Editing Anchor

{{item infobox
|image=[[File:AnchorSMB3.png|100px]]<br>An Anchor in the ''[[Super Mario All-Stars]]'' version of ''Super Mario Bros. 3''
|first_appearance=''[[Super Mario Bros. 3]]'' ([[List of games by date#1988|1988]])
|latest_appearance=''[[Donkey Kong Country Returns HD]]'' ([[List of games by date#2025|2025]])
}}
'''Anchors'''<ref>{{cite|title=''Super Mario All-Stars'' Nintendo Player's Guide|page={{file link|SMAS Guide 111.jpg|111}}|date=1993|publisher=Nintendo of America|language=en-us}}</ref><ref name=MKT>''[[Mario Kart Tour]]'' in-game name</ref> are a type of heavy metal object usually used to prevent a ship (or most commonly an [[Airship]] in the [[Super Mario (franchise)|''Super Mario'' franchise]]) from moving. 
==History==
===''Super Mario'' series===
====''Super Mario Bros. 3''====
[[File:Anchor Map SMB3.png|frame|left]]
Anchors in ''[[Super Mario Bros. 3]]'' are rare [[item]]s that can only be received at a special [[Toad House|White Mushroom House]] after collecting a certain number of [[coin]]s in a certain [[level]] in the even-numbered worlds. An Anchor will prevent an [[Airship]] from moving if [[Mario]] fails to clear it, thereby eliminating the need to trek long distances to try again to complete the level. It also appears in cutscenes before Airship levels, where Mario climbs the chain while the Anchor is being hoisted up.

====''New Super Mario Bros. Wii''====
Anchors appear in [[World 4 (New Super Mario Bros. Wii)|World 4]] and [[World 6 (New Super Mario Bros. Wii)|World 6]] in ''[[New Super Mario Bros. Wii]]'', where they can be used to access {{world link|4|airship|World 4-Airship (New Super Mario Bros. Wii)}}, {{world link|6|airship|World 6-Airship (New Super Mario Bros. Wii)}}. Despite [[World 8 (New Super Mario Bros. Wii)|World 8]] featuring an airship level, {{world link|8|airship|World 8-Airship (New Super Mario Bros. Wii)}}, upon its completion, [[Bowser's Airship]] remains in the world map, and no anchor appears.

===''Nintendo Adventure Books''===
[[File:Double Trouble Anchor.png|thumb]]
An anchor can be acquired in ''[[Double Trouble (book)|Double Trouble]]'' of the ''[[Nintendo Adventure Books]]'' series in either [[Super Mario Bros. Plumbing|Mario Brothers Plumbing]] or a portion of the [[Airship|Doom Ship]], and it can be used by [[Mario]] to reach the poop deck of the Doom Ship, where [[Roy|Roy Koopa]] is holding [[Luigi]] captive. An anchor can also be found in the subsequent book, ''[[Leaping Lizards]]'', but it is a dud item; its only purpose is to drag Luigi down if he falls into a body of water, causing a [[Game Over]].

===''Wario Land II''===
There is also an anchor in ''[[Wario Land II]]'' that can be found in the [[SS Tea Cup]] world. It only appears in the fourth level of Chapter 2 called [[Drop the anchor!!]]. Here, [[Wario]] has to use his attack to move it and drop it into the water. After it is dropped, the level is completed.

===''Game & Watch Gallery 4''===
Anchors appear as a type of platform in the third stage of the Modern version of ''[[Donkey Kong (Game & Watch)|Donkey Kong]]'' in ''[[Game & Watch Gallery 4]]''. By grabbing onto one, Mario is able to avoid obstacles passing underneath.

===''Donkey Kong Country Returns''===
An anchor appears in the level [[Peaceful Pier]] in ''[[Donkey Kong Country Returns]]'', where it is launched from a cannon by the [[Scurvy Crew]] as an obstacle to the player. An anchor also appears in the level [[Blowhole Bound]], attached to a shipwreck and stuck to a [[Whale|whale]]. By freeing the whale from the anchor, the player is able to ride it through the rest of the level.

