Sun

This article is about the cosmic body the Mushroom World orbits. For information about the sun character from Paper Mario, see Sun (character). For the sun enemy from Super Mario Bros. 3, see Angry Sun.

Mario and Koops standing in front of the sun setting in Riverside Station.

The Sun is a large star that Mushroom World orbits. It is purely white, and appears as a yellowish, orange-like and light lemon color from Earth through the atmosphere. The Sun appears in many Mario games, but usually acts as scenery and thus provides little purpose.

A view of the Sun in Super Mario Sunshine.

The Sun from Super Mario 64.

The Sun from a distance in Mario Kart 7.

The Sun appears in Super Mario 64 and the remake, Super Mario 64 DS. Usually, it can be seen in the sky in almost every level. However, in Princess Peach's Castle, there is a hexagonal panel on the floor that looks like the Sun. Sunlight shines on this panel from above when Mario gets 10 Power Stars. If he looks into the sun, he will be transported to the Tower of the Wing Cap.

In Super Mario Sunshine the sun actually serves a function. To reach Noki Bay, Mario has to look up at the Sun in front of the water fountain. Also in Super Mario Sunshine, Mario can get a Shine Sprite by squirting it from the top of the tree in the center of Pianta Village.

"SUN" appears as a license plate in the Mario Kart: Double Dash!! course named Mushroom Bridge. It appears on the bus that has "Peach Beach" written on it. The sun also appears in Waluigi Stadium where it can be seen watching the race from the sky. In Super Mario Galaxy, Bowser creates a sun which implodes into a Black Hole in the end. In the Club Nintendo comic "Donkey Kong in: Banana Day 24", giant aliens pulled the Earth away from the sun, resulting in a drop of temperature on the planet.

See Also

• Moon
• Planet
• Galaxy
• Outer Space
• Angry Sun

Other Sun-like Entities

A sun glow model in Super Mario Sunshine.

A sun's lens flares model in Super Mario Sunshine.

• In Super Mario Bros. 3, an enemy called the Angry Sun was introduced. This enemy is a small Sun (extremely small when compared to the actual Sun) with an angry face. It is extremely rare, and can only be found in 2 levels: an unnamed desert level and Level 8-2

• Another Sun, called simply the Sun, is also extremely small. This Sun provides the light needed to sustain the plant life of Flower Fields in the game Paper Mario.

• In Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga the Fire God's head is a Sun.

• A Sun-shaped rock called the Sun Stone appeared in Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door, hidden away in the Fuzzy-guarded sewers of Shhwonk Fortress. The Sun Stone (along with its counterpart, the Moon Stone) was used to activate a Warp Pipe to Hooktail Castle.

• In Mario Party 6, there is a character named Brighton who acts as the Sun of the Party World, while Twila acts as the Moon.

• A Sun-like item called a Shine Sprite which first appears in Super Mario Sunshine aids in bringing sunlight to inhabitants of Isle Delfino.

External Links

Sun on Wikipedia
Sun on Planet 51