Editing Meteor

{{about|meteors that fall to the ground and act as obstacles|the larger space rocks that can be [[Ground Pound|ground-pound]]ed in [[Super Mario Galaxy 2]]|[[Meteorite]]|the move used by [[Culex|Culex 3D]] in [[Super Mario RPG (Nintendo Switch)|Super Mario RPG]] on the [[Nintendo Switch]]|[[Meteor (move)]]}}
{{species infobox
|title=Meteor
|image=[[File:SMG Asset Model Meteor.png|200px]]<br>Model from ''[[Super Mario Galaxy]]''
|first_appearance= [[Super Mario Bros. (film)|''Super Mario Bros.'']] ([[List of games by date#1993|1993]])
|latest_appearance=''[[Super Mario 3D All-Stars]]'' ([[List of games by date#2020|2020]])
|comparable=[[Bullet Bill]]<br>[[Cannonball]]<br>[[Fireball (obstacle)|Fireball]]<br>[[Volcanic debris]]<br>[[Water Bomb]]
}}
'''{{iw|wikipedia|Meteors}}''' appear in the [[Super Mario (franchise)|''Super Mario'' franchise]] as hazardous objects that fall from the sky.

==History==
===''Super Mario Bros.'' film===
In the 1993 [[Super Mario Bros. (film)|''Super Mario Bros.'' film]], it is the meteor {{wp|Cretaceous–Paleogene extinction event|that caused the extinction of the dinosaurs}} that separates [[Earth]] into two parallel dimensions; Earth and [[Dinohattan]]. While Dinosaurs become extinct on Earth, they prosper and evolve into intelligent beings in the Dinohattan dimension. Unfortunately, said dimension has poor resources and is compromised of almost entirely a barren, desolate desert. [[President Koopa]] gains control of the dimension through a military coup, with the intent of merging the two worlds. To do this, it is necessary to use a [[Meteorite piece|shard from the meteor]] to combine the worlds. Said piece of meteor plays a pivotal, key role in the movie.

===''Donkey Kong Jungle Beat''===
Meteors in ''[[Donkey Kong Jungle Beat]]'' appear in two sizes and are surrounded by blue fire. Large ones are used as projectiles by the [[Roc]] bosses, while small ones appear in [[Banshee Swamp]], where they follow preset paths through the air, and [[Asteroid Belt]], where they bounce around inside the first asteroid.

===''Super Mario'' series===
====''Super Mario Galaxy''====
[[File:SMG Bowser Star Reactor Meteors.png|thumb|left|[[Bowser]] shooting meteors from his mouth to destroy [[Mario]]'s pathway in ''[[Super Mario Galaxy]]'']]
[[File:SMG Meteor.png|thumb|100px|A meteor in the [[Melty Molten Galaxy]]]]
Meteors in ''[[Super Mario Galaxy]]'' crash into some planets in various [[Galaxy|galaxies]] periodically. If hit by one, [[Mario]] (or [[Luigi]]) will take damage. They first appear being shot from [[cannon]]s by [[airship]]s in the opening, and appear as obstacles shortly after in the [[Gateway Galaxy]].  When Mario traverses the large staircase at the end of [[Bowser's Star Reactor]], [[Bowser]] launches meteors from his mouth to destroy the platforms Mario walks on. In [[Bowser Jr.'s Lava Reactor]], they fall from the sky during the final part of the battle with [[King Kaliente]]. Meteors prominently appear in the [[Melty Molten Galaxy]] in the mission [[Through the Meteor Storm]], where they rain down during the entire mission. The meteors will not spawn if the player is looking directly at their spawn point.

