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|image=[[File:SMS Park Director Noki.png]]<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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{{quote|Amazing! What a spectacle! Is this a new show of ours?!|Park director|Super Mario Sunshine}}
{{quote|Amazing! What a spectacle! Is this a new show of ours?!|Park director|Super Mario Sunshine}}
The '''park director''',<ref>Bogenn, Tim, and Doug Walsh. ''Super Mario Sunshine'' BradyGames Official Strategy Guide. Page 76.</ref><ref>Hodgson, David S J, Bryan Stratton, and Stephen Stratton. ''Super Mario Sunshine'' Prima's Official Strategy Guide. Page 97.</ref> or simply the '''director''', is an elderly [[Noki]] that is the director of [[Pinna Park]] in ''[[Super Mario Sunshine]]''. He was first seen in Pinna Park telling Mario how the park become less popular because it has not had a new attraction. After [[Mecha-Bowser]] emerged out of the small pool of water at the northwest end of the park, the park director believes that the spectacle is a new show and that [[Mario]] and [[Shadow Mario]] are its stars. To improve the show, he allows Mario to use Pinna Park's roller coaster to defeat the rampaging robot. When the battle ends, the park director calls Mario a hero for emerging triumphant and putting on a great show. He is later seen throughout most of the missions of Pinna Park, as well as the ending scene of the game.  
The '''park director''',<ref>{{cite|author=Bogenn, Tim, and Doug Walsh|title=''Super Mario Sunshine'' Official Strategy Guide|page=76|publisher=BradyGAMES|language=en-us|isbn=0-7440-0180-3|date=2002}}</ref><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=97|date=September 3, 2002|language=en-us|isbn=0-7615-3961-1}}</ref> or simply the '''director''', is an elderly [[Noki]] that is the director of [[Pinna Park]] in ''[[Super Mario Sunshine]]''. He is first seen in Pinna Park, telling [[Mario]] how the park became less popular because it has not had a new attraction. After [[Mecha-Bowser]] emerges out of the small pool of [[water]] at the northwest end of the park, the park director believes that the spectacle is a new show and that Mario and [[Shadow Mario]] are its stars. To improve the show, he allows Mario to use Pinna Park's roller coaster to defeat Mecha-Bowser. When the battle ends, the park director calls Mario a hero for emerging triumphant and putting on a great show. The park director is later seen throughout most of the missions of Pinna Park, as well as the ending scene of the game.
 
==Names in other languages==
==Names in other languages==
{{foreign names
{{foreign names
|Jap=えんちょう<br>''Enchō''<br>ピンナパークの園長<ref>Shogakukan. 2015. ''Super Mario Bros. Hyakka: Nintendo Kōshiki Guidebook'', ''Super Mario Sunshine'' section, page 101.</ref><br>''Pinna Pāku no enchō''
|Jpn=えんちょう
|JapM=Director<br><br>Pinna Park's director
|JpnR=Enchō
|Fra=Directeur du parc
|Jpn2=ピンナパークの園長<ref>{{cite|author=Sakai, Kazuya (Ambit) et al.|language=ja|publisher=[[Shogakukan]]|date=October 19, 2015|title=''Super Mario Bros. Hyakka: Nintendo Kōshiki Guidebook'', ''Super Mario Sunshine'' section|page=101|isbn=978-4-09-106569-8}}</ref>
|FraM=Park director
|Jpn2R=Pinna Pāku no enchō
|Ita=Noki Direttore<ref>''[[Super Mario Bros. Encyclopedia|Super Mario Bros. Enciclopedia]]'', pag. 101</ref>
|JpnM=Director
|Jpn2M=Pinna Park's director
|Fre=Directeur du parc
|FreM=Park director
|Ita=Noki Direttore<ref>{{cite|date=November 15, 2018|title=''[[Super Mario Bros. Encyclopedia|Super Mario Bros. Enciclopedia]]''|publisher=Magazzini Salani|language=it|isbn=889367436X|page=101}}</ref>
|ItaM=Noki Director
|ItaM=Noki Director
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Latest revision as of 15:19, January 7, 2025

Park director
Park director
Artwork from Super Mario Sunshine
Species Noki
First appearance Super Mario Sunshine (2002)
Latest appearance Super Mario 3D All-Stars (2020)
“Amazing! What a spectacle! Is this a new show of ours?!”
Park director, Super Mario Sunshine

The park director,[1][2] or simply the director, is an elderly Noki that is the director of Pinna Park in Super Mario Sunshine. He is first seen in Pinna Park, telling Mario how the park became less popular because it has not had a new attraction. After Mecha-Bowser emerges out of the small pool of water at the northwest end of the park, the park director believes that the spectacle is a new show and that Mario and Shadow Mario are its stars. To improve the show, he allows Mario to use Pinna Park's roller coaster to defeat Mecha-Bowser. When the battle ends, the park director calls Mario a hero for emerging triumphant and putting on a great show. The park director is later seen throughout most of the missions of Pinna Park, as well as the ending scene of the game.

Names in other languages[edit]

Language Name Meaning Notes
Japanese えんちょう[?]
Enchō
Director
ピンナパークの園長[3]
Pinna Pāku no enchō
Pinna Park's director
French Directeur du parc[?] Park director
Italian Noki Direttore[4] Noki Director

References[edit]

  1. ^ Bogenn, Tim, and Doug Walsh (2002). Super Mario Sunshine Official Strategy Guide. BradyGAMES (American English). ISBN 0-7440-0180-3. Page 76.
  2. ^ 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 97.
  3. ^ Sakai, Kazuya (Ambit) et al. (October 19, 2015). Super Mario Bros. Hyakka: Nintendo Kōshiki Guidebook, Super Mario Sunshine section. Shogakukan (Japanese). ISBN 978-4-09-106569-8. Page 101.
  4. ^ November 15, 2018. Super Mario Bros. Enciclopedia. Magazzini Salani (Italian). ISBN 889367436X. Page 101.