Editing Lakitu's Cloud

{{species infobox
|image=[[File:NS Online Lakitu's Cloud Cropped.png|200px]]<br>Artwork of a Lakitu's Cloud for [[Nintendo Switch Online]]
|first_appearance=''[[Super Mario Bros.]]'' ([[List of games by date#1985|1985]])
|latest_appearance=''[[Super Mario Party Jamboree]]'' ([[List of games by date#2024|2024]])
|variant_of=[[Cloud Block]]
|variants=[[Rain Cloud]]<br>[[Snow Cloud]]<br>[[Thunder Cloud]]
|relatives=[[Lakitu]]
|comparable=[[Fwoosh]]<br>[[Gnarantula]]<br>[[Ruff Puff]]<br>[[Smogrin]]
|notable=[[Fluffy]]<br>[[Royal bus]]
}}
'''Lakitu's Clouds''' (occasionally formatted as '''Lakitu's clouds''')<ref>{{cite|quote=Commandeer Lakitu's cloud and use it to collect coins.|title=[[Lakitu's Cloud Heist]]|publisher=''[[New Super Mario Bros. U]]''|language=en}}</ref> are objects introduced in ''[[Super Mario Bros. 3]]''. They are clouds with a smiley face on each, usually inhabited and maneuvered through the air by [[Lakitu]]s. Certain games of the [[Super Mario (series)|''Super Mario'' series]] allow the player character to ride in one temporarily.
==History==
===''Super Mario'' series===
====''Super Mario Bros / Super Mario Bros: The Lost Levels''====
Lakitu Cloud appeared in [[Super Mario Bros]] and [[Super Mario Bros: The Lost Levels]] used by [[Lakitu]]s.

In the early development of Super Mario Bros., there were concepts that included Lakitu's cloud as a ridable element for players. Artwork and design documents from the game's development phase indicate that the idea was to allow Mario to ride on Lakitu’s cloud. However, this concept was ultimately changed, and in the final game.

====''Super Mario Bros. 3''====
Lakitu's Cloud<ref>{{cite|date=2003|title=''Super Mario Advance 4: Super Mario Bros. 3'' instruction booklet|publisher=Nintendo of America|language=en-us|page=28}}</ref><ref>{{cite|date=2003|author=Peterson, Erik|title=''Super Mario Advance 4: Super Mario Bros. 3'' Player's Guide|publisher=Nintendo of America|language=en-us|isbn=1930206-37-2|page=10}}</ref> (originally named '''Jugem's Cloud''',<ref>{{cite|date=1990|title=''Super Mario Bros. 3'' instruction booklet|publisher=Nintendo of America|language=en-us|page=24}}</ref><ref>{{cite|date=1993|title=''Super Mario All-Stars'' instruction booklet|publisher=Nintendo of America|language=en-us|page=34}}</ref><ref>{{cite|author=Hodgson, David S J.|date=October 21, 2003|title=''Super Mario Advance 4: Super Mario Bros. 3'' Prima's Official Strategy Guide|publisher=[[Prima Games]]|language=en-us|isbn=0-7615-4425-9|page=10}}</ref> with "Jugem" being the romanization of Lakitu's Japanese name, or '''Cloud Jewel''')<ref>{{cite|date=March-April 1990|title=''Nintendo Power'' volume 11|publisher=Nintendo of America|language=en-us|page=8}}</ref>) is an [[list of items|item]] in ''[[Super Mario Bros. 3]]'' and its [[reissue]]s. It allows [[Mario]] or [[Luigi]] to skip a level from the world map, but should they lose a life in the next level, their map position is reset.

====''Super Mario World''====
Lakitu's Clouds are objects in ''[[Super Mario World]]''. The player character can jump into one and ride it temporarily after defeating its Lakitu with [[fireball]]s or other projectiles to float around anywhere in the sky, unlike how Lakitus use them to move horizontally only. The Lakitu's Cloud moves at a constant speed if the player character jumps from it until it is reoccupied or despawns. The Lakitu's Cloud dissolves if the Lakitu is [[stomp]]ed.