===''Mario Kart'' series===
====''Mario Kart 7''====
Swinging anchors with [[Wario]]'s [[emblem]] appear in the [[3DS Wario Shipyard|Wario Shipyard]] course as obstacles in the [[Underwater driving|underwater]] section and the gliding section, where they block the player's path. They can be knocked back by touching them while under the effects of a [[Super Star]] or a [[Bullet Bill]].

====''Mario Kart Tour''====
[[File:MKT Anchor.jpg|thumb|150px|An anchor in ''Mario Kart Tour'']]
Swinging anchors return as obstacles in the ''[[Mario Kart Tour]]'' rendition of 3DS Wario Shipyard, as well as appearing in all of this course's variants. Drivers can push an anchor back (and receive bonus points in the process) by hitting it with a [[Spiny Shell (blue)|Spiny Shell]], [[Bowser's Shell]], [[Super Horn]], [[Giga Bob-omb]], or a [[Super Bell]], or by touching it while under the effects of a [[Frenzy (Mario Kart Tour)|Frenzy]], Super Star, [[Mega Mushroom]], or Bullet Bill.

===''Paper Mario: Color Splash''===
An anchor appears in ''[[Paper Mario: Color Splash]]'' as Mario's means of entering the Airship carrying the drained red paint from [[The Crimson Tower]], as [[Johnson]] neglected to lift up the anchor and thus forced the Airship to stall.

===''Mario Tennis Aces''===
In ''[[Mario Tennis Aces]]'', [[Boom Boom]] uses an anchor to lower himself onto the court in his entrance animation.

==Profiles==
===''Super Mario Bros. 3''===
*'''Wii Virtual Console manual:''' ''Use this item to stop airships from moving.''
*'''Nintendo 3DS Virtual Console manual:''' ''Prevents the Koopa airship from moving to a new location.''

==Gallery==
{{image|more=yes|''Donkey Kong Country Returns'', ''Mario Tennis Aces''}}
<gallery>
Wario Land 2 S 2-4.png|''[[Wario Land II]]''
G&WG4 Modern Donkey Kong Anchor.png|''[[Donkey Kong (Game & Watch)|Donkey Kong]]'' (Modern), ''[[Game & Watch Gallery 4]]''
NSMBW Anchor.png|''[[New Super Mario Bros. Wii]]''
MK7 Wario Shipyard Anchor.png|''[[Mario Kart 7]]''
PMCS The Crimson Tower anchor.png|''[[Paper Mario: Color Splash]]''
</gallery>

==Names in other languages==
{{foreign names
|Jpn=イカリ
|JpnR=Ikari
|JpnM=Anchor
|JpnC=<ref name=MKT/>
|ChiS=船锚
|ChiSR=Chuán Máo
|ChiSM=Anchor
|ChiSC<ref name=MKT/>
|ChiT=船錨
|ChiTR=Chuán Máo
|ChiTM=Anchor
|ChiTC=<ref name=MKT/>
|Fre=Ancre
|FreM=Anchor
|FreC=<ref name=MKT/>
|Ger=Anker
|GerM=Anchor
|GerC=<ref name=MKT/>
|Ita=Ancora
|ItaM=Anchor
|ItaC=<ref name=MKT/>
|Ita2=Àncora
|Ita2M=Anchor
|Ita2C=<ref>{{cite|title=''[[Super Mario Bros. Encyclopedia|Super Mario Bros. Enciclopedia]]''|page=41}}</ref>
|Kor=닻
|KorR=Dat
|KorM=Anchor
|KorC=<ref name=MKT/>
|Por=Âncora
|PorM=Anchor
|PorC=<ref name=MKT/>
|Spa=Ancla
|SpaM=Anchor
|SpaC=<ref name=MKT/>
}}

==References==
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[[Category:Equipment]]
[[Category:Double Trouble]]
[[Category:Leaping Lizards]]
[[Category:New Super Mario Bros. Wii]]
[[Category:Super Mario Advance 4: Super Mario Bros. 3 items]]
[[Category:Super Mario Bros. 3 items]]
[[Category:Wario Land II]]
[[it:Ancora]]