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|image=[[File:Frog Suit Sticker PMSS.png|200px]]
|description=A frog-like suit.
|first_appearance=''[[Super Mario Bros. 3]]'' ([[List of games by date#1988|1988]])
|first_appearance=''[[Super Mario Bros. 3]]'' ([[List of Mario games by date#1998|1988]])
|latest_appearance=''[[Super Mario Maker 2]]'' (version 3.0.0) ([[List of games by date#2020|2020]])
|latest_appearance=''[[Paper Mario: Sticker Star]]'' ([[List of Mario games by date#2012|2012]])
|effect=Turns [[Mario]] or [[Luigi]] into [[Frog Mario]] or Frog Luigi.
|effect=Turns [[Mario]] or [[Luigi]] into [[Frog Mario]] or Frog Luigi.
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[[File:FrogSuit.gif|thumb|left|32px]]
{{quote|The Frog Suit lets you become [[Frog Mario]]. It lets you swim through [[water]] with ease and run across its surface!|Narrator|Super Mario Maker 2 – World Maker Update – Nintendo Switch}}
A '''Frog Suit''' is an item power-up first debut in ''[[Super Mario Bros. 3]]''. The Frog Suit transforms [[Mario]] or [[Luigi]] into [[Frog Mario]] or Frog Luigi. It grants Mario or Luigi the power to [[jump]] higher, swim faster, resist water currents better, and hop while walking on the ground. When Frog Mario or Frog Luigi is hit by an enemy, they revert back to [[Super Mario]] or Super Luigi.
The '''Frog Suit''' is a [[List of power-ups|power-up]] that debuted in ''[[Super Mario Bros. 3]]''. The Frog Suit transforms [[Mario]] or [[Luigi]] into [[Frog Mario]] or Frog Luigi. It grants Mario or Luigi the power to [[jump]] higher, swim faster, and resist water currents better, but they can only hop while on land. When Frog Mario or Frog Luigi is hit by an enemy, they revert back to [[Super Mario (form)|Super Mario]] or Super Luigi.
   
   
The [[Penguin Suit]] of ''[[New Super Mario Bros. Wii]]'' somewhat has the swimming ability of the Frog Suit.
The [[Penguin Suit]] of ''[[New Super Mario Bros. Wii]]'' has somewhat similar swimming abilities to those of the Frog Suit.


==History==
==History==
===''Super Mario Bros. 3''===
===''Super Mario'' series===
[[File:Sea Side.jpg|thumb|left|200px|Mario swimming through [[Sea Side]] with a Frog Suit.]]
====''Super Mario Bros. 3''====
The Frog Suit first appears in ''Super Mario Bros. 3''. It is obtainable by accessing certain secret areas and hitting a massive question block, as well as Toad Shops from [[Sea Side|World 3]] and beyond. The suit, as stated above, lets Mario swim faster and better, jump higher, swim through water currents, and hop while on land.
[[File:Sea Side.jpg|thumb|left|200px|Mario swimming through [[Water Land]] with a Frog Suit]]
The Frog Suit first appears in ''Super Mario Bros. 3''. It can be found inside [[Giant ? Block]]s in certain bonus rooms, and can be obtained from [[Toad House]]s from [[Water Land|World 3]] and beyond; a Toad House in a secret part of [[Desert Land|World 2]] also has one. The suit, as stated above, lets Mario swim faster and better, jump higher, swim through water currents, and hop while on land.
 
The Frog Suit is a handy item to use in underwater levels. Without one, Mario and Luigi will sink underwater and can only swim up and/or left/right. Frog Suits allow them to remain stationary in the water, and swim in any direction. However, Frog Suits do not provide much help on dry land. When out of water, Frog Mario and Frog Luigi move very slowly, as they can only move by hopping (instead of running). On the positive side, Frog Suits do allow the Mario Brothers to jump higher than they can normally, and it is possible to run on dry land in Frog form if the player is carrying an object, like a [[Koopa Shell]].
 
If Mario or Luigi defeats a Koopaling while in Frog form, the restored [[Kings|king]] will say, "Oh me, oh my! You've been transformed! Shall I change you back with this wand?"


