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|image=[[File:SMWKappaMountain.png|256px]]<br>[[Mario]] climbing up Kappa Mountain in ''Super Mario World''
|image=[[File:SMWKappaMountain.png|200px]]<br>In ''Super Mario World''<br>[[File:SMA2 Kappa Mountain.png|200px]]<br>In the Game Boy Advance version
|first_appearance=''[[Super Mario World]]'' ([[List of games by date#1990|1990]])
|first_appearance=''[[Super Mario World]]'' ([[List of games by date#1990|1990]])
|latest_appearance=''[[Super Mario World: Super Mario Advance 2]]'' ([[List of games by date#2001|2001]])
|latest_appearance=''[[Super Mario World: Super Mario Advance 2]]'' ([[List of games by date#2001|2001]])
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The name Kappa comes from a {{wp|Kappa (folklore)|mythical creature}} in Japan, which has a water-filled, bowl-shaped depression on the top of its head. If the water runs out, the ''kappa'' dies. The lake in the middle of the mountain in ''Super Mario World'' looks like the head of a ''kappa'', and the whole mountain could be thought of as a ''kappa'' lying on its underbelly.
The name Kappa comes from a {{wp|Kappa (folklore)|mythical creature}} in Japan, which has a water-filled, bowl-shaped depression on the top of its head. If the water runs out, the ''kappa'' dies. The lake in the middle of the mountain in ''Super Mario World'' looks like the head of a ''kappa'', and the whole mountain could be thought of as a ''kappa'' lying on its underbelly.
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SMA2 Kappa Mountain.png|''[[Super Mario World: Super Mario Advance 2]]''
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==Names in other languages==  
==Names in other languages==  

Revision as of 20:34, June 20, 2024

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Kappa Mountain
Mario climbing up Kappa Mountain.
In Super Mario World
Mario climbing up Kappa Mountain.
In the Game Boy Advance version
First appearance Super Mario World (1990)
Latest appearance Super Mario World: Super Mario Advance 2 (2001)
Greater location Yoshi's Island

Kappa Mountain[1] is the largest mountain on Yoshi's Island and the location of the Yellow Switch Palace in Super Mario World.

The name Kappa comes from a mythical creature in Japan, which has a water-filled, bowl-shaped depression on the top of its head. If the water runs out, the kappa dies. The lake in the middle of the mountain in Super Mario World looks like the head of a kappa, and the whole mountain could be thought of as a kappa lying on its underbelly.

Names in other languages

Language Name Meaning Notes
Japanese かっぱやま[2]
Kappa Yama
Kappa Mountain
French Montagne Kappa[?] Kappa Mountain
Italian Monte Kappa[?] Mount Kappa
Portuguese Montanha Kappa[?] Kappa Mountain
Spanish Montaña de Kappa[?] Kappa Mountain

References

  1. ^ Nintendo (1991). Super Mario World instruction booklet. Nintendo of America (American English). Page 19.
  2. ^ Super Mario World Japanese instruction booklet (fold-out)