Hiranya
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The title of this article is official, but this subject only appears in Japanese material.
| Hiranya | |||
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 Artwork from the manual | |||
| Appears in | All Night Nippon: Super Mario Bros. | ||
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A Hiranya is a symbol popularized by the Japanese radio show Yūji Miyake's Young Paradise, the radio program that preceded All Night Nippon on the same station. A segment on that show claimed the Hiranya has mysterious powers and is buried somewhere in Tokyo, daring the listeners to hunt for it to claim a prize. In All Night Nippon: Super Mario Bros., the Hiranya replaces the Super Star.
Gallery[edit]
Hiranya instructions in the manual
Sprite
Hiranya in World 1-1
Names in other languages[edit]
| Language | Name | Meaning | Note(s) | Ref. |
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| Japanese | ヒランヤ Hiran'ya |
From "हिरण्य" (híraṇya), Sanskrit for "gold"[1] | [2] |
Notes[edit]
- The official appearance of the Hiranya is a golden hexagram embossed on a hexagon with a circular hole in the center as can be seen in the computer game YanPara Adventure: Hiranya no Nazo released months earlier in 1986.[3]
References[edit]
- ^ 『これが噂のヒランヤだ: ピラミッドパワーを超えた奇跡の黄金六芒星』 cover.
- ^ All Night Nippon: Super Mario Bros. instruction booklet. Page 10.
- ^ ヤンパラアドベンチャー ヒランヤの謎. Game Preservation Society. Retrieved December 14, 2024.
