Editing Star Cruster

{{species infobox
|image=[[File:SMRPG NS Star Cruster.png|200px]]<br>A Star Cruster in ''Super Mario RPG'' (Nintendo Switch)
|first_appearance=''[[Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars]]'' ([[List of games by date#1996|1996]])
|latest_appearance=''[[Super Mario RPG (Nintendo Switch)|Super Mario RPG]]'' ([[Nintendo Switch]]) ([[List of games by date#2023|2023]])
|variant_of=[[Crusty]]
}}
'''Star Crusters''' are a stronger variant of [[Crusty]] in ''[[Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars]]'' and [[Super Mario RPG (Nintendo Switch)|its remake]]. Their name is a pun on "{{wp|star cluster}}." They appear in [[Bowser's Keep]] the second time it is visited, alongside much weaker creatures. Like Crusties, Star Crusters have extremely high physical attack and defense but low magic stats. In battle, a Star Cruster uses  its normal attack on its own turns; if hit with a normal attack, however, the Star Cruster immediately counters with a projectile that puts the attacker to [[sleep]]. In the original game, Star Crusters deny being crabs in their [[Thought Peek|thought]], which appears to be a misunderstood reference to the 1987 [[Family Computer|Famicom]] game ''Sanma no Meitantei'', joking about the game's use of a crab for its cursor.<ref>Clyde Mandelin (June 29, 2020). [https://legendsoflocalization.com/the-pop-culture-obsessed-monsters-in-japanese-super-mario-rpg/ The Pop Culture-Obsessed Monsters in Japanese Super Mario RPG]. ''Legends of Localization''. Retrieved July 31, 2021.</ref>
==Profiles and statistics==
===''Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars''===
{{:Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars bestiary|transcludesection=Star Cruster|image=[[File:SMRPG Star Cruster idle.gif]]|align=horizontal}}

===''Super Mario RPG'' (Nintendo Switch)===
{{:Monster List|transcludesection=Star Cruster}}

==Gallery==
<gallery>
Star Crust.png|''Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars''
</gallery>

==Names in other languages==
{{foreign names
|Jpn=スターカーニィ
|JpnR=Sutā Kānī
|JpnM=Star Crusty
|ChiS=星星硬壳蟹
|ChiSR=Xīngxīng Yìngké Xiè
|ChiSM=Star Crusty
|ChiT=星星硬殼蟹
|ChiTR=Xīngxīng Yìngké Xiè
|ChiTM=Star Crusty
|Dut=Sterscharia
|DutM=Star Crusty
|Ger=Brachizwack
|GerM=From "Brachizang" (Crusty) and the German surname "Zwack"
|Fre=Crustelle
|FreM=From "crustacé" (crustacean) and female given name ending "-stelle", derived from the Latin word "stella" (star)
|Ita=Crustella
|ItaM=Portmanteau of "Crustavo" ([[Crusty]]) and "stella" (star)
|Kor=스타투구게
|KorR=Seuta Tuguge
|KorM=Star Crusty
|Spa=Crustrella
|SpaM=Star Crusty
}}

==References==
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[[Category:Crustaceans]]
[[Category:Smithy Gang]]
[[Category:Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars enemies]]
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