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| | [[Image:China.jpg|thumb|The '''Great Wall of China''', having been vandalized by Bully Koopa.]] |
| |image=[[File:China.jpg|250px]]<br>The Great Wall of China, having been vandalized by Bully Koopa in ''The Adventures of Super Mario Bros. 3''
| | '''The Great Wall of China''' is the longest wall in the [[Real World]], and, as its name cleary implies, is located in the country of China. |
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| |first_appearance="[[7 Continents for 7 Koopas]]" (''[[The Adventures of Super Mario Bros. 3]]'', 1990)
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| |latest_appearance=''[[Mario is Missing!]]'' (Deluxe) ([[List of games by date#1994|1994]])
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| The '''{{wp|Great Wall of China}}''' is the longest wall on [[Earth]], and, as its name implies, is located in China. It has two names in Chinese: the official (Traditional Chinese: '''萬里長城'''; Simplified Chinese: '''万里长城'''; Pinyin: ''Wànlǐ chángchéng'') which means "the long wall of 10,000 Li", and an alternative (Traditional Chinese: '''長城'''; Simplified Chinese: '''长城'''; Pinyin: ''Chángchéng'') which means "Great Wall". The wall has made a few appearances in the ''[[Super Mario (franchise)|Super Mario]]'' franchise. | |
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| ==History==
| | The Great Wall appeared in an episode of ''[[The Adventures of Super Mario Bros. 3]]'', "[[7 Continents for 7 Koopas]]". When [[Bowser]] tried to conquer the entire Real World, he put [[Roy Koopa|Bully Koopa]] under control of [[Asia]]. Bully vandalized the Great Wall of China by spraying graffiti all over it. [[Mario]] later stole Bully's wand, and turned the wall into a giant dragon, which later attacked Bully. Ironically, this could be seen as damaging the wall even more than Bully did. However, it seen that later the wall and dragon both appeared at once, though it is not explained how. |
| ===''The Adventures of Super Mario Bros. 3''===
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| The Great Wall first appeared in an episode of ''[[The Adventures of Super Mario Bros. 3]]'', "[[7 Continents for 7 Koopas]]". When [[Bowser]] tries to conquer the entire Real World, he puts [[Roy Koopa|Bully Koopa]] under control of Asia. Bully vandalizes the Great Wall of China by spraying graffiti all over it. [[Mario]] later steals Bully's wand, and turns the wall into a giant dragon, which then attacks and tries to eat Bully. Ironically, this could be seen as damaging the wall even more than Bully did. However, it is seen that later the wall and dragon both appeared at once (in the error screen (which happened due to the heroes' victories) and Bowser's defeat), though it is not explained how. | | {{Earth}} |
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| ===''Mario is Missing!''===
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| [[File:GreatWallofChina_MIM.png|thumb|left|The Great Wall of China in the SNES version of ''Mario is Missing!'']]
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| [[File:Great Wall of China MIMDOS.png|thumb|The Great Wall of China in the DOS version of ''Mario is Missing!'']]
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| The Wall later appeared in the game ''[[Mario is Missing!]]'', being vandalized by [[Koopa Troopa]]s again. This time, a single [[Stone from the Great Wall|stone]] was stolen, and the Wall is barred from visitors until [[Luigi]] returns it. To do so, he has to defeat Koopa Troopas in [[Beijing]] and answer questions about the Great Wall to proof the stone's authenticity. The questions are as follows:
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| *How long is the Great Wall?
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| **'''3946 miles'''
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| **300,000 kilometers
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| **3690 miles
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| **5000 miles
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| *When did the building of the wall begin?
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| **25th century BC
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| **1949
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| **'''5th century BC'''
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| **3946 BC
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| *About how many men did it take to build the wall?
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| **'''300,000'''
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| **30,000
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| **3,000
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| **300
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| ==Pamphlet information from ''Mario is Missing!''==
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| ''One of the world's seven great wonders, the Great Wall is the only man-made object visible from outer space. The Chinese poetically call it "Long Wall of Ten Thousand Li." It is said that over 300,000 men labored for ten years to complete its 3,946 miles. Begun in fifth century BC, its purpose was to keep northern tribes from attacking southern states. The Wall is wide enough to allow a team of five horses to run, side by side, along its top. This way, messengers could bring food and information without slowing down too much!''
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| '''Note:''' The pamphlet says that the Wall is "the only manmade object visible from [[Outer Space|outer space]]", and a Beijing boy too claims that it is "the only manmade thing on [[earth]] an astronaut can see from space." This, however, is actually {{wp|Great Wall of China#Visibility from space|debatable}}.
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| ==Media==
| | [[Category: Non-Game Locations]] |
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| |description1=Live-action footage of the Great Wall of China in the Deluxe version of ''Mario is Missing!''
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| [[it:Grande muraglia cinese]] | |
