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{{quote|You see that thingamajig? You know, the springamajig!|Gearmo|Super Mario Galaxy }}
{{quote|Wait, wait, wait. This is a...uhh... A spring, huh? So you wear that? Does it make a big BOING sound when you poke it? Har har!|Lubba|Super Mario Galaxy 2}}
[[File:SMG2 Chompworks Spring Tower Planet.png|thumb|left|Mario near a Spring Mushroom in the Chompworks Galaxy]]
[[File:SMG2 Chompworks Spring Tower Planet.png|thumb|left|Mario near a Spring Mushroom in the Chompworks Galaxy]]
The '''Spring Mushroom''' is an item in ''[[Super Mario Galaxy]]'' and ''[[Super Mario Galaxy 2]]''. It appears as a metallic mushroom with eyes and a bulbous coil for a cap. When obtained, it wraps a spring around [[Mario]] or [[Luigi]], turning them into [[Spring Mario]] or Spring Luigi, respectively. Spring Mario bounces around instead of walking, although he cannot run and is therefore slower and a lot harder to control than without the mushroom. Spring Mario can also jump a bit higher, and a well-timed jump when Mario hits the ground will make him do a very high jump. Spring Mario can also [[Wall Jump]] automatically. Spring Mario will also revert back to regular Mario if he touches water, a [[Sling Star]], or a [[Launch Star]], or takes damage in any way.
The '''Spring Mushroom''' is an item in ''[[Super Mario Galaxy]]'' and ''[[Super Mario Galaxy 2]]''. It appears as a metallic mushroom with eyes and a bulbous coil for a cap. When obtained, it wraps a spring around [[Mario]] or [[Luigi]], turning them into [[Spring Mario]] or Spring Luigi, respectively. Spring Mario bounces around instead of walking, although he cannot run and is therefore slower and a lot harder to control than without the mushroom. Spring Mario can also jump a bit higher, and a well-timed jump when Mario hits the ground will make him do a very high jump. Spring Mario can also [[Wall Jump]] automatically. Spring Mario will also revert back to regular Mario if he touches water, a [[Sling Star]], or a [[Launch Star]], or takes damage in any way.

Revision as of 10:49, August 4, 2023

Spring Mushroom
Spring Mushroom
First appearance Super Mario Galaxy (2007)
Latest appearance Super Mario 3D All-Stars (2020)
Effect Turns Mario or Luigi into Spring Mario or Spring Luigi
“Wait, wait, wait. This is a...uhh... A spring, huh? So you wear that? Does it make a big BOING sound when you poke it? Har har!”
Lubba, Super Mario Galaxy 2
Mario near a Spring Mushroom in the Chompworks Galaxy

The Spring Mushroom is an item in Super Mario Galaxy and Super Mario Galaxy 2. It appears as a metallic mushroom with eyes and a bulbous coil for a cap. When obtained, it wraps a spring around Mario or Luigi, turning them into Spring Mario or Spring Luigi, respectively. Spring Mario bounces around instead of walking, although he cannot run and is therefore slower and a lot harder to control than without the mushroom. Spring Mario can also jump a bit higher, and a well-timed jump when Mario hits the ground will make him do a very high jump. Spring Mario can also Wall Jump automatically. Spring Mario will also revert back to regular Mario if he touches water, a Sling Star, or a Launch Star, or takes damage in any way.

History

Super Mario Galaxy

In the original, it is first found in the Toy Time Galaxy and later reappears in the Matter Splatter Galaxy, as well as during the Beach Bowl Galaxy's Purple Coin challenge.

Beach Bowl Galaxy

The Spring Mushroom is found in the purple coin challenge Beachcombing for Purple Coins, in which some of the coins are high up in the air, requiring the Spring Mushroom to obtain. The player is also intended to use it to reach the upper level of the planet, though this can be reached without it.

Toy Time Galaxy

The Spring Mushroom is used extensively in the first mission, Heavy Metal Mecha-Bowser. Once the powerup has been obtained, the player must do a well-timed jump to get him onto a platform with Sentry Beams. Once Mario gets to the Launch Star at the other side of the planet, he must go through a few more planets before dismantling the boss, Mecha-Bowser, which rewards him with a Power Star. The Spring Mushroom is again used in the third mission, Bouncing Down Cake Lane. He must fight an electric Undergrunt Gunner on a platform high in the air. Despite all of this, it is possible to beat the entire galaxy without using the Spring Mushroom. [1]

Matter Splatter Galaxy

Here, in Watch Your Step, the mushroom is used in the third area to bounce through clear platforms high in the air; however, this must be done quickly as the ground disappears very fast.

Super Mario Galaxy 2

The item appears again in Super Mario Galaxy 2, where it behaves the same and is exclusively found in the Chompworks Galaxy. In Spring into the Chompworks, a Spring Mushroom is used to bounce over Chomps, and also to spring up a tower, much like in the original game's Matter Splatter Galaxy. However, it is possible to skip using it for the duration of the mission.

Profiles

Super Mario series

Super Mario Galaxy 2

  • North American website bio:[2] "That's a wrap! This metallic mushroom coils around Mario, turning him into Spring Mario. With it, he can time his jumps for extra height, and bounce off of walls to wall-jump with the greatest of ease."

Super Mario 3D All-Stars

  • North American website bio: "Increase Mario’s already impressive jumping abilities and spring high into the air."

Names in other languages

Language Name Meaning Notes
Japanese バネキノコ[?]
Bane Kinoko
Spring Mushroom
Chinese (simplified) 弹簧蘑菇[?]
Tánhuáng Mógū
Spring Mushroom
Chinese (traditional) 彈簧蘑菇[?]
Tánhuáng Mógū
Spring Mushroom
Dutch Springveerpaddenstoel[?] Spring Mushroom
German Feder-Pilz[?] Spring Mushroom
Italian Fungo salterino[?] Jumpy Mushroom
Korean 스프링 버섯[?]
Seupeuring Beoseot
Spring Mushroom
Portuguese Cogumelo Mola[?] Spring Mushroom
Spanish Champiñón Boing[?] Boing Mushroom

References

  1. ^ Mayro (February 13, 2018). Bouncing Down Cake Lane WITHOUT Spring Mushroom! (Super Mario Galaxy Challenge). YouTube. Retrieved February 13, 2018.
  2. ^ supermariogalaxy.com. May 28, 2010 snapshot via Wayback Machine.
  3. ^ https://supermario3dallstars.nintendo.com/fr/super-mario-galaxy/