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| [[File:Beetle Mania.gif|thumb|192px|The minigame in action]] | | [[Image:Beetle_Mania.png|thumb|192px|right|Screenshot of the game being played.]] |
| {{quote|High score if you hit the shells with the stars fired from the beetle. If you get hit, recover by firing consecutively...just do it!|Game Boy Toad|Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars}}
| | '''Beetle Mania''' is a secret [[mini-game]] found in ''[[Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars]]''. The game can be purchased at the [[Mushroom Kingdom]] [[Inn]] for a total of five hundred [[coin]]s from the [[Game Boy Toad]]. When Mario returns to Mushroom Kingdom after his turmoils in [[Marrymore]], he will have the opportunity to buy the game from the [[Toad (species)|Toad]]. After speaking to the Game Boy Toad enough times, Mario will be asked if he wants to buy the game. Saying "yes" will add "game" to the 'X' menu. The gameplay is simple: by pressing the buttons A, B or Y, a [[Beetle]] shoots stars at [[Red Shell|red Koopa shells]] that fall over the insect. Hitting one will cause red stars to pop out. These can both hurt the beetle or activate other shells. The first time Mario plays the game, [[Toad]] will run onto the screen asking the player not to use a [[Turbo Controller]] to play the game. Players are awarded [[point]]s for each shell hit, and more points for combos from the stars. After about 50,000 points, a flashing [[heart]] will fall from the top of the screen which recovers some of the Beetle's stamina. |
| '''Beetle Mania''' is a secret [[minigame]] found in ''[[Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars]]'' and [[Super Mario RPG (Nintendo Switch)|its Nintendo Switch remake]]. Its name is a reference to {{wp|Beatlemania}}, a pop culture phenomenon connected to the influential English rock band {{wp|The Beatles}}. In the remake, it is given a [[Game Boy]]-style border on the edges. | |
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| The minigame can be purchased at the [[inn]] in the [[Toad Town|Mushroom Kingdom]] for a total of 500 [[coin]]s from the [[Game Boy Toad]]. When [[Mario]] returns to the Mushroom Kingdom after the events in [[Marrymore]], he has the opportunity to buy the minigame from the Toad. After speaking to the Game Boy Toad enough times, Mario is asked if he wants to buy the minigame. Purchasing it adds "Game" to the menu (or "Play Game" in the remake), which [[Toad]] explains the next time the player opens the menu. In the [[Super Nintendo Entertainment System|SNES]] version, he also asks the player not to use a Turbo-type controller when playing the minigame. | | The background of the game changes depending on which character is in the middle slot of Mario's Party. |
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| In the remake, the [[Super Mario RPG (Nintendo Switch) bestiary|Monster List]] profile for [[Booster|Engine 023 Booster]] mentions that he originally owned the game before selling it to the Game Boy Toad for 100 coins to raise funds for his Engine 023.
| | ==Trivia== |
| | | *Beetle Mania is a reference to [[:wikipedia:Beatlemania|Beatlemania]], a pop culture phenomenon connected to influential English rock band [[:wikipedia:The Beatles|The Beatles]]. |
| ==Gameplay== | | [[category: Mini-games]] |
| The gameplay is simple: When the player presses {{button|snes|A}}, {{button|snes|B}}, or {{button|snes|Y}}, a [[beetle (Super Mario RPG)|beetle]] shoots stars at [[Red Shell|red Koopa shells]] that bounce around. Hitting one causes red stars to pop out and gives the player two [[point]]s. The stars can hurt the beetle and destroy other shells. For every subsequent shell hit by another shell's star, the points given increase exponentially. If the beetle is hit by a shell or star, it is knocked out and a timer starts counting up to three. The player can recover by pressing the buttons, but it takes longer to recover the more times the beetle is knocked out. If the beetle fails to recover before the timer reaches three, the beetle explodes into red stars and gives one point. After the player passes certain point thresholds, a flashing heart falls from the top of the screen, and it recovers some of the beetle's stamina.
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| The background of the minigame changes depending on which character is in the middle slot of Mario's party. One of the backgrounds resembles the start of [[Yoshi's Island 2]] from ''[[Super Mario World]]''.
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| ==Gallery==
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| <gallery>
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| SMRPG Beetle Mania Background 1.png|[[Mallow]] and [[Bowser]]'s background
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| SMRPG Beetle Mania Background 2.png|[[Geno]] and [[Princess Peach]]'s background
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| SMRPG Beetle Mania Game Over.png|[[Game Over]]
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| Beetle Mania remake.jpg|Beetle Mania in the remake
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| </gallery>
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| ==Names in other languages==
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| {{foreign names
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| |Jap=ばくれつカブト{{ruby|虫|むし}}
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| |JapR=Bakuretsu Kabutomushi
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| |JapM=Bombshell Beetle
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| |ChiS=爆裂独角仙
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| |ChiSR=Bàoliè dú jiǎo xiān
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| |ChiSM=Bombshell Beetle
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| |ChiT=爆裂獨角仙
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| |ChiTR=Bàoliè dú jiǎo xiān
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| |ChiTM=Bombshell Beetle
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| |Dut=Knalkever
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| |DutM=Bang-beetle
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| |Fre=Scaraboom
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| |FreM=Portmanteau of ''scarabée'' ("beetle") and "boom"
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| |Ger=Käfer-Kanonade
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| |GerM=Beetle Cannonade
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| |Ita=Scaraboom
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| |ItaM=Portmanteau of ''scarabeo'' ("beetle") and "boom"
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| |ItaN=Shared with [[Bugaboom#Names in other languages|Bugaboom]]
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| |Kor=팡팡 장수풍뎅이
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| |KorR=Pangpang Jangsupungdeng'i
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| |KorM=Bombshell Beetle
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| |Spa=Beetle Mania
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| }}
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| {{SMRPG}}
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| [[Category:Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars minigames]]
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