Editing Roto-Disc

{{About|the obstacles from [[Super Mario Bros. 3]]|the obstacles from [[Super Mario Land]]|[[Roto Disc (Super Mario Land)]]}}
{{species infobox
|image=[[File:SMB3_Roto-Disc.jpg|200px]]<br>Artwork from ''Super Mario Bros. 3''
|first_appearance=''[[Super Mario Bros. 3]]'' ([[List of games by date#1988|1988]])
|latest_appearance=''[[Nintendo World Championships: NES Edition]]'' ([[List of games by date#2024|2024]])
|relatives=[[Satellite]]
|comparable=[[Roto Disc (Super Mario Land)|Roto Disc (''Super Mario Land'')]]
}}
'''Roto-Discs'''<ref>{{cite|title=''Nintendo Power'' Volume 13|page=9 and 80|publisher=Nintendo of America|language=en-us|date=June 1990}}</ref><ref>{{cite|author=Peterson, Erik|title=''Super Mario Advance 4: Super Mario Bros. 3'' Player's Guide|page=15|date=2003|publisher=Nintendo of America|language=en-us|isbn=1930206-37-2}}</ref><ref>{{cite|author=Hodgson, David S J.|title=''Super Mario Advance 4: Super Mario Bros. 3'' Prima's Official Strategy Guide|page=20, 29, 30, 45, 49, 50, 60, 66, 67, 76, 77, 82, 85, 96, 97, 104, 105, and 106|date=October 21, 2003|publisher=[[Prima Games]]|language=en-us|isbn=0-7615-4425-9}}</ref><ref>{{cite|url=www.nintendo.co.jp/character/mario/archives/smb3/?lang=en|title=English ''Super Mario Bros. 3'' entry on the official Mario portal|publisher=nintendo.co.jp|language=en|accessdate=August 13, 2022|archive=archive.today/2022.08.13-142617/https://www.nintendo.co.jp/character/mario/archives/smb3/?lang=en}}</ref> (also formatted as '''Rotodiscs''',<ref>{{cite|title=''Super Mario Bros. 3'' instruction booklet|page=38|publisher=Nintendo of America|date=1990}}</ref> '''Roto Discs''',<ref>{{cite|title=''Nintendo Power'' Volume 13|page=46, 54, 55, 60, and 70|publisher=Nintendo of America|language=en-us|date=June 1990}}</ref><ref>{{cite|title=''Super Mario All-Stars'' Player's Guide|page=146|date=1993|publisher=Nintendo of America|language=en-us}}</ref><ref>{{cite|title=''NES Game Atlas''|page=42|date=Spring 1991|publisher=Nintendo of America|language=en-us}}</ref> and '''Roto-discs'''<ref>{{cite|title=''Super Mario All-Stars Limited Edition'' instruction booklet|page=27|language=en-us|publisher=Nintendo of America|date=2010}}</ref>), or simply '''Discs''',<ref>{{cite|author=Hodgson, David S J.|title=''Super Mario Advance 4: Super Mario Bros. 3'' Prima's Official Strategy Guide|page=85|date=October 21, 2003|publisher=[[Prima Games]]|language=en-us|isbn=0-7615-4425-9}}</ref> are [[Fire Bar|Fire-Bar]]- and [[Spinner]]-like obstacles that first appear in ''[[Super Mario Bros. 3]]''. Roto-Discs are found orbiting gray or red orbs, on which it is possible for [[Mario]] or [[Luigi]] to stand. Roto-Discs are nearly invulnerable; they can be destroyed if [[Statue Mario]] lands on top of one. '''Duo-Roto-Discs'''<ref>{{cite|title=''Nintendo Power'' Volume 13|page=59|date=June 1990|language=en-us|publisher=Nintendo of America}}</ref> can also be found, and they consist of two Roto-Discs circling the central orb. If the player destroys one, the other disappears.

Roto-Discs make their only other appearance in the [[Mini-Mario (form)|Mini-Mario]] course of [[Bowser's Castle]] in ''[[Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga]]'' and ''[[Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga + Bowser's Minions]]''. As a throwback to the previous games, they are obstacles that send Mario back to the beginning of the area if they come in contact with him.

''[[Super Mario Land]]'' contains similar [[Roto Disc (Super Mario Land)|Roto Disc]]s that similarly orbit a [[block]] and share the same attack pattern. ''[[Super Mario Land 2: 6 Golden Coins]]'' also contains an enemy known as a [[satellite]] in the [[Mario Zone]], and it behaves in a similar fashion.

