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===''Wario's Woods===
===''Wario's Woods===
Pidgits (as Black Bats) reappeared in this ''[[Wario's Woods]]'', riding on the magic carpets.
Pidgits (as Black Bats) reappeared in this ''[[Wario's Woods]]'', riding on the magic carpets.
===''Wario Land 4===
In the [[GBA]] game ''[[Wario Land 4]]'', magic carpets are found in the level [[Arabian Night]]. Wario can gain height and fly on these carpets by pressing {{button|gba|A}} on the control pad.


===''Super Smash Bros.'' series===
===''Super Smash Bros.'' series===

Revision as of 10:59, January 21, 2012

Artwork of a Pidgit riding a magic carpet from Super Mario Advance.
A Pidgit riding atop a Magic Carpet.

Magic Carpets or just Carpets are magical flying carpets that has appeard in several Mario-games in the Mario series.

History

Super Mario series

Super Mario Bros. 2

They originally appeared in Super Mario Bros. 2, where Pidgits flew on them, and if Mario and the gang defeated the Pidgit that was on the carpet, they would be able to use it like Lakitu's Cloud. This concept may have inspired the ability for players to ride on the clouds, which eventually became possible in Super Mario World. Like them, Lakitu's Cloud also disappeared after a while.

Super Mario 64

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Rainbow Ride carpets.

They were again found in Super Mario 64, on the stage Rainbow Ride. These carpets were much different from the ones that appeard in the earlier game, most notably, they weren't ridden by Pidgits. These would also not let Mario ride at free will, instead on a pre-set rainbow. They would also not move if Mario not was riding them. They would also not only disappear after a special amount of time, but also if Mario was away too long.

The Super Mario Bros. Super Show!

In the The Super Mario Bros. Super Show! it appeared as a vehicle of Mushroom World. Mario, Luigi, Princess Toadstool, Toad and other characters used these carpets sometimes.

In the episode "Mario's Magic Carpet", Magic Carpets appeared to have a car-like protrusion on the carpet. However, in the episode "Mario and the Red Baron Koopa", different carpets were seen. King Koopa was seen flying a Magic Carpet that had a warplane protusion, while Mario and Luigi flew around on an normal looking carpets that had a steering wheels. Later on in the episode, Mario, Luigi and Toad used two ordinary Magic Carpets together to construct the wings of a biplane.

Nintendo Adventure Books

A Magic Carpet is used by Princess Toadstool, Mario, Toad and (depending on which route the reader takes) possibly Luigi to enter Iggy Koopa's secret laboratory in Water Land in Leaping Lizards. Three weeks later, some Magic Carpets are used in the first event in the International Mushroom Games, the obstacle course.

In Koopa Capers, Bowser sends a Magic Carpet to Mario Bros. Plumbing to kidnap the Mario Bros., who he is desperate enough to ask to help in the search for his missing daughter. The carpet only captures Luigi (who had at first assumed the carpet was a gift and "a Goomba pattern rug") and proceeds to bring him to Bowser's Castle through the Mario Bros.' personal Warp Pipe to the Mushroom World.

In Brain Drain, if Luigi punches the correct code into the KoopaFone in the Koopa Headquarters cafeteria, he will order a pizza from Magic Carpet Pizzas, a business run by Pidgits who deliver pizzas with their Magic Carpets.

Wario's Woods

Pidgits (as Black Bats) reappeared in this Wario's Woods, riding on the magic carpets.

Wario Land 4

In the GBA game Wario Land 4, magic carpets are found in the level Arabian Night. Wario can gain height and fly on these carpets by pressing A Button on the control pad.

Super Smash Bros. series

Super Smash Bros. Melee

Two different Mario-stages featured magic carpets in Super Smash Bros. Melee.

The first one was the Mushroom Kingdom II stage. Pidgits were sometimes flying around the stage in a 2-D form. However, their carpets were in 3-D and, at the times Pidgit was on the screen, could be used as a extra platform. The time was short however and it flied fast, so it was very easy to cause a self-destruct.

The other stage was the Rainbow Ride-themed Rainbow Cruise. Unlike in 64 these could be used as a extra platform and be ride around at free will. Just like in 64, they would also disappear if a player was off or on it for too long. Also, any other player could take the carpet by attacking the one that already has the carpet.

Mario Party series

Mario Party 5

In the minigame Random Ride in Mario Party 5, the Magic Carpet is a vehicle.

Mario Kart series

Mario Kart 7

In Mario Kart 7, a few Shy Guys can be seen riding Magic Carpets in various areas throughout the Shy Guy Bazaar course.

Trivia

  • In the episode "Mario's Magic Carpet", it was established that Magic Carpet is the favorite food of Pidgits.
  • Sam Shalam of Cloud Land is a used Magic Carpet dealer.

Gallery


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