Editing Ruby Rock

{{species infobox
|title=Ruby Rock
|image=[[File:SMG2 Boulder Artwork.png|200x200px]]<br>Artwork from ''Super Mario Galaxy 2''
|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]])
|variant_of=[[Boulder]]
|variants=[[Big Ruby Rock]]
}}

'''Ruby Rocks'''<ref name=Portal>{{cite|url=www.nintendo.co.jp/character/mario/archives/galaxy/?lang=en|title=English ''Super Mario Galaxy'' entry on the official Mario Portal|publisher=nintendo.co.jp|accessdate=August 13, 2022|archive=archive.today/2022.08.12-233909/https://www.nintendo.co.jp/character/mario/archives/galaxy/?lang=en}}</ref><ref>{{cite|url=www.nintendo.co.jp/character/mario/archives/galaxy2/?lang=en|title=English ''Super Mario Galaxy 2'' entry on the official Mario Portal|publisher=nintendo.co.jp|accessdate=August 13, 2022|archive=archive.today/2022.08.12-233946/https://www.nintendo.co.jp/character/mario/archives/galaxy2/?lang=en}}</ref> are enemies that appear in ''[[Super Mario Galaxy]]'' and ''[[Super Mario Galaxy 2]]''. They are rocks, each with a red ruby embedded, that roll along predetermined paths. In ''Super Mario Galaxy'', Ruby Rocks are somewhat common and appear in several [[galaxy|galaxies]], while in ''Super Mario Galaxy 2'', Ruby Rocks' role is highly reduced compared to them in the predecessor, appearing in only one galaxy.

==History==
===''Super Mario Galaxy''===
[[File:Boulder Planet.png|thumb|left|Ruby Rocks rolling around a planet in ''[[Super Mario Galaxy]]'']]
In ''Super Mario Galaxy'' and its [[Nintendo Switch]] [[Super Mario Galaxy (Nintendo Switch)|port]], Ruby Rocks appear in several galaxies all throughout the game coming in two distinct sizes. Ruby Rocks roll on open or closed circuits, coming out of tunnels infinitely in the former case and falling into an abyss afterwards. If [[Mario]] (or [[Luigi]]) touches a Ruby Rock, it knocks him backward and takes away a wedge of his [[Health Meter#Super Mario Galaxy|life meter]], but hitting the red area of a Ruby Rock defeats it. Ruby Rocks can also be destroyed if [[Rainbow Mario]] collides with them, a [[rubbery bulb]] is knocked into them, or they collide with another Ruby Rock. In the underground section of the [[Dusty Dune Galaxy]], an especially large variant known as [[Big Ruby Rock]] appears. 

One of [[Bowser]]'s attacks in the first part of his final battle involves surrounding himself with rock fragments and rolling around the planet much like a Ruby Rock in an attempt to squash Mario. Bowser's head sticks out of the rock in the same area where the red spot would be on an actual Ruby Rock. Mario must spin Bowser's head to break him out of his rock shell.

Ruby Rocks appear in the following list of galaxies and missions. If no mission is stated, Ruby Rocks appear during all missions: 
:Larger variant:
:*[[Good Egg Galaxy]] ("[[Dino Piranha (mission)|Dino Piranha]]", "[[A Snack of Cosmic Proportions]]", "[[Purple Coin Omelet]]")
:*[[Honeyhive Galaxy]] ("[[Bee Mario Takes Flight]]", "[[Trouble on the Tower]]", "[[Big Bad Bugaboom]]", "[[Luigi in the Honeyhive Kingdom]]")
:*[[Gusty Garden Galaxy]] ("[[The Dirty Tricks of Major Burrows]]", "[[Gusty Garden's Gravity Scramble]]", "[[The Golden Chomp]]")
:*[[Freezeflame Galaxy]] ("[[The Frozen Peak of Baron Brrr]]", "[[Freezeflame's Blistering Core]]", "[[Conquering the Summit]]")
:*[[Dusty Dune Galaxy]] ("[[Blasting through the Sand]]", "[[Sandblast Speed Run]]", "[[Treasure of the Pyramid]]")
:*[[Gold Leaf Galaxy]] ("[[Cataquack to the Skies]]", "[[The Bell on the Big Tree]]")
:Smaller variant:
:*[[Honeyhive Galaxy]] ("[[Trouble on the Tower]]", "[[The Honeyhive's Purple Coins]]")
:*[[Gold Leaf Galaxy]] ("[[Star Bunnies on the Hunt]]", "[[Cataquack to the Skies]]", "[[The Bell on the Big Tree]]")
:*[[Melty Molten Galaxy]] ("[[The Sinking Lava Spire]]", "[[Lava Spire Daredevil Run]]")

