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[[File:PeachSMB2NES.png|thumb|150px|[[Princess Peach|Peach]] pulling on a tuft of '''grass''' in ''[[Super Mario Bros. 2]]''.]]
[[File:SMUSA Peach Plucking Vegetable Artwork.png|thumb|150px|[[Princess Peach|Peach]] pulling on a tuft of grass in ''[[Super Mario Bros. 2]]'']]
[[File:Grass SSB4 Wii U.jpg|thumb|left|A tuft of '''grass''' in ''[[Super Smash Bros. for Wii U]]''.]]
'''Grass''' in the [[Super Mario (franchise)|''Super Mario'' franchise]] is an object that first appears as a gameplay mechanic in ''[[Yume Kōjō: Doki Doki Panic]]'' and ''[[Super Mario Bros. 2]]''. In this appearance and others, characters can pull up the grass to obtain and use various items.
'''Grass''' is a common world element encountered in various [[Mario (franchise)|''Mario'' titles]], but they only serve actual importance to the gameplay of ''[[Super Mario Bros. 2]]''. In ''Super Mario Bros. 2'', the [[player]] could pull on tall blades of red (black in ''[[Doki Doki Panic]]'') grass emerging from the ground (by pressing {{button|nes|B}}) to pull out a [[vegetable]]. Other items grass could contain include [[Magic Potion]]s, [[Bomb (item)|Bomb]]s, [[Small Heart]]s (in ''[[Super Mario Advance]]'' only), [[Red Shell]]s, [[Stopwatch]]es, [[Coin]]s (in [[Subspace]] only), or [[Rocket]]s.


Grass later returns in ''[[Super Mario Advance 4]]'', mainly in [[Vegetable Volley]]. However, the player is only able to pluck coins and vegetables. The [[Blue Green Switch]] can also add grass to the main game. Grass is colored green in this game, matching the leaves on the vegetables plucked.
==History==
===''Super Mario'' series===
====''Yume Kōjō: Doki Doki Panic'' / ''Super Mario Bros. 2''====
In ''Super Mario Bros. 2'', the player characters can pull on tall blades of red grass (black in ''Yume Kōjō: Doki Doki Panic'') emerging from the ground by pressing {{button|nes|B}}. While this often pulls out a [[vegetable]], it can also pull out several other objects: [[Magical Potion]]s, [[bomb]]s, [[Bob-omb|Bob-Omb]]s, [[Red Shell|Turtle Shell]]s, [[Stop Watch]]es, [[coin]]s (in [[Subspace]] only), or [[Rocket]]s. ''Super Mario Advance'' also adds [[Small heart|Heart Radish]]es and large [[turnip]]s called Giant Vegetables, which take longer to pull out. They work just like their normal-sized counterparts, but can hit more enemies, due to their bigger size.


While vegetables made their 3D ''Mario'' debut in ''[[Captain Toad: Treasure Tracker]]'', grass is replaced by [[Pluck Patch]]es, which work the same way.
====''Super Mario Advance 4: Super Mario Bros. 3''====
Grass returns in ''Super Mario Advance 4: Super Mario Bros. 3'' as an [[e-Reader]] exclusive feature: scanning the [[Blue Green Switch]] will activate grass patches with vegetables below them in the main game. They also appear by default in several [[World-e]] levels - namely [[Vegetable Volley]], [[The ol' Switcheroo]], [[A Sky-High Adventure]], [[Ice Cubed]], [[Ground Work]] and [[Treacherous Halls]]. The grass is colored green to match the vegetable leaves, and turnips are the only vegetables to appear; they are found in both their unripe and ripe forms, as well as the giant turnip that was introduced in ''Super Mario Advance''. Some grass patches are "'''fake roots'''"<ref>{{cite|author=Hodgson, David S J.|title=''Super Mario Advance 4: Super Mario Bros. 3'' Prima's Official Strategy Guide|page=117|date=October 21, 2003|publisher=[[Prima Games]]|language=en-us|isbn=0-7615-4425-9|quote='''BLOCK-ROCKIN' BEETS!''' Ever wished you could relive ''Super Mario 2'' in the entire main world of ''Super Mario Bros. 3''? Then switch this e-Switch, my plump plumber friend! This crazy device adds a selection of turnips to each and every level. Not only that, but these come in small, medium (as shown in the screen above), and large sizes, as well as fake roots that explode with Coins or Poison Mushrooms that take your Super Mario powers away! Replay the game using turnips to knock down enemies and prizes for more fun that ever.}}</ref> that also hide single coins, five coins, [[1-Up Mushroom]]s, or even [[e-Coin]]s or [[Poison Mushroom]]s, or [[Monty Mole]]s (in Ground Work only).


