Metro Kingdom
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Template:SMOlocation-infobox The Metro Kingdom is a location featured in Super Mario Odyssey. It is the greater location of New Donk City[1], which is based off of the real world location New York City, and is notable for featuring humans as the main inhabitants instead of traditional Mario characters (Pauline, its mayor, notwithstanding). It is the eighth main kingdom in the game. Its nickname, "The city that never leaps", is a play on another nickname for New York City, "The city that never sleeps." The residents of the city are known as New Donkers[2], the equivalent to "New Yorkers". New Donk City was the founding location of the Crazy Cap store chain. The Regional Coins are City Coins with a picture of Pauline on one side. The city has also been confirmed to have been the location of the events taken place in the arcade game Donkey Kong where Mario had to save Pauline from Donkey Kong[3].
Description
The city's design is largely inspired by real world big cities, most notably New York City. It features many typical things found in cities, such as fire hydrants, street lamps and stoplights (the latter of which Mario is able to grab onto and swing on to jump forward). There are taxis driving throughout the city, which Mario is able to bounce off of the front hoods of in order to gain extra jump height. There are also many billboards, some of which advertise about other locations in the game. Many of the streets and some of the billboards and advertisements in the city are named after characters from the Donkey Kong franchise, such as "Diddy's Mart", "Dixie Street", "Tiny's PIROSHKIS" and "Cranky Avenue", not to mention the city itself; additionally, there are some red girders that appear in New Donk City as a reference to the original Donkey Kong arcade game. The city is located on an elevated platform above many other buildings.
Billboards advertising the wedding between Princess Peach and Bowser can be found among the signage in the city. During E3 2017, it was revealed that Pauline is the mayor of New Donk City.[4] She appears at the New Donk City Festival in the E3 2017 trailer.[5] It is implied via dialogue by some of the inhabitants and by Pauline herself that the city had undergone a massive disaster that damaged it, and that she, alongside Mario, played a key role in restoring the city.[6][7] The game's theme song, "Jump Up, Super Star!" also takes place in the city during the festival.
List of Donkey Kong references
- Diddy's Mart
- Dixie Street
- Dixie Theater
- Tiny's Piroshkis
- Cranky Avenue
- K. Rool Avenue
- Squawks Park
- Expresso Street
- Expresso Espresso
- Candy's Cafe
- Rattley Street
- Rambi Street
- Banana Bagels
Power Moon locations
Mario will need to collect 17 Power Moons to power up the Odyssey.
(❸=Multi-Moon, ◲=Moon Rock)
- 01: New Donk City's Pest Problem: ❸ Obtained after defeating the Mechawiggler.
- 02: Drummer On Board!: Obtained after recruiting the drummer to the right of Pauline.
- 03: Guitarist On Board!: Obtained after recruiting the guitarist in the Mayor Pauline Commemorative Park.
- 04: Bassist On Board!: Obtained after recruiting the bassist in the park near the starting point.
- 05: Trumpeter On Board!: Obtained after recruiting the trumpeter on the rooftop of the triangular building near the New Donk City Hall Plaza.
- 06: Powering up the Station: Obtained after defeating the Big Poison Piranha Plants at the New Donk City Power Generator.
- 07: A Traditional Festival: ❸ Obtained after navigating the 8-bit sections of the New Donk City Festival.
- 08: Inside an Iron Girder: Found inside an iron girder on the left side of the city.
- 09: Swaying in the Breeze: Found on top of a swinging iron girder on the Helipad area.
- 10: Girder Sandwich: Found between two iron girders on the right side of the Kingdom.
- 11: Glittering Above the Pool: Found above a rooftop pool, accessed by long-jumping from the top of the New Donk City Hall.
- 12: Dizzying Heights: Found at the top of the New Donk City Hall.
- 13: Secret Girder Tunnel!: Found inside an iron girder next to the Odyssey.
- 14: Who Piled Garbage on This?: Revealed after ground pounding a shining vent underneath a pile of garbage on top of a building near the Odyssey.
- 15: Hidden in the Scrap: Revealed after ground-pounding the dismantled Mechawiggler's head at the Mayor Pauline Commemorative Park.
- 16: Left at the Café?:
- 17: Caught Hopping on a Building!: Obtained after catching a Rabbit near the Rooftop Garden.
- 18: How Do They Take Out the Trash?: Obtained by Ground Pounding a dumpster on top of the tall girder near the heliport.
- 19: Metro Kingdom Timer Challenge 1:
- 20: Metro Kingdom Timer Challenge 2: Obtained by driving a motor scooter on an obstacle course around the skyscraper next to the heliport.
