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{{quote|Be sure not to fall in the black hole!|Luma|Super Mario Galaxy}}
{{about|the obstacle in the Mario franchise|the item in [[Super Smash Bros. Ultimate]]|[[List of Super Smash Bros. series items#Black Hole|List of Super Smash Bros. series items § Black Hole]]|Palutena's [[Final Smash]] in the [[Super Smash Bros. (series)|Super Smash Bros. series]]|[[List of fighters debuting in Super Smash Bros. for Nintendo 3DS / Wii U#Palutena|List of fighters debuting in Super Smash Bros. for Nintendo 3DS / Wii U § Palutena]]}}
[[File:SMG Ghostly Hauntedhouse.png|thumb|250px|In ''Super Mario Galaxy'', a '''Black Hole''' can be seen under the [[Ghostly Galaxy#Mansion Planet|Mansion Planet]] in the [[Ghostly Galaxy]].]]
{{species infobox
A '''Black Hole''' is a very dangerous object found in the [[Mario (series)|''Mario'' series]]. Their first appearance is in the ''[[Mario Party 6]]'' [[minigame]] [[Black Hole Boogie]].  
|image=[[File:SMG Asset Sprite Black Hole.png|190px]]<br>Render of a black hole from ''Super Mario Galaxy''.
|first_appearance=''[[Mario Party 5]]'' ([[List of games by date#2003|2003]])
|latest_appearance=''[[Mario Party Superstars]]'' ([[List of games by date#2021|2021]])
|comparable=[[Pit]]
}}
[[File:SMG Ghostly Hauntedhouse.png|thumb|250px|In ''Super Mario Galaxy'', a black hole can be seen under the [[Ghostly Galaxy#Mansion Planet|Mansion Planet]] in the [[Ghostly Galaxy]].]]
{{quote|Be sure not to fall in the black hole!|[[Luma]]|[[Super Mario Galaxy]]}}
'''Black holes''' are dangerous hazards found in a few games within the [[Super Mario (franchise)|''Super Mario'' franchise]], most notably in ''[[Super Mario Galaxy]]'' and its sequel, ''[[Super Mario Galaxy 2]]''. They are based loosely on real {{wp|black hole}}s.


Black Holes have a much greater role in ''[[Super Mario Galaxy]]'' and ''[[Super Mario Galaxy 2]]'', where they act as an obstacle which can suck [[Mario]] (or [[Luigi]]) into it if they are within its event horizon. Mario or Luigi can only be sucked into one if he falls off some ledges or misses the desired target when using a [[Sling Pod]] or [[Cannon]]. If either one of the plumbers is sucked into a Black Hole, his [[Health Meter]] is instantly be reduced to zero and he loses a [[Extra Life|life]]. Black Holes are usually impossible to avoid once the player has fallen off a platform and into outer space, though this obviously does not apply if Mario is in possession of a [[List of Power-Ups|power-up]] that grants him the power of flight, or something along those lines, such as the [[Bee Mushroom]], the [[Boo Mushroom]], or the [[Cloud Flower]]. They are, in a way, the equivalent of [[Pit (obstacle)|bottomless pits]] found in most other [[Mario (series)|''Mario'' series]] platformers.
==Description==
Black holes have varied appearances across the various games they appeared in. In their first appearance in ''[[Mario Party 5]]'', black holes resembled a semi-realistic vortex. ''[[Mario Party 6]]'' portrays them as steadily-growing black orb with the background swirling, warping, and pulsating with lightning. In ''[[Super Mario Galaxy]]'' and ''[[Super Mario Galaxy 2]]'', black holes appear as a black ball with a blood-red accretion disk and outline.


