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[[File:Valley Ghost House.png|thumb|left|180px|A Big Bubble in-game]]
[[File:Valley Ghost House.png|thumb|left|180px|A Big Bubble in-game]]
'''Big Bubbles'''<ref>Nintendo ''[[Mario Mania]]'' Player's Guide. Page 52.</ref> (also called '''Green Bubbles'''<ref>Nintendo ''Mario Mania'' Player's Guide. Page 82.</ref> or just '''Bubbles'''<ref>''[[Nintendo Power]]'' Volume 28, p. 16</ref>) are obstacles that appear in ''[[Super Mario World]]''. They are huge green bubbles that drift in the air, hurting [[Mario]] or [[Luigi]] if [[jump]]ed on or touched. Using a [[Spin Jump]], however, allows the player to bounce off them safely, and a [[slide]] will actually destroy them.
'''Big Bubbles'''<ref>Nintendo ''[[Mario Mania]]'' Player's Guide. Page 52.</ref> (also called '''Green Bubbles'''<ref>Nintendo ''Mario Mania'' Player's Guide. Page 82.</ref> or just '''Bubbles'''<ref>''[[Nintendo Power]]'' Volume 28, p. 16</ref>) are obstacles that appear in ''[[Super Mario World]]''. They are huge green bubbles that drift in the air, hurting [[Mario]] or [[Luigi]] if [[jump]]ed on or touched. Using a [[Spin Jump]], however, allows the player to bounce off them safely, and a [[slide]] actually destroys them.


Big Bubbles are present in two [[level]]s: [[Vanilla Ghost House]] and [[Valley Ghost House]].
Big Bubbles are present in two [[level]]s: [[Vanilla Ghost House]] and [[Valley Ghost House]].

Revision as of 18:01, November 19, 2022

Not to be confused with Bubble.
Big Bubble
Big Bubble
Animation of a Big Bubble from Super Mario World
First appearance Super Mario World (1990)
Latest appearance Super Mario World: Super Mario Advance 2 (2001)
A Big Bubble in-game

Big Bubbles[1] (also called Green Bubbles[2] or just Bubbles[3]) are obstacles that appear in Super Mario World. They are huge green bubbles that drift in the air, hurting Mario or Luigi if jumped on or touched. Using a Spin Jump, however, allows the player to bounce off them safely, and a slide actually destroys them.

Big Bubbles are present in two levels: Vanilla Ghost House and Valley Ghost House.

Names in other languages

Language Name Meaning
Japanese ビッグバブル[4]
Biggu Baburu
Big Bubble

German Grüne Blase
Green Bubble
Italian Bolla Gigante[5]
Giant Bubble

Trivia

  • The graphics used for a Big Bubble are actually shared with the body of the game's Big Boos, just in a different palette and without the graphics for features layered on top.[6]

References

  1. ^ Nintendo Mario Mania Player's Guide. Page 52.
  2. ^ Nintendo Mario Mania Player's Guide. Page 82.
  3. ^ Nintendo Power Volume 28, p. 16
  4. ^ Shogakukan. 2015. Super Mario Bros. Hyakka: Nintendo Kōshiki Guidebook, Super Mario World section, page 61.
  5. ^ Super Mario Bros. Enciclopedia; pag. 61
  6. ^ Sprite sheet of the game's enemies, showing the boss version of The Big Boo with the same palette as a Big Bubble due to color switching from taking damage, as well as the fact that the shaded side of both Big Boo and Big Bubble have the same color mapping.