Editing Super Star

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'''Super Stars''' (also written as '''Superstars'''),<ref>{{cite|author=Williams, Drew|title=''Yoshi's Island DS'' Player's Guide|page=12|date=November 6, 2006|isbn=1-59812-016-6|publisher=Nintendo of America|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{cite|quote={{file link|Stargazer Superstar.jpg|"''YOU FOUND A SUPERSTAR!''"}}|author=Message in the ''[[Stargazer]]'' activity|title=[[Play Nintendo]] website}}</ref> originally referred to as '''Starmen''' and alternatively referred to as '''Star Bonuses''',<ref>{{cite|title=''Nintendo Magazine System'' (AU) Issue #49|page=39|date=April 1997}}</ref> '''Invincible Starmen''',<ref>{{cite|author=Cain, Christine|title=''Super Mario Bros. Deluxe'' Prima's Official Strategy Guide|page=10|publisher=[[Prima Games]]|date=1999|language=en-us|isbn=0-7615-2190-9}}</ref> '''Invincibility Stars''',<ref>{{cite|title=''Mario Pinball Land'' instruction booklet|page=23|language=en|publisher=Nintendo of America|date=2004}}</ref> '''Stars''',<ref>{{cite|Bueno, Fernando|title=''New Super Mario Bros. Wii'' PRIMA Official Game Guide|page=13|language=en-us|publisher=Prima Games|date=November 15, 2009|isbn=978-0-307-46592-4}}</ref><ref>{{cite|title=''Super Mario Bros.'' Nintendo 3DS Virtual Console digital instruction manual|page=10 and 13}}</ref> or '''Star-Men''',<ref>{{cite|title=''Nintendo Magazine System'' (AU) Issue #7|page=22|date=October 1993}}</ref> are recurring items in the [[Super Mario (franchise)|''Super Mario'' franchise]], most notably the [[Super Mario (series)|''Super Mario'' series]] and the [[Mario Kart (series)|''Mario Kart'' series]]. Super Stars are generally depicted as five-pointed stars with beady eyes, usually yellow in color. If the player gets a Star, they will become [[Invincible Mario|invincible]]. The user becomes temporarily invulnerable to all damage, being able to defeat almost any enemy. However, hazards that would be fatal regardless of power-ups ([[lava]], [[Poison (obstacle)|poison]], [[pit]]s, [[Time Limit|time running out]], getting crushed, etc.) will still defeat the user, even with the Super Star. In addition, the [[splotchy goop]] in the ''Bowser's Fury'' mode in ''[[Super Mario 3D World + Bowser's Fury]]'' will cause the player to lose their invincibility if touched while also taking damage, as if they took damage without the power-up.<ref>{{cite|author=Fracktail|date=February 22, 2021|url=x.com/Fracktail/status/1363738193497972738|title=oh ok #SuperMario3DWorld #BowsersFury #NintendoSwitch|publisher=X|accessdate=February 23, 2021|language=en}}</ref> The projectiles or enemies that come into contact with the user of the Star while it is activated are destroyed, damaged, or knocked off the screen (depending on the type of enemy and what game it is). The Star also increases the speed of the user substantially (again, depending on the game). In most games since ''[[Super Mario World]]'', if the player collides with and defeats a sequence of enemies while invincible, they will get an [[extra life]]. The [[point]] chain is usually 200 - 400 - 800 - 1,000 - 2,000 - 4,000 - 8,000 - 1UP - 1UP - 1UP... As the player continues defeating enemies, they will keep getting extra lives for each additional enemy defeated until the Star's power wears off and they are no longer invulnerable. Touching another Star while already invincible will prolong the effect and allow the player to continue getting more lives.