Inspired by its function in ''Super Mario Bros. 2'', grass returns as an [[item]] in ''[[Super Smash Bros. for Nintendo 3DS / Wii U]]''. When a player pulls on blades of grass emerging from the floor of the stage, any random item will be plucked into the player's hands, with status or recovery items activating immediately upon being plucked. However, vegetables cannot be plucked from grass, although that is [[Vegetable (move)|Peach's down special move]]. Grass has a reddish coloring in this game.
===''Super Smash Bros.'' series===
{{main-wiki|SmashWiki|Grass (item)}}
[[File:Grass SSB4 Wii U.jpg|thumb|A tuft of grass in ''[[Super Smash Bros. for Wii U]]'']]
In the ''Super Smash Bros.'' games, grass tufts first appear in ''[[Super Smash Bros. Melee]]'' as 2D background decorations in [[Mushroom Kingdom II]], using their appearance from ''Super Mario Bros. 2''. Peach also has an attack, the [[Vegetable (move)|Vegetable]], that acts as her down special and mimics the function of grass in previous appearances to pull up vegetables from the ground.


Grass later appears as an actual [[List of items|item]] in ''[[Super Smash Bros. for Nintendo 3DS]]'' / ''[[Super Smash Bros. for Wii U|Wii U]]''. When a player pulls on blades of grass emerging from the floor of the stage, any random item that can normally spawn will be plucked into the player's hands, with status or recovery items activating immediately upon being plucked.
In ''[[Super Smash Bros. Ultimate]]'', grass returns as an item and also reappears on the Mushroom Kingdom II stage, with their design now more similar to ''[[Super Mario All-Stars]]''.
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===''Mario Golf'' series===
Grass also has an important role in the [[Mario Golf (series)|''Mario Golf'' series]], where it acts as the lie of the ball, and determines the size of the impact bar. It comes in the form of the [[Fairway]], [[Fast Fairway]], [[Rough]], [[Rough#Heavy Rough|Heavy Rough]] and the [[Green]]. Grass also serves a purpose in [[Mario Tennis (series)|''Mario Tennis'' games]] as a [[Grass Court|court]] with fast speed and low bounce.
Grass also has an important role in the [[Mario Golf (series)|''Mario Golf'' series]], where it acts as the lie of the ball, and determines the size of the impact bar. It comes in the form of the [[Fairway]], [[Fast Fairway]], [[Rough]], [[Rough#Heavy Rough|Heavy Rough]] and the [[Green]]. Grass also serves a purpose in [[Mario Tennis (series)|''Mario Tennis'' games]] as a [[Grass Court|court]] with fast speed and low bounce.
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==''Super Smash Bros. for Nintendo 3DS / Wii U'' Trophy information==
==Profiles and statistics==
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===''Super Smash Bros. for Nintendo 3DS'' / ''Wii U''===
|-
{{SSB4 trophy
!width="10%"|Name
|name=Grass
!Image
|image='''3DS:'''<br>[[File:GrassItemTrophy3DS.png|100px]]<br>'''Wii U:'''<br>[[File:SSB4TrophyGrass.png|100px]]
!width="20%"|Appears In<br>(Wii U version only)
|category=Item
!NTSC-U Description
|appears_in='''NES''' ''Super Mario Bros. 2'' (10/1988)
!PAL Description
|trophy_box=-
|-
|unlock=Random
!Grass
|desc=This special grass first appeared in Super Mario Bros. 2, where plucking it revealed hidden items. It works exactly the same way in Smash Bros.—if you pluck the grass, maybe you'll find a game-changing object! If only cleaning an unkempt lawn would reveal such neat things...
|[[File:SSB4TrophyGrass.png|100px]]
|desc2=A patch of overgrown grass with an item buried underneath. Grass like this grew all over the place in Super Mario Bros. 2, and Mario and co. could pull it up to get all kinds of handy items for their quest. It works the same way in this game: pull it up to get an item. Who knows what it'll be?
|align=center|'''NES''' Super Mario Bros. 2 (10/1988)
}}
|''This special grass first appeared in Super Mario Bros. 2, where plucking it revealed hidden items. It works exactly the same way in Smash Bros.-if you pluck the grass, maybe you'll find a game-changing object! If only cleaning an unkempt lawn would reveal such neat things... ''
 