However, Mario or Luigi can also use Black Holes to their advantage. For example, any enemies or objects that fall into a Black Hole are destroyed after falling a certain distance toward it, so Black Holes can sometimes be used to destroy certain enemies in various areas. Note that any enemies destroyed by falling into Black Holes do not yield any items whatsoever. Likewise, any items that do get released by enemies that are destroyed while ''over'' a Black Hole are quickly enveloped by the Black Hole as well. In some cases, Black Holes transform into a [[Power Star]] after a certain task has been completed. Mario or Luigi are then pulled to the Power Star by gravity in the same way as with the Black Hole. If [[Bee Mario]] is sucked into a Black Hole he will leave a yellow line after him. If [[Cloud Mario]] is sucked into a Black Hole, he will leave a white line after him.
==History==
===''Mario Party'' series===
====''Mario Party 5''====
In ''[[Mario Party 5]]'', a black hole appears in the background of the minigame [[Frightmare]]. After Bowser is defeated, the black hole increases its force and Bowser struggles to escape, but he fails and breaks the side gates, falling into the black hole.


[[File:SMG Black Hole ending.PNG|left|thumb|The supermassive Black Hole created by [[Bowser]]'s collapsing sun.]]
====''Mario Party 6''====
At the end of the game, after Mario has defeated [[Bowser]] for the final time, his gigantic sun collapses into a massive Black Hole<ref>[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a3I_wnZvvFU YouTube - ''Super Mario Galaxy'' Final Boss/Ending]</ref>, which will quickly begin to engulf Mario, [[Princess Peach]], [[Airship|Bowser's entire fleet of Airships]], [[Princess Peach's Castle]] and the [[Comet Observatory]]. Just as everything is about to be destroyed, [[Luma (character)|Luma]] suddenly appears in front of Mario, waves at him and then sacrifices himself by throwing himself into the Black Hole. Thousands of other [[Luma (species)|Luma]]s soon join him in flinging themselves into the massive Black Hole in hopes of stabilizing it and ultimately saving the universe from destruction. Eventually, the Black Hole twists wildly around in space before finally exploding in a new "big bang", thereby reforming the entire cosmos and creating an entirely new galaxy, which Mario is welcomed by in the final cutscene of the game.
[[File:BlackHoleBoogie.png|thumb|200px|left|Black Hole Boogie]]
A black hole appears in the ''[[Mario Party 6]]'' Duel [[minigame]] [[Black Hole Boogie]]. Here, both players must rapidly press {{button|gcn|A}} to escape the black hole. Also, in the minigame [[Seer Terror]], one of the fortunes has [[Bowser]] sucked into a black hole.


Another black hole appears in ''[[Mario Party 9]]'', in the background of the final boss minigame, ''[[Bowser's Block Battle]]''. It seems to suck in large planets, and also [[Mini Star]]s. When the players defeat Bowser, he once again stumbles into the black hole, although in the final cutscene, it is shown that Bowser and [[Bowser Jr.]] can normally fly inside the black hole with their [[Koopa Clown Car]]s.
====''Mario Party 8''====
Something similar to a black hole appears in ''[[Mario Party 8]]'' in the background of the final boss minigame, [[Superstar Showdown]]. When Bowser is defeated, he gets sucked downwards into the vortex while stuck in his [[Koopa Clown Car]].
 
====''Mario Party 9''====
Another black hole appears in ''[[Mario Party 9]]'', in the background of the final boss minigame, [[Bowser's Block Battle]]. It seems to suck in large planets, as well as [[Mini Star]]s. When Bowser is defeated, he stumbles into the black hole, although in the final cutscene, it is shown that Bowser and [[Bowser Jr.]] can fly normally inside the black hole with their [[Koopa Clown Car]]s.
 
===''Super Mario'' series===
====''Super Mario Galaxy''====
[[File:SMG Black Hole ending.png|thumb|The supermassive black hole created by one of the planets near [[Bowser]]'s sun]]
[[File:Black Hole SMG.png|thumb|left|200px|A black hole.]]
Black holes play a much larger role in ''[[Super Mario Galaxy]]'', where they act as obstacles, sucking in any characters, enemies and objects within their range. Most of them are seen under floating landmasses, acting as [[pit]]s, or else near areas with [[Sling Pod]]s or [[cannon]]s. If Mario or Luigi get too close to a black hole, the black hole's [[gravity]] begins to pull them in playing a warped eerie sound in the process. Being sucked into one instantly depletes the [[Health Meter]], and they lose a [[life]]. Enemies destroyed by falling into black holes do not leave behind [[coin]]s or [[Star Bit]]s.
 
