This article is about the item that appears in several Mario games. For the character from the Sonic the Hedgehog series, see Cheese (character).
Cheese is a dairy product that makes occasional appearances in the Mario series. It first appeared in Mario Kart: Super Circuit, though it has made appearances in later games with varying functions.
A course named Cheese Land appears in Mario Kart: Super Circuit, which, as its name indicates, is greatly themed around cheese, with several cheese structures appearing in the background and off-road areas of the course. The course's moon-like setting, which is removed in its later appearance, may be a reference to the misconception that the moon is made of cheese.
Mario Kart 8 / Mario Kart 8 Deluxe
Cheese in GBA Cheese Land
GBA Cheese Land returns in Mario Kart 8 and its Nintendo Switchport as a classic course. There are now small blocks of cheese in the off-road areas that act as minor breakable obstacles, and there are now several large cheese blocks in the off-road areas that can block the player.
Cheese only appears in darkened rooms, and disappears when the room is lit up. However, unlike with Speedy Spirits, Luigi gets a second chance to catch the Gold Mice he missed, during the Blackout.
In Neville's Study, there is a book called Darkness is Their Cheese by C. Parmesan that talks about the effects of cheese in the dark on Golden Mice:
Ghost mice are drawn to darkness as real mice are drawn to cheese... In the dark, they shine gold with contentment. I must try to get close to one before the lights come back on.
Super Mario Odyssey
Some Cheese Rocks being broken by a captured Hammer Bro
A Cheese Rock
In Super Mario Odyssey, blocks of cheese called Cheese Rocks appear throughout the Luncheon Kingdom as platforms and obstacles. They can be broken via the frying pans thrown by Hammer Bros, and are sometimes used to cover up various items such as golden turnips, Lever Switches, and Moon Shards. They are also used to block some stairs near the Path to the Meat Plateau, which are used in the Under the Cheese Rocks mission. According to the Luncheon Kingdom's brochure, the Cheese Rocks are formed because they are left near lava and dries out completely.
Mario & Luigi: Bowser's Inside Story + Bowser Jr.'s Journey