The Frog Suit is a handy item to use in underwater levels. Without one, Mario and Luigi will sink underwater and can only swim diagonally up and to the left, diagonally up and to the right, and straight up. Frog Suits allow them to remain stationary in the water, and swim in any direction. However, Frog Suits don't provide much help on dry land. When out of water, Frog Mario and Frog Luigi move very slowly, as they can only move by hopping (instead of running). On the positive side, Frog Suits do allow the Mario Brothers to jump higher than they can normally, and it is possible to run on dry land with a Frog Suit if the player is carrying a [[Koopa Shell]].
====''Super Mario Maker / Super Mario Maker for Nintendo 3DS''====
Although the power-up itself does not appear, ''[[Super Mario Maker]]'' features a [[Mystery Mushroom]] [[Costume Mario|costume]] based on the Frog Suit for the ''Super Mario Bros.'' theme. In addition, in ''Super Mario Maker'' and at the start of ''[[Super Mario Maker for Nintendo 3DS]]'', knocking on a [[Warp Door]] in the ''Super Mario Bros. 3'' theme in Edit Mode may cause [[Weird Mushroom (item)|Weird Mario]] to appear in a Frog Suit.


If Mario or Luigi wears the Frog Suit and defeats a Koopaling, the [[Mushroom Kings|Mushroom King]] will say, "Oh me, oh my! You've been transformed! Shall I change you back with this wand?"
====''Super Mario Maker 2''====
The Frog Suit was added to ''[[Super Mario Maker 2]]'' in the version 3.0.0 update released on April 22, 2020, appearing as an item in the ''Super Mario Bros. 3'' style. It allows the player to move more efficiently underwater, along with being able to run on the surface of water when holding an item along if the [[P-Meter]] is maxed-out. In the nighttime ground theme, Frog Suits jump back and forth, rather than jumping in a single direction. Since the nighttime castle theme makes players swim in the air, the Frog Suit accordingly grants the same mobility here as it does underwater.


===''The Adventures of Super Mario Bros. 3''===
===''The Adventures of Super Mario Bros. 3''===
[[Image:FrogSuitCartoon.jpg|thumb|Mario and Luigi, each holding a Frog Suit from ''[[The Adventures of Super Mario Bros. 3]]''.]]  
[[File:FrogSuitCartoon.jpg|thumb|Mario and Luigi, each holding a Frog Suit from ''The Adventures of Super Mario Bros. 3'' episode "[[Super Koopa (episode)|Super Koopa]]".]]
The Frog Suit also appears in quite a good amount of ''The Adventures of Super Mario Bros. 3'' episodes.
The Frog Suit also appears often in ''[[The Adventures of Super Mario Bros. 3]]''.


In "[[Reptiles in the Rose Garden]]," Mario uses a Frog Suit to get the [[White House]] back on the surface of the [[Mushroom Sea]] after [[Bowser]] sank it.  
In "[[Reptiles in the Rose Garden]]," Mario uses a Frog Suit to get the [[White House]] back on the surface of the [[Mushroom Sea]] after [[Bowser]] sank it.  


In "[[Oh, Brother!]]", Luigi used a Frog Suit to swim through a flooded [[Pipe Land|Pipe Maze]] in order to rescue Mario from Bowser and [[Ludwig von Koopa|Kooky]]. In "[[Mush-Rumors]]", Mario and Luigi donned Frog Suits in an attempt to save [[Norman]]'s family from the Koopas, but were unsuccessful in the end.
In "[[Oh, Brother!]]", Luigi used a Frog Suit to swim through a flooded [[Pipe Land|Pipe Maze]] in order to rescue Mario from Bowser and [[Ludwig von Koopa|Kooky]].


The most prominent appearance of the Frog Suit in the cartoon was in the episode "[[The Ugly Mermaid]]," because Mario, Luigi, the Princess and Toad were all using Frog Suits (and thus creating Frog Princess and Frog Toad), and they kept those suits through the whole episode.  
In "[[Mush-Rumors]]", Mario and Luigi donned Frog Suits in an attempt to save [[Norman]]'s family from the Koopas, but were unsuccessful in the end.


