Moon (Super Mario Maker 2)

Template:Item-infobox The Moon is a course part introduced in Super Mario Maker 2. It is a crescent moon with a face, similar to 3-Up Moons and the moon found in the Space Zone of Super Mario Land 2: 6 Golden Coins. It serves as an alternate form of the Angry Sun.

Description

When a Moon is placed in a course in the editor mode, the current theme switches to a 'night' variant with different properties than the normal daytime one. However, after it has been placed once, the night variant of every theme becomes selectable from the menu, and the Moon will not need to be placed again to trigger night mode from that point onward. In addition to unique level effects, nighttime levels have a starry background, with the exception of Ghost House, Airship, and Underwater levels, which have darker versions of their respective backgrounds; a music-box version of the level's music plays instead of the standard one. Stiletto Goombas play an 8-bit drum beat while walking, and the laughing sound that plays while flutter jumping in a winged Goomba's Stiletto is bit-crushed.

In gameplay, unlike the Angry Sun, the Moon does not harm the playable characters upon contact; when touched, it instead defeats every enemy on the screen, similar to a POW Block or a Lucky Star.

The Moon, along with the Angry Sun, is absent in the Super Mario 3D World game style. As such, the night theme is not present in it.

Level effects

Themes

Theme	Night-time effect
Ground	Causes many different behavior changes in certain items and enemies (see below).
Underground	Level is flipped upside-down
Underwater	Level is completely dark except for a small radius around the player and certain objects; the radius changes based on the status of the ON/OFF Switch
Ghost House	Level is completely dark except for a small radius around the player and certain objects; the radius changes based on the status of the ON/OFF Switch
Airship	Cosmetic thunder and rain effects; all enemies behave as if underwater
Castle	Characters swim in the air, everything else behaves as normal
Desert	Strong winds blow (direction and frequency depends on game style)
Snow	All walkable surfaces have reduced traction
Forest	Water is turned into poison
Sky	Low gravity for all players; all enemies behave as if underwater

Items

Item	Night-time Ground theme effect
Super Mushroom/Big Mushroom	Continuously bounces while trying to avoid the player.
Fire Flower	Travels along the ground while trying to avoid the player, bouncing if they hit a wall.
Super Leaf	Floats against gravity.
Cape Feather	Descends slower and over a wider radius.
Propeller Mushroom	Will fly erratically.
1-Up Mushroom	Turns into a Rotten Mushroom.

Enemies

Item	Night-time Ground theme effect
Goomba/Wiggler	Float in the air, behaving as if they were underwater.
Chain Chomp	Has extended chains.
Boo	Exhibit opposite behavior than normal, chasing Mario only when he is facing them.
Boo Buddies	Chase Mario (while still maintaining the spinning ring) if not looked at and stop (both moving and rotating) if looked at.
Thwomp	Slowly move so they can hit Mario if not looked at.
Stretch	Will stop moving (and also not disappear) if Mario is looking at them.
Spike Ball	Roll while targeting Mario. The one thrown by Spikes in the Super Mario Bros. and Super Mario Bros. 3 styles will also follow Mario in the air.
Pokey	Move in a wave-like pattern, and chase Mario if winged;
Mechakoopa	Comes equipped with jets that allow it to fly upward. Gallery Sprites The Moon in the Super Mario Bros. game style The Moon in the Super Mario Bros. game style The Moon in the Super Mario Bros. 3 game style The Moon in the Super Mario World game style Screenshots Screenshot of the Moon in an overworld New Super Mario Bros. U course Names in other languages Language Name Meaning Notes Chinese 月亮[?] Yuèliang Moon Spanish Luna[?] Moon