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This article is about the enemies from Super Mario Bros. 3. For the obstacles from Super Mario Land, see Roto Disc (Super Mario Land).
Roto-Disc
Artwork of Roto-Discs from the Super Mario Bros. 3 Famicom 40th Anniversary website
Artwork from Super Mario Bros. 3 (Famicom 40th Anniversary)
First appearance Super Mario Bros. 3 (1988)
Latest appearance Nintendo World Championships: NES Edition (2024)
Relatives
Comparable

Roto-Discs[1][2][3][4] (also formatted as Rotodiscs,[5] Roto Discs,[6][7][8] and Roto-discs[9]), or simply Discs,[10] are Fire-Bar- and Spinner-like enemies that first appear in Super Mario Bros. 3. Roto-Discs are found orbiting red, gray, or green orbs, on which it is possible for Mario or Luigi to stand. Sometimes, they instead circle ? Blocks or simply circle with nothing in the middle. Roto-Discs are nearly invulnerable; they can be destroyed if Statue Mario lands on top of one. Duo-Roto-Discs[11] can also be found, and they consist of two Roto-Discs circling the centerpoint; they may circle in the same direction or in opposite directions. If the player destroys one, the other disappears.

Roto-Discs make their only other appearance in the Mini-Mario course of Bowser's Castle in Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga and Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga + Bowser's Minions. As a throwback to the previous games, they are enemies that send Mario back to the beginning of the area if they come in contact with him.

Super Mario Land contains an obstacle similar to Roto-Discs that orbits blocks in a similar manner. Super Mario Land 2: 6 Golden Coins also contains a similar enemy called a satellite in the Mario Zone.

Profiles[edit]

Super Mario Bros. 3[edit]

  • Instruction booklet description:
    • English:
      Spins around making maneuvers difficult for Mario.
    • Other languages:
      • Japanese:
        くるくる回って、マリオの行く手を防ぐ。
        (Translation: Spins around and blocks Mario's path.)

Perfect Ban Mario Character Daijiten[edit]

クッキー (JP) / Roto-Disc (EN)
A Roto-Disc from Super Mario Bros. 3.
Original text (Japanese) Translation
種族しゅぞく ゴーストぞく Tribe Ghost clan
性格せいかく きまじめ Disposition Too serious
登場とうじょうゲーム 3 Game appearances 3
安全地帯あんぜんちたい一息ひといきつにう

たま中心ちゅうしんに、クルクルまわるファイアけいのゴース卜ぞくあかたまうえはどんなときも安全地帯あんぜんちたいなので、ここでタイミングをはかってけていこう。[12]

Let's take a breather in the safe zone

Fiery ghost tribe members that spin around a ball. The top of the red ball is a safe zone at all times, so use this area to get out of the way at the right time.

Gallery[edit]

Names in other languages[edit]

The contemporaneous name for each language is listed first. Subsequent names are listed in chronological order for each language, from oldest to newest, and have the media they are associated with in the "notes" column.

Language Name Meaning Notes
Japanese クッキー[13][14]
Kukkī
Cookie
Dutch Rotodisc[15] -
French Rotodisque[15] Rotodisc
German Roto-Disc[16] -
Rotodisc[17][18] Super Mario Bros. 3
Italian Rotodisco[19] Rotodisc
Rotodisc[20] - Super Mario Bros. 3
Roto-Disco[21] Roto-Disc Super Mario Bros. Encyclopedia
Korean 쿠키[22]
Kuki
Transliteration of the Japanese name
로토 디스크[23]
Roto Diseukeu
Transliteration of the English name Super Mario Bros. 3
Spanish Rotodisc[24] -
Swedish Rotodisk[25] Transliteration of the English name