A [[List of Super Mario World glitches#Everlasting cloud ride|glitch]] exists in ''Super Mario World'' that causes the cloud to last indefinitely if the Lakitu on top is defeated with [[Fire Flower|fire power]].

====''Super Mario 64'' / ''Super Mario 64 DS''====
Lakitu's Clouds return in ''[[Super Mario 64]]'' and ''[[Super Mario 64 DS]]''. They were originally a 2D texture without a face, but the remake gives the cloud its usual look.

====''New Super Mario Bros.''====
Lakitu's Clouds return in ''[[New Super Mario Bros.]]'' They are the same as in ''Super Mario World'', except a [[shell dash]] is another way to hijack a Lakitu's Cloud temporarily. Even if the cloud is unoccupied, hitting it with the shell dash ability earns the player character 1,000 points.<ref>{{cite|author=Nishman235|date=April 11, 2018|url=youtu.be/xiWaiA8kFyw|title=MAX SCORE GLITCH Tutorial <nowiki>[New Super Mario Bros. DS]</nowiki>|publisher=YouTube|accessdate=September 20, 2021}}</ref> Lakitu's Clouds are required to obtain certain [[Star Coin]]s.

====''New Super Mario Bros. Wii''====
Lakitu's Clouds return in ''[[New Super Mario Bros. Wii]]''. They are identical to those in ''New Super Mario Bros.'', though Lakitu's Clouds can now also become accessible from stomping a Lakitu.

====''Super Mario Galaxy 2''====
Lakitu's Clouds return in ''[[Super Mario Galaxy 2]]''. They cannot be used. A Lakitu's Cloud disappears if its Lakitu is stunned on the ground, though the Lakitu creates another to use moments later.

====''New Super Mario Bros. 2''====
Lakitu's Clouds return in ''[[New Super Mario Bros. 2]]''. They are also affected by [[Gold Ring]]s, becoming gold, and they spawn a trail of coins when ridden. Lakitu's Clouds swell up for a split second to "[[paah]]s."

====''New Super Mario Bros. U'' / ''New Super Luigi U'' / ''New Super Mario Bros. U Deluxe''====
Lakitu's Clouds appear in ''[[New Super Mario Bros. U]]'', ''[[New Super Luigi U]]'', and [[New Super Mario Bros. U Deluxe|their port]]. Their mouths move whenever a "paah" sound plays. A Lakitu's Cloud is used to collect the [[coin]]s in [[Lakitu's Cloud Heist]].

====''Super Mario Maker''====
Lakitu's clouds are course elements in ''[[Super Mario Maker]]'' and ''[[Super Mario Maker for Nintendo 3DS]]''. One becomes usable for Mario or to put an enemy, object, or power-up inside of it if the Lakitu is shook from the cloud, ejecting it. Enemies in Lakitu's Cloud travel horizontally, and those with wings move in a wavy pattern from side to side.

====''Super Mario Maker 2''====
Lakitu's Clouds return in ''[[Super Mario Maker 2]]''. They function the same as in ''Super Mario Maker'' and were not added to the ''[[Super Mario 3D World]]'' style. A Lakitu's Cloud in Story Mode is used to reconstruct [[Peach's Castle]] after completing [[Head in the Clouds (level)|a certain level]].

====''Super Mario Bros. Wonder''====
Lakitu's Clouds return in ''[[Super Mario Bros. Wonder]]''. They are spawned indefinitely in [[Petal Isles Flying Battleship]] to allow the player characters to traverse the levels.

===''Mario Kart'' series===
A Lakitu's Cloud is used by the [[Lakitu (Mario Kart referee)|Lakitu]] referee in the [[Mario Kart (series)|''Mario Kart'' series]]. It wears goggles during [[underwater driving]] in ''[[Mario Kart 7]]'', which introduces a vehicle based on Lakitu's Clouds, [[Cloud 9]]. Lakitu's Cloud is depicted on several courses in [[Dragon Driftway]] in ''[[Mario Kart 8]]'' and ''[[Mario Kart 8 Deluxe]]''. A Lakitu's Cloud is the basis of the [[Standard Kart]] and emblem of the playable Lakitu in ''[[Mario Kart Arcade GP DX]]''.

