Lakitu's Cloud

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Lakitu's Cloud
Promotional artwork of Lakitu's Cloud for Nintendo Switch Online
Artwork of a Lakitu's Cloud for Nintendo Switch Online
First appearance Super Mario Bros. (1985)
Latest appearance Nintendo World Championships: NES Edition (2024)
Variant of Cloud Block
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Lakitu's Clouds, occasionally formatted as Lakitu's clouds,[1] are objects introduced in Super Mario Bros. 3. They are clouds with a smiley face, usually inhabited and maneuvered through the air by Lakitus. Certain games of the Super Mario series allow the player character to ride in one temporarily.

History

Super Mario series

Super Mario Bros. 3

Lakitu's Cloud[2][3] (originally named Jugem's Cloud,[4][5][6] with "Jugem" being the romanization of Lakitu's Japanese name, or Cloud Jewel)[7]) is an item in Super Mario Bros. 3 and its reissues. It allows Mario or Luigi to skip a level from the world map, but should they lose a life in the next level, their map position is reset.

Super Mario World

Lakitu's Clouds are objects in Super Mario World. The player character can jump into one and ride it temporarily after defeating its Lakitu with fireballs or other projectiles to float around anywhere in the sky, unlike how Lakitus use them to move horizontally only. The Lakitu's Cloud moves at a constant speed if the player character jumps from it until it is reoccupied or despawns. The Lakitu's Cloud dissolves if the Lakitu is stomped.

A glitch exists in Super Mario World that causes the cloud to last indefinitely if the Lakitu on top is defeated with fire power.

Super Mario 64 / Super Mario 64 DS

Lakitu's Clouds return in Super Mario 64 and Super Mario 64 DS. They were originally a 2D texture without a face, but the remake gives the cloud its usual look.

New Super Mario Bros.

Lakitu's Clouds return in New Super Mario Bros. They are the same as in Super Mario World, except a shell dash is another way to hijack a Lakitu's Cloud temporarily. Even if the cloud is unoccupied, hitting it with the shell dash ability earns the player character 1,000 points.[8] Lakitu's Clouds are required to obtain certain Star Coins.

New Super Mario Bros. Wii

Lakitu's Clouds return in New Super Mario Bros. Wii. They are identical to those in New Super Mario Bros., though Lakitu's Clouds can now also become accessible from stomping a Lakitu.

Super Mario Galaxy 2

Lakitu's Clouds return in Super Mario Galaxy 2. They cannot be used. A Lakitu's Cloud disappears if its Lakitu is stunned on the ground, though the Lakitu creates another to use moments later.

New Super Mario Bros. 2

Lakitu's Clouds return in New Super Mario Bros. 2. They are also affected by Gold Rings, becoming gold, and they spawn a trail of coins when ridden. Lakitu's Clouds swell up for a split second to "paahs."

New Super Mario Bros. U / New Super Luigi U / New Super Mario Bros. U Deluxe

Lakitu's Clouds appear in New Super Mario Bros. U, New Super Luigi U, and their port. Their mouths move whenever a "paah" sound plays. A Lakitu's Cloud is used to collect the coins in Lakitu's Cloud Heist.

Super Mario Maker

Lakitu's clouds are course elements in Super Mario Maker and Super Mario Maker for Nintendo 3DS. One becomes usable for Mario or to put an enemy, object, or power-up inside of it if the Lakitu is shook from the cloud, ejecting it. Enemies in Lakitu's Cloud travel horizontally, and those with wings move in a wavy pattern from side to side.

Super Mario Maker 2

Lakitu's Clouds return in Super Mario Maker 2. They function the same as in Super Mario Maker and were not added to the Super Mario 3D World style. A Lakitu's Cloud in Story Mode is used to reconstruct Peach's Castle after completing a certain level.

Super Mario Bros. Wonder

Lakitu's Clouds return in Super Mario Bros. Wonder. They are spawned indefinitely in Petal Isles Flying Battleship to allow the player characters to traverse the levels.

Mario Kart series

A Lakitu's Cloud is used by the Lakitu referee in the Mario Kart series. It wears goggles during underwater driving in Mario Kart 7, which introduces a vehicle based on Lakitu's Clouds, Cloud 9. Lakitu's Cloud is depicted on several courses in Dragon Driftway in Mario Kart 8 and Mario Kart 8 Deluxe. A Lakitu's Cloud is the basis of the Standard Kart and emblem of the playable Lakitu in Mario Kart Arcade GP DX.

Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island / Yoshi's Island: Super Mario Advance 3

Lakitu's Clouds are objects in Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island and its remake. They become usable for the player character temporarily after they defeat the Lakitu, only by stomping, since other attacks destroy the cloud. After being used for a while, a Lakitu's Cloud blinks repeatedly to indicate it is about to disappear, something that became standard in the Super Mario series.

Mario Party 10

Lakitu's Clouds are objects in the minigame Fuzzy Fliers in Mario Party 10. They are used to fly to the top of a tower. If a Lakitu's Cloud runs out of time, the player character in it loses.

The Super Mario Bros. Movie

In The Super Mario Bros. Movie, Lakitu's Clouds from Super Mario Bros. 3 appear in the antiques shop.

Profiles

Super Mario Bros. 3

  • Wii Virtual Console manual: Use this item to pass Mario over an uncompleted level on the map screen.
  • Nintendo 3DS Virtual Console manual bio: Allows Mario to clear a level not yet cleared.

