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{{distinguish|Gusty}}
{{distinguish|Gusty}}
{{species infobox
{{species infobox
|image=[[File:SMS Artwork Wind Spirit.png|100px]]<br>Artwork from ''Super Mario Sunshine''
|image=[[File:SMS Artwork Wind Spirit.png|200x200px]]<br>Artwork from ''Super Mario Sunshine''
|first_appearance=''[[Super Mario Sunshine]]'' ([[List of games by date#2002|2002]])
|first_appearance=''[[Super Mario Sunshine]]'' ([[List of games by date#2002|2002]])
|latest_appearance=''[[Super Mario 3D All-Stars]]'' ([[List of games by date#2020|2020]])
|latest_appearance=''[[Super Mario 3D All-Stars]]'' ([[List of games by date#2020|2020]])
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|comparable=[[Gusty]]
|comparable=[[Gusty]]
}}
}}
'''Wind Spirits'''<ref>{{cite|author=Hodgson, David S J, Bryan Stratton, and Stephen Stratton|title=''Super Mario Sunshine'' Prima's Official Strategy Guide|publisher=[[Prima Games]]|page=18|date=September 3, 2002|language=en-us|isbn=0-7615-3961-1}}</ref> (also known as '''Gusts'''<ref>{{cite|author=Bogenn, Tim, and Doug Walsh|title=''Super Mario Sunshine'' Official Strategy Guide|page=7|publisher=BradyGAMES|language=en-us|isbn=0-7440-0180-3|date=2002}}</ref> or '''Cyclos'''<ref>{{cite|url=www.nintendo.co.jp/character/mario/archives/sunshine/?lang=en|title=English ''Super Mario Sunshine'' entry on the official Mario Portal|language=en|publisher=nintendo.co.jp|accessdate=August 13, 2022|archive=archive.today/2022.08.12-233320/https://www.nintendo.co.jp/character/mario/archives/sunshine/?lang=en}}</ref>) are enemies in ''[[Super Mario Sunshine]]''. Their appearance is similar to a bluish-white square with an afterimage effect and surrounded by some winds. When [[Mario]] is on a high place, a Wind Spirit forms. It first spins around Mario, then suddenly stops and charges him. If it hits him, Mario usually gets knocked off the platform. Wind Spirits can be temporarily dispatched using [[F.L.U.D.D.|FLUDD]] and defeated using a [[Yoshi (species)|Yoshi's]] tongue. Wind Spirits yield a single [[coin]] upon defeat.
'''Wind Spirits'''<ref>{{cite|author=Hodgson, David S J, Bryan Stratton, and Stephen Stratton|title=''Super Mario Sunshine'' Prima's Official Strategy Guide|publisher=[[Prima Games]]|page=18|date=September 3, 2002|language=en-us|isbn=0-7615-3961-1}}</ref> (also known as '''Gusts'''<ref>{{cite|author=Bogenn, Tim, and Doug Walsh|title=''Super Mario Sunshine'' Official Strategy Guide|page=7|publisher=BradyGAMES|language=en-us|isbn=0-7440-0180-3|date=2002}}</ref> or '''Cyclos'''<ref>{{cite|url=www.nintendo.co.jp/character/mario/archives/sunshine/?lang=en|title=English ''Super Mario Sunshine'' entry on the official Mario Portal|language=en|publisher=nintendo.co.jp|accessdate=August 13, 2022|archive=archive.today/2022.08.12-233320/https://www.nintendo.co.jp/character/mario/archives/sunshine/?lang=en}}</ref>) are [[List of enemies|enemies]] in ''[[Super Mario Sunshine]]''. They each look like a bluish-white square with an afterimage effect and surrounded by some winds. When [[Mario]] is on a high place, a Wind Spirit forms. It first spins around Mario, then suddenly stops and charges him. If it hits him, Mario usually gets knocked off the platform. Wind Spirits can be temporarily dispatched using [[F.L.U.D.D.|FLUDD]] and defeated using a [[Yoshi (species)|Yoshi]]'s tongue. Wind Spirits yield a single [[coin]] upon defeat.


Wind Spirit appear in various courses. In [[Bianco Hill]]s, Wind Spirits appear in the village during [[Red Coins of Windmill Village|Episode 4]] and on the windmill tops in [[The Red Coins of the Lake|Episode 8]]. In [[Ricco Harbor]], Wind Spirits appear in all [[mission|episodes]]. In [[Pianta Village]], Wind Spirits appear at the bridge in [[The Goopy Inferno|Episodes 3]], [[Secret of the Village Underside|5]], and [[Shadow Mario Runs Wild|7]]. Additionally, episode 3 has Wind Spirits at the [[Mushroom Platform]]s and episode 7 has some near [[Shadow Mario]]'s [[graffiti|M Graffiti]].
==Profiles==
;Course appearances
{{columns|count=2|
*'''[[Bianco Hills]]'''
**[[Red Coins of Windmill Village|Episode 4]], in the village
**[[The Red Coins of the Lake|Episode 8]], on the windmill tops
*'''[[Ricco Harbor]]''' (all [[Mission|episodes]])
*'''[[Pianta Village]]'''
**[[The Goopy Inferno|Episode 3]], at the bridge and [[Mushroom Platform]]s
**[[Secret of the Village Underside|Episode 5]], at the bridge only
**[[Shadow Mario Runs Wild|Episode 7]], at the bridge and near [[Shadow Mario]]'s [[graffiti|M Graffiti]]
}}