In the beginning of "[[7 Continents for 7 Koopas]]," Mario and Luigi can be seen crossing a bridge wearing Frog Suits. They were planning to relax in the water with [[Princess Peach|Princess Toadstool]] and [[Toad]], when [[Bowser|King Koopa]] attacked, thus starting the problems for the Mario Bros.
The most prominent appearance of the Frog Suit in the cartoon was in the episode "[[The Ugly Mermaid]]," because Mario, Luigi, [[Princess Peach|Princess Toadstool]] and [[Toad]] were all using Frog Suits (and thus creating Frog Princess and Frog Toad), and they kept those suits through the whole episode.
 
In the beginning of "[[7 Continents for 7 Koopas]]," Mario and Luigi can be seen crossing a bridge wearing Frog Suits. They were planning to relax in the water with Princess Toadstool and Toad, when [[Bowser|King Koopa]] attacked, thus starting the problems for the Mario Bros.


In "[[The Venice Menace]]" Mario suggested for Luigi and himself to take their Frog Suits with them on their trip to [[Venice]]. This piece of advice helped them greatly throughout the course of the episode.  
In "[[The Venice Menace]]" Mario suggested for Luigi and himself to take their Frog Suits with them on their trip to [[Venice]]. This piece of advice helped them greatly throughout the course of the episode.  
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Additionally, Luigi is seen wearing a Frog Suit during the show's introductory sequence, in which he rescues Toad from [[Roy Koopa|Bully]] and [[Morton Koopa Jr.|Big Mouth Koopa]] after they capture him while underwater. Artwork of Frog Luigi also appears on the cover of Shout! Factory's Complete Series DVD set.
Additionally, Luigi is seen wearing a Frog Suit during the show's introductory sequence, in which he rescues Toad from [[Roy Koopa|Bully]] and [[Morton Koopa Jr.|Big Mouth Koopa]] after they capture him while underwater. Artwork of Frog Luigi also appears on the cover of Shout! Factory's Complete Series DVD set.
One distinct feature of the Frog Suits in the show is that the eyes on the suit mimic those of its wearer.


===''Nintendo Comics System''===
===''Nintendo Comics System''===
In the story ''[[Love Flounders]]'', Mario wears a Frog Suit to help him swim underwater on his quest to retrieve [[Chuckberry|Chuckberries]], but loses it after being kissed by [[Big Bertha|Bertha]].
In the ''[[Nintendo Comics System]]'' story "[[Love Flounders]]," Mario wears a Frog Suit to help him swim underwater on his quest to retrieve [[Chuckberry|Chuckberries]], but loses it after being kissed by [[Big Cheep Cheep#Nintendo Comics System|Bertha]].


===''Nintendo Adventure Books''===
===''Nintendo Adventure Books''===
Early on in the [[Nintendo Adventure Book]] ''[[Leaping Lizards]]'', Luigi can acquire a Frog Suit, which he needs if he encounters a swarm of Bloopers in a body of water in [[Iggy Koopa]]'s secret lab; the Frog Suit allows Luigi to deflect some Sleepy Ink they spray at him. In a later book, ''[[Unjust Desserts]]'', Mario mentions he should have brought a Frog Suit while tumbling through some of the fluid in [[Yoshi]]'s body.
Early on in the [[Nintendo Adventure Book]] ''[[Leaping Lizards]]'', Luigi can acquire a Frog Suit, which he needs if he encounters a swarm of Bloopers in a body of water in [[Iggy|Iggy Koopa]]'s secret lab; the Frog Suit allows Luigi to deflect some Sleepy Ink they spray at him. In a later book, ''[[Unjust Desserts]]'', Mario mentions he should have brought a Frog Suit while tumbling through some of the fluid in [[Yoshi]]'s body.
 
===''Super Mario-kun''===
In the first volumes of ''[[Super Mario-kun]]'', beginning since the very first chapter of the series, Mario often pulls out a Frog Suit to cross various bodies of water, but never with good results with someone (mostly his friends) tearing it.
 
