Editing Roto-Disc

{{species infobox
|image=[[File:SMB3_Roto-Disc.jpg|200px]]
|first_appearance=''[[Super Mario Bros. 3]]'' ([[List of games by date#1988|1988]])
|latest_appearance=''[[Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga + Bowser's Minions]]'' ([[List of games by date#2017|2017]])
|relatives=[[Satellite]]
|comparable=[[Roto Disc (Super Mario Land)|Roto Disc (''Super Mario Land'')]]
}}
'''Roto-Discs'''<ref>''Nintendo Power'' Volume 13, pages 9 & 80.</ref><ref>Peterson, Erik. ''Super Mario Advance 4: Super Mario Bros. 3'' Player's Guide. Page 15.</ref><ref>Hodgson, David S J. ''Super Mario Advance 4: Super Mario Bros. 3'' Prima's Official Strategy Guide. Pages 20, 29, 30, 45, 49, 50, 60, 66, 67, 76, 77, 82, 85, 96, 97, 104, 105, and 106.</ref><ref>[https://www.nintendo.co.jp/character/mario/archives/smb3/?lang=en English ''Super Mario Bros. 3'' entry on the official Mario portal]. ''nintendo.co.jp''. Retrieved August 13, 2022. ([https://archive.ph/0bmQD Archived] August 13, 2022 14:26:17 UTC via archive.today.)</ref> (also formatted as '''Rotodiscs''',<ref>''Super Mario Bros. 3'' English instruction booklet, page 38.</ref> '''Roto Discs''',<ref>''Nintendo Power'' Volume 13, pages 46, 54, 55, 60, and 70.</ref><ref>M. Arakawa. ''Super Mario All-Stars'' Player's Guide. Page 146.</ref><ref>M. Arakawa. ''NES Game Atlas''. Page 42.</ref> and '''Roto-discs'''<ref>''Super Mario All-Stars Limited Edition'' instruction booklet, page 27.</ref>), or simply '''Discs''',<ref>Hodgson, David S J. ''Super Mario Advance 4: Super Mario Bros. 3'' Prima's Official Strategy Guide. Page 85.</ref> are [[Fire Bar|Fire-Bar]]- and [[Spinner]]-like obstacles that first appear in ''[[Super Mario Bros. 3]]''. Roto-Discs are found orbiting gray or red orbs, on which it is possible for [[Mario]] or [[Luigi]] to stand. Roto-Discs are nearly invulnerable; they can be destroyed if [[Statue Mario]] lands on top of one. '''Duo-Roto-Discs'''<ref>''Nintendo Power'' Volume 13, page 59.</ref> can also be found, and they consist of two Roto-Discs circling the central orb. If the player destroys one, the other disappears.

Aside from ''Super Mario Bros. 3'' and its subsequent [[reissue]]s, the only other appearance of Roto-Discs is in the [[Mini-Mario]] course in [[Bowser's Castle]] in ''[[Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga]]'' and ''[[Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga + Bowser's Minions]]''. As a throwback to the previous games, they are obstacles that send Mario back to the beginning of the area if they connect with him.

''[[Super Mario Land]]'' contains similar [[Roto Disc (Super Mario Land)|Roto Disc]]s that similarly orbit a [[block]] and share the same attack pattern.

''[[Super Mario Land 2: 6 Golden Coins]]'' also contains an enemy known as a [[satellite]] in the [[Mario Zone]], and it behaves in a similar fashion.

==Profiles==
===''[[Perfect Ban Mario Character Daijiten]]''===
'''<big>クッキー</big><br>
'''{{hover|種族|しゅぞく}}'''　ゴースト族<br>
'''{{hover|性格|せいかく}}'''　きまじめ<br>
'''{{hover|登場|とうじょう}}ゲーム'''　3<br>
'''<big>安全地帯て一息つにう</big><br>
玉を中心に、クルクル回るファイア系のゴース卜族。赤い玉の上はどんなときも安全地帯なので、ここでタイミングをはかって抜けていこう。<ref>Shogakukan. 1994.「パーフェクト版 マリオキャラクター大事典」 (''Perfect Ban Mario Character Daijiten''), [https://i.imgur.com/WCiU8TI.jpeg page 67.]</ref>

'''''<big>Roto-Disc</big>'''''<br>
''Tribe: Ghost clan''<br>
''Disposition: Too serious''<br>
''Game appearances: 3''<br>
'''''<big>Let's take a breather in the safe zone</big><br>
''Fire ghosts that spin around a ball. The top of the red ball is a safe zone at all times, so use this area to get out of the way at the right time.''

==Gallery==
<gallery>
Rotodisc.gif|''Super Mario Bros. 3''
Roto-discM&LSS.png|A Roto-Disc in [[Bowser's Castle]] in ''Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga''
MLSS-Roto-disc.png|''Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga''
SMLRoto-disc.png|[[Roto Disc (Super Mario Land)|Roto Disc]], from ''Super Mario Land''
Guruguri.png|[[Satellite]], from ''Super Mario Land 2: 6 Golden Coins''
SMB3 F40A Roto Discs Artwork.png|''Super Mario Bros. 3'' (Famicom 40th Anniversary)
</gallery>

==Names in other languages==
{{foreign names
|Jap=クッキー<ref>''Super Mario Bros. 3'' Japanese instruction booklet, page 39.</ref>
|JapR=Kukkī
|JapM=Cookie
|Fre=Rotodisque<ref>''Super Mario Bros. 3'' French instruction booklet, page 44.</ref>
|FreM=Rotodisc
|Ita=Roto-Disc<br>Rotodisco<ref>''[[Super Mario All-Stars Limited Edition]]'' Italian manual, pag. 28</ref><br>Roto-Disco<ref>''[[Super Mario Bros. Encyclopedia|Super Mario Bros. Enciclopedia]]'', pag. 36</ref>
|ItaM=-<br>Rotodisc<br>Roto-Disc
}}

==Trivia==
*In ''[[Wario's Woods]]'' for the [[Super Nintendo Entertainment System|SNES]], activating a combo causes an energy orb to appear and refill [[Birdo]]'s time gauge. The sprite used for the orb is the same as the Roto-Discs, only with a different palette.<ref>https://twitter.com/MarioBrothBlog/status/1298715131715567616</ref>
*A sign reading "ROTO DISC" appears in the 1993 ''[[Super Mario Bros. (film)|Super Mario Bros.]]'' film. According to production designer {{wp|David Snyder|David L. Snyder}}, the Roto-Discs were imagined as the energy-conversion engines used in the electric [[Dinohattan]] cars.{{ref needed}}

==References==
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