Leaf raft

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Leaf raft
Texture of a lily pad from Super Mario Sunshine.
Texture from Super Mario Sunshine
First appearance Super Mario Sunshine (2002)
Latest appearance Super Mario 3D All-Stars (2020)
“Since the lake's been like this, the leaf boats have all rotted. They fall apart when you get on them now. That's...not good.”
Pianta, Super Mario Sunshine

Leaf rafts (also capitalized in the Super Mario Galaxy 2 manual[1] and previously referred to as leaf boats in Super Mario Sunshine) are floating rafts made of giant leaves. They appear in a few platforming games of the Super Mario franchise.

History[edit]

Super Mario Sunshine[edit]

Lily Pad Ride
Mario and FLUDD riding a leaf boat in Lily Pad Ride.

Leaf boats first appear in Super Mario Sunshine, appearing in some areas of Bianco Hills as well as the Lily Pad Ride secret area. To use one, Mario must jump on one, and then use FLUDD to push the leaf boat in the direction he wishes to go. The leaf boat then begins to move forward, and continues to do so until Mario stops spraying, gradually slowing to a stop after that point. In The Secret of the Dirty Lake and the Lily Pad Ride, the leaf boats are brown from the poison water they are in and begin to slowly wilt away when Mario lands on them, eventually disappearing.

Super Mario Galaxy 2[edit]

Cloud Mario riding on a leaf raft in the Starshine Beach Galaxy.

Leaf rafts reappear in Super Mario Galaxy 2 in the Starshine Beach Galaxy. They behave similar to their appearance in Super Mario Sunshine, but due to the absence of F.L.U.D.D., are now controlled by stepping along the edges the player wants to move them. Relating to this, they now have a high ridge along their perimeters to prevent the player from walking off the edge. They have also been redesigned to look like fallen tree leaves, having a stem on the side and a pointed edge across from it.

A Pianta in this galaxy opens his "leaf raft shop" for business in the mission Climbing the Cloudy Tower, which is the only time they can be used. The player can use them to cross the large body of water in this galaxy without actually touching the water. This is essential in the aforementioned mission, where the player as Cloud Mario or Cloud Luigi must ride across the water using leaf rafts to successfully reach the large tower where the Power Star is located.

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Names in other languages[edit]

Language Name Meaning Notes
Japanese リーフボート[?]
Rīfu Bōto
Leaf Boat
っぱボート[2]
Happa Bōto
-
Chinese (traditional) 蓮葉舟[3]
Liányè Zhōu
Lotus Leaf Boat
German Blattboot[?] Leaf Boat
Italian Barca Foglia[4] Leaf Boat
Leaf raft
Lily-pad Raft
Foglia zattera[5] -
Zattera Ninfea[6]

References[edit]

  1. ^ 2010. Super Mario Galaxy 2 instruction booklet. Nintendo of America (American English). Page 21.
  2. ^ 2010. スーパーマリオギャラクシー2 (Sūpā Mario Gyarakushī Tsū) instruction booklet. Nintendo. Page 27.
  3. ^ Super Mario Galaxy 2 Chinese manual. Page 27.
  4. ^ Super Mario Galaxy 2 Italian instruction manual. Page 27.
  5. ^ Super Mario Bros. Enciclopedia. Page 106.
  6. ^ Super Mario Bros. Enciclopedia. Page 171.