Editing Meteor

{{about|meteors that fall to the ground and act as obstacles|the larger space rocks that can be [[Ground Pound|ground-pound]]ed in [[Super Mario Galaxy 2]]|[[Meteorite]]|the move used by [[Culex|Culex 3D]] in [[Super Mario RPG (Nintendo Switch)|Super Mario RPG]] on the [[Nintendo Switch]]|[[Meteor (move)]]}}
{{species infobox
|title=Meteor
|image=[[File:SMG Asset Model Meteor.png|200px]]<br>Model from ''[[Super Mario Galaxy]]''
|first_appearance= [[Super Mario Bros. (film)|''Super Mario Bros.'']] ([[List of games by date#1993|1993]])
|latest_appearance=''[[Super Mario 3D All-Stars]]'' ([[List of games by date#2020|2020]])
|comparable=[[Bullet Bill]]<br>[[Cannonball]]<br>[[Fireball (obstacle)|Fireball]]<br>[[Volcanic debris]]<br>[[Water Bomb]]
}}
'''{{iw|wikipedia|Meteors}}''' appear in the [[Super Mario (franchise)|''Super Mario'' franchise]] as hazardous objects that fall from the sky.

==History==
===''Super Mario Bros.'' film===
In the 1993 [[Super Mario Bros. (film)|''Super Mario Bros.'' film]], it is the meteor {{wp|Cretaceous–Paleogene extinction event|that caused the extinction of the dinosaurs}} that separates [[Earth]] into two parallel dimensions; Earth and [[Dinohattan]]. While Dinosaurs become extinct on Earth, they prosper and evolve into intelligent beings in the Dinohattan dimension. Unfortunately, said dimension has poor resources and is compromised of almost entirely a barren, desolate desert. [[President Koopa]] gains control of the dimension through a military coup, with the intent of merging the two worlds. To do this, it is necessary to use a [[Meteorite piece|shard from the meteor]] to combine the worlds. Said piece of meteor plays a pivotal, key role in the movie.

===''Donkey Kong Jungle Beat''===
Meteors in ''[[Donkey Kong Jungle Beat]]'' appear in two sizes and are surrounded by blue fire. Large ones are used as projectiles by the [[Roc]] bosses, while small ones appear in [[Banshee Swamp]], where they follow preset paths through the air, and [[Asteroid Belt]], where they bounce around inside the first asteroid.

===''Super Mario'' series===
====''Super Mario Galaxy''====
[[File:SMG Bowser Star Reactor Meteors.png|thumb|left|[[Bowser]] shooting meteors from his mouth to destroy [[Mario]]'s pathway in ''[[Super Mario Galaxy]]'']]
[[File:SMG Meteor.png|thumb|100px|A meteor in the [[Melty Molten Galaxy]]]]
Meteors in ''[[Super Mario Galaxy]]'' crash into some planets in various [[Galaxy|galaxies]] periodically. If hit by one, [[Mario]] (or [[Luigi]]) will take damage. They first appear being shot from [[cannon]]s by [[airship]]s in the opening, and appear as obstacles shortly after in the [[Gateway Galaxy]].  When Mario traverses the large staircase at the end of [[Bowser's Star Reactor]], [[Bowser]] launches meteors from his mouth to destroy the platforms Mario walks on. In [[Bowser Jr.'s Lava Reactor]], they fall from the sky during the final part of the battle with [[King Kaliente]]. Meteors prominently appear in the [[Melty Molten Galaxy]] in the mission [[Through the Meteor Storm]], where they rain down during the entire mission. The meteors will not spawn if the player is looking directly at their spawn point.

=====Appearances=====
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*[[File:SMG Asset Sprite Star Cursor.png]] marks missions where they are completely absent.
*[[File:Galaxy StarP.png]] marks missions where they are loaded and may be visible, but cannot be encountered directly.
{|class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center"
|-style="color:white;background:red"
!Domes
!Galaxies
!Missions
|-
|[[Gate (Super Mario Galaxy)|Gate]]
|[[Gateway Galaxy]]
|style="text-align:left"|[[File:Smg icon grandstar.png|link=Grand Star Rescue]][[File:SMG Asset Sprite Star Cursor.png|link=Gateway's Purple Coins]]
|-
|[[Fountain]]
|[[Bowser's Star Reactor]]
|style="text-align:left"|[[File:Smg icon grandstar.png|link=The Fiery Stronghold]]
|-
|[[Bedroom (Super Mario Galaxy)|Bedroom]]
|[[Honeyclimb Galaxy]]
|style="text-align:left"|[[File:Smg icon powerstar.png|link=Scaling the Sticky Wall]]
|-
|[[Engine Room]]
|[[Bowser Jr.'s Lava Reactor]]
|style="text-align:left"|[[File:Smg icon grandstar.png|link=King Kaliente's Spicy Return]]
|-
|[[Garden (Super Mario Galaxy)|Garden]]
|[[Melty Molten Galaxy]]
|style="text-align:left"|[[File:SMG Asset Sprite Star Cursor.png|link=The Sinking Lava Spire]][[File:Smg icon powerstar.png|link=Through the Meteor Storm]][[File:SMG Asset Sprite Star Cursor.png|link=Fiery Dino Piranha]][[File:SMG Asset Sprite Star Cursor.png|link=Lava Spire Daredevil Run]][[File:SMG Asset Sprite Star Cursor.png|link=Red-Hot Purple Coins]][[File:SMG Asset Sprite Star Cursor.png|link=Burning Tide]]
|-
|[[Comet Observatory]]
|[[Bowser's Galaxy Reactor]]
|style="text-align:left"|[[File:Smg icon grandstar.png|link=The Fate of the Universe]]
|}
</div>

