
Super Mario Odyssey
Posts appear in Super Mario Odyssey, first appearing in the Cap Kingdom and recurring throughout the game. They can still be pushed in with a Ground Pound, and this only takes one hit to perform. A coin may be granted. However, the brochure for the Cap Kingdom advises pulling posts out instead, and indeed some posts are positioned under ceilings that prevent Mario from using a Ground Pound at all. If Mario throws Cappy at posts, Cappy latches on then pulls them out of the ground. Sometimes the player receives a coin. Posts can be positioned such that the only way to get past them is to pull out the post. Pulling posts can have a number of effects, such as making coins appear. Pulling certain posts in the Snow Kingdom sometimes causes wind to blow from the hole. The moat surrounding Peach's Castle can be drained by pulling out four posts at the bottom.
Posts introduce Cappy's ability to pull objects from the ground. A number of later items, such as swords and turnips, have similar interactions.
Mario Party
Stumps in Mario Party appear in the minigame Ground Pound, where the player has to ground-pound desired flat stumps and avoid potentially spiky stumps, and ten coins are rewarded if the player ground-pounds all five flat stumps.
Paper Mario series
Super Paper Mario
In Super Paper Mario, posts first appear in the Tile Pool. In the room where Thudley joins the party, the player must use him to drive a post into the ground to remove the bars blocking the door. The player then must use him to make the arrangement of six posts match the mural in order to make a door appear.
Paper Mario: Color Splash
In Paper Mario: Color Splash, posts appear in Ruddy Road, Daffodil Peak, Château Chanterelle, Sacred Forest, Vortex Island, and Fortune Island. They are able to be driven into the ground using Mario's hammer and release yellow paint when hit. On Vortex Island, Fortune Island, and their parallel world counterparts, stone posts also appear. They cannot be driven into the ground until their counterparts in the other dimension are hammered. On Fortune Island, the player must hammer down four posts to make a Warp Pipe to the parallel world appear.
WarioWare Gold
In the third difficulty of the Yoshi's Island microgame from WarioWare Gold, two adjacent posts can be used to reach and rescue Baby Mario from a bubble.
Gallery
Screenshot from Super Mario 64
Screenshot from Yoshi's Island: Super Mario Advance 3
A post in
Flipside from
Super Paper Mario
Screenshot from Yoshi's New Island
Model of a stone post from Paper Mario: Color Splash
Naming
Internal names
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Super Mario Galaxy
Super Mario Galaxy 2
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Picket Switch
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Stake Switch
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Names in other languages
| Language | Name | Meaning | Note(s) | Ref. |
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| Japanese | クイ / 杭
Kui | Stake | both: Yoshi's Island series; latter: Super Mario 64, Super Mario 3D Land[5]:91, 185 | [6] / [7][8] |
釘
Kugi | Nail | Super Mario Sunshine | [5]:105 |
切り株
Kirikabu | Stump | Super Mario Galaxy, Super Mario Galaxy 2 | [5]:136, 170 |
| French | Piquet | Post | Super Mario 64, Super Mario 3D Land | [9]:91 and 185 |
| Clou | Nail | Super Mario Sunshine | [9]:105 |
| Souche | Stump | Super Mario Galaxy, Super Mario Galaxy 2 | [9]:136, 170 |
| Italian | Palo | Pole | | [10] |
| Ceppo | Stump | | [?] |
References
- ^ Miller, Kent, and Terry Munson (1995). Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island Player's Guide. Nintendo of America (American English). Page 27.
- ^ Pelland, Scott; Owsen, Dan (1996). Super Mario 64 Player's Guide. Redmond, WA: Nintendo of America (American English). Page 22 and 23.
- ^ "It's not our problem if you run around this spike and get dizzy." – Sign on the hexagonal island on the "Huge Island" of Tiny-Huge Island (2004). Super Mario 64 DS (American English).
- ^ Hodgson, David S J; Stratton, Bryan; Stratton, Stephen (2002). Super Mario Sunshine Prima's Official Strategy Guide. Prima Games (American English). ISBN 0761539611. Page 14.
- ^ a b c Sakai, Kazuya (Ambit), kikai, Akinori Sao, Junko Fukuda, Kunio Takayama, and Ko Nakahara (Shogakukan), editors (2015). 『スーパーマリオブラザーズ百科: 任天堂公式ガイドブック』. Tokyo, Japan: Shogakukan (Japanese).
- ^ September 20, 1995. 「スーパーマリオヨッシーアイランド任天堂公式ガイドブック」 (Super Mario: Yossy Island Nintendo Kōshiki Guidebook). Shogakukan (Japanese). ISBN 4-09-102523-4. Page 16.
- ^ April 11, 2007. 「ヨッシーアイランドDS任天堂公式ガイドブック」 (Yoshi's Island DS Nintendo Kōshiki Guidebook). Shogakukan (Japanese). ISBN 978-4-09-106361-8. Page 32.
- ^ August 9, 2014. 「ヨッシー New アイランド 任天堂公式ガイドブック」 (Yoshi's New Island Nintendo Kōshiki Guidebook). Shogakukan (Japanese). ISBN 978-4-09-106542-1. Page 16.
- ^ a b c ---- (July 4, 2018). Super Mario Encyclopedia: les 30 premières années. Soleil Productions (French). ISBN 2302070046.
- ^ November 15, 2018. Super Mario Bros. Enciclopedia. Magazzini Salani (Italian). ISBN 889367436X. Page 91.
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