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In [[Hippo (level)|the Hippo level]], the titular [[Hippo]] blows '''soap bubbles''',<ref>{{cite|title=''Super Mario Land 2: 6 Golden Coins'' instruction booklet|page=16|publisher=Nintendo of America|language=en-us|date=1992}}</ref> that allow Mario to "swim" in air, allowing him to reach the entrance to the [[Space Zone]]. They pop when they touch water or an enemy - in the latter case, a powered-up Mario briefly flashes between his large and [[small Mario]] sprites as if he has taken damage, but will not lose his current power-up (e.g., [[Fire Mario]] does not become [[Super Mario (form)|Super Mario]]).

Bubbles in ''[[Super Mario Advance]]'', the [[Game Boy Advance]] [[Reissue|remake]] of ''[[Super Mario Bros. 2]]'', are big solid objects which hold [[1-Up Mushroom]]s, and they can only be popped by throwing three [[Vegetable]]s or enemies at them.

[[File:SMG Bubble Breeze Question Coin.png|thumb|left|200px|Bubbles allow Mario to float above [[Poison (obstacle)|poison]] in [[Bubble Breeze Galaxy]]]]

Bubbles in ''[[Super Mario Galaxy]]'' have two roles. They can be found throughout underwater areas and refill Mario or Luigi's oxygen meter if he touches one, much like in ''Super Mario 64''. There are also bubbles that can be found on land, which Mario or Luigi can enter and ride in. The player must use the [[Wii#Wii Remote|Wii Remote]] to aim the bubble in the desired direction, blow it around by pressing {{button|wii|A}}, and leave the bubble by pressing {{button|wii|Z}}. If the bubble touches sharp or electrical objects or is pinched by walls, it pops, causing Mario or Luigi to fall to a deadly hazard, defeating him.

 

An [[List of Super Mario Galaxy pre-release and unused content|unused part]] of [[Bubble Blast Galaxy]] includes cube-shaped bubbles.<ref>{{cite|author=Newer Team|date=October 1, 2010|url=youtu.be/KomnH1jRPAQ|title=Super Mario Galaxy - Even more unused zones|publisher=YouTube|language=en|accessdate=July 28, 2024}}</ref>

Bubbles in ''[[Super Mario 3D World]]'' can contain players like in ''New Super Mario Bros. Wii'' and ''New Super Mario Bros. U'', but a difference is that if only one player is active, they cannot put themselves into a bubble. This marks the first time it can be done in a 3D ''Super Mario'' game. In addition, some [[Super Mushroom]]s can be found encased in bubbles, while bubbles containing [[Super Bell]]s can be found above water in ''[[Super Mario 3D World + Bowser's Fury#Bowser's Fury|Bowser's Fury]]''.

Bubbles in ''[[Super Mario Run]]'' serve as extra lives for the player, essentially replacing [[1-Up Mushroom]]s. Unlike in previous games, they are not carried over between levels. Each level starts the player off with two bubbles. If the player is defeated, they are encased in one of these bubbles and get launched to the left. Once the bubble slows down, they float slowly leftward on a set path. The path is the level's primary path, avoiding any hard to reach areas. The player can float for as long as they want, stopping at the beginning of the level, to access prior areas. Time does not count down while inside a bubble. At any point past the launch the player can pop the bubble by tapping the screen, returning to normal gameplay. The player falls straight down unless they interrupt the fall with a [[Midair Spin]] or other action. They are briefly invincible after leaving the bubble. If the player loses all of their bubbles and dies, they fail the level and have to restart from the beginning. [[Time]] running out ignores remaining bubbles and defeats the player.

 

The player can manually activate a bubble by tapping the bubble icon at the top left corner of the screen, which skips to the floating portion. This first forces the player onto the primary path before the backward floating begins, and invincibility is not granted after leaving. If the player tries to exit a bubble while passing through a solid object, the bubble will jolt up or down instead. If the bubble is floating downward, it instead jolts left and right. Extra bubbles can be found in [[? Block]]s. Obtaining one this way stops all movement identically to obtaining a power-up. [[Easy Mode]] allows the player to use infinite bubbles.

 

 

 

In Remix 10, bubbles are not used as extra lives, with the game proceeding to the next course if the player dies, or ending the run if it is the last course. Bubbles instead serve to provide extra power-ups. Every time the player collects 100 coins, the coin counter resets and a bubble appears from the top right of the screen with a power-up. If the player is [[Small Mario|small]], then a Super Mushroom will be inside. If the player is [[Super Mario (form)|big]], then a [[Super Star]] will be inside. Bubbles move to float over the player, then alternate between moving slightly ahead and returning to being above the player. Bubbles move upward slowly, so the player can pick them up by [[jump]]ing. Avoiding a bubble is difficult. If the player [[slide]]s they can outpace a bubble, so the bubble has to catch up. Bubbles and the power-ups inside do not disappear unless the player touches the final [[Goal Pole]] or otherwise clears the last course. If the player touches a Goal Pole or dies, all bubbles will stop moving, then reappear when the next course starts. More than one bubble can be active at the same time, such as if the player collects a large number of coins at once.