|''A patch of overgrown grass with an item buried underneath. Grass like this grew all over the place in Super Mario Bros. 2, and Mario and co. could pull it up to get all kinds of handy items for their quest. It works the same way in this game: pull it up to get an item. Who knows what it'll be?''
==Gallery==
|}
<gallery>
DDP Grass sprite.png|''[[Yume Kōjō: Doki Doki Panic]]''
SMB2 Grass sprite.gif|''[[Super Mario Bros. 2]]''
SMAS SMB2 Grass sprite.gif|''[[Super Mario All-Stars]]'' (''Super Mario Bros. 2'')
SMA Grass sprite.gif|''[[Super Mario Advance]]''
SMA4 Grass sprite.gif|''[[Super Mario Advance 4: Super Mario Bros. 3]]''
</gallery>


==Names in other languages==
==Names in other languages==
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{{NIWA|SmashWiki=Grass (item)}}
{{foreign names
|Jap={{hover|草|くさ}}<ref name=DDP>{{cite|language=ja|title=''Yume Kōjō: Doki Doki Panic'' instruction booklet|page=20 and 26|date=1987|publisher=Nintendo}}</ref>
|JapR=Kusa
|JapM=Grass
|Chi=草
|ChiR=Cǎo
|ChiM=Grass
|Dut=Graspol
|DutM=Grass
|Fre=Herbe
|FreM=Grass
|Ger=Grasbüschel
|GerM=Tuft of Gras
|Ita=Erba
|Ita2=Ciuffo d'erba<ref>{{cite|title=''[[NES Remix 2]]''|author=Remix 1 level 10-1|quote=Scopri cosa c'è sotto i 2 ciuffi d'erba!}}</ref><ref>{{cite|date=2010|publisher=Nintendo of Europe|language=it|title=''[[Super Mario All-Stars Limited Edition]]'' Italian manual|page=36}}</ref><ref>{{cite|title=''[[Super Mario Bros. 2]]'' (3DS - [[Virtual Console]]) Italian e-manual|page=10}}</ref>
|ItaM=Grass
|Ita2M=Tuft of grass
|Por=Erva
|PorM=Grass
|Rus=Трава
|RusR=Trava
|RusM=Grass
|Spa=Hierba
|Spa=Hierba
|SpaM=Grass
|SpaM=Grass
}}
}}
{{BoxTop}}
 
{{NIWA|SmashWiki-p=Grass (item)}}
==See also==
*[[Item Handle]]
*[[Pluck Patch]]
 
==References==
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[[Category:Super Smash Bros. Ultimate items]]

Latest revision as of 10:37, November 5, 2024

Princess Peach plucking a vegetable from Super Mario USA.
Peach pulling on a tuft of grass in Super Mario Bros. 2

Grass in the Super Mario franchise is an object that first appears as a gameplay mechanic in Yume Kōjō: Doki Doki Panic and Super Mario Bros. 2. In this appearance and others, characters can pull up the grass to obtain and use various items.

History[edit]

Super Mario series[edit]

Yume Kōjō: Doki Doki Panic / Super Mario Bros. 2[edit]

In Super Mario Bros. 2, the player characters can pull on tall blades of red grass (black in Yume Kōjō: Doki Doki Panic) emerging from the ground by pressing B Button. While this often pulls out a vegetable, it can also pull out several other objects: Magical Potions, bombs, Bob-Ombs, Turtle Shells, Stop Watches, coins (in Subspace only), or Rockets. Super Mario Advance also adds Heart Radishes and large turnips called Giant Vegetables, which take longer to pull out. They work just like their normal-sized counterparts, but can hit more enemies, due to their bigger size.

