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==History==
==History==
===''Super Mario Galaxy'' / ''Super Mario Galaxy 2''===
===''Super Mario Galaxy'' / ''Super Mario Galaxy 2''===
[[File:The Underground Ghost Ship 1.png|left|thumb|200px|Fire Mario alongside two torches in the [[Deep Dark Galaxy]]]]
Torches are introduced in ''[[Super Mario Galaxy]]''. They typically bear red flames, but in some ghost-themed [[Galaxy|galaxies]], their flames are blue. In missions featuring the Fire Flower, lighting all of the Torches in an area triggers a nearby event, such as in the opening of a stone gate in [[The Underground Ghost Ship]]. Torches otherwise can be encountered already lit. They have the same function in ''[[Super Mario Galaxy 2]]''.
Torches are introduced in ''[[Super Mario Galaxy]]''. They typically bear red flames, but in some ghost-themed [[Galaxy|galaxies]], their flames are blue. In missions featuring the Fire Flower, lighting all of the Torches in an area triggers a nearby event, such as in the opening of a stone gate in [[The Underground Ghost Ship]]. Torches otherwise can be encountered already lit. They have the same function in ''[[Super Mario Galaxy 2]]''.


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Revision as of 05:32, June 6, 2023

Lantern
Rendered model of a torch from Super Mario Galaxy.
Model from Super Mario Galaxy
First appearance Super Mario Galaxy (2007)
Latest appearance Super Mario 3D All-Stars (2020)
Effect Opens pathways or reveals concealed items when lit

Torches are recurring stone objects in the 3D Super Mario games. Lighting Torches with fireballs can open pathways or make collectible items appear. Their function is shared with the Torchlights in The Legend of Zelda series, something that is lampshaded in World 5-2 of Super Mario 3D Land.

In nearly all appearances, the player character lights Torches in their Fire form. Levels that feature Torches almost always include Fire Flowers. Like with lava and other forms of fire, touching a Torch's flame burns the character, even if they were the one who lit it.

History

Super Mario Galaxy / Super Mario Galaxy 2

Fire Mario alongside two torches in the Deep Dark Galaxy

Torches are introduced in Super Mario Galaxy. They typically bear red flames, but in some ghost-themed galaxies, their flames are blue. In missions featuring the Fire Flower, lighting all of the Torches in an area triggers a nearby event, such as in the opening of a stone gate in The Underground Ghost Ship. Torches otherwise can be encountered already lit. They have the same function in Super Mario Galaxy 2.

Super Mario 3D Land

Torches return in Super Mario 3D Land. In this game, lighting them usually reveals coins. In World 5-2, Torches are used to open a door that leads to a Star Medal. Lighting them all plays the "Puzzle Solved Jingle" from The Legend of Zelda series.

Super Mario 3D World / Super Mario 3D World + Bowser's Fury

In Super Mario 3D World and its port, lighting Torches can brighten up dark areas (such as in Switchblack Ruins) and reveal Green Stars (as seen in Piranha Creeper Creek after Dark, where every Torch in each room must be lit to get them).

Super Mario Odyssey

In Super Mario Odyssey, Torches appear in the Luncheon Kingdom, where they must be lit by captured Fire Bros or Fire Piranha Plants. Lighting all of the Torches in an area reveals a Power Moon.

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Names in other languages

Language Name Meaning
Japanese たいまつ[1]
Taimatsu
しよく台[2]
Shokudai
Torch (Super Mario 3D Land)

Candlestick (Super Mario 3D World)

References

  1. ^ Kazuya Sakai (Ambit), kikai, Akinori Sao, Junko Fukuda, Kunio Takayama, and Ko Nakahara (Shogakukan) (ed.). Encyclopedia Super Mario Bros. (Japanese source). Tokyo: Shogakukan, 2015. page 185. ISBN: 978-4-09-106569-8.
  2. ^ Sakai, page 232