In some galaxies such as the [[Hurry-Scurry Galaxy]], successfully collecting a group of [[note]]s turns a nearby black hole into a [[Power Star]]. The Power Star pulls Mario or Luigi closer using a similar gravitational pull.
 
At the end of ''Super Mario Galaxy'', after Mario/Luigi has defeated [[Bowser]] for the final time, one of the planets near Bowser's giant star undergoes a {{wp|supernova}}. The planet starts to have its rock either split from each other or sink into the magma below, then swells and eventually collapses in on itself, becoming a {{wp|supermassive black hole}}, which quickly begins to engulf Mario/Luigi, [[Princess Peach]], Bowser and his entire fleet of [[Airship]]s, [[Peach's Castle]], and even the [[Comet Observatory]]. Just as everything is about to be destroyed, [[Baby Luma]] suddenly appears in front of Mario/Luigi, waves at him and then sacrifices himself by throwing himself into the black hole. Thousands of other [[Luma]]s soon join him in flinging themselves into the supermassive black hole in hopes of stabilizing it and ultimately saving the universe from destruction. Eventually, the black hole shrinks and twists wildly around in space before finally exploding, thereby reforming the entire cosmos and creating an entirely new galaxy, which Mario/Luigi welcomes in the final cutscene of the game.
 
The texture of the black hole's {{wp|event horizon}}, if extracted from the files of the game, is revealed to be a blurry screenshot of an early version of [[Beach Bowl Galaxy]].<ref>{{cite|author=@MarioBrothBlog|date=April 4, 2021|url=twitter.com/MarioBrothBlog/status/1378406204158971904?s=20|title=Every black hole in Super Mario Galaxy contains an image of Mario in Beach Bowl Galaxy, filtered and distorted beyond recognition alongside its outer edge.|publisher=Twitter|accessdate=December 12, 2021|archive=web.archive.org/web/20210403175735/https://twitter.com/MarioBrothBlog/status/1378406204158971904}}</ref>
 