- 21: City Gardening: Building Planter:
- 22: City Gardening: Plaza Planter:
- 23: City Gardening: Rooftop Planter:
- 24: How You Doin', Captain Toad?: Received from Captain Toad, who is found on an iron girder on the left side of the city, after talking to him.
- 25: Free Parking: Rooftop Hop: Received after parking a motor scooter on a parking space near the Heliport.
- 26: Bench Friends: Found by sitting next to the lonely man on the bench.
- 27: Shopping in New Donk City: Can be purchased from the Crazy Cap store for 100 yellow Coins.
- 28: Metro Kingdom Slots: Received after lining up at least three Power Moon symbols in the slot minigame found inside a building on the left side of the city.
- 29: Jump-Rope Hero: Obtained after achieving a score of 30 on the jump-rope challenge.
- 30: Jump-Rope Genius: Obtained after achieving a score of 100 on the jump-rope challenge.
- 31: Remotely Captured Car: Found inside a cage, accessed by capturing the nearby New Donker to control an RC car to enter the cage.
- 32: RC Car Pro!: Obtained after completing three laps around the RC course.
- 33: Taking Notes: In the Private Room: Revealed after collecting all of the Rainbow Notes inside a building on Cranky Avenue.
- 34: City Hall Lost & Found: Found in a hidden treasure chest near the top of New Donk City Hall Interior.
- 35: Sewer Treasure: Found on a ledge nearby one of the rotating platforms in the sewers.
- 36: Celebrating in the Streets!: Found in a secret room in one of the 8-bit sections of the New Donk City Festival.
- 37: Pushing Through the Crowd: Revealed by pulling a lever inside of an alleyway near the "Outdoor Cafe" checkpoint and jumping through the crowd to beat the timer.
- 38: High Over the Crowd: Found in the alleyway where the "Pushing Through the Crowd" Moon is found. The player must use the awning as a spring to get above the crowd, and then swing on the poles to get to this moon.
- 39: Rewiring the Neighborhood: Obtained after collecting all five Moon Shards inside the building at the Outdoor Café (can only be accessed with the Builder Mario outfit)
- 40: Off the Beaten Wire: Found inside a crate hidden in the "Rewiring the Neighborhood" mission area.
- 41: Moon Shards Under Siege: Obtained after collecting all five Moon Shards in a secret area (accessed via capturing a taxi).
- 42: Sharpshooting Under Siege: Found in a stone block which has to be broken by a Sherm in the Moon Shards Under Siege mission area.
- 43: Inside the Rotating Maze: Obtained after collecting all five Moon Shards in the rotating maze (accessed via a manhole in New Donk City).
- 44: Outside the Rotating Maze: Hidden behind the rotating maze, accessed by backflipping on top of the rotating maze.
- 45: Hanging from a High-Rise: Found at the end of a secret area accessed via a rocket ship in the Mayor Pauline Commemorative Park.
- 46: Vaulting Up a High-Rise: Found hidden above an upwards-moving pole during the "Hanging from a High-Rise" mission.
- 47: Bullet Billding: Found after climbing across the swinging poles on the far-back side of the buildings in the back of the city.
- 48: One Man's Trash: Found in a trash can on a platform which can only be accessed by capturing a Bullet Bill in the Bullet Billding mission area.
- 49: Motor Scooter: Escape!: Found after successfully escaping from a T-Rex with a motor scooter in a secret area.
- 50: Big Jump: Escape!: Found on a pile of crates in the Motor Scooter: Escape! mission area.
- 51: Secret Path to New Donk City:
- 52: A Tourist in the Metro Kingdom:
- 53: Found with Metro Kingdom Art: The picture containing the hint can be found on a ledge on the triangular building very similar to the Flatiron Building in New York City. To get the Moon, Mario has to travel back to the Lake Kingdom and ground pound the southwest area of the top floor of the Water Plaza next to the elevator where the Poochy in the hint art was found.
- 54: Bird Traveling in the City:
- 55: Mario Signs His Name:
- 56: Surprise Clown!:
- 57: A Request from the Mayor:
- 58: Jammin' in the Metro Kingdom:
- 59: Sphynx in the City:
- 60: Free Parking: Leap of Faith:
- 61: Metro Kingdom Regular Cup:
- 62: Hat-and-Seek: In the City:
- 63: Powering Up the Power Plant:
- 64: Up on the Big Screen: Obtained after collecting all five Moon Shards in an 8-bit section resembling Super Mario Bros.'s first level inside the cinema.
- 65: Down Inside the Big Screen: Found in a secret room under the Up on the Big Screen mission area.
