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An '''Airship''' (written either capitalized or lowercase) is a large, propeller and [[Burner]]-driven ship that can soar through the sky. The Airships' designs and sizes vary from game to game, taking the form of either a wooden ship or a metal ship, and they are most commonly equipped with [[cannon]]s, [[Bullet Bill]]s and [[Bob-omb]]s. [[Bowser]] also possesses [[Bowser's Airship|his own Airship]], as seen in ''[[New Super Mario Bros. U]]'' and ''[[Super Mario Odyssey]]'', where [[Princess Peach]] is held captive as she is taken away to [[Bowser's Castle]].

In the original [[Nintendo Entertainment System|NES]] version, the Koopalings' Airships, the Dark Land air force, and the sky backgrounds are given varying colors:

*[[Larry Koopa|Larry]] and [[Roy Koopa|Roy]]: brown ship with a light-blue background

*[[Morton Koopa Jr.|Morton]]: green ship with a dark-blue background

*[[Wendy O. Koopa|Wendy]] and [[Ludwig von Koopa|Ludwig]]: turquoise ship with a yellow background

*[[Iggy Koopa|Iggy]]: gold ship with a light-green background

*[[Lemmy Koopa|Lemmy]]: dark-blue ship with a light-blue background

Bowser's air force is composed of either 18 aircraft (NES and [[Super Nintendo Entertainment System|SNES]] versions) or 15 aircraft ([[Game Boy Advance|GBA]] version), including one cargo loader and a command ship manned by [[Boom Boom]]. On page 34 of the manual for ''Super Mario Bros. 3'', Lemmy's character quote mentions that he heard that his father, Bowser, was creating new weapons, although they are not specified. It is likely that these weapons are the small airships, the tanks, and battleships.<ref>「マリオのヤツがどこまでガンバレルか{{ruby|楽|たの}}しみだなー。ワールドのマップも{{ruby|先|さき}}へ{{ruby|進|すす}}むにつれ、どんどん{{ruby|複雑|ふくざつ}}で{{ruby|広大|こうだい}}なものになってくるよ。それはそうと、{{ruby|暗黒|あんこく}}の{{ruby|国|くに}}だけはオヤジしか{{ruby|知|し}}らなくて{{ruby|何|なに}}もわかんないんだ。でも、{{ruby|何|なに}}か、すごい{{ruby|新兵器|しんへいき}}を{{ruby|作|つく}}ってるのをちらっと{{ruby|見|み}}たことがあるよ。」 ("''I'm looking forward to see how far can Mario go. As you advance the world maps become more complex and extensive. Anyway, our dad alone knows Dark Land and I have no idea about it. But I had glanced he had been making some great new weapons.''") &ndash; ''Super Mario Bros. 3'' Japanese instruction booklet. {{media link|SMB3 Japanese manual pages 34 35.jpg|Page 34}}.</ref><ref>"How far can Mario go? I hope he doesn't make it this far. Dad has many complicated tricks waiting for him in the Dark Land. I've even heard about some new weapon that dad's been making." &ndash; ''Super Mario Bros. 3'' English instruction booklet, page 34.</ref>

Besides their appearance in the main game, the GBA remake of ''Super Mario Bros. 3'', ''[[Super Mario Advance 4: Super Mario Bros. 3|Super Mario Advance 4]]'', has them appear in four e-Reader levels: [[Airship's Revenge]], [[Armored Airship]], [[Bowser's Airship 1]], and [[Bowser's Airship 2]], where they are piloted by Morton Koopa Jr., Lemmy Koopa, [[Boom Boom]], and Bowser, respectively. The GBA remake also marks the first appearance of [[Bowser's Airship]]. Out of the four Airship e-Reader levels, Airship's Revenge was the only one of the four that was playable in the English version after the e-Reader's discontinuation in its original release. However, the Virtual Console version for the Wii U eventually included all the e-Reader levels.

