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|image=[[File:NSMBW Asset Model Giant Cannon.png|200x200px]]<br>Model from ''[[New Super Mario Bros. Wii]]''
|first_appearance=''[[Super Mario Bros. 3]]'' ([[List of games by date#1988|1988]])
|first_appearance=''[[Super Mario Bros. 3]]'' ([[List of games by date#1988|1988]])
|latest_appearance=''[[Super Mario Maker 2]]'' ([[List of games by date#2019|2019]])
|latest_appearance=''[[New Super Mario Bros. U]]'' ([[List of games by date#2012|2012]])
|variant_of=[[Cannon]]
|variant_of=[[Cannon]]<br>[[Gun barrel]]
|relatives=[[Giant cannonball]]
|related=[[Giant cannonball]]
}}
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'''Giant cannons'''<ref>''Nintendo Power'' Volume 13, page 75. "'''''Bring Out The Big Guns!''' This giant cannon shoots two huge bullets in rapid succession. Either jump on its barrel or duck quickly!''"</ref> are mega-sized [[cannon]]s which fire [[giant cannonball]]s. They appear in ''[[Super Mario Bros. 3]]'', ''[[New Super Mario Bros. Wii]]'', and ''[[New Super Mario Bros. U]]'' exclusively as large horizontal cannons that resemble black (blue in [[reissue]]s) [[Warp Pipe|pipe]]s; however, in ''[[Super Mario Maker]]'' and ''[[Super Mario Maker 2]]'', they are redesigned and can also face diagonal.
'''Giant cannons''',<ref>{{cite|quote='''Bring Out The Big Guns!''' This giant cannon shoots two huge bullets in rapid succession. Either jump on its barrel or duck quickly!|date=June 1990|title=''Nintendo Power'' Volume 13|publisher=Nintendo of America|language=en-us|page=75}}</ref> also referred to as '''big guns''',<ref name=atlas>{{cite|quote=Look out for the giant bullets from the big gun towards the end. Duck or jump quickly as soon as you see the huge barrel!|author=Pelland, Scott, George Sinfield, Dan Owsen, [[Leslie Swan]], and Lynn Griffes, editors|date=Spring 1991|title=''NES Game Atlas''|location=Redmond|publisher=Nintendo of America|language=en-us|page=48}}</ref> '''huge barrels''',<ref name=atlas/> '''massive cannons''',<ref>{{cite|quote=The two massive cannons fire equally enormous cannonballs at supersonic speeds.|author=Peterson, Erik|date=2003|title=''Super Mario Advance 4: Super Mario Bros. 3'' Player's Guide|publisher=Nintendo of America|language=en-us|isbn=1930206-37-2|page=116}}</ref> '''huge turrets''',<ref name=Prima>{{cite|quote='''BRINGING OUT THE BIG GUNS''' Deal with the rodent atop the small turret, and then take a running leap and land atop the huge turret pointing to your right. Remove the rodent up here. After the big turret fires, jump below it, across the water to the next boat.|author=Hodgson, David S J.|date=October 21, 2003|title=''Super Mario Advance 4: Super Mario Bros. 3'' Prima's Official Strategy Guide|publisher=[[Prima Games]]|language=en-us|isbn=0-7615-4425-9|page=100}}</ref> or '''big turrets''',<ref name=Prima/> are objects that shoot [[giant cannonball]]s in several [[Super Mario (series)|''Super Mario'']] platform games. These mega-sized [[cannon]]s appear in ''[[Super Mario Bros. 3]]'', ''[[New Super Mario Bros. Wii]]'', and ''[[New Super Mario Bros. U]]'', where they are large horizontal cannons that resemble dark [[Warp Pipe|pipe]]s.
==Level appearances==
===''Super Mario Bros. 3''===
*{{world link|8|tank3|World 8-Big Tanks}}
*{{world link|8|navy|World 8-Battleships}}
*[[Bombarded by Bob-ombs]] ([[World-e]])
*[[Bowser's Airship 1]] (World-e)
*[[Bowser's Airship 2]] (World-e)
 
===''New Super Mario Bros. Wii''===
*{{world link|8|airship|World 8-Airship (New Super Mario Bros. Wii)}}
 
===''New Super Mario Bros. U''===
*[[The Mighty Cannonship]]
*[[Bowser's Airship Sneak]] ([[Challenge Mode (New Super Mario Bros. U)|challenge]])
 
==Gallery==
<gallery>
SMB3 Cannon big.png|''[[Super Mario Bros. 3]]''
SMAS Cannon big.png|''[[Super Mario All-Stars]]''
SMA4 Cannon big.png|''[[Super Mario Advance 4: Super Mario Bros. 3]]''
NSMBW World 8-A Giant Cannonball.png|''[[New Super Mario Bros. Wii]]''
NSMBU 5-A Coin 2.jpg|''[[New Super Mario Bros. U]]''
</gallery>
 
