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{{Item-infobox
{{item infobox
|image=[[File:AnchorSMB3.png|100px]]
|image=[[File:AnchorSMB3.png|100px]]<br>An Anchor in the ''[[Super Mario All-Stars]]'' version of ''Super Mario Bros. 3''
|first_appearance=''[[Super Mario Bros. 3]]'' ([[List of games by date#1988|1988]])
|first_appearance=''[[Super Mario Bros. 3]]'' ([[List of games by date#1988|1988]])
|latest_appearance=''[[Minecraft|Minecraft: Nintendo Switch Edition]]'' ([[List of games by date#2017|2017]])
|latest_appearance=''[[Donkey Kong Country Returns HD]]'' ([[List of games by date#2025|2025]])
}}
}}
An '''Anchor'''<ref>''Super Mario All-Stars'' Nintendo Player's Guide. [[Media:SMAS Guide 111.jpg|Page 111]].</ref> is an [[item]] from ''[[Super Mario Bros. 3]]''. The item is rare and can only be received at a special [[Toad House|White Mushroom House]] after collecting a certain number of [[coin]]s in a certain [[level]] in the even-numbered worlds. An Anchor will prevent an [[Airship]] from moving if [[Mario]] fails to clear it, thereby eliminating the need to trek long distances to try again to complete the level. It also appears in cutscenes before Airship levels, where Mario climbs the chain while the Anchor is being hoisted up.
'''Anchors'''<ref>{{cite|title=''Super Mario All-Stars'' Nintendo Player's Guide|page={{file link|SMAS Guide 111.jpg|111}}|date=1993|publisher=Nintendo of America|language=en-us}}</ref><ref name=MKT>''[[Mario Kart Tour]]'' in-game name</ref> are a type of heavy metal object usually used to prevent a ship (or most commonly an [[Airship]] in the [[Super Mario (franchise)|''Super Mario'' franchise]]) from moving.
==History==
===''Super Mario'' series===
====''Super Mario Bros. 3''====
[[File:Anchor Map SMB3.png|frame|left]]
Anchors in ''[[Super Mario Bros. 3]]'' are rare items that can only be received at a special [[Toad House|White Mushroom House]] after collecting a certain number of [[coin]]s in a certain [[level]] in the even-numbered worlds. An Anchor will prevent an [[Airship]] from moving if [[Mario]] fails to clear it, thereby eliminating the need to trek long distances to try again to complete the level. It also appears in cutscenes before Airship levels, where Mario climbs the chain while the Anchor is being hoisted up.


There is also an Anchor in ''[[Wario Land II]]'' that can be found in the [[SS Tea Cup]] world. It only appears in the fourth level of Chapter 2 called [[Drop the anchor!!]]. Here, [[Wario]] has to use his attack to move it and drop it into the water. After it is dropped, the level is completed.
====''New Super Mario Bros. Wii''====
Anchors appear in [[World 4 (New Super Mario Bros. Wii)|World 4]] and [[World 6 (New Super Mario Bros. Wii)|World 6]] in ''[[New Super Mario Bros. Wii]]'', where they can be used to access {{world link|4|airship|World 4-Airship (New Super Mario Bros. Wii)}}, {{world link|6|airship|World 6-Airship (New Super Mario Bros. Wii)}}. Despite [[World 8 (New Super Mario Bros. Wii)|World 8]] featuring an airship level, {{world link|8|airship|World 8-Airship (New Super Mario Bros. Wii)}}, upon its completion, [[Bowser's Airship]] remains in the world map, and no anchor appears.