===''Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island'' / ''Yoshi's Island: Super Mario Advance 3''===
Lakitu's Clouds are objects in ''[[Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island]]'' and [[Yoshi's Island: Super Mario Advance 3|its remake]]. They become usable for the player character temporarily after they defeat the Lakitu, only by stomping, since other attacks destroy the cloud. After being used for a while, a Lakitu's Cloud blinks repeatedly to indicate it is about to disappear, something that became standard in the ''Super Mario'' series.

===''Mario Party'' series===
====''Mario Party 10''====
Lakitu's Clouds are objects in the minigame [[Fuzzy Fliers]] in ''[[Mario Party 10]]''. They are used to fly to the top of a tower. If a Lakitu's Cloud runs out of time, the player character in it loses.

====''Super Mario Party Jamboree''====
Lakitu's Cloud is an object in ''[[Super Mario Party Jamboree]]''. It appears on [[Mario's Rainbow Castle]], replacing the [[Fwoosh]] found on the original board. It takes the player to the tower where they can get a [[Star (Mario Party series)|Star]] from [[Toad (species)|Yellow Toad]] or a [[Ztar]] from [[Fake Bowser|Impostor Bowser]].

===''The Super Mario Bros. Movie''===
In ''[[The Super Mario Bros. Movie]]'', Lakitu's Clouds from ''Super Mario Bros. 3'' appear in the antiques shop.

==Profiles==
===''Super Mario Bros. 3''===
*'''Wii Virtual Console manual:''' ''Use this item to pass Mario over an uncompleted level on the map screen.''
*'''Nintendo 3DS Virtual Console manual bio:''' ''Allows Mario to clear a level not yet cleared.''

===''Super Mario Maker''===
*'''[[Play Nintendo]]:'''<br>'''''Catch a cloud'''<br>Sure, you could bounce up to that extra high platform on a trampoline, but why not travel in style by knocking off Lakitu and stealing his cloud?''<ref>{{cite|url=play.nintendo.com/news-tips/tips-tricks/super-mario-maker-platforming-tips|title=Super Mario Maker Platforming Tips|publisher=Play Nintendo|language=en-us|accessdate=July 5, 2020}}</ref>

==General information==
===Physical appearance===
{{multiframe|[[File:Cloud Map SMB3.png]] [[File:SMW2 Lakitu's Cloud.png]] [[File:Lakitu Cloud PM.png]]|Lakitu's Clouds from left to right: ''[[Super Mario Bros. 3]]'', ''[[Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island]]'', and ''[[Paper Mario]]''|align=left|size=150}}
Most Lakitu's Clouds are white. However, in ''[[Paper Mario]]'', [[Lakilulu]] has a pink-colored cloud; additionally, [[Dark Lakitu]]s from ''[[Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door]]'' have gray clouds. [[Lakithunder]] from ''[[New Super Mario Bros.]]'' also has a dark gray cloud with glaring, yellow eyes, capable of firing lightning bolts. [[King Lakitu]] from ''Super Mario Galaxy 2'', another lightning-firing Lakitu, has a purple cloud. [[Lakipea]]s, the [[Beanbean Kingdom]] equivalent of Lakitus, have vines covering their clouds.

Many Lakitu's Clouds also have faces. In the ''Paper Mario'' series, the clouds share the expressions of their owners; additionally, some Lakitu's Clouds in the ''Paper Mario'' series wear sunglasses. The clouds of [[Fishing Boo]]s and [[C. Fishing Boo]]s do not have faces, however. In ''[[Super Mario 64]]'', ''[[The Super Mario Bros. Super Show!]]'', and ''[[Super Mario Bros.: Peach-hime Kyūshutsu Dai Sakusen!]]'', all Lakitus are portrayed without faces on their clouds, but in ''Super Mario 64'', there is an unused texture for a face for Lakitu's Cloud left in the game's data.<ref>{{cite|url=tcrf.net/Super_Mario_64_(Nintendo_64)/Unused_Textures|title=Super Mario 64 Unused Textures|publisher=The Cutting Room Floor|accessdate=December 21, 2021|language=en}}</ref> In the latter, Lakitu and Mario are able to control rain, thunder, sun, typhoons, and snow with levers on the cloud.