In ''[[Super Mario World]]'', a crashed, ruined airship from ''Super Mario Bros. 3'', named the [[Sunken Ghost Ship]], can be explored.<ref>"''This is a strange looking sunken ship. Haven’t you seen it somewhere before? That’s right, in Super Mario Bros. 3, Koopa and his kids used a flying ship to make life tough for Mario. I wouldn’t be surprised if Bowser is lurking somewhere nearby.'' - ''Super Mario World'' instruction booklet. Page 20.</ref> It is haunted with [[Boo]]s and filled with water. Completion of this sunken airship is necessary to unlock the [[Valley of Bowser]]'s entrance. There are a few [[Bill Blaster]]s that are functional. It is the only level in the game where a [[Magic Ball]] can be found.

In ''[[Super Mario 64]]'' and ''[[Super Mario 64 DS]]'', an airship known as the '''[[Rainbow Cruiser]]''' appears in [[Rainbow Ride]]. [[Wind]] blows there, and a [[Lakitu]] and two [[Bob-omb]]s (one of them replaced by a [[Goomba]] in the DS version) appear aboard it. In [[Cruiser Crossing the Rainbow|one mission]], Mario (in ''Super Mario 64'') or [[Metal Mario|Metal]] [[Wario]] (in ''Super Mario 64 DS'') must grab a [[Power Star]] on this airship. This same ship is featured in the [[Super Smash Bros. (series)|''Super Smash Bros.'' series]] within the stage [[Rainbow Ride#Super Smash Bros. series|Mushroom Kingdom: Rainbow Cruise]], a stage based on Rainbow Ride. This airship is also later seen in ''[[Mario Party]]'', housing the [[Luigi's Engine Room]] board. Its rather aberrant design, with oar-like wings protruding out the bottom, appears to be based on [[:File:Air Assault.jpg|a Japanese advertisement for ''Super Mario Bros. 3'']].

There is an Airship that appears in a [[minigame]] called [[Bob-omb Squad (minigame)|Bob-omb Squad]] that flies around and delivers Para-bombs.

In ''[[Super Mario Galaxy]]'', [[Bowser]] and his [[Koopa Troop]] attack [[Peach's Castle]] with Airships. Later in the game, [[Mario]] has to fight enemies on Airships. There are three Airship stages. In the [[Good Egg Galaxy]], two Airships are commanded by [[King Kaliente]]. In the Space Junk Galaxy, a larger group of Airships are led by [[Kamella]]. Finally, an entire fleet of Airships is commanded by [[Bowser Jr.]], who also rides one throughout the game. There are also Airships in the background of [[Gateway Galaxy]], and [[Bowser's Star Reactor]], however these are not accessible without hacking. Airships appear during the opening and closing cutscenes of [[Bowser's Galaxy Reactor]]. While traveling to the center of the universe, the [[Comet Observatory]] pushes through as cannonballs are fired from the airships guarding [[Peach's Castle]]. Later, the airships are sucked into the supermassive [[black hole]], along with the observatory and the castle. In this game and subsequent games, the Airships have been redesigned to resemble naval galleons, similar to how they appeared in the ''Super Mario Bros. 3'' artwork. These galleons have few decks for Mario to explore, unlike the original sprawling, side-scrolling ''Super Mario Bros. 3'' airship levels. They also have doors that cannot be opened, but spinning next to them yields a [[Coin]]. A wrecked airship is also featured in [[Sand Spiral Galaxy]].

An airship (also known as a '''Sky Ship''' in the [[Prima Games]] guide<ref>Bueno, Fernando. ''New Super Mario Bros. Wii'' Prima Official Game Guide. Pages 11 and 18.</ref>) also appears in ''[[New Super Mario Bros. Wii]]'', where [[Bowser Jr.]] and the [[Koopalings]] use it to escape with the kidnapped [[Princess Peach]]. This resembles the airship Bowser uses in the opening sequence of ''[[Super Mario Galaxy]].'' Mario and his friends end up chasing it throughout the game, with the airship dropping one of the Koopalings off at the world's [[tower]]. Upon defeating the Koopaling at the [[castle]] at the end of each world, Mario and company walk outside to see Bowser Jr. boarding the airship and taking off, with Peach crying for help from the deck. In Worlds 4 and 6, however, Bowser Jr. gets left behind by the airship, and he gets chased back into it by Mario and the gang, who board it as well and fight Bowser Jr. at the end, only for them to be dumped outside to continue the pursuit. With the airship no longer present in the world, an anchor is seen in its place on the map and level preview screen.