Bubbles in ''[[Super Mario Odyssey]]'' have a number of roles. Large bubbles appear in some underwater areas and replenish Mario's air meter like in ''Super Mario Galaxy'' and ''Super Mario Galaxy 2''. [[Heart (item)|Heart]]s and Coins are sometimes contained in bubbles. [[Bubbler (object)|Bubblers]] create bubbles at a constant rate, and these float upward until they pop. When a [[Checkpoint Flag]] is touched underwater, it creates a bubble.

 

If Mario falls off certain areas of the game, such as the concert stage during the [[A Traditional Festival!|New Donk City Festival]] and the Floating Island in the [[Luncheon Kingdom]], he is placed in a bubble and returned to the where he fell from. More specific situations may return Mario to a default point instead.<ref>{{cite|author=Gamechamp3000|date=Feb 16, 2018|title=VG Myths - Super Mario Odyssey's Impossible Jumpless Moons|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pik5v-fSxvM|timestamp="6:22"|publisher=Youtube|accessdate=Sept 7, 2024}}</ref> This is similar to the transparent sphere from the [[Comet Observatory]] in ''[[Super Mario Galaxy]]'' and the credits in ''[[Super Mario Galaxy 2]]''.  

 

In [[Assist Mode]], bubbles are a prominent element. If Mario falls into a pit, touches [[Poison (obstacle)|poison]] that defeats him instantly, or touches lava, and he has more than one [[Health Meter|health point]], a bubble will carry Mario back to the last stationary platform he was standing on while taking away one health point. If Mario only has one health point, then the bubble does not appear and Mario dies. This can also occur in 8-bit areas, so bubbles have an appearance specifically for those and Mario uses the crouching sprite while inside. Certain areas of the game, usually those involving all nearby ground collapsing, do not allow bubbles to rescue Mario in this manner.

Bubbles appear in ''[[Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island]]'', [[Yoshi's Island: Super Mario Advance 3|its remake]], and ''[[Yoshi's Island DS]]'' with a variety of roles. They sometimes house [[Extra life|1UPs]], but usually appear in the form of [[morph bubble]]s. If the player is hit by an enemy, [[Baby Mario]] floats away in a Bubble. [[Bubble Dayzee]]s and [[Barney Bubble]]s also spit out Bubbles as their attack method. These Bubbles cannot hurt a [[Yoshi (species)|Yoshi]] directly, but are capable of knocking him back. Yoshis can also bounce up high after jumping onto these Bubbles. The Yoshis can also spit these Bubbles themselves upon licking them up, though theirs' defeat enemies instead, and must be restocked by licking up another bubble.

A bubble in ''[[Paper Mario]]'' is blown by the [[Bubble Plant]] in [[Flower Fields]] if given a [[Bubble Berry]]. Mario and his partner can hop into the Bubble and travel past a sea of thorns.

[[Bowser Jr.|Dr. Bowser Jr.]]'s and [[Dolphin|Dr. Dolphin]]'s skills involves bubbles. For Dr. Bowser Jr., his stage mode skill pops up to 10 bubbles while his versus mode skill covers up to 10 viruses in the opponent's field in bubbles. For Dr. Dolphin, its stage mode skill pops up to 4 bubbles (3 prior to version 2.2.0), while its versus mode skill covers up to 6 viruses inside bubbles. Although Dr. Dolphin skill involves less bubbles than Dr. Bowser Jr., it is compensated by a lower skill meter to allow for potentially more uses of the skill. [[Morton|Dr. Morton]]'s skill in versus mode also involves bubbles (in addition to ice), in which he will cover some of the viruses inside bubbles. Bubbles may appear in some of the starting layouts in versus mode.

Bubbles in ''[[Mario Kart Tour]]'' are the [[Special skill (Mario Kart Tour)|special skill]] of [[Baby Peach]], [[Baby Daisy]], [[Baby Rosalina]], [[Lemmy]], and the [[Mii|Cheep Cheep]], [[Mii|Lemmy]], and [[Mii|Fish Bone Mii Racing Suits]]. When used, they envelop the driver, allowing them to sustain one hit from almost any obstacle without crashing, but popping upon collision. However, colliding with a [[Clampy]] as it closes its valves will still cause the driver to spin out while the Bubble remains intact. The Bubble functions similarly to the [[Bullet Bill]] in that it pulls the player forwards automatically when activated, though it is slower and does not harm other drivers, and the player can steer a little while using a Bubble. Bubbles automatically pop after ten seconds. When Bubble+ is active, the Bubble has a faster movement speed than normal. Drivers cannot perform any actions while in a Bubble, but they constantly receive [[Mario Kart Tour race points system#Bonus points|bonus points]] from it to compensate. In [[Frenzy (Mario Kart Tour)|Frenzy]] mode, the bubble functions like normal but enlarges briefly for each Frenzy action.

Starting from the version 3.0.0 update, bubbles no longer fill the items' slots while using it and can be popped earlier by constantly tapping the screen.

 

 

In the [[Nintendo Switch]] version of ''[[Mario vs. Donkey Kong (Nintendo Switch)|Mario vs. Donkey Kong]]'', bubbles are only used in the [[Easy Mode|Casual]] play style, and are used to transport the player back to the last active [[Checkpoint Flag]] if they end up in situations where they would be normally defeated in Classic. However, the player has a limited supply of five bubbles, with one being used up if they are bubbled back to a checkpoint. Touching any hazard while having no bubbles left will cause the player to instead lose a life.

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