=====Appearances=====
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'''Note:''' [[File:SMG Asset Sprite Star Cursor.png]] marks missions where they are absent.
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|-style="color:white;background:red"
!Domes
!Galaxies
!Missions
|-
|[[Gate (Super Mario Galaxy)|Gate]]
|[[Gateway Galaxy]]
|style="text-align:left"|[[File:Smg icon grandstar.png|link=Grand Star Rescue]][[File:SMG Asset Sprite Star Cursor.png|link=Gateway's Purple Coins]]
|-
|[[Fountain]]
|[[Bowser's Star Reactor]]
|style="text-align:left"|[[File:Smg icon grandstar.png|link=The Fiery Stronghold]]
|-
|[[Bedroom (Super Mario Galaxy)|Bedroom]]
|[[Honeyclimb Galaxy]]
|style="text-align:left"|[[File:Smg icon powerstar.png|link=Scaling the Sticky Wall]]
|-
|[[Engine Room]]
|[[Bowser Jr.'s Lava Reactor]]
|style="text-align:left"|[[File:Smg icon grandstar.png|link=King Kaliente's Spicy Return]]
|-
|[[Garden (Super Mario Galaxy)|Garden]]
|[[Melty Molten Galaxy]]
|style="text-align:left"|[[File:SMG Asset Sprite Star Cursor.png|link=The Sinking Lava Spire]][[File:Smg icon powerstar.png|link=Through the Meteor Storm]][[File:SMG Asset Sprite Star Cursor.png|link=Fiery Dino Piranha]][[File:SMG Asset Sprite Star Cursor.png|link=Lava Spire Daredevil Run]][[File:SMG Asset Sprite Star Cursor.png|link=Red-Hot Purple Coins]][[File:SMG Asset Sprite Star Cursor.png|link=Burning Tide]]
|-
|[[Comet Observatory]]
|[[Bowser's Galaxy Reactor]]
|style="text-align:left"|[[File:Smg icon grandstar.png|link=The Fate of the Universe]]
|}
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====''Super Mario Galaxy 2''====
Meteors, also known as '''lava spheres''',<ref>{{cite|author=Browne, Catherine|title=''Super Mario Galaxy 2: PRIMA Official Game Guide''|location=Roseville|publisher=Random House Inc|date=May 23, 2010|page=189|isbn=978-0-30746-907-6}}</ref> in ''[[Super Mario Galaxy 2]]'' prominently appear in the [[Shiverburn Galaxy]], where they create temporary pools of [[lava]] when they collide with ice. [[Ice Meteor|Similar objects]] that create ice platforms when they fall in lava also appear in the Shiverburn Galaxy. Meteors appear in [[Hightail Falls Speed Run]], acting as an obstacle for [[Dash Yoshi]] while he runs across walls.

=====Appearances=====
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'''Note:''' [[File:SMG Asset Sprite Star Cursor.png]] marks missions where they are absent.
{|class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center"
|-style="color:white;background:red"
!Worlds
!Galaxies
!Missions
|-
|[[World 2 (Super Mario Galaxy 2)|World 2]]
|[[Hightail Falls Galaxy]]
|style="text-align:left"|[[File:SMG Asset Sprite Star Cursor.png|link=Hot-Stepping Dash Pepper]][[File:Smg2 icon prankstercomet.png|link=Hightail Falls Speed Run]][[File:SMG Asset Sprite Star Cursor.png|link=Silver Stars in Hightail Falls]]
|-
|[[World 5 (Super Mario Galaxy 2)|World 5]]
|[[Shiverburn Galaxy]]
|style="text-align:left"|[[File:Smg2 icon powerstar.png|link=Prince Pikante's Peppery Mood]][[File:SMG Asset Sprite Star Cursor.png|link=Octo-Army Icy Rainbow Romp]][[File:SMG Asset Sprite Star Cursor.png|link=The Chimp's Ultimate Skating Challenge]]
|}
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====''New Super Mario Bros. U''====
Similar objects known as '''Bowser's Flames'''<ref>{{cite|author=Stratton, Steve|title=''New Super Mario Bros. U'' PRIMA Official Game Guide|page=14, 190, and 196|publisher=Prima Games|language=en-us|date=November 18, 2012|isbn=978-0-307-89690-2}}</ref> appear in ''[[New Super Mario Bros. U]]''; they replace the [[volcanic debris]] of previous titles and have the same function, but they shower down more constantly rather than at designated intervals. They appear in the [[Peach's Castle (world)|Peach's Castle]] levels [[Meteor Moat]] and [[Firefall Cliffs]]. In the former [[level]], they tend to trail behind the player and catch up if they remain in the same spot for too long, and in the latter level, their movement is fixed due to the auto-scrolling element. In ''[[New Super Luigi U]]'', they appear in the replacement levels [[Magma Moat]] and [[Firefall Rising]]. They can be extinguished with an [[Ice Ball]] using [[Ice Mario]], but the bigger they are, the more Ice Balls are required to fully extinguish them. In addition, Bowser's [[fireball]]s take on the same appearance and can also rain directly downwards. Bowser also shoots down flames in ''[[Super Mario Maker]]'' and [[Super Mario Maker for Nintendo 3DS|its remake]] in the ''New Super Mario Bros. U'' theme in similar patterns when he is riding a [[Lakitu's Cloud]].

