Editing Mini Mushroom

|image=[[File:NSMBU Mini Mushroom Artwork.png|200px]]<br>Artwork from ''[[New Super Mario Bros. U]]''

|effect=Turns [[Mario]] into [[Mini Mario]].

The '''Mini Mushroom''' is a type of [[mushroom]] found in the [[Mushroom Kingdom]]. Whoever uses it [[Mini Mario|shrinks greatly in size]] and is capable of entering smaller areas. Its opposite counterpart is the [[Mega Mushroom]], which makes the player grow to a [[Mega Mario|massive size]].

 

[[File:Mini_Mushroom.jpg|frame|left|A Mini Mushroom in ''Mario Party 4'']]

The Mini Mushrooms debut in ''[[Mario Party 4]]'' as pink-capped mushrooms with white dots and a pink pacifier below its eyes. It reduces the [[Dice Block]] from 1-10 to 1-5 and allows a person under its effects to enter [[tiny pipe]]s and play [[Minigame#Mini Mini-Games|Mini Mini-Game]]s. It costs 5 [[Coin]]s at the [[Item Shop (Mario Party series)|Item Shop]] and it can also be obtained for free at a [[Mushroom Space]]. Additionally, it has an alternate form, which has a similar effect, called [[Super Mini Mushroom]], colored entirely translucent pink. It has the same effect, but allows the player to use two Dice Blocks, both ranging from one to five.

The Mini Mushroom reappears in ''[[New Super Mario Bros.]]'', where it was given its modern appearance. It is now smaller, blue with white spots, and lacks its pacifier. It shrinks [[Mario]] and [[Luigi]], and again gives them the ability to enter [[small pipe]]s. Mario and Luigi also gain the abilities to perform [[Jump|Floaty Jumps]], run across water, and stand on [[Donut Block]]s without triggering them, due to their light weight. However, one hit causes the Mario brother to lose a life, and [[Ground Pound|ground pound]]s are required to damage/defeat enemies (but [[Mini Goomba]]s) and bosses. If Mario or Luigi defeats [[Mummipokey]] this way, then they will gain access to [[World 4 (New Super Mario Bros.)|World 4]]; doing the same to [[Petey Piranha]] lets them go to [[World 7 (New Super Mario Bros.)|World 7]]. It can be found in four levels: [[World 1-4 (New Super Mario Bros.)|1-4]], [[World 2-Castle (New Super Mario Bros.)|2-Castle]], [[World 3-A (New Super Mario Bros.)|3-A]], and [[World 7-A|7-A]]. It can also appear in [[Roulette Block]]s.

The Mini Mushroom reappears in a few levels in the game ''[[New Super Mario Bros. 2]]'', where it works just as it did in past games. They are also given in most Red Toad Houses.

A Mini Mushroom appears again in the DS version of ''[[Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Winter Games]]''. They are found in [[Polastraits]], [[Icepeak]], and [[Blizland]]. They allow [[Mario]] to become mini so he can cross thin ice without weighing too much to break it. It also allows him to cross narrow surfaces. Mario can use the Mini Mushroom, while Sonic cannot. The effect of this mushroom can only wear off if Mario were to grab a normal [[Mushroom]].

In ''[[Mario Sports Mix]]'', players can use this item to shrink their opponents. While tiny, players cannot hold a basketball, dodgeball, or hockey puck, and are unable to do spikes in volleyball. The tiny players are also unable to perform defensive maneuvers in dodgeball, making them major targets for attacks.

{{quote|HA! [[Bowser|He]] got the blue mushroom!|Donkey Kong|The Super Mario Bros. Movie}}

In ''[[The Super Mario Bros. Movie]]'', a Mini Mushroom, referred to as a '''blue mushroom''',<ref>''The Super Mario Bros. Movie'' subtitles</ref> appears when [[Mario]] punches a [[? Block]] in the [[Great Ring of Kong]] during his battle with [[Donkey Kong]]. Additionally, after Mario and [[Luigi]] defeat [[Bowser]] at the end of the film, [[Princess Peach]] force-feeds Bowser a blue mushroom, transforming him into his Mini form. He is then placed in a glass jar, and is shown being held prisoner in a birdcage in [[Peach's Castle]] during a scene after the stylized credits.

Although Mini Mushrooms did not exist in ''[[Donkey Kong (Game Boy)|Donkey Kong]]'' for the Game Boy and ''[[Luigi's Mansion]]'', [[Poison Mushroom]]s appear in these games and have the same effect as the Mini Mushroom. The Poison Mushroom also has the same effect on characters in the [[Super Smash Bros. (series)|''Super Smash Bros.'' series]] if they come into contact with one. While small, characters are harder to hit, but easier to launch due to their light weight. Poison Mushrooms also appear in ''[[Super Mario Kart]]'', where they can only be used by CPU [[Toad]] and CPU [[Princess Peach|Princess]], and not by the player. If the player runs over a Poison Mushroom, they will temporarily shrink. The player may, however, become normal-sized again by running over another Poison Mushroom while still small. Poison Mushrooms returned to ''Mario Kart'' in both ''[[Mario Kart Arcade GP]]'' and its sequel ''[[Mario Kart Arcade GP 2]]'' as one of Toad's special character items. They function exactly as they did in ''Super Mario Kart'', except that now they can be used by the player as well.

|Jap=チビキノコ<ref>{{cite|url=www.nintendo.co.jp/ngc/gmpj/new/index.html|title=''Mario Party 4'' Japanese website|accessdate=January 26, 2012}}</ref>

|JapN=''Mario Party 4''

|Jap2=ミニキノコ<ref>{{cite|url=www.nintendo.co.jp/n08/bmvj/item.html|title=''Mario Pinball Land'' Japanese website}}</ref><ref>{{cite|url=i.imgur.com/7z1pgTQ.jpg|title=''Super Mario Ball'' Shogakukan book}}</ref>

|Jap2N=''Super Mario Ball''

|Jap3=マメキノコ<ref>{{cite|url=www.nintendo.co.jp/ds/a2dj/newmario/index.html|title=''New Super Mario Bros.'' Japanese website|accessdate=January 26, 2012}}</ref>

|ChiS=豆丁蘑菇<ref>{{cite|url=www.ique.com/games/Mariobros/newmario.htm|title=''New Super Mario Bros.'' Chinese website}}</ref>

|ChiSN=''New Super Mario Bros.''

|ChiSR=Dòudīng Mógu

|ChiSM=Literally "Child Mushroom", while "豆" (''dòu'', "bean") is derived from the Japanese name's meaning

|ChiS2=超小蘑菇<ref>{{cite|url=www.nintendoswitch.com.cn/new_super_mario_bros_u_deluxe/pc/action/index.html|title=''New Super Mario Bros. U Deluxe'' Simplified Chinese website}}</ref>

|ChiS2M=Extra Small Mushroom

|ChiT=超小蘑菇<ref>{{cite|url=www.nintendo.com.hk/nsmb2/powerup/index.html|title=''New Super Mario Bros. 2'' Chinese website|accessdate=May 9, 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite|url=www.nintendo.com.hk/switch/new_super_mario_bros_u_deluxe/pc/action/index.html|title=''New Super Mario Bros. U Deluxe'' Traditional Chinese website|accessdate=May 9, 2020}}</ref>

|Fre=Mini-Champi<br>Mini Champignon

|GerM=Mini Mushroom

|KorM=Literally "Peanut Mushroom", signifying small size

|HunN=''The Super Mario Bros. Movie''

|Hun=Kék gomba

|HunM=Blue Mushroom

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