=====Locations=====
*[[Gateway Galaxy]]: The second planet has a black hole.
*[[Good Egg Galaxy]]: The Bitten Apple Planet visited in the missions [[Dino Piranha (mission)|Dino Piranha]] and [[Dino Piranha Speed Run]] has a black hole. Two more appear next to the Flipswitch Planet in the same missions, and a fourth appears below [[King Kaliente]]'s titular [[Airship]]s in [[King Kaliente's Battle Fleet]].
*[[Honeyhive Galaxy]]: Beneath the Starting Planet, the Flower Planet and the planet with the [[Honey Queen]]'s castle in [[Bee Mario Takes Flight]], and [[Bugaboom]]'s planet.
*[[Flipswitch Galaxy]]: At the center of the Starting Planet.
*[[Bowser Jr.'s Robot Reactor]]: At the center of the Starting Planet.
*[[Space Junk Galaxy]]: Beneath the Assembly Block Planet in the mission [[Pull Star Path]] and [[Pull Star Path Speed Run]], [[Kamella]]'s battle fleet in [[Kamella's Airship attack]], and the stone planet with the archway in [[Tarantox's Tangled Web]].
*[[Battlerock Galaxy]]: Beneath the bowl-shaped planet in [[Topmaniac and the Topman Tribe]]. There is also another close to the side of the [[Cannon]]'s firing cone on the colorfully tiled missile-shaped planet at the end of [[Breaking into the Battlerock]].
*[[Hurry-Scurry Galaxy]]: Beneath the Starting Planet and at the center of the angular planet made of [[Shrinking platform]]s.
*[[Sling Pod Galaxy]]: Beneath the entire level.
*[[Bowser's Star Reactor]]: A few black holes can be found scattered throughout the level to the side or under platforms.
*[[Beach Bowl Galaxy]]: At the ends of the Cyclone Stone in [[The Secret Undersea Cavern]] and [[Fast Foes on the Cyclone Stone]] and beneath the Twin Fall Lake Planet in [[Wall Jumping up Waterfalls]]. The Starting Planet is the only planet where black holes do not appear.
*[[Ghostly Galaxy]]: Beneath the Boo Mansion Gate Planet and the Haunted Mansion. More can be found beneath [[Bouldergeist]]'s planet in [[Beware of Bouldergeist]] and [[Bouldergeist's Daredevil Run]].
*[[Bowser Jr.'s Airship Armada]]: Many can be found beneath [[Bowser Jr.]]'s fleet.
*[[Gusty Garden Galaxy]]: There is a black hole near the Gravity Scramble Planets in [[Gusty Garden's Gravity Scramble]]. Another, larger one can be found lower, but it seems to be unreachable and therefore could be decoration.
*[[Freezeflame Galaxy]]: Beneath the Frozen Peak Planet in the mission [[The Frozen Peak of Baron Brrr]] and surrounding the Ice and Lava Platform Planets in [[Hot and Cold Collide]] and the Ice Platforms Planets in [[Frosty Cosmic Mario Race]].
*[[Honeyclimb Galaxy]]: Beneath each planet.
*[[Bowser's Dark Matter Plant]]: A black hole can be found below the first platform of the Dark Matter Holes Planet. There is also another in the [[Gravity field]] area of the Starting Planet, although unreachable due to being behind a wall.
*[[Gold Leaf Galaxy]]: Beneath the Starting Planet.
*[[Sea Slide Galaxy]]: At the center of the angular planet made of [[Shrinking platform]]s visited in [[Hurry, He's Hungry]].
*[[Toy Time Galaxy]]: Beneath the Starting Planet, the planet with the pink gravitational walls and bolts, the Dessert Area Planets, and the [[Undergrunt Gunner]]'s planet.
*[[Bowser Jr.'s Lava Reactor]]: At the center of the Starting Planet.
*[[Dreadnought Galaxy]]: Beneath the collapsing tower in the mission [[Infiltrating the Dreadnought]] and the planet with the [[Chibi Wanwan]]s in [[Dreadnought's Colossal Cannons]].
*[[Melty Molten Galaxy]]: Only encountered in the mission [[Through the Meteor Storm]], more specifically at the center of the Stone Octagon Planet and beneath the Lava Ball Rolling Planet.
*[[Bubble Blast Galaxy]]: Beneath each planet.
*[[Bowser's Galaxy Reactor]]: Beneath the Tower Planet.
 
====''Super Mario Galaxy 2''====
[[File:SMG2 Black Hole.png|thumb|left|175px|Mario is sucked into a black hole in ''Super Mario Galaxy 2'']]
Black holes reappear in ''[[Super Mario Galaxy 2]]'', serving a similar role. A black hole also features once more in the final battle against Bowser in [[Bowser's Galaxy Generator]]: defeating him in the first phase of the battle causes him to sucked into a black hole. He then emerges from the vortex, swallowing the final [[Grand Star]] and growing to a massive size to start the second phase. Defeating Bowser in this phase causes him to be sucked into a slightly larger black hole, which then sucks up the surroundings as well; [[Princess Peach]] and the final [[Grand Star]] are shot out of its remains several seconds later.
 