After a long absence, the Anchor reappears in ''[[New Super Mario Bros. Wii]]''. The first Airship level has an anchor near it before the player actually goes to the level. Anchors do not serve the same purpose as they did in ''Super Mario Bros. 3'', however. When the first two Airship levels are cleared, Anchors replace the Airships on the map indicating that the levels have been cleared. Players can still visit the Airship levels, though.
===''Nintendo Adventure Books''===
[[File:Double Trouble Anchor.png|thumb]]
An anchor can be acquired in ''[[Double Trouble (book)|Double Trouble]]'' of the ''[[Nintendo Adventure Books]]'' series in either [[Super Mario Bros. Plumbing|Mario Brothers Plumbing]] or a portion of the [[Airship|Doom Ship]], and it can be used by [[Mario]] to reach the poop deck of the Doom Ship, where [[Roy|Roy Koopa]] is holding [[Luigi]] captive. An anchor can also be found in the subsequent book, ''[[Leaping Lizards]]'', but it is a dud item; its only purpose is to drag Luigi down if he falls into a body of water, causing a [[Game Over]].


An anchor can be acquired in the [[Nintendo Adventure Book]] ''[[Double Trouble (book)|Double Trouble]]'' in either [[Mario Brothers Plumbing]] or a portion of the [[Airship|Doom Ship]], and it can be used by [[Mario]] to reach the poop deck of the Doom Ship, where [[Roy Koopa]] is holding [[Luigi]] captive. An anchor can also be found in the subsequent book, ''[[Leaping Lizards]]'', but it is a dud item; its only purpose is to drag Luigi down if he falls into a body of water, causing a [[Game Over]].
===''Wario Land II''===
There is also an anchor in ''[[Wario Land II]]'' that can be found in the [[SS Tea Cup]] world. It only appears in the fourth level of Chapter 2 called [[Drop the anchor!!]]. Here, [[Wario]] has to use his attack to move it and drop it into the water. After it is dropped, the level is completed.


Although not actually a usable item, it also appears in ''[[Paper Mario: Color Splash]]'' as Mario's means of entering the Airship carrying the drained red paint from Crimson Tower, as [[List of implied characters#Johnson (Airship crewman)|Johnson]] neglected to lift up the anchor and thus forced the Airship to stall.
===''Game & Watch Gallery 4''===
Anchors appear as a type of platform in the third stage of the Modern version of ''[[Donkey Kong (Game & Watch)|Donkey Kong]]'' in ''[[Game & Watch Gallery 4]]''. By grabbing onto one, Mario is able to avoid obstacles passing underneath.


An anchor acts as part of [[Boom Boom]]'s entrance animation in ''[[Mario Tennis Aces]]''.
===''Donkey Kong Country Returns''===
An anchor appears in the level [[Peaceful Pier]] in ''[[Donkey Kong Country Returns]]'', where it is launched from a cannon by the [[Scurvy Crew]] as an obstacle to the player. An anchor also appears in the level [[Blowhole Bound]], attached to a shipwreck and stuck to a [[Whale|whale]]. By freeing the whale from the anchor, the player is able to ride it through the rest of the level.


==Official profiles==
===''Mario Kart'' series===
====''Mario Kart 7''====
Swinging anchors with [[Wario]]'s [[emblem]] appear in the [[3DS Wario Shipyard|Wario Shipyard]] course as obstacles in the [[Underwater driving|underwater]] section and the gliding section, where they block the player's path. They can be knocked back by touching them while under the effects of a [[Super Star]] or a [[Bullet Bill]].
 
====''Mario Kart Tour''====
[[File:MKT Anchor.jpg|thumb|150px|An anchor in ''Mario Kart Tour'']]
Swinging anchors return as obstacles in the ''[[Mario Kart Tour]]'' rendition of 3DS Wario Shipyard, as well as appearing in all of this course's variants. Drivers can push an anchor back (and receive bonus points in the process) by hitting it with a [[Spiny Shell (blue)|Spiny Shell]], [[Bowser's Shell]], [[Super Horn]], [[Giga Bob-omb]], or a [[Super Bell]], or by touching it while under the effects of a [[Frenzy]], Super Star, [[Mega Mushroom]], or Bullet Bill.
 
===''Paper Mario: Color Splash''===
An anchor appears in ''[[Paper Mario: Color Splash]]'' as Mario's means of entering the Airship carrying the drained red paint from [[The Crimson Tower]], as [[Johnson]] neglected to lift up the anchor and thus forced the Airship to stall.
 