==Names in other languages==
==Names in other languages==
{{foreign names
{{foreign names
|Jap=大きな砲台<ref>Shogakukan. 2015. ''Super Mario Bros. Hyakka: Nintendo Kōshiki Guidebook'', pages 41, 149, and 215.</ref>
|Jpn=大きな砲台
|JapR=Ōkina hōdai
|JpnR=Ōkina hōdai
|JapM=Large artillery
|JpnM=Large artillery
|Ita=Cannone gigante<ref>''[[Super Mario Bros. Encyclopedia|Super Mario Bros. Enciclopedia]]'', pagg. 41, 215</ref>
|JpnC=<ref>{{cite|author=Sakai, Kazuya (Ambit) et al.|language=ja|publisher=[[Shogakukan]]|date=October 19, 2015|title=[[Super Mario Bros. Encyclopedia|''Super Mario Bros. Hyakka: Nintendo Kōshiki Guidebook'']]|page=41, 149, and 215|isbn=978-4-09-106569-8}}</ref>
|Ita=Cannone gigante
|ItaM=Giant cannon
|ItaM=Giant cannon
|Ita2=Cannone Gigante<ref>''[[Super Mario Bros. Encyclopedia|Super Mario Bros. Enciclopedia]]'', pag. 149</ref>
|ItaC=<ref name="IT encyclopedia">{{cite|date=November 15, 2018|title=[[Super Mario Bros. Encyclopedia|''Super Mario Bros. Enciclopedia'']]|publisher=Magazzini Salani|language=it|isbn=978-88-9367-436-2|page=41, 149, 215}}</ref>{{ref page|41, 215}}
|Ita2=Cannone Gigante
|Ita2M=Giant Cannon
|Ita2M=Giant Cannon
|Ita2C=<ref name="IT encyclopedia"/>{{ref page|149}}
}}
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[[Category:New Super Mario Bros. Wii objects]]
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[[Category:Super Mario Maker 2 objects]]
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Latest revision as of 19:43, May 22, 2025

Giant cannon
Rendered model of a Giant Cannon from New Super Mario Bros. Wii.
Model from New Super Mario Bros. Wii
First appearance Super Mario Bros. 3 (1988)
Latest appearance New Super Mario Bros. U (2012)
Variant of Cannon
Gun barrel
Related

Giant cannons,[1] also referred to as big guns,[2] huge barrels,[2] massive cannons,[3] huge turrets,[4] or big turrets,[4] are objects that shoot giant cannonballs in several Super Mario platform games. These mega-sized cannons appear in Super Mario Bros. 3, New Super Mario Bros. Wii, and New Super Mario Bros. U, where they are large horizontal cannons that resemble dark pipes.

Level appearances

Super Mario Bros. 3

New Super Mario Bros. Wii

New Super Mario Bros. U

Gallery

Names in other languages

Language Name Meaning Notes
Japanese 大きな砲台[5]
Ōkina hōdai
Large artillery
Italian Cannone gigante[6]:41, 215 Giant cannon
Cannone Gigante[6]:149 Giant Cannon

References

  1. ^ "Bring Out The Big Guns! This giant cannon shoots two huge bullets in rapid succession. Either jump on its barrel or duck quickly!" – June 1990. Nintendo Power Volume 13. Nintendo of America (American English). Page 75.
  2. ^ Jump up to: a b "Look out for the giant bullets from the big gun towards the end. Duck or jump quickly as soon as you see the huge barrel!" – Pelland, Scott, George Sinfield, Dan Owsen, Leslie Swan, and Lynn Griffes, editors (Spring 1991). NES Game Atlas. Redmond: Nintendo of America (American English). Page 48.
  3. ^ "The two massive cannons fire equally enormous cannonballs at supersonic speeds." – Peterson, Erik (2003). Super Mario Advance 4: Super Mario Bros. 3 Player's Guide. Nintendo of America (American English). ISBN 1930206-37-2. Page 116.
  4. ^ Jump up to: a b "BRINGING OUT THE BIG GUNS Deal with the rodent atop the small turret, and then take a running leap and land atop the huge turret pointing to your right. Remove the rodent up here. After the big turret fires, jump below it, across the water to the next boat." – Hodgson, David S J. (October 21, 2003). Super Mario Advance 4: Super Mario Bros. 3 Prima's Official Strategy Guide. Prima Games (American English). ISBN 0-7615-4425-9. Page 100.
  5. ^ Sakai, Kazuya (Ambit) et al. (October 19, 2015). Super Mario Bros. Hyakka: Nintendo Kōshiki Guidebook. Shogakukan (Japanese). ISBN 978-4-09-106569-8. Page 41, 149, and 215.
  6. ^ Jump up to: a b November 15, 2018. Super Mario Bros. Enciclopedia. Magazzini Salani (Italian). ISBN 978-88-9367-436-2. Page 41, 149, 215.