===''Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Winter Games''===
In the [[Wii]] version of ''[[Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Winter Games (Wii)|Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Winter Games]]'', a single black hole appears under the landing area in the Individual version of [[Dream Ski Jumping (Individual)|Dream Ski Jumping]]. If the player falls into it due to missing the landing area or falling off the edge of it, they will not gain any bonus points at the end of the event.
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==Trivia==
==Names in other languages==
*[[Bowser]] is actually sucked into a Black Hole thrice himself: once after [[Mario]] defeats him for the first time in the final battle of ''Super Mario Galaxy 2'', another time after Mario defeats him for the second time during the same battle (though the second Black Hole seems to be slightly larger than the first, and also sucks up the background with it). [[Princess Peach]] and the final [[Grand Star]] are shot out of the remains of the Black Hole several seconds later. And finally a third time when defeated in ''Mario Party 9's'' ''Bowser's Block Battle'' minigame.
{{foreign names
*In real life, a [[Wikipedia:Black Hole|Black Hole]] is what remains of a large, heavy star if it collapses upon itself following a supernova explosion; its force of gravity is so strong that not even light can escape.
|Jap=ブラックホール
*For some reason, in galaxies such as the galaxies with the [[Star Ball]], if the player falls into the black hole, it will not suck the player in.
|JapR=Burakku Hōru
*For another odd reason, if two black holes are together, Mario or Luigi may not be sucked into the black hole closer to them. This can be notibly more known to happen in Freezeflame Galaxy's Hot and Cold Collide in Super Mario Galaxy and in Sky Station's Peewee Piranha's Temper Tantrum.
|JapM=Black hole
|Fre=Trou Noir<ref>{{cite|date=2014|title=[[Super Mario-kun|''Super Mario Manga Adventures'']] Volume 1|publisher=Soleil Productions|language=fr|isbn=978-2302043350|page=179}}</ref>
|FreM=Black Hole
|Ita=Buco nero
|ItaM=Black hole
|Spa=Agujero negro
|SpaM=Black hole
}}


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Latest revision as of 04:57, August 31, 2024

This article is about the obstacle in the Mario franchise. For the item in Super Smash Bros. Ultimate, see List of Super Smash Bros. series items § Black Hole. For Palutena's Final Smash in the Super Smash Bros. series, see List of fighters debuting in Super Smash Bros. for Nintendo 3DS / Wii U § Palutena.
Black hole
The sprite (by technical definition, even if it is incredibly large) of the black hole obstacle in Super Mario Galaxy.
Render of a black hole from Super Mario Galaxy.
First appearance Mario Party 5 (2003)
Latest appearance Mario Party Superstars (2021)
Comparable
In Super Mario Galaxy, a black hole can be seen under the Mansion Planet in the Ghostly Galaxy.
“Be sure not to fall in the black hole!”
Luma, Super Mario Galaxy

Black holes are dangerous hazards found in a few games within the Super Mario franchise, most notably in Super Mario Galaxy and its sequel, Super Mario Galaxy 2. They are based loosely on real black holes.

Description[edit]

Black holes have varied appearances across the various games they appeared in. In their first appearance in Mario Party 5, black holes resembled a semi-realistic vortex. Mario Party 6 portrays them as steadily-growing black orb with the background swirling, warping, and pulsating with lightning. In Super Mario Galaxy and Super Mario Galaxy 2, black holes appear as a black ball with a blood-red accretion disk and outline.

History[edit]

Mario Party series[edit]

Mario Party 5[edit]

In Mario Party 5, a black hole appears in the background of the minigame Frightmare. After Bowser is defeated, the black hole increases its force and Bowser struggles to escape, but he fails and breaks the side gates, falling into the black hole.

Mario Party 6[edit]

Black Hole Boogie from Mario Party 6
Black Hole Boogie

A black hole appears in the Mario Party 6 Duel minigame Black Hole Boogie. Here, both players must rapidly press A Button to escape the black hole. Also, in the minigame Seer Terror, one of the fortunes has Bowser sucked into a black hole.

Mario Party 8[edit]

Something similar to a black hole appears in Mario Party 8 in the background of the final boss minigame, Superstar Showdown. When Bowser is defeated, he gets sucked downwards into the vortex while stuck in his Koopa Clown Car.

