Underwater ring
| Underwater ring | |
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| First appearance | Super Mario Galaxy (2007) |
| Latest appearance | Super Mario 3D All-Stars (2020) |
- “If you pass through those underwater rings, you'll speed up.”
- —Guppy, Super Mario Galaxy
Rings, or zipper gates,[1] are underwater objects that Mario and Luigi can interact with in Super Mario Galaxy and Super Mario Galaxy 2. They are colored orange and off-white, with red outer rims. When the player approaches a ring, a small whirlpool can be seen within the inside of the ring. Swimming through one grants the player a brief speed boost. Rings can be found in the Sea Slide Galaxy, Deep Dark Galaxy, and Slimy Spring Galaxy, usually alongside Green Shells or Red Shells. Passing through a ring while riding a shell makes Mario or Luigi spin as he is boosted forward.
Sets of similar-looking rings appear in missions where the player must chase Guppy in the Sea Slide Galaxy and Deep Dark Galaxy. These do not provide a speed boost, but they instead serve as the main objective during Guppy's missions.
Gallery
Mario approaching a ring while racing Cosmic Mario in Super Mario Galaxy
Rings in the Slimy Spring Galaxy in Super Mario Galaxy 2
Additional names
Internal names
| Game | File | Name | Meaning
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| Super Mario Galaxy Super Mario Galaxy 2 |
ObjectData/DashRing.arc | DashRing | Dash Ring |
| Super Mario Galaxy Super Mario Galaxy 2 |
StageData/ObjNameTable.arc/ObjNameTable.tbl SystemData/ObjNameTable.arc/ObjNameTable.tbl |
水中ダッシュリング (Suichū Dasshu Ringu) | Underwater Dash Ring |
Names in other languages
| Language | Name | Meaning | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Japanese | リング[?] Ringu |
Ring | |
| ダッシュリング[2] Dasshu Ringu |
Dash Ring; same as the object in Mario Kart Tour | ||
| Italian | Anello[?] | Ring |
References
- ^ Catherine Browne. Super Mario Galaxy 2: PRIMA Official Game Guide. Roseville: Random House Inc, 2010. p. 239. ISBN: 978-0-30746-907-6.
- ^ Sakai, Kazuya (Ambit), kikai, Akinori Sao, Junko Fukuda, Kunio Takayama, and Ko Nakahara (Shogakukan), editors (2015). "Super Mario Galaxy."『スーパーマリオブラザーズ百科: 任天堂公式ガイドブック』. Tokyo: Shogakukan (Japanese). Page 136.