Super Mario Advance 4: Super Mario Bros. 3[edit]

Grass returns in Super Mario Advance 4: Super Mario Bros. 3 as an e-Reader exclusive feature: scanning the Blue Green Switch will activate grass patches with vegetables below them in the main game. They also appear by default in several World-e levels - namely Vegetable Volley, The ol' Switcheroo, A Sky-High Adventure, Ice Cubed, Ground Work and Treacherous Halls. The grass is colored green to match the vegetable leaves, and turnips are the only vegetables to appear; they are found in both their unripe and ripe forms, as well as the giant turnip that was introduced in Super Mario Advance. Some grass patches are "fake roots"[1] that also hide single coins, five coins, 1-Up Mushrooms, or even e-Coins or Poison Mushrooms, or Monty Moles (in Ground Work only).

Super Smash Bros. series[edit]

SmashWiki article: Grass (item)
Grass in Super Smash Bros. for Wii U
A tuft of grass in Super Smash Bros. for Wii U

In the Super Smash Bros. games, grass tufts first appear in Super Smash Bros. Melee as 2D background decorations in Mushroom Kingdom II, using their appearance from Super Mario Bros. 2. Peach also has an attack, the Vegetable, that acts as her down special and mimics the function of grass in previous appearances to pull up vegetables from the ground.

Grass later appears as an actual item in Super Smash Bros. for Nintendo 3DS / Wii U. When a player pulls on blades of grass emerging from the floor of the stage, any random item that can normally spawn will be plucked into the player's hands, with status or recovery items activating immediately upon being plucked.

In Super Smash Bros. Ultimate, grass returns as an item and also reappears on the Mushroom Kingdom II stage, with their design now more similar to Super Mario All-Stars.

Mario Golf series[edit]

Grass also has an important role in the Mario Golf series, where it acts as the lie of the ball, and determines the size of the impact bar. It comes in the form of the Fairway, Fast Fairway, Rough, Heavy Rough and the Green. Grass also serves a purpose in Mario Tennis games as a court with fast speed and low bounce.

Profiles and statistics[edit]

Super Smash Bros. for Nintendo 3DS / Wii U[edit]

Trophy
Grass
3DS:
GrassItemTrophy3DS.png
Wii U:
Grass's trophy render from Super Smash Bros. for Wii U
Category: Item
(Applies only to the Wii U version) Appears in:
NES Super Mario Bros. 2 (10/1988)
(Applies only to the Wii U version) Trophy Box: -
How to unlock:
Random
This special grass first appeared in Super Mario Bros. 2, where plucking it revealed hidden items. It works exactly the same way in Smash Bros.—if you pluck the grass, maybe you'll find a game-changing object! If only cleaning an unkempt lawn would reveal such neat things... (American English)
A patch of overgrown grass with an item buried underneath. Grass like this grew all over the place in Super Mario Bros. 2, and Mario and co. could pull it up to get all kinds of handy items for their quest. It works the same way in this game: pull it up to get an item. Who knows what it'll be? (British English)

Gallery[edit]

Names in other languages[edit]

Language Name Meaning Notes
Japanese [2]
Kusa
Grass
Chinese [?]
Cǎo
Grass
Dutch Graspol[?] Grass
French Herbe[?] Grass
German Grasbüschel[?] Tuft of Gras
Italian Erba[?] Grass
Ciuffo d'erba[3][4][5] Tuft of grass
Portuguese Erva[?] Grass
Russian Трава[?]
Trava
Grass
Spanish Hierba[?] Grass

See also[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ "BLOCK-ROCKIN' BEETS! Ever wished you could relive Super Mario 2 in the entire main world of Super Mario Bros. 3? Then switch this e-Switch, my plump plumber friend! This crazy device adds a selection of turnips to each and every level. Not only that, but these come in small, medium (as shown in the screen above), and large sizes, as well as fake roots that explode with Coins or Poison Mushrooms that take your Super Mario powers away! Replay the game using turnips to knock down enemies and prizes for more fun that ever." – Hodgson, David S J. (October 21, 2003). Super Mario Advance 4: Super Mario Bros. 3 Prima's Official Strategy Guide. Prima Games (American English). ISBN 0-7615-4425-9. Page 117.
  2. ^ 1987. Yume Kōjō: Doki Doki Panic instruction booklet. Nintendo (Japanese). Page 20 and 26.
  3. ^ "Scopri cosa c'è sotto i 2 ciuffi d'erba!" – Remix 1 level 10-1. NES Remix 2.
  4. ^ 2010. Super Mario All-Stars Limited Edition Italian manual. Nintendo of Europe (Italian). Page 36.
  5. ^ Super Mario Bros. 2 (3DS - Virtual Console) Italian e-manual. Page 10.