====''Super Mario Galaxy 2''====
Meteors, also known as '''lava spheres''',<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=189|isbn=978-0-30746-907-6}}</ref> in ''[[Super Mario Galaxy 2]]'' prominently appear in the [[Shiverburn Galaxy]], where they create temporary pools of [[lava]] when they collide with ice. [[Ice Meteor|Similar objects]] that create ice platforms when they fall in lava also appear in the Shiverburn Galaxy. Meteors appear in [[Hightail Falls Speed Run]], acting as an obstacle for [[Dash Yoshi]] while he runs across walls.

=====Appearances=====
<div class="contentbox mw-collapsible mw-collapsed"data-expandtext="Show appearances"data-collapsetext="appearances">
*[[File:SMG Asset Sprite Star Cursor.png]] marks missions where they are completely absent.
*[[File:Galaxy StarP.png]] marks missions where they are loaded and may be visible, but cannot be encountered directly.
{|class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center"
|-style="color:white;background:red"
!Worlds
!Galaxies
!Missions
|-
|[[World 2 (Super Mario Galaxy 2)|World 2]]
|[[Hightail Falls Galaxy]]
|style="text-align:left"|[[File:SMG Asset Sprite Star Cursor.png|link=Hot-Stepping Dash Pepper]][[File:Smg2 icon prankstercomet.png|link=Hightail Falls Speed Run]][[File:SMG Asset Sprite Star Cursor.png|link=Silver Stars in Hightail Falls]]
|-
|[[World 5 (Super Mario Galaxy 2)|World 5]]
|[[Shiverburn Galaxy]]
|style="text-align:left"|[[File:Smg2 icon powerstar.png|link=Prince Pikante's Peppery Mood]][[File:SMG Asset Sprite Star Cursor.png|link=Octo-Army Icy Rainbow Romp]][[File:Galaxy StarP.png|link=The Chimp's Ultimate Skating Challenge]]
|}
</div>

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===''Mario Party: Island Tour''===
Meteors in ''[[Mario Party: Island Tour]]'' are obstacles that player characters have to avoid in the minigame [[Meteor Melee]].

===''Princess Peach: Showtime!''===
Meteors appear in the three regular [[Mighty Peach]] stages in ''[[Princess Peach: Showtime!]]''. [[Princess Peach|Peach]] can charge at slowly incoming meteors to grab onto them, and can then throw them into other meteors, including multiple meteors within a straight path, to destroy them all. A few of the meteors have [[Sour Bunch]] members on top. If such meteors hit the ground, the members will simply land on the ground and walk towards Peach and/or [[Professor]] to damage them.

==Names in other languages==
===Meteor===
{{foreign names
|Jpn=メテオストライク<ref>{{cite|publisher=[[Shogakukan]]|language=ja|date=October 19, 2015|title=''Super Mario Bros. Hyakka: Nintendo Kōshiki Guidebook''|page=137 and 171|isbn=978-4-09-106569-8}}</ref>
|JpnR=Meteo Sutoraiku
|JpnM=Meteor Strike
|Fre=Météorite<ref>''Super Mario Galaxy 2, Le Guide Officiel. Prima Games'', page 84</ref><ref>''Mario Party : Island Tour'', [[Meteor Melee|Récolte Astrale]] [https://imgur.com/a/LhRnv8v description].</ref>
|Fre2=Boule de feu<ref>''Super Mario Galaxy, Le Guide Officiel. Prima Games'', page 124</ref><ref>''Super Mario Galaxy, Le Guide Officiel. Prima Games'', page 250</ref>
|Fre3=Météore explosif<ref>''Super Mario Galaxy, Le Guide Officiel. Prima Games'', page 283</ref>
|Fre4=Boule de lave<ref>''Super Mario Galaxy 2, Le Guide Officiel. Prima Games'', page 191</ref>
|FreM=Meteor
|Fre2M=Fireball
|Fre3M=Explosive Meteor
|Fre4M=Lava Ball
}}

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