Editing UFO

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{{about|UFOs in general|other uses|[[UFO (disambiguation)]]}}

[[File:Ufos.jpg|thumb|UFOs in a parking lot in the [[Club Nintendo (German magazine)|German ''Club Nintendo'']] comic "[[Sag niemals Holerö!]]"]]

'''{{wp|Unidentified flying object|UFOs}}''' ('''Unidentified Flying Objects'''), also stylized as '''U.F.O.s''' and referred to as '''flying saucers''',<ref>{{cite|quote=[[Funky Kong|You]] mean, like, [[List of implied species#Interplanetary Visitor Dudes|little green apes]] in flying saucers?|author=[[Donkey Kong]]|publisher="[[Watch the Skies]]"|accessdate=March 16, 2025}}</ref> are the basic means of transportation for aliens. UFOs are high-tech vehicles that can travel large distances in space. There are also many different kinds and shapes. Some look like saucers (hence the name), and others look like squares. A frequently occurring design is the {{wp|George Adamski|Adamski-type}} commonly found in Japanese pop-culture.<ref>Robinson, Nick. [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I1eOQl16x-8 Why do Japanese UFOs look so different?]. Retrieved December 5, 2022.</ref>

 

Pc88_DonkeyKong3DaiGyakushu_Stage2.png|A U.F.O. in [[On the Strange Bridge]]'s background (top-right)

Pc88_DonkeyKong3DaiGyakushu_Stage3.png|A U.F.O. in [[On the Country Road]]'s background (top)

Pc88_DonkeyKong3DaiGyakushu_Stage5.png|Stage 5: [[In the U.F.O.]]

''[[Super Mario Galaxy]]'' contains many flying saucers that appear mainly in [[Battlerock Galaxy]] and [[Dreadnought Galaxy]]. These UFOs have their own gravity, and [[Mario]] and [[Luigi]] can walk on the top and the bottom. Two crashed UFOs float on the {{conjectural|Lava Planet}} in the [[Melty Molten Galaxy]]; one of these can be walked upon. These UFOs seem to be in the possession of the [[Topman]] Tribe, due to them commonly being found on or around them. The boss [[Topmaniac]] is also fought on a UFO. Additionally, in the intro cutscene, Bowser calls a single gigantic UFO to dig the [[Peach's Castle]] surroundings before lifting it. The same UFO appears flying around the Peach's Castle in the cutscene traveling to [[Bowser's Galaxy Reactor]]. It is not seen being sucked into the [[black hole]] at the end of the game, however. The [[Starshroom]]s act much like UFOs, floating while slowly spinning, but are shaped like [[mushroom]]s. The Starting Planet of the [[Dreadnought Galaxy]] also gets a redesign in [[Revenge of the Topman Tribe]], going from a cone-shaped planet firing lasers at a duplicate of itself in [[Infiltrating the Dreadnought]] to resembling a UFO, with a more squashed frustum.

[[File:SMO ufo.jpg|thumb|120px|The small UFO.]]

Within most kingdoms in ''[[Super Mario Odyssey]]'', there is a regional bird that compliments the local topography. In lieu of birds, a '''small UFO'''<ref name=art>{{cite|author=Sakai, Kazuya, kikai, Rachel Roberts, and Jenny Blenk, editors|date=2019|title="Wooded Kingdom" in ''The Art of Super Mario Odyssey''|format=First English Edition|location=Milwaukie|publisher=[[Dark Horse Books]]|page=149}}</ref> appears in the [[Moon Kingdom]] after the kingdom's [[Moon Rock]] has been struck. Striking it with [[Cappy]] makes it release a collectible [[Power Moon]] and hover off into the sky. The UFO is tiny, vaguely floral, has one eyed stalk, and contains a single [[Soirée Bouquet]] within its body. It closely resembles the giant boss [[Torkdrift]], itself similar to a {{wp|flying saucer}}, but it was created by [[Bowser]] and consequently does not come from the [[moon]]. A relationship between this small UFO and Torkdrift is alluded to in ''[[The Art of Super Mario Odyssey]]'' but kept deliberately vague.<ref name=art/> It also occurs alongside other regional birds in the [[Mushroom Kingdom (Super Mario Odyssey)|Mushroom Kingdom]] once [[Princess Peach]] and [[Tiara]] permanently return.

 

UFO-like enemies called [[Yoofoe]]s also appears in the game.

In ''[[Mario Party 5]]'', [[ID UFO]] presents various different shaped saucers, as the players must identify them.

===''WarioWare'' series===

UFOs make a few appearances in [[microgame]]s in the ''[[WarioWare (series)|WarioWare]]'' games. Some examples include: [[Repellion]] and [[UFO Assist]] (''[[WarioWare, Inc.: Mega Microgame$!]]''); [[Alien Abduction]] (''[[WarioWare: Twisted!]]''); [[Wario PI]] and [[Unintelligent Life]] (''[[WarioWare: Smooth Moves]]''); and [[Nasalblaster]] (''[[WarioWare: D.I.Y.]]''). In ''[[Game & Wario]]'', UFOs must be shot down in [[Dribble & Spitz]]'s [[minigame]], [[Taxi (minigame)|Taxi]]. Additionally, [[Orbulon]] has his own personal UFO called the [[Oinker]], designed after a pig.