Editing Shell (flashing)

{{distinguish|[[Flashy Shell]] from [[Paper Mario: Sticker Star]]}}
{{item infobox
|image=[[File:Rainbowshell.gif]]<br>A sprite animation of a flashing Shell from ''Super Mario World''
|first_appearance=''[[Super Mario World]]'' ([[List of games by date#1990|1990]])
|latest_appearance=''[[Super Mario World: Super Mario Advance 2]]'' ([[List of games by date#2001|2001]])
|variant_of=[[Koopa Shell]]
}}
A '''flashing shell'''<ref>{{cite|title=Nintendo ''[[Mario Mania]]'' Player's Guide|page=42|date=August 1991|publisher=Nintendo of America|language=en-us}}</ref> (alternatively '''flashing Shell'''<ref>{{cite|title=''[[Nintendo Power]]'' Volume 28|page=15|date=September 1991|publisher=Nintendo of America|language=en-us}}</ref> or '''Flashing Shell'''<ref name=NP28>{{cite|title=''Nintendo Power'' Volume 28|page=23|date=September 1991|language=en-us|publisher=Nintendo of America}}</ref>), also described as a '''flashing kamikaze Koopa shell''',<ref name=NPA36>{{cite|title=''Nintendo Power Advance'' Volume 4|date=Winter 2002|page=36|publisher=Nintendo of America|language=en-us}}</ref> '''flashing Koopa shell''',<ref name=NP28/><ref name=NPA36/> '''crazy Koopa''',<ref name=NPA36/> or '''flashing Koopa Troopa shell''',<ref>{{cite|title=''Nintendo Power Advance'' Volume 4|date=Winter 2002|page=92|publisher=Nintendo of America|language=en-us}}</ref> is a type of [[Koopa Shell]] found only in ''[[Super Mario World]]'' and [[Super Mario World: Super Mario Advance 2|its Game Boy Advance version]]. It is created when a yellow [[unshelled Koopa]] climbs into an empty shell of any color (including its own, after being ejected from it). After its transformation, the shell attempts to hit [[Mario]] or [[Luigi]] by spinning around and dashing towards him. It becomes impossible to separate the Koopa from it. While chasing the player, the flashing shell defeats enemies in its path; the player scores a combo in increasing [[point]] values for successive enemies defeated by a single flashing shell and [[extra life|extra lives]] starting on the eighth. It is possible to respawn the yellow unshelled Koopa that climbed into the shell, possibly leading to it dodging its own shell.

Flashing shells first appear in [[Donut Plains 4]]. [[Jump]]ing on a flashing shell causes the Mario Bros. to bounce upwards, but it does not damage it. Flashing shells can be defeated by a [[Yoshi (species)|Yoshi]] eating it, a [[Spin Jump]], [[Super Star|invincibility]], [[Slide|sliding]], or [[Cape Mario|Caped Mario]]'s Body Press. If any Yoshi eats one, the Yoshi gains all three shell abilities (causing [[sand cloud]]s, [[fly]]ing, and breathing fire) as long as the shell stays in the Yoshi's mouth. If a yellow unshelled Koopa finds a nearby shell, a flashing shell can appear in [[3 Lemmy's Castle|#3 Lemmy's Castle]], the [[Red Switch Palace]], the [[Sunken Ghost Ship]], [[Valley of Bowser 2]], [[7 Larry's Castle|#7 Larry's Castle]], [[Star World 1]], [[Awesome]], [[Groovy]], and [[Funky (level)|Funky]].
After the player beats the [[Special Zone]] (or completes all 96 exits in ''Super Mario Advance 2''), all [[Koopa Troopa]] and [[Koopa Paratroopa]] shells become [[Fall|Mario masks]], including flashing shells.
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==Profiles and statistics==
===''Nintendo Kōshiki Guidebook – [[Yoshi (game)|Yoshi's Egg]]''===
金<br>
上の4種類のこうらの成分すべてを含んだこうらだ。味はすさまじくまずいが、体力を極限まで高めてくれる栄養がある。良薬口に苦し、というアレである。<ref name= Gold>{{cite|title=「任天堂公式ガイドブック　ヨッシーのたまご」 (''Nintendo Official Guidebook – Yoshi's Egg'')|page={{file link|Yoshi no Tamago Shogakukan 61.jpg|61}}|publisher=Shogakukan|location=Tokyo|language=ja|date=February 1, 1992|isbn=4-09-104196-5}}</ref>

'''''Gold'''''<br>
''A shell that includes all ingredients of the above 4 shell types. It tastes dreadfully unpleasant, but its nutrition will maximize physical strength. Good medicine tastes bitter, as they say.''

==Gallery==
<gallery>
Flashing Koopa Mask sprite SMW.gif|''Super Mario World'' ([[Fall]])
Kamikaze Koopa SMW1.jpg|''[[Super Mario Bros. 4: Super Mario World 1]]''
</gallery>

==Names in other languages==
{{foreign names
|Jpn={{ruby|無敵|むてき}}のノコノコ
|JpnR=Muteki no Nokonoko
|JpnM=Invincible Koopa Troopa
|JpnC=<ref>{{cite|title=スーパーマリオワールド (''Sūpā Mario Wārudo'') instruction booklet|language=ja|date=1990|publisher=Nintendo}}</ref>
|Jpn2=無敵の甲羅
|Jpn2R=Muteki no kōra
|Jpn2M=Invincible shell
|Jpn2C=<ref>{{cite|publisher=[[Shogakukan]]|language=ja|title=''[[Nintendo Kōshiki Guidebook Super Mario World]]'' part 2|isbn=4-09-104192-2|date=July 10, 1991|location=Tokyo|page=52}}</ref>
|Ita=Guscio multicolore
|ItaM=Multicolored shell
|ItaC=<ref>{{cite|author=Andrea Minini Saldini|date=July 2004|title=''[[Game Boy Advance: La Rivista Ufficiale]]'' 3 (Allegato) - Tutti i trucchi GBA dalla A alla Z|location=Milan|publisher=Future Media Italy|language=it|page=60}}</ref>
}}

==Notes==
*According to the [[Shogakukan]] guide for the game ''[[Yoshi (game)|Yoshi]]'', these [[Gold Shell|"gold" shell]]s combine all ingredients of the [[Green Shell]]s, [[Red Shell]]s, [[Yellow Shell]]s, and [[Blue Shell]]s from ''Super Mario World'', resulting in awful taste but incredible benefits.<ref name= Gold/>

==References==
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[[Category:Koopa Shells]]
[[Category:Hazardous objects]]
[[Category:Super Mario World enemies]]
[[Category:Super Mario World objects]]
[[it:Koopa Troopa giallo]]