Spinning Heart

Spinning Heart
First appearance	Super Mario 64 (1996)
Latest appearance	Super Mario 3D All-Stars (2020)
Effect	Replenishes lost health when the player runs through it

A Spinning Heart (also referred to simply as a heart) is a supportive object seen in Super Mario 64 and its remake, Super Mario 64 DS. Spinning Hearts are translucent red hearts that slowly revolve on the ground. When Mario runs through one, the Spinning Heart quickly replenishes his Power Meter in proportion to the speed with which he runs through it. Thus, the faster he runs through it, the more health he recovers. In Super Mario 64 DS, Yoshi, Luigi, and Wario can also use a Spinning Heart to recover health.

Locations

There are 15 total Spinning Hearts across both games, with one in Tick Tock Clock and the one in Goomboss Battle being exclusive to Super Mario 64 and Super Mario 64 DS, respectively. Spinning Hearts are often found in areas with greater risk of damage or before boss battles.

Image	Course	Location
	Bob-omb Battlefield	Near the top of the mountain, next to a sign
	Cool, Cool Mountain	Underneath the Star for Wall Kicks Will Work
	Hazy Maze Cave	Super Mario 64: On a ledge beside the bottomless pit in the boulder area Super Mario 64 DS: Within the gap in the wall next to the boulder path
	Lethal Lava Land	On a floating platform among multiple within the volcano, just after the collapsing wall
	Shifting Sand Land	Inside the pyramid, between the Spindel and the vertically oscillating stairs
	Tick Tock Clock	Under the group of rotating platforms used in Stop Time for Red Coins Super Mario 64 only: Beside the pole with the orbiting Amp, before the elevating platforms
	Rainbow Ride	On one of the four large spinning platforms At the Red Coin maze, below the area that requires wall-kicking
	Bowser in the Fire Sea	At the bottom level on a platform with three Goombas At the top level, before the rising and sinking poles
	Bowser in the Sky	Halfway up, along the path of the moving arrow platform Just before the pipe, in the windy area
	Goomboss Battle (DS only)	Next to the entrance to Goomboss At the base of the long vertical cage where Mario must wall-kick to reach a Star Sphere

Names in other languages

Language	Name	Meaning	Notes
Japanese	クルクルハート[?] Kurukuru Hāto	Spinning Heart
Italian	Cuore Rotante[?]	Spinning Heart
Spanish	Corazón[?]	Heart

Trivia

• In Super Mario 64, the Spinning Heart is just a translucent sprite rendered in the 3D scene with collision data. In Super Mario 64 DS, it is an opaque 3D model.
• In Mario Kart: Double Dash!!, when an item hits the player's Heart barrier, a sound similar to that of the Spinning Heart can be heard.