===''Super Mario Galaxy 2''===
In ''Super Mario Galaxy 2'' and its Nintendo Switch [[Super Mario Galaxy 2 (Nintendo Switch)|port]], Ruby Rocks appear only in the [[Boulder Bowl Galaxy]]. They can be destroyed by [[Rock Mario]], a form that gives Mario or Luigi a similar shape to a Ruby Rock, except with his head poking out in place of the red spot. Rock Mario rolls around like a Ruby Rock but with more movement control. A boss called [[Sorbetti]] includes mechanics very similar to those of Ruby Rocks, as in order to damage it, it must be attacked with a [[spin]] on its nose, which shares similarities with how Ruby Rocks are defeated.

==Gallery==
<gallery>
SMG Asset Model Boulder.png|Model from ''[[Super Mario Galaxy]]''
SMG Asset Sprite Luigi Letter 2.png|Texture from one of Luigi's letters in ''Super Mario Galaxy'', showing a cave that releases Ruby Rocks
SMG Screenshot Big Ruby Rock.jpg|Screenshot from ''Super Mario Galaxy''
SMGNSSmallRubyRock.png|A small Ruby Rock in ''[[Super Mario Galaxy (Nintendo Switch)|Super Mario Galaxy]]'' ([[Nintendo Switch]])
SMGRubyBowser.png|Screenshot of Bowser resembling a Ruby Rock from ''Super Mario Galaxy'' (Nintendo Switch)
SMG2 Boulder Bowl Rolling Rocks Planet.png|Screenshot from ''[[Super Mario Galaxy 2]]''
Boulder Bowl Galaxy.png|Screenshot of [[Boulder Bowl Galaxy]] from the world map in ''Super Mario Galaxy 2''
</gallery>