Airships appear in the [[Nintendo 3DS]] game ''[[Super Mario 3D Land]]''. One of these vehicles is owned by [[Boom Boom]] and [[Pom Pom]]. They come with new features such as [[Skewer]]s added. After defeating Boom Boom or Pom Pom in the airship, the player has to keep walking to the [[Goal Pole]] instead of ending the level immediately after defeating the boss, as in previous games, as these bosses actually disappear, leaving their coins behind and a [[Warp Pipe]] appears. In some of the levels of the secret worlds, the Airships simply require that the player reach the goal, with only one Airship level having Boom Boom and Pom Pom as mandatory bosses (although in another Airship level, the player can fight Boom Boom by accessing a pipe, the fight on that level is completely optional and only acts as a shortcut to the other ship barring somersaulting through a brick barrier).  

In ''[[New Super Mario Bros. 2]]'', a single airship level appears in [[World 5 (New Super Mario Bros. 2)|World 5]] as a golden ship similar to the [[Treasure Ship]] in ''Super Mario Bros. 3''. It is named [[World 5-A (New Super Mario Bros. 2)|World 5-A]] and, like every other level, has three [[Star Coin]]s; it also has a secret exit reached via [[beanstalk]]. However, unlike other Airships in the series, this one does not end with a boss.

The Koopaling's boss battles take place inside their airships (or in the case of [[Roy Koopa]] and [[Ludwig von Koopa]], on the crow's nest of their airships) and the player must use a cannon to shoot their way in there. After the player defeats a Koopaling, Mario jumps onto that Koopaling's airship, causing it to smoke, go out of control and finally crash. Bowser's Airship is used as the setting for two courses in each game: [[The Mighty Cannonship]] in [[Soda Jungle]] and [[Boarding the Airship]] in [[Meringue Clouds]] in ''New Super Mario Bros. U'', and [[All Aboard!]] in Soda Jungle and [[Bowser Jr. Showdown]] in Meringue Clouds in ''[[New Super Luigi U]]''.

====''Super Mario Maker'' series====

[[Bowser's Airship]], now colored white and purple and heavily decorated, appears in ''[[Super Mario Odyssey]]''. Additionally, the [[Broodals]] are seen using a white-colored airship similar to the airships used by the Koopa Troop, but with the bust of [[Madame Broode]] at the front. Many residents of the [[Cap Kingdom]] have hat-shaped airships of their own, which can be found crashed early on. In addition, Mario himself has a Cap Kingdom-inspired airship of his own called the [[Odyssey]].

Airships return as levels in ''[[Super Mario Bros. Wonder]]''. This time, they are green and silver, they are made of metal and steel like modern seafaring ships, sails with [[Bowser]]'s logo have been added to the mainmasts, and the figureheads of Bowser have green hair with a stream of green and pink light emanating from it. Three levels in the game take place on airships: [[Fluff-Puff Peaks Flying Battleship]] in [[Fluff-Puff Peaks]], [[Petal Isles Flying Battleship]] in [[Petal Isles]], and [[Deep Magma Bog Flying Battleship]] in [[Deep Magma Bog]]. Additionally, gears, pillars and masts with propellers and sails can be seen in the background during the gameplay levels unlike previous 2D ''Mario'' games. Like in many previous appearances, they are auto-scrolling levels with a boss fought at the end. The music used in the airship levels is an arrangement of the ''[[Super Mario Bros.]]''-style airship theme from the ''[[Super Mario Maker]]'' games.

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In the [[Game Boy]] game ''[[Donkey Kong Land]]'', two {{conjectural|blimp}} levels appear in the area [[Big Ape City]]. The first is [[Kong Krazy]], which is the second level of the area. Here, the Kongs must collect [[K-O-N-G Letters]] which form bridges across wide abysses found in the level. The second blimp level is [[Fast Barrel Blast]], which consists of many wide pits and high ledges. These must be crossed using [[Barrel Cannon|barrel]]s and [[tire]]s. The final battle, [[K. Rool's Kingdom]], also takes place within a blimp. The levels' backgrounds consist of metal panels, pipes and machinery.

