Emerald Star
| Emerald Star | |
|---|---|
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| Description | |
| “The object you got from the Puni elder in the Great Tree.” | |
| First appearance | Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door (2004) |
| Latest appearance | Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door (Nintendo Switch) (2024) |
- “All right, there, Marty-o. You can have the Emerald Star...the Crystal Star that resided in this tree!”
- —Puni elder, Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door
The Emerald Star is the second of the Crystal Stars Mario collects in Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door, obtained upon completing Chapter 2: The Great Boggly Tree.
According to the legend of the Crystal Stars as told by Grifty, the Emerald Star was given to the Punies to guard as a favor of the Goomba hero for saving them from monsters. The Goomba hollowed out a large tree for the Punies to make their home in, where the Emerald Star has since been guarded.[1] The task of protecting the Emerald Star from "evil" and giving it to a "pure heart" would go on to be passed down generations of Puni elders to the present day.
During Mario's adventure, the X-Nauts take over the Great Tree in search for the Emerald Star and capture many of the Punies living inside. As Mario rescues the Punies, he discovers the location of the Emerald Star in the tree's basement. However, the leader of the X-Naut team, Lord Crump, quickly steals the Emerald Star once it is revealed. In an effort to keep the Emerald Star to himself, Lord Crump activates a time bomb while he makes his way to the entrance, only to be stopped by the Puni elder, allowing Mario and his partners to catch up with him. Crump then deactivates the system and fights Mario in Magnus von Grapple. After defeating the mech and recovering the Emerald Star, the Puni elder allows Mario to have it, as he has proved himself to be a "pure heart" by saving the Great Tree. Collecting the Emerald Star teaches Mario the move Clock Out to use in battle.
During the final battle with the Shadow Queen, when the Crystal Stars spread out to the locations in which they were found, the Emerald Star returns to the Great Tree, where the Punies are alerted of the situation Mario and his team are in and cheer them on before the final round.
Gallery[edit]
The Emerald Star's sprite in the original game
The Emerald Star in the Great Tree
Lord Crump drops the Emerald Star after Magnus von Grapple's defeat
Mario collecting the Emerald Star in the remake
The Emerald Star by the Great Tree during the final battle in the remake
Names in other languages[edit]
| Language | Name | Meaning | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Japanese | エメラルドスター[2] Emerarudo Sutā |
Emerald Star | |
| Chinese (simplified) | 绿宝石之星[3] Lǜ bǎoshí zhī xīng |
Emerald Star | |
| Chinese (traditional) | 綠寶石之星[4] Lǜ bǎoshí zhī xīng |
Emerald Star | |
| Dutch | Smaragden ster[5] | Emerald Star | |
| French | Étoile d'émeraude[?] | Emerald Star | |
| German | Smaragdstern[6] | Emerald Star | |
| Italian | Stella Smeraldo[?] | Emerald Star | original |
| Stella smeraldo[7] | Emerald star | remake | |
| Korean | 에메랄드스타[8] Emelaldeu Seuta |
Emerald Star | |
| Spanish | Estrella Esmeralda[?] | Emerald Star |
References[edit]
- ^ "At that time, many monsters wandered in the nearby Boggly Woods.[...]Pitying them, the Goomba hollowed out the Great Tree for the Punies to live in. The Punies were so grateful they swore to protect the Crystal Star there..." - Grifty
- ^ 「エメラルドスター
森のおくにある 大樹の中に すんでいる プニ族の オババから さずかったモノ」– Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door (Nintendo Switch). Nintendo Co. (Japanese). - ^ "绿宝石之星
住在森林深处的大树中的 普尼族老婆婆给的东西。" – Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door (Nintendo Switch). Nintendo (Hong Kong) (Simplified Chinese). - ^ 「綠寶石之星
住在森林深處那棵大樹中的 普尼族老婆婆所贈與的東西。」– Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door (Nintendo Switch). Nintendo (Hong Kong) (Traditional Chinese). - ^ "Smaragden ster
De ster die je hebt gekregen van de Ini-leider in de grote boom." – Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door (Nintendo Switch). Nintendo of Europe (Dutch). - ^ "Smaragdstern
Du hast ihn von Bubuma aus dem Großen Baum erhalten." – Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door (Nintendo Switch). Nintendo of Europe (German). - ^ "Stella smeraldo
Presa nella Grande Quercia con l'avallo della Matriarca." – Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door (Nintendo Switch). Nintendo of Europe (Italian). - ^ "에메랄드스타
깊은 숲속에 있는 거목에 사는 말랑족의 할멈에게서 받은 것" – Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door (Nintendo Switch). Nintendo of Korea (Korean).
