Editing Crystal (Super Mario Galaxy)

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{{item infobox
|image=[[File:Galaxy Crystal.png|90px]]
|first_appearance=''[[Super Mario Galaxy]]'' ([[List of games by date#2007|2007]])
|latest_appearance=''[[Minecraft|Minecraft: Bedrock Edition]]''<br>(Caves & Cliffs: Part I) (2021)
|effect=Releases [[coin]]s, [[Star Bit]]s, [[Luma]]s, [[Toad (species)|Toads]], power-ups, enemies, [[Launch Star]]s, or [[Power Star]]s when broken
}}
{{quote|Hey, can you break {{color|blue|this}}?|[[Toad (species)|Toad]]|[[Super Mario Galaxy 2]]}}
'''Crystals'''<ref>{{cite|author=Browne, Catherine|title=''Super Mario Galaxy 2: PRIMA Official Game Guide''|location=Roseville|publisher=Random House Inc|date=May 23, 2010|page=16|isbn=978-0-30746-907-6}}</ref> appear in ''[[Super Mario Galaxy]]'' and ''[[Super Mario Galaxy 2]]'' as quartz-like objects that typically hold objects or items, such as [[coin]]s, [[1-Up Mushroom]]s, and occasionally [[Launch Star]]s or [[Life Mushroom]]s. There are also octahedron crystals, which contain only power-ups. Most of these crystals contain [[Star Bit]]s; however, some may even contain [[Luma]]s or [[Toad (species)|Toad]]s, who help the player out once they are freed. Crystals sometimes contain enemies, namely [[Goomba]]s. The quantity of Star Bits obtained averages from three to ten, and most of the crystals found throughout the game contain four to six.

Crystals have fairly weak structures and can be shattered in both ''Super Mario Galaxy'' games by a variety of attacks, including [[Mario]] or [[Luigi]]'s standard [[spin]], [[fireball]]s, [[Green Shell]]s and [[Red Shell]]s, and [[Rock Mario]]'s boulder attack.

There are also rare large crystals that contain [[Power Star]]s. Large crystals require two spins to be shattered.

==History==
===''Super Mario'' series===
====''Super Mario Galaxy''====
[[File:SMG Castle Spin.png|left|200px|thumb|Mario destroys some crystals.]]
Crystals in ''Super Mario Galaxy'' first appear during the introductory cutscene, where the [[Airship]]s are shown shooting crystal bits at Toads.

====''Super Mario Galaxy 2''====
[[File:SMG2 Cloudy Court The Shadow Lining.png|thumb|200px|A crystalized Power Star]]
Crystals in ''Super Mario Galaxy 2'' retain their appearance and behavior. In the opening, they are seen dropping from the sky during [[Bowser]]'s attack on the [[Mushroom Kingdom]]. Anything hit by the crystal bits is trapped in a crystal, unable to move. Some crystals are also opaque, hiding whatever is inside until they are broken. These crystals have a rounder appearance than the transparent variety.

===''Mario Party 10''===
Three crystal-like recipients appear on different sides of the [[Rosalina Board]], containing Star Bits, in ''[[Mario Party 10]]''. When the player lands on an [[Event Space]], the crystal associated with it opens and empties itself of the Star Bits, commencing a short [[minigame]] where the player has to collect as many Star Bits as possible within a time limit.

===''Minecraft''===
In the Super Mario Mash-up in ''[[Minecraft]]'', Amethyst Shards are replaced by crystals.

===''Dr. Mario World''===
Crystals in ''[[Dr. Mario World]]'' can be seen on several planets on the [[World 8 (Dr. Mario World)|World 8]] map.

==Gallery==
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SMG Asset Model Crystals.png|Model from ''Super Mario Galaxy''
Pull Star Path Crystal.png|[[Mario]] near some crystals in the [[Space Junk Galaxy]]
SMG2 Yoshi Star Earth Planet.png|[[Luigi]] and [[Yoshi]] near some crystals in the [[Yoshi Star Galaxy]]
SMG2 Crystal.png|A [[Goomba]] trapped in a crystal
DMW World 8a.jpg|Several crystals on a [[Warp Pipe]] planet and [[Peewee Piranha]]'s [[Sky Station Galaxy#Peewee Piranha Planet|planet]], as seen on the [[World 8 (Dr. Mario World)|World 8]] map of ''[[Dr. Mario World]]''
DMW World 8b.jpg|Several crystals on a Warp Pipe planet, as seen on the World 8 map of ''Dr. Mario World''
</gallery>

==See also==
*[[Star Piece Cluster]]
*[[Balloon (Super Mario Galaxy 2)|Balloon (''Super Mario Galaxy 2'')]]

==Names in other languages==
{{foreign names
|Jap=クリスタル<ref>{{cite|author=Sakai, Kazuya (Ambit), kikai, Akinori Sao, Junko Fukuda, Kunio Takayama, and Ko Nakahara (Shogakukan), editors.|location=Tokyo|language=ja|publisher=[[Shogakukan]]|date=October 19, 2015|title=『[[Super Mario Bros. Encyclopedia|スーパーマリオブラザーズ百科: 任天堂公式ガイドブック]]』|page=136 and 169|isbn=978-4-09-106569-8}}</ref>
|JapR=Kurisutaru
|JapM=Crystal
|Ger=Kristall
|GerM=Crystal
|Ita=Cristallo
|Ita2=Roccia luminescente (''MP:SR'')
|ItaM=Crystal
|Ita2M=Luminescent rock
}}

==References==
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