Kappa Mountain
| Kappa Mountain | |
|---|---|
 In Super Mario World  In the Game Boy Advance version | |
| First appearance | Super Mario World (1990) |
| Latest appearance | Super Mario World: Super Mario Advance 2 (2001) |
| Greater location | Yoshi's Island |
Kappa Mountain[1] is the largest mountain on Yoshi's Island and the location of the Yellow Switch Palace in Super Mario World. The mountain is too tall to fit into the frame displaying Yoshi's Island's sub-map, requiring the player to display its summit in Dinosaur Land's map.
Naming[edit]
"Kappa Mountain" is named after the kappa, a being from Japanese folklore that has a water-filled, bowl-shaped depression on the top of its head. The lake in the middle of the mountain in Super Mario World looks like the head of a kappa, and the whole mountain could be thought of as a kappa lying on its underbelly.
Kappa Mountain is named directly in the Japanese version of Super Mario World through the name of the Yellow Switch Palace, 「かっぱやま きいろスイッチ」 (Kappa Yama Kiiro Suitchi, "Kappa Mountain Yellow Switch"). While it is unnamed in-game in other languages, its name is attested in supplementary material, such as the game's manual.
Names in other languages[edit]
| Language | Name | Meaning | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Japanese | かっぱ Kappa Yama |
Kappa Mountain | |
| French | Montagne Kappa[?] | Kappa Mountain | |
| Italian | Kappa Mountain[3] | - | |
| Monte Kappa[4][5] | Kappa Mountain | Super Mario Bros. Encyclopedia | |
| Portuguese | Montanha Kappa[?] | Kappa Mountain | |
| Spanish | Montaña de Kappa[?] | Kappa Mountain |
References[edit]
- ^ 1991. Super Mario World instruction booklet. Nintendo of America (American English). Page 19.
- ^ Super Mario World Japanese instruction booklet (fold-out)
- ^ 1992. Super Mario World Libretto di Istruzioni. Großostheim: Nintendo of Europe GmbH (Italian). Page 19. (Archived 29 Apr. 2019 via Mario's Castle by Alessandro "Stormkyleis" Imbesi.)
- ^ Sakai, Kazuya (ambit), kikai, Akinori Sao, Junko Fukuda, Kunio Takayama, Ko Nakahara (Shogakukan), and Marco Figini, editors (2018). Super Mario Bros. Enciclopedia. Translated by Marco Amerighi. Milan: Magazzini Salani (Italian). ISBN 889367436X. Page 57.
- ^ Sakai, Kazuya (ambit), kikai, Akinori Sao, Junko Fukuda, Kunio Takayama, Ko Nakahara (Shogakukan), and Marco Figini, editors (2025). "Super Mario World" in Super Mario Bros. Enciclopedia (2nd ed.). Translated by Alessandro Apreda. Milan: Magazzini Salani (Italian). ISBN 979-1259575760. Page 57.
