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|image=[[File:NSMBU Torpedo Base Model.png|120px]]<br>A | |image=[[File:NSMBU Torpedo Base Model.png|120px]]<br>A Torpedo tube model from ''[[New Super Mario Bros. U]]'' | ||
|first_appearance=''[[Super Mario World]]'' ([[List of games by date#1990|1990]]) | |first_appearance=''[[Super Mario World]]'' ([[List of games by date#1990|1990]]) | ||
|latest_appearance=''[[Super Mario 3D All-Stars]]'' ([[List of games by date#2020|2020]]) | |latest_appearance=''[[Super Mario 3D All-Stars]]'' ([[List of games by date#2020|2020]]) | ||
|variant_of=[[Bill Blaster]] | |variant_of=[[Bill Blaster]] | ||
|variants=[[Torpedo Base (Targeting Ted) | |variants=[[Torpedo Base (Targeting Ted)]] | ||
|relatives=[[Torpedo Ted]] | |relatives=[[Torpedo Ted]] | ||
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'''Torpedo tubes''' | '''Torpedo tubes''' are black artillery that first appear in ''[[Super Mario World]]''. Gloved hands from the Torpedo tube release [[Torpedo Ted]]s at [[Mario]]. | ||
==History== | ==History== | ||
===''Super Mario'' series=== | ===''Super Mario'' series=== | ||
====''Super Mario World''==== | ====''Super Mario World''==== | ||
Torpedo | Torpedo Bases first appear in ''[[Super Mario World]]'' in only one level, [[Soda Lake]], where they fire Torpedo Teds that are invincible to all available forms of attack, making the level tricky to traverse. The gloves that dispense the Torpedo Teds have four fingers. | ||
====''Super Mario Galaxy''==== | ====''Super Mario Galaxy''==== | ||
[[File:SMG E3 2007 Buoy Base Galaxy.png|thumb|left|Torpedo Teds chasing after Mario and torpedo tubes in the background in ''Super Mario Galaxy'']] | [[File:SMG E3 2007 Buoy Base Galaxy.png|thumb|left|Torpedo Teds chasing after Mario and torpedo tubes in the background in ''Super Mario Galaxy''.]] | ||
Torpedo tubes also appear in ''[[Super Mario Galaxy]]'', where they sport a different design, being identical to the single-sided | Different launchers, similar to Torpedo Bases (generically referred to as '''torpedo tubes''' by [[Prima Games]]<ref>"''The warp pipe is encased in a steel-and-glass cage. Fortunately, there is a Bullet Bill torpedo tube nearby.''" Black, Fletcher. ''Super Mario Galaxy'' PRIMA Official Game Guide, page 157.</ref><ref>"''A massive weight hangs from the tower’s bottom. This holds the tower in place. Mario must somehow remove the weight. There is a torpedo tube in the side of the sea bowl. Swim over to it to catch the eyes of a Bullet Bill as it blasts into the water. Then, swim toward the weight with the Bullet Bill in tow. Quickly paddle to the weight’s other side so the Bullet Bill crashes into it. The explosion drops the weight, allowing several floating devices to rise. Now Mario can climb to the tower’s top.''" Black, Fletcher. ''Super Mario Galaxy'' PRIMA Official Game Guide, page 158.</ref>) also appear in ''[[Super Mario Galaxy]]'', where they sport a different design, being identical to the single-sided Bullet Bill cannons. They are most often found in the water, and now can be destroyed by leading a Torpedo Ted right back at them. | ||
====''New Super Mario Bros. U / New Super Mario Bros. U Deluxe''==== | ====''New Super Mario Bros. U / New Super Mario Bros. U Deluxe''==== | ||
[[File:NSMBUSkullBox.png|thumb|200px|Torpedo | [[File:NSMBUSkullBox.png|thumb|200px|Torpedo Bases and Torpedo Teds in Larry's Torpedo Castle]] | ||
Torpedo | Torpedo Bases, as well as the Torpedo Teds, return in the [[Wii U]] game, ''[[New Super Mario Bros. U]]''. They behave and look almost exactly as they do in ''Super Mario World'', with the gloves now having five fingers, and appear in [[Larry's Torpedo Castle]]; they are once again invincible. [[Targeting Ted]]s and [[Torpedo Base (Targeting Ted)|red Torpedo Bases]] debut in [[The Mighty Cannonship]] level, being both obstacles and weapons that appear in the fight with [[Bowser Jr.#New Super Mario Bros. U|Bowser Jr]]. While [[Torpedo Ted]]s reappear in ''[[New Super Luigi U]]'', black Torpedo Bases do not. | ||
===''Super Princess Peach''=== | ===''Super Princess Peach''=== | ||
Torpedo | Torpedo Bases return alongside the Torpedo Teds in the game ''[[Super Princess Peach]]'', where they are invincible. | ||
===''Mario Party 10''=== | ===''Mario Party 10''=== | ||
Torpedo | Torpedo Bases reappear in ''[[Mario Party 10]]'' in the minigame [[Blooper Blastoff]], where they launch Torpedo Teds. | ||
==Gallery== | ==Gallery== | ||
<gallery> | <gallery> | ||
Torpedo Hasshadai SMW Artwork.jpg|''[[Super Mario World]]'' | Torpedo Hasshadai SMW Artwork.jpg|''[[Super Mario World]]'' artwork | ||
SMW Torpedo Hasshadai.png|''Super Mario World'' | SMW Torpedo Hasshadai.png|''Super Mario World'' | ||
SPP Torpedo Base.png|''[[Super Princess Peach]]'' | SPP Torpedo Base.png|''[[Super Princess Peach]]'' | ||
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|Ger=Torpedo-Kanone | |Ger=Torpedo-Kanone | ||
|GerM=Torpedo Cannon | |GerM=Torpedo Cannon | ||
|Ita=Scatola Teschio<ref>''[[Super Mario Bros. Encyclopedia|Super Mario Bros. Enciclopedia]]'', pag. 61</ref | |Ita=Scatola Teschio<ref>''[[Super Mario Bros. Encyclopedia|Super Mario Bros. Enciclopedia]]'', pag. 61</ref> (''Super Mario World'')<br>Cannone Ted<ref>''[[Super Mario Bros. Encyclopedia|Super Mario Bros. Enciclopedia]]'', pagg. 210-216</ref> (''New Super Mario Bros. U'') | ||
|ItaM=Skull Box<br>Ted Cannon | |||
|ItaM=Skull Box | |||
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