Jar

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This article is about the objects that commonly appear in Super Mario Bros. 2. For the treasure in Wario Land 3, see Out of the Woods § Red Chest: Jar.
Jar
Rendered model of a Jar in Mario Kart Tour.
Model from Mario Kart Tour
First appearance Yume Kōjō: Doki Doki Panic (1987, overall)
Super Mario Bros. 2 (1988, Super Mario franchise)
Latest appearance Nintendo World Championships: NES Edition (2024)

Jars,[1][2][3] also known as pipes,[4][5] pots,[6][7] or vases,[8] appear in the Super Mario franchise as platforms or interactive objects that can be entered in the manner of a Warp Pipe.

History[edit]

Super Mario series[edit]

Yume Kōjō: Doki Doki Panic / Super Mario Bros. 2 / Super Mario Advance[edit]

Jar

Jars in Yume Kōjō: Doki Doki Panic and Super Mario Bros. 2 are the main modes of transportation of Subcon, and if a character goes down a jar, they will appear in a small room sometimes containing a key being protected by a Phanto. Jars in certain levels within Subspace contain a Subspace Warp that warps the player character to a certain later world. A door from a Magical Potion cannot be spawned inside of a jar. Cobrats sometimes lurk in the openings of some jars. Certain jars are Shy Guy Generators[9] and Bob-Omb Generators,[10] which generate endless streams of red Shyguys or Bob-Ombs, respectively, unless their entrances are blocked. In Super Mario Advance, some jars also contain Sparks and Spark Chasers, as well as (sometimes Shyguy-ridden) Ferris wheel platforms, and one contains a bouncing blade; jars were also added to levels in that version, and certain closed-off jars in previous versions were opened.

BS Super Mario USA[edit]

Jars in BS Super Mario USA are used identically as in Super Mario Bros. 2, except jars in Subspace lead to a battle against Wart.

Super Mario Sunshine[edit]

Jars[11] in Super Mario Sunshine appear a hidden room in Noki Bay, underneath Gooper Blooper's boss arena. One of the two largest jars releases a blue coin when sprayed at.

Super Mario Bros. Wonder[edit]

Jars are items that can be picked up and tossed as a projectile in Super Mario Bros. Wonder. When tossed, they fall apart, but they defeat struck enemies. Some jars are filled with water, and they release it onto the ground when they break the same way Elephant Mario sprays it from his trunk. They are most recurring in the Sunbaked Desert, within which they can also be found covering the heads of the snake enemy Serpont.

Super Smash Bros. series[edit]

Mushroom Kingdom II in Super Smash Bros. Ultimate.
Mushroom Kingdom II in Super Smash Bros. Ultimate

Jars in the Super Smash Bros. series appear in the background of the Mushroom Kingdom II stage in Super Smash Bros. Melee and Super Smash Bros. Ultimate.

Mario Pinball Land[edit]

Jars in Mario Pinball Land appear on the first pyramid interior board of the Shifting Sands Stage. There are four jars, which have earthy colors and diamond shapes on their pattern. They cannot be interacted with as their corners are elevated, but Snakes come out of them if the middle floor panel is activated.

Mario Kart series[edit]

Jars appear throughout Shy Guy Bazaar in Mario Kart 7 and Mario Kart Tour. They can also walk and move around, and some, known as snake jars, reveal many green, Cobrat-like snakes when broken. Their jar has a large and small version, and it is depicted with a green hue, full lower diamond shapes, no horizontal lines, and a lid covering the top. The large version is decorative, but the small version appears as an obstacle. If driven into, they break and some items fly out, namely bananas. "Jar" was previously all lowercase before the 2019 Paris Tour.[12]

Princess Peach: Showtime![edit]

A stack of pots in A Kung Fu Legend in Princess Peach: Showtime!. Ribboner's right show can also be seen very faintly between the two nearest pots to the camera.
A stack of pots in A Kung Fu Legend

Pots appear in various levels in Princess Peach: Showtime!, most commonly in the Ninja Peach, Kung Fu Peach and Swordfighter Peach levels. If Peach breaks the pots, they can either be empty or contain coins, Sparkle Gems or the Ribboner.

