Moleville
Moleville | |
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First appearance | Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars (1996) |
Latest appearance | Super Mario RPG (Nintendo Switch) (2023) |
Greater location | Mario World |
Moleville is a town in Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars where several moles live. The houses in the town seem to be modeled after tents, and the town is mostly subterranean. Among the shop services in the town, there are also many local vendors, selling items such as fireworks, along with the Moleville Toad that is willing to sell his inventory at the shop. There is also a hidden warp to Midas River here, accessible by giving a mole girl standing on a bucket a Carbo Cookie. She then hops off the bucket, giving Mario a warp to Midas River.
When Mario, Mallow, and Geno first discover the village, two mole children are lost in the Mole Mines, and Mario's party decide to help the lost youngsters. Along the way, they not only save the children and defeat Punchinello, but they also recover a Star Piece.
In Mario and the Incredible Rescue, Mario, Luigi, Toad and Yoshi come here to get the yellow Mushroom.
Gallery[edit]
Moleville as it appears in Virtual Console re-releases of the game
Names in other languages[edit]
Language | Name | Meaning | Notes |
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Japanese | ドゥカティ[?] Dukati |
Possibly from「ドカン」(dokan, onomatopoeia for a boom as if from dynamite) and "city"; rendered "Docaty" via the "Docaty Mountain Railroad" track in Super Mario RPG Original Sound Version and the Japanese Sound Player, "The Town of Ducati" in the Shogakukan guide,[1] and "Ducati" on the official artwork for Fireworks. | |
Chinese | 杜卡提[?] Dùkǎtí |
From the Japanese name; rendered "Docaty" via the "Docaty Mountain Railroad" track in the simplified and traditional Chinese Sound Player | |
Dutch | Mollenstad[?] | Mole City | |
French | Taupinie[?] | Mole City | |
German | Mauldurf[?] | Portmanteau of Maulwurf ("mole") and Dorf ("village") | |
Italian | Talponia[?] | Mole-city | |
Korean | 두카티[?] Dukati |
From the Japanese name; rendered "Docaty" via the "Docaty Mountain Railroad" track in the Korean Sound Player | |
Spanish | Villatopo[?] | Moleville |
Trivia[edit]
- In at least one English-language preview, Moleville was referred to by a loose transliteration of its Japanese name, "Docherty." The preview also mistakenly used the name to refer to Pa'Mole.[2]
References[edit]
- ^ 1996. Super Mario RPG Final Edition. Shogakukan (Japanese). ISBN 4091025382. Page 2.
- ^ November 1995. Nintendo Magazine System (UK) issue 38. Page 70.