Spine Coaster
| Spine Coaster | |||
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Model from New Super Mario Bros. U | |||
| First appearance | New Super Mario Bros. Wii (2009) | ||
| Latest appearance | New Super Mario Bros. U Deluxe (2019) | ||
| Effect | Transports characters through otherwise uncrossable gaps | ||
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Spine Coasters are rideable creatures made of bone used to help Mario and company traverse lava or poison pools or large pits. As their name suggests, they move along a track in a similar fashion to a roller coaster. They first appear in New Super Mario Bros. Wii.
General information[edit]
The Spine Coasters from New Super Mario Bros. Wii, New Super Mario Bros. U, New Super Luigi U, and New Super Mario Bros. U Deluxe somewhat resembles a Bone Dragon from Yoshi's Story, but their head is smaller, and they lack spikes on its back. Meanwhile, the Spine Coasters from Super Mario 3D Land have a skull with horns, a wide and blunt maw, and protruding eye sockets—which somewhat resembles the thumb and bucket of an excavator, as well as the skull of a Dry Bones—on the front and a small tail on the back.
History[edit]
New Super Mario Bros. Wii[edit]
Spine Coasters appear in New Super Mario Bros. Wii as the only method of transportation throughout the levels. They appear in only one course, World 8-7, which is a secret course that can only be unlocked by finding the secret exit in World 8-2. They also appear in the same secret course from World 8 in multiplayer versus mode. Spine Coasters often make risky maneuvers, passing through lava geysers and into the lava itself. Whenever the Spine Coaster goes fast, especially on a slope, it lets out a dinosaurian roar. Players must time their jumps without coming in contact with the lava, because otherwise, they will lose a life.
Super Mario 3D Land[edit]
In Super Mario 3D Land, Spine Coasters are rare, appearing in only one level—World 8-
Bowser's Castle 2, where there are only two. Their design has changed into a broader, three-dimensional figure, and they make a different noise when compared to their dinosaurian roar from New Super Mario Bros. Wii.
New Super Mario Bros. U / New Super Luigi U / New Super Mario Bros. U Deluxe[edit]
In New Super Mario Bros. U, Spine Coasters retain their dinosaurian roar from New Super Mario Bros. Wii and appear in two levels: the Rock-Candy Mines level Thrilling Spine Coaster—which is a course similar to the world shown in New Super Mario Bros. Mii—and the Superstar Road course, Spine-Tingling Spine Coaster. Spine Coasters and Spine Coaster tracks also appear on the world map, and can be used to travel between Frosted Glacier and Rock-Candy Mines. In New Super Luigi U, besides reprising their role on the world map, Spine Coasters appear in the levels Spine Coaster Stowaways and Spine Coaster Connections.
Spine Coasters reprise the aforementioned roles in New Super Mario Bros. U Deluxe.
Other appearances[edit]
Spine Coasters have also appeared in the Wii U demo New Super Mario Bros. Mii shown at E3 2011. One is seen in a dark cavern that is filled with poison, carrying Mario and friends once again.
Gallery[edit]
Naming[edit]
Internal names[edit]
| Game | File | Name | Meaning
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|---|---|---|---|
| Super Mario 3D Land | romfs/ObjectData/BoneRollerCoasterParts.szs | Bone Roller Coaster | - |
Names in other languages[edit]
| Language | Name | Meaning | Note(s) | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Japanese | ほねコースター Hone Kōsutā |
Bone Coaster | [1] | |
| リフト Rifuto |
Lift | Super Mario 3D Land | [2] | |
| Chinese | 白骨过山车 Báigǔ Guòshānchē |
Bone Coaster | [?] | |
| French | Serpentos | From serpent (snake) and os (bone) | [?] | |
| Italian | Carrosso | Cart-bone | [?] | |
| Korean | 뼈다귀코스터 Ppyeodagwi Koseuteo |
Bone Coaster | [?] | |
| Portuguese | Trólei Vertebrado | Vertebrate Trolley | [?] | |
| Spanish (Latin America) | Huesocarril | From hueso (bone) and carril (rail) | [?] | |
| Spanish (Europe) | Osteotrén | From ósteo (prefix that means "bone") and tren (train) | [?] |