Roto-Disc: Difference between revisions

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'''Roto-discs'''<ref>''Super Mario All-Stars Limited Edition'' instruction booklet, page 27.</ref> (also spelled '''Rotodiscs'''<ref>''Super Mario Bros. 3'' English instruction booklet, page 38.</ref>, '''Roto-Discs'''<ref>''Nintendo Power'' Volume 13, pages 9 & 80.</ref><ref>Peterson, Erik. The ''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, 106.</ref>, '''Roto Discs'''<ref>''Nintendo Power'' Volume 13, pages 46, 54, 55, 60, 70.</ref><ref>''Super Mario All-Stars'' Player's Guide, page 146.</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]]-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 only be destroyed if the player transforms into a [[Statue Mario|statue]] by using the [[Tanooki Suit]] and lands on top of one. '''Duo-Roto-Discs'''<ref>''Nintendo Power'' Volume 13, page 59.</ref> can also be found, which consist of two Roto-discs circling the central orb. If the player destroys one using the Tanooki Suit, the other will disappear.

Aside from ''Super Mario Bros. 3'' and its subsequent remakes, the only other appearance of Rotodiscs 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 will send Mario back to the beginning of the area if they connect with him.

''[[Super Mario Land]]'' contains [[Kaitensuru Honō]], which are fiery orbs 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 [[Guruguri]] in the [[Mario Zone]], which behaves in a similar fashion.

Roto-discM&LSS.png|A Rotodisc in [[Bowser's Castle]] in ''Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga''

SMLRoto-disc.png|[[Kaitensuru Honō]], from ''Super Mario Land''

Guruguri.png|[[Guruguri]], from ''Super Mario Land 2: 6 Golden Coins''

|Fra=Rotodisque<ref>''Super Mario Bros. 3'' French instruction booklet, page 44.</ref>

|FraM=Rotodisc

|Ita=Rotodisco<ref>''Super Mario All-Stars Limited Edition'' Italian instruction booklet, page 28</ref>

|ItaM=Rotodisc}}

*In ''[[Wario's Woods]]'' for the [[Super Nintendo Entertainment System|SNES]], after activating a combo, an energy orb appears and refills 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>

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