Editing Mad Piano

From the Super Mario Wiki, the Mario encyclopedia
Jump to navigationJump to search
You are not logged in. Your IP address will be publicly visible if you make any edits. If you log in or create an account, your edits will be attributed to your username, along with other benefits.

The edit can be undone. Please check the comparison below to verify that this is what you want to do, and then publish the changes below to finish undoing the edit.

Latest revision Your text
Line 1: Line 1:
{{rewrite-expand|add ''Super Mario'' Kodansha manga information}}
{{about|the piano enemy from ''[[Super Mario 64]]''|the souvenir in ''[[WarioWare: Touched!]]''|[[Piano]]}}
{{about|the piano enemy from ''[[Super Mario 64]]''|the souvenir in ''[[WarioWare: Touched!]]''|[[Piano]]}}
{{Species infobox
{{character-infobox
|image=[[File:Mad Piano Model SM64.png|250px]]<br>The Mad Piano in ''Super Mario 64''
|image=[[File:Mad Piano Model SM64.png|250px]]<br>The Mad Piano in ''Super Mario 64''
|first_appearance=''[[Super Mario 64]]'' ([[List of games by date#1996|1996]])
|first_appearance=''[[Super Mario 64]]'' ([[List of games by date#1996|1996]])
|latest_appearance=''[[Super Mario 3D All-Stars]]'' ([[List of games by date#2020|2020]])
|latest_appearance=''[[Super Mario 64 DS]]'' ([[List of games by date#2004|2004]])
|comparable=[[Noknok]]
}}
}}
The '''Mad Piano'''<ref name="NP">{{cite|author=Pelland, Scott, and Dan Owsen|title=''Super Mario 64'' Player's Guide|page=12|publisher=Nintendo of America|language=en-us|date=1996|quote=With a lot of effort, you can beat the piano, but you won't get anything for doing so.}}</ref> is an enemy appearing in ''[[Super Mario 64]]'' and ''[[Super Mario 64 DS]]''. The Mad Piano appears only in [[Big Boo's Haunt]] and protects a [[Red Coin]] found behind it. The Mad Piano looks like a normal black piano and is harmless at first, but when the player approaches it, it begins to open and close its lid, revealing sharp teeth. The Mad Piano proceeds to chase and attack the player (while making the sounds that sound like someone hitting its keys) until they are far enough away. If hit by the Mad Piano, the player loses three wedges of [[Health Meter|health]]. The ''[[Nintendo Power]]'' Player's Guide erroneously states that the Mad Piano can be defeated.<ref name="NP"/>
The '''Mad Piano'''<ref>''Super Mario 64 [[Nintendo Power|Player's Guide]]'', pages 12, 50, and 54</ref> is a piano appearing in ''[[Super Mario 64]]'' and ''[[Super Mario 64 DS]]''. It looks normal at first, but when the player approaches the instrument, it begins to open and close its lid, revealing sharp teeth. The Mad Piano then proceeds to chase and attack them (while making the sounds that sound like someone hitting its keys) until they are far enough away. The Mad Piano appears only in [[Big Boo's Haunt]] and protects a [[Red Coin]] found behind it.


Though the Mad Piano has not appeared in any other game of the [[Super Mario (franchise)|''Super Mario'' franchise]], some pianos similar to it have made an appearance. In ''[[Mario Party 2]]'', during the night in [[Horror Land]], a similar piano plays in a band with a violin and trumpet. In ''[[Mario Party 8]]'', another similar piano appears on the board [[King Boo's Haunted Hideaway]]. In ''[[Luigi's Mansion 3]]'', [[Amadeus Wolfgeist]], the boss of [[The Great Stage]], possesses his grand piano to attack [[Luigi]] in a similar manner to the Mad Piano, a connection to which [[Nintendo]] of Europe's X account made a reference,<ref>{{cite|url=x.com/NintendoEurope/status/1198995113441140736|date=November 25, 2019|title=If the haunted piano from Super Mario 64 still gives you nightmares, please keep scrolling.|publisher=X|author=NintendoEurope|accessdate=May 22, 2024}}</ref> but some of the grand piano attacks involve actions such as lunging upward in an attempt to land on Luigi.
It is impossible to defeat this enemy in any way, despite the ''[[Nintendo Power]]'' Player's Guide erroneously stating otherwise.<ref>''Super Mario 64 [[Nintendo Power|Player's Guide]]'', page 12</ref>
 
A similar piano makes a cameo appearance in ''[[Mario Party 2]]'' in [[Horror Land]] at night.
 