In the first chapter from the [[Super Mario-kun Volume 1|first volume]], Mario pulls a prank on Luigi, pretending to drown and then revealing to be wearing a Frog Suit.
 
The Frog Suit is also used when the power-ups from ''Super Mario Bros. 3'' are brought up, even when there is no water: for instance, in [[Super Mario-kun Volume 12|volume 12]], one of the [[San Mario]] uses one and later is fused to Mario and the other clones into [[Super Power-Up Mario]], where the Frog Suit makes for the shoes of the costume.
 
===''Paper Mario'' series===
====''Paper Mario: Sticker Star''====
After an approximate 20-year absence, the Frog Suit returns in ''[[Paper Mario: Sticker Star]]'' as a [[Sticker (Paper Mario: Sticker Star)#Frog Suit|sticker]] that Mario can wear. For one turn, Mario becomes able to avoid enemies' attacks by jumping over them; his next attacks also become stronger. It was originally designed to act like the [[Multibounce]] [[Badge]], but was ultimately replaced in that role by the Line Jump sticker. It can be found in [[Sandshifter Ruins]] and purchased at [[Outlook Point]], and it is placed as #62 in the [[Sticker Museum]].
 
====''Paper Mario: Color Splash''====
The Frog Suit returns as a [[Battle Card (Paper Mario: Color Splash)#Frog Suit|card]] in ''[[Paper Mario: Color Splash]]'', acting as it did in the previous game. However, Mario now becomes [[Frog Mario]], his attack power remains the same, and he loses the form upon taking damage (this physically removes the Frog Suit, as in ''Super Mario Bros. 3'') or winning, rather than when his turn is over.


===''Super Mario-Kun''===
===Other appearances===
At the beginning of the ''[[Super Mario-Kun]]'' adaptation of ''[[Super Mario World]]'', Mario pulls a prank on Luigi, pretending to drown when he actually has a Frog Suit on.
In the Super Mario Mash-up of ''[[Minecraft]]'', Iron Armor is replaced by the Frog Suit.


===''Paper Mario: Sticker Star''===
===Unused appearances===
[[File:FrogsuitPMSS.png|thumb|75px|Artwork from ''Paper Mario: Sticker Star''.]]
====''The Super Mario Bros. Movie''====
After an approximate 20-year absence, the Frog Suit returns in ''[[Paper Mario: Sticker Star]]'' for the [[Nintendo 3DS]], mainly as a sticker that Mario can wear. Mario can then avoid enemies' attacks by jumping over them. It was originally set to act like the Multibounce Badge, but that place was taken by the Line Jump sticker.
The Frog Suit appears in concept artwork for a scrapped scene in ''[[The Super Mario Bros. Movie]]'' set in a room with various power-ups.<ref>GameXplain (April 23, 2023). [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b2KZXJg3ncA Toadsworth & Toadette were in the Super Mario Bros. Movie?! Concept Art LEAK Reveals Cuts & Changes]. ''YouTube''. Retrieved April 24, 2023.</ref>
 
==Profiles==
===''Super Mario Bros. 3''===
*'''Wii Virtual Console manual:''' "''Changes Mario into Frog Mario.''"
*'''3DS Virtual Console manual:''' "''Turns Mario into Frog Mario.''"
 
==Gallery==
<gallery>
Frog_Map_SMB3.png|''[[Super Mario Bros. 3]]''
Frogsuit.png|''[[Super Mario All-Stars]]''
FrogSuit.png|''Super Mario All-Stars''
SMA4 Frog Suit.png|''[[Super Mario Advance 4: Super Mario Bros. 3]]''
FrogSuitCard.png|''[[Paper Mario: Color Splash]]''
PMCS Frog Suit card unpainted.png|''Paper Mario: Color Splash''
SMM2-SMB3-FrogSuit.png|''[[Super Mario Maker 2]]'' (''Super Mario Bros. 3'' style)
SMM2-SMB3-FrogSuitStackedSuperMushroom.png|''Super Mario Maker 2'' (''Super Mario Bros. 3'' style)
</gallery>