Similar cloud characters and items have appeared throughout the ''[[Super Mario (franchise)|Super Mario]]'' franchise. In ''Super Mario World'', when Yoshi eats two pink [[Fruit (Yoshi food)|berries]] in the same stage, a cloud resembling Lakitu's Cloud appears and drops ten striped smiley-faced coins, giving a [[1-Up Mushroom]] if all of them are collected. The [[Thunder Cloud]] item in ''[[Mario Kart Wii]]'' looks like a Lakitu's Cloud, but a bluish-gray color with a [[Lightning]] on its head. [[Ruff Puff]]'s Tattle in ''[[Super Paper Mario]]'' openly speculates on the relationship between it and the similar Lakitu's Cloud.

==Gallery==
<gallery>
Cloud Map SMB3.png|''[[Super Mario Bros. 3]]'' sprite
SMW Lakitu's Cloud.gif|''[[Super Mario World]]'' sprite
SMBPW Jugems Cloud.png|''[[Super Mario Bros. Print World]]''
Jugems Cloud SMB3 All-Stars.png|''[[Super Mario All-Stars]]'' (''Super Mario Bros. 3'') sprite
SMW2 Lakitu's Cloud.png|''[[Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island]]'' sprite
Story Lakitu's Cloud.png|''[[Yoshi's Story]]'' sprite
Lakitu Cloud PM.png|''[[Paper Mario]]'' sprite
Lakitu's Cloud Hyper Sniper Target MP6.png|''[[Mario Party 6]]''
DaisyCruiserMK7RaceFinish.jpg|''[[Mario Kart 7]]'' with goggles
SMM-SMB-Lakitu'sCloud.png|''[[Super Mario Maker]]'' sprite (''[[Super Mario Bros.]]'' style)
SMM-SMB-30th-Lakitu'sCloud.png|''Super Mario Maker'' sprite under the [[Big Mushroom]] effect
SMM-NSMBU-LakitusCloud.png|''Super Mario Maker'' sprite (''[[New Super Mario Bros. U]]'' style)
Standee Cloud Yoshi.png|''[[Super Mario Bros. Wonder]]'' [[standee]]
Standee Cloud Red Yoshi.png|''Super Mario Bros. Wonder'' standee
Standee Cloud Light Blue Yoshi.png|''Super Mario Bros. Wonder'' standee
Standee Cloud Yellow Yoshi.png|''Super Mario Bros. Wonder'' standee
Standee Cloud Nabbit.png|''Super Mario Bros. Wonder'' standee
SMM Booklet Page 72 73.png|''Super Mario Maker'' idea book
SMM Booklet Page 93.png|''Super Mario Maker'' idea book
NL MK8D Promotional Artwork.jpg|Promotional artwork for ''[[Mario Kart 8 Deluxe]]'' from Nintendo Co., Ltd.'s [[LINE]] account
SMM2 Key Art Concept Artwork.jpg|Illustration containing various concept of key art for ''[[Super Mario Maker 2]]''
Mario Undōkai card 10.jpg|''[[Mario Undōkai]]'' trading card
CNH Apr 1.png|''[[Club Nintendo Hanafuda]]''
NS Online Lakitu's Cloud.png|Promotional artwork for Nintendo Switch Online
Nintendo Topic Christmas Printable Lakitu Cloud.png|Artwork from Christmas-themed pop up card printable from Nintendo in Japan's topic
SMB 35th Anniversary Lineup TVCM.jpg|A Japanese commercial promoting the [[Super Mario Bros. 35th Anniversary|''Super Mario Bros.'' 35th Anniversary]]
Nintendo Magazine 2020 winter Message Card.jpg|Message card from ''Nintendo Magazine 2020 winter''
Gift Guide 2021 Ornaments.png|2021 Nintendo Holiday Gift Guide
LSM Lakitu Figure.png|[[LEGO Super Mario|LEGO ''Super Mario'']]
LEGO Super Mario Lakitu Sky World.jpg|LEGO ''Super Mario''
Adventures with Interactive LEGO Peach.png|LEGO ''Super Mario''
LEGO Super Mario Mario Kart Baby Peach & Grand Prix.jpg|LEGO ''Super Mario''
TSMBM Jungle Kingdom Concept Art.jpeg|Concept artwork for ''[[The Super Mario Bros. Movie]]''
TSMBM Koopa Troop Concept Art.jpeg|Concept artwork for ''The Super Mario Bros. Movie''
TSMBM Bowser Luigi Concept Art.jpeg|Concept artwork for ''The Super Mario Bros. Movie''
Holiday Gift Guide 2023 Banner.png|My Nintendo Store (Holiday Gift Guide 2023)
SMB3 F40A Para Beetles Artwork.png|''Super Mario Bros. 3'' (Famicom 40th Anniversary)
</gallery>