==Names in other languages==
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 with which they are associated in the "Notes" column. Names exclusive to localizations of the ''[[Super Mario Bros. Encyclopedia]]'' are not prioritized due to [[:MarioWiki:Article naming|concerns about circular reporting]], and are only listed first for their respective languages if they are the only ones available.
{{Foreign names
|Jpn=ゴロゴロ岩
|JpnR=Gorogoro Iwa
|JpnM=Rolling Rock; shared with [[boulder]]
|JpnC=<ref>{{cite|author=Watanabe, Takashi, Noriko Oketani, Geasen Ueno, Kiyotaka Iwaya, Tatsuhiko Mizutani, Kensaku Tanaka, Mizuho Nitta, Junko Fukuda, and Kunio Takayama, editors|date=2007|title=『スーパーマリオギャラクシー: 任天堂公式ガイドブック』|language=ja|location=Tokyo|publisher=[[Shogakukan]]|isbn=978-4-09-227115-9|page=401}}</ref><ref>{{cite|author=Tachibana, Tadashi, Isamu Horie, Shinji Kutsuzawa, Itaru Nakatani, Seishiro Fuwa, Kimihara Hongo, and Toshimune Suzuki|date=2010|title=『スーパーマリオギャラクシー2 任天堂ゲーム攻略本』|language=ja|location=Tokyo|publisher=ambit|isbn=978-4-8399-3630-3|page=19}}</ref><ref>{{cite|author=Sakai, Kazuya (ambit), kikai, Akinori Sao, Junko Fukuda, Kunio Takayama, and Ko Nakahara (Shogakukan), editors|date=2015|title=『[[Super Mario Bros. Encyclopedia|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]]』|language=ja|location=Tokyo|publisher=[[Shogakukan]]|isbn=978-4-09-106569-8|page=127, 159}}</ref>
|Fre=Rocher qui roule
|FreM=Rolling rock
|FreC=<ref>{{cite|author=Black, Fletcher|date=2007|title=''Super Mario Galaxy Le Guide Officiel''|format=French Edition|language=fr|translator=Mathieu Daujam and Calude-Olivier Eliçabe|location=Roseville|publisher=[[Prima Games]]|isbn=978-1-906064-02-0|page=42}}</ref>
|Fre2=Rocher
|Fre2M=Rock
|Fre2N=''Super Mario Bros. Encyclopedia''
|Fre2C=<ref>{{cite|author=Ardaillon, Joanna, and Victoria Juillard-Huberty, editors|date=2018|title=''[[Super Mario Bros. Encyclopedia|Super Mario Encyclopedia]]''|translator=Fabien Nabhan|language=fr|location=Toulon|publisher=Soleil Productions|isbn=978-2-3020-7004-2|page=127, 159}}</ref>
|Ger=Herumrollender Felsbrocken
|GerM=Rolling Boulder
|GerC=<ref>{{cite|author=Black, Fletcher|date=2007|title=''Super Mario Galaxy Der offizielle Spieleberater''|format=German Edition|language=de|translator=Klaus-Dieter Hartwig and Babel Media Limited|location=Roseville|publisher=[[Prima Games]]|isbn=978-1-906064-01-3|page=42}}</ref>
|Ger2=Kuller-Fels
|Ger2M=Rolling Rock
|Ger2N=''Super Mario Bros. Encyclopedia''
|Ger2C=<ref>{{cite|author=Scholz, Sabine, and Benjamin Spinrath, editors|date=2017|title="Super Mario Galaxy" in ''[[Super Mario Bros. Encyclopedia|Super Mario Encyclopedia - Die ersten 30 Jahre : 1985-2015]]''|translator=Yamada Hirofumi|language=de|location=Hamburg|publisher=Tokyopop|isbn=978-3-8420-3653-6|page=127}}</ref>
|Ita=Macigno
|ItaM=Boulder
|ItaC=<ref>{{cite|author=Black, Fletcher|date=2007|title=''Super Mario Galaxy - la Guida Ufficiale''|format=Premiere Edition|language=it|location=Roseville|publisher=[[Prima Games]]|isbn=978-1-906064-03-7|page=42}}</ref>
|Ita2=Massoruota
|Ita2M=Rockwheel
|Ita2N=''Super Mario Bros. Encyclopedia''
|Ita2C=<ref>{{cite|author=Sakai, Kazuya (ambit), kikai, Akinori Sao, Junko Fukuda, Kunio Takayama, Ko Nakahara (Shogakukan), and Marco Figini, editors|date=2018|title=''[[Super Mario Bros. Encyclopedia|Super Mario Bros. Enciclopedia]]''|translator=Marco Amerighi|language=it|location=Milan|publisher=Magazzini Salani|isbn=889367436X|page=127, 159}}</ref>
|Spa=Rocarrueda
|SpaM=From ''roca'' ("rock") and ''rueda'' ("rolling")
|SpaC=<ref>{{cite|author=Scholz, Sabine, and Benjamin Spinrath, editors|date=2017|title="Super Mario Galaxy" in ''[[Super Mario Bros. Encyclopedia|Super Mario Encyclopedia - Die ersten 30 Jahre : 1985-2015]]''|translator=Yamada Hirofumi|language=de|location=Hamburg|publisher=Tokyopop|isbn=978-3-8420-3653-6|page=127}}</ref>
}}

==References==
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