==Names in other languages==
==Names in other languages==
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==See also==
*[[Penguin Suit]]
 
==References==
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Frog Suit
Frog Suit Sticker PMSS.png
First appearance Super Mario Bros. 3 (1988)
Latest appearance Super Mario Maker 2 (version 3.0.0) (2020)
Effect Turns Mario or Luigi into Frog Mario or Frog Luigi.
“The Frog Suit lets you become Frog Mario. It lets you swim through water with ease and run across its surface!”
Narrator, Super Mario Maker 2 – World Maker Update – Nintendo Switch

The Frog Suit is a power-up that debuted in Super Mario Bros. 3. The Frog Suit transforms Mario or Luigi into Frog Mario or Frog Luigi. It grants Mario or Luigi the power to jump higher, swim faster, and resist water currents better, but they can only hop while on land. When Frog Mario or Frog Luigi is hit by an enemy, they revert back to Super Mario or Super Luigi.

The Penguin Suit of New Super Mario Bros. Wii has somewhat similar swimming abilities to those of the Frog Suit.

History[edit]

Super Mario series[edit]

Super Mario Bros. 3[edit]

Island World
Mario swimming through Water Land with a Frog Suit

The Frog Suit first appears in Super Mario Bros. 3. It can be found inside Giant ? Blocks in certain bonus rooms, and can be obtained from Toad Houses from World 3 and beyond; a Toad House in a secret part of World 2 also has one. The suit, as stated above, lets Mario swim faster and better, jump higher, swim through water currents, and hop while on land.

The Frog Suit is a handy item to use in underwater levels. Without one, Mario and Luigi will sink underwater and can only swim up and/or left/right. Frog Suits allow them to remain stationary in the water, and swim in any direction. However, Frog Suits do not provide much help on dry land. When out of water, Frog Mario and Frog Luigi move very slowly, as they can only move by hopping (instead of running). On the positive side, Frog Suits do allow the Mario Brothers to jump higher than they can normally, and it is possible to run on dry land in Frog form if the player is carrying an object, like a Koopa Shell.

If Mario or Luigi defeats a Koopaling while in Frog form, the restored king will say, "Oh me, oh my! You've been transformed! Shall I change you back with this wand?"

Super Mario Maker / Super Mario Maker for Nintendo 3DS[edit]

Although the power-up itself does not appear, Super Mario Maker features a Mystery Mushroom costume based on the Frog Suit for the Super Mario Bros. theme. In addition, in Super Mario Maker and at the start of Super Mario Maker for Nintendo 3DS, knocking on a Warp Door in the Super Mario Bros. 3 theme in Edit Mode may cause Weird Mario to appear in a Frog Suit.

Super Mario Maker 2[edit]

The Frog Suit was added to Super Mario Maker 2 in the version 3.0.0 update released on April 22, 2020, appearing as an item in the Super Mario Bros. 3 style. It allows the player to move more efficiently underwater, along with being able to run on the surface of water when holding an item along if the P-Meter is maxed-out. In the nighttime ground theme, Frog Suits jump back and forth, rather than jumping in a single direction. Since the nighttime castle theme makes players swim in the air, the Frog Suit accordingly grants the same mobility here as it does underwater.

The Adventures of Super Mario Bros. 3[edit]

Frog Suit
Mario and Luigi, each holding a Frog Suit from The Adventures of Super Mario Bros. 3 episode "Super Koopa".

The Frog Suit also appears often in The Adventures of Super Mario Bros. 3.

In "Reptiles in the Rose Garden," Mario uses a Frog Suit to get the White House back on the surface of the Mushroom Sea after Bowser sank it.

In "Oh, Brother!", Luigi used a Frog Suit to swim through a flooded Pipe Maze in order to rescue Mario from Bowser and Kooky.

In "Mush-Rumors", Mario and Luigi donned Frog Suits in an attempt to save Norman's family from the Koopas, but were unsuccessful in the end.

The most prominent appearance of the Frog Suit in the cartoon was in the episode "The Ugly Mermaid," because Mario, Luigi, Princess Toadstool and Toad were all using Frog Suits (and thus creating Frog Princess and Frog Toad), and they kept those suits through the whole episode.

