Editing Inverted Pyramid

{{location infobox
|image=[[File:SMO Sand Brochure D.png|200px]]<br>The Inverted Pyramid as it appears in the Sand Kingdom brochure.
|greater_location=[[Sand Kingdom]]
|first_appearance=''[[Super Mario Odyssey]]'' ([[List of games by date#2017|2017]])
|latest_appearance=''[[The Super Mario Bros. Movie]]'' (2023)
}}
{{quote|I got a power line ALL the way to the pyramid!|Tostarenan|Super Mario Odyssey}}
The '''Inverted Pyramid''' is a location in the [[Sand Kingdom]] in ''[[Super Mario Odyssey]]''. It is a hexagonal pyramid towering above the rest of the kingdom. As it is upside down, the entrance is at the tip. Despite the odd position, it does not fall over. It is a famous landmark that attracts tourists.

==Layout and visitability==
The Inverted Pyramid's entrance only opens to [[Mario]] after completing [[Moon Shards in the Sand]]. The inside of the pyramid features [[Bullet Bill]]s, and an [[8-bit pipe]] that takes Mario into the wall. This section makes use of [[gravity field]]s. From here, Mario can use a pipe to walk across a band of the exterior, which is also an 8-bit section with [[Goomba]]s. After returning to the interior, Mario can leave a final gravity section and return to the third dimension. This last room has Bullet Bills, [[Hat Trampoline]]s, and a big field of small [[cactus|cacti]] right in front of the exit. The base at the top of the pyramid has a [[Jaxi Stand]] and five [[Jaxi Statue]]s. There is a space for a final statue, but the statue is mysteriously absent. There is sand piled up by the space though. It is implied that [[Jaxi]] used to stand here. In the center of the area, [[Hariet]] is fought as part of [[Showdown on the Inverted Pyramid]]. 

After Hariet is defeated, the Inverted Pyramid floats into the air, allowing the player to enter a large hole revealed underneath. This leads into the objective [[The Hole in the Desert]], during which the Pyramid is inaccessible. After completing that, a [[Tostarenan]] lets Mario use a [[Hat Catapult]] to reach the entrance, and another Tostarean sets up a power line from [[Tostarena Town]] so that Mario can use [[spark pylon]]s to reach the bottom. Another spark pylon allows Mario to travel to the [[Moe-Eye Habitat]] or [[Tostarena Northwest Reaches]], or go to the Inverted Pyramid from those locations.

==Other appearances==
===''Captain Toad: Treasure Tracker''===
The Inverted Pyramid reappears in the [[Nintendo Switch]] and [[Nintendo 3DS]] ports of ''[[Captain Toad: Treasure Tracker]]'', in the level [[Secret of the Inverted Pyramid]]. A [[Pull Switch]] is found on top of the pyramid, and causes it to float into the air when pulled. This version of the pyramid lacks the exterior 8-bit section and both entrances into the pyramid that the original has.

===Illumination film series===
====''The Super Mario Bros. Movie''====
The Inverted Pyramid reappears in ''[[The Super Mario Bros. Movie]]'' in the scene where [[Mario]], [[Toad]], and [[Princess Peach]] are traversing the [[Sand Kingdom]].

====''The Super Mario Galaxy Movie''====
The Inverted Pyramid reappears in ''[[The Super Mario Galaxy Movie]]'' as a location to which Mario and Luigi are called in order to investigate a clogged [[Warp Pipe]] and use [[Fire Flower|Fire Flowers]] to navigate through the dark ruins. They find [[Yoshi]] inside, along with [[Bat (Super Mario Galaxy)|bats]] and [[Buzzy Beetle|Buzzy Beetles]].<ref>{{cite|author=Nintendo of America|date=November 12, 2025|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yqjMaKQskW8|title=The Super Mario Galaxy Movie Direct 11.12.2025|publisher=YouTube|accessdate=November 12, 2025}}</ref><ref>{{cite|author=Nintendo of America|date=January 25, 2026|url=https://youtu.be/yP5RGz_CRFM|title=The Super Mario Galaxy Movie – Yoshi First Look|publisher=YouTube|accessdate=January 26, 2026}}</ref> It is much closer to [[Tostarena Town]] and is no longer floating, instead being crashed near the town.

==Names in other languages==
{{foreign names
|Jpn=さかさピラミッド
|JpnR=Sakasa Piramiddo
|JpnM=Inverted Pyramid
|Chi=倒金字塔
|ChiR=Dào jīnzìtǎ
|ChiM=Inverted Pyramid
|SpaA=Pirámide invertida
|SpaAM=Inverted pyramid
|SpaE=Pirámide Invertida
|SpaEM=Inverted Pyramid
|Ita=Piramide Capovolta
|ItaM=Inverted Pyramid
|Kor=역피라미드
|KorR=Yeok Piramideu
|KorM=Inverted Pyramid
|Rus=Обратная пирамида
|RusR=Obratnaya piramida
|RusM=Inverted Pyramid
}}

==References==
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[[Category:Temples]]
[[Category:Super Mario Odyssey locations]]
[[Category:The Super Mario Bros. Movie locations]]
[[Category:The Super Mario Galaxy Movie locations]]
[[it:Piramide Capovolta]]