===''Mario Tennis Aces''===
In ''[[Mario Tennis Aces]]'', [[Boom Boom]] uses an anchor to lower himself onto the court in his entrance animation.
 
==Profiles==
===''Super Mario Bros. 3''===
===''Super Mario Bros. 3''===
*'''Wii Virtual Console manual:''' ''"Use this item to stop airships from moving."''
*'''Wii Virtual Console manual:''' ''Use this item to stop airships from moving.''
*'''3DS Virtual Console Manual Bio:''' ''"Prevents the Koopa airship from moving to a new location."''
*'''Nintendo 3DS Virtual Console manual:''' ''Prevents the Koopa airship from moving to a new location.''


==Gallery==
==Gallery==
{{image|more=yes|''Donkey Kong Country Returns'', ''Mario Tennis Aces''}}
<gallery>
<gallery>
Anchor Map SMB3.png|''[[Super Mario Bros. 3]]''
Wario Land 2 S 2-4.png|''[[Wario Land II]]''
G&WG4 Modern Donkey Kong Anchor.png|''[[Donkey Kong (Game & Watch)|Donkey Kong]]'' (Modern), ''[[Game & Watch Gallery 4]]''
NSMBW Anchor.png|''[[New Super Mario Bros. Wii]]''
MK7 Wario Shipyard Anchor.png|''[[Mario Kart 7]]''
PMCS The Crimson Tower anchor.png|''[[Paper Mario: Color Splash]]''
</gallery>
</gallery>


==Names in other languages==
==Names in other languages==
{{foreign names
{{foreign names
|Jap=イカリ
|Jpn=イカリ
|JapR=Ikari
|JpnR=Ikari
|JapM=Anchor
|JpnM=Anchor
|Spa=Ancla
|JpnC=<ref name=MKT/>
|SpaM=Anchor
|ChiS=船锚
|Fra=Ancre
|ChiSR=Chuán Máo
|FraM=Anchor
|ChiSM=Anchor
|ChiSC<ref name=MKT/>
|ChiT=船錨
|ChiTR=Chuán Máo
|ChiTM=Anchor
|ChiTC=<ref name=MKT/>
|Fre=Ancre
|FreM=Anchor
|FreC=<ref name=MKT/>
|Ger=Anker
|Ger=Anker
|GerM=Anchor
|GerM=Anchor
|GerC=<ref name=MKT/>
|Ita=Ancora
|Ita=Ancora
|ItaM=Anchor}}
|ItaM=Anchor
|ItaC=<ref name=MKT/>
|Ita2=Àncora
|Ita2M=Anchor
|Ita2C=<ref>{{cite|title=''[[Super Mario Bros. Encyclopedia|Super Mario Bros. Enciclopedia]]''|page=41}}</ref>
|Kor=닻
|KorR=Dat
|KorM=Anchor
|KorC=<ref name=MKT/>
|Por=Âncora
|PorM=Anchor
|PorC=<ref name=MKT/>
|Spa=Ancla
|SpaM=Anchor
|SpaC=<ref name=MKT/>
}}


==References==
==References==
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Anchor
The Anchor
An Anchor in the Super Mario All-Stars version of Super Mario Bros. 3
First appearance Super Mario Bros. 3 (1988)
Latest appearance Donkey Kong Country Returns HD (2025)

Anchors[1][2] are a type of heavy metal object usually used to prevent a ship (or most commonly an Airship in the Super Mario franchise) from moving.

History[edit]

Super Mario series[edit]

Super Mario Bros. 3[edit]

Anchor

Anchors in Super Mario Bros. 3 are rare items that can only be received at a special White Mushroom House after collecting a certain number of coins in a certain level in the even-numbered worlds. An Anchor will prevent an Airship from moving if Mario fails to clear it, thereby eliminating the need to trek long distances to try again to complete the level. It also appears in cutscenes before Airship levels, where Mario climbs the chain while the Anchor is being hoisted up.

