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An '''Anchor'''<ref>''Super Mario All-Stars'' Nintendo Player's Guide. [[Media:SMAS Guide 111.jpg|Page 111]].</ref> is an [[item]] that first appears in ''[[Super Mario Bros. 3]]''.  

 

After a long absence, the Anchor reappears in ''[[New Super Mario Bros. Wii]]''. The first Airship level has an anchor near it before the player actually goes to the level. Anchors do not serve the same purpose as they did in ''Super Mario Bros. 3'', however. When the first two Airship levels are cleared, Anchors replace the Airships on the map indicating that the levels have been cleared. Players can still visit the Airship levels, though.

An anchor can be acquired in ''[[Double Trouble (book)|Double Trouble]]'' of the ''[[Nintendo Adventure Books]]'' series in either [[Mario Brothers Plumbing]] or a portion of the [[Airship|Doom Ship]], and it can be used by [[Mario]] to reach the poop deck of the Doom Ship, where [[Roy Koopa]] is holding [[Luigi]] captive. An anchor can also be found in the subsequent book, ''[[Leaping Lizards]]'', but it is a dud item; its only purpose is to drag Luigi down if he falls into a body of water, causing a [[Game Over]].

There is also an Anchor in ''[[Wario Land II]]'' that can be found in the [[SS Tea Cup]] world. It only appears in the fourth level of Chapter 2 called [[Drop the anchor!!]]. Here, [[Wario]] has to use his attack to move it and drop it into the water. After it is dropped, the level is completed.

Swinging anchors appear in the [[3DS Wario Shipyard|Wario Shipyard]] course as obstacles in the [[Underwater driving|underwater]] section and the gliding section, where they block the player's path.

Swinging anchors return as obstacles in ''[[Mario Kart Tour]]'' in the returning course 3DS Wario Shipyard.

An anchor appears in ''[[Paper Mario: Color Splash]]'' as Mario's means of entering the Airship carrying the drained red paint from Crimson Tower, as [[List of implied characters#Johnson (Airship crewman)|Johnson]] neglected to lift up the anchor and thus forced the Airship to stall.

An anchor appears in [[Boom Boom]]'s entrance animation in ''[[Mario Tennis Aces]]'', where it is lowered onto the court as Boom Boom clings to it.

==Official profiles==

*'''Wii Virtual Console manual:''' ''"Use this item to stop airships from moving."''

*'''3DS Virtual Console Manual Bio:''' ''"Prevents the Koopa airship from moving to a new location."''

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