Stone circle

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Stone circle
In-game screenshot of a stone circle in Super Mario Galaxy.
Screenshot of a stone circle in Super Mario Galaxy
First appearance Super Mario Galaxy (2007)
Latest appearance Super Mario 3D All-Stars (2020)

Stone circles[1] are clusters of interactable objects in Super Mario Galaxy and Super Mario Galaxy 2. A stone circle consists of eight small rocks arranged into a ring on the ground. Spinning within the ring transforms each of the rocks into a collectible Star Bit. There are iterations of circles themed to the level's environment. In beach galaxies, such as the Beach Bowl Galaxy and Cosmic Cove Galaxy, the player can find shell circles[2] (or shell rings).[3] The cake-shaped planet at the end of Sweet Sweet Galaxy has a strawberry circle[4] on its top. On an airship in Bowser Jr.'s Airship Armada, a circle is combined with a valve, where spinning it releases Star Bits from the eight vents surrounding it. Only the stone and shell circles appear in both Super Mario Galaxy games.

There are flowers in Super Mario Sunshine that are similar in concept, with flowers growing in rings, and they release many collectible coins when sprayed all at once.

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Names in other languages

Language Name Meaning Notes
Japanese スピン石[5]
Supin Ishi
Spin Stones (stone circle)
スピン貝[5]
Supin Kai
Spin Shells (shell ring)

References

  1. ^ Fletcher Black. Super Mario Galaxy: PRIMA Official Game Guide (Collector's Edition). Roseville: Prima Games, 2007. Page 63. ISBN: 978-0-76155-713-5.
  2. ^ Black, page 229
  3. ^ Black, page 257
  4. ^ Super Mario Galaxy internal filename (ObjectData/CircleStrawberry.arc)
  5. ^ a b Kazuya Sakai (Ambit), kikai, Akinori Sao, Junko Fukuda, Kunio Takayama, and Ko Nakahara (Shogakukan) (ed.). Encyclopedia Super Mario Bros. (Japanese source). Tokyo: Shogakukan, 2015. Pages 136, 170. ISBN: 978-4-09-106569-8.