===''Mario Party: Island Tour''===
Meteors in ''[[Mario Party: Island Tour]]'' are obstacles that player characters have to avoid in the minigame [[Meteor Melee]].

===''Princess Peach: Showtime!''===
Meteors appear in the three regular [[Mighty Peach]] stages in ''[[Princess Peach: Showtime!]]''. [[Princess Peach|Peach]] can charge at slowly incoming meteors to grab onto them, and can then throw them into other meteors, including multiple meteors within a straight path, to destroy them all. A few of the meteors have [[Sour Bunch]] members on top. If such meteors hit the ground, the members will simply land on the ground and walk towards Peach and/or [[Professor]] to damage them.

==Names in other languages==
===Meteor===
{{foreign names
|Jpn=メテオストライク<ref>{{cite|publisher=[[Shogakukan]]|language=ja|date=October 19, 2015|title=''Super Mario Bros. Hyakka: Nintendo Kōshiki Guidebook''|page=137 and 171|isbn=978-4-09-106569-8}}</ref>
|JpnR=Meteo Sutoraiku
|JpnM=Meteor Strike
|Fre=Météorite<ref>''Super Mario Galaxy 2, Le Guide Officiel. Prima Games'', page 84</ref><ref>''Mario Party : Island Tour'', [[Meteor Melee|Récolte Astrale]] [https://imgur.com/a/LhRnv8v description].</ref>
|Fre2=Boule de feu<ref>''Super Mario Galaxy, Le Guide Officiel. Prima Games'', page 124</ref><ref>''Super Mario Galaxy, Le Guide Officiel. Prima Games'', page 250</ref>
|Fre3=Météore explosif<ref>''Super Mario Galaxy, Le Guide Officiel. Prima Games'', page 283</ref>
|Fre4=Boule de lave<ref>''Super Mario Galaxy 2, Le Guide Officiel. Prima Games'', page 191</ref>
|FreM=Meteor
|Fre2M=Fireball
|Fre3M=Explosive Meteor
|Fre4M=Lava Ball
}}

===Bowser's Flame===
{{foreign names
|Jap=火炎弾<ref>{{cite|publisher=[[Shogakukan]]|language=ja|date=October 19, 2015|title=''Super Mario Bros. Hyakka: Nintendo Kōshiki Guidebook'', ''New Super Mario Bros. U'' section|page=215|isbn=978-4-09-106569-8}}</ref>
|JapR=Kaendan
|JapM=Fireball
|Kor=불덩이
|KorR=Buldeongi
|KorM=Fireball
|Ita=Fiamme di Bowser<ref>{{cite|date=November 15, 2018|title=''[[Super Mario Bros. Encyclopedia|Super Mario Bros. Enciclopedia]]''|publisher=Magazzini Salani|language=it|isbn=889367436X|page=215}}</ref>
|ItaM=Bowser's Flame
|Fre=Flamme de Bowser<ref>{{cite|author=Chaîne New Super Mario Bros. U|language=fr|date=January 29, 2013|url=www.youtube.com/watch?v=XKTBmCxLSs4|title=''New Super Mario Bros. U'' - Château de Peach-4 - Les flammes de Bowser (Wii U)|publisher=YouTube|accessdate=June 28, 2024}}</ref>
|FreM=Bowser's Flame
}}

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[[Category:Hazardous objects]]
[[Category:Cosmic objects]]
[[Category:Donkey Kong Jungle Beat objects]]
[[Category:Mario Party: Island Tour]]
[[Category:New Super Mario Bros. U objects]]
[[Category:Super Mario Galaxy objects]]
[[Category:Super Mario Galaxy 2 objects]]
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