==Gallery==
==Gallery==
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==Names in other languages==
==Names in other languages==
{{foreign names
{{foreign names
|Jap=かぜくん<ref>{{cite|publisher=[[Shogakukan]]|language=ja|date=2015|title=「スーパーマリオサンシャイン任天堂公式ガイドブック」 (''Super Mario Sunshine Nintendo Kōshiki Guidebook'')|page=[https://i.imgur.com/cR55rqr.jpg 18]}}</ref>
|Jap=かぜくん<ref>{{cite|language=ja|date=October 10, 2002|publisher=[[Shogakukan]]|title=「スーパーマリオサンシャイン任天堂公式ガイドブック」 (''Super Mario Sunshine Nintendo Kōshiki Guidebook'')|page=[https://i.imgur.com/cR55rqr.jpg 18]|isbn=4-09-106064-1}}</ref>
|JapR=Kaze-kun
|JapR=Kaze-kun
|JapM=Wind-{{wp|Japanese honorifics#Kun|kun}}; compare [[Bone Twister#Names in other languages|Bone Twister]]
|JapM=Wind-{{wp|Japanese honorifics#Kun|kun}}; compare [[Bone Twister#Names in other languages|Bone Twister]]
|Fre=Ventu<ref>{{cite|title=''[[Super Mario Bros. Encyclopedia|Super Mario Encyclopedia]]''|page=99}}</ref>
|Fre=Ventu<ref>{{cite|date=July 4, 2018|title=''[[Super Mario Bros. Encyclopedia|Super Mario Encyclopedia]]''|publisher=Soleil Productions|language=fr|isbn=2302070046|page=99}}</ref>
|FreM=From ''vent'' ("wind") and the French adjective-forming suffix ''-u''
|FreM=From ''vent'' ("wind") and the French adjective-forming suffix ''-u''
|Ger=Wind-Geist
|Ger=Wind-Geist
|GerM=Wind Spirit
|GerM=Wind Spirit
|Ita=Spirito del vento<ref>{{cite|title=Italian Prima's official strategy guide ''Super Mario Sunshine''|page=13}}</ref>
|Ita=Spirito del vento
|Ita2=Spirito del Vento<ref>{{cite|title=''[[Super Mario Bros. Encyclopedia|Super Mario Bros. Enciclopdia]]''|page=99}}</ref>
|ItaC=<ref>{{cite|date=2002|title=''Mario Sunshine. Guida strategica''|publisher=[[Prima Games]]|language=it|isbn=8890092211|page=18}}</ref>
|Ita2=Spirito del Vento
|Ita2C=<ref>{{cite|date=November 15, 2018|title=''[[Super Mario Bros. Encyclopedia|Super Mario Bros. Enciclopedia]]''|publisher=Magazzini Salani|language=it|isbn=889367436X|page=99}}</ref>
|ItaM=Wind Spirit
|ItaM=Wind Spirit
|Ita2M=Wind Spirit
|Ita2M=Wind Spirit

Latest revision as of 13:49, December 11, 2024

Not to be confused with Gusty.
Wind Spirit
Artwork of the Wind Spirit enemy in Super Mario Sunshine.
Artwork from Super Mario Sunshine
First appearance Super Mario Sunshine (2002)
Latest appearance Super Mario 3D All-Stars (2020)
Variants
Comparable

Wind Spirits[1] (also known as Gusts[2] or Cyclos[3]) are enemies in Super Mario Sunshine. They each look like a bluish-white square with an afterimage effect and surrounded by some winds. When Mario is on a high place, a Wind Spirit forms. It first spins around Mario, then suddenly stops and charges him. If it hits him, Mario usually gets knocked off the platform. Wind Spirits can be temporarily dispatched using FLUDD and defeated using a Yoshi's tongue. Wind Spirits yield a single coin upon defeat.

Profiles[edit]

Course appearances

Gallery[edit]

Names in other languages[edit]

Language Name Meaning Notes
Japanese かぜくん[4]
Kaze-kun
Wind-kun; compare Bone Twister
French Ventu[5] From vent ("wind") and the French adjective-forming suffix -u
German Wind-Geist[?] Wind Spirit
Italian Spirito del vento[6] Wind Spirit
Spirito del Vento[7]

References[edit]

  1. ^ Hodgson, David S J, Bryan Stratton, and Stephen Stratton (September 3, 2002). Super Mario Sunshine Prima's Official Strategy Guide. Prima Games (American English). ISBN 0-7615-3961-1. Page 18.
  2. ^ Bogenn, Tim, and Doug Walsh (2002). Super Mario Sunshine Official Strategy Guide. BradyGAMES (American English). ISBN 0-7440-0180-3. Page 7.
  3. ^ English Super Mario Sunshine entry on the official Mario Portal. nintendo.co.jp (English). Retrieved August 13, 2022. (Archived August 12, 2022, 23:33:20 UTC via archive.today.)
  4. ^ October 10, 2002. 「スーパーマリオサンシャイン任天堂公式ガイドブック」 (Super Mario Sunshine Nintendo Kōshiki Guidebook). Shogakukan (Japanese). ISBN 4-09-106064-1. Page 18.
  5. ^ July 4, 2018. Super Mario Encyclopedia. Soleil Productions (French). ISBN 2302070046. Page 99.
  6. ^ 2002. Mario Sunshine. Guida strategica. Prima Games (Italian). ISBN 8890092211. Page 18.
  7. ^ November 15, 2018. Super Mario Bros. Enciclopedia. Magazzini Salani (Italian). ISBN 889367436X. Page 99.