Mario Party 9[edit]

Another black hole appears in Mario Party 9, in the background of the final boss minigame, Bowser's Block Battle. It seems to suck in large planets, as well as Mini Stars. When Bowser is defeated, he stumbles into the black hole, although in the final cutscene, it is shown that Bowser and Bowser Jr. can fly normally inside the black hole with their Koopa Clown Cars.

Super Mario series[edit]

Super Mario Galaxy[edit]

The black hole that is formed at the end.
The supermassive black hole created by one of the planets near Bowser's sun
A Black hole
A black hole.

Black holes play a much larger role in Super Mario Galaxy, where they act as obstacles, sucking in any characters, enemies and objects within their range. Most of them are seen under floating landmasses, acting as pits, or else near areas with Sling Pods or cannons. If Mario or Luigi get too close to a black hole, the black hole's gravity begins to pull them in playing a warped eerie sound in the process. Being sucked into one instantly depletes the Health Meter, and they lose a life. Enemies destroyed by falling into black holes do not leave behind coins or Star Bits.

In some galaxies such as the Hurry-Scurry Galaxy, successfully collecting a group of notes turns a nearby black hole into a Power Star. The Power Star pulls Mario or Luigi closer using a similar gravitational pull.

At the end of Super Mario Galaxy, after Mario/Luigi has defeated Bowser for the final time, one of the planets near Bowser's giant star undergoes a supernova. The planet starts to have its rock either split from each other or sink into the magma below, then swells and eventually collapses in on itself, becoming a supermassive black hole, which quickly begins to engulf Mario/Luigi, Princess Peach, Bowser and his entire fleet of Airships, Peach's Castle, and even the Comet Observatory. Just as everything is about to be destroyed, Baby Luma suddenly appears in front of Mario/Luigi, waves at him and then sacrifices himself by throwing himself into the black hole. Thousands of other Lumas soon join him in flinging themselves into the supermassive black hole in hopes of stabilizing it and ultimately saving the universe from destruction. Eventually, the black hole shrinks and twists wildly around in space before finally exploding, thereby reforming the entire cosmos and creating an entirely new galaxy, which Mario/Luigi welcomes in the final cutscene of the game.

The texture of the black hole's event horizon, if extracted from the files of the game, is revealed to be a blurry screenshot of an early version of Beach Bowl Galaxy.[1]

Locations[edit]

Super Mario Galaxy 2[edit]

Mario is sucked into a black hole in Fluffy Bluff Galaxy
Mario is sucked into a black hole in Super Mario Galaxy 2

Black holes reappear in Super Mario Galaxy 2, serving a similar role. A black hole also features once more in the final battle against Bowser in Bowser's Galaxy Generator: defeating him in the first phase of the battle causes him to sucked into a black hole. He then emerges from the vortex, swallowing the final Grand Star and growing to a massive size to start the second phase. Defeating Bowser in this phase causes him to be sucked into a slightly larger black hole, which then sucks up the surroundings as well; Princess Peach and the final Grand Star are shot out of its remains several seconds later.

Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Winter Games[edit]

In the Wii version of Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Winter Games, a single black hole appears under the landing area in the Individual version of Dream Ski Jumping. If the player falls into it due to missing the landing area or falling off the edge of it, they will not gain any bonus points at the end of the event.

Names in other languages[edit]

Language Name Meaning Notes
Japanese ブラックホール[?]
Burakku Hōru
Black hole
French Trou Noir[2] Black Hole
Italian Buco nero[?] Black hole
Spanish Agujero negro[?] Black hole

References[edit]

  1. ^ @MarioBrothBlog (April 4, 2021). Every black hole in Super Mario Galaxy contains an image of Mario in Beach Bowl Galaxy, filtered and distorted beyond recognition alongside its outer edge.. Twitter. Retrieved December 12, 2021. (Archived April 3, 2021, 17:57:35 UTC via Wayback Machine.)
  2. ^ 2014. Super Mario Manga Adventures Volume 1. Soleil Productions (French). ISBN 978-2302043350. Page 179.