In Ninjutsu: The Art of Rapids the Ribboner has ended up in a pot on purpose, claiming he has mastered the "ancient ninja art: the pot-hide technique." On all later occasions where he has ended up in or behind pots he has done so by accident and wants to be rescued by Peach.

Certain sections in the Kung Fu Peach levels have a specific subcategory of the Sour Bunch who throw pots at Peach, which damages her if they hit her, and in Kung Fu Rehearsal a pot hit on Peach will instantly end the level.

Gallery[edit]

Names in other languages[edit]

Language Name Meaning Notes
Japanese つぼ[13]
Tsubo
Pot
ツボ[?]
Tsubo
Chinese (simplified) 瓶子[14]
Píngzi
Vase
[?]
Pot
Chinese (traditional) [?]
Pot
French Pot[?] Pot
German Vase[?] Vase
Italian Vaso[15][16] Pot
Giara[17] Jar
Korean 항아리[?]
Hang'ari
Jar
Portuguese Jarro[?] Jar
Spanish (NOA) Jarrón[?] Jar
Spanish (NOE) Vasija[?] Vase
Shy Guy Generator / Bob-Omb Generator
Language Name Meaning Notes
Italian Mini Giara[17] Mini Jar
Snake jar
Language Name Meaning Notes
Japanese へびツボ[?]
Hebi tsubo
Snake pot
Chinese (simplified) 蛇壶[?]
Shé hú
Snake pot
Chinese (traditional) 蛇壺[?]
Shé hú
Snake pot
French Pot à serpent[?] Snake pot
German Schlangenvase[?] Snake vase
Italian Giara serpente[?] Snake jar
Korean 뱀항아리[?]
Baem Hang'ari
Snake jar
Portuguese Jarro de cobras[?] Snake jar
Spanish (NOA) Jarrón reptante[?] Creeping jar
Spanish (NOE) Vasija reptante[?] Creeping vase

References[edit]

  1. ^ 1988. Super Mario Bros. 2 instruction booklet. Nintendo of America (American English). Page 25.
  2. ^ 1993. Super Mario All-Stars Player's Guide. Nintendo of America (American English). Page 89.
  3. ^ 2001. Super Mario Advance instruction booklet. Nintendo of America (American English). Page 33.
  4. ^ 1993. Super Mario All-Stars Player's Guide. Nintendo of America (American English). Page 87.
  5. ^ Stratton, Bryan (June 7, 2001). Super Mario Advance Prima's Official Strategy Guide. Prima Games (American English). ISBN 0-7615-3633-7. Page 8.
  6. ^ Nintendo PlayChoice-10 Super Mario Bros. 2 instructions
  7. ^ 1993. Super Mario All-Stars Player's Guide. Nintendo of America (American English). Page 96.
  8. ^ 2001. Super Mario Advance instruction booklet. Nintendo of America (American English). Page 25.
  9. ^ Stratton, Bryan (June 7, 2001). Super Mario Advance Prima's Official Strategy Guide. Prima Games (American English). ISBN 0-7615-3633-7. Page 39, 40, 59, 60, 63, 64, 73, 74, 76, 87.
  10. ^ Stratton, Bryan (June 7, 2001). Super Mario Advance Prima's Official Strategy Guide. Prima Games (American English). ISBN 0-7615-3633-7. Page 58, 59, 69, 76.
  11. ^ Averill, Alan and Jennifer Villarreal (2002). Super Mario Sunshine: The Official Nintendo Player's Guide. Redmond: Nintendo of America. ISBN 1-930206-23-2. Page 124.
  12. ^ RebelYelliex (October 9, 2019). Mario Kart Tour Tokyo Tour Toad Cup Shy Guy Bazaar. YouTube. Retrieved February 6, 2020.
  13. ^ 1987. Yume Kōjō: Doki Doki Panic instruction booklet. Nintendo (Japanese). Page 34.
  14. ^ SMG114514 (February 27, 2017). 小神游GBA官方游戏宣传视频. Bilibili (Simplified Chinese). Retrieved June 4, 2024.
  15. ^ Super Mario Bros. 2 Italian manual. Page 25.
  16. ^ 2001. Super Mario Advance manual. Nintendo of Europe (Italian). Page 109.
  17. ^ a b November 15, 2018. Super Mario Bros. Enciclopedia. Magazzini Salani (Italian). ISBN 889367436X. Page 70.