Editing Note

{{about|collectible items in the Super Mario series|other uses|[[Note (disambiguation)]]}}
{{redirect|Musical notes|the characters from [[Mario Party DS]]|[[Musical Note]]}}
{{item infobox
|image=[[File:SMO Artwork Notes.png|200x200px]]<br>Artwork from ''[[Super Mario Odyssey]]''
|first_appearance=''[[Super Mario Galaxy]]'' ([[List of games by date#2007|2007]])
|latest_appearance=''[[Super Mario Galaxy + Super Mario Galaxy 2]]'' ([[List of games by date#2025|2025]])
|effect=Rewards the player with an item when all notes are collected
}}
'''Notes''' (also called '''music notes''',<ref>{{cite|quote=Collect music notes to recover the instruments, and then return them to their rightful owners.|author=Bonus: Travel Hints|title=''[[Super Mario Odyssey]]'' by [[Nintendo EPD]]|format=Ver. 1.3.0|date=25 Apr, 2019|publisher=[[Nintendo|Nintendo of America]]}}</ref> '''musical notes''',<ref>{{cite|author=Esmarch, Nick von|title=''Super Mario 3D Land: PRIMA Official Game Guide''|date=2011|location=Roseville|publisher=[[Prima Games]]|page=34, 52}}</ref> or '''song notes'''<ref>{{cite|author=Walsh, Doug, and Epstein, Joe|title=''Super Mario Odyssey: PRIMA Official Game Guide''|format=Collector's Edition|date=2017|location=Roseville|publisher=[[Prima Games]]|page=186, 193, 210, 245, 273}}</ref>) are colorful items in the [[Super Mario (franchise)|''Super Mario'' franchise]] that debuted in ''[[Super Mario Galaxy]]''. Making contact with an environmental trigger causes a string of notes to appear in the immediate area for a limited period of time. Collecting every one rewards the player character with an item. The player character collects a note just by touching it, which is accompanied by the sound of a single {{wp|musical note}}. Each note in the string plays a musical note at a different frequency from the others. In most games, collecting each note in succession sometimes creates a melody.

Notes are generally shaped like {{wp|eighth note}}s, though '''large notes'''<ref name=art>{{cite|quote=Touching one of these large notes causes a string of small notes to appear for a limited time.|author=Sakai, Kazuya, kikai, Rachel Roberts, and Jenny Blenk, editors|title="Sand Kingdom". ''[[The Art of Super Mario Odyssey]]''|format=First English Edition|date=2019|location=Milwaukie|publisher=[[Dark Horse Books]]|page=113}}</ref>—the environmental triggers in ''[[Super Mario Odyssey]]''—are shaped like {{wp|Clef#G-clefs|treble clef}}s.

==History==
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===''Super Mario'' series===
====''Super Mario Galaxy''====
[[File:SMG Shrinking Tiles.png|thumb|170px|left|Mario collecting notes]]
In ''Super Mario Galaxy'' and its [[Nintendo Switch]] [[Super Mario Galaxy (Nintendo Switch)|port]], notes usually appear when [[Mario]] (or [[Luigi]]) touches a [[? Coin]], although the ones in the [[Gold Leaf Galaxy]] appear if the player rings a bell with the [[Star Pointer]]. Afterwards, they line up, and Mario needs to grab all of them. The background music also mutes when the notes are activated. Each note makes a different sound and together forms a short jingle or tune, typically from another game in the ''Super Mario'' series, such as "[[Underground BGM (Super Mario Bros.)|Underground BGM]]" and "[[Underwater BGM (Super Mario Bros.)|Underwater BGM]]" from ''[[Super Mario Bros.]]'' If the player gets every note, Mario will get an item, such as a [[1-Up Mushroom]]. However, if the player fails to collect all the notes within the time limit, the remaining notes will disappear. The notes are also used in a few [[galaxy|galaxies]] where they need to be collected to get a [[Power Star]], such as the [[Hurry-Scurry Galaxy]], the Gold Leaf Galaxy, and the [[Sea Slide Galaxy]].
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====''Super Mario Galaxy 2''====
In ''[[Super Mario Galaxy 2]]'', notes appear in the [[Sky Station Galaxy]], [[Puzzle Plank Galaxy]], [[Boo Moon Galaxy]], and the [[Throwback Galaxy]]. They retain their function from the first game, but their environmental triggers are more varied. In the Puzzle Plank Galaxy, [[Ground-Pound Switch]]es cause notes to appear. In the Throwback Galaxy, they are released from a smashed [[crate]]. A ? Coin appears as a trigger only in Boo Moon Galaxy.

====''Super Mario 3D Land''====
Notes appear in ''[[Super Mario 3D Land]]'' as well with a similar purpose, activated by a [[P Switch]] or when a [[flower (environmental object)|bush]] is rustled. If all of the notes are collected, Mario can earn a power-up if he is in either [[Small Mario|Small form]] or [[Super Mario (form)|Super form]]. Otherwise, he earns a 1-Up Mushroom.