Another similar piano appears in ''[[Mario Party 8]]'' in the board [[King Boo's Haunted Hideaway]].
 
What appears to be the Mad Piano makes a cameo on a poster in the hotel [[The Last Resort]] in ''[[Luigi's Mansion 3]]''. [[Amadeus Wolfgeist]], the boss of [[The Great Stage]], possesses his grand piano to attack Luigi in a similar manner.


==Gallery==
==Gallery==
Line 15: Line 19:
MadPianoSM64.png|''Super Mario 64'' in-game model
MadPianoSM64.png|''Super Mario 64'' in-game model
Mad Piano.png|The Mad Piano attacking [[Mario]] in ''Super Mario 64''
Mad Piano.png|The Mad Piano attacking [[Mario]] in ''Super Mario 64''
File:Mad Piano - KC manga.png|[[Super Mario (Kodansha manga)|''Super Mario'' Kodansha manga]]
SM64DS Mad Piano.png|The Mad Piano in ''Super Mario 64 DS''
SM64DS Mad Piano.png|The Mad Piano in ''Super Mario 64 DS''
</gallery>
</gallery>
Line 21: Line 24:
==Names in other languages==
==Names in other languages==
{{foreign names
{{foreign names
|Jap=ピアノ
|Jap=ピアノ<ref>[http://www.hit-japan.com/book7/P1360728.JPG Scan of 「スーパーマリオ64のすべて」 (''Super Mario 64 no Subete'')]</ref><br>''Piano''<br>キラーピアノ<ref>Shogakukan. 2015. ''Super Mario Bros. Hyakka: Nintendo Kōshiki Guidebook'', ''Super Mario 64'' section, page 85.</ref><br>''Kirā Piano''
|JapR=Piano
|JapM=Piano<br><br>Killer Piano
|Jap2=キラーピアノ<ref>{{cite|publisher=[[Shogakukan]]|language=ja|date=2015|title=''Super Mario Bros. Hyakka: Nintendo Kōshiki Guidebook'', ''Super Mario 64'' section|page=85}}</ref>
|Fra=Mad Piano<ref>French edition of the sixteenth volume of ''Super Mario-kun'', page 28.</ref>
|Jap2R=Kirā Piano
|FraM=-
|JapM=Piano
|Ger=Vampiano{{ref needed}}
|Jap2M=Killer Piano; compare [[Bookend#Names in other languages|Killer Book]]
|GerM=Portmanteau of ''Vampir'' (vampire) and ''Piano''
|Fre=Mad Piano<ref>{{cite|title=''Super Mario-kun'' volume 16 (French edition)|page=28}}</ref>
|Fre2=Piano<ref>{{cite|url=https://archive.org/details/NM6401/mode/2up?view=theater|title=Nintendo official French magazine N1|page=91}}</ref>
|Ger=Vampiano<ref>{{cite|author=Kraft, John D., Thomas Görg, and Marko Hein, editors|title=''Der offizielle Nintendo 64 Spieleberater "Super Mario 64"''|language=de|location=Großostheim|publisher=[[Nintendo|Nintendo of Europe GmbH]]|date=1997|page=9}}</ref>
|GerM=Portmanteau of ''vampir'' ("vampire") and "piano"
|Ita=Mad Piano<ref>{{cite|title=''[[Super Mario Bros. Encyclopedia|Super Mario Bros. Enciclopedia]]''|page=85}}</ref>
}}
}}


==References==
==References==
<references/>
<references/>
{{SM64}}
{{SM64}}
[[Category:Musical instruments]]
[[Category:Animate Objects]]
[[Category:Animate objects]]
[[Category:Super Mario 64 Enemies]]
[[Category:Super Mario 64 enemies]]
[[de:Vampiano]]
[[de:Vampiano]]
[[it:Mad Piano]]
[[it:Mad Piano]]

Please note that all contributions to the Super Mario Wiki are considered to be released under the Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported license (see MarioWiki:Copyrights for details). If you don't want your writing to be edited mercilessly and redistributed at will, then don't submit it here. You are also promising us that you wrote this yourself, or copied it from a public domain or similar free resource. Do not submit copyrighted work without permission!

Cancel Editing help (opens in new window)