Super Mario Maker

  • Play Nintendo:
    Catch a cloud
    Sure, you could bounce up to that extra high platform on a trampoline, but why not travel in style by knocking off Lakitu and stealing his cloud?
    [9]

General information

Physical appearance

Cloud that skips levels. SMW2 Lakitu's Cloud.png Lakitu Cloud PM.png
Lakitu's Clouds from left to right: Super Mario Bros. 3, Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island, and Paper Mario

Most Lakitu's Clouds are white. However, in Paper Mario, Lakilulu has a pink-colored cloud; additionally, Dark Lakitus from Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door have gray clouds. Lakithunder from New Super Mario Bros. also has a dark gray cloud with glaring, yellow eyes, capable of firing lightning bolts. King Lakitu from Super Mario Galaxy 2, another lightning-firing Lakitu, has a purple cloud. Lakipeas, the Beanbean Kingdom equivalent of Lakitus, have vines covering their clouds.

Many Lakitu's Clouds also have faces. In the Paper Mario series, the clouds share the expressions of their owners; additionally, some Lakitu's Clouds in the Paper Mario series wear sunglasses. The clouds of Fishing Boos and C. Fishing Boos do not have faces, however. In Super Mario 64, The Super Mario Bros. Super Show!, and Super Mario Bros.: Peach-hime Kyūshutsu Dai Sakusen!, all Lakitus are portrayed without faces on their clouds, but in Super Mario 64, there is an unused texture for a face for Lakitu's Cloud left in the game's data.[10] In the latter, Lakitu and Mario are able to control rain, thunder, sun, typhoons, and snow with levers on the cloud.

Similar cloud characters and items have appeared throughout the Super Mario franchise. In Super Mario World, when Yoshi eats two pink berries in the same stage, a cloud resembling Lakitu's Cloud appears and drops ten striped smiley-faced coins, giving a 1-Up Mushroom if all of them are collected. The Thunder Cloud item in Mario Kart Wii looks like a Lakitu's Cloud, but a bluish-gray color with a Lightning on its head. Ruff Puff's Tattle in Super Paper Mario openly speculates on the relationship between it and the similar Lakitu's Cloud.

Gallery

Names in other languages

Language Name Meaning Notes
Japanese じゅげむのくも[11] / ジュゲムのくも[12]
Jugemu no Kumo
Lakitu's Cloud
くも[13]
Kumo
Cloud Mario Family
Chinese (simplified) 朱盖木云彩[14] Lakitu Cloud New Super Mario Bros.
球盖姆的云[?]
Qiúgàimǔ de Yún
Lakitu's Cloud Super Mario Maker 2
Chinese (traditional) 球蓋姆的雲[15]
Qiúgàimǔ de Yún
Lakitu's Cloud
French Nuage de Lakitu[?] Lakitu's Cloud
German Lakitus Wolke[?] Lakitu's Cloud
Italian Nuvola di Jugem[16] Jugem's Cloud
Nuvola[17] Cloud
Nuvola di Lakitu/Nuvola Lakitu[?] Lakitu's Cloud
Nuvoletta[18] Little cloud
Spanish Nube de Lakitu[?] Lakitu's Cloud

References

  1. ^ "Commandeer Lakitu's cloud and use it to collect coins." – Lakitu's Cloud Heist. New Super Mario Bros. U (English).
  2. ^ 2003. Super Mario Advance 4: Super Mario Bros. 3 instruction booklet. Nintendo of America (American English). Page 28.
  3. ^ Peterson, Erik (2003). Super Mario Advance 4: Super Mario Bros. 3 Player's Guide. Nintendo of America (American English). ISBN 1930206-37-2. Page 10.
  4. ^ 1990. Super Mario Bros. 3 instruction booklet. Nintendo of America (American English). Page 24.
  5. ^ 1993. Super Mario All-Stars instruction booklet. Nintendo of America (American English). Page 34.
  6. ^ Hodgson, David S J. (October 21, 2003). Super Mario Advance 4: Super Mario Bros. 3 Prima's Official Strategy Guide. Prima Games (American English). ISBN 0-7615-4425-9. Page 10.
  7. ^ March-April 1990. Nintendo Power volume 11. Nintendo of America (American English). Page 8.
  8. ^ Nishman235 (April 11, 2018). MAX SCORE GLITCH Tutorial [New Super Mario Bros. DS]. YouTube. Retrieved September 20, 2021.
  9. ^ Super Mario Maker Platforming Tips. Play Nintendo (American English). Retrieved July 5, 2020.
  10. ^ Super Mario 64 Unused Textures. The Cutting Room Floor (English). Retrieved December 21, 2021.
  11. ^ 1988. スーパーマリオブラザーズ3 (Sūpā Mario Burazāzu Surī) instruction booklet. Nintendo (Japanese). Page 22.
  12. ^ Super Mario Collection instruction booklet.[page number needed]
  13. ^ Japanese website for Mario Family. Koizumi Sekei Corp (Japanese). Retrieved May 21, 2024.
  14. ^ Official Chinese New Super Mario Bros. website. iQue. Retrieved December 20, 2019.
  15. ^ Official Chinese Super Mario Maker 2 website. Nintendo HK (Traditional Chinese). Retrieved January 7, 2020.
  16. ^ Super Mario Bros. 3 Italian manual. Page 24.
  17. ^ 1991. Club Nintendo (Italy) Volume 3 - Issue 6. Page 18.
  18. ^ Super Mario Bros. 3 (3DS - Virtual Console), Italian e-manual. Page 14.