====''Super Mario Odyssey''====
In ''Super Mario Odyssey'', large notes (recognized as "treble clefs" in the [[Prima Games]] guidebook)<ref>{{cite|author=Walsh, Doug, and Epstein, Joe|title=''Super Mario Odyssey: PRIMA Official Game Guide''|date=2017|location=Roseville|publisher=[[Prima Games]]|page=38, 50, 84, 108, 116, 128, 143}}</ref> appear in every kingdom except for the [[Dark Side]] and [[Darker Side]] of the [[moon]]. Touching one causes a string of '''small notes'''<ref name=art/> to appear. Collecting all of them awards Mario a [[Power Moon]]. Notes appear in 2D areas, the first instance where they have been included in an area on a 2D plane. Like platforms, enemies, other items, and Mario himself, notes appear as 8-bit sprites in these areas. Notes are a prominent component of the [[Super Mario Odyssey#Nintendo Labo VR|Playing in VR]] mode added in version 1.3.0 on April 25, 2019, in which collecting all of the notes in an area reveals an instrument that must be returned to a corresponding musician.

The name of each Power Moon that appears after the player collects notes is prefixed with the pun "Taking Notes."

===''Minecraft''===
Notes replace [[minecraftwiki:Music Disc|Music Disc]]s and one of the paintings in the Super Mario Mash-Up Pack in ''[[Minecraft]]'', having an appearance from the ''Super Mario Galaxy'' games.

===''Super Mario Party''===
Notes appear in the River Survival mode of ''[[Super Mario Party]]''. Collecting every note in a single route causes a [[Minigame Balloon]] to appear. This is the notes' first appearance in the [[Super Mario (franchise)|''Super Mario'' franchise]] outside a mainline title.

===''Mario & Luigi: Brothership''===
In ''[[Mario & Luigi: Brothership]]'', notes appear whenever a [[P Switch]] is activated. Collecting all of them rewards the Bros. with a valuable item. They appear in [[Rumbla Island]] (which rewards Dirt-Cheap Wear), [[Allsand Island]] (which rewards an Ultra Mushroom), and in [[Ryder O'Reilly]]'s challenges on [[Bitsi Islet]] which give a 1-Up DX, Max Nut, then Cozy Wear DX respectively for each challenge.

==Melodies played by notes==
*The {{wp|chromatic scale}} (''Super Mario Galaxy'' games and ''Super Mario Odyssey'' only)
*"[[Underground BGM (Super Mario Bros.)|Underground BGM]]" from ''[[Super Mario Bros.]]'' (''Super Mario Galaxy'' games only)
*"[[Underwater BGM (Super Mario Bros.)|Underwater BGM]]" from ''Super Mario Bros.'' (''Super Mario Galaxy'' games and ''Super Mario 3D Land'' only)
*"[[Bonus Game BGM]]" from ''[[Super Mario World]]'' (''Super Mario Galaxy'' games and ''Super Mario 3D Land'' only)
*First few notes of "[[Athletic BGM (Super Mario Bros. 3)|Athletic BGM]]" from ''[[Super Mario Bros. 3]]'' (''Super Mario 3D Land'' only)

==Gallery==
<gallery>
Music Notes.png|Models from ''[[Super Mario Galaxy]]''
SMG Asset Model Note 01.png|Model from ''Super Mario Galaxy''
SMG Asset Model Note.gif|Model from ''Super Mario Galaxy''
SMG2 Sky Station Hill Planet.png|Screenshot from ''[[Super Mario Galaxy 2]]''
SMG2 Puzzle Plank Switch.png|Screenshot from ''Super Mario Galaxy 2''
SM3DL Screenshot Note.png|Screenshot from ''[[Super Mario 3D Land]]''
Minecraft Mario Mash-Up Painting Passage.png|''[[Minecraft]]'' painting
SMO Artwork Treble Clef.png||Artwork from ''[[Super Mario Odyssey]]''
SMO Artwork 8-Bit Treble Clef.png|Artwork from ''Super Mario Odyssey''
SMO Artwork Note.png|Artwork from ''Super Mario Odyssey''
SMO Artwork 8-Bit Note.png|Artwork from ''Super Mario Odyssey''
SMO 8bit Rainbow Treble Clef.gif|Sprite from ''Super Mario Odyssey''
SMO 8bit Rainbow Note.gif|Sprite from ''Super Mario Odyssey''
SMO Mushroom Moon 11.png|Screenshot from ''Super Mario Odyssey''
Note SMO.jpg|Screenshot from ''Super Mario Odyssey''
BreakneckPace SMP.png|Screenshot from ''[[Super Mario Party]]''
</gallery>

==Names in other languages==
{{foreign names
|Jpn=音符
|JpnR=Onpu
|JpnM=Note
|JpnC=<ref>{{cite|author=Sakai, Kazuya, and kikai, editors|date=2018|title=『[[The Art of Super Mario Odyssey|スーバーマリオ オデッセイ 公式設定資料集]]』|language=ja|location=Tokyo|publisher=ambit|isbn=978-4-19-864696-7|page=113}}</ref>
|Chi=音符
|ChiR=Yīnfú
|ChiM=Note
|Dut=Note
|DutM=-
|Fre=note
|FreM=note
|Ger=Note
|GerM=-
|Ita=Nota
|ItaM=Note
|Rus=до-ре-ми
|RusR=do-re-mi
|RusM=do-re-mi
|Spa=nota
|SpaM=note
}}

==References==
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[[Category:Collectibles]]
[[Category:Mario & Luigi: Brothership items]]
[[Category:Super Mario 3D Land items]]
[[Category:Super Mario Galaxy items]]
[[Category:Super Mario Galaxy 2 items]]
[[Category:Super Mario Odyssey items]]
[[Category:Super Mario Party]]

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