Moon (Super Mario Maker 2)

Template:Item-infobox The Moon is a course part introduced in Super Mario Maker 2. It is a crescent moon with a face, similar to 3-Up Moons and the moon found in the Space Zone of Super Mario Land 2: 6 Golden Coins. It serves as an alternate form of the Angry Sun.

Description

When a Moon is placed in a course in the editor mode, the current theme switches to a 'night' variant with different properties than the normal daytime one. However, after it has been placed once, the night variant of every theme becomes selectable from the menu, and the Moon will not need to be placed again to trigger night mode from that point onward. In addition to unique level effects, nighttime levels have a starry background, with the exception of Ghost House, Airship, and Underwater levels, which have darker versions of their respective backgrounds; a music-box version of the level's music plays instead of the standard one. Stiletto Goombas play an 8-bit drum beat while walking, and the laughing sound that plays while flutter jumping in a winged Goomba's Stiletto is bit-crushed.

In gameplay, unlike the Angry Sun, the Moon does not harm the playable characters upon contact; when touched, it instead defeats every enemy on the screen, similar to a POW Block or a Lucky Star.

The Moon, along with the Angry Sun, is absent in the Super Mario 3D World game style. As such, the night theme is not present in it.

Level effects

Themes

Theme	Night-time effect
Ground	Causes many different behavior changes in certain items and enemies (see below)
Underground	Level is flipped upside-down
Underwater	Level is completely dark except for a small radius around the player and certain objects; the radius changes based on the status of the ON/OFF Switch
Ghost House	Level is completely dark except for a small radius around the player and certain objects; the radius changes based on the status of the ON/OFF Switch
Airship	Cosmetic thunder and rain effects; all enemies behave as if underwater
Castle	Characters swim in the air, everything else behaves as normal
Desert	Strong winds blow (direction and frequency depends on game style, see below)
Snow	All walkable surfaces have reduced traction
Forest	Water is turned into poison
Sky	Low gravity for all players; all enemies behave as if underwater

Night-time Ground theme effects

Items

Item	Night-time Ground theme effect
Super Mushroom/Big Mushroom	Continuously bounces while trying to avoid the player, like a Super Star.
Fire Flower	Travels along the ground while trying to avoid the player. If it hits a wall, it will attempt to jump over it.
Super Leaf	Floats against gravity.
Cape Feather	Descends slower and over a wider radius.
Propeller Mushroom	Flies around erratically.
1-Up Mushroom	Replaced with Rotten Mushroom.
Link's bomb	Grows legs and walks around like a Lit Bob-omb.
SMB2 Mushroom	Bounces whenever the player jumps.
Frog Suit	Bounces back and forth.
Power Balloon	Flies around in a circular motion.
Super Acorn	Bounces at various heights while moving.
Stiletto	Plays a drum loop whenever steps are being taken while riding it. The drum beat is different depending on if the style is set to Super Mario Bros. or Super Mario Bros. 3. The laughter sound that plays while flutter jumping in a winged stiletto is bit-crushed.

Enemies

Item	Night-time Ground theme effect
Goomba/Wiggler	Floats in the air, behaving as if they were underwater.
Chain Chomp	Has longer chains.
Boo	Exhibits opposite behavior than normal, chasing the player only when they are being looked at.
Boo Buddies	Chases the player (while still maintaining the spinning ring) if not looked at and stops (both moving and rotating) if looked at.
Thwomp	Slowly moves so they can hit the player if not looked at, similar to Boos.
Stretch	Stops moving (and doesn't disappear) if the player is facing them.
Spike Ball	Rolls while targeting the player. The ones thrown by Spikes in the Super Mario Bros. and Super Mario Bros. 3 styles will also follow the player in the air.
Pokey	Floats through the air in a wave-like pattern, and chases the player if winged.
Mechakoopa	Periodically flies into the air using jet boosters on their feet.

Night-time Desert theme effects

Styles	Wind direction and frequency
Template:SMMstyle	Blow left periodically
Template:SMMstyle	Blow right periodically
Template:SMMstyle	Makes the periodic wind constantly switch between left or right
Template:SMMstyle	Blow right constantly

Gallery

Sprites

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  The Moon in the Super Mario Bros. game style

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  The Moon in the Super Mario Bros. game style

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  The Moon in the Super Mario Bros. 3 game style

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  The Moon in the Super Mario World game style

Screenshots

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  Screenshot of the Moon in an overworld New Super Mario Bros. U course

Names in other languages

Language	Name	Meaning	Notes
Japanese	月[?] Tsuki	Moon
Chinese	月亮[?] Yuèliang	Moon
Spanish	Luna[?]	Moon