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{{about|the actual moon|other uses|[[Moon (disambiguation)]]}}

|latest_appearance=''[[Donkey Kong Country Returns HD]]'' ([[List of games by date#2025|2025]])

The '''{{wp|moon}}''' in the [[Super Mario (franchise)|''Super Mario'' franchise]] is a celestial body that orbits a planet, often depicted as [[Earth]]'s natural satellite, and it has appeared commonly as decoration for a background or as a setting for a particular level.

In ''[[Super Mario Odyssey]]'', the moon appears as the location of three kingdoms, being the [[Moon Kingdom]], the [[Dark Side]], and the [[Darker Side]]. It has light [[gravity]] on the surface, but gravity is normal when inside the [[Wedding Hall]] or underground. The underground areas, such as the [[Underground Moon Caverns]], are filled with [[lava]]. The moon is the source of [[Moon Rock]]s, the raw material that makes up the game's primary collectable, [[Power Moon]]s.<ref>''[[The Art of Super Mario Odyssey]]'', page 301.</ref> [[Rabbit]]s live on the moon, including the game's recurring antagonists, the [[Broodals]]. The moon is key to the game's story, as [[Bowser]] takes [[Princess Peach]] to the Moon Kingdom to force her to marry him. The moon is present in the backgrounds of all of the kingdoms, in the sky for the ones that are not part of the moon. While the moon's maria look the same, unlike the moon in real life, the moon in the game is much larger (roughly about the size of either the planets Mars or Mercury), orbits much closer to the Earth, and its maria are located on its southern hemisphere instead of on the hemisphere facing Earth. If Mario uses [[Binoculars]] to look at the moon from kingdoms that are not on the moon, [[Cappy]] will comment on the view.

''[[The Super Mario Bros. Super Show!]]'' episode "[[Count Koopula]]" shows that, if a [[Koopa Troopa]] stares at the moon when it is full, they will transform into a [[Wereturtle]].

[[File:MK8D 3DS Rainbow Road Lunar Surface.png|thumb|left|3DS Rainbow Road's Moon in ''Mario Kart 8 Deluxe'']]

The moon has sometimes appeared in the [[WarioWare (series)|''WarioWare'' series]]. In ''[[WarioWare, Inc.: Mega Party Game$!]]'', the moon can be seen at the end of a game in [[Balloon Bang (WarioWare, Inc.: Mega Party Game$!)|Balloon Bang]], and the player who lost ends up here after the balloon explodes. In ''[[WarioWare Gold]]'', the moon, which is white and has a crescent shape, is seen at night over [[Luxeville]] in the opening cutscene.

In ''[[Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door]]'', Mario and co. have to go to the moon in order to obtain the [[Crystal Star]], which is located in the [[X-Naut Fortress]]. The X-Naut Fortress itself was located on the moon, as well. The only way Mario could get to the moon was to fire himself out of [[Big Bob]] in [[Fahr Outpost]]. Once landing on the moon, [[Goombella]] also mentions how a [[Goomba]] landed on the moon in '69, which is a reference to the {{wp|Apollo 11}} landing (the first manned landing on the [[Earth]]'s moon) in 1969 (in the [[Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door (Nintendo Switch)|Nintendo Switch remake]], she no longer mentions a specific year). The moon in this game is shown to contain no land features other than craters and rocks.

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|In a breakable rock in the second screen right of the landing site, in the west.

|In a breakable rock in the second screen left of the landing site, in the east.

===''Donkey Kong Country Returns'' (''3D'' / ''HD'')===

The moon appears in each of the possible but similar endings for ''[[Donkey Kong Country Returns]]'', its [[Nintendo 3DS]] [[Donkey Kong Country Returns 3D|port]], and its [[Nintendo Switch]] [[Donkey Kong Country Returns HD|port]], depending on the characters remaining. After defeating [[Tiki Tong]] in [[Tiki Tong Terror]], the Kongs are blasted high in the sky and fall down to the moon. If Tiki Tong is defeated while [[Donkey Kong]] and [[Diddy Kong]] are active, then Diddy Kong engages the [[Barrel Jet]] to propel the both of them into the Moon so that Donkey Kong can deliver a powerful wind up punch. This punch knocks the Moon out of orbit, and it drops onto [[Tiki Tong Tower]]. The impact knocks the tower out and shoves it into the [[Volcano (world)|Volcano]]. The moon then pushes down on the volcano, compressing it down and creating a build up. Afterward, the volcano erupts many [[banana]]s, sending the moon back into its original position. The Tiki Tong Tower does not return.

 

If only [[Donkey Kong]] defeats Tiki Tong, the same events happen but without Diddy Kong. If Tiki Tong is defeated by Diddy Kong, Diddy attempts to escape the gravitational pull of the moon with the Barrel Jet, but it malfunctions and rockets him headfirst into the Moon. This has the same effects as Donkey Kong's punch.

The moon appears several times in ''[[Yoshi's Woolly World]]'' and [[Poochy & Yoshi's Woolly World|its 3DS port]]. In the game's handcrafted aesthetic, the moon is held up by a string, and only the front half of it exists. It is visible in the backgrounds of [[Yoshi's Curtain Call]], [[Kamek's Last-Ditch Flyby]] and {{id|King Bowser's Castle|YWW}}. At the end of [[Wonderful World of Wool]], [[Yoshi]] is launched over the moon by a [[cannon bobbin]]. Three red [[Shy Guy]]s are standing on the moon in this sequence. In the game's ending, [[Kamek]] and [[Baby Bowser]] fly past the moon. [[Poochy]] is on the moon, and a skit plays out involving all three characters and a [[Bomb Guy]].

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