Editing Bubble ring

{{image|more=yes|''Super Mario 64 DS'' model}}
{{item infobox
|image=[[File:SM64 Asset Model Bubble Ring.png|150px]]<br>Model from ''Super Mario 64''
|first_appearance=''[[Super Mario 64]]'' ([[List of games by date#1996|1996]])
|latest_appearance=''[[Super Mario 3D All-Stars]]'' ([[List of games by date#2020|2020]])
|effect=Replenishes a wedge of the player character's [[Health Meter#Super Mario 64 / Super Mario 64 DS|Power Meter]] and awards him a [[Power Star]] when he [[swim]]s through five
}}
A '''bubble ring''',<ref name=PG>{{cite|author=Pelland, Scott and Dan Owsen|title=''Super Mario 64'' Player's Guide|page=78|date=1996|publisher=Nintendo of America|language=en-us}}</ref> also known as a '''Water Ring'''<ref>''Super Mario 64 DS'' internal object name (<tt>WATER_RING</tt>)</ref> or simply a '''ring''',<ref name=PG/><ref>Game Rules for "Manta Rings" in ''Mario Party 4''.</ref> is an underwater object first appearing in ''[[Super Mario 64]]''.

==History==
===''Super Mario 64'' / ''Super Mario 64 DS''===
[[File:The Manta Ray's Reward.png|thumb|left|Mario swimming through the Manta Ray's bubble rings in ''Super Mario 64'']]
In ''Super Mario 64'' and ''[[Super Mario 64 DS]]'', bubble rings are seen only in the ninth course: [[Dire, Dire Docks]]. When [[Mario]], [[Yoshi]], [[Luigi]], or [[Wario]] swims through a bubble ring, it replenishes two wedges of his [[Health Meter#Super Mario 64 / Super Mario 64 DS|Power Meter]] and a number appears above him. Much like a [[secret]], this number represents the number of consecutive bubble rings the player character has passed through. When the player character [[swim]]s through five consecutive bubble rings, he is granted a [[Power Star]].

Bubble rings are required for the fourth and fifth Stars (fourth and seventh in the DS version) in Dire, Dire Docks. In the fourth mission, [[Through the Jet Stream (Dire, Dire Docks)|Through the Jet Stream]], the player character must swim to the other side of the tunnel to find a jet stream spraying out bubble rings. After the player character collects five of these bubble rings in a row, a Power Star appears above the jet stream, and [[Metal Mario]] or Metal Wario can collect it. In the fifth (or seventh in ''Super Mario 64 DS'') mission, [[The Manta Ray's Reward]], the player character finds a [[Manta|Manta Ray]] swimming around underwater and leaving a trail of bubble rings. The player character must follow this trail to collect five consecutive bubble rings and make the Power Star appear.
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===''Mario Party 4''===
[[File:MantaRings 4.png|thumb|Rings in the distance in Manta Rings]]
In the ''[[Mario Party 4]]'' minigame [[Manta Rings]], rings appear along with a gold type created by a Manta. The blue rings are worth one [[point]], and the gold rings are worth three points. In this appearance, the rings are composed of bubbles.

==Gallery==
<gallery>
Through The Jet Stream.png|[[Wario]] near bubble rings in ''[[Super Mario 64 DS]]''
SMAGPB6 Artwork Manta.png|Illustration from ''[[Super Mario Ehon|Super Mario Bōken Game Ehon 6 3 Tsu no Takara]]''
</gallery>

==Names in other languages==
{{foreign names
|Jap=リング
|JapR=Ringu
|JapM=Ring
|Ita=Anello
|ItaC=<ref>{{cite|date=November 15, 2018|title=''[[Super Mario Bros. Encyclopedia|Super Mario Bros. Enciclopedia]]''|publisher=Magazzini Salani|language=it|isbn=889367436X|page=85}}</ref><ref>{{cite|author=Rules for [[Manta Rings]]|quote=Nuota in fondo all'oceano e passa attraverso gli anelli.|publisher=''Mario Party 4''|language=it}}</ref>
|Ita2=Cerchio
|Ita2C=<ref>{{cite|date=November 15, 2018|title=''[[Super Mario Bros. Encyclopedia|Super Mario Bros. Enciclopedia]]''|publisher=Magazzini Salani|language=it|isbn=889367436X|page=89}}</ref>
|ItaM=Ring
|Ita2M=Ring/Circle
}}

==See also==
*[[Red Ring]]
*[[Green Ring]]
*[[Blue Ring]]
*[[Coin ring]]
*[[Gold Ring]]
*[[Green Star Ring]]

==References==
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[[Category:Super Mario 64 objects]]
[[Category:Super Mario 64 DS objects]]
[[it:Bubble ring]]