Changes: Star (Mario)

Revision as of 19:48, 6 July 2009

Beginning with Super Mario Bros., stars have played a major part in the Super Mario series. Initially an invincibility powerup, they evolved to fulfill other purposes.

Appearances

Temporary Invincibility

See: Starman (Mario)

Super Mario Bros.
Super Mario Bros.: The Lost Levels
Super Mario Bros. 3- stars also act as part of a jackpot card game where the prize is 1-ups
Super Mario World
Super Paper Mario (modified to change the character into a giant 8-bit form)
Mario Kart- in some games this also provides a turbo
Super Smash Bros. (series)
Super Mario Land
Super Mario Land 2

Given for Completed Tasks

See: Power Star

Super Mario 64- Mario collects stars throughout each stage or the castle itself
Super Mario Sunshine- Mario collects Shine Sprites, which are designed as a special type of star
Super Mario Galaxy- Mario collects Grand Stars for defeating bosses among other major tasks, and regular stars elsewhere

Other Uses

Super Mario RPG- Mario must collect seven stars to win the game
Paper Mario- Mario again collects seven stars, but this time they assist him
Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door- Shine Sprites are used to upgrade partners as well as in a jackpot bonus which will restore all of Mario's party's HP, FP, and star star gauge. The object of the game is to collect the seven Crystal Stars.
Super Mario Bros. 2- part of a jackpot bonus game
New Super Mario Bros.- seen in minigames
Super Mario 64 DS- seen in minigames