In ''[[Donkey Kong Country 2: Diddy's Kong Quest]]'', [[Kaptain K. Rool]] used the The Flying Krock ship to kidnap [[Donkey Kong]], and escape to the top of [[Crocodile Isle]]. The Flying Krock area contains two levels. The first is [[Screech's Sprint]], where the Kongs must race [[Screech]] to the finish line. The second level is the boss battle against Kaptain K. Rool.  

In ''[[Donkey Kong Country Returns]]'' and the [[Donkey Kong Country Returns 3D|3DS remake]], the [[Tiki Tak Tribe|Tikis]] use Airships controlled by [[Tiki Pilot]]s as transport and getaway vehicles after stealing the Kongs' [[banana hoard]]. The Tikis also use these as weapons to bump into the Kongs while they ride [[Rocket Barrel]]s. The Tikis even watch the battle with [[Thugly]] from an Airship. The [[Prima Games|Prima]] guide refers to these airships as '''Tiki Airships'''.<ref>Knight, Michael. 2010. ''Donkey Kong Country Returns: Prima Official Game Guide Premiere Edition'', p. 136.</ref>

Although the Airships used by the Koopa Troop themselves do not appear in ''[[Game & Watch Gallery 2]]'', a similar flying ship appears in the Modern version of the game ''[[Parachute (Game & Watch)|Parachute]]''.

In [[smashwiki:Adventure Mode: The Subspace Emissary|The Subspace Emissary]] mode of ''Super Smash Bros. Brawl'', a giant airship named the [[List of Super Smash Bros. series objects#Subspace Gunship|Subspace Gunship]] was used by Ganondorf and Bowser.

While airships are largely absent from the ''[[Mario & Luigi (series)|Mario & Luigi]]'' series, the [[Koopa Cruiser]] seems to be Bowser's personal airship in ''[[Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga]]'' and ''[[Mario & Luigi: Partners in Time]]''. It is quite different from the other airships in the ''Super Mario'' games. In ''[[Mario & Luigi: Bowser’s Inside Story]]'', in the battle with Bowser's Castle, the castle sends out airships with Shy Guy faces on them. In ''[[Mario & Luigi: Dream Team]]'', [[Shy Guy]]s are seen using miniature airships known as "[[Shy Guy Airtub|Airtub]]s". In ''[[Mario & Luigi: Paper Jam]]'', [[Neo Bowser Castle]] has a similar role to airships and the airtubs make minor appearances, attacking Peach's Castle alongside the castle and airlifting Toadette's Papercrafts. Papercraft Airships also appear during the Papercraft Bowser boss fight, firing Papercraft Bullet Bills at Papercraft Fire Mario.

Airships also appear in [[Cloudtop Cruise]], with one of them used as a part of the track, and other airships in the background; [[Bowser's Castle (Mario Kart 8)|Bowser's Castle]], sometimes in the background during one of the zero-gravity sections, in {{classic-link|GCN|Baby Park}} as a swinging ship ride seen in the background of the course, and in {{classic-link|GBA|Sky Garden}} of the ''[[Mario Kart 8 Deluxe - Booster Course Pass|Booster Course Pass]]'', in the background.

In ''[[Mario Hoops 3-on-3]]'', [[Black Mage]], [[White Mage]] and [[Ninja (character)|Ninja]]'s court, the [[Rainbow Ship]], is a large Airship adorned with various statues and a large basketball court on it. It is based off the airships of Final Fantasy rather than the airships of Mario's World.

Airships make a brief appearance in ''[[Mario Sports Mix]]''. An Airship known as the [[Star Ship]] appears, which serves as a replacement to the Rainbow Ship.

An airship is flown by Bowser Jr. and serves as the basis for [[Bowser Jr.'s Flotilla]] in ''[[Paper Mario: Sticker Star]]''. It features [[Banzai Bill]]s shot out from [[Bill Blaster]]s, [[Rocky Wrench]]es, [[Hammer Bro|Hammer]], [[Boomerang Bro|Boomerang]], [[Fire Bro|Fire]] and [[Ice Bro]]s., as well as [[Bob-omb]]s.

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