Editing Shell Mario

{{form infobox
|image=[[File:MLBISBJJShellMario.png]]<br>Shell Mario in ''[[Mario & Luigi: Bowser's Inside Story + Bowser Jr.'s Journey]]''
|first_appearance=''[[New Super Mario Bros.]]'' ([[List of games by date#2006|2006]])
|powers=Swim faster and more accurately, dodge attacks, slide through enemies
|latest_appearance=''[[Mario & Luigi: Bowser's Inside Story + Bowser Jr.'s Journey]]'' ([[List of games by date#2018|2018]])
|item=[[Blue Shell]]
|applies_to=[[Mario]], [[Luigi]]
}}
'''Shell Mario''' and '''Shell Luigi'''<ref>''New Super Mario Bros.'' instruction booklet, page 24.</ref> (also known as '''Koopa Mario''' and '''Koopa Luigi'''<ref>[http://newsupermariobrosds.nintendo.com/ ''New Super Mario Bros.'' official website]</ref>) are the forms of [[Mario]] and [[Luigi]] that they take by wearing a [[Blue Shell]]. The form debuted in ''[[New Super Mario Bros.]]'', and allows them to use their shell offensively or defensively.
==History==
===''New Super Mario Bros.''===
[[File:ShellMario.png|thumb|right|Shell Mario in ''New Super Mario Bros.'']]
[[File:ShellMarioNSMB.png|frame|left]]
In ''[[New Super Mario Bros.]]'', this form lets Mario swim faster and with more accuracy, and gives him the [[Hammer Suit]]-like ability to dodge the attacks of enemies when he crouches. As long as he keeps ducking, he is safely protected from most enemies, but it will not protect him from [[Bob-omb]] explosions, [[Spike Ball|Spiked Ball]]s, [[hammer]]s thrown by [[Hammer Bro]]s. or [[Sledge Bro]]s., [[boomerang]]s from the [[Boomerang Bro]]s., and the [[volcanic debris]] from [[World 8-8 (New Super Mario Bros.)|World 8-8]]. 

If Mario runs for a short time, or crouches while on a downward slope, he slides in the shell through the level. This maneuver is called a [[shell dash]]. This move is extremely powerful, as Mario can defeat enemies such as [[Thwomp]]s and [[Boo]]s while doing so. However, the shell dash mechanics also make it almost impossible to [[Triple Jump]], while [[Double Jump (consecutive)|Double Jump]]ing becomes harder to perform, because the player must make the second jump while running but before Mario goes into the shell to slide.
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===''Mario & Luigi: Bowser's Inside Story'' / ''Mario & Luigi: Bowser's Inside Story + Bowser Jr.'s Journey''===
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Shell Mario returns in ''[[Mario & Luigi: Bowser's Inside Story]]'' and [[Mario & Luigi: Bowser's Inside Story + Bowser Jr.'s Journey|its 3DS remake]]. The power-up is first acquired in the skies of [[Toad Town]], where it was introduced by the [[Koopa Paratroopa Trio]]. Mario can turn into Shell Mario by striking [[shell block]]s (which were spread around the [[Mushroom Kingdom]] when Mario and Luigi hit a giant version of them back in Toad Town). Luigi can then hit Mario using his hammer, and this makes Mario go into the shell, spinning straight in the direction he was facing. This can be used to hit blocks and platform-moving levers in areas which Mario and Luigi cannot directly go into, and hit enemies in the field to stun them. However, because the shell is so heavy, Mario is unable to jump in it. If he does, he loses the shell. It serves a similar purpose to [[Kooper]] and [[Koops]]'s field abilities in the [[Paper Mario (series)|''Paper Mario'']] series.

==Gallery==
<gallery>
NSMB Asset Sprite Shell Luigi.png|Shell Luigi
NSMB ShellDash.png|Shell Mario doing a shell dash
World1-3NSMB.png|Shell Mario about to touch a [[Red Ring]]
NSMB Shell Luigi.png|Shell Luigi swimming quickly
Shell Mario Luigi BIS.gif|Animation of Luigi hitting Shell Mario with his hammer in ''Mario & Luigi: Bowser's Inside Story''
MLBISDX ShellMarioUsage.png|Luigi hitting Shell Mario with his hammer in ''Mario & Luigi: Bowser's Inside Story + Bowser Jr.'s Journey''
</gallery>

==Names in other languages==
{{foreign names
|Jap=コウラマリオ<br>''Kōra Mario''<br>コウラルイージ<br>''Kōra Ruīji''
|JapM=Shell Mario<br><br>Shell Luigi
|Fra=Mario Koopa<br>Luigi Koopa
|FraM=Koopa Mario<br>Koopa Luigi
|Ger=Panzer-Mario<br>Panzer-Luigi
|GerM=Shell Mario<br>Shell Luigi
|Dut=Schild Mario<br>Schild Luigi
|DutM=Shield Mario<br>Shield Luigi
|Ita=Tarta Mario (''New Super Mario Bros.'') / Mario guscio (''Bowser's Inside Story + Bowser Jr.'s Journey'')<br>Tarta Luigi
|ItaM=Turtle Mario / Shell Mario<br>Turtle Luigi<br>(''tarta'' is short for ''tartaruga'', turtle; guscio is shell)
|Kor=등껍질마리오<br>등껍질루이지
|KorR=Deungkkeopjil Mario<br>Deungkkeopjil Ruiji
|KorM=Shell Mario<br>Shell Luigi
|ChiS=龟壳马力欧<br>''Guīké Mǎlì'ōu''<br>龟壳路易吉<br>''Guī ké lùyì jí''
|ChiSM=Shell Mario<br><br>Shell Luigi
|ChiT=龜殼瑪利歐<br>''Guīké Mǎlì'ōu''<br>龜殼路易吉<br>''Guī ké lùyì jí''
|ChiTM=Shell Mario<br><br>Shell Luigi
|PorE=Mario Carapaça<br>Luigi Carapaça
|PorEM=Shell Mario<br>Shell Luigi
|Spa=Mario Koopa<br>Luigi Koopa
|SpaM=Koopa Mario<br>Koopa Luigi
}}

==Trivia==
*Shell Mario is the only form from ''New Super Mario Bros.'' that does not appear in any later ''New Super Mario Bros.'' games.
*In ''[[Super Mario 3D World]]'' and its [[Nintendo Switch]] [[Super Mario 3D World + Bowser's Fury|port]], the player can crouch while holding a [[Koopa Shell]] to shell dash with it similar to Shell Mario.

==References==
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