Cloud (cover)
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- "Fog" redirects here. It is not to be confused with the stage nozzle from Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door.
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 Screenshot of some clouds from Super Mario Bros. Wonder | |
| First appearance | New Super Mario Bros. Wii (2009) |
| Latest appearance | Super Mario Bros. Wonder (2023) |
Clouds,[1][2] also known as mist or fog,[3] are concealments for airborne objects in the Super Mario series that debuted in New Super Mario Bros. Wii. They typically appear only in sky-themed levels. Clouds sometimes conceal items like coins and 1-Up Mushrooms or winged enemies like Para-Beetles. The clouds are cleared if the player character physically passes through them or performs a certain move, such as spinning in their Propeller form.
History
New Super Mario Bros. Wii
Clouds appear throughout New Super Mario Bros. Wii, where they conceal items of interest like Star Coins, terrain, and airborne enemies. Making direct physical contact with clouds clears them or by performing a Spin Jump. However, the player character can clear a much wider radius of clouds if they fly while in their Propeller form or with a Propeller Block in-hand. While not exclusive to them, clouds are a prominent element of sky-themed levels, where they shroud the bottom of the screen and appear flying through the air in large numbers.
Clouds first appear in World 1-1, a level that also introduced the Propeller Mushroom, near the top of the level. In the desert-themed level World 2-5, a cloud above a tall palm tree conceals a Star Coin. Jumbo Rays leap through clouds in World 5-5, where they obstruct the player's view of bridges, coins, and oncoming Bullet Bills. Clouds are prominent in the sky-themed World 7. In World 7-5, Foos create temporary clouds that conceal terrain. There is a small alcove with a P Switch where cloud coverage is very dense. Para-Beetles and Heavy Para-Beetles fly through clouds in World 7-6, and they conceal the location of Skewers in Template:World-link. In World 9-8, clouds shroud Fuzzies and collectible coins.
Super Mario Bros. Wonder
Clouds return in Super Mario Bros. Wonder.
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Gallery
New Super Mario Bros. Wii
New Super Mario Bros. U
Super Mario Odyssey
Names in other languages
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References
- ^ Bueno, Fernando (2009). New Super Mario Bros. Wii: PRIMA Official Game Guide. Roseville: Prima Games. ISBN 978-0-307-46592-4. Page 144.
- ^ Stratton, Steve (2012). New Super Mario Bros. U: PRIMA Official Game Guide. Roseville: Prima Games. ISBN 978-0-307-89690-2. Page 48, 95, 183, 184.
- ^ "The bridge's waves go with the sea of fog." – Brochure (2017). Super Mario Odyssey by Nintendo EPD Tokyo and 1-Up Studio (North American localization). Redmond: Nintendo of America.
