Editing Super Mario Power-Up Summer

{{italic title|''Super Mario'' Power-Up Summer}}
[[File:USJ SMPUS logo.jpg|thumb|Logo of the event]]
'''''Super Mario'' Power-Up Summer''' was an event taking place in {{wp|Universal Studios Japan}} in {{wp|Osaka}} as part of the theme park's "NO LIMIT! Summer" event.<ref name=USJ>[http://archive.today/FY4kJ Super Mario Power-Up Summer]. ''usj.co.jp''. Archived from the original on July 4, 2023, 17:49:43 UTC via archive.today. Retrieved July 4, 2023.</ref> It took place in the New York area of the park three times a day between July 5 and August 24, 2023, lasting for about 15 minutes.<ref name=USJ /><ref name=Nintendo>(July 4, 2023). [https://topics.nintendo.co.jp/article/58ea45f2-5185-43ab-870c-4829feb3275e 「ユニバーサル・スタジオ・ジャパン」で夏の水かけイベント「スーパーマリオ・パワーアップ・サマー」がスタート。] ''nintendo.co.jp''. Retrieved July 4, 2023. ([http://archive.today/RrtVI Archived] July 4, 2023, 05:22:37 UTC via archive.today.)</ref> It was a ''[[Super Mario (franchise)|Super Mario]]''-themed version of the park's yearly summer event,<ref name=Nintendo /> which mainly consists in participants getting sprayed with water.

==Details==
[[File:USJ SMPUS stage.jpg|left|thumb|The stage during the event]]
The event's stage was located in the Gramercy Park square; it was decorated with a backdrop themed after the background in the ground levels of ''[[New Super Mario Bros. Wii]]'' and a rainbow with [[? Block]]s, a [[Super Mushroom]], a [[Fire Flower]], and a [[Super Star]].

Before the start of the event, participants were divided into four teams themed after [[Mario]], [[Luigi]], [[Princess Peach]], and [[Toad]], with instructors teaching every team to dance. The flags on four [[Goal Pole]]s behind the stage were used to indicate the excitement of each team. The first flag that reached the top of the pole determined the winning team.<ref name=GAMEWatch>Kenta Hatanaka (July 4, 2023). [https://game.watch.impress.co.jp/docs/kikaku/1513873.html マリオと一緒に暑さを吹き飛ばせ！ USJの水かけイベント「スーパーマリオ・パワーアップ・サマー」レポート]. ''GAME Watch''. Retrieved July 4, 2023. ([https://web.archive.org/web/20230704163607/https://game.watch.impress.co.jp/docs/kikaku/1513873.html Archived] July 4, 2023, 16:36:07 UTC via Wayback Machine.)</ref>

Afterwards, the event started with the four characters appearing on stage and every team had to follow the movements of their respective character to get more excited. After they left, the teams were encouraged to dance to get more excited while water started to be sprayed from [[Warp Pipe]]s on the stage and water shooters. During this, the teams used their water shooters to hit their team's [[emblem]] on banners to color them.<ref name=GAMEWatch />

However, this was interrupted by [[Bowser Jr.]], who appeared on stage with a group of dancers wielding big inflated balls with his emblem; the teams had to unite into one and dance in order to stop Bowser Jr. After an attempt from the dancers to repel him, Mario and the others reappeared on stage to help, with some of the dancers swapping their water shooters for [[F.L.U.D.D.]]-like ones, after which Bowser Jr. left. After a final dance, the event ended.<ref name=GAMEWatch />

The event featured many new arrangements of themes from the ''[[Super Mario (franchise)|Super Mario]]'' franchise, all of which were arranged exclusively for the event. Some of the themes include the [[Ground Theme (Super Mario Bros.)|Ground Theme]] which is used multiple times, "[[Inside the Castle Walls]]" from ''[[Super Mario 64]]'' when Princess Peach introduces herself, and "Overture" from ''[[Super Mario Galaxy]]'' towards the end of the event when Mario and friends return to the stage to help defeat Bowser Jr.

==Merchandise==
The following merchandise was sold in the park for the event.<ref name=USJ /><ref>(July 5, 2023). [https://www.ndw.jp/usj-report-230704-02/ 暑い夏をもっと楽しもう！「ユニバーサル・スタジオ・ジャパン」夏の新作マリオグッズの数々]. ''Nintendo DREAM WEB''. Retrieved July 5 2023. ([https://web.archive.org/web/20230705200942/https://www.ndw.jp/usj-report-230704-02/ Archived] July 5, 2023, 20:09:42 UTC via Wayback Machine.)</ref><ref>[https://tdrexplorer.com/super-mario-power-up-summer-2023-merchandise-at-universal-studios-japan/ Super Mario Power Up Summer 2023 Merchandise at Universal Studios Japan]. ''TDRExplorer''. Retrieved July 5, 2023. ([https://web.archive.org/web/20230705201238/https://tdrexplorer.com/super-mario-power-up-summer-2023-merchandise-at-universal-studios-japan/ Archived] July 5, 2023, 20:12:38 UTC via Wayback Machine.)</ref>
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| align=center | [[File:USJ SMPUS Water Gun.jpg|150px]] || align=center | A water shooter with {{media link|Mario Characters - Simon Mall Promo Artwork.png|stock artwork}} of Mario, Luigi, Princess Peach, and Toad and the [[Super Nintendo World]] logo on the sides || align=center | July 3, 2023 || align=center | ¥3,500
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| align=center | [[File:SNW SMPS T Shirt.jpg|150px]] || align=center | A shirt featuring Mario, Luigi, Princess Peach, and Toad that changes color when wet || align=center | July 4, 2023 || align=center | ¥4,700 (adult size)<br>¥3,700 (child size)
|-
| align=center | [[File:USJ SMPUS Shorts.jpg|150px]] || align=center | A pair of blue shorts featuring Mario || || align=center | ¥4,900
|-
| align=center | [[File:USJ SMPUS Towel.jpg|150px]] || align=center | A towel featuring Mario, Luigi, Princess Peach, and Toad || || align=center | ¥1,800
|-
| align=center | [[File:USJ SMPUS Towel with Hood.jpg|150px]] || align=center | A towel with a hood featuring Mario, Luigi, Princess Peach, and Toad || || align=center | ¥4,000
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==Gallery==
===Promotional artwork===
<gallery>
USJ SMPUS promotional art1.jpg
USJ SMPUS promotional art2.jpg
</gallery>

===Event photographs===
<gallery>
USJ SMPUS photo1.jpg|Mario, Luigi, Peach, and Toad on stage
USJ SMPUS photo2.jpg|Bowser Jr. on stage
</gallery>

==Names in other languages==
{{foreign names
|Jpn=スーパーマリオ・パワーアップ・サマー
|JpnR=Sūpā Mario Pawāappu Samā
|JpnM=Super Mario Power-Up Summer
}}

==See also==
*[[Super Nintendo World]]

==References==
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{{Special events}}
[[Category:Special events]]