In the beginning of "7 Continents for 7 Koopas," Mario and Luigi can be seen crossing a bridge wearing Frog Suits. They were planning to relax in the water with Princess Toadstool and Toad, when King Koopa attacked, thus starting the problems for the Mario Bros.

In "The Venice Menace" Mario suggested for Luigi and himself to take their Frog Suits with them on their trip to Venice. This piece of advice helped them greatly throughout the course of the episode.

In "Super Koopa", Bowser had access to a Power Pendant that gave him the same powers that Mario and Luigi normally used, including a Frog Suit. Mario and Luigi later wore Frog Suits, which they used to leap away from Super Koopa's attacks.

Additionally, Luigi is seen wearing a Frog Suit during the show's introductory sequence, in which he rescues Toad from Bully and Big Mouth Koopa after they capture him while underwater. Artwork of Frog Luigi also appears on the cover of Shout! Factory's Complete Series DVD set.

One distinct feature of the Frog Suits in the show is that the eyes on the suit mimic those of its wearer.

Nintendo Comics System[edit]

In the Nintendo Comics System story "Love Flounders," Mario wears a Frog Suit to help him swim underwater on his quest to retrieve Chuckberries, but loses it after being kissed by Bertha.

Nintendo Adventure Books[edit]

Early on in the Nintendo Adventure Book Leaping Lizards, Luigi can acquire a Frog Suit, which he needs if he encounters a swarm of Bloopers in a body of water in Iggy Koopa's secret lab; the Frog Suit allows Luigi to deflect some Sleepy Ink they spray at him. In a later book, Unjust Desserts, Mario mentions he should have brought a Frog Suit while tumbling through some of the fluid in Yoshi's body.

Super Mario-kun[edit]

In the first volumes of Super Mario-kun, beginning since the very first chapter of the series, Mario often pulls out a Frog Suit to cross various bodies of water, but never with good results with someone (mostly his friends) tearing it.

In the first chapter from the first volume, Mario pulls a prank on Luigi, pretending to drown and then revealing to be wearing a Frog Suit.

The Frog Suit is also used when the power-ups from Super Mario Bros. 3 are brought up, even when there is no water: for instance, in volume 12, one of the San Mario uses one and later is fused to Mario and the other clones into Super Power-Up Mario, where the Frog Suit makes for the shoes of the costume.

Paper Mario series[edit]

Paper Mario: Sticker Star[edit]

After an approximate 20-year absence, the Frog Suit returns in Paper Mario: Sticker Star as a sticker that Mario can wear. For one turn, Mario becomes able to avoid enemies' attacks by jumping over them; his next attacks also become stronger. It was originally designed to act like the Multibounce Badge, but was ultimately replaced in that role by the Line Jump sticker. It can be found in Sandshifter Ruins and purchased at Outlook Point, and it is placed as #62 in the Sticker Museum.

Paper Mario: Color Splash[edit]

The Frog Suit returns as a card in Paper Mario: Color Splash, acting as it did in the previous game. However, Mario now becomes Frog Mario, his attack power remains the same, and he loses the form upon taking damage (this physically removes the Frog Suit, as in Super Mario Bros. 3) or winning, rather than when his turn is over.

Other appearances[edit]

In the Super Mario Mash-up of Minecraft, Iron Armor is replaced by the Frog Suit.

Unused appearances[edit]

The Super Mario Bros. Movie[edit]

The Frog Suit appears in concept artwork for a scrapped scene in The Super Mario Bros. Movie set in a room with various power-ups.[1]

Profiles[edit]

Super Mario Bros. 3[edit]

  • Wii Virtual Console manual: "Changes Mario into Frog Mario."
  • 3DS Virtual Console manual: "Turns Mario into Frog Mario."

