Hat cloud
| Hat cloud | |
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 Artwork from Super Mario Odyssey | |
| First appearance | Super Mario Odyssey (2017) |
Hat clouds,[1] also referred to as cap clouds,[2] are non-solid objects that appear in Super Mario Odyssey. They are floating white top hats with question marks on them resembling the ones found on ? Blocks, and the hats usually but not always float above gaps. Hat clouds are found in the Cascade Kingdom, the Cloud Kingdom, and the Luncheon Kingdom. When Cappy is thrown at one, the cloud grows into a cloud platform, similarly to the ones Cloud Mario produces in Super Mario Galaxy 2. The platform can be of one of a number of sizes, depending on the hat cloud in question. Much like the Cloud Mario platforms, the platform of a hat cloud is only temporary. After enough time passes, the platform shrinks back down and goes back to being a hat cloud once at minimum size. Just before this happens, the platform starts to swell and contract. Performing a Ground Pound on a hat cloud after activating it makes the platform last slightly longer.
Some hat clouds float within blue wireframes, which indicate the exact size of the platform hitting them creates.
The travel brochure of the Cloud Kingdom discusses hat clouds, referring to them as "super-light stuff" and "strangely floaty material" and stating they were first discovered recently by researchers at Fossil Falls; it also states that the discovery of hat clouds led to the discovery of the Cloud Kingdom by promoting certain researchers to begin investigations regarding its existence.
Gallery
Artwork
Screenshot of three hat clouds (from left to right: fully open, in the process of closing, and closed)
Screenshot of hat clouds positioned in frames
Names in other languages
| Language | Name | Meaning | Notes |
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| Japanese | 帽子雲[3] Bōshi Kumo |
Hat Cloud |
References
- ^ Sakai, Kazuya, kikai, Rachel Roberts, and Jenny Blenk, editors (2019). The Art of Super Mario Odyssey (First English Edition). Milwaukie: Dark Horse Books. ISBN 978-1-50671-375-5. Page 82, 155.
- ^ Walsh, Doug, and Epstein, Joe. Super Mario Odyssey Prima Official Guide. Page 24.
- ^ Sakai, Kazuya, and kikai, editors (2018). 『スーバーマリオ オデッセイ 公式設定資料集』. Tokyo: ambit (Japanese). ISBN 978-4-19-864696-7. Page 82.
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