Notes[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ June 1990. Nintendo Power Volume 13. Nintendo of America (American English). Page 9 and 80.
  2. ^ Peterson, Erik (2003). Super Mario Advance 4: Super Mario Bros. 3 Player's Guide. Nintendo of America (American English). ISBN 1930206-37-2. Page 15.
  3. ^ Hodgson, David S J. (October 21, 2003). Super Mario Advance 4: Super Mario Bros. 3 Prima's Official Strategy Guide. Prima Games (American English). ISBN 0-7615-4425-9. Page 20, 29, 30, 45, 49, 50, 60, 66, 67, 76, 77, 82, 85, 96, 97, 104, 105, and 106.
  4. ^ English Super Mario Bros. 3 entry on the official Mario portal. nintendo.co.jp (English). Retrieved August 13, 2022. (Archived August 13, 2022, 14:26:17 UTC via archive.today.)
  5. ^ 1990. Super Mario Bros. 3 instruction booklet. Nintendo of America. Page 38.
  6. ^ June 1990. Nintendo Power Volume 13. Nintendo of America (American English). Page 46, 54, 55, 60, and 70.
  7. ^ 1993. Super Mario All-Stars Player's Guide. Nintendo of America (American English). Page 146.
  8. ^ Spring 1991. NES Game Atlas. Nintendo of America (American English). Page 42.
  9. ^ 2010. Super Mario All-Stars Limited Edition instruction booklet. Nintendo of America (American English). Page 27.
  10. ^ Hodgson, David S J. (October 21, 2003). Super Mario Advance 4: Super Mario Bros. 3 Prima's Official Strategy Guide. Prima Games (American English). ISBN 0-7615-4425-9. Page 85.
  11. ^ June 1990. Nintendo Power Volume 13. Nintendo of America (American English). Page 59.
  12. ^ 1994. 「パーフェクト版 マリオキャラクター大事典」 (Perfect Ban Mario Character Daijiten). Shogakukan (Japanese). Page 67.
  13. ^ 1988. 『Super Mario Bros. 3 取扱説明書』 (PDF). Kyoto: Nintendo Co., Ltd. (Japanese). Page 39.
  14. ^ Sakai, Kazuya (ambit), kikai, Akinori Sao, Junko Fukuda, Kunio Takayama, and Ko Nakahara (Shogakukan), editors (2015). "Super Mario Bros. 3" in『スーパーマリオブラザーズ百科: 任天堂公式ガイドブック』. Tokyo: Shogakukan (Japanese). ISBN 978-4-09-106569-8. Page 36.
  15. ^ a b 1991. Super Mario Bros. 3 Handleiding / mode d'emploi. Großostheim: Nintendo of Europe GmbH (Dutch, French). Page 44.
  16. ^ 2010. Super Mario All-Stars Bedienungsanleitung. Großostheim: Nintendo of Europe GmbH (German). Page 28.
  17. ^ 1991. Super Mario Bros. 3 Spielanleitung. Großostheim: Nintendo of Europe GmbH (German). Page 38.
  18. ^ Matsumoto, Atsuko, Rie Ishii, and Claude Moyse, editors (1992). Der Spieleberater Super Mario Power. Großostheim: Nintendo of Europe GmbH (German). ISBN 3-929034-02-6. Page 15.
  19. ^ 2010. Super Mario All-Stars – Edizione per il 25° Anniversario Manuale di Istruzioni. Großostheim: Nintendo of Europe GmbH (Italian). Page 28.
  20. ^ 1991. Super Mario Bros. 3 Libretto d'Istruzioni. Großostheim: Nintendo of Europe GmbH (Italian). Page 38.
  21. ^ Sakai, Kazuya (ambit), kikai, Akinori Sao, Junko Fukuda, Kunio Takayama, Ko Nakahara (Shogakukan), and Marco Figini, editors (2018). "Super Mario Bros. 3" in Super Mario Bros. Enciclopedia. Translated by Marco Amerighi. Milan: Magazzini Salani (Italian). ISBN 889367436X. Page 37.
  22. ^ 2010. "슈퍼 마리오 컬렉션". Seoul: Nintendo of Korea Co., Ltd. (Korean). Page 30. Retrieved from Naver.
  23. ^ 1990. "슈퍼 마리오 브라더즈 3 사용 설명서". Icheon: Nintendo Co., Ltd. (Korean). Page 38. (Archived 29 Mar. 2007 via Naver by togepi1125.)
  24. ^ 1991. Super Mario Bros. 3 Manual de Instrucciones. Großostheim: Nintendo (Spanish). Page 38.
  25. ^ Lindberg, Gunnar, Nikolaj Lindberg, Lena Persson, and Mirielle Robert, editors (1991). Nintendobiblioteket 1: Super Mario Bros. 3 (Swedish edition of Super Mario Bros. 3 Strategy Guide). Stockholm: Atlantic Förlags AB (Swedish). Page 60.
  26. ^ MarioBrothBlog (August 26, 2020). After activating a combo in the SNES version of Wario's Woods, an energy orb appears and refills Birdo's time gauge. The sprite used for the orb is exactly the same as the Roto-disc enemy from Super Mario Bros. 3, only with a different palette. This connection is never explained.. X. Retrieved May 22, 2024.