Gallery[edit]

Names in other languages[edit]

Language Name Meaning Notes
Japanese カエルスーツ[?]
Kaeru Sūtsu
Frog Suit
Chinese (simplified) 青蛙服[?]
Qīngwā Fú
Frog Suit Paper Mario: Sticker Star
青蛙装[2]
Qīngwā Zhuāng
Super Mario Maker 2
Chinese (traditional) 青蛙裝[3]
Qīngwā Zhuāng
Frog Suit
Danish Frødragt[4] Frog Suit
Dutch Kikkerpak[?] Frog suit
Kikvorspak[?]
Finnish Sammakkopuku[5] Frog Suit
French Costume Grenouille[?] Frog Suit
Costume de grenouille[?] Frog suit
Grenouflage[?] Pun on grenouille ("frog") and camouflage Paper Mario: Sticker Star
German Froschanzug[?] Frog Suit
Frosch-Anzug[6] Super Mario Advance 4: Super Mario Bros. 3
Italian Abito Rana[?] Frog Suit Super Mario All-Stars Limited Edition
Costume rana[7] Paper Mario: Sticker Star / Super Mario Maker 2
Korean 개구리슈트[8]
Gaeguri Syuteu
Frog Suit
Norwegian Froskdrakt[9] Frog Suit
Portuguese (NOA) Traje de sapo[10] Toad suit
Roupa de Sapo[11] Toad outfit The Adventures of Super Mario Bros. 3, Herbert Richers dub
Roupa de Rã[12] Frog outfit The Adventures of Super Mario Bros. 3, Uniarthe dub
Portuguese (NOE) Fato de sapo[?] Toad suit
Fato de rã[13] Frog suit
Romanian Costum de broască[14] Frog suit The Adventures of Super Mario Bros. 3
Spanish Traje de Rana[?] Frog Suit
Traje Rana[15] Super Mario Advance 4: Super Mario Bros. 3
Swedish Groddräkt[16] Frog Suit

See also[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ GameXplain (April 23, 2023). Toadsworth & Toadette were in the Super Mario Bros. Movie?! Concept Art LEAK Reveals Cuts & Changes. YouTube. Retrieved April 24, 2023.
  2. ^ 创作完整的世界地图!? 《 Super Mario Maker 2 》最后的大型数据更新 Ver.3.0.0 版本, 将于4月22日开始发布!. Nintendo.com.hk. Retrieved April 22, 2020.
  3. ^ Official website for Paper Mario: Sticker Star. Nintendo.com.hk (Traditional Chinese). Retrieved January 5, 2024.
  4. ^ Super Mario Bros. 3 OH, Brother! (Dansk)
  5. ^ Super Mario bros 3 episode 22 (finnish)
  6. ^ 2003. Super Mario Advance 4: Super Mario Bros. 3 instruction booklet. Nintendo of Europe (German). Page 32.
  7. ^ NintendoItalia (April 21, 2020). Super Mario Maker 2 - Modalità "Crea un mondo", Bowserotti e nuovi elementi! (Nintendo Switch). YouTube. Retrieved April 23, 2020.
  8. ^ 한국닌텐도 공식 채널 (April 22, 2020). 슈퍼 마리오 메이커 2 업데이트 Ver.3.0. YouTube. Retrieved November 12, 2022.
  9. ^ Super Mario Bros 3 VHS#2 - Norsk tale - Norsk tale
  10. ^ Pacote Power-Up - Mario sapo. LEGO.com (Brazilian Portuguese). Retrieved March 24, 2024.
  11. ^ Super Mario Bros. 3 - Brigas de Irmãos (Dublagem Herbert Richers)
  12. ^ Super Mario Bros. 3 - Ah, Irmão! (Dublagem Uniarthe)
  13. ^ "Detalhes da atualização: Versão 3.0.0 [Lançada no dia 22/04/20]" – Como atualizar Super Mario Maker 2. Nintendo.pt (European Portuguese). Retrieved March 26, 2024.
  14. ^ May 20, 2015. "Oh, Brother!", dubbed in Romanian by KidsCo. Odnoklassniki (OK.ru). Retrieved January 4, 2016.
  15. ^ 2003. Super Mario Advance 4: Super Mario Bros. 3 instruction booklet. Nintendo of Europe (European Spanish). Page 92.
  16. ^ The Adventures of Super Mario Bros 3 - Episode 11 - Swedish