==Names in other languages==
{{foreign names
|Jap=じゅげむの{{ruby|雲|くも}}
|JapR=Jugemu no Kumo
|JapM=Lakitu's Cloud
|JapC=<ref>{{cite|date=1988|title=スーパーマリオブラザーズ3 (''Sūpā Mario Burazāzu Surī'') instruction booklet|publisher=Nintendo|language=ja|page=22}}</ref> / ジュゲムの{{ruby|雲|くも}}<ref>{{cite|title=''Super Mario Collection'' instruction booklet}}{{page needed}}</ref>
|Jap2={{ruby|雲|くも}}
|Jap2R=Kumo
|Jap2M=Cloud
|Jap2C=<ref>{{cite|url=www.koizumiseiki.jp/jaguar/products/oldproducts/jn-2000/cartridge/mario_famiry/ichiran|title=Japanese website for ''Mario Family''|publisher=Koizumi Sekei Corp|language=ja|accessdate=May 21, 2024}}</ref>
|Jap2N=''Mario Family''
|ChiS=朱盖木云彩
|ChisR=Zhūgàimù Yúncai
|ChiSM=Lakitu Cloud
|ChiSC=<ref>{{cite|url=www.ique.com/games/Mariobros/course.htm|title=Official Chinese ''New Super Mario Bros.'' website|publisher=iQue|language-zh-hans|accessdate=December 20, 2019}}</ref>
|ChiSN=''New Super Mario Bros.''
|ChiS2=球盖姆的云
|ChiS2R=Qiúgàimǔ de Yún
|ChiS2M=Lakitu's Cloud
|ChiS2N=''Super Mario Maker 2''
|ChiT=球蓋姆的雲
|ChiTR=Qiúgàimǔ de Yún
|ChiTM=Lakitu's Cloud
|ChiTC=<ref>{{cite|url=www.nintendo.com.hk/switch/super_mario_maker_2/pc/play/index.html|title=Official Chinese ''Super Mario Maker 2'' website|publisher=Nintendo HK|language=zh-hant|accessdate=January 7, 2020}}</ref>
|Fre=Nuage de Lakitu
|FreM=Lakitu's Cloud
|Ger=Lakitus Wolke
|GerM=Lakitu's Cloud
|Ger2=Wolke
|Ger2M=Cloud
|Ger2C=<ref>{{cite|date=2003|title=''Super Mario Advance 4: Super Mario Bros. 3'' instruction booklet|publisher=Nintendo of Europe|language=de|page=32}}</ref>
|Ita=Nuvola di Jugem
|ItaM=Jugem's Cloud
|ItaC=<ref>{{cite|title=''Super Mario Bros. 3'' Italian manual|page=24}}</ref>
|Ita2=Nuvola
|Ita2M=Cloud
|Ita2C=<ref>{{cite|date=1991|title=''Club Nintendo'' (Italy) Volume 3 - Issue 6|page=18}}</ref>
|Ita3=Nuvola di Lakitu/Nuvola Lakitu
|Ita3M=Lakitu's Cloud
|Ita4=Nuvoletta
|Ita4M=Little cloud
|Ita4C=<ref>{{cite|title=''Super Mario Bros. 3'' (3DS - Virtual Console), Italian e-manual|page=14}}</ref>
|Spa=Nube de Lakitu
|SpaM=Lakitu's Cloud
}}

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