==Profiles==
===''[[Perfect Ban Mario Character Daijiten]]''===
{{PBMCD profile
|name=クッキー (JP) / Roto-Disc (EN)
|artwork=[[File:Roto-Disc Perfect.png|200px]]
|shuzoku=ゴースト{{ruby|族|ぞく}}
|seikaku=きまじめ
|tojo_gemu=3
|desc='''<big>{{ruby|安全地帯|あんぜんちたい}}で{{ruby|一息|ひといき}}つにう</big><br>
{{ruby|玉|たま}}を{{ruby|中心|ちゅうしん}}に、クルクル{{ruby|回|まわ}}るファイア{{ruby|系|けい}}のゴース卜{{ruby|族|ぞく}}。{{ruby|赤|あか}}い{{ruby|玉|たま}}の{{ruby|上|うえ}}はどんなときも{{ruby|安全地帯|あんぜんちたい}}なので、ここでタイミングをはかって{{ruby|抜|ぬ}}けていこう。<ref>{{cite|publisher=[[Shogakukan]]|language=ja|date=1994|title=「パーフェクト版 マリオキャラクター大事典」 (''Perfect Ban Mario Character Daijiten'')|page=[https://i.imgur.com/WCiU8TI.jpeg 67]}}</ref>
|tribe=Ghost clan
|disposition=Too serious
|game_appearances=3
|eng_desc='''''<big>Let's take a breather in the safe zone</big><br>
''Fiery ghost tribe members that spin around a ball. The top of the red ball is a safe zone at all times, so use this area to get out of the way at the right time.''
}}

==Gallery==
<gallery>
SMB3 Sprite Roto-Disc.png|''[[Super Mario Bros. 3]]''
Rotodisc.gif|''Super Mario Bros. 3''
Roto-discM&LSS.png|A Roto-Disc in [[Bowser's Castle]] in ''Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga''
MLSS-Roto-disc.png|''Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga''
SMLRoto-disc.png|[[Roto Disc (Super Mario Land)|Roto Disc]], from ''Super Mario Land''
Guruguri.png|[[Satellite]], from ''Super Mario Land 2: 6 Golden Coins''
SMB3 F40A Roto Discs Artwork.png|''Super Mario Bros. 3'' (Famicom 40th Anniversary)
</gallery>

==Names in other languages==
{{foreign names
|Jap=クッキー<ref>{{cite|title=スーパーマリオブラザーズ3 (''Sūpā Mario Burazāzu Surī'') instruction booklet|language=ja|date=1990|publisher=Nintendo|page=39}}</ref>
|JapR=Kukkī
|JapM=Cookie
|Fre=Rotodisque<ref>{{cite|title=''Super Mario Bros. 3'' French instruction booklet|page=44}}</ref>
|FreM=Rotodisc
|Ita=Rotodisc
|ItaC=<ref>{{cite|title=''[[Super Mario Bros. 3]]'' Italian manual|page=38|date=1991|publisher=Nintendo|language=it}}</ref>
|Ita2=Rotodisco
|Ita2C=<ref>{{cite|title=''[[Super Mario All-Stars Limited Edition]]'' Italian manual|page=28|date=2010|publisher=Nintendo of Europe|language=it}}</ref>
|Ita3=Roto-Disco
|Ita3C=<ref>{{cite|date=November 15, 2018|title=''[[Super Mario Bros. Encyclopedia|Super Mario Bros. Enciclopedia]]''|publisher=Magazzini Salani|language=it|isbn=889367436X|page=36}}</ref>
|Ita2M=Rotodisc
|Ita3M=Roto-Disc
}}

==Trivia==
*In [[Wario's Woods (Super Nintendo Entertainment System)|''Wario's Woods'' for the SNES]], activating a combo causes an energy orb to appear and refill [[Birdo]]'s time gauge. The sprite used for the orb is the same as the Roto-Discs, only with a different palette.<ref>{{cite|url=x.com/MarioBrothBlog/status/1298715131715567616|title=After activating a combo in the SNES version of Wario's Woods, an energy orb appears and refills Birdo's time gauge. The sprite used for the orb is exactly the same as the Roto-disc enemy from Super Mario Bros. 3, only with a different palette. This connection is never explained.|author=MarioBrothBlog|date=August 26, 2020|publisher=X|accessdate=May 22, 2024}}</ref>
*A sign reading "ROTO DISC" appears in the 1993 ''[[Super Mario Bros. (film)|Super Mario Bros.]]'' film. According to production designer {{wp|David Snyder|David L. Snyder}}, the Roto-Discs were imagined as the energy-conversion engines used in the electric [[Dinohattan]] cars.{{ref needed}}

==References==
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[[Category:Hazardous objects]]
[[Category:Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga objects]]
[[Category:Super Mario Advance 4: Super Mario Bros. 3 objects]]
[[Category:Super Mario Bros. 3 objects]]
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