New Super Mario Bros. Wii[edit]

Anchors appear in World 4 and World 6 in New Super Mario Bros. Wii, where they can be used to access World 4-Airship, World 6-Airship. Despite World 8 featuring an airship level, World 8-Airship, upon its completion, Bowser's Airship remains in the world map, and no anchor appears.

Nintendo Adventure Books[edit]

Anchor from Double Trouble book

An anchor can be acquired in Double Trouble of the Nintendo Adventure Books series in either Mario Brothers Plumbing or a portion of the Doom Ship, and it can be used by Mario to reach the poop deck of the Doom Ship, where Roy Koopa is holding Luigi captive. An anchor can also be found in the subsequent book, Leaping Lizards, but it is a dud item; its only purpose is to drag Luigi down if he falls into a body of water, causing a Game Over.

Wario Land II[edit]

There is also an anchor in Wario Land II that can be found in the SS Tea Cup world. It only appears in the fourth level of Chapter 2 called Drop the anchor!!. Here, Wario has to use his attack to move it and drop it into the water. After it is dropped, the level is completed.

Game & Watch Gallery 4[edit]

Anchors appear as a type of platform in the third stage of the Modern version of Donkey Kong in Game & Watch Gallery 4. By grabbing onto one, Mario is able to avoid obstacles passing underneath.

Donkey Kong Country Returns[edit]

An anchor appears in the level Peaceful Pier in Donkey Kong Country Returns, where it is launched from a cannon by the Scurvy Crew as an obstacle to the player. An anchor also appears in the level Blowhole Bound, attached to a shipwreck and stuck to a whale. By freeing the whale from the anchor, the player is able to ride it through the rest of the level.

Mario Kart series[edit]

Mario Kart 7[edit]

Swinging anchors with Wario's emblem appear in the Wario Shipyard course as obstacles in the underwater section and the gliding section, where they block the player's path. They can be knocked back by touching them while under the effects of a Super Star or a Bullet Bill.

Mario Kart Tour[edit]

An Anchor from 3DS Wario Shipyard in Mario Kart Tour
An anchor in Mario Kart Tour

Swinging anchors return as obstacles in the Mario Kart Tour rendition of 3DS Wario Shipyard, as well as appearing in all of this course's variants. Drivers can push an anchor back (and receive bonus points in the process) by hitting it with a Spiny Shell, Bowser's Shell, Super Horn, Giga Bob-omb, or a Super Bell, or by touching it while under the effects of a Frenzy, Super Star, Mega Mushroom, or Bullet Bill.

Paper Mario: Color Splash[edit]

An anchor appears in Paper Mario: Color Splash as Mario's means of entering the Airship carrying the drained red paint from The Crimson Tower, as Johnson neglected to lift up the anchor and thus forced the Airship to stall.

Mario Tennis Aces[edit]

In Mario Tennis Aces, Boom Boom uses an anchor to lower himself onto the court in his entrance animation.

Profiles[edit]

Super Mario Bros. 3[edit]

  • Wii Virtual Console manual: Use this item to stop airships from moving.
  • Nintendo 3DS Virtual Console manual: Prevents the Koopa airship from moving to a new location.

Gallery[edit]

It has been requested that more images be uploaded for this article. Remove this notice only after the additional images have been added. Specifics: Donkey Kong Country Returns, Mario Tennis Aces

Names in other languages[edit]

Language Name Meaning Notes
Japanese イカリ[2]
Ikari
Anchor
Chinese (simplified) 船锚[?]
Chuán Máo
Anchor
Chinese (traditional) 船錨[2]
Chuán Máo
Anchor
French Ancre[2] Anchor
German Anker[2] Anchor
Italian Ancora[2] Anchor
Àncora[3]
Korean [2]
Dat
Anchor
Portuguese Âncora[2] Anchor
Spanish Ancla[2] Anchor

References[edit]

  1. ^ 1993. Super Mario All-Stars Nintendo Player's Guide. Nintendo of America (American English). Page 111Media:SMAS Guide 111.jpg.
  2. ^ a b c d e f g h i Mario Kart Tour in-game name
  3. ^ Super Mario Bros. Enciclopedia. Page 41.