Super Acorn

Template:Item-infobox The Super Acorn is a power-up item that debuted in New Super Mario Bros. U. The item is an acorn highly stylized to resemble mushroom items from the franchise, with red and yellow stripes on top and a red face with eyes on the bottom. It transforms playable characters into their Flying Squirrel forms. There exists a stronger variant called the P-Acorn.

History

Super Mario series

New Super Mario Bros. U / New Super Luigi U / New Super Mario Bros. U Deluxe

In New Super Mario Bros. U, New Super Luigi U and New Super Mario Bros. U Deluxe, Super Acorns appear as common items and are introduced in the first level: Acorn Plains Way in New Super Mario Bros. U and Waddlewing Warning! in New Super Luigi U. They originate from a large Acorn Tree in Acorn Plains, as seen in the games' introduction; during gameplay, they are usually found within ? Blocks, but they can also be carried by Waddlewings, which the player has to defeat in order to release the Super Acorn. Upon release, Super Acorns start rolling on the ground and change direction when they touch a wall, similarly to how a Super Mushroom acts. When collected, they confer Flying Squirrel abilities, such as gliding and sticking to walls for a short time.

There are some Super Acorns rolling around in some parts of the world map, where they can be collected instantly and stored into the inventory.

Super Mario Maker 2

Super Acorns were added to Super Mario Maker 2 in the version 3.0.0 update released on April 22, 2020, appearing in the New Super Mario Bros. U style. In the nighttime ground theme, Super Acorns bounce at varying heights as they travel across the ground.

Other appearances and cameos

In Super Mario Maker's E3 2014 trailer, Super Acorns can be seen in the Acorn Tree in the background at the beginning of a New Super Mario Bros. U-style ground course. The Acorn Tree along with its Super Acorns were removed prior to the game's release.

In the Super Mario Mash-up for Minecraft, Cocoa Beans are replaced by Super Acorns.

Profiles

New Super Mario Bros. U Deluxe

• North American website bio: "This power-up will make you look like a flying squirrel-and glide like one, too!"
• European website bio: "This nifty nut transforms your heroes into Flying Squirrels, granting them the gift of graceful gliding! They can even grab onto walls for a brief time, making this one potent power-up!"

Play Nintendo

• New Super Mario Bros. U Deluxe Power-Ups Trivia Quiz: "The Super Acorn power-up will make you look like a flying squirrel—and glide like one, too."

Gallery

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  Super Acorn from New Super Mario Bros. U

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  Flying Squirrel Mario

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  Flying Squirrel Yellow Toad

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  Flying Squirrel Luigi

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  Background image for New Super Mario Bros. U Deluxe featuring various items

Names in other languages

Language	Name	Meaning	Notes
Japanese	スーパードングリ[?] Sūpā Donguri	Super Acorn
Chinese (simplified)	超级橡栗[?] Chāojí Xiànglì	Super Acorn
Chinese (traditional)	超級橡栗[?] Chāojí Xiànglì	Super Acorn
Dutch	Supereikel[?]	Super Acorn
German	Super-Eichel[?]	Super Acorn
Italian	Super Ghianda[?]	Super Acorn
Korean	슈퍼도토리[?] Syupeo Dotoli	Super Acorn
Portuguese (NOA)	Supernoz[?]	Super Nut
Portuguese (NOE)	Superbolota[?]	Super Acorn
Russian	Супержелудь[?] Superzhelud'	Super Acorn
Spanish	Superbellota[?]	Super Acorn

See also

• Acorn Tree