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[[Image:GreatBuddhaofKamakura_MIM.png|thumb|[[Luigi]]'s photograph of the '''Great Buddha of Kamakura'''.]]
{{quote|The Great Buddha of Kamakura is not the only "great" Buddha in Japan, but he is the only one you can enter, by buying a ticket, through a door located smack in the middle of his big, brass belly. Sitting 37 feet tall, the brass Buddha, or Daibutsu, is best honored by the faithful placing flowers and oranges at his feet. This Daibutsu used to sit in a small, wooden house but he was rendered homeless after a tidal wave, tsunami, washed it away.|'''Pamphlet'''|Mario is Missing! (PC)}}
The '''[[Wikipedia:Kōtoku-in#The Great Buddha|Great Buddha of Kamakura]]''' (in Japanese: '''鎌倉の大仏'''; Rōmaji: ''Kamakura no Daibutsu'') is a 11-meter-tall bronze statue of [[wikipedia:Amitābha|Amitābha Buddha]] in [[Tokyo]], [[Japan]]. The Buddha is honored by placing [[flower]]s and oranges in front of him. One such '''Great Buddha's Orange''' has been stolen by [[Koopa Troopa]]s in the game ''[[Mario is Missing!]]''. When visiting Tokyo, [[Luigi]] has to find and return the orange to the Great Buddha. His reward is 975 [[bill|dollar]]s plus a bonus of 2,600 dollars.
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The '''[[Wikipedia:Kōtoku-in#The Great Buddha|Great Buddha of Kamakura]]''' (in Japanese: '''鎌倉の大仏'''; Rōmaji: ''Kamakura no Daibutsu'') is a 11-meter-tall bronze statue of [[wikipedia:Amitābha|Amitābha Buddha]] in [[Tokyo]], [[Japan]]. The Buddha is honored by placing flowers and oranges in front of him. In the [[Mario is Missing! (PC)|PC]], [[Mario is Missing! (Super Nintendo Entertainment System)|SNES]], and [[Mario is Missing! (Nintendo Entertainment System)|NES versions of ''Mario is Missing!'']], [[Great Buddha's Orange|one such orange]] is stolen by a [[Koopa Troopa]] and must be returned by [[Luigi]].


==Pamphlet Information from ''Mario is Missing!''==
== Questions ==
''The Great Buddha of Kamakura is not the only 'great' Buddha in Japan, but he is the only one you can enter, by buying a ticket, through a door located smack in the middle of his big, brass belly. Sitting 11 meters tall, the brass Buddha, or Daibutsu, is best honored by the faithful placing flowers and oranges at his feet. This Daibutsu used to sit in a small, wooden house but he was rendered homeless after a tidal wave, tsunami, washed it away.''
To prove the authenticity of the orange, he must first answer two of the following trivia questions:
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*''The Buddha is:''
**made of copper
**a former Sumo
**'''37 feet tall'''
**made of wood
*''You can pay extra to visit inside the Buddha's:''
**'''belly'''
**naval orange
**wooden house
**bullet train
*''Daibutsu lost his house because of:''
** unpaid taxes
** '''tidal wave'''
** rotten oranges
** proposition 13
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Latest revision as of 11:10, September 13, 2024

“The Great Buddha of Kamakura is not the only "great" Buddha in Japan, but he is the only one you can enter, by buying a ticket, through a door located smack in the middle of his big, brass belly. Sitting 37 feet tall, the brass Buddha, or Daibutsu, is best honored by the faithful placing flowers and oranges at his feet. This Daibutsu used to sit in a small, wooden house but he was rendered homeless after a tidal wave, tsunami, washed it away.”
Pamphlet, Mario is Missing! (PC)
DOS
CD-ROM Deluxe
SNES
Great Buddha of Kamakura in DOS, CD-ROM Deluxe and SNES versions.

The Great Buddha of Kamakura (in Japanese: 鎌倉の大仏; Rōmaji: Kamakura no Daibutsu) is a 11-meter-tall bronze statue of Amitābha Buddha in Tokyo, Japan. The Buddha is honored by placing flowers and oranges in front of him. In the PC, SNES, and NES versions of Mario is Missing!, one such orange is stolen by a Koopa Troopa and must be returned by Luigi.

Questions[edit]

To prove the authenticity of the orange, he must first answer two of the following trivia questions:

  • The Buddha is:
    • made of copper
    • a former Sumo
    • 37 feet tall
    • made of wood
  • You can pay extra to visit inside the Buddha's:
    • belly
    • naval orange
    • wooden house
    • bullet train
  • Daibutsu lost his house because of:
    • unpaid taxes
    • tidal wave
    • rotten oranges
    • proposition 13