- 66: Peach in the Metro Kingdom:
- 67: Hanging Between Buildings: ◲
- 68: Crossing Lines: ◲
- 69: Out of a Crate in the City: ◲
- 70: Bird Traveling in the Park: ◲
- 71: Metro Kingdom Timer Challenge 3: ◲
- 72: Found in the Park! Good Dog!: ◲
- 73: RC Car Champ!: ◲ Obtained after beating the RC Car Pro! track in under 26 seconds.
- 74: Metro Kingdom Master Cup: ◲
- 75: Hat-and-Seek: In the Crowd: ◲ Revealed after talking to a man in an alleyway crowd wearing a hat facing backwards.
- 76: Scaling Pitchblack Mountain: ◲
- 77: Reaching Pitchblack Island: ◲
- 78: Swinging Scaffolding: Jump!: ◲
- 79: Swinging Scaffolding: Break!: ◲
- 80: Moto Scooter: Daredevil!: ◲
- 81: Full-Throttle Scooting!: ◲
Enemies
- Sherms
- Chargin' Chucks[8]
- Urban Stingbies
- Bullet Bills
- Fuzzies
- Fire Piranha Plants
- Goombas (with hard hats)
- T-Rex
- Mechawiggler (boss)
Gallery
Metro Kingdom Icon
New Donk City Sticker
Metro Kingdom Coin
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One of the billboards advertising Bowser and Peach's wedding.
Mario walking with some of the residents of the city.
An aerial shot of the city.
The city at night.
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The New Donk City Festival.
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Mechawiggler battle.
Pauline as mayor of New Donk City.
Mario rides a scooter in the city.
Mario (in his "classic" outfit) and Pauline.
Mario in the city.
Dr. Mario walking by the city's power generator.
Mario in the Painter Suit.
Crazy Cap staff members.
Names in other languages
Metro Kingdom
| Language | Name | Meaning | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Japanese | 都市の国[?] Toshi no Kuni |
City Country | |
| Chinese | 都市國[15] Dūshì guó |
City Kingdom | |
| Dutch | Stedenrijk[13] | City Realm | |
| German | Cityland[11] | City Country | |
| Italian | Regno della City[12] | City Kingdom | |
| Russian | Городское царство[14] Gorodskoe carstvo |
City Kingdom | |
| Spanish (NOA) | Reino Metropolitano[?] | Metropolitan Kingdom | |
| Spanish (NOE) | Reino Urbano[9] | Urban Kingdom |
New Donk City
| Language | Name | Meaning | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Japanese | ニュードンク・シティ[?] Nyū Donku Shiti |
New Donk City | |
| Chinese | 紐頓市[16] Niǔ Dùn Shì |
New Donk City | |
| Dutch | New Donk City[13] | New Donk City | |
| German | New Donk City[11] | New Donk City | |
| Italian | New Donk City[12] | New Donk City | |
| Russian | г. Нью-Донк[?] g. N'yu-Donk |
New Donk City | |
| Spanish | Nueva Donk[9] | New Donk |
Trivia
- Big Ape City, a location in Donkey Kong Land, is said at page 15 of the game's instruction booklet to be the setting of the original Donkey Kong arcade game, which New Donk City also is.
References
- ^ Super Mario Odyssey trailer
- ^ Game Informer. (June 14, 2017). Watch Us Play Super Mario Odyssey. YouTube. Retrieved June 21, 2017.
- ^ Template:Ref quote
- ^ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aJ5F60fXVa4
- ^ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wGQHQc_3ycE
- ^ https://youtu.be/ZzMIt0DnwFQ?t=83
New Donk City resident: "I'm amazed how fast Mayor Pauline got the city up and running again!" - ^ https://youtu.be/ZzMIt0DnwFQ?t=1m37s
Mayor Pauline: "The city is mostly back to normal now. We have you [Mario] to thank for that." - ^ World atlas
- ^ a b Nintendo Direct (14.9.2017) - NintendoEspaña
- ^ a b Nintendo Direct (14.9.2017) - Nintendo France
- ^ a b Nintendo Direct (14.9.2017) - Nintendo Deutschland
- ^ a b Nintendo Direct (14.9.2017) - NintendoItalia
- ^ a b Nintendo Direct (14.9.2017) - NintendoNederland
- ^ https://twitter.com/SuperMario_RUS/status/875128307926396930
- ^ CHT Nintendo. (October 13, 2017). Super Mario Odyssey Game Introduction Video. YouTube. Retrieved October 16, 2017.
- ^ http://www.nintendo.tw/switch/super_mario_odyssey/pauline/
