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, debuting in New Super Mario Bros. Wii. They typically appear only in sky-themed levels. Clouds sometimes conceal items such as coins and 1-Up Mushrooms or winged enemies such as 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 such as Star Coins, terrain, and airborne enemies. Making direct physical contact with or performing a Spin Jump near clouds clears them. However, the player character can clear a much wider radius of clouds if they perform a Propeller Jump 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 clouds conceal the location of Skewers in Template:World-link. In World 9-8, clouds shroud Fuzzies and collectible coins.
New Super Mario Bros. U / New Super Luigi U / New Super Mario Bros. U Deluxe
Like New Super Mario Bros. Wii, clouds, referred to as mist in-game, function as concealments in New Super Mario Bros. U and primarily appear in sky-themed leveled. In addition to the returning Propeller form, the player character can more effectively clear mist if they perform a Spin Jump with a Balloon Baby Yoshi in-hand or jump mid-glide while in their Flying Squirrel form. Clearing certain patches of mist can cause coins to rain from the sky.
Their first appearance is in Mushroom Heights, where they conceal floating coins. They hide a Star Coin Skyward Stalk and conceal terrain in Waddlewing's Nest. They are recurring in the world Meringue Clouds, where they appear in Seesaw Shrooms, Bouncy Cloud Boomerangs, A Quick Dip in the Sky, and Snaking above Mist Valley. In the lattermost level, Snake Blocks weave through large clusters of mist and move back and forth in a way to delay their expected exit. Mist also appears in Clockwork Castle and Boarding the Airship, as well as the Challenges Slick Slopes and Bullet Bills, Rickety Sprint, Airship 1-Up Rally, and Bowser's Airship Sneak. In New Super Luigi U, mist appears in Piranha Heights, Beanstalk Jungle, Frozen Fuzzies, Above the Bouncy Clouds, Three-Headed Snake Block, and Bowser Jr. Showdown. Mist appears unaltered and in the same levels in the reissue New Super Mario Bros. U Deluxe.
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.
