Editing Bubble ring

{{image|more=yes|''Super Mario 64 DS'' model}}

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|image=[[File:SM64 Asset Model Bubble Ring.png|150px]]<br>Model from ''Super Mario 64''

